"Combining information, expertise and careful reflection in many fields, this book addresses urgent questions ... on the basis of a three-year, broadly-based study conducted by the World Council of Churches Consultative Group on AIDS. The study involved theologians and ethicists, virologists and physicians, specialists in human rights, pastoral counsellors and local pastors, as well as persons living with AIDS, working with AIDS-related movements and others directly affected by AIDS. The challenge of AIDS calls for a forthright and faithful response from Christians and the churches. This book is an important resource for shaping that response". -- back cover.
Contents: Foreword / Ana Langerak -- Why This Study was Prepared -- Facing HIV/AIDS -- Theological Perspectives -- Ethical Perspectives -- Human Rights, Responsibilities and HIV/AIDS -- Pastoral Care and Healing Community -- Conclusion: What the Churches Can Do -- Appendix I: The Impact of HIV/AIDS and the Churches' Response -- Appendix II: An HIV/AIDS Glossary -- Appendix III: Persons Involved in the HIV/AIDS Study Process.
"Christine Overall, Editor with William B. Zion, Associate Editor".
Includes bibliography (p. 174-175) and index.
Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Culture and Context -- AIDS: The Social Dimension / Arthur Schafer -- AIDS and Disability / Jerome Bickenbach -- AIDS and Women: The (Hetero)sexual Politics of HIV Infection / Christine Overall -- AIDS, Ethics and Religion / William P. Zion -- Acquired Immanent Divinity Syndrome / James Miller -- Part II: Ethical and Social Issues -- Sexual Ethics and AIDS: A Liberal View / Michael Yeo -- Health-Care Workers' Occupational Exposure to HIV: Obligations and Entitlements / Benjamin Freedman -- HIV Testing and Confidentiality / H.A. Bassford -- Catastrophic Rights: Vital Public Interests and Civil Liberties in Conflict / John Dixon -- Warning: AIDS Health Promotion Programs May Be Hazardous to Your Health / Patricia Illingworth -- Living with AIDS: Towards Effective and Compassionate Health Care Policy / B. Lee -- Selected Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
"Christine Overall, Editor with William P. Zion, Associate Editor".
Includes bibliography (p. 174-175) and index.
Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Culture and Context -- AIDS: The Social Dimension / Arthur Schafer -- AIDS and Disability / Jerome Bickenbach -- AIDS and Women: The (Hetero)sexual Politics of HIV Infection / Christine Overall -- AIDS, Ethics and Religion / William P. Zion -- Acquired Immanent Divinity Syndrome / James Miller -- Part II: Ethical and Social Issues -- Sexual Ethics and AIDS: A Liberal View / Michael Yeo -- Health-Care Workers' Occupational Exposure to HIV: Obligations and Entitlements / Benjamin Freedman -- HIV Testing and Confidentiality / H.A. Bassford -- Catastrophic Rights: Vital Public Interests and Civil Liberties in Conflict / John Dixon -- Warning: AIDS Health Promotion Programs May Be Hazardous to Your Health / Patricia Illingworth -- Living with AIDS: Towards Effective and Compassionate Health Care Policy / B. Lee -- Selected Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
"This book comprises the 2005 Massey Lectures, `Race Against Time', broadcast in November 2005 as part of CBC Radio's `Ideas' series".
Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- I: Context: It Shames and Diminishes Us All -- II: Pandemic: My Country is On Its Knees -- III: Education: An Avalanche of Studies, Little Studying -- IV: Women: Half the World, Barely Represented -- V: Solutions: A Gallery of Alternatives in Good Faith -- Glossary.
Author is Canadian and the UN Secretary-General's special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, a commissioner on the World Health Organization's Commission on Social Determinants of Health, and director of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.