Missionary Positions - A Postcolonial Feminist Perspective on Sex Work and Faith-Based Outreach from Australia

Missionary Positions challenges common Christian assumptions about sex workers. Using feminist, postcolonial perspectives, interviews with pastoral practitioners and personal narrative, Lauren McGrow carves out a space for the dynamic theological agency and life complexity of sex workers to be acknowledged.

About the author

Lauren McGrow, Ph.D. (2014), Charles Sturt University, is an independent scholar and pastoral practitioner from Australia. Her work is concerned with diverse human sexualities and the impact of religious structures upon marginalised women. She has published numerous articles about sex work.

Product details

• Authors: Lauren McGrow
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2017
• EAN: 9789004353176
• ISBN: 978-90-04-35317-6
• No. of pages: 260
• Weight: 513 g
• Series: Theology in Practice
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity