"Those who suffer from Aids deserve both compassion and help. The Church, with its message of divine love and its requirement of neighbourly love, should assist in promoting their pastoral care. These guidelines are written to help those in dire need. ..... This booklet, prepared by the Social Policy Committee, deals with pastoral rather than moral aspects of Aids. When people are ill they need help and support. Our prime concern has been this: how can pastoral care best be given to those who suffer from this tragic and as yet incurable illness ?" -- Foreword.
Includes bibliographical references, p.13-14.
Contents: Foreword / Hugh Birmingham i.e. Hugh Montefiore [Bishop of Birmingham], Chairman, Board for Social Responsibility -- Aids: Some Guidelines for Pastoral Care -- The needs of people affected by Aids -- Feelings likely to be experienced by the Aids sufferer -- Difficulties faced by families and friends -- When a person has Aids -- The care of people with Aids -- Conclusion -- Resource List -- Appendix.
"First published in 2002 by SCM Press. This paperback edition published in 2003". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The purpose of this book is twofold. It provides brief portraits of forty-eight bishops who were in office from about the time of the 1832 Reform Bill, when the Church of England as well as the nation as a whole entered a period of continuous change, until the final years of the twentieth century." -- Intro., p. [1].
Beeson "ends by asking why such able and interesting bishops are now in short supply and wonders whether the hectically busy managerial role assumed by the bishops of the new millennium represents a betrayal of the Episcopal office and a consequent weakening of the Church's witness in an incredibly secularized society. Looking not far ahead, the likely impact of women bishops is also discussed". -- back cover.
Contents: Acknowledgements / TB -- Introduction -- The aristocrats and the courtiers -- The scholars -- The statesmen -- The prophets -- The pastors -- The controversialists -- The headmasters -- The church reformers -- The social reformers -- The missionaries -- The evangelists -- The odd men out -- The pioneers : looking ahead -- Bibliography -- Index.
OTCH Note: The bishops described are in order of discussion: Edward Stuart Talbot, William Cecil, Charles Sumner, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Robin Woods, Connop Thirlwall, Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Mandell Creighton, Kenneth Kirk, Ian Ramsey, Archibald Campbell Tait, Randall Davidson, William Temple, George Bell, John Percival, Edward Lee Hicks, John A.T. Robinson, E.R. (Ted) Wickham, Edward King, William Walsham How, Edward Woods, Launcelot Fleming, Herbert Hensley Henson, Ernest William Barnes, Frederick Temple, George Ridding, Neville Gorton, Geoffrey Fisher, Edward Stanley, Charles James Blomfield, Samuel Wilberforce, Leslie Hunter, James Fraser, Brooke Foss Westcott, Charles Gore, George Augustus Selwyn, John William Colenso, Charles Mackenzie, Frank Weston, Joost de Blank, Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram, Walter Carey, Christopher Chavasse, Cuthbert Bardsley, Henry Phillpotts, T.B. Strong, Mervyn Stockwood and Douglas Feaver.
"Each issue of 'The Churches Speak' begins with an introductory essay which provides an overview of the topic itself and traces its recent historical manifestations. This essay also summarize, compares, and contrasts the opinions found in the individual statements, allowing the user to place each one in the appropriate context. Each essay concludes with bibliographic citations to sources for further reading on the topic. The statements presented in each monograph are arranged into four main sections based on broad religious families or traditions: The Roman Catholic Church (which represents the single largest religious body in the United States); Protestant and Eastern Orthodox Churches; Jewish Groups; and Other Religious Bodies. Within the Roman Catholic Church section, statements are arranged chronologically by issuing date. The remaining sections are subarranged alphabetically by individual churches, religious bodies, or ecumenical organizations; the statements issued by each organization are presented chronologically within that organization. Each of the four religious family sections is preceded by a note which provides background information of the family and analysis of its perspective on the issue in question." -- Preface.
Contents: Preface / J. Gordon Melton -- Introductory Essay: The Contemporary Debate in the Churches on the AIDS Crisis -- Statements -- Index to Organizations, Statements, and Subjects.
Statements sub-divided into sections: Roman Catholic Church -- Protestant and Eastern Orthodox Churches -- Jewish Groups -- Other Religious Bodies.
OTCH Note: Protestant and Eastern Orthodox Churches section contains four Canadian and/or Anglican statements as follows: A Bi-National (Canada/United States) Consultation Statement on AIDS (1987) -- AIDS: Some Guidelines for Pastoral Care (1986) / Church of England -- Resolution on AIDS (1988), Report of the Commission on Human Affairs and Health (1988) / Episcopal Church -- Statement on AIDS (1986), Statement on AIDS (1987), AIDS in Canada (1988) / United Church of Canada.
"First published in Great Britain 1990. ... Fourth impression 1995". -- verso of t.-p.
Includes bibliographical references.
The author, a Church of England hospital chaplain, "has edited this controversial and hard-hitting collection of essays, which calls for a clearer understanding of the ethical issues, a deeper appreciation of the implication for modern theology, and a more sensitive response to all who suffer from the disease [of HIV/AIDS]. [This book] is intended as a helpful theological and pastoral resource for all who are affected by HIV/AIDS, whether as carers or sufferers. With that in mind, the ten main essays are interspersed with short reflections by men and women who have been diagnosed HIV positive, and who have been invited to speak for themselves about their personal struggle to live fully and creatively in the face of chaos and the prospect of death." -- back cover.
Contents: Contributors -- Foreword dated October 1989 / Richard Oxon i.e. Richard Harries, Anglican Bishop of Oxford -- Acknowledgements dated Oxford, January 1990 / James Woodward -- Introduction / James Woodward -- 1. To the Churches with Love from the Lighthouse / Stephen Pattison -- Nigel Sheldrick -- 2. AIDS, Shame and Suffering / Grace Jantzen -- Lloyd -- 3. Members One of Another / Andrew Henderson -- John Shine -- 4. New Showings: God Revealed in Friendship / Mark Pryce -- Adrian -- 5. 'The Carnality of Grace': Sexuality, Spirituality and Pastoral Ministry / Kenneth Leech -- David Randall -- 6. Order and Chaos: The Church and Sexuality / Jeanette Renouf -- Sebastian -- 7. AIDS and the Will of God / Edward Norman -- Victoria -- 8. Is Health a Gospel Imperative ? / Sara Maitland -- Anna -- 9. In a Biblical Perspective / Leslie Houlden -- What sort of world ? What sort of God ? / Peter Baelz -- 'And who is my neighbour ?' / Mark Pryce.
Archbishop Carey became a patron of the Aids Care Education and Training (ACET), one of the UK's leading AIDS charities. ACET, a Christian charity, is also active in Uganda and Romania.
"First published 1987. Second edition 1990". -- verso of t.-p.
Forewords by Alan Harrison and Norry McCurry.
"This book of reflections and prayers has been shaped by two concerns. In religious circles, the word `healing' us often given too narrow a meaning, that of a miraculous moment of physical cure. .... The second concern is to challenge the view that physical heath is of little importance in the perspective of eternity .... AIDS demonstrates that disease cannot be separated from the social, political, and moral dimensions of the life of a community, nor from the deep-seated irrational ways in which we can all at times react to such illnesses." -- Preface, pp. vii, viii.
Contents: Preface dated Sheffield, March 1990 / Jim Cotter -- Forewords / Alan Harrison [and] Norry McCurry -- More than Cure -- A Symbol of Something More -- Powers Yet to be Shaped -- Bearing -- Bearing More -- Praying for Healing: Locating the Prayer -- Praying for Healing: Entering the Prayer -- Appendix A: Praying Through Some Psalms -- Appendix B: Praying with Those Who Have Been Violently Assaulted or Sexually Abused -- Appendix C: What Price Healing in a Time of Epidemic.
"Appendix B is based on a ritual devised by Bernice Broggio and Teresa Parker". -- Preface, p. ix.
The Advent 1996 issue of the International Anglican Family Network "tells of just a few of the projects, linked with churches, which are trying to alleviate the suffering and halt the spread of the disease. In this terrible situation there are signs of hope." Article includes reports from 12 different countries.
"We [the Primates of the Anglican Communion] commend the wonderful range of resources contained in this pack as community based groups seek to engage in the moral, spiritual and medical issues that affect both family life and the spread of HIV/AIDS. It is our hope that it will assist our partners as we work together in different ways to equip our children and churches to protect themselves from HIV". -- inside front cover.
Contains 8 booklets and Feedback Sheet in folder.
Contents: [1] How to use this pack -- [2] Trust and participatory exercises -- [3] Introducing the HIV/AIDS issues -- [4] Code pictures and role-plays --[5] Prayers and reflections --[6] Faith and HIV/AIDS --[7] Personal stories -- [8] Raising awareness and campaigning -- [9] Feedback Sheet.
Archbishop of Carey, the Most Rev. George Carey, and his wife Eileen, visited the London Lighthouse and CARA, an church run AIDS charity. Dr. Carey said that "AIDS is one of the most important issues facing the Anglican Church worldwide today."
Contents: Introduction / Rowan Williams -- Notes on the Contributors -- Anti-gay and anti-lesbian politics : some recent political history / Janet Batsleer -- Beyond gin and lace : homosexuality and the Anglo-Catholic subculture/ Kenneth Leech -- The General Synod debate on sexual morality : November 1987 / Martin Peirce -- Bearing false witness : one woman's response to the recent debate on homosexuality / Clare Sealy -- Many mansions : a personal witness on the challenge of AIDS / David Randall -- On raising the level of moral debate / Nicholas Holtam -- Voices in the air.