Read a May 11, 2009, “Sightings” column by Martin Marty that follows up on his earlier essay on torture and churchgoers; it includes a response from David Neff of Christianity Today.

A Religion News Service piece analyzing the portrayal of torture in the 2012 movie “Zero Dark Thirty.”

Mark Lewis Taylor is Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Theology and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary. He wrote Religion, Politics and the Christian Right: Post-9/11 Powers and American Empire and The Executed God: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America. He is a commentator on American culture and politics. He has written articles on hip-hop and religion. His […]

See the website for the Stanford Prison Experiment, a classic simulation study of the psychology of imprisonment conducted at Stanford University in 1971. Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbardo wanted to see under what conditions ordinary people — in this case, volunteers who agreed to play guards or prisoners — would perceive others as less than human […]

RestoreJustice.com is an outreach program of the California Catholic Conference funded by the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops that includes a network of diocesan-level coordinators of restorative justice/detention ministries.

The Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real in the Monterey, Calif., area has a Restorative Justice Commission.

Duane Ruth-Heffelbower practiced law before he became a Mennonite pastor. He is director of graduate academic programs for the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies at Fresno Pacific University and administrator of Victim Offender Reconciliation Program of the Central Valley.

The Baptist General Convention of Texas and the University of Texas at San Antonio Office of Community and Restorative Justice have discussed developing a consortium of restorative justice leaders for discussion and research.

Marc Levin, director of the Center for Effective Justice at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin, has surveyed restorative justice in Texas. He says that contrary to popular perception, Texas can be considered a pioneer in restorative justice.