Stopping the Traffick

“This volume on human trafficking is a stunning work of reflection from front line service providers, theorists, researchers, and passionate advocates for those who are moved by the scourge of modern-day slavery. It introduces and advances you to some of the deepest issues and questions that must be faced in order to offer a mature Christian response to this heartache. This brilliant work models how vastly different perspectives on this issue can sing together to create a song of shalom. This is a must read gift to the body of Christ.”

Dan B. Allender

“Christians have been leaders, service providers, and financial supporters of the fight against sex trafficking going back the 19th century when it was called the white slave trade. This volume is an excellent collection of Christian thought on sex trafficking and the topics related to it.”

Donna M. Hughes

“This rich and comprehensive resource written by experts in the field will prove to be highly valuable to anyone caring for sexually exploited persons. The topics in this book are issues that must be discussed and thoughtfully engaged. I will highly recommend this book to students, organizations and anyone interested in this ministry. I will also keep it as an anchor resource on my desk.”

Pamela MacRae

“Stopping the Traffick is more than a timely address of the global epidemic of exploitation. Trafficking is one of these issues that is easy to address poorly. But Glenn Miles and his capable team of editors have achieved a benchmark of insight and credibility. Insight, because they’ve chosen to address sexual exploitation using over forty different professional voices, each writing in an area of expertise. And credibility, because they address trafficking as the multiplex problem it really is: from pimps to pornography, tourism to transgender communities, and theology to technology. Writers acknowledge the damage politics can do, yet the book refreshing rises above the political fray. In fact, many entries creatively appeal for a more compassionate Church to be involved. Most encouraging for me is the investigation into the wholesale neglect of boys (Chapter 4), a discussion long lost to politics and proportionality arguments. From advocacy organizations to mission teams and academic classes, Stopping the Traffick is raw and engaging – as it must be – since it explores the complexity and urgency of global sexual exploitation. Here is a tool of training for the next generation of Christian response to sexual exploitation.”

Andrew J. Schmutzer

“Rosalind Lim-Tan, Ph.D. Director, Holistic Child Development Institute, Penang, Malaysia “All readers, whatever their cultural, socio-economic, religious or political views will find so much to grill their conscience in this book. Its extensiveness, the concrete research data, the social science, historical, and theological approach of its arguments will provoke one’s spirit, soul, and mind. This book is a gift from God, the One who created all human beings-equal and free.”

Nativity A. Petallar