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God's Law and Order The Politics of Punishment in Evangelical America by Aaron Griffith | 22.48 MB
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Title: God's Law and Order
Author: Aaron Griffith
Year: N/A
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Winner of a Christianity Today Book Award
An incisive look at how evangelical Christians shaped-and were shaped by-the American criminal justice system.
America incarcerates on a massive scale. Despite recent reforms, the United States locks up large numbers of people-disproportionately poor and nonwhite-for long periods and offers little opportunity for restoration. Aaron Griffith reveals a key component in the origins of American mass incarceration: evangelical Christianity.
Evangelicals in the postwar era made crime concern a major religious issue and found new platforms for shaping public life through punitive politics. Religious leaders like Billy Graham and David Wilkerson mobilized fears of lawbreaking and concern for offenders to sharpen appeals for Christian conversion, setting the stage for evangelicals who began advocating tough-on-crime politics in the 1960s. Building on religious campaigns for public safety...
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Winner of a Christianity Today Book Award
An incisive look at how evangelical Christians shaped-and were shaped by-the American criminal justice system.
America incarcerates on a massive scale. Despite recent reforms, the United States locks up large numbers of people-disproportionately poor and nonwhite-for long periods and offers little opportunity for restoration. Aaron Griffith reveals a key component in the origins of American mass incarceration: evangelical Christianity.
Evangelicals in the postwar era made crime concern a major religious issue and found new platforms for shaping public life through punitive politics. Religious leaders like Billy Graham and David Wilkerson mobilized fears of lawbreaking and concern for offenders to sharpen appeals for Christian conversion, setting the stage for evangelicals who began advocating tough-on-crime politics in the 1960s. Building on religious campaigns for public safety...
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