Religion, security, rights, the individual and rates of exchange: religion in negotiation with British public policy in prisons and the military

Todd, Andrew 2015. Religion, security, rights, the individual and rates of exchange: religion in negotiation with British public policy in prisons and the military. International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society 28 (1) , pp. 37-50. 10.1007/s10767-014-9181-z

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Abstract

The paper analyses research conducted by the Cardiff Centre for Chaplaincy Studies into chaplaincy in prisons in England andWales and in the British Armed Forces. The research is interrogated to identify how religion is ‘formatted’ in those contexts. An analytical approach is developed from the work of Bourdieu, concerning the following: the interaction of the field of religion with the fields of criminal justice and the military, within the wider political field; the exchange of capital (especially symbolic and economic) involved in the field interaction; and the way in which religion is revalued in the exchange of capital. This analytical framework is applied, first, to show how the fields of criminal justice (in relation to prisons) and the military are constructed in interaction with a wider political context, with specific public policy areas relating to security and human rights, and in relation to different ways of constructing the individual. Secondly, the analysis investigates the distinct ways in which the development of multifaith chaplaincy has contributed to the symbolic capital of the two fields, demonstrating that this represents different revaluations of the contribution of the field of religion. Prison chaplaincy is shown to contribute to the balance between the primary security role of the prison and the need for prisons to be seen to be humane. Military chaplaincy is shown to be more directly aligned with the security role of the Armed Forces, symbolically underpinning military effectiveness and cohesion and enhancing the historically Christian ethos.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JC Political theory
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Prison; Military; Chaplain; Muslim chaplaincy; Multifaith; Religion; Security; Equality and diversity; United Kingdom.
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0891-4486
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2019 11:37
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/62256

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