Reviewed by Samuel K. Atchison, a prison chaplain in Trenton, New Jersey, and a fellow of the George H. Gallup International Institute in Princeton, New Jersey.
In my work as a state prison chaplain I sometimes receive phone calls from zealous, well-meaning Christians who want to come "preach to the prisoners." My usual response is to smile benignly at their naïveté and attempt to arrange a face-to-face meeting at the prison, where the would-be volunteers can tour the facility and perhaps attend one of the worship services over which I pres
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