Overcoming the Obstacles to Faith-Based Approaches to Crime by Byron Johnson August 3, 2011 Prejudices of secular and religious groups alike stand in the way of successful crime reduction efforts. We now have data confirming what objective and open-minded observers already knew: that religious commitment and faith-based approaches, as well as the transformative power of [...]

The following article is located at: http://www.booksandculture.com/articles/2011/julaug/revolutionaryfaith.html Revolutionary Faith A religious history of the American Revolution. Matt Reynolds | posted 6/24/2011 For all the heated debate over the Founders’ faith—or lack of faith—the American Revolution is often treated as exclusively a political affair, overlooking how thoroughly a range of religious convictions, yearnings, and forebodings suffused [...]

The Religious Antidote by Byron R. Johnson First Things, August/September 2011 Imagine that a systematic review of the sociology literature found that, in 247 of 273 relevant studies, increasing religiosity was connected with increasing crime or delinquency. It is hard to imagine that findings like this would go unnoticed; more likely they would appear on [...]

More God, Less Crime by Byron R. Johnson Can religious and non-religious groups work together to combat crime? More God, Less Crime author Byron Johnson describes the book and talks about Amachi, one of the successful justice system-related sacred/secular partnerships it chronicles.  Amachi Director Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr; Amachi mentor Ericka Dill; and [...]

Byron R. Johnson on the Michael Medved Show June 8, 2011 Dr. Johnson talks about his new book, More God, Less Crime LISTEN TO THE PODCAST : PART ONE PART TWO

Prison Partnership: Byron R. Johnson on Christian Criminal Justice Church and state can join hands to prevent crime and reform criminals. Interview by Joe Carter | posted 6/07/2011 10:11AM Faith-motivated individuals, faith-based organizations, and the transformative power of faith itself are proven keys in reducing crime and improving the effectiveness of the criminal justice system,” [...]

Dr. Byron R. Johnson, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University, was a guest May 27 on “The Morning Show with Gregory Berg” on WGTD-FM, an NPR in Kenosha, WI. Johnson has compiled data on the possible effect of religion on crime in his [...]

Relevant Radio: The Drew Mariani Show Relevant Radio, May 26, 2011 (AUDIO LINK: radio interview  with Dr. Byron R. Johnson, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor, about his new book “More God, Less Crime” and the possible effect of religion on crime) We’re going [...]

Radio Interview: Dr. Byron Johnson on WPTF-AM Raleigh, NC May 19, 2011 Dr. Byron R. Johnson, Distinguished Professor of the Social Sciences and director of the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University, was a guest May 18 on The Rick and Donna Martinez Show on WPTF-AM in Raleigh, N.C. Johnson has compiled data [...]

Fox & Friends,May 15, 2011 Interview with Dr. Bryon R. Johnson about his newly released publication  More God, Less Crime: How Faith Matters and How It Could Matter More CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO