How Long to Read Saving Shame

How Long Does it Take to Read Saving Shame?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read Saving Shame by Virginia Burrus

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Virginia Burrus explores one of the strongest and most disturbing aspects of the Christian tradition, its excessive preoccupation with shame. While Christianity has frequently been implicated in the conversion of ancient Mediterranean cultures from shame- to guilt-based, and thus in the emergence of the modern West's emphasis on guilt, Burrus seeks to recuperate the importance of shame for Christian culture. Focusing on late antiquity, she explores a range of fascinating phenomena, from the flamboyant performances of martyrs to the imagined abjection of Christ, from the self-humiliating...

How long is Saving Shame?

Saving Shame by Virginia Burrus is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Saving Shame Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read Saving Shame aloud.

What Reading Level is Saving Shame?

Saving Shame is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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