The Furnace of Affliction : Prisons and Religion in Antebellum America /

Focused on the intersection of Christianity and politics in the American penitentiary system, Jennifer Graber explores evangelical Protestants' efforts to make religion central to emerging practices and philosophies of prison discipline from the 1790s to the 1850s.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graber, Jennifer, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religious work with prisoners.
Protestantism.
Prisoners > Religious life.
Corrections.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Protestantisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Prisonniers > Vie religieuse > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Services correctionnels > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Pastorale des prisonniers > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Protestantism > United States > History > 19th century.
Prisoners > Religious life > United States > History > 19th century.
Corrections > United States > History > 19th century.
Religious work with prisoners > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Focused on the intersection of Christianity and politics in the American penitentiary system, Jennifer Graber explores evangelical Protestants' efforts to make religion central to emerging practices and philosophies of prison discipline from the 1790s to the 1850s.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469603339

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