God's law and order : the politics of punishment in evangelical America
Aaron Griffith
Bok Engelsk 1995
Utgitt | London : Grey Seal Books , 1995
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Omfang | 335 sider
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Opplysninger | Churchdom's war on crime -- Jesus Christ Is the only control -- Religion Is a real weapon -- God's law and order -- A sermon in your cell -- There are better ways.. - "God's Law and Order is a religious history of mass incarceration. The book charts the history of evangelical Christian influence in modern American criminal justice, exploring the connection of the massive rise in imprisonment and the surge in evangelicalism's popularity and influence during the second half of the twentieth century. The book's central argument is that crime and prison concern were central to evangelical entry into American public life, and that one cannot understand the state of modern American criminal justice without accounting for evangelicalism's impact. Each aided the rise of the other"--
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Emner | Church and state - History - United States
Criminal justice, Administration of - History - United States Evangelicalism - History - United States Evangelikal kristendom : (NO-TrBIB)HUME29100 Vis mer... Kriminologi : (NO-TrBIB)HUME09069
Straff : (NO-TrBIB)HUME08982 islam vest-europa politikk muslimer kulturmøte identitet tilpasning |
Geografisk emneord | USA : (NO-TrBIB)HUME01695
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ISBN | 1856400387
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