Author:
Gilliard, Dominique DuBois, author.
Imprint:Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, c2018.
Description230 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Note:Part 1. The roots and evolution of mass incarceration. The war on drugs -- How did we get here? From black codes to neoslavery -- Beyond law and order -- Three overlooked pipelines: mental health, private prisons, and immigration -- The school-to-prison pipeline -- Part 2. The church's witness and testimony. Protestant reformers: prophetic activism, nonviolence, and God's wrath -- The prisoners' pastor: chaplaincy and theology's institutional impact -- The spirit of punishment: atonement, penal substitution, and the wrath of God -- Atonement and sanctifying retribution -- Divine justice is inherently restorative -- Holy interruptions: dismantling mass incarceration.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographic references.
