Good punishment?: Christian moral practice and U.S. imprisonment
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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Grand Rapids, Mich [u.a.]
William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co
c 2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Imprisonment
/ Punishment
/ Christian ethics (motif)
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| Further subjects: | B
Imprisonment
United States
B Punishment (United States) B Prisons (United States) B Prisons United States B Imprisonment (United States) B Punishment Religious aspects Christianity B Punishment United States B Christian Ethics |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) Table of contents only |
| Item Description: | Introduction: The problem of imprisonment in the United States -- Re/producing criminality and the prison-industrial complex -- The collateral social consequences of large-scale imprisonment -- Prisons and social alienation -- Mining Stanley Hauerwas: foundations for a Christian social ethics of good punishment -- Good punishment : the possibility of a politics of healing memories in the public square -- Good punishment: toward a politics of ontological intimacy. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| Physical Description: | X, 261 S., 23cm |
| ISBN: | 0802863248 |