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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2009
Print publication year:
1998
Online ISBN:
9780511520815
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511520815
Subjects:
Sociology of Religion, Religion, Religion: General Interest, Sociology
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Book description

This was the first in-depth examination of relations between the Church of England and other faiths in the Prison Service Chaplaincy. It shows how the struggle for equal opportunities in a multi-faith society is politicising relations between the Church, the state and religious minorities. Drawing on a wealth of data, it considers the increasingly controversial role of Anglican chaplains in facilitating the religious and pastoral care of prisoners from non-Christian backgrounds, whose numbers among the prison population have been growing. Comparison with the United States underlines the closeness of the tie between the state and Christian churches in English prisons, and this book argues that it is time to reconsider the practice of keeping ethnic and religious minorities dependent on Anglican 'brokering' of their access to prison chaplaincy.

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‘This important and unique book contains a fascinating combination of dispassionate and moral indignation … I would be surprised if this book does not precipitate overdue change.’

Robin Gill - University of Kent at Canterbury

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