Sex Working and the Bible.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 METHODOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS: A PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR PROSTITUTES? -- Gutierrez' "Option for the Poor -- Pastoral da Mulher Marginalizada -- The Prostitute Movement in Brazil -- A Preferential Option for Prostitute Women? -- Standpoint Theory -- Sex Worker Standpoint of SWOP -- Excursus on Decriminalization and Measure Q -- Measure Q -- Chapter 3 RAHAB'S DEAL -- Scholar Standpoints -- Sex Worker Standpoint on Rahab -- Majority SWOP Reading -- Minority Opinion of SWOP -- Those are not her people! -- Analysis of Differences between Biblical Scholars and SWOP Activists -- SWOP Retelling the Story of Rahab, a Collage of Quotes -- Chapter 4 SOLOMON AND THE TWO PROSTITUTES -- Scholar Standpoints -- Sex Worker Standpoint on Solomon and the Two Prostitutes -- Majority SWOP Reading -- Prostitute Mothers -- Corrupt Courts -- Solidarity with Both the Mothers -- Minority SWOP Reading -- A Bad Economy for Women -- Analysis of Differences between Biblical Scholars and SWOP Activists -- SWOP Commentary of the Story of Solomon and the Two Prostitutes -- Chapter 5 ANOINTING WOMAN: "IN MEMORY OF HER": THE PREQUEL -- Scholar Standpoints -- Sex Worker Standpoint on the Anointing Woman Traditions -- Is Anointing Woman a Prostitute? Anointing as Sex Work -- Anointing Woman as Sinner: Prostitution as Sin? -- Is There a Goddess Hidden in the Account of Jesus' Anointing? -- Analysis of Differences between Biblical Scholars and SWOP Activists -- Exegetical Quotes on Anointing Woman -- Chapter 6 THE WHORE BABYLON: VIOLENCE AGAINST PROSTITUTES -- Scholar Standpoints -- Sex Worker Standpoint on the Whore Babylon -- Reality of Violence against Prostitutes -- Is the Whore Babylon a Prostitute? Does it Matter?.

Being Oppressed is no Excuse -- Prostitutes as Scapegoats -- Analysis of Differences between Biblical Scholars and SWOP Activists -- SWOP Commentary on the Whore Babylon -- Chapter 7 CONCLUSIONS: AMENDMENTS TO LIBERATION HERMENEUTICS -- APPENDIX 1 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Names.

Interprets stories of biblical prostitution with activist sex workers and incorporates their social theory of prostitution to engage liberation and feminist readings.

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