{"product_id":"hurt-with-fetters-theological-reflections-on-criminal-justice","title":"Hurt With Fetters: Theological Reflections on Criminal Justice","description":"Hurt With Fetters reveals a fundamental problem associated with current practices of criminal justice. The problem is essentially one of narrative--and is built into how the story of criminal justice is told. Christians have adopted narrative understandings of justice that run contrary to the contours of the Christian story. An adequate response to the problem deals first with the primary point of contention between the current narrative of criminal justice and the Christian story. That point of contention is born out in how we identify as human beings--an identity that either eschews value and dignity or weaves those things into it. A reassessment of the problem draws out its central location with the natural theological force of the Christian narrative. Theologically, that central location of the problem is situated distinctly within an understanding of who we are as humans.\n\n\"The failed Protestant social experiment of the modern prison needs the kind of careful insider analysis that this book rings. Hurt With Fetters offers a critical yet hopeful look that will prove useful for those on the inside and outside, for believers and nonbelievers, who seek to reckon with the uniquely American moment of mass-imprisonment.\" - Dr. Jason S. Sexton, UCLA-Department of Sociology\n\n\"In Hurt with Fetters, Jason Karch issues a wake-up call to the Church to take the Gospel seriously and become part of a solution that restores righteousness and justice to a system that is seriously flawed.\" - Greg Smith, Senior Pastor, FBC Brazoria\n\n\"Through careful engagement with biblical and theological texts, and with profound awareness of the experiences of incarcerated people, Karch offers us a powerful critique of American systems of punishment and robust constructive accounts of justice, rights, forgiveness, and community.\" - Aaron Griffith, author of God's Law and Order: The Politics of Punishment in Evangelical America\n\n\"This clarion call should awaken all Christians to the fact that all people, including those warehoused in prisons across our nation, are created in the image of God and because of such, have intrinsic value and dignity,\" - Terry Solley, co-author of Exiles: A Prisoner's Daily Devotional\n\n\"Jason brings the legislation of Criminal Justice and Prison Reform back to where the problem eeds to be, and can only be fixed: the foundation. Hurt with Fetters makes assertions that demand answers or the vindication of silence. Jason is a voice that speaks in and for volumes.\" - Jesse Anguiano, incarcerated Christian serving life.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0578295091\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0578295091.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Karch, Jason S\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43350085173309,"sku":"BVV.0578295091.G","price":11.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0578295091-0.jpg?v=1784149701","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/hurt-with-fetters-theological-reflections-on-criminal-justice","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}