TY  - BOOK
AU  - Erzen,Tanya
TI  - God in captivity: the rise of faith-based prison ministries in the age of mass incarceration 
SN  - 9780807041550
AV  - BV4340.E73.G635 2018 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Boston, Massachusetts
PB  - Beacon Press
KW  - Church work with prisoners
KW  - United States
KW  - Prisoners
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Religious work with prisoners
N1  - 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; 2
N2  - 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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