Paola Livros

- William B. Eerdmans Press. Ano 2000 - 172 pages. Tamanho: 23 cm (Livro usado, bem conservado. Em inglês). - Resumo: This bold work confronts the spirit of punishment that permeates our culture and its deleterious effects on todays penal system and society at large. Rooted in experiences of prison reality, the book sets forth an original theory about the theological roots of our current punitive ethos and offers a creative antidote informed by a commitment to restorative justice. Snyder shows that the spirit of punishment in our culture is rooted in and reinforced by popular Christian misunderstandings of human nature and Gods grace. These misunderstandings include two consequential errors: the absence of any notion of creation grace and an understanding of redemption grace couched exclusively in individualistic...