(b.October 16, 1931), was special counsel to the President of the United States, 1969\u201372; administrative assistant to U.S. Senator Saltonstall, 1956\u201361; assistant to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1955\u201356; and served as a captain, USMCR, Korea. The founder of Prison Fellowship, 1976, Chuck Colson is a nationally known speaker and author, whose works include: Born Again, 1975; Life Sentence, 1979; Crime and the Responsible Community, 1980; Loving God, 1983; Who Speaks for God?, 1985; Kingdoms in Conflict, 1987; Against the Night, 1989; The God of Stones and Spiders, 1990; Why America Doesn\u2019t Work, 1991; The Body, 1992; A Dance with Deception, 1993; A Dangerous Grace, 1994; and Gideon\u2019s Torch, 1995. He received the Templeton Prize for progress in Religion in 1993.<\/p>\n
In 1981, Chuck Colson stated:<\/p>\n
Imprisonment as a primary means of criminal punishment is a relatively modern concept. It was turned to as a humane alternative to the older patterns of harsh physical penalties for nearly all crimes. Quakers introduced the concept in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
The first American prison was established in Philadelphia when the Walnut Street Jail was converted into a series of solitary cells where offenders were kept in solitary confinement. The theory was that they would become \u201cpenitents,\u201d confessing their crimes before God and thereby gaining a spiritual rehabilitation. Hence, the name \u201cpenitentiary\u201d\u2014as a place for penitents.3871<\/p>\n
On September 2, 1993, in his speech entitled \u201cThe Enduring Revolution,\u201d delivered upon his acceptance of the Templeton Prize, at the University of Chicago, Chuck Colson stated:<\/p>\n
On this, at least, we must agree: the right \u2026 to state faith without fear\u2014is the first human right. Religious liberty is the essence of human dignity. \u2026 It is a sad fact that religious oppression is often practiced by religious groups. Sad\u2014and inexcusable. A believer may risk prison for his own religious beliefs, but he may never build prisons for those of other beliefs. It is our obligation, to bring back a renewed passion for religious liberty to every nation from which we came. It is our duty to create a cultural environment where conscience can flourish.3872<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(b.October 16, 1931), was special counsel to the President of the United States, 1969\u201372; administrative assistant to U.S. Senator Saltonstall, 1956\u201361; assistant to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1955\u201356; and served as a captain, USMCR, Korea. The founder of Prison Fellowship, 1976, Chuck Colson is a nationally known speaker and author, whose works include: Born … Continue reading “COLSON,
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