Background: Religion with its religious institutions has played a key role in shaping punishment and rehabilitation of offenders throughout history. The aim these programs is to transform person spiritually lead them intra-personal changes on the level by prompting repentance or reaffirmation one's faith. Objectives: We present qualitative findings from an evaluation two operating Israeli Priso...

Does maintaining that the Kingdom was central to Jesus’ ministry put one at odds with atonement theology? Some contemporary theologians have argued these are mutually exclusive options, requiring choose between theology and Kingdom's centrality in ministry. Lending credence this claim is fact some advocates of provided accounts suggest such a dichotomy might be case. This essay investigates exa...