TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kireopoulos,Antonios
TI  - Thinking theologically about mass incarceration: biblical foundations and justice imperatives 
T2  - National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA Faith & Order Commission Theological Series
SN  - 9781587687464
AV  - HV8687 
U1  - 261.8/336 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Paulist Press
KW  - Imprisonment
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Discrimination in criminal justice administration
KW  - United States
KW  - Social justice
KW  - Emprisonnement
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Justice sociale
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / General
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 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
N2  - "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 theology. This book is the fruit of those dialogues"--Cover
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