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Ep. 9: Anthony Bradley, Ph.D: Personalism as a Response to Over-Criminalization and Mass Incarceration
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Ep. 9: Anthony Bradley, Ph.D: Personalism as a Response to Over-Criminalization and Mass Incarceration

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Anthony Bradley about his book, "Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Hope from Civil Society". 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 a research fellow at The Acton Institute.

Biography

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 ExaminerAl-Jazerra, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Detroit NewsChristianity 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

Poverty, Inc.

On the importance of family: Institute for Family Studies

Website

Anthony Bradley

Books

Ending Overcriminalization and Mass Incarceration: Hope from Civil Society

By Bradley, Anthony B.

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Liberating Black Theology: The Bible and the Black Experience in America

By Bradley, Anthony B.

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The Political Economy of Liberation: Thomas Sowell and James Cone on the Black Experience

By Bradley, Anthony

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