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Author : Shepherd Smith
Publisher : Victor
ISBN 13 : 9780896931961
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Christians in the Age of AIDS written by Shepherd Smith and published by Victor. This book was released on 1990 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anthony M. Petro
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199391297
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book After the Wrath of God written by Anthony M. Petro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a cold February morning in 1987, amidst freezing rain and driving winds, a group of protesters stood outside of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Amherst, Massachusetts. The target of their protest was the minister inside, who was handing out condoms to his congregation while delivering a sermon about AIDS, dramatizing the need for the church to confront the seemingly ever-expanding crisis. The minister's words and actions were met with a standing ovation from the overflowing audience, but he could not linger to enjoy their applause. Having received threats in advance of the service, he dashed out of the sanctuary immediately upon finishing his sermon. Such was the climate for religious AIDS activism in the 1980s. In After the Wrath of God, Anthony Petro vividly narrates the religious history of AIDS in America. Delving into the culture wars over sex, morality, and the future of the American nation, he demonstrates how religious leaders and AIDS activists have shaped debates over sexual morality and public health from the 1980s to the present day. While most attention to religion and AIDS foregrounds the role of the Religious Right, Petro takes a much broader view, encompassing the range of mainline Protestant, evangelical, and Catholic groups--alongside AIDS activist organizations--that shaped public discussions of AIDS prevention and care in the U.S. Petro analyzes how the AIDS crisis prompted American Christians across denominations and political persuasions to speak publicly about sexuality--especially homosexuality--and to foster a moral discourse on sex that spoke not only to personal concerns but to anxieties about the health of the nation. He reveals how the epidemic increased efforts to advance a moral agenda regarding the health benefits of abstinence and monogamy, a legacy glimpsed as much in the traction gained by abstinence education campaigns as in the more recent cultural purchase of gay marriage. The first book to detail the history of religion and the AIDS epidemic in the U.S., After the Wrath of God is essential reading for anyone concerned with the intersection of religion and public health.
Author : Norman Carson
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781432779726
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (797 download)
Download or read book Precious Son written by Norman Carson and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrated by the father of a victim of the AIDS epidemic, this true story of his son's life and death explores two themes: one, the mystery of God's providence that permitted a young Christian to yield to the pervasive power of his sexual preference, despite his walking in the Christian Faith throughout his early years; and, two, a profile of the turmoil, agony and poignant response of his parents, who in the face of this fact, never abandoned their son and continued to love him unconditionally.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309046289
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europe's "Black Death" contributed to the rise of nation states, mercantile economies, and even the Reformation. Will the AIDS epidemic have similar dramatic effects on the social and political landscape of the twenty-first century? This readable volume looks at the impact of AIDS since its emergence and suggests its effects in the next decade, when a million or more Americans will likely die of the disease. The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States addresses some of the most sensitive and controversial issues in the public debate over AIDS. This landmark book explores how AIDS has affected fundamental policies and practices in our major institutions, examining: How America's major religious organizations have dealt with sometimes conflicting values: the imperative of care for the sick versus traditional views of homosexuality and drug use. Hotly debated public health measures, such as HIV antibody testing and screening, tracing of sexual contacts, and quarantine. The potential risk of HIV infection to and from health care workers. How AIDS activists have brought about major change in the way new drugs are brought to the marketplace. The impact of AIDS on community-based organizations, from volunteers caring for individuals to the highly political ACT-UP organization. Coping with HIV infection in prisons. Two case studies shed light on HIV and the family relationship. One reports on some efforts to gain legal recognition for nonmarital relationships, and the other examines foster care programs for newborns with the HIV virus. A case study of New York City details how selected institutions interact to give what may be a picture of AIDS in the future. This clear and comprehensive presentation will be of interest to anyone concerned about AIDS and its impact on the country: health professionals, sociologists, psychologists, advocates for at-risk populations, and interested individuals.
Author : C. Jean Garland
Publisher : Oasis International
ISBN 13 : 9781594520266
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book AIDS is Real and It's in Our Church written by C. Jean Garland and published by Oasis International. This book was released on 2005 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information about AIDS in Africa, how to prevent HIV infection, and encouragement towards a Christian response to the AIDS epidemic.
Author : Abraham Verghese
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0679752927
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (797 download)
Download or read book My Own Country written by Abraham Verghese and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1995-04-25 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Covenant of Water and New York Times bestseller Cutting for Stone: a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears. “Remarkable.... An account of the [AIDS] plague years in America. Beautifully written…by a doctor who was changed and shaped by his patients.” —The New York Times Book Review Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an “urban problem” had arrived in the town to stay. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Verghese became by necessity the local AIDS expert, soon besieged by a shocking number of male and female patients whose stories came to occupy his mind, and even take over his life. Verghese brought a singular perspective to Johnson City: as a doctor unique in his abilities; as an outsider who could talk to people suspicious of local practitioners; above all, as a writer of grace and compassion who saw that what was happening in this conservative community was both a medical and a spiritual emergency.
Author : Shane Stanford
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310563658
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)
Download or read book A Positive Life written by Shane Stanford and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What causes some people—in spite of incredible challenges—to be more alive and content than others? When Shane Stanford discovered he was HIV positive at the age of sixteen, he knew he had a choice: he could feel sorry for himself, or he could live as passionately and boldly as possible. Now, more than twenty years later, Stanford speaks nationwide about what it means to turn a positive diagnosis—or any difficult circumstance—into an opportunity for positive living. If you want to appreciate life to the fullest, this A Positive Life Ebook reveals nine basic yet powerful lessons for living well. What does it mean to be satisfied with never being satisfied? Why is simplicity a key to finding joy? Most importantly, what does it look like to live, laugh, and love in community as Jesus did—with dirty hands and feet and a love of adventure? Stanford reminds you that even struggles offer glimpses of grace. Choosing how to live out that grace is the key to making life matter—and to being more alive than ever before.
Author : Michael J. O'Loughlin
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
ISBN 13 : 1506467717
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Hidden Mercy written by Michael J. O'Loughlin and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1980s and 1990s, the height of the AIDS crisis in the United States, was decades ago now, and many of the stories from this time remain hidden: A Catholic nun from a small Midwestern town packs up her life to move to New York City, where she throws herself into a community under assault from HIV and AIDS. A young priest sees himself in the many gay men dying from AIDS and grapples with how best to respond, eventually coming out as gay and putting his own career on the line. A gay Catholic with HIV loses his partner to AIDS and then flees the church, focusing his energy on his own health rather than fight an institution seemingly rejecting him. Set against the backdrop of the HIV and AIDS epidemic of the late twentieth century and the Catholic Church's crackdown on gay and lesbian activists, journalist Michael O'Loughlin searches out the untold stories of those who didn't look away, who at great personal cost chose compassion--even as he seeks insight for LGBTQ people of faith struggling to find a home in religious communities today. This is one journalist's--gay and Catholic himself--compelling picture of those quiet heroes who responded to human suffering when so much of society--and so much of the church--told them to look away. These pure acts of compassion and mercy offer us hope and inspiration as we continue to confront existential questions about what it means to be Americans, Christians, and human beings responding to those most in need.
Author : C. Trentaz
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137272902
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)
Download or read book Theology in the Age of Global AIDS & HIV written by C. Trentaz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trentaz proposes an inclusive, complex framework for understanding the creation and maintenance of risk of contracting HIV & AIDS, takes a hard look at dominant theologies and proposes a new way of approaching a theo-ethical response to the pandemic within a communal ethic of 'risk-sharing,' privileging the voices of the marginalized.
Author : Michael Czerny
Publisher : Paulines Publications Africa
ISBN 13 : 9966080376
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (66 download)
Download or read book AIDS and the African Church written by Michael Czerny and published by Paulines Publications Africa. This book was released on 2005 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 876 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Public Health Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dale Peck
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1616954841
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)
Download or read book Martin and John written by Dale Peck and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dale Peck’s debut is a tour de force in which Martin and John find each other again and again: in a trailer park, a high-end jewelry store, a Kansas barn, and later, in New York City, living under the shadow of the AIDS epidemic. Though their names remain the same, their identities are constantly shifting, creating a fractured view of loss and desire in the early years of the AIDS crisis. Vaulting through self and history, Martin and John is one of the most remarkable novels to emerge from an America ravaged by disease, and one of the finest and most complex love stories of the ’90s. Martin and John is the first volume of Gospel Harmonies, a series of seven stand-alone books (four have been written) which follow the character of John as he attempts to navigate the uneasy relationship between the self and the postmodern world.
Author : Dr. Sabelo Sam Gasela Mhlanga
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1664218203
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)
Download or read book Hiv/Aids Dilemma! written by Dr. Sabelo Sam Gasela Mhlanga and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the fundamental human dignity and respect relating to HIV/AIDS positive people who have suffered scorn, isolation, discrimination and stigma in the society. The book suggests a God-honoring way to relate to God’s image-bearers (imago-dei) who have HIV/AIDS or any disease that has similar stigma. It is out of that aspiration and anticipation of this book to plan and implement a teaching series to the church/organizations as Christian response to HIV/AIDS. The book goes a long way in providing teaching series and resources to garner that goal and objective to treat all people equally, with dignity and respect as God’s image-bearers. This book is highly recommended to everyone, including Christian teachers, leaders and Ministers who desire to see the members of the society treated with dignity and respect as Dr. Sabelo Sam Gasela Mhlanga outlines all the fabric social issues patterning to HIV/AIDS that hang on the balance and pose a threat to the 21st generation.
Author : Jon Acuff
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310110122
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Stuff Christians Like written by Jon Acuff and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the same humor and honesty that galvanized more than a million online readers from more than 200 countries, speaker Jon Acuff brings his insightful take on Christianity to the book world with this new edition of Stuff Christians Like. Do you constantly find yourself towing the fine line between praying before certain types of meals and not others? This book is for you. Have you fallen in love on a mission trip, just to break up when you get home? This book is for you. Are you a unicorn of purity who ranks honeymoon sex slightly higher than the second coming of Christ? Guess what – this book is for you, too. It’s time to shake off Somber Christian Syndrome and embrace the quirks of being a member of God’s kingdom. This book will teach you how to: Break up with your small group Subtly find out if your new Christian friends drink beer too Recognize the shame grenade that is a Jesus Juke Avoid a prayer handholding faux pas Say something Christian-y without looking like a snake handler From prayer shot blocks to metro worship leaders, no stone is left unturned in this hilarious look at faith. “I never knew how much I needed Jesus until I found out I was judging people who use the table of contents in their Bible. This book saved me from looking like a bad Christian.” – Sister Mary Francis, Rhode Island. “It’s such a time saver to know that my Chick-fil-a from the drive-thru comes pre-blessed. I always knew I was making the right choice by choosing the Lord’s chicken.” – Dave L., South Carolina.
Author : Christine Maggiore
Publisher : American Foundation for AIDS Alternatives
ISBN 13 : 9780967415321
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (153 download)
Download or read book What If Everything You Thought You Knew about AIDS Was Wrong? written by Christine Maggiore and published by American Foundation for AIDS Alternatives. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple and authoritative challenge to the conventional wisdom about AIDS, this newly revised book probes widely held assumptions about the risks, tests, and treatments associated with this controversial disease. The ideas of the general public—that everyone is at risk, that AIDS is widespread, that HIV is proven to cause AIDS, and that drug treatments or vaccines offer the only hope to resolve health problems associated with AIDS—are refuted, and new information is presented on AIDS in Africa and recent research on the effects of AZT, protease inhibitors, and combo cocktails. A recommended reading list and website directory supply tools for further study, and first-person accounts from naturally healthy HIV-positive men, women, and children give the facts a human face.
Author : John Philip Jenkins
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061980595
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)
Download or read book The Lost History of Christianity written by John Philip Jenkins and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling history of early Christianity in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—from “one of America’s best scholars of religion” (The Economist). In this groundbreaking book, renowned scholar Philip Jenkins explores a vast and forgotten network of the world’s largest and most influential Christian churches that existed to the east of the Roman Empire. These churches and their leaders ruled the Middle East for centuries and became the chief administrators and academics in the new Muslim empire. The author recounts the shocking history of how these churches—those that had the closest link to Jesus and the early church—eventually died. Jenkins offers a new lens through which to view our world today, including the current conflicts in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Without this lost history, we lack an important element for understanding our collective religious past. By understanding the forgotten catastrophe that befell Christianity, we can appreciate the surprising new births that are occurring in our own time, once again making Christianity a true world religion.
Author : G. M. Newlands
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754652106
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (521 download)
Download or read book Christ and Human Rights written by G. M. Newlands and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights is one of the most important geopolitical issues in the modern world. Jesus Christ is the centre of Christianity. Yet there exists almost no analysis of the significance of Christology for human rights. This book focuses on the connections. Examination of rights reveals tensions, ambiguities and conflicts. This book constructs a Christology which centres on a Christ of the vulnerable and the margins. It explores the interface between religion, law, politics and violence, East and West, North and South. The history of the use of sacred texts as 'texts of terror' is examined, and theological links to legal and political dimensions explored. Criteria are developed for action to make an effective difference to human rights enforcement and resolution between cultures and religions on rights.
