What I’m Reading: Beowulf (Background)
Beowulf is the sort of work that gives some Christians fits. Why I’m reading him anyway.
September 23, 2014
Shame involves the Other
We often hear childhood described as a “time of innocence.” But it would be misleading to compare Adam and Eve’s situation with that of children. The words of Genesis 2:25, “they felt no shame,” don’t express a lack development, but a fullness. They indicate that Adam and Eve had a full understanding of the meaning …