Erzen, Tanya, <br/><br/>
God in captivity :  the rise of faith-based prison ministries in the age of mass incarceration /  [print] 
 Rise of faith-based prison ministries in the age of mass incarceration 
Tanya Erzen. 
 - Boston, Massachusetts :  Beacon Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 222 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Introduction : redemption and punishment --  The convert's heart : the quiet stasis of faith  --  The penitentiary and the farm : a history of redemption and control --  The missionaries : governing the prison --  The chapel : the predominance of Christianity in faith-based prisons --  The father and son and the limited power of forgiveness --  Mothers and servants in the savior prison --  The reformers : the religious politics of prison reform --  Captivity and freedom. 
<br/><br/> Provides account of how and why evangelical Christian ministries are flourishing in prisons across the United States. Erzen grapples with the questions of how faith-based programs serve the punitive regime of the prison, becoming a method of control behind bars even as prisoners use them as a lifeline for self-transformation and dignity. --From publisher description. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780807041550 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church work with prisoners--United States.<br/>Prisoners--Religious life.<br/>Religious work with prisoners--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV4340.E73.G635 2018 BV4340