The HIV & AIDS bible : selected essays / by Musa Wenkosi Dube.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dube, Musa Wenkosi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

AIDS (Disease).

Church work with the sick--Africa.

Church work with the sick.

AIDS (Disease)--Africa.

Theological seminaries.

Africa.

Theology, Doctrinal--Africa.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Theological seminaries--Curricula.

Physical Description:

x, 208 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

HIV and AIDS bible

Place of Publication:

Scranton , PA : University of Scranton Press, 2006.

Summary:

The HIV & AIDS Bible opens a new chapter in African religious discourse by placing the epidemic at the forefront of theological discussion, theological education and curriculum, and the preaching and teaching of all Christian churches. In a series of incisive and inspiring essays, Musa W. Dube examines the HIV&AIDS crisis in light of biblical and ethical teachings and argues for a strong theological presence alongside current economic, social, and political efforts to quell this devastating disease. The HIV & AIDS Bible will be helpful for teachers, clergy, social workers, health care providers, theologians, biblical scholars, and anyone else seeking creative ways to integrate their religious beliefs with their efforts to confront and eradicate HIV&AIDS and the socio-economic injustices that cause it.

Contents:

Toward Doing a Prophetically-Healing Scholarship 3

Have You Heard Me Today? A Poetic Biblical Reading 17

Part I Theological Education in the HIV & AIDS Struggle

Chapter 1 Doing Theological/Religious Education in a Paradigm of Shattered Dreams & Culs-de-Sac 23

Chapter 2 Theological Education: HIV&AIDS and Other Challenges in the New Millennium 37

Part II Biblical Studies in the HIV&AIDS Struggle

Chapter 3 Methods of Mainstreaming HIV&AIDS in Biblical Studies 61

Chapter 4 Talitha Cum! A Postcolonial Feminist HIV&AIDS Reading of Mark 5:21-43 77

Chapter 5 African Women's Hermeneutics and the HIV&AIDS Apocalypse 99

Part III The Gospel & Christology in the HIV&AIDS Struggle

Chapter 6 The Challenge of HIV&AIDS and The Gospel 123

Chapter 7 Towards An HIV&AIDS Christology 145

Part IV Ethics, Hope and the HIV&AIDS Struggle

Chapter 8 Let us Change Gears! Ethical Considerations in the HIV&AIDS Struggle 171

Chapter 9 New Questions; Old Stories: The Power of Sacred Stories 189

Chapter 10 The HIV&AIDS Decalogue 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1589661141

9781589661141

OCLC:

64427551

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