Anthony Bradley, Ph.D.
Personalism as Response to Over-Criminalization and Mass Incarceration
In this episode I speak with Anthony Bradley about his book Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Hope from Civil Society. Anthony makes the case that the core problem with the criminal justice system is not systemic racism, how we deal with poverty. Anthony argues that we have objectified poor people and use policing and criminalization as a means to address poverty. We talk about the criminal justice reform, the problem of juvenile crime and ending the school to prison pipeline. We also discuss the problem of over-criminalization and the vast number of laws that disproportionately harm the poor. Anthony argues that we need a new approach to crime and poverty that is rooted in personalism and in building strong civil associations.
Bio
Dr. Anthony Bradley is professor of religious studies and director of the Center for the Study of Human Flourishing at The King’s College, Theologian-In-Residence at Redeemer Presbyterian Church—Lincoln Square, and serves as a research fellow at The Acton Institute.
Dr. Bradley lectures at colleges, universities, business organizations, conferences, and churches throughout the U.S. and abroad. His writings on religious and cultural issues have been published in a variety of journals, including: the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Washington Examiner, Al-Jazerra, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Detroit News, Christianity Today, and World Magazine.
Resources
Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness
John Irwin- The Jail: Managing the Underclass in American Society
On Eugenics, see Thomas Leonard, Illiberal Reformers
Introduction to Christian Anthropology:
Here is a outline of a talk MMM handout I give at Acton University each year that is a good summary of the key characteristics of Christian Anthropology
Personalism
Joseph Pieper, The Christian Image of Man
John Crosby, The Selfhood of the Human Person , The Personalism of John Paul II
John Paul II, Love and Responsibility
Christian Smith, What is a Person
Emmanuel Monier, Personalism
On Community and Civil Society see Robert Nisbet, Quest for Community
On the importance of family: Institute for Family Studies
Website
Books
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