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Books & Articles by Charles Edward Atkins, Jr., PhD.
The Word Confined: Bible Study in an American Prison
For Christians, a thorough study of the practice of Bible study in the prison context can help deepen understandings of what constitutes effective ministry. For people outside of the Christian faith, a study of this practice could increase understandings about the complex relationships between faith, prison and personal growth in America. Many American Christians believe that Bible study is an emancipative practice that can help those forces seeking to resolve America’s enormous incarceration problem. Participants in penitentiary bible study (teachers and students) seek ways of showing that the light of God continues to shine even in the darkest places on earth like prisons. Belief in this theological perspective has led many Christians (as volunteers or as chaplains) to fight against the problem of mass incarceration by establishing religious practices in prisons.
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Articles
Amipotence Confined
“Amipotence Confined,” online at https://c4ort.com/essays/amipotence-confined/ (24 February 2025) and as a chapter in the book: Amipotence, Vol.2.: Expansion and Application. Brandon Brown Fran Stedman, Deanna M Young, Steve Fountain (eds.) Grasmere, Idaho: SacraSage Press. 2024.
Liberty to the Captives: From Spiritual Renewal in Prison to Oneness with the Infinite
“Liberty to the Captives: From Spiritual Renewal in Prison to Oneness with the Infinite,” in the book Nondualism: An Interreligious Exploration. New York: Lexington Books. 2023.
Prison as a Unique Environment for Spiritual Renewal
“Spécificités de l’environnement carcéral dans un contexte de renouveau spirituel, “ [“Prison as a Unique Environment for Spiritual Renewal”] in the book Prison, prisonniers et spiritualité. Hémisphères Éditions. Paris: 2020.
The ‘Logos’ Bible Study: Experience of Building a Model of Effective Religious Education in the 21st
“The ‘Logos’ Bible Study: Experience of Building a Model of Effective Religious Education in the 21st Century,” Journal of Religious Education, Vol. 115, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2020, 70-82.
Using the Language of Christian Love and Charity’: What Liberal Religion Offers Higher Education in
“Using the Language of Christian Love and Charity’: What Liberal Religion Offers Higher Education in Prison,” MDPI: Religions, 26 February 2019, 10 / 169. (https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/3/169/pdf)
Fake Joy: Substance Abuse and Young People’s Search for Wholeness
“Fake Joy: Substance Abuse and Young People’s Search for Wholeness,” The Empowering Youth Lecture Series. New Haven, CT: Yale Youth Ministry Institute at Yale Divinity School 2018. https://youtu.be/wHlu-f-7oX4
The Prison Parish
« La paroisse en prison » (“The Prison Parish”) Lefebvre, S. and Ndongala Maduku, I.(eds.) Paroisses en transition. Bilan et questions. Laboratoire de théologie pratique I, Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions, Université de Montréal, 2014.