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 Mc Fadyen

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

Andrew Millie is Professor of Criminology at the Open University, UK. Andrew’s work is interdisciplinary drawing on criminology, philosophy and theology. His publications include “Criminology and Public Theology” (Bristol University Press, 2021), “Philosophical Criminology” (Policy Press, 2016), “Securing Respect” (Policy Press, 2009) and “Anti-Social Behaviour” (Open University Press, 2009). Andrew is also Editor of the Bristol University Press series New Horizons in Criminology.