{"product_id":"9780567719492","title":"No Godforsaken Place Prison Chaplaincy, Karl Barth, and Practicing Life in Prison","description":"\u003ch3\u003eT\u0026amp;T Clark Studies in Social Ethics, Ethnography and Theologies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eNo Godforsaken Place\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePrison Chaplaincy, Karl Barth, and Practicing Life in Prison\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSarah C. Jobe | Todd D. Whitmore | Aana Marie Vigen | Traci C. West | AnneMarie Mingo\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Theology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow does the life, arrest, trial, conviction, execution, and release from state-supervision of Jesus Christ enact the salvation of the cosmos? How does that one carceral life-in-death link up with life in the face of prison death today?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJobe explores the spiritual and religious life contained within America's prison systems as it shows up in the profession of prison chaplaincy. The theological foundations of the text coherently link Barth's experience of prison chaplaincy and his Christological theology with the theological understandings in the chaplains' interviews; and Jobe's “practical soteriology” emerges in a thoroughly intricate and compelling contextualized vision. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book weaves careful ethnographic work, the systematic theology of Karl Barth, and biblical interpretation to craft a textured exploration of life-after-death work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSarah C. Jobe \u003c\/b\u003eis Co-Director of the Prison Studies Program at Duke Divinity School and Clinical Chaplain for the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, USA.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 November 2025\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eT\u0026amp;T Clark\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780567719492\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52226016673932,"sku":"9780567719492","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_c8595d55-69b7-4bdc-9315-b5afa2db07e3.jpg?v=1786501653","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780567719492","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}