Verfasst von:	Griffith, Aaron [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	God's law and order
Titelzusatz:	the politics of punishment in evangelical America
Verf.angabe:	Aaron Griffith
Verlagsort:	Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England
Verlag:	Harvard University Press
Jahr:	2020
Umfang:	335 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-0-674-23878-7
Abstract:	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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Schlagwörter:	(g)USA    / (s)Evangelikale Bewegung    / (s)Kriminalität    / (s)Strafe    / (s)Gefängnis
Sprache:	eng
Sach-SW:	1900-1999
	Church and state
	Criminal justice, Administration of
	Evangelicalism
	United States
	History
K10plus-PPN:	1703881427