Somebody's knocking at your door : AIDS and the African-American church

Weatherford, Ronald Jeffrey. (Author). Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- (Added Author).

Item details

ISBN: 0789005743 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780789005748 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 130 p. ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Binghamton, NY : Haworth Pastoral Press, c1999.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-124) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.