God In Captivity
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Author | : Tanya Erzen |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2017-03-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0807089990 |
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An eye-opening account of how and why evangelical Christian ministries are flourishing in prisons across the United States It is by now well known that the United States’ incarceration rate is the highest in the world. What is not broadly understood is how cash-strapped and overcrowded state and federal prisons are increasingly relying on religious organizations to provide educational and mental health services and to help maintain order. And these religious organizations are overwhelmingly run by nondenominational Protestant Christians who see prisoners as captive audiences. Some twenty thousand of these Evangelical Christian volunteers now run educational programs in over three hundred US prisons, jails, and detention centers. Prison seminary programs are flourishing in states as diverse as Texas and Tennessee, California and Illinois, and almost half of the federal prisons operate or are developing faith-based residential programs. Tanya Erzen gained inside access to many of these programs, spending time with prisoners, wardens, and members of faith-based ministries in six states, at both male and female penitentiaries, to better understand both the nature of these ministries and their effects. What she discovered raises questions about how these ministries and the people who live in prison grapple with the meaning of punishment and redemption, as well as what legal and ethical issues emerge when conservative Christians are the main and sometimes only outside forces in a prison system that no longer offers even the pretense of rehabilitation. Yet Erzen also shows how prison ministries make undeniably positive impacts on the lives of many prisoners: men and women who have no hope of ever leaving prison can achieve personal growth, a sense of community, and a degree of liberation within the confines of their cells. With both empathy and a critical eye, God in Captivity grapples with the questions of how faith-based programs serve the punitive regime of the prison, becoming a method of control behind bars even as prisoners use them as a lifeline for self-transformation and dignity.
Author | : György Spiró |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 864 |
Release | : 2015-11-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1632060493 |
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This translation originally copyrighted in 2010.
Author | : Maryam Rostampour |
Publisher | : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2013-04-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1414382200 |
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Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh knew they were putting their lives on the line. Islamic laws in Iran forbade them from sharing their Christian beliefs, but in three years, they’d covertly put New Testaments into the hands of twenty thousand of their countrymen and started two secret house churches. In 2009, they were finally arrested and held in the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran, a place where inmates are routinely tortured and executions are commonplace. In the face of ruthless interrogations, persecution, and a death sentence, Maryam and Marziyeh chose to take the radical—and dangerous—step of sharing their faith inside the very walls of the government stronghold that was meant to silence them. In Captive in Iran, two courageous Iranian women recount how God used their 259 days in Evin Prison to shine His light into one of the world’s darkest places, giving hope to those who had lost everything and showing love to those in despair.
Author | : Stanley Hauerwas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
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In this challenging, controversial volume, Stanley Hauerwas asserts that both liberal (historical-critical) and fundamentalist (literal) approaches to biblical scholarship have corrupted our use of the Bible--especially in preaching--in the American church.
Author | : Mendez-Ferrell An |
Publisher | : Destiny Image Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-07 |
Genre | : Spiritual warfare |
ISBN | : 9780768432336 |
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Taking our captivity away from the devil represented one of the most important parts of Jesus sufferings. This affects all human beings from the most downtrodden to the most successful one. Somehow part of our soul is held prisoner rather through sin, sickness fear or pain
Author | : Ronald A. Clower |
Publisher | : WestBow Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2015-08-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1490891099 |
Download Captivity to Eternity, Daniel, God's Faithful Servant Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Book of Daniel is one of the Bibles richestfull of astounding historical events and prophetic visions that for centuries have helped readers realize Gods plan for mankind and His covenant people. This commentary and workbook, the result of several seasons of intense research by author Ronald Clower, presents a concise, verse-by-verse study of Daniel that explores not only the life of the prophet himself but the books setting, stories, and foretastes of the futuresome of them already fulfilled and some of them yet to be. The chapters are supplemented with illustrations and material on related topics, and each one includes separate questions for review and discussion, inviting both personal use and classroom or group study. Clowers work will carefully guide you through this exciting Old Testament book, helping you connect its truths with the whole of Scripture and the centerpiece of the entire gospel, the Lord Jesus Christthe One who was, and is, and is to come.
Author | : Sandra Wilson |
Publisher | : Tate Publishing |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1602470006 |
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Are you living in captivity? Are you hiding in an imprisoned home and overwhelmed by your grieving spirit as a result of perfectionism, co-dependency, depression, or low self-esteem? Are you or have you ever suffered from sexual immorality, eating disorders, cutting yourself, or suicide attempts? Are you joined to an abuser who has wounded, saddened, controlled, abandoned, or deceived you? Author Sandra Wilson's prose is a praised gift from God for its deep teaching on how to end the cycles of Domestic Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence. Make the "Turn In Your Captivity "
Author | : DR. D. K. OLUKOYA |
Publisher | : Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries |
Total Pages | : 31 |
Release | : 2015-01-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9788021115 |
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Many people have been bound for a long time. Many have been walking up side for a long time. And unfortunately too, many have been exchanging one type of slavery for another. These kinds of situations have made life hell on earth for all affected persons. Captivity is slavery and it has different categories. Ignorance in this area has perpetually kept a lot of people in bondage. Dear reader, this book is your key to freedom from all forms of captivity. So, do not miss it.
Author | : Ana Mendez Ferrell |
Publisher | : Voice of the Light Ministries, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-08-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781933163222 |
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This book is a study of one of the most powerful revelations God has given me. Delivering captives in the traditional manner requires a lot of time, dedication, physical and spiritual strength, a price few are willing to pay. The battle can be fierce due to the ruthless manifestations of the demons. The reality is many times this type of deliverance is unsuccessful. However, there is an easier, more efficient way to deliver people and it is how Jesus did it. Jesus didn't come to earth simply to save us and to die for our sins, but also to give us freedom in every area of our life. He conquered the devil's empire and set the captives free. This goes beyond casting out demons of the occult, drugs, alcohol, etc. Captivity plays a role in the lives of all mankind
Author | : Robert Kimball Shinkoskey |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2012-09-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1621899888 |
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Early literary man learned that free speech and free labor were frequently suppressed or obliterated by powerful governments in the Near Eastern world. This is the source of the Bible's passionate interest in liberation from political and economic repression. Moses and his people in Egypt, for example, experienced the rapid disintegration of their traditional right to religious liberty and self-directed labor. They attempted to rectify the situation at Sinai and in Canaan. Mesopotamians and Egyptians, Greeks, Sicilians, and Romans labored against tyranny as well. Robert Kimball Shinkoskey focuses on stories, laws, and movements dealing with the problem of political idolatry in the ancient world. His purpose is to show that the Bible is a civic narrative as much as a religious one, and that the Ten Commandments are articles in a constitutional law system that promotes the steady rule of law rather than the capricious rule of man.