Slavery-Free Communities

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (MSHT) are global crimes impacting local communities. Vulnerable people are exploited through labour, sex and forced criminality. Churches and Communities are increasingly encountering these victims / survivors and consequently need to develop more effective engagement. The book will highlight that Churches and Communities are in a unique position to partner towards slavery-free communities.

The book starts with three narratives of survivors who experienced three different forms of MSHT, including labour exploitation, sexual exploitation and domestic exploitation. Practitioners and theologians will respond to these narratives through exploring theologies of suffering, ecology, missiology, restorative justice, trinitarian theology and liberation theology. In order to promote revised practice, examples of how Churches and Communities can and are responding to Modern Slavery on their doorstep. The final section includes prayers and liturgy for survivors and victims as well as for church and community responses.