ISBN:
9780691133591
,
9780691152530
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 305 S.
,
24 cm
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Matthews, Todd L. Prison Religion: Faith-Based Reform and the Constitution 2011
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers, 1950 - Prison Religion
DDC:
344.7303/566
Keywords:
Americans United for Separation of Church and State Trials, litigation, etc
;
InnerChange Freedom Initiative Trials, litigation, etc
;
Prison Fellowship Trials, litigation, etc
;
Americans United for Separation of Church and State Trials, litigation, etc
;
InnerChange Freedom Initiative Trials, litigation, etc
;
Prison Fellowship Trials, litigation, etc
;
Religious work with prisoners Cases Law and legislation
;
Church and state Cases
;
Criminals Rehabilitation
;
Religious work with prisoners United States
;
Church and state United States
;
Criminals Rehabilitation
;
Iowa
;
Iowa Trials, litigation, etc
;
Iowa Trials, litigation, etc
;
USA
;
Gefängnisseelsorge
;
Laizität
Abstract:
More than the citizens of most countries, Americans are either religious or in jail--or both. But what does it mean when imprisonment and evangelization actually go hand in hand, or at least appear to? What do "faith-based" prison programs mean for the constitutional separation of church and state, particularly when prisoners who participate get special privileges? In Prison Religion, law and religion scholar Winnifred Fallers Sullivan takes up these and other important questions through a close examination of a recent trial challenging the constitutionality of a faith-based residential rehabilitation program in an Iowa state prison, a trial in which she served as an expert witness for the prisoner-plaintiffs
Abstract:
Using the trial to illuminate the interrelationship of American law and religion today, Prison Religion argues that the plaintiffs' case unintentionally shows that separation of church and state is no longer possible because religious authority has radically shifted from institutions to individuals, making it difficult to define religion, let alone disentangle it from the state. In the course of advancing this unconventional view, Prison Religion casts new light on church-state law, the debate over government-funded faith-based programs, and the predicament of prisoners who have precious little choice about what kind of rehabilitation they receive, if they are offered any at all
Abstract:
More than the citizens of most countries, Americans are either religious or in jail--or both. But what does it mean when imprisonment and evangelization actually go hand in hand, or at least appear to? What do "faith-based" prison programs mean for the constitutional separation of church and state, particularly when prisoners who participate get special privileges? In Prison Religion, law and religion scholar Winnifred Fallers Sullivan takes up these and other important questions through a close examination of a recent trial challenging the constitutionality of a faith-based residential rehabilitation program in an Iowa state prison, a trial in which she served as an expert witness for the prisoner-plaintiffs
Abstract:
Using the trial to illuminate the interrelationship of American law and religion today, Prison Religion argues that the plaintiffs' case unintentionally shows that separation of church and state is no longer possible because religious authority has radically shifted from institutions to individuals, making it difficult to define religion, let alone disentangle it from the state. In the course of advancing this unconventional view, Prison Religion casts new light on church-state law, the debate over government-funded faith-based programs, and the predicament of prisoners who have precious little choice about what kind of rehabilitation they receive, if they are offered any at all
Description / Table of Contents:
The God pod -- A prison like no other -- Biblical justice -- The way we live now -- Beyond church and state.
Description / Table of Contents:
The God pod -- A prison like no other -- Biblical justice -- The way we live now -- Beyond church and state
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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