"Jesus saved an ex-con" : political activism and redemption after incarceration /

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"This book sheds light on how former gang members and formerly incarcerated persons wage campaigns to expend the rights of those with criminal records. While the use of religion to rehabilitate and redeem has been a cultural touchstone of the modern era, such religious outreach has typically be...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Flores, Edward (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2018.
Series:Religion and social transformation.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Church work with ex-convicts > United States.
Community organization > United States.
Minorities > United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Faith-based human services > United States.
Organisation communautaire > États-Unis.
Services sociaux basés sur la foi > États-Unis.
RELIGION > Christian Life > General.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Adult.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Counseling & Recovery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
Church work with ex-convicts.
Community organization.
Faith-based human services.
Minorities > Social conditions.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The incorporation of faith-based organizations into criminal justice reform with Jennifer Elena Cossyleon
  • Prophetic redemption
  • Making good through prophetic redemption
  • There is tension in democracy: the force project
  • Imagine a circle with no one outside of it: the homeboys local organizing committee
  • Returning citizenship with Jennifer Elena Cossyleon.

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