Women Leaving Prison: Justice-Seeking Spiritual Support for Female Returning Citizens Contributor(s): Snodgrass, Jill L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498544029 ISBN-13: 9781498544023 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $115.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources - Social Science | Criminology - Religion | Christian Living - General |
Dewey: 259.508 |
LCCN: 2018040858 |
Series: Emerging Perspectives in Pastoral Theology and Care |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 254 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Women Leaving Prison examines the oft-ignored experiences of female returning citizens, our returning sisters, who face numerous individual and systemic barriers as they return to life beyond bars. In the age of mass incarceration, with 700,000 inmates leaving prison each year, spiritual and religious support during reentry is a crucial component of prison ministry. Women Leaving Prison describes women's pathways to prison, their spiritual and religious experiences inside, and then utilizes interpretative phenomenological analysis, a qualitative research method, to uncover the spiritual and religious beliefs and practices of returning sisters. The findings from the qualitative study then ground the book's call for a revised prison ministry praxis, entitled Project Sister Connect, that details how churches, as well as concerned citizens and people of faith, can welcome and care for returning sisters. Project Sister Connect offers a model for facilitating female returning citizens' successful reentry via communal and individual spiritual care and support and by working toward the eradication of structural injustices. |