No Godforsaken Place : Prison Chaplaincy, Karl Barth, and Practicing Life in Prison / Sarah C. Jobe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jobe, Sarah C., author.

Series:

T&T Clark Studies in Social Ethics, Ethnography and Theologies.

T&T Clark Studies in Social Ethics, Ethnography and Theologies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atonement.

Prison chaplains.

Prisoners--Religious life.

Prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : T&T Clark, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

How does the life, arrest, trial, conviction, execution, and release from state-supervision of Jesus Christ enact the salvation of the cosmos? How does that one carceral life-in-death link up with life in the face of prison death today? Jobe explores the spiritual and religious life contained within America's prison systems as it shows up in the profession of prison chaplaincy. The theological foundations of the text coherently link Barth's experience of prison chaplaincy and his Christological theology with the theological understandings in the chaplains' interviews; and Jobe's "practical soteriology" emerges in a thoroughly intricate and compelling contextualized vision. This book weaves careful ethnographic work, the systematic theology of Karl Barth, and biblical interpretation to craft a textured exploration of life-after-death work.

Contents:

Preface Acknowledgements Prelude Inhabiting Salvation: Living and Dying with Jesus in Prison Chapter 1 Into the Witness Box: Methods and Motivation for Writing Chapter 2 The Crisis of Presence: Incarnating God in Prison Chapter 3 Risking Atonement: Reconciling Race, Rank, and Religion Chapter 4 Counting the Cost: Being Made Sin for the Sake of Salvation Interlude The Crucifixion and 58 Other Carceral Deaths Chapter 5 Recollecting Death. Dying with Jesus in Prison Chapter 6 Inhabiting the Resurrection: The Work of Life After Death Postlude A Practical Soteriology: Penal Atonement in Prison Bibliography Index

ISBN:

0-567-71952-9