Saving Shame Alan Riach and other parts of the

and other parts of the world

the wilderness provided a world of its own

Answers to the "Para pensar" exercises appear in a separate appendix

Through spare yet lyrical prose

Saving Shame Alan Riach and other parts of theVirginia Burrus explores one of the strongest and most disturbing aspects of the Christian tradition, its excessive preoccupation with shame. While Christianity has frequently been implicated in the conversion of ancient Mediterranean cultures from shame to guilt based and, thus, in the emergence of the modern West's emphasis on guilt, Burrus seeks to recuperate the importance of shame for Christian culture. Focusing on late antiquity, she explores a