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| Author | : Jens Soering |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : |
An inmate for life, Jens Soering tells stories of prison life that are shocking and inspiring. He confronts us with Jesus's challenge to love not only the least amongst us but those who are perceived as the worst amongst us. Anyone interested in what goes on behind the walls of our nation's prisons--and in seeing the face of Christ in everyone--will value this authentic, harrowing, and visionary search for redemption. The subject of a recent profile in The New Yorker Jens Soering has been incarcerated in Virginia since 1990. He is the author of The Way of the Prisoner and An Expensive Way to Make Bad People Worse.
| Author | : Prof. Mark Osler |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 219 |
| Release | : 2010-09-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1426722893 |
What does the most infamous criminal proceeding in history--the trial of Jesus of Nazareth--have to tell us about capital punishment in the United States? Jesus Christ was a prisoner on death row. If that statement surprises you, consider this fact: of all the roles that Jesus played--preacher, teacher, healer, mentor, friend--none features as prominently in the gospels as this one, a criminal indicted and convicted of a capital offense. Now consider another fact: the arrest, trial, and execution of Jesus bear remarkable similarities to the American criminal justice system, especially in capital cases. From the use of paid informants to the conflicting testimony of witnesses to the denial of clemency, the elements in the story of Jesus' trial mirror the most common components in capital cases today. Finally, consider a question: How might we see capital punishment in this country differently if we realized that the system used to condemn the Son of God to death so closely resembles the system we use in capital cases today? Should the experience of Jesus' trial, conviction, and execution give us pause as we take similar steps to place individuals on death row today? These are the questions posed by this surprising, challenging, and enlightening book
| Author | : Tony Evans |
| Publisher | : Moody Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 339 |
| Release | : 2009-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1575673134 |
Picture this: it’s Saturday afternoon, and you’re putting the finishing touches on tomorrow’s sermon. You’ve been thinking, researching, and praying about this message all week, and thankfully, feel prepared. That is, except for one small detail—you aren’t sure how to begin. For more than 30 years, Tony Evans has been connecting with audiences around the world. Now his tools are available for you. Don’t leave your listeners to connect the dots. Let Tony Evans’ Book of Illustrations help you illustrate your point in a way they can’t forget.
| Author | : Rafael Andrade Maldonado |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 189 |
| Release | : 2011-04-28 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1300365471 |
The Convict Manifesto for Christian Living is a work produced by a convict for convicts who have received Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. The Convict Manifesto covers issues ranging from drugs, alcohol, sex, violence, responsibility, relationships, and more. It is filled with tools useful for the man who has found salvation and wants to walk in the promise of newness of life. Prison volunteers, chaplains, and administrators can gain further insight into the population they work with. Families of Christian convicts will gain insights into the challenges their loved ones face in prison. The Convict Manifesto is that --- a manifesto. Like any manifesto, it sets the standards, norms, and the philosophy of the Christian convict.
| Author | : Roger Caillois |
| Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780813925516 |
Roger Caillois, 1913-1978, philosopher, writer, and Académie française laureate, was the author of numerous works of anthropology, sociology, psychoanalysis, art, and literary criticism, and the cofounder, with Georges Bataille, of France's College of Sociology for the Study of the Sacred. Ivan Strenski is Professor and Holstein Endowed Chairholder in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside, and the author or editor of several works, including Contesting Sacrifice and Thinking about Religion.
| Author | : Jens Soering |
| Publisher | : Lantern Books |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9781590560761 |
The author, himself a former inmate in the American Corrections System, writes about the state of the American prisons and the justice system and the American public's misconceptions about the system.
| Author | : David Lloyd Dusenbury |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 261 |
| Release | : 2021-12-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0197644120 |
The gospels and ancient historians agree: Jesus was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman imperial prefect in Jerusalem. To this day, Christians of all churches confess that Jesus died 'under Pontius Pilate'. But what exactly does that mean? Within decades of Jesus' death, Christians began suggesting that it was the Judaean authorities who had crucified Jesus--a notion later echoed in the Qur'an. In the third century, one philosopher raised the notion that, although Pilate had condemned Jesus, he'd done so justly; this idea survives in one of the main strands of modern New Testament criticism. So what is the truth of the matter? And what is the history of that truth? David Lloyd Dusenbury reveals Pilate's 'innocence' as not only a neglected theological question, but a recurring theme in the history of European political thought. He argues that Jesus' interrogation by Pilate, and Augustine of Hippo's North African sermon on that trial, led to the concept of secularity and the logic of tolerance emerging in early modern Europe. Without the Roman trial of Jesus, and the arguments over Pilate's innocence, the history of empire--from the first century to the twenty-first--would have been radically different.
| Author | : Dominique DuBois Gilliard |
| Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 2018-03-02 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0830887733 |
The United States has more people locked up in jails, prisons, and detention centers than any other country in the history of the world. Exploring the history and foundations of mass incarceration, Dominique Gilliard examines Christianity’s role in its evolution and expansion, assessing justice in light of Scripture, and showing how Christians can pursue justice that restores and reconciles.
| Author | : Jens Soering |
| Publisher | : Lantern Books |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 9781590560556 |
Centering Prayer is a modern adaptation of the ancient practice of contemplative prayer, a process of inner purification and an opening of the mind and heart to God. In this remarkable book, Jens Soering, an inmate in a Virginia prison, tells how Centering Prayer and its corollary, Centering Practice--contemplative prayer in action--enable him to survive the daily pain of prison life. Through a moving true story of personal redemption that shocks and inspires, Soering shows how we can all transform our crosses, our prisons (literal or metaphorical), into the means of our salvation.
| Author | : Britt Merrick |
| Publisher | : David C Cook |
| Total Pages | : 215 |
| Release | : 2012-06-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1434705013 |
Have you ever felt like there’s a higher calling for your life? Something more than the mundane weekly routine of work, eat, sleep, play, and church? In Godspeed, Britt Merrick challenges us to step out of our little, self-centered lives and step into God’s grand mission—His plan to restore, redeem, and renew the world. Your heart has been aching for something more, and this is it. Join His mission and change the world.
