Article: 'Enduring Shame as Costly Signalling: The Case of Public Confession of Sin According to Tertullian'

Rikard Roitto's article 'Enduring Shame as Costly Signalling: The Case of Public Confession of Sin According to Tertullian' has been accepted for publication in Journal of Cognitive Historiography.

The article analyses public confession of sins according to Tertullian (160-225 CE) as an emotionally and socially costly signal of commitment to a religious group, early 3^rd century Christianity in Carthage. What group dynamic functions did the ritual have and why did people accept undergoing the shame of public confession of sins?