The shame that lingers
Subtitle: a survivor-centered critique of Catholic sin-talk
By: A. Denise Starkey.
Series: American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion -- v. 293; American university studies -- v. 293.
Publisher: Peter Lang; Peter Lang Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781433106767
Subjects: Shame -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : elision or listening?; title: Narrating the suffering : child abuse and trauma; title: The study of shame : "the looking-glass self"; title: The sinned-against : a new angle of vision; title: The problem of shame in sin-talk; title: The other in confession; title: The grammar of shame; title: Toward an ethics of witnessing; title: Movements toward flourishing.