HIV/AIDS : Canadian churches respond
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article33788
- Author
- Youngman, Gordon
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Ministry Matters
- Date
- 2006 Spring
- Author
- Youngman, Gordon
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Ministry Matters
- Date
- 2006 Spring
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Page
- 8-11
- Notes
- "The devastating impact of HIV/AIDS on people's lives touches human spirituality, sexuality and justice at the most profound level. It is the already vulnerable who are most impacted by HIV/AIDS so churches worldwide hear the biblical call to seek justice and to stand in solidarity with the poor. Overseas partners have challenged Canadian churches and church-based organizations to respond to the challenge. At the same time Christian churches both in Canada and in the global south are coming to terms with a legacy that has also included silence, denial and stigmatization". "A key challenge for churches is to rethink the theological and biblical perspectives that foster responses of exclusion and stigmatization of people living with HIV/AIDS." "One exciting development is a global initiative by churches to coordinate education and advocacy on HIV/AIDS. The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance was formed in December 2000 by more than 50 churches worldwide."
- Author has been "involved with HIV/AIDS for 23 years, he worked in Geneva on the First Global Program on AIDS under the leadership of the late Dr. Jonathan Mann. He is now a health consultant dealing in gay and bisexual men's health issues in the United States and Europe and is a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Nanaimo, British Columbia".
- Subjects
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Christianity
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with AIDS patients
- Stigma (Social psychology)
- Location
- General Synod Archives