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The child catchers, rescue, trafficking, and the new gospel of adoption, Kathryn Joyce

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The child catchers, rescue, trafficking, and the new gospel of adoption, Kathryn Joyce

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The child catchers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

778420722

Responsibility statement

Kathryn Joyce

Sub title

rescue, trafficking, and the new gospel of adoption

Summary

"Adoption has long been enmeshed in the politics of abortion. But as award-winning journalist Kathryn Joyce makes clear in The Child Catchers, adoption has lately become entangled in the conservative Christian agenda. To tens of millions of evangelicals, adoption has become a new front in the culture wars: a test of "pro-life" bonafides, a way to reinvent compassionate conservatism on the global stage, and a means to fulfill the "Great Commission" mandate that Christians evangelize the nations. Influential leaders fervently promote a new "orphan theology," urging followers to adopt en masse, with little thought for the families these "orphans" may already have. The Child Catchers is a shocking expose; of what the adoption industry has become and how it got there, told through deep investigative reporting and the heartbreaking stories of individuals who found that their own, and their children's, well-being was ultimately irrelevant in a market driven by profit and now, pulpit command."--Jacket"Adoption has long been enmeshed in the politics of reproductive rights ... But as award-winning journalist Kathryn Joyce makes clear in The Child Catchers, adoption has lately become entangled in the conservative Christian agenda."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

New life -- The touchable gospel -- Suffering is part of the plan -- Inside the boom -- A little war -- Pipeline problems -- A thousand ways to not help orphans -- Going home

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