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Missionary positions : a postcolonial feminist perspective on sex work and faith-based outreach from Australia

Title
  1. Missionary positions : a postcolonial feminist perspective on sex work and faith-based outreach from Australia / by Lauren McGrow.
Published by
  1. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Author
  1. McGrow, Lauren

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Description
  1. vi, 251 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. Missionary Positions' examines the context for Christian outreach to people in the sex industry. Over the last 20 years, faith-based organisations have become more engaged in ministering with sex workers. But what are the methods and desired outcomes that undergird pastoral practice in this field? Most Christians see prostitution as evil, and those who sell sex are considered broken victims in need of restoration. Yet the voices and experiences of sex workers themselves often challenge these assumptions. Using feminist and postcolonial perspectives, interviews with Christian practitioners in Australia and personal narrative, Lauren McGrow carves out a space for the dynamic theological agency and life complexity of sex workers to be more fully acknowledged in faith-based outreach projects.
Series statement
  1. Theology in practice ; volume 5
Uniform title
  1. Theology in practice ; v. 5.
Subject
  1. Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity
  2. Church work > Australia
  3. Sex workers > Australia
  4. Sex industry > Australia
  5. Church work
  6. Sex industry
  7. Sex workers
  8. Australia
Contents
  1. Introduction: Sex work and faith-based outreach -- Sex work in Australia -- Prostitution, feminist discourse and theology -- A new position: postcolonialism -- Australian missionary positions -- Feminist theology with sex workers -- Postcolonial and feminist Christian practices -- Conclusion: An emergent theology for sex workers as whole people.
Call number
  1. JFE 18-2228
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-233) and index.
Author
  1. McGrow, Lauren, author.
Title
  1. Missionary positions : a postcolonial feminist perspective on sex work and faith-based outreach from Australia / by Lauren McGrow.
Publisher
  1. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Theology in practice ; volume 5
  2. Theology in practice ; v. 5.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-233) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2017032465
ISBN
  1. 9789004353176 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  2. 9004353178
Research call number
  1. JFE 18-2228
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