The business of incarceration: theological and ethical reflections on the prison-industrial complex

"There has been perhaps no political issue in contemporary America able to garner as widespread agreement as the need to end our system of mass incarceration. Racial justice advocates, fiscal conservatives, prison abolitionists, and more believe that America incarcerates far too many of its peo...

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Contributors: Barringer, Justin Bronson (Editor) ; Farmer, Sarah Frances (Editor) ; McCarty, James W. III (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Eugene, Oregon Cascade Books [2025]
In:Year: 2025
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: Bestellt 10/2025
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Keywords:
Prisons > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
Prison-industrial complex > Moral and ethical aspects > United States
Imprisonment > United States
Imprisonment > Religious aspects > Christianity
Punishment > United States
Punishment > Religious aspects > Christianity
Prisons - Aspect moral - États-Unis
Emprisonnement - États-Unis
Emprisonnement - Aspect religieux - Christianisme
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Business of incarceration. - Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2025]. - 9781666756708
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Summary:"There has been perhaps no political issue in contemporary America able to garner as widespread agreement as the need to end our system of mass incarceration. Racial justice advocates, fiscal conservatives, prison abolitionists, and more believe that America incarcerates far too many of its people. This book provides tools for Christians seeking to understand this massive social injustice, its theological and historical origins, and faithful ways of resisting and ending this system. The Business of Incarceration places the political-economic system that is the prison-industrial complex at the center of the story it tells, the analysis it provides, and the engagement it recommends. The second volume in The Business of Modern Life series, this book extends the groundbreaking theo-ethical analysis in The Business of War: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Military-Industrial Complex to another social sphere that is supposedly oriented to the common good but is now dominated by logics of market and profit-making." --
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-247)
Physical Description:xv, 247 Seiten, 23 cm
ISBN:1-6667-5668-7
978-1-6667-5668-5
978-1-6667-5669-2
1-6667-5669-5