‘The resurrection after the old has gone and the new has come’: understanding narratives of forgiveness, redemption and resurrection in Christian individuals serving time in custody for a sexual offence
‘The resurrection after the old has gone and the new has come’: understanding narratives of forgiveness, redemption and resurrection in Christian individuals serving time in custody for a sexual offence
复制标题
“旧事已过，新事来临后的复活”：理解因性犯罪而被监禁的基督徒中关于宽恕、救赎和复活的叙述
DOI：
--
复制
发表时间：
2020
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
R. Lievesley
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
N. Blagden;B. Winder;R. Lievesley
摘要 研究表明，宗教与许多积极影响有关，包括增强情绪、增加希望感、增加利他行为、提高应对能力以及减少人们参与违法和犯罪行为。然而，这一点也受到一些人的质疑，认为宗教可能具有犯罪影响。尽管越来越多的研究涉及宗教对犯罪的影响（犯罪性或积极性），但目前关注性犯罪和宗教的研究却很少。本研究的目的是探索和了解宗教信仰对有性信仰的人的自我意识、身份、对未来的想法以及监狱日常生活的影响。结果集中在与宽恕和救赎相关的核心重要主题上。该分析揭示了参与者关于宽恕的叙述以及这些叙述对参与者的影响。这项研究数据的一个重要发现是，宗教信仰和被更高权力的宽恕似乎有助于救赎自我和实现这些自我。讨论了实践的意义和局限性。
ABSTRACT Research has shown how religion is associated with numerous positive effects including enhanced mood, increased feelings of hope, increased altruistic behaviour, improved ability to cope and also reducing people’s involvement in delinquent and criminal behaviour. However, this has also been contested with some arguing that religion can have criminogenic effects. Whilst there is a growing body of research concerning the effect (criminogenic or positive) of religion on offending, there is currently a paucity of research focusing on sexual offending and religion. The aim of this study was to explore and understand the effects that religious beliefs have on individuals with sexual convictions’ sense of self, identity, their thoughts about the future and on their daily lives in prison. The results focus on a centrally important superordinate theme related to forgiveness and redemption. The analysis unpacks participants’ narratives of forgiveness and the impact such narratives have on participants. A key finding from the data in this study was that religious beliefs and being forgiven by a higher power appeared to facilitate redemptive selves and the enacting of these selves. Implications for practice and limitations are discussed.