Thinking theologically about mass incarceration : biblical foundations and justice imperatives /

"From 2014 to 2016, under the auspices of the National Council of Churches, the contributors to this volume participated in a multilateral dialogue on the question of mass incarceration, working with three themes: Biblical foundations, how theology informs justice, and how justice informs theol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kireopoulos, Antonios (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Paulist Press, 2017.
Colección:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA Faith & Order Commission Theological Series
Temas:
Imprisonment > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Social justice > United States.
Emprisonnement > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis.
Justice sociale > États-Unis.
RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
RELIGION / Christianity / General
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Social justice.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: The churches and the incarceration epidemic / Antonios Kireopoulos, Mitzi J. Budde, and Matthew D. Lundberg.
  • I. The situation today: 1. An epistle to the American church : "set the captives free" / Michael C. Richardson
  • 2. Christian unity for a fractured society : the problem of mass incarceration for the churches / Antonios Kireopoulos
  • 3. On incarceration : for the sake of our shared future / Michael Redi Trice
  • 4. White supremacy and the church : how white Christians created and perpetuate the ideology of white supremacy / Douglas A. Foster
  • 5. On the other side of the divide / Reginald D. Broadnax and Kenneth Q. James.
  • II. Biblical reflections: 6. Seventy times seven : offenders, victims, and Jesus' extravagant call to forgive / Gayle Gerber Koontz
  • 7. Considering issues of mass incarceration through the lens of the Beatitiudes / Shirley Paulson
  • 8. How Paul's transformation addresses mass incarceration today / Madelon Maupin
  • 9. The revelation to John, prisoner on the island of Patmos / Don Thorsen.
  • III. Theological explorations: 10. La Nueva encomienda : the church's response to undocumented migrants as mass incarcerated / Loida I. Martell
  • 11. A beginning understanding of the nature of God's justice and the U.S. justice system / W. Scott Axford
  • 12. Crying out in the wilderness : proclamation, empowerment, and justice
  • 13. Mass incarceration, capital punishment, and penal atonement theories : correlation, or something more? / Greg Carey
  • 14. The prophetic cry for justice : a Pentecostal response to the racism of mass incarceration / Peter Althouse
  • 15. "Get on the cart!" : Wesleyan discipleship in an age of endemic incarceration / Benjamin Hartley, Glen Alton Messer II, and Kirsten Sonkyo Oh.
  • IV. Ecumenical considerations: 16. The problem of empty pews : mass incarceration as a church-dividing issue / Matthew D. Lundberg
  • 17. Common moral ground : can ethics be church uniting? / Mitzi J. Budde.
  • V. Experiential and practical perspectives: 18. The voices of too many people are silenced / Kenneth Q. James
  • 19. White privilege : my journey with segregation / Frank Lesko
  • 20. Preaching to bridge peoples on issues of race / Joyce Shin
  • 21. Lord, make my troubles light : a historical and spiritual reflection on Quaker work in prisons / Philip Caroom, Rachel Guaraldi, and Ann K. Riggs
  • 22. An introductory prophetic cry against inequities in the American mass incarceration system / David J. Fekete.
  • Contributors.

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