The furnace of afflictionprisons & religion in antebellum AmericaGraber, Jennifer1973-creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.History.Electronic books.ncuChapel HillUniversity of North Carolina Press©20112011monographiceng1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrationsFocused 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 to the 1850s.The prison as garden, 1796-1804 -- The furnace of affliction, 1805-1823 -- The furnace at Auburn, 1816-1827 -- The furnace at Sing Sing, 1828-1839 -- The furnace transformed, 1840-1847 -- The prison as hell, 1848-1860.Jennifer Graber.Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.n-us---Religious work with prisonersUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCorrectionsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPrisonersReligious lifeUnited StatesHistory19th centuryProtestantismUnited StatesHistory19th centurySOCIAL SCIENCEPenologyRELIGIONChristian LifeSocial IssuesCorrectionsPrisonersReligious lifeProtestantismReligious work with prisonersUnited States
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