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The "wild west" was an honor-shame society in which revenge was common.
Nancy Graham Holm: Honor Crimes Are Cultural, Don't Blame Them On Muhammad Nancy Graham Holm 2012
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As Muslims with progressive values slowly but surely take ascendancy over Deobandi and Wahabi puritan fundamentalism, honor-shame sub-cultures will disappear and with it, the sanctioned abuse of women.
Nancy Graham Holm: Honor Crimes Are Cultural, Don't Blame Them On Muhammad Nancy Graham Holm 2012
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Within this context, women are irrevocably shamed, regardless of their innocence because the honor-shame code concerns neither innocence nor guilt.
Nancy Graham Holm: Honor Crimes Are Cultural, Don't Blame Them On Muhammad Nancy Graham Holm 2012
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It's ironic too that in their honor-shame culture, they refuse to accept responsibility for their failures.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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But it is not self evident that a society that gives women who have been raped no other option, because of its honor-shame values system and patriarchy, is inherently better.
What Is Good? James F. McGrath 2009
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Might such a gender-unequal first-century worldview, and more precisely its honor-shame values system, be at the heart of Paul's assumption that male-make sexual relations are fundamentally dishonoring?
Archive 2009-03-01 James F. McGrath 2009
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Might such a gender-unequal first-century worldview, and more precisely its honor-shame values system, be at the heart of Paul's assumption that male-make sexual relations are fundamentally dishonoring?
Homosexuality and Romans 1-3 James F. McGrath 2009
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And then they made up unfavorable stories about themselves not believing in Jesus, denying him, and doing various other things, in the context of an honor-shame society?
Messiah vs. Myth: Did Jesus Exist? A Response to Tom Verenna James F. McGrath 2008
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And then they made up unfavorable stories about themselves not believing in Jesus, denying him, and doing various other things, in the context of an honor-shame society?
Messiah vs. Myth: Did Jesus Exist? A Response to Tom Verenna James F. McGrath 2008
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A lot of the barbarity flows out of the family-tribe, honor-shame foundation of the societies, not the specific religion, although people can and do use religion to justify or excuse such behavior.
Why did Barack Obama say "my Muslim faith"? Ann Althouse 2008
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