0800636414
Trade Paperback
200 pages
Mar 2004
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Christian Churches and the Global AIDS Crisis
by Donald E. MesserReview | Author Bio | Read an Excerpt
Excerpt:
Introduction
Notes
Selected Bibliography
- The Voice of God
Jesus in the AIDS Hospital
Word Becomes Flesh
An Essay in Practical Theology
Defining Terms: HIV/AIDS
Words of Gratitude
- The Church and Global AIDS
Global Emergency
From Denial to Constructive Engagement
A Global Portrait of HIV/AIDS
Updating Global Statistics
Toward Global Statistics
Reclaiming the Essence of the Church
An Ecumenical and Interfaith Response
One by One by One
- We Are All HIV-positive
Facing Stigmatization and Discrimination
We Are All Dying
Courage and Hope of HIV/AIDS Victims
It's Not Our Problem
It's Not Christian to Talk about Sex
It's Somebody Else's Responsibility
Compassion, Self-Interest, and Challenges Ahead
- Facing and Responding to Sexual Realities
AIDS and Sexual Behavior
Responding with Christian Love
What If?
- Stigmatization and Discrimination
Stigmatization and Discrimination as Sins
Resisting Sin
AIDS Is Not a Dirty Word
- Women, Children, and HIV/AIDS
An "Equal Opportunity" Disease
The Patriarchy Problem
An Ethical Response
Hearing and Heeding Women's Voices
- The ABCs of Prevention
A Is for Abstinence
B Is for Be Faithful
C Is for Condoms
Other Letters in the Alphabet of Life
Ethics in a New Key
- A World without AIDS
An Unexpected, Unwelcome Banquet Guest
Love in a Time of AIDS
Realistic Idealism
- Ensuring Care, Testing, Counseling, and Treatment
Care, Not Cure
Testing, Not Denial
Competent, Compassionate Counseling
Treatment
Saving Grace
- Global Hope in a Global Emergency
Awakening a Sleeping Church
A Liturgical Response to the Global Emergency
Signs of Global Hope
Hopeful Models: Partnerships to Save Lives
Faith, Hope, and Love
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