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Author : Tommy Seay
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1591601185
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Principles of Prison Ministry written by Tommy Seay and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : U S Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher : USCCB Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781574553949
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)
Download or read book Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration written by U S Conference of Catholic Bishops and published by USCCB Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely work, the bishops open a new dialogue on crime and justice in the United States.
Author : Byron R. Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000412695
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Restorative Prison written by Byron R. Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-05 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on work from inside some of America’s largest and toughest prisons, this book documents an alternative model of "restorative corrections" utilizing the lived experience of successful inmates, fast disrupting traditional models of correctional programming. While research documents a strong desire among those serving time in prison to redeem themselves, inmates often confront a profound lack of opportunity for achieving redemption. In a system that has become obsessively and dysfunctionally punitive, often fewer than 10% of prisoners receive any programming. Incarcerated citizens emerge from prisons in the United States to reoffend at profoundly high rates, with the majority of released prisoners ending up back in prison within five years. In this book, the authors describe a transformative agenda for incentivizing and rewarding good behavior inside prisons, rapidly proving to be a disruptive alternative to mainstream corrections and offering hope for a positive future. The authors’ expertise on the impact of faith-based programs on recidivism reduction and prisoner reentry allows them to delve into the principles behind inmate-led religious services and other prosocial programs—to show how those incarcerated may come to consider their existence as meaningful despite their criminal past and current incarceration. Religious practice is shown to facilitate the kind of transformational "identity work" that leads to desistance that involves a change in worldview and self-concept, and which may lead a prisoner to see and interpret reality in a fundamentally different way. With participation in religion protected by the U.S. Constitution, these model programs are helping prison administrators weather financial challenges while also helping make prisons less punitive, more transparent, and emotionally restorative. This book is essential reading for scholars of corrections, offender reentry, community corrections, and religion and crime, as well as professionals and volunteers involved in correctional counseling and prison ministry.
Author : Zach Sewell
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1449779743
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)
Download or read book Prisoners in the Bible written by Zach Sewell and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each chapter in this book explores the story of a different person in the Bible who was imprisoned, and considers the unique way that God was at work in their situation. The purpose of this book is to encourage people who are currently incarcerated by showing them how God has worked through the difcult situation of imprisonment many times before.
Author : Charles W. Colson
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780842352451
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
Download or read book Justice that Restores written by Charles W. Colson and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something clearly is wrong with the current justice system in which repeat incarceration is high, injustice is rampant, and 25 percent of African-American males can expect to spend time behind bars. Colson's biblical ideas for reform have the potential to turn the system around, keep innocent people out of prison, and give victims some relief.
Author : Lennie Spitale
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0805424830
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)
Download or read book Prison Ministry written by Lennie Spitale and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2002 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empowering any pastor, educator, or lay leader in doing effective prison ministry by providing a thorough inside-out view of prison life.
Author : Chris Callahan
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781495371424
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)
Download or read book Kairos Leadership Principles written by Chris Callahan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kairos Prison Ministry is rooted in Cursillo, and similar to the Via de Cristo, Tres Dias, and Walk To Emmaus programs. It is a three and a half day program on teaching and demonstrating God's unconditional agape love to inmates, resulting in life changing results in inmates. This program operates in 13 prisons in North Carolina, in 32 States in the US, and in 9 countries. Its international headquarters is DeBary, Florida. This manual presents important psychological tools for weekend leaders to use in assembling and keeping volunteers active in the program. The author is a veteran of over 25 Kairos weekends conducted in four prisons and two states, and is a member of the Kairos Executive Council for North Carolina. The tools and advice in this short book, approximately a one hour read, are also useful for leaders of similar programs mentioned above and for any leaders in volunteer based ministry programs.
Author : Dr. Henry G. Covert
Publisher : Masthof Press & Bookstore
ISBN 13 : 1601268270
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ministry to the Incarcerated written by Dr. Henry G. Covert and published by Masthof Press & Bookstore. This book was released on 1992 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Covert uses his experiences as both police officer and state prison chaplain to examine the environment of the incarcerated—people who are often forgotten by society. He emphasizes particular areas of inmate stress and how they impact upon the inmate's spiritual formation and the role of the Church in offering encouragement, healing, and transformation. He calls for staff education, environmental improvement, and a pastoral presence that facilitates rehabilitation and hope, rather than discouragement and punishment. (197pp. Masthof Press, 2022.)
Author : Donald Stoesz
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 152557244X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Prison Chaplaincy Manual written by Donald Stoesz and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The manual provides a rationale for chaplaincy by using Winnifred Sullivan's three categories of religious secularism, irreligious secularism, and areligious secularism to outline the essential and transforming value of spiritual care services (preface, introduction). The manual provides a history of justice initiatives and chaplaincy services in a Canadian context (chapters one and two). The manual provides a rationale for spiritual care-giver training by showing how chaplaincy courses at a university level can build on the competencies of leadership and core knowledge that many ministers, rabbis, imams, priests, nuns, and other faith group representatives have. Emotional intelligence, professional practice skills, and diversity are additional competencies needed for spiritual care-givers to become effective prison chaplains (chapters three to six). Six principles shape the content of this book: (1) integration of chaplaincy into corrections (chapters three to six) (2) understanding of prison dynamics (chapters seven to ten), (3) complementary use of sociology and psychology (chapters eleven to fourteen), (4) provision of faith formation, rites and rituals, programs, pastoral care, and a ministry of presence (chapters fifteen to eighteen), (5) ecumenical and multi-faith religious accommodation (chapters nineteen to twenty-one) and (6) professional development (chapters twenty-four and twenty-five). The manual concludes with a statement of best practices by Dr. Thomas Beckner, long-time chaplaincy educator (Correctional Chaplains: Keepers of the Cloak, p. 24). "Chaplains are to have highly polished counselling skills, strong management and facilitation abilities, a working knowledge of various faith group requirements . . . and a strong commitment to serve all residents of the institution regardless of their faith identity or lack thereof."
Author : Dennis W. Pierce
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317786769
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)
Download or read book Prison Ministry written by Dennis W. Pierce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Show the incarcerated how to find forgiveness in unforgiving surroundings As the prison population in the United States increases by more than 1,000 inmates each week, prison ministry programs must have a working blueprint for dealing with the shame, humiliation, hate, and loneliness of incarceration at both the adult correctional and juvenile detention/probation levels. Prison Ministry: Hope Behind the Wall demonstrates how a ministry can adapt Latin American Liberation theology to address oppression and bring prisoners into the community of Christ. Author Dennis Pierce, former chaplain at the Joliet Correctional Center in Illinois (where the Fox Network's 2005 “Prison Break” series is filmed), presents a functioning approach to forgiveness and reconciliation, combining pastoral counseling, Christian education, Bible studies, and worship to help inmates develop self-esteem and an overall feeling of self-worth through compassion and empathy. Prison Ministry: Hope Behind the Wall provides an alternative resource on our prison system for chaplains, pastors, priests, and students working in theology, ethics, or counseling. Instead of the usual descriptive narratives of inmates’ lives or discussions of statistical approaches, this unique book combines a theological model with a viable programmatic approach to confront the oppression of incarceration and reverse its effects. The book looks at the vital issues facing juveniles in the criminal justice system (the transition from county jail to a correctional facility, victimization, rejection, under-stimulation, homosexual rape) and examines the creation of non-threatening niches to address coping structures needed to move toward forgiveness and reconciliation. Prison Ministry: Hope Behind the Wall examines: meeting the incarcerated defining prison’s emotional ethos dealing with human breakdowns oppression in maximum-security prison components of empowerment needed for prison ministry Prison Ministry: Hope Behind the Wall also includes case studies of four inmates, an extensive bibliography, a glossary of prison terms, sample Bible studies, and sermon topics. The book is invaluable for anyone dealing with incarcerated youth and young adults in civilian or military correctional or juvenile detention facilities.
