Missiological Challenges in the HIV/AIDS Era: Kenya
In the context of HIV/AIDS and traditional rites of widow-inheritance, the church is challenged to offer more than just funeral services for the dead. The missiological challenges and opportunities today include: rethinking the relationship between gospel and culture in the era of HIV/AIDS; developi...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2005
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Theology today
Year: 2005, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 58-66 |
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Summary: | In the context of HIV/AIDS and traditional rites of widow-inheritance, the church is challenged to offer more than just funeral services for the dead. The missiological challenges and opportunities today include: rethinking the relationship between gospel and culture in the era of HIV/AIDS; developing a theology and spirituality to cope with the growth of a countervailing “prosperity gospel”; ameliorating the root causes of poverty that lie at the heart of the HIV/AIDS pandemic; and engaging in vigorous public moral advocacy on behalf of those most vulnerable in society. |
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ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057360506200107 |