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
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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
“In this stellar book, Brad Stoddard deftly describes the private faith-based interventions taking place in state prisons and the complicated ideology of the mainly conservative politicians and evangelical Christian religious leaders who support them.”—Tanya Erzen, author of God in Captivity
“On the cutting edge of American religious studies, Spiritual Entrepreneurs breaks new ground and is a must-read work for anyone interested in the connections between neoliberalism and religion in the contemporary United States. Brad Stoddard’s engaging and detailed ethnographic approach clearly supports his well-articulated argument.”—Sean McCloud, author of American Possessions: Fighting Demons in the Contemporary United States