عنوان

Prison and the Bible:

Number

LA112860

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Prison and the Bible:

General Material Designation

[Article]

Other Title Information

Current Practices and Reflections from Isaiah

First Statement of Responsibility

E. Allen Jones, Alan Scharn, E. Allen Jones, et al.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

There is wide agreement today that our prison system is fraught with problems. Opinion associates prisons with overcrowding, racism, human debasement, and with an inability to accomplish the reduction of crime. Further, there is also a partial antipathy ascribed to the general populace. Practically, citizens want governmental systems to provide for our security. Ideologically, there is a sense that leniency is foolhardy. However, as religious communities often equate crime with sin writ large, there is also a need to pursue wholeness in society. One way to do this is by reflecting on how punishment, prison in this case, can relate to restoration. This essay proceeds by examining the idea of imprisonment from two perspectives: by considering the history of prisons and current practices in the state of Oregon, and from the perspective of biblical literature. Thoughts on how a biblical perspective can engage culture follow this analysis. There is wide agreement today that our prison system is fraught with problems. Opinion associates prisons with overcrowding, racism, human debasement, and with an inability to accomplish the reduction of crime. Further, there is also a partial antipathy ascribed to the general populace. Practically, citizens want governmental systems to provide for our security. Ideologically, there is a sense that leniency is foolhardy. However, as religious communities often equate crime with sin writ large, there is also a need to pursue wholeness in society. One way to do this is by reflecting on how punishment, prison in this case, can relate to restoration. This essay proceeds by examining the idea of imprisonment from two perspectives: by considering the history of prisons and current practices in the state of Oregon, and from the perspective of biblical literature. Thoughts on how a biblical perspective can engage culture follow this analysis.

Date of Publication

2016

Physical description

211-231

Title

International Journal of Public Theology

Volume Number

10/2

International Standard Serial Number

1569-7320

Subject Term

Incarceration

Subject Term

Isaiah

Subject Term

Prison

Subject Term

Servant

Alan Scharn

E. Allen Jones

Call Number

10.1163/15697320-12341443

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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