restorative justice
Can incarceration ever be just?
Philosopher Tommie Shelby pushes me to question my abolitionist convictions.
Restorative justice with Anselm
The satisfaction theory of atonement offers my incarcerated students something the substitution theory does not: a way to make amends and be restored.
What if classrooms were shaped by a restorative justice sensibility?
Creating space for a different kind of engagement
What is forgiveness, and is it good?
“In the wrong hands, forgiveness can become a kind of tyranny.”
Amy Frykholm interviews Marina Cantacuzino
Artists on the inside
The Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan
Amy Frykholm interviews Ashley Lucas and Philip Christman
Tennessee: poster child for a broken system
A justice system oriented mainly toward punishing offenders can have tragic consequences.
Relational economic justice
Maybe it’s because I’m Japanese-American that I feel skeptical reading Western political philosophy. When were we ever born as free individuals into a state of nature, as Locke and Rousseau asserted? I’ve always believed that we’re born into families, with binding ties, benefits, and obligations.
The Bible affirms that relationships are not merely social constructs for us to make and break as we choose.
Why the cross? God’s at-one-ment with humanity
Some questions won't go away. The creed says Jesus was crucified "for us," but what do those two little words mean?