Why Faith Matters, and How It Could Matter More
Hello and welcome to the website for my new book More God, Less Crime: Why Faith Matters and How it Could Matter More! I wanted to thank you for taking the time to visit and participate in the ongoing discussion that features important topics addressed in the book. My hope for this site is that [...]
Background: Since it was first published in 2011 More God, Less Crime has helped to foster a national debate about how faith-based approaches are making a difference and what future collaborations between sacred and secular groups might look like in addressing problems like youth crime, offender treatment, prisoner reentry, and aftercare. In order to facilitate this national [...]
Byron Johnson’s full lecture from his November 3rd appearance at the Family Research Council is now available online. You can check it out here.
UPDATE: I was invited by the Family Research Council to give one of their luncheon lectures on More God, Less Crime. I was introduced by longtime friend Dr. Patrick Fagan.
Byron Johnson was on the Crossroad Connections, a great podcast on restorative justice. It’s a great conversation between two very insightful voices in this field. Well worth a listen if you have fifteen minutes to spare. Here’s the link.
Byron Johnson was on Fox News earlier this month. The interview covered political correctness, the state of research on the crime/religion relationship, and an the huge potential impact of the many volunteer groups out there. At the end of the segment, the interviewer raised a very interesting question, which we will pose over in the [...]
The Huffington Post has been running a great series of articles this month by Steve Mariotti about teaching in prisons and mentoring at-risk youth. Anyone interested in the hows and whys of this kind of work should give it a look. Covering both the macro-level story of crime and its causes in America and his [...]
This email comes from Juli in Springfield, Missouri:
I happened to catch some discussion of your book, More God, Less Crime, on the radio yesterday. I was wondering where you acquired your interest that inspired you to write your book? Not too many nonfelons have any interest in what happens to us. Were [...]
In a recent Christianity Today interview, Byron Johnson observed: “The word religion is not mentioned in most criminology or criminal justice textbooks, despite what we’ve learned in recent years about the links between religious belief and practices and crime reduction.” This is just one of the many insight he shared with interviewer Joe Carter. He also [...]
Books & Culture, the literary wing of the Christianity Today communications ministry, has a great podcasting program and earlier this week they invited Byron Johnson to give an interview. It’s yet another great interview that offers unique insight into Byron’s research and his experiences with his own faith.
You can either follow this link to listen [...]
“Totally fascinating, utterly compelling, and very, very important.” This is how talk show host Michael Medved describes More God, Less Crime. He had author Byron Johnson on his show earlier this week to discuss the book in a deeply insightful interview. If you missed it, Johnson’s host institution, Baylor’s Institute for the Study of Religion, [...]