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God in captivity : the rise of faith-based prison ministries in the age of mass incarceration / Tanya Erzen. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, (c)2018.Description: 222 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780807041550
Other title:
  • Rise of faith-based prison ministries in the age of mass incarceration
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV4340.E73.G635 2018
  • BV4340
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Contents:
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.
Subject: 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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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BV4340.E794.G63 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001789656

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.

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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