Compassionate Corrections: The Impact of Ancient Wisdom Traditions on Correctional Peacemaking

Michael Braswell, East Tennessee State University
John T. Whitehead, East Tennessee State University

ABSTRACT
Wisdom traditions such as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism are examined in terms of what they offer Corrections both on the level of personal and institutional transformation. Implications for policy priorities are offered for the institutional context and suggestions for personal transformation are explored through representative teachers of these traditions (eg., Gandhi, Rabbi Heschel, Mother Teresa, Thich Nhat Hahn, Nasrudin, and Lao Tsu).

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