God’s Law and Order The Politics of Punishment in Evangelical America【電子書籍】[ Aaron Griffith ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Winner of a ＜em＞Christianity Today＜/em＞ Book Award＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞An incisive look at how evangelical Christians shapedーand were shaped byーthe American criminal justice system.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞America incarcerates on a massive scale. Despite recent reforms, the United States locks up large numbers of peopleーdisproportionately poor and nonwhiteーfor long periods and offers little opportunity for restoration. Aaron Griffith reveals a key component in the origins of American mass incarceration: evangelical Christianity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞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．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る