"Jesus Saved an Ex-Con" : : Political Activism and Redemption after Incarceration / / Edward Orozco Flores.
An examination of the efforts of faith-based organizations to expand the rights of the formerly incarcerated The use of religion to rehabilitate and redeem formerly incarcerated individuals has been a cultural touchstone of the modern era. Yet religious outreach to those with criminal records has ty...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religion and Social Transformation ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 14 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The Incorporation of Faith- Based Organizations into Criminal Justice Reform
- 2. Prophetic Redemption
- 3. Making Good through Prophetic Redemption
- 4. “There Is Tension in Democracy”
- 5. “Imagine a Circle with No One Outside of It”
- 6. Returning Citizenship
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author