To seek and save the lost: human trafficking and salvation schemas among American evangelicals

European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-140

  Choi Fitzpatrick, Austin ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

advocacy; human rights; human trafficking; religion; slavery; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944871240     PISSN: 23254823     EISSN: 23254815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23254823.2014.924421     Document Type: Article

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