The convict Christ
Subtitle: what the Gospel says about criminal justice
By: Jens Soering.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Maryknoll, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781570756481
Subjects: Imprisonment -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Punishment -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Criminal justice, Administration of; Christianity and justice
Table of contents: title: The sermon in the synagogue in Nazareth: America's prison crisis; title: The Gerasene demoniac: mental illness behind bars; title: The woman caught in adultery: the death penalty; title: John the Baptist's defender: advocacy for and by individual inmates; title: John the Baptist's execution: correctional health care; title: The good Samaritan: prison rape; title: The persistent widow and the unjust judge: parole abolition; title: The judgment of the nations: the civil commitment of sex offenders; title: The Paraclete: rough justice in the courts; title: The Legionnaires in the Praetorium: America's Abu Ghraibs; title: Simon of Cyrene: racism in the courts and in prison; title: The good thief: correctional education; title: The centurion at the foot of the cross: retaliation by the D.O.C.; title: The bad thief: life sentences; title: The Resurrection: a convict's new life.