The Least of These: Missions: Restoring Child Victims of Human Sex Trafficking in Cambodia

By Dr. Thomas Luke

Textbook details

The textbook "The Least of These" was inspired by the orphans of Siem Reap, whom the author encountered during a journey from Thailand to Cambodia in 2003. Witnessing the poverty, hunger, and lack of protection of these children exploited through human sex trafficking left a la

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr. Thomas Luke
• Release date: May 25, 2024
• ISBN: 9798894807805

Dr. Thomas Luke

Thomas Luke, PhD, is an American transformational theology scholar, award-winning Christian academic author, anti-child sex trafficking activist, certified spiritual integration counselor, certified crisis response and trauma counselor, ordained Christian crisis response chaplain, talk show host, TV producer, and founding father of transformational theology. Rev. Dr. Thomas Luke is a professor of transformational theology emeritus (2003-2023) at his alma mater, Chaplains College School of Graduate Studies, and is a retired Christian crisis response chaplain ordained by Chaplains International. Professor Thomas Luke's Ph.D. dissertation textbook, "Transformational Theology," has earned him seven Christian textbook awards.

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The Least of These

2nd EDITION

MISSIONS: RESTORING CHILD-VICTIMS OF

HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING IN CAMBODIA

The King will reply, "Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."

– Matthew 25:40

Dr. Thomas Luke

Master of Arts in Theological Studies Capstone – Trinity Evangelical Divinity School – Class of 2020

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The Least of These, 2nd Edition

Missions: Restoring Child-Victims of

Human Sex Trafficking in Cambodia

Dr. Thomas Luke

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Textbook Details

The Least of These was inspired by the orphans of Siem Reap, whom the author encountered during a journey from Thailand to Cambodia in 2003. Witnessing the poverty, hunger, and lack of protection of these children exploited through human sex trafficking left a lasting impact on Reverend Dr. Thomas Luke, the author, and he has dedicated twenty years to researching and addressing healing for the most severely traumatized of them. Dissociative identity disorder is the most severe, misdiagnosed, and rare form of childhood trauma, affecting approximately 1.5% of the global population. Rev. Dr. Luke’s academic literature aims to provide vulnerable children and adults hope, healing, and integration through Jesus Christ.

Overview

Asking Jesus how he could help these unprotected and sexually exploited orphans of Siem Reap, Rev. Dr. Luke responded by attending graduate school and writing textbooks about how to restore and integrate the most severe cases of childhood sexual trauma. Rev. Dr. Luke wrote the first edition of The Least of These as a capstone project for his MA in Theological Studies. The second edition of The Least of These, published in 2024, was updated with Dr. Luke’s most current credentials and ministry contact information and includes illustrations and graphics not published in the 2020 text-only edition.  Dr. Luke also added artwork and letters sent by the children to the preface. The Least of These is often cited by academics earning either a master's or doctorate and requires a written capstone research paper, thesis, or dissertation for graduation. Another textbook, Transformational Theology, was originally written as an extensive dissertation for Dr. Thomas Luke’s PhD in Transformational Theology.

Psalm 82:3-4. Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

About the author

Thomas Luke, PhD, is an American transformational theology scholar, award-winning Christian academic author, anti-child sex trafficking activist, certified spiritual integration counselor, certified crisis response and trauma counselor, ordained Christian crisis response chaplain, talk show host, TV producer, and founding father of transformational theology. Rev. Dr. Thomas Luke is a professor of transformational theology emeritus (2003-2023) at his alma mater, Chaplains College School of Graduate Studies, and is a retired Christian crisis response chaplain ordained by Chaplains International. Professor Thomas Luke’s PhD dissertation textbook, Transformational Theology, has earned him seven Christian textbook awards.

Dedication

To: Dr. Joseph & Hannelore

Dear Dad and Mom,

I dedicated both of my textbooks—The Least of These, First Edition; The Least of These, Second Edition; and Transformational Theology—in your honor. I wanted you to see that your education dollars went