A cultural value system in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern societies where honour and shame, rather than guilt and innocence, form the primary basis for social relationships and moral judgement.
## Appearances
- *The Crescent through the Eyes of the Cross*, Foreword, p. 12
- *The Crescent through the Eyes of the Cross*, Chapter 8 Militancy or Tolerance, p. 104
- *The Crescent through the Eyes of the Cross*, Chapter 11 The Power of Paradigms, p. 161
- *The Crescent through the Eyes of the Cross*, Chapter 12 Shame, Defilement, and Fear, p. 175