I heart sex workers : a Christian response to people in the sex trade /
Scholl, Lia Claire.
I heart sex workers : a Christian response to people in the sex trade / by Lia Claire Scholl. - St. Louis, Mo. : Chalice Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tamar: playing the harlot -- Girls, girls, girls: media and cultural portrayals -- Her strut: it's all about agency -- Pour some sugar on me: money -- R-e-s-p-e-c-t: poverty, discrimination, and mental illness -- Hadassah: such a time as this -- You shook me all night long: it's just sex -- Crazy train: customers and the cycle of sex work -- Paradise city: the types of sex work -- Rahab: from madam to mensch -- Roxanne: advocacy -- So hott: survival -- Closer: willing participants in their own liberation -- The woman at the well: Jesus was a harm reductionist -- American woman: taking care of yourself -- Your own personal Jesus: harm reduction 101.
Paying for sex? engaging in the oldest profession?-is everywhere, even in your church. The factors leading individuals into sex work are as varied as hair colors, yet sex workers are viewed as powerless individuals who must be rescued. I Heart Sex Workers offers another perspective, one where the characters defy stereotypes and solutions are hard to find. Author Lia Scholl firmly believes the Christian response to sex work should be one of building agency for women, through education, through fighting injustice, by listening to the voices of sex workers. I Heart Sex Workers examines the forces leading individuals into prostitution, whether through coercion, choice, or circumstance. And it provides a Christian response, answering the question, Are you my neighbor? How do we respond to woman trading sex for a place to live tonight when she asks, Where will I sleep? This book discusses these issues and many more.
9780827216648 0827216645
Sex--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Prostitution--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Human trafficking.
Sexualité--Aspect religieux--Église catholique.
Prostitution--Aspect religieux--Église catholique.
Traite des êtres humains.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Human trafficking
Prostitution--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
Sex--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
BX1795.S48 / S36 2012eb
261.8/331534
I heart sex workers : a Christian response to people in the sex trade / by Lia Claire Scholl. - St. Louis, Mo. : Chalice Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tamar: playing the harlot -- Girls, girls, girls: media and cultural portrayals -- Her strut: it's all about agency -- Pour some sugar on me: money -- R-e-s-p-e-c-t: poverty, discrimination, and mental illness -- Hadassah: such a time as this -- You shook me all night long: it's just sex -- Crazy train: customers and the cycle of sex work -- Paradise city: the types of sex work -- Rahab: from madam to mensch -- Roxanne: advocacy -- So hott: survival -- Closer: willing participants in their own liberation -- The woman at the well: Jesus was a harm reductionist -- American woman: taking care of yourself -- Your own personal Jesus: harm reduction 101.
Paying for sex? engaging in the oldest profession?-is everywhere, even in your church. The factors leading individuals into sex work are as varied as hair colors, yet sex workers are viewed as powerless individuals who must be rescued. I Heart Sex Workers offers another perspective, one where the characters defy stereotypes and solutions are hard to find. Author Lia Scholl firmly believes the Christian response to sex work should be one of building agency for women, through education, through fighting injustice, by listening to the voices of sex workers. I Heart Sex Workers examines the forces leading individuals into prostitution, whether through coercion, choice, or circumstance. And it provides a Christian response, answering the question, Are you my neighbor? How do we respond to woman trading sex for a place to live tonight when she asks, Where will I sleep? This book discusses these issues and many more.
9780827216648 0827216645
Sex--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Prostitution--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Human trafficking.
Sexualité--Aspect religieux--Église catholique.
Prostitution--Aspect religieux--Église catholique.
Traite des êtres humains.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Human trafficking
Prostitution--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
Sex--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
BX1795.S48 / S36 2012eb
261.8/331534