The Rev. David F. McAllister-Wilson is president of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., a Methodist institution. Contact him through Amy Shelton, director of marketing and communications.

Robert A.J. Gagnon is an associate professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania. His expertise is in sexual teachings in the Bible, with a focus on homosexuality.

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.

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 […]

Margaret A. Farley is the Gilbert L. Stark professor emerita of Christian ethics at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Conn. She is Catholic and has written widely about Christian sexual ethics.

Read a column about Diwali gift-giving by author Arthur Magida, posted at Beliefnet.com.

Read an Oct. 28, 2005, Associated Press article about Pope Benedict XVI condemning human trafficking for sex and calling for the humane treatment of women migrants.

Read a May 22, 2013, article in The Guardian about the Catholic Church’s fight against proposed budget cuts in the United Kingdom’s legal aid system. The church says the cuts would limit assistance for victims of human trafficking.

Bishop James Stanton of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas has been active nationally and internationally in the Anglican debate over the role of gays in the church. He was involved in the founding of the American Anglican Council, which works to oppose the ordination of sexually active gays and lesbians.