LOS ANGELES -- "Shame" is a dispassionate treatment of a disturbing topic, and therein lies its power. Sexually graphic enough to earn its NC-17 rating yet made with a restraint that's both ...

Shame occupies a pivotal position at the intersection of emotion, power and social identity. Far from being a purely private affect, it is mobilised in political discourse to regulate behaviour, ...

Using her experience as a biblical counselor, Nelson reveals what the Bible says about guilt and shame in order to redirect readers’ attention to God. She refers to the research of author Brené Brown, ...

Shame is enjoying a renaissance—at least if recent articles in The Guardian and Vox are any indication. When people feel authorized to mock and denigrate people with whom they disagree, fabricate ...

As a self-conscious emotion, shame informs us of an internal state of inadequacy, unworthiness, dishonor, regret, or disconnection. Shame is a clear signal that our positive feelings have been ...

I recently devoted a lot of energy to avoiding an uncomfortable conversation with my wife. It involved, as many uncomfortable conversations with spouses do, the distribution of unpaid labor in our ...