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Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

1969

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Church Of God Reformation Movement (Anderson, Indiana) : A Study In Ecumenical Idealism, Barry L. Callen Jul 1969

Church Of God Reformation Movement (Anderson, Indiana) : A Study In Ecumenical Idealism, Barry L. Callen

ATS Dissertations

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The New Testament Concept Of Shame, Richard Paul Bode Jun 1969

The New Testament Concept Of Shame, Richard Paul Bode

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

Is the society which gave birth to the New Testament a guilt society or a shame society? Is the function of shame in the New Testament psychological or sociological? To what degree does the sanction of shame determine the behavior and life of the followers of Christ? These are some of the initial questions which aroused interest in carrying out the present study. The function of shame in the early Christian community and its usage in the New Testament does not conform precisely to either the Eastern or the Western view of shame: nor does it merely occupy a mediating …