The continuing challenge of AIDS : clergy responses to patients, friends, and families / Robert E. Beckley and Jerome R. Koch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beckley, Robert E.

Contributor:

Koch, Jerome R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--20th century.

AIDS (Disease).

AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Pastoral counseling of--United States--History--20th century.

AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Pastoral counseling of--Great Britain--History--20th century.

AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Pastoral counseling of.

History.

AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Great Britain.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 232 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Auburn House, 2002.

Summary:

Based on a 12-year study, this book examines the clerical response to the AIDS crisis.

Contents:

1. The Churches and AIDS 1

2. American Clergy's Responses to People with AIDS: 1987-1991 23

3. American Clergy's Strategies for Pastoral Care for People with AIDS 59

4. British Clergy and People with AIDS: A Comparative Perspective 83

5. The Clergy's Continuing Involvement with People with AIDS/HIV between 1993 and 1996: The Second Phase of Questionnaires 107

6. The Clergy's Continuing Involvement with People with AIDS/HIV between 1993 and 1999: The Follow-Up Interviews 145

7. The Continuing Challenge of AIDS for the Churches and Clergy 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-225) and index.

ISBN:

0865692130

OCLC:

49225548