Foreword ~ Shadd Maruna
Introduction: Public Criminology Meets Public Theology ~ Andrew Millie
PART I A Place for Hope: Criminology Meets Public Theology
Criminal Justice and the Ethics of Jesus ~ Anthony Bottoms
Three Intersections in Criminology and Public Theology ~ Jonathan Burnside
St Paul among the Criminologists ~ Aaron Pycroft
Interpreting the Cross: Religion, Structures of Feeling, and Penal Theory and Practice ~ Tim Gorringe
Sin, Shame and Atonement: A Challenge for Secular Redemption ~ Christopher D. Marshall
Criminology, Public Theology and Hope ~ Andrew Millie
PART II Criminal Justice, Mercy and Restoration
Mercy Triumphs over Judgement: Intrusive or Enabling Mercy? ~ Richard Bourne
The ‘Quality of Mercy’ in Probation Practice ~ Lol Burke
Loving the Neighbourhood, Loving Enemies: Towards a Theology for (and from) Policing ~ Alistair McFadyen
Persecuting the Prophets: Inequality, Insanity and Incarceration ~ Andrew Skotnicki
The Ins and Outs of Signals of Forgiveness in Restorative Justice ~ Joanna Shapland
The Restorative Gaze ~ Eric Stoddart
Conclusions ~ Andrew Millie