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Good Punishment? - Christian Moral Practice and U.S. Imprisonment (Paperback) Loot Price: R580
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Good Punishment? - Christian Moral Practice and U.S. Imprisonment (Paperback): James Samuel Logan

Good Punishment? - Christian Moral Practice and U.S. Imprisonment (Paperback)

James Samuel Logan

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More than 2 million persons occupy America's prisons and jails today ? the highest per capita incarceration rate in U.S. history. With just 6 percent of the world's population, the United States now holds 25 percent of its prisoners. At what social cost do we build and fill more prisons?

In Good Punishment? James Samuel Logan critiques the American obsession with imprisonment as punishment, calling it "retributive degradation" of the incarcerated. His analysis draws on both salient empirical data and material from a variety of disciplines ? social history, anthropology, law and penal theory, philosophy of religion ? as he uncovers the devastating social consequences (both direct and collateral) of imprisonment on such a large, unprecedented scale.

A distinctive contribution of this book lies in its development of a Christian social ethics of "good punishment" embodied as a politics of "healing memories" and "ontological intimacy." Logan earnestly explores how Christians can best engage with the real-life issues and concerns surrounding the American practice of imprisonment.

General

Imprint: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2008
First published: 2008
Authors: James Samuel Logan
Dimensions: 222 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 978-0-8028-6324-9
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice > General
LSN: 0-8028-6324-8
Barcode: 9780802863249

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