Steve2 and Sabin, Often when something is put in parenthesis like this " the loving provision of shunning". It implies (often) that the statement is a pejorative statement. Which means it is critical, satirical, condemning and so forth.
This is why some people state a point of view using such "....." in closing their statement. It's a means of conveying and clarification to the reader.....
Sorry, old English Teacher in me coming out.