God Behind Bars: The Rise of Faith-Based Ministries in an Age of Mass Incarceration
In prisons throughout the United States, punishment and religious revivalism are occurring simultaneously. Faith-based ministries have become a dominant force in American prisons, operating under the logic that religious conversion and redemption will transform prisoners into new human beings. In this talk, professor Tanya Erzen explores a little-known story: why Christian prison ministries are on […]