Shame in the Context of Sin: Augustine on the Feeling of Shame in De civitate Dei

The topic of shame has attracted little attention in Augustinian scholarship. This article will provide a detailed analysis of Augustine’s case studies of Lucretia’s rape and Adam’s act of covering himself after the Fall in De ciuitate Dei. It will be argued that Augustine’s subtle depiction of sham...

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Main Author: Wu, Tianyue (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2007
In: Recherches de théologie et philosophie médiévales
Year: 2007, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-31
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Summary:The topic of shame has attracted little attention in Augustinian scholarship. This article will provide a detailed analysis of Augustine’s case studies of Lucretia’s rape and Adam’s act of covering himself after the Fall in De ciuitate Dei. It will be argued that Augustine’s subtle depiction of shame-feeling in the context of guilt and sin offers us an illuminating interpretation of shame and its intimate relation to personal identity.\n4207 \n4207
ISSN:1783-1717
Contains:Enthalten in: Recherches de théologie et philosophie médiévales
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2143/RTPM.74.1.2022835