The origin and development of Prison Fellowship International: pluralism, ecumenism and American leadership in the evangelical world 1974-2006
The origin and development of Prison Fellowship International: pluralism, ecumenism and American leadership in the evangelical world 1974-2006
Established in 1979 by Watergate felon Charles Colson, Prison Fellowship International (PFI) is now one of the largest para-church organizations in world evangelicalism. This article explains PFI’s origins with reference to the existence of a transnational evangelical network, the compatibility of PFI's mission with the emergent theme of evangelical social concern, and a general crisis of penology across a number of Western countries. It explores the creative tension between Colson’s empire-building instincts and the desire of PFI affiliates to influence the direction of the organization, revealing the transactional manner in which American evangelicals exercised global leadership in the late-twentieth century.
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Oliver, Kendrick
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November 2017
Oliver, Kendrick
928f8050-9c38-47a8-9121-1f60437dfc1e
Oliver, Kendrick
(2017)
The origin and development of Prison Fellowship International: pluralism, ecumenism and American leadership in the evangelical world 1974-2006.
Journal of American Studies, 51 (4), .
(doi:10.1017/S0021875816001389).
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Established in 1979 by Watergate felon Charles Colson, Prison Fellowship International (PFI) is now one of the largest para-church organizations in world evangelicalism. This article explains PFI’s origins with reference to the existence of a transnational evangelical network, the compatibility of PFI's mission with the emergent theme of evangelical social concern, and a general crisis of penology across a number of Western countries. It explores the creative tension between Colson’s empire-building instincts and the desire of PFI affiliates to influence the direction of the organization, revealing the transactional manner in which American evangelicals exercised global leadership in the late-twentieth century.
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