Thinking Theologically About Mass Incarceration: Biblical Foundations and Justice Imperatives - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0809153726 ISBN 13 : 9780809153725

Editeur : Paulist Press International,U.S., 2017

Synopsis

The line from slavery to Jim Crow to the War on Drugs to mass incarceration was straight and unbroken. But what of the voice to challenge it? Was there another straight and unbroken line, this one from the abolitionist movement to the civil rights struggle to the present day? This book is the fruit of a multi-year dialogue among Christian churches in the United States, addressingfrom theological perspectivesmass incarceration as an issue in need of radical reform.|The line from slavery to Jim Crow to the War on Drugs to mass incarceration was straight and unbroken. But what of the voice to challenge it? Was there another straight and unbroken line, this one from the abolitionist movement to the civil rights struggle to the present day? This book is the fruit of a multi-year dialogue among Christian churches in the United States, addressingfrom theological perspectivesmass incarceration as an issue in need of radical reform.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Antonios Kireopoulos (Orthodox) is associate general secretary for faith & order and interreligious relations & collaboration at the National Council of Churches USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Paulist Press International,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0809153726
• ISBN 13: 9780809153725
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Éditeur: Kireopoulos Antonios, Budde Mitzi J., Lundberg Matthew D.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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