Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
This theological resource has been produced by the Mission Theology Advisory Group (MTAG). MTAG is an ecumenical group commissioned and supported jointly by the Church of England and Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
human_trafficking_modern_day_slavery_theology_MTAG.pdf (anglicancommunion.org)
The resource begins with a definition of human trafficking and sets this against what we believe about God’s will and purpose for human beings made in God’s image and given physical bodies. Following on from this, the resource looks at the abuses of the human body associated with trafficking: organ transfer; sex; labour, and modern-day slavery. The authors set these abuses against our understanding of right use of our organs, sex and labour, which also requires us to engage with biblical material that is often itself difficult and disturbing.
After exploring theological themes which help us form a response, including how we behave towards our neighbours, the Lord’s Prayer, issues of ‘defilement’ and the example of Jesus, the resource lead on to ways of making a difference: providing sanctuary through trust, ministering in ‘the gap’ between those most powerless and powerful institutions, and becoming more attentive and responsive to the ‘hidden’ people around us who need us both to notice and to intervene for them.
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