02901nam 2200637 a 450 991078564780332120230120031959.01-4696-0333-00-8078-7783-2(CKB)2670000000077364(EBL)673639(OCoLC)709552663(SSID)ssj0000469436(PQKBManifestationID)11280841(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469436(PQKBWorkID)10510758(PQKB)10488986(StDuBDS)EDZ0000246733(MdBmJHUP)muse23397(Au-PeEL)EBL673639(CaPaEBR)ebr10456381(MiAaPQ)EBC673639(MiAaPQ)EBC4322015(EXLCZ)99267000000007736420100816d2011 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe furnace of affliction[electronic resource] prisons and religion in antebellum America /Jennifer GraberChapel Hill [N.C.] University of North Carolina Pressc20111 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-2225-4 0-8078-3457-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 1790's through the 1850's. Initially, state and prison officials welcomed Protestant reformers' and ministers' recommendations, particularly their ideas about inmate suffering and redemption. Over time, however, officials proved less receptive to the reformers' activities, and inmates also opposed them. Ensuing debates between reformers, officialReligious work with prisonersUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCorrectionsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPrisonersReligious lifeUnited StatesHistory19th centuryProtestantismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryReligious work with prisonersHistoryCorrectionsHistoryPrisonersReligious lifeHistoryProtestantismHistory365/.665097309034Graber Jennifer1973-1510736MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785647803321The furnace of affliction3743578UNINA