Evangelicals and the Culture of Incarceration

Aaron Griffith's new book explores the story

Evangelicals and the Culture of Incarceration

The rise of crime rates and incarceration correlates with the rise of American evangelicalism from the 1970s until today. Evangelicals have supported a socio-political theme called “law order,” which increases incarceration, they have also supported prison ministries and evangelism in prisons, while they have…