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The Angola Prison seminary : effects of faith-based ministry on identity transformation, desistance, and rehabilitation / Michael Hallett, Joshua Hays, Byron Johnson, Sung Joon Jang, and Grant Duwe.

Title
The Angola Prison seminary : effects of faith-based ministry on identity transformation, desistance, and rehabilitation / Michael Hallett, Joshua Hays, Byron Johnson, Sung Joon Jang, and Grant Duwe.
Author
Hallett, Michael,
Publication
New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Holdings

Details

Description
xv, 248 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Routledge innovations in corrections
Subject
  • Church work with prisoners
  • Church work with prisoners > Angola
  • Crime > Religious aspects
  • Crime > Religious aspects
  • Criminals > Rehabilitation
  • Criminals > Rehabilitation > Angola
  • Louisiana > Angola
  • Louisiana State Penitentiary
  • Prison chaplains
  • Prison chaplains > Angola
  • Prisoners > Religious life
  • Prisoners > Religious life > Angola
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Angola : "human life had no value" -- Prison religion and Angola's prison seminary -- Angola and the seminary in context -- Identity transformation, religion, and desistance in prison -- Ecumenism, interfaith cooperation, and inmate ministry : religious pluralism at Louisiana State Penitentiary -- Faith, church attendance, and service : pathway to transformation and freedom -- The Angola model : a new prosocial gospel for American prisons -- Epilogue on Burl Cain.
ISBN
  • 9781138124264 (hardback)
  • 1138124265 (hardback)
  • 9781317300618 (web pdf) (canceled/invalid)
  • 1317300610 (web pdf) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2016008761