Prison religion : faith-based reform and the constitution / Winnifred Fallers Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers, 1950-

Series:

ACLS Fellows’ publications.

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Americans United for Separation of Church and State--Trials, litigation, etc.

Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

InnerChange Freedom Initiative--Trials, litigation, etc.

InnerChange Freedom Initiative.

Prison Fellowship--Trials, litigation, etc.

Prison Fellowship.

Religious work with prisoners--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.

Religious work with prisoners.

Church and state--United States--Cases.

Church and state.

Criminals--Rehabilitation--Iowa.

Criminals.

Iowa--Trials, litigation, etc.

Iowa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 305 p. )

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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 2005 lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a faith-based residential rehabilitation program in an Iowa state prison. Americans United for the Separation of Church and State v. Prison Fellowship Ministries, a trial in which Sullivan served as an expert witness, centered on the constitutionality of allowing religious organizations to operate programs in state-run facilities. Using the trial as a case study, Sullivan argues that separation of church and state is no longer possible. Religious authority has shifted from institutions to individuals, making it difficult to define religion, let alone disentangle it from the state. 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. The God Pod

CHAPTER 2. A Prison Like No Other

CHAPTER 3. Biblical Justice

CHAPTER 4. The Way We Live Now

CHAPTER 5. Beyond Church and State

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9786612259241

9781282259249

1282259245

9781400830374

1400830370

OCLC:

440769500