Other dreams of freedom: religion, sex, and human trafficking

Yvonne C. Zimmerman offers an exploration of the relationship between freedom and sexual regulation in American approaches to human trafficking. She argues that the religious values of American Protestantism have indelibly shaped the federal government's approach to engaging human trafficking,...

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Main Author: Zimmerman, Yvonne C. (Author)
Corporate Author: American Academy of Religion (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013
In:Year: 2013
Reviews:[Rezension von: Zimmerman, Yvonne C., Other dreams of freedom] (2015) (Flavin, Rebecca McCumbers)
Series/Journal:AAR academy series
Further subjects:B Christianity and politics ; United States
B Human trafficking ; United States
B Liberty ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
B Liberty Religious aspects Christianity
B Sex Religious aspects Christianity
B Sex ; Religious aspects ; Christianity
B Christianity and politics (United States)
B Human Trafficking (United States)
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP)
Parallel Edition:Print version: 9780199942190
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Summary:Yvonne C. Zimmerman offers an exploration of the relationship between freedom and sexual regulation in American approaches to human trafficking. She argues that the religious values of American Protestantism have indelibly shaped the federal government's approach to engaging human trafficking, and that the trajectory of the US's anti-trafficking efforts cannot be fully grasped without an understanding of the unique ways in which sex, morality and freedom are connected in Protestant Christian configurations of the moral world
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199980764
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199942190.001.0001