{"product_id":"good-punishment-christian-moral-practice-and-us-imprisonment-9780802863249","title":"Good Punishment?: Christian Moral Practice and U.S. Imprisonment","description":"\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?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eGood Punishment?\u003c\/em\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Samuel Logan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.07w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802863249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/19\/2009 pg. 34\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40138407673971,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1e972c1b-8856-4a35-83f2-d4b272d79300.jpg?v=1654348889","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/good-punishment-christian-moral-practice-and-us-imprisonment-9780802863249","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}