Thinking Theologically About Mass Incarceration
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Thinking Theologically About Mass Incarceration
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Author : Antonios Kireopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Paulist Press
Release Date : 2017
Thinking Theologically About Mass Incarceration written by Antonios Kireopoulos and has been published by Paulist Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Religion categories.
This book is the fruit of a multi-year dialogue among Christian churches in the United States, addressing—from theological perspectives—mass incarceration as an issue in need of radical reform.
Break Every Yoke
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Author : Joshua Dubler
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-11-13
Break Every Yoke written by Joshua Dubler and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-13 with Religion categories.
Changes in the American religious landscape enabled the rise of mass incarceration. Religious ideas and practices also offer a key for ending mass incarceration. These are the bold claims advanced by Break Every Yoke, the joint work of two activist-scholars of American religion. Once, in an era not too long past, Americans, both incarcerated and free, spoke a language of social liberation animated by religion. In the era of mass incarceration, we have largely forgotten how to dream-and organize-this way. To end mass incarceration we must reclaim this lost tradition. Properly conceived, the movement we need must demand not prison reform but prison abolition. Break Every Yoke weaves religion into the stories about race, politics, and economics that conventionally account for America's grotesque prison expansion of the last half century, and in so doing it sheds new light on one of our era's biggest human catastrophes. By foregrounding the role of religion in the way political elites, religious institutions, and incarcerated activists talk about incarceration, Break Every Yoke is an effort to stretch the American moral imagination and contribute resources toward envisioning alternative ways of doing justice. By looking back to nineteenth century abolitionism, and by turning to today's grassroots activists, it argues for reclaiming the abolition "spirit."
Rethinking Incarceration
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Author : Dominique DuBois Gilliard
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2018-03-02
Rethinking Incarceration written by Dominique DuBois Gilliard and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-02 with Social Science categories.
The United States has more people locked up in jails, prisons, and detention centers than any other country in the history of the world. Exploring the history and foundations of mass incarceration, Dominique Gilliard examines Christianity’s role in its evolution and expansion, assessing justice in light of Scripture, and showing how Christians can pursue justice that restores and reconciles.
Injustice And Prophecy In The Age Of Mass Incarceration
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Author : Andrew Skotnicki
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2022-06-28
Injustice And Prophecy In The Age Of Mass Incarceration written by Andrew Skotnicki and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-28 with Social Science categories.
Why do the UK and US disproportionately incarcerate the mentally ill, frequently poor people of color? Via multiple re-framings of the question—theological, socioeconomic, and psychological— Andrew Skotnicki diagnoses a persecution of the prophetic at the heart of the contemporary criminal justice system. This interdisciplinary book draws on criminology, theology, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and psychiatric history to consider the increasingly intractable issue of mass incarceration. Inviting a new, collaborative conversation on penal reform as a fundamentally life-affirming project, it defends the dignity of those diagnosed as mentally unstable and their capacity for spiritual transcendence.
Redeeming A Prison Society
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Author : Amy Levad
language : en
Publisher: Fortress Press
Release Date : 2014-01-01
Redeeming A Prison Society written by Amy Levad and has been published by Fortress Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-01 with Religion categories.
The U.S. criminal justice system is in a state of crisis, from unprecedented rates of imprisonment and recidivism to the privatization of the prison system and the disproportionate representation of particular racial, ethnic, social, and economic groups, all of which is within a larger social justice context. Catholics and Protestants have largely failed to offer vital theological responses. Amy Levad offers a Catholic perspective that directly addresses the concrete issues from a strongly interdisciplinary approach and utilizes the rich liturgical and sacramental resources of penance and Eucharist to offer a theological vision of reform.
Religion Emotion Sensation
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Author : Karen Bray
language : en
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Release Date : 2019-12-03
Religion Emotion Sensation written by Karen Bray and has been published by Fordham University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-03 with Religion categories.
Religion, Emotion, Sensation asks what affect theory has to say about God or gods, religion or religions, scriptures, theologies, and liturgies. Contributors explore the crossings and crisscrossings between affect theory and theology and the study of religion more broadly, as well as the political and social import of such work. Bringing together affect theorists, theologians, biblical scholars, and scholars of religion, this volume enacts creative transdisciplinary interventions in the study of affect and religion through exploring such topics as biblical literature, Christology, animism, Rastafarianism, the women’s Mosque Movement, the unending Korean War, the Sewol ferry disaster, trans and gender queer identities, YA fiction, queer historiography, the prison industrial complex, debt and neoliberalism, and death and poetry. Contributors: Mathew Arthur, Amy Hollywood, Wonhee Anne Joh, Dong Sung Kim, A. Paige Rawson, Erin Runions, Donovan O. Schaefer, Gregory J. Seigworth, Max Thornton, Alexis G. Waller
Can White People Be Saved
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Author : Love L. Sechrest
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2018-11-06
Can White People Be Saved written by Love L. Sechrest and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-06 with Religion categories.
White narmativity as a way of being in the world has been parasitically joined to Christianity, and this is the ground of many of our problems today. Written by a world-class roster of scholars, this volume develops language to describe the current realities of race and racism, challenging evangelical Christianity to think more critically and constructively about race, ethnicity, migration, and mission in relation to white supremacy.
An Introduction To Christian Theology
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Author : Richard J. Plantinga
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-11-03
An Introduction To Christian Theology written by Richard J. Plantinga and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-03 with Religion categories.
Far from being solely an academic enterprise, the practice of theology can pique the interest of anyone who wonders about the meaning of life. This introduction to Christian theology – exploring its basic concepts, confessional content, and history – emphasizes the relevance of the key convictions of Christian faith to the challenges of today's world. Part I introduces the project of Christian theology and sketches the critical context that confronts Christian thought and practice today. Part II offers a survey of the key doctrinal themes of Christian theology, including revelation, the triune God, and the world as creation, identifying their biblical basis and the highlights of their historical development before giving a systematic evaluation of each theme. Part III provides an overview of Christian theology from the early church to the present. Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of An Introduction to Christian Theology includes a range of new visual and pedagogical features, including images, diagrams, tables, and more than eighty text boxes, which call attention to special emphases, observations, and applications to help deepen student engagement.
Daring To Share
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Author : Sandra Beardsall
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2018-06-29
Daring To Share written by Sandra Beardsall and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-29 with Religion categories.
Multi-denominational congregations offer rich soil for new interpretations of what it means to be a church. These parishes have chosen to covenant together for worship, service, ministry, mission, and nurturing of faith across two or more denominational traditions. Daring to Share tells their stories, investigates their practices, and proposes a fresh vision of church for the twenty-first century. This book equips ordained and lay leaders for the formation and flourishing of such ministries. It describes five models of partnership, analyzes the parish life cycle, interprets how worship works, addresses constitutional and governance issues, and reflects theologically on the intersection of diversity and unity. What can we learn from these congregations? Studying their particular witness, struggles, and promise for the future fills a gap in both congregational studies and contemporary ecclesiology. Multi-denominational parishes are more than a convenient way to revitalize congregational ministry. They present new opportunities and approaches for sharing the gospel. Ecumenical convergence meets demographic realities to suggest a mission strategy that will transform local practice and, perhaps, the church itself. By daring to share, these churches challenge a fractured world.
The New Jim Crow
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Author : Michelle Alexander
language : en
Publisher: The New Press
Release Date : 2012-01-16
The New Jim Crow written by Michelle Alexander and has been published by The New Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-16 with Social Science categories.
Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control—relegating millions to a permanent second-class status—even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness. In the words of Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, this book is a "call to action." Called "stunning" by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David Levering Lewis, "invaluable" by the Daily Kos, "explosive" by Kirkus, and "profoundly necessary" by the Miami Herald, this updated and revised paperback edition of The New Jim Crow, now with a foreword by Cornel West, is a must-read for all people of conscience.