About this ebook
The U.S. criminal justice system is
in a state of crisis, from unprecedented rates of imprisonment and recidivism
to the privatization of the prison system and the disproportionate
representation of particular racial, ethnic, social, and economic groups, all
of which is within a larger social justice context. Catholics and Protestants
have largely failed to offer vital theological responses. Amy Levad offers a
Catholic perspective that directly addresses the concrete issues from a
strongly interdisciplinary approach and utilizes the rich liturgical and
sacramental resources of penance and Eucharist to offer a theological vision of
reform.
in a state of crisis, from unprecedented rates of imprisonment and recidivism
to the privatization of the prison system and the disproportionate
representation of particular racial, ethnic, social, and economic groups, all
of which is within a larger social justice context. Catholics and Protestants
have largely failed to offer vital theological responses. Amy Levad offers a
Catholic perspective that directly addresses the concrete issues from a
strongly interdisciplinary approach and utilizes the rich liturgical and
sacramental resources of penance and Eucharist to offer a theological vision of
reform.
About the author
Amy Levad is assistant professor of Moral Theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the author of Restorative Justice: Theories and Practices of Moral Imagination (2011). She has an extensive background in criminology through fieldwork in the criminal justice system in Colorado and Georgia and earned a PhD in social ethics at Emory University
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