The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons & Religion in Antebellum America

by Jennifer Graber

Book Overview

Focusing on the intersection of Christianity and politics in the American penitentiary system, Jennifer Graber explores evangelical Protestants' efforts to make religion central to emerging practices and philosophies of prison discipline from the 1790s through the 1850s.

Initially, state and prison officials welcomed Protestant reformers' and ministers' recommendations, particularly their ideas about inmate suffering and redemption. Over time,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807834572
• ISBN13: 9780807834572
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"