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- catalog abstract ""This book caused this reader to examine his own convictions about pastoral work with 'convicts' and understand the historical relationship of the 'Christian' church and prisons. Griffith reveals repeated institutional failures to reform criminals by punitive and rehabilitative means throughout history. Griffith challenges the reader to walk the more excellent way of love that leads to the fall of the prison. He calls the reader back to the early history of the Church when disciples followed Christ into prisons in Christian solidarity with the prisoners - a less traveled narrow way of peace that leads the wolves of the world to dwell with the lambs of God. As a conclusion to his book Griffith brings the reader to a fork in the correctional road: does the reader choose to enter through the wide prison gate to follow the easy way of crime and punishment or does the reader choose to go through the narrow heavenly gate to follow the hard way of loving one's enemies? This book begs an answer to the prison's questionable past, present, and future. Read the book and answer the call to Christian discipleship. The walls are tumbling down!" -- Amazon.com.".
- catalog contributor b4765475.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description ""This book caused this reader to examine his own convictions about pastoral work with 'convicts' and understand the historical relationship of the 'Christian' church and prisons. Griffith reveals repeated institutional failures to reform criminals by punitive and rehabilitative means throughout history. Griffith challenges the reader to walk the more excellent way of love that leads to the fall of the prison. He calls the reader back to the early history of the Church when disciples followed Christ into prisons in Christian solidarity with the prisoners - a less traveled narrow way of peace that leads the wolves of the world to dwell with the lambs of God. As a conclusion to his book Griffith brings the reader to a fork in the correctional road: does the reader choose to enter through the wide prison gate to follow the easy way of crime and punishment or does the reader choose to go through the narrow heavenly gate to follow the hard way of loving one's enemies? This book begs an answer to the prison's questionable past, present, and future. Read the book and answer the call to Christian discipleship. The walls are tumbling down!" -- Amazon.com.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-250) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Prisons and the relevance of the gospel -- Prisons and the social order -- Prisons and the Bible -- Prisons and the churches -- Prisons and discipleship.".
- catalog extent "xx, 258 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0802806708".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans,".
- catalog subject "261.8/336 20".
- catalog subject "BS680.J8 G75 1993".
- catalog subject "Christianity and justice.".
- catalog subject "Church work with prisoners.".
- catalog subject "Justice, Administration of Biblical teaching.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prisons and the relevance of the gospel -- Prisons and the social order -- Prisons and the Bible -- Prisons and the churches -- Prisons and discipleship.".
- catalog title "The fall of the prison : biblical perspectives on prison abolition / Lee Griffith.".
- catalog type "text".