{"product_id":"down-in-the-chapel-religious-life-in-an-american-prison-hardcover","title":"Down in the Chapel: Religious Life in an American Prison - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua Dubler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bold and provocative interpretation of one of the most religiously vibrant places in America--a state penitentiary \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBaraka, Al, Teddy, and Sayyid--four black men from South Philadelphia, two Christian and two Muslim--are serving life sentences at Pennsylvania's maximum-security Graterford Prison. All of them work in Graterford's chapel, a place that is at once a sanctuary for religious contemplation and an arena for disputing the workings of God and man. Day in, day out, everything is, in its twisted way, rather ordinary. And then one of them disappears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDown in the Chapel \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of one week at Graterford Prison. We learn how the men at Graterford pass their time, care for themselves, and commune with their makers. We observe a variety of Muslims, Protestants, Catholics, and others, at prayer and in study and song. And we listen in as an interloping scholar of religion tries to make sense of it all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen prisoners turn to God, they are often scorned as con artists who fake their piety, or pitied as wretches who cling to faith because faith is all they have left. Joshua Dubler goes beyond these stereotypes to show the religious life of a prison in all its complexity. One part prison procedural, one part philosophical investigation, \u003ci\u003eDown in the Chapel \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the many uses prisoners make of their religions and weighs the circumstances that make these uses possible. Gritty and visceral, meditative and searching, it is an essential study of American religion in the age of mass incarceration.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Dubler\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of religion at the University of Rochester and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBang! Thud: World Spirit from a Texas School Book Depository\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also taught at Haverford College, Columbia University, and Villanova University's program at Graterford Prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.4 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762304680224,"sku":"9780374120702","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/431ece44d010bc5d373a4f99e5e4a02d.webp?v=1780219139","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/down-in-the-chapel-religious-life-in-an-american-prison-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}