Religious Responses to Sex Work and Sex Trafficking
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Religious Responses to Sex Work and Sex Trafficking

An Outrage Against Any Decent People

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eBook - ePub

Religious Responses to Sex Work and Sex Trafficking

An Outrage Against Any Decent People

About this book

This book examines the history, theological beliefs and current contextual practices of faith-based NGOs who work in the area of human trafficking that involves the sex industry. There are hundreds of religious organizations around the globe who minister with human trafficking survivors and sex workers, but what is really happening on the ground and how do theological beliefs support a faith-based response?

Many of these groups represent their work as a cosmic battle against evil forces, yet important structural critiques are ignored in the urgency to rescue women and children. Using perspectives from both NGO staff and sex workers, an interdisciplinary panel of contributors examine specific organizations, highlight marginalized voices, and analyze undergirding methodologies. In doing so, the authors provide clear critiques and establish best practice guidelines for faith-based NGOs and future religious leaders, affirming an intersection of justice based upon critical reflection and careful action.

This book addresses with nuance an important topic that is often over-simplified. It will, therefore, be of great interest to scholars studying the interaction of religion to sex work and human trafficking, as well as academics of religious studies and theology more generally.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781000649451
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Contributors
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction: An Outrage Against Any Decent People
  11. 1. Abolition Mommas: Evangelical Women as Exceptional Citizens in the Fight to End ā€œGlobal Sex Traffickingā€
  12. 2. Do You See This (Wo)man? Lessons Learned from Sex Workers
  13. 3. Walking with Women in Sex Work: An Appraisal of the Role of the Nigerian Conference of Women Religious
  14. 4. Human Dignity in Sex Work and the Catholic Tradition
  15. 5. ā€˜A Catholic and an Agnostic Walk into a Homeless Campā€¦ā€™ Collaborating Across Religious Differences
  16. 6. Towards an Ethical Framework for Practice: Three ā€œTouchstonesā€ for Faith-based Organizations at the Margins
  17. 7. Jesus Ate With Pras: Christianity and Commercial Sex Work in the Caribbean
  18. 8. When Survival Precedes Faith: Decolonial Perspectives on the Ethical Dilemma Confronting Female Christian Sex Workers in Africa
  19. Afterword: To Shape the Changes for Which We Long
  20. Index