How Sex Trafficking Became a Christian Cause Célèbre

At Slate, Ruth Graham reports on the surge of evangelical efforts to end sex trafficking. The movement has collaborated and clashed with feminist efforts to combat sex trafficking and has faced criticism for being paternalistic and narrow in scope. Graham writes, “As the contemporary anti-trafficking movement matures, it shows no signs of slowing down … As evangelicals continue to champion the cause, the next generation of activists will view trafficking through this lens, making a political and economic question a religious one, too.”

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