Composed in Sanskrit by Veda Vyasa, the text is considered as a major purana for Devi devotees.

This is an excerpt from a much larger work, the the Srimad Devî Bhagavatam, which describes an incarnation of the goddess Devi who speaks on her nature and how she wants to be worshipped, particularly with Yogic practices, meditation and rituals.

Mohamed Mattar is executive director of the Protection Project at Johns Hopkins University, which approaches human trafficking as a human rights issue. He helped draft the U.N. model law on human trafficking and has worked to fight against it in more than 50 countries.

Based on the tenth book of the Bhagavata Purana, this is the tale of the deeds of Krishna, composed by Lallu Lal between 1804 and 1810.

Gary Haugen is the founder and CEO of International Justice Mission, a Christian human rights agency that works with congregations to combat sex trafficking and forced prostitution.

The Mahabharata is an ancient religious epic originally composed in Sanskrit. It tells of the many adventures of Krishna.

Bernadette J. Brooten is the Kraft-Hiatt professor of Christian studies, women’s and gender studies, classical studies, and religious studies at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. She is also the founder and director of the Brandeis Feminist Sexual Ethics Project. She is an expert in the history of sexuality in the Bible and is author of […]

Amanda Finger is executive director of the Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking in Denver.

This epic is actually book six of the Mahabharata, but often stands on its own. It is told as a dialogue between Krishna and the soldier Arjuna on a battlefield before the fighting begins. It was composed about 200 B.C. and numerous online editions are available.