| Confronting the Challenge: Poverty, Gender and HIV in South Africa Contributor(s): Senghor, Jeggan C. (Editor), Mulligan, Suzanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 3039119389 ISBN-13: 9783039119387 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $73.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Religion | Philosophy - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics |
| Dewey: 261.832 |
| LCCN: 2010032120 |
| Series: Africa in Development |
| Physical Information: 193 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - AIDS - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines some of the ways in which HIV/AIDS is affecting South African society. Catholic theological responses have focused extensively on the implications of HIV/AIDS for the area of sexual ethics. Although there are important questions to be answered here, many more fundamental issues have been overlooked as a result. This book responds to the need within Catholic theology for a greater examination of the injustices associated with the AIDS pandemic. The author argues that the human rights challenges associated with poverty, gender discrimination, sexual violence and access to essential AIDS-related health care are a crucial feature of the crisis. The author turns to the social teaching of the Catholic Church for a fuller framework of analysis in this regard and provides a critical examination of that teaching's core concepts and principles. The work of leading international economists Amartya Sen and Muhammad Yunus is explored as a means of relating the principles of Catholic social teaching to the concrete social and economic realities that exacerbate this global pandemic. |