“Rescued Women”: Early Pentecostal Responses to Sex Trafficking

This article traces the history of early pentecostal responses to sex trafficking and the related issue of prostitution. It documents the stories of Pentecostal Rescue missions recorded in pentecostal papers such as The Bridegroom’s Messenger, Apostolic Faith, Weekly Evangel, and the Pentecostal Hol...

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Main Author: Isgrigg, Daniel D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Pneuma
Year: 2022, Volume: 44, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 443-461
RelBib Classification:CH Christianity and Society
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBQ North America
KDG Free church
NBE Anthropology
NCC Social ethics
NCF Sexual ethics
XA Law
Further subjects:B Women
B white slave trade
B Social issues
B Pentecostalism
B rescue homes
B Human Trafficking
B Mann Act
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Summary:This article traces the history of early pentecostal responses to sex trafficking and the related issue of prostitution. It documents the stories of Pentecostal Rescue missions recorded in pentecostal papers such as The Bridegroom’s Messenger, Apostolic Faith, Weekly Evangel, and the Pentecostal Holiness Advocate. This study explores pentecostal views of society and culture as well as rhetoric about trafficked women, especially the concepts of victimhood, guilt, and culpability for “fallen women.” It demonstrates how ministry to trafficked women positively and negatively shaped pentecostal attitudes toward women and dress in the pentecostal tradition.
ISSN:1570-0747
Contains:Enthalten in: Pneuma
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700747-bja10071