Poverty, suffering and HIV-AIDS
Subtitle: international practical theological perspectives
By: edited by Pamela D. Couture and Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore.
Contributors: Couture, Pamela D., 1951-; Miller-McLemore, Bonnie J.
Publisher: Cardiff Academic Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cardiff
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Church work with the poor -- Congresses.; Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Congresses.; AIDS (Disease) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Congresses.; Theology, Practical -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: " ... fifth biennial meeting of the International Academy of Practical Theology, April, 2001 ... meeting in South Africa."--P. v.

" ... a record of the papers delivered at the [5th biennial meeting of the] International Academy of Practical Theology in Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2001."--P. xii.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Poverty and 'the poor' in recent ecumenical social thought / Lewis S. Mudge; title: Health, inequality and the decent society / Duncan B. Forrester; title: Children's poverty in the midst of an affluent society: a challenge to the churches and practical theology in Germany / Norbert Mette; title: Worldwide poverty: a challenge to practical theology in Germany / Stephanie Klein; title: The challenges of poverty and development confronting South Africa today / Naledi Pandor; title: On learning to see?: a Reformed perspective on the church and the poor / Dirk J. Smit; title: The camel and the needle's eye / Riet Bons-Storm; title: Church, religion, and the struggle against poverty: the issue of practical theology / Wilhelm Gräb; title: Poverty and church in South Wales (UK) in a changing society / Paul Ballard; title: Modernisation and religion: women's changing economic roles as a practical theological challenge / Claire Wolfteich; title: Poverty, HIV and AIDS: challenge to the church in the new millennium / Christo Greyling; title: There is no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female: empirical research on the church and HIV/AIDS in South Africa / Johannes A. van der Ven, Jaco S. Dreyer, Hendrik J. Pieterse; title: Women, children, poverty, and the church: a faith-based community, revitalization approach to addressing poverty / Susanne Johnson; title: Politics and economics in the preaching of the church: a New Testament rendering of phronesis / Bernard J. Lee; title: Youth, culture, and globalization: a report of research in progress / Dan Schipani, Richard Osmer, Friedrich Schweitzer; title: Domestic violence and alcohol abuse: challenges for networking among social and pastoral practices / Valburga Schmiedt Streck; title: The healing dynamics of space: relational and systemic therapy in pastoral care to people suffering from poverty / Daniel Louw; title: Songs of struggle: exploring the uncharted terrain of participatory pastoral care / Pamela D. Couture; title: God's? people: reflections on ecclesiology and the poor / Cas J.A. Vos; title: Beyond poverty and suffering: an eschatological vision / Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore.