Prison and the Bible: Current Practices and Reflections from Isaiah
There is wide agreement today that our prison system is fraught with problems. Opinion associates prisons with overcrowding, racism, human debasement, and with an inability to accomplish the reduction of crime. Further, there is also a partial antipathy ascribed to the general populace. Practically,...
| Published in: | International journal of public theology |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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International journal of public theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 211-231 |
| RelBib Classification: | HB Old Testament KBQ North America NBE Anthropology TJ Modern history TK Recent history XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Prison
Incarceration
Isaiah
Servant
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | There is wide agreement today that our prison system is fraught with problems. Opinion associates prisons with overcrowding, racism, human debasement, and with an inability to accomplish the reduction of crime. Further, there is also a partial antipathy ascribed to the general populace. Practically, citizens want governmental systems to provide for our security. Ideologically, there is a sense that leniency is foolhardy. However, as religious communities often equate crime with sin writ large, there is also a need to pursue wholeness in society. One way to do this is by reflecting on how punishment, prison in this case, can relate to restoration. This essay proceeds by examining the idea of imprisonment from two perspectives: by considering the history of prisons and current practices in the state of Oregon, and from the perspective of biblical literature. Thoughts on how a biblical perspective can engage culture follow this analysis. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
| Contains: | In: International journal of public theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341443 |