Gabriel Chaney
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Reforming Criminal Justice
- A Christian Proposal
- De: Matthew T. Martens, Derwin Gray - foreword
- Narrado por: Tim Tremaine
- Duración: 14 h y 5 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11
Jesus told his followers that the entirety of the Old Testament’s law is encapsulated in the commands to love God and to love their neighbors as themselves. In Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal, Matthew T. Martens argues that love of neighbor must be the animating force for true reformation of the criminal justice system, obligating us to seek the best for both the criminally victimized and the criminally accused.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bold, credible, and clear
- De Gabriel Chaney en 01-13-25
- Reforming Criminal Justice
- A Christian Proposal
- De: Matthew T. Martens, Derwin Gray - foreword
- Narrado por: Tim Tremaine
Bold, credible, and clear
Revisado: 01-13-25
There were many times during reading this book I felt angry and sad that the US criminal justice system lends itself to injustice in so many places (bail system, plea bargaining, etc.). But even more anger and sadness that I have been so indifferent and ignorant, making me me complicit. This book called me to repentance to obey God's law: to love my neighbor as myself including the criminally accused and the law enforcement worker doing injustice.
Part 1 of this book is a Christian ethic on general criminal justice. part 2 is a detailed description of ways the US criminal justice system lends itself to injustice. The main point of the book is to show how both the people being accused and people working in the criminal justice system are both our neighbors entitled to our love, even the accused, and both are capable of doing injustice, even prosecutors, judges, and law enforcement officers. This book calls us away from partisan rhetoric on criminal justice (especially "tough on crime" stuff) and a call to God's law: love your neighbor as yourself.
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Just Mercy
- A Story of Justice and Redemption
- De: Bryan Stevenson
- Narrado por: Bryan Stevenson
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 18,334
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 16,238
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 16,190
Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Made me question justice, peers and myself.
- De Kristy VL en 04-17-15
- Just Mercy
- A Story of Justice and Redemption
- De: Bryan Stevenson
- Narrado por: Bryan Stevenson
One of the most important books of my life
Revisado: 01-25-20
The credibility, genuineness, grit, courage, and humility of this man's sorry and work has challenged me in ways that will stay with me the rest of my life. It's made me ask so many questions. How is my over-strictness with my children I tiny drop of the lack of mercy that helps build cultures that are filled with self-righteousness? The kind of self-righteousness that makes people in power want to kill children? How am I being a stone catcher and just someone to lean on where is so much pain and for those pushed aside? How am I the one who needs the shoulder to lean on?
This will be a book in our family library for my children and grandchildren and so on.
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Manalive
- A Novel
- De: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrado por: Kevin O'Brien
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 95
This classic novel by the brilliant G. K. Chesterton tells the rollicking tale of Innocent Smith, a man who may be crazy - or possibly the most sane man of all. Arriving at a dreary London boarding house accompanied by a windstorm, Smith is an exuberant, eccentric, and sweet-natured man. Smith has a positive effect on the house - he creates his own court, brings a few couples together, and falls in love with a paid companion next door. All seems to be well with the world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mixed feelings on reading performance
- De TS en 09-23-18
- Manalive
- A Novel
- De: G. K. Chesterton
- Narrado por: Kevin O'Brien
Mind blowing. Paradoxical. Witty.
Revisado: 06-08-18
My first Chesterton book and it was amazing. Witty, loving, but hard hitting challenge to a pretentious age. Love the meta letter reading towards the end. Narrator was excellent doing an Irish accent, about 6 English accents, and one or two American accents.
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