Political Theology of Abolitionism: Beyond the Death Penalty

“Abolitionist” has caught on, in the United States, as an identity for leftist political activists. Today's abolitionists grow out of a movement to oppose mass incarceration that itself is related to an earlier movement to oppose the death penalty, but in its current usage “abolitionist” sugges...

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Main Author: Lloyd, Vincent 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Political theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 120-136
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Death penalty / Abolition of / Political movement / Derrida, Jacques 1930-2004 / Political theology
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KBQ North America
VA Philosophy
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Death Penalty
B Book review
B Mass Incarceration
B Secularization
B Jacques Derrida
B Abolitionism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)