The papers were developed by a committee formed in 1988 who determined that the themes of justice, guilt, forgiveness, and vocation were central to the consideration of the relationship between Christian theology and practical issues in criminal justice. It noted that corrections policies easily express condemnation of offenders and enforce their exclusion from society, but focus little time or money on the processes of reconciling or resettling offenders and the basic Christian value of forgiveness. In addition, corrections personnel have difficulty maintaining a sense of vocation in view of the practical difficulties involved in working with offenders. Chapter reference lists and list of other publications from the same organization