Chelmsford Public Library

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

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-308) and index

contains biographical information

index present

non fiction

The child catchers

bibliography

778420722

Kathryn Joyce

rescue, trafficking, and the new gospel of adoption

"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 actually have. Christian adoption activists have added moral weight to a multi-billion dollar adoption industry intent on increasing the "supply" of adoptable children, both at home and overseas. 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."--, Provided by publisher

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