A Better Definition Of Honor-Shame Cultures: “Connection”

A Better Definition of Honor-Shame Cultures: ”Connection”

A new article from the Honor-Shame Network explores a different way of looking at honor-shame cultures through the lens of “connection”.

As leaders working in a network or partnership context, it is important to understand the honor-shame worldview. It can influence how we collaborate and partner for the Kingdom. This article’s proposed lens of “connection” offers a helpful way for leaders to understand some of the factors influencing team interactions.

The article begins with contrasting views of Western and Honor-Shame cultures and proposes a new lens for understanding honor-shame dynamics:

A better definition of “honor-shame culture” would be “connection. The reality that “everything is connected” offers a fruitful way to understand how honor-shame cultures actually work. The word connection means: link, relationship, interconnection, interdependence, bond, attachment, contact, friend, ally, relative.”

The article then outlines three aspects of worldview that shape honor-shame cultures:

1. Identity: Who Am I?
2. Causality: Why Do Things Happen?
3. Morality: What Should Happen?

 

Read the full article to learn more:

A Better Definition of Honor-Shame Cultures  |  Honor-Shame Network  

 

Other Commons resources on Honor-Shame cultures:

Honor and Shame 101

Global Insights for Leading and Ministering in Honor-Shame Contexts