Women Leaving Prison - Justice-Seeking Spiritual Support for Female Returning Citizens

Women Leaving Prison uses qualitative research methods to uncover the spiritual and religious experiences of female returning citizens. The findings ground the call for a revised prison ministry praxis that details how people of faith and concerned citizens can facilitate returning sisters' successful reentry and work to remove current injustices.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Sisters Inside: Pathways to Prison and Faith Behind Bars
Chapter 2: Coming Home: The Reentry Experiences of Returning Sisters
Chapter 3: Faith Beyond Bars: Returning Sisters' Spiritual and Religious Experiences During Reentry
Chapter 4: Project Sister Connect

About the author

Jill L. Snodgrass is associate professor of pastoral counseling at Loyola University Maryland.

Summary

Women Leaving Prison uses qualitative research methods to uncover the spiritual and religious experiences of female returning citizens. The findings ground the call for a revised prison ministry praxis that details how people of faith and concerned citizens can facilitate returning sisters’ successful reentry and work to remove current injustices.

Product details

• Authors: Jill L Snodgrass, Jill L. Snodgrass, Snodgrass Jill L.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498544023
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4402-3
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Emerging Perspectives in Pasto; Emerging Perspectives in Pasto; Emerging Perspectives in Pastoral Theology and Care
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, Religion and beliefs, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christian social thought & activity