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Imprisoned religion : transformations of religion during and after imprisonment in Eastern Germany / Irene Becci.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1409411621
  • 9781409411628
  • 9781409472346
  • 1409472345
  • 1317118308
  • 9781317118305
  • 1317118294
  • 9781317118299
  • 1283705869
  • 9781283705868
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Imprisoned religion.DDC classification:
  • 274.30086/927 23
LOC classification:
  • BV4595 .B43 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Modern prisons in Eastern Germany : between secular and Christian projects -- Religion in post-socialist prisons and release programmes -- Transformations of religion during and after imprisonment -- Inmates and ex-inmates' relations to religion -- New religious belongings : inside, outside and in liminality -- Conclusion in a comparative perspective.
Summary: This book explores the profound transformations that prisons and offender rehabilitation programmes in Eastern Germany have undergone with respect to religion. Drawing on participant observation and interviews of inmates, ex-prisoners, chaplains and prison visitors, this book connects the institutional to individual: focusing on the religious changes individuals experience when they are imprisoned and released. Becci also explores the difficulties faced by released people in keeping their religious life alive under the harsh conditions of social stigma in a highly secular outside society.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Modern prisons in Eastern Germany : between secular and Christian projects -- Religion in post-socialist prisons and release programmes -- Transformations of religion during and after imprisonment -- Inmates and ex-inmates' relations to religion -- New religious belongings : inside, outside and in liminality -- Conclusion in a comparative perspective.

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This book explores the profound transformations that prisons and offender rehabilitation programmes in Eastern Germany have undergone with respect to religion. Drawing on participant observation and interviews of inmates, ex-prisoners, chaplains and prison visitors, this book connects the institutional to individual: focusing on the religious changes individuals experience when they are imprisoned and released. Becci also explores the difficulties faced by released people in keeping their religious life alive under the harsh conditions of social stigma in a highly secular outside society.

English.

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