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Setting the Captives Free: The Bible and Human Trafficking

Setting the Captives Free: The Bible and Human Trafficking

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Religion General Bible StudiesGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0718894383
ISBN13: 9780718894382
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Published: Nov 29 2016
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
An examination of the complex attitudes towards slavery and prostitution in the Bible and drawing lessons for modern campaigners against human trafficking.

Setting the Captives Free explores how a theological understanding of slavery goes against the idea of a God who is loving and just with the intention of being widely used in churches, activist organisations and groups, and by individuals. Ardently arguing that slavery is incompatible with Christianity, Marion Carson analyses how both anti-slavery and pro-slavery movements have been justified with the help of Scripture. In Setting the Captives Free, she provides an answer to the question What can the Bible say to us about contemporary human trafficking? By looking through important passages from the Old and the New Testament, Carson suggests what they might have to say to us about slavery in the twenty-first century. She analyses how Christians changed their views of slavery after its abolition, before closely examining what the Bible has to say about slavery in general, especially with regards to prostitution. At the end of each chapter, study questions are included to aid individual and group discussions in the hope that they will increase awareness of human trafficking and encourage more Christians to become actively involved in its eradication.

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