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Somebody's knocking at your door : AIDS and the African-American church
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Somebody's knocking at your door : AIDS and the African-American church / Ronald Jeffrey Weatherford, Carole Boston Weatherford.
ISBN
0789005743
9780789005748
0789005751
9780789005755
Published
Binghamton, NY : Haworth Pastoral Press, ©1999.
Physical Description
xvi, 130 pages ; 22 cm.
Summary
Through the voices of leading clergy, AIDS advocates, and people living with AIDS (PLWAs), Somebody's Knocking at Your Door calls on the African-American church to become more involved in helping communities deal with HIV/AIDS. This book offers you ideas on how to improve the lives of individuals with AIDS through the church. Highlighting AIDS ministries throughout the United States, Somebody's Knocking at Your Door encourages the African-American church to confront the issue of AIDS and understand that the disease can affect anyone. This book will give you the necessary strategies for starting and implementing AIDS ministries and intervention programs that will educate and support your community.
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Somebody is knocking at your door
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 20, 2019
Series
Religion and mental health
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-124) and index.
Contents
Why the African-American church?
Two in five: AIDS statistics in the African-American community
Sex
a hang-up in the African-American church
Theology in the time of AIDS
What the church can do
Teaching what we preach: AIDS prevention education
Pastoral care for people living with AIDS
In the trenches: African-American AIDS ministries
In the spirit of cooperation
Africa: from cradle to grave
A sense of loss, a sense of purpose
Appendix A. Why the African-American church must liberate the community from AIDS
Appendix B. First steps to forming AIDS ministries
Appendix C. Major obstacles to involvement
Appendix D. Directory of AIDS resources.
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