Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
God in Captivity
Tanya Erzen · 2017
86/100
👍 Worth It
Tanya Erzen spent years earning inside access that most researchers never get, and it shows: this is rigorous, firsthand journalism that also reads with real narrative pull. The Publishers Weekly starred review and the book's adoption in college and seminary courses are deserved — it fills a genuine gap in the literature on faith-based prison ministry. Readers who want pure inspiration without systemic critique will feel the tension, but that tension is the point.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety80
substance90
craft85
originality88
accuracy90
hype78
age-fit82
human-eye86
Penny’s verdict86
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