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Author : Lennie Spitale
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Church work with prisoners
ISBN : 9780805424836
Empowering any pastor, educator, or lay leader in doing effective prison ministry by providing a thorough inside-out view of prison life.
Author : Tommy Seay
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781591601180
Author : Dennis W. Pierce
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317786764
Show the incarcerated how to find forgiveness in unforgiving surroundings As the prison population in the United States increases by more than 1,000 inmates each week, prison ministry programs must have a working blueprint for dealing with the shame, humiliation, hate, and loneliness of incarceration at both the adult correctional and juvenile detention/probation levels. Prison Ministry: Hope Behind the Wall demonstrates how a ministry can adapt Latin American Liberation theology to address oppression and bring prisoners into the community of Christ. Author Dennis Pierce, former chaplain at the Joliet Correctional Center in Illinois (where the Fox Network's 2005 “Prison Break” series is filmed), presents a functioning approach to forgiveness and reconciliation, combining pastoral counseling, Christian education, Bible studies, and worship to help inmates develop self-esteem and an overall feeling of self-worth through compassion and empathy. Prison Ministry: Hope Behind the Wall provides an alternative resource on our prison system for chaplains, pastors, priests, and students working in theology, ethics, or counseling. Instead of the usual descriptive narratives of inmates’ lives or discussions of statistical approaches, this unique book combines a theological model with a viable programmatic approach to confront the oppression of incarceration and reverse its effects. The book looks at the vital issues facing juveniles in the criminal justice system (the transition from county jail to a correctional facility, victimization, rejection, under-stimulation, homosexual rape) and examines the creation of non-threatening niches to address coping structures needed to move toward forgiveness and reconciliation. Prison Ministry: Hope Behind the Wall examines: meeting the incarcerated defining prison’s emotional ethos dealing with human breakdowns oppression in maximum-security prison components of empowerment needed for prison ministry Prison Ministry: Hope Behind the Wall also includes case studies of four inmates, an extensive bibliography, a glossary of prison terms, sample Bible studies, and sermon topics. The book is invaluable for anyone dealing with incarcerated youth and young adults in civilian or military correctional or juvenile detention facilities.
Author : Rebecca Lewis
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781665756259
Every year thousands of religious individuals and groups of all faiths volunteer to enter into jails and prisons to bring hope to the incarcerated. But while their intention is honorable, many of these volunteers run into the reality of a highly dysfunctional, complicated and often volatile environment hostile by it’s nature to those efforts. Jail and prison ministry is not just about bringing the gospel of deliverance to the inmates through religious programming and spiritual counseling. Wise ministry comes from knowing the dynamics of the mission field which is often filled with the condensed darkness of human suffering and evil and many wolf traps. Effective jail and prison ministry requires the religious volunteer to have an awareness of the inner nuances of that environment. A study of inmate religious games, security issues that affect civilians entering to minister, as well as their own personal perceptions of ministry in a secular environment, is part of being fully equipped for that mission. Jail and prison ministry is not for the naïve in matters that may sabotage or weaken the intended purpose of those religious volunteers who seek to bring the hope of the gospel into the dark places that are our jails and prisons.
Author : Meins G.S. Coetsier
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004523364
In Theology, Empowerment, and Prison Ministry Meins G.S. Coetsier offers a new account of Karl Rahner’s theological anthropology and the prison pastorate with a contemporary expansion for meaning, seeking an antidote to the suffering of those incarcerated with a “theology of empowerment.”
Author : Wanda Langley
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780557238576
Prison Ministry is one of the most intimidating and unpopular ministries in the church. This manual contains the operating procedures necessary to be an effective prison volunteer. Although prisons are growing at rapid rates, most churches and even bible colleges do not provide prison ministry training. This manual is capable of assisting those that are interested or actively serving in prison ministry.
Author : Michael Glenn Maness
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781434391445
Poems of a Poetic Voice was derived out of my inspiration to write poems during various times. Some of the poems are a collection of poems of different events and things which I have encountered, dreamed, inspired others with, imagined, or words which came to my mind and spirit and was expressed through writing. These poems are valuable in my thoughts and life which led me to express my artistic talent through this book.
Author : Elizabeth Phillips,Férdia J. Stone-Davis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781003858348
This book explores how the themes and insights of official Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and broader Catholic social thought might illuminate, and be illuminated by, a deeper engagement with the context of prisons. What resources might Catholic social thought bring to pastoral work in prisons? And what might listening to the prison context bring to Catholic social thought? The volume includes constructive proposals for the relationship between CST and prison ministry, as well as critical questions about the role and shortcomings of prisons, CST, and chaplaincy. It contains contributions by scholars and practitioners of theology, criminology, and prison chaplaincy from the UK, US, and Ireland, and reflects on the inextricable relationship of social action and pastoral care in the work of prison ministry.
Author : Juanita Dennis
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781499061406
Prison Ministry by Mail was unofficially birthed July 2010 by the initial letter writing to an inmate with growth through 2014 and officially birthed in March 2014 with the writing of this manuscript. This ministry has the potential to continue growing but growth is hindered by lack of help. We need others called to participate in this ministry. Are you one that is called?
Author : Lennie Spitale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 1735182915
A traveler's guide for Christians to a foreign land where the fields are ripe for harvest.For most Christians, prison culture is like visiting a foreign land, and the thought of ministering behind bars with those incarcerated is an intimidating prospect. Prison Ministry w ill o ffer you t he empowerment you need as a volunteer, chaplain, pastor, or lay leader in doing effective prison ministry.Of the former edition, the late Charles Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries, wrote: "This may well be the definitive book on prison ministry. Fascinating insights about the prison culture and how to reach it. Mandatory reading for everyone incorrections and for Christians who care about the command to visit prison."Providing a thorough "inside-out" view of prison life, Lennie Spitale offers a unique and qualifying vantage for writing about prison culture and prison ministry. As a young man, Spitale was incarcerated several times. Two years after his conversion to Christianity, he began conducting a weekly Bible study in a local jail. This led to full-time prison ministry.Prison Ministry covers areas such as: the emotional challenges of the incarcerated, the environment of fear, the culture of deprivation, friendships, guidelines, dos and don'ts, and many other relevant and essential topics forequipping any individual or church for effective prison ministry.
Author : Francis T. Cullen,Cheryl Lero Jonson,Mary K. Stohr
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452241364
This volume is an attempt to be at the forefront of engaging in this conversation about the future of the American prison. In 13 chapters, the authors ask established correctional scholars to imagine what this prison future might entail. Each scholar uses their expertise to craft - in an accessible way for students to read - a blueprint for how to create a new penology along a particular theme.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Oversight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Corporations, Religious
ISBN : UCR:31210024917831
Author : Aaron Griffith
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674249752
Winner of a Christianity Today Book Award An incisive look at how evangelical Christians shaped—and were shaped by—the American criminal justice system. America incarcerates on a massive scale. Despite recent reforms, the United States locks up large numbers of people—disproportionately poor and nonwhite—for long periods and offers little opportunity for restoration. Aaron Griffith reveals a key component in the origins of American mass incarceration: evangelical Christianity. Evangelicals in the postwar era made crime concern a major religious issue and found new platforms for shaping public life through punitive politics. Religious leaders like Billy Graham and David Wilkerson mobilized fears of lawbreaking and concern for offenders to sharpen appeals for Christian conversion, setting the stage for evangelicals who began advocating tough-on-crime politics in the 1960s. Building on religious campaigns for public safety earlier in the twentieth century, some preachers and politicians pushed for “law and order,” urging support for harsh sentences and expanded policing. Other evangelicals saw crime as a missionary opportunity, launching innovative ministries that reshaped the practice of religion in prisons. From the 1980s on, evangelicals were instrumental in popularizing criminal justice reform, making it a central cause in the compassionate conservative movement. At every stage in their work, evangelicals framed their efforts as colorblind, which only masked racial inequality in incarceration and delayed real change. Today evangelicals play an ambiguous role in reform, pressing for reduced imprisonment while backing law-and-order politicians. God’s Law and Order shows that we cannot understand the criminal justice system without accounting for evangelicalism’s impact on its historical development.
Author : Charles W. Colson
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 0842352457
Something clearly is wrong with the current justice system in which repeat incarceration is high, injustice is rampant, and 25 percent of African-American males can expect to spend time behind bars. Colson's biblical ideas for reform have the potential to turn the system around, keep innocent people out of prison, and give victims some relief.
Author : Vidisha Barua Worley,Robert M. Worley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610695015
This two-volume encyclopedia provides a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the history and current character of American prisons and jails and their place in the U.S. corrections system. This encyclopedia provides a rigorous and comprehensive summary of correctional systems and practices and their evolution throughout US history. Topics include sentencing norms and contemporary developments; differences between local jails and prisons and regional, state, and federal systems; violent and nonviolent inmate populations; operations of state and federal prisons, including well-known prisons such as ADX-Florence, Alcatrez, Attica, Leavenworth, and San Quentin; privately run, for-profit prisons as well as the companies that run them; inmate culture, including prisoner-generated social hierarchies, prisoner slang, gangs, drug use, and violence; prison trends and statistics, including racial, ethnic, age, gender, and educational breakdowns; the death penalty; and post-incarceration outcomes, including recidivism. The set showcases contributions from some of the leading scholars in the fields of correctional systems and practices and will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning more about American prisons, jails, and community corrections.