Thinking theologically about mass incarceration : biblical foundations and justice imperatives / edited by Antonios Kireopoulos, Mitzi J. Budde, and Matthew D. Lundberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kireopoulos, Antonios, editor.

Budde, Mitzi, editor.

Lundberg, Matthew D., editor.

Series:

National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Faith & Order Commission theological series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imprisonment--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Imprisonment.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.

Discrimination in criminal justice administration.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Thinking Theologically About Mass Incarceration

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, New Jersey : Paulist Press, [2017]

Summary:

"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"--Back cover.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-58768-746-1