Louise Waite, University of Leeds - ‘Modern slavery and human trafficking’: The re-emergence of the intersection of faith and slavery in postsecular contexts [Power, Space and Cultural Change]
12:00pm - 1:00pm /
Tuesday 14th February 2017
/ Venue: Lecture Theatre 1 Gordon Stephenson Building
Type: Seminar /
Category: Department
- 0151 795 0619
- Jamie Hughes
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On the 17th of March 2014 representatives of major global religions convened at the Vatican to sign a Memorandum of Agreement to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking across the world by 2020. The publicity surrounding this event stated that, ‘religious faith can be a powerful motivating force inspiring individual and community action both spiritually and practically’. While global multi-faith initiatives for social action are not unprecedented, the emergence of a global faith alliance in the realm of human trafficking is a newer phenomenon and resonates with faith-inspired abolitionist movements to eradicate trans-Atlantic slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. This seminar will explore the 21st century re-emergence of the intersection of faith and slavery in its ‘modern slavery and human trafficking’ guise. I will explore welfare pluralism in times of austerity and postsecularity, together with probing discursive constructions of deservingness and dependency that are seen especially acutely in the postsecular world of gendered anti-trafficking efforts to tackle ‘modern slavery’