RT Book
T1 God's law and order: the politics of punishment in evangelical America
A1 Griffith, Aaron 1985-
LA English
PP Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
PB Harvard University Press
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1703881427
AB Churchdom's war on crime -- Jesus Christ Is the only control -- Religion Is a real weapon -- God's law and order -- A sermon in your cell -- There are better ways.
AB "God's Law and Order is a religious history of mass incarceration. The book charts the history of evangelical Christian influence in modern American criminal justice, exploring the connection of the massive rise in imprisonment and the surge in evangelicalism's popularity and influence during the second half of the twentieth century. The book's central argument is that crime and prison concern were central to evangelical entry into American public life, and that one cannot understand the state of modern American criminal justice without accounting for evangelicalism's impact. Each aided the rise of the other"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BR1642.U6
SN 9780674238787
K1 Evangelicalism : United States : History : 20th century
K1 Criminal justice, Administration of : United States : History : 20th century
K1 Church and state : United States : History : 20th century
K1 1900-1999
K1 Church and state
K1 Criminal justice, Administration of
K1 Evangelicalism
K1 United States
K1 History