{"product_id":"good-punishment-christian-moral-practice-and-u-s-imprisonment-paperback","title":"Good Punishment?: Christian Moral Practice and U.S. Imprisonment - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Samuel Logan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 2 million persons occupy America's prisons and jails today -- the highest per capita incarceration rate in U.S. history. With just 6 percent of the world's population, the United States now holds 25 percent of its prisoners. At what social cost do we build and fill more prisons? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eGood Punishment?\u003c\/i\u003e James Samuel Logan critiques the American obsession with imprisonment as punishment, calling it \"retributive degradation\" of the incarcerated. His analysis draws on both salient empirical data and material from a variety of disciplines -- social history, anthropology, law and penal theory, philosophy of religion -- as he uncovers the devastating social consequences (both direct and collateral) of imprisonment on such a large, unprecedented scale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A distinctive contribution of this book lies in its development of a Christian social ethics of \"good punishment\" embodied as a politics of \"healing memories\" and \"ontological intimacy.\" Logan earnestly explores how Christians can best engage with the real-life issues and concerns surrounding the American practice of imprisonment.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 271\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.97 x 6.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757566886176,"sku":"9780802863249","price":31.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/88d4b3dd2642e4d04d116464869852b0.webp?v=1780105322","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/good-punishment-christian-moral-practice-and-u-s-imprisonment-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}