Overview
When AIDS was first identified, the Christian right immediately declared that this was God's punishment of promiscuous gays. But HIV and AIDS also spread amongst the heterosexual community and worked its devastating way through the African continent. HIV/AIDS now also poses a huge challenge to India, which has more than five million people living with HIV/AIDS. And yet The Vatican still condemns the use of contraceptives in any circumstances. Here a group of progressive Christians face the fundamental issues full on. Christians and Sexuality in the Time of AIDS seeks to explore issues of theology, sexuality and Christian ethics and includes contributions from Antoine Lion, Eric Fassin, Abdon Goudjo And Jean-Louis Vilde.
Full Product Details
Author: Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, OP ,
Lytta Basset
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.172kg
ISBN: 9780826499110
ISBN 10: 0826499112
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 10 February 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Language: English
Reviews
"Mentioned in author's column in The Tablet, 2008. ""This is an intriguing and thought-provoking read. It is not just about the challenges of AIDS. It is a compelling look at human sexuality and religious opinion...Christians and Sexuality in the Time of AIDS opens the door to a deeper understanding of the suffering and the need for dialogue and support as Christians live with and respond to this devastating pandemic. This volume is appropriate for congregational and academic libraries."" - Sharon Hinton, Congregational Libraries Today, November/December 2008 mention in Bookseller Buyers Guide, 1 January 2008 Extract in the The Church Times, 18/04/2008 * Church Times * Extract in The Tablet, 23/02/2008 * Tablet, The *"
This is an intriguing and thought-provoking read. It is not just about the challenges of AIDS. It is a compelling look at human sexuality and religious opinion...Christians and Sexuality in the Time of AIDS opens the door to a deeper understanding of the suffering and the need for dialogue and support as Christians live with and respond to this devastating pandemic. This volume is appropriate for congregational and academic libraries. - Sharon Hinton, Congregational Libraries Today, November/December 2008 Mentioned in author's column in The Tablet, 2008. mention in Bookseller Buyers Guide, 1 January 2008
mention in Bookseller Buyers Guide, 1 January 2008
Author Information
Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe has been long been one of the most popular preachers across the globe, speaking in retreats which he gives in English or in his equally fluent French. He has spent most of his life as a Dominican based at the order’s Blackfriars base in Oxford, apart from his nine years as master of the order in Rome, but has always travelled widely, being in huge demand as a speaker. He was elevated to the rank of Cardinal by Pope Francis in December 2024. His books have been bestsellers, particularly I Call You Friends, Seven Last Words and What Is the Point of Being a Christian?, which won the 2007 Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing. His appeal is ecumenical too, and he has lectured in Westminster Abbey, while his book Why Go to Church? included a foreword by Rowan Williams, who was then Archbishop of Canterbury. Lytta Basset is a Reformed Minister of Religion and Professor of Theology in Lausanne, Switzerland. This is her fifth book, but the first to be translated into English.
