Spiritual Entrepreneurs
Florida's Faith-Based Prisons and the American Carceral State
By Brad Stoddard
272 pp., 6.125 x 9.25
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-6308-1
Published: April 2021 -
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-6307-4
Published: April 2021 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-6309-8
Published: February 2021 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-5912-9
Published: February 2021
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Even without authoritative data on whether FCBIs are assisting rehabilitation and reducing recidivism rates, similar programs are appearing across the nation—only Iowa has declared them illegal under non-establishment-of-religion statutes. Exposing the intricate connections among incarceration, neoliberal economics, and religious freedom, Stoddard makes a timely contribution to debates about religion’s role in American society.
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Brad Stoddard is assistant professor of religious studies at McDaniel College.
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"[A] vibrant study. . . . an intelligent take on an under-the-radar niche in the American prison system, and one that will raise eyebrows with readers interested in the intersection of faith and justice."—Publishers Weekly
"Superb. . . . [The book] masterfully articulates historical explanations with critical ethnography, and allows us to understand both the macrostructural factors and the day-to-day ins and outs of faith-based prisons."—Sociology of Religion
“Offers a detailed ethnographic account of one of the nation’s largest faith-based prison programs and as such is highly recommended.”—Journal of Church and State
“An excellent book that will likely be a springboard for future scholarship on faith-based prisons.”—Reading Religion
“Excellent . . . this book provides a detailed and beautifully analyzed account of the largest faith- and character-based prison program in U.S. state prisons.”—Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books
“Stoddard provides a valuable, historically-informed portrait of a growing nexus that links state incarceration to local scenes of Christianity, and he asserts compellingly that they be theorized together. Here, we see Christianity’s fundamental effects across a Florida state institution.”–American Religion