Theology and HIV & AIDS in Latin America

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Acknowledgments ..................................................................................... 7 Preface ....................................................................................................... 9 Rev. Dr. Olle Kristenson Foreword .................................................................................................. 13 Rev. Dr. Gunilla Hallonsten Introduction ............................................................................................. 15 Prof. Dr. Valburga Schmiedt Streck The AIDS pandemic and the vulnerability of God .................................. 19 Wanda Deifelt A reading of the Latin American theological reflections on HIV ............ 27 Guillermo Hansen Damage Reduction and theology – being a protagonist in new ways of seeing life and care in the light of the HIV/AIDS epidemic ............... 37 Claudio Roberto König Care in pastoral assistance to HIV/AIDS patients ................................... 47 Walter Hoppe Jonah, negative! and very exclusive! ....................................................... 57 Sergio A. López A vulnerable woman made visible by Jesus ............................................ 71 María Lis Rivoira The “Western God” and the legitimation and reproduction of stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS ................................. 77 Andrés Alba Grace as the form of the church on the basis of Saint Thomas Aquinas’ thought. An ecclesiology for contexts of stigma, stigmatization and discrimination involving HIV and AIDS ................................................. 95 Vicente Valenzuela Osorio God’s liberating political affection and the complex world of AIDS .... 107 Víctor Manuel Mendoza The theological touch of Jesus and the woman with the flow of blood .. 117 Rosa María López Pérez Empowerment of women and ecclesial action: approach to a response to HIV and AIDS in the Colombian context .......................................... 127 Fabián Wilches García I keep on fighting, full of rebelliousness and life .................................. 139 Sergio Ugalde Miranda Notes on the authors .............................................................................. 143 Acknowledgments ..................................................................................... 7 Preface ....................................................................................................... 9 Rev. Dr. Olle Kristenson Foreword .................................................................................................. 13 Rev. Dr. Gunilla Hallonsten Introduction ............................................................................................. 15 Prof. Dr. Valburga Schmiedt Streck The AIDS pandemic and the vulnerability of God .................................. 19 Wanda Deifelt A reading of the Latin American theological reflections on HIV ............ 27 Guillermo Hansen Damage Reduction and theology – being a protagonist in new ways of seeing life and care in the light of the HIV/AIDS epidemic ............... 37 Claudio Roberto König Care in pastoral assistance to HIV/AIDS patients ................................... 47 Walter Hoppe Jonah, negative! and very exclusive! ....................................................... 57 Sergio A. López A vulnerable woman made visible by Jesus ............................................ 71 María Lis Rivoira The “Western God” and the legitimation and reproduction of stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS ................................. 77 Andrés Alba Grace as the form of the church on the basis of Saint Thomas Aquinas’ thought. An ecclesiology for contexts of stigma, stigmatization and discrimination involving HIV and AIDS ................................................. 95 Vicente Valenzuela Osorio God’s liberating political affection and the complex world of AIDS .... 107 Víctor Manuel Mendoza The theological touch of Jesus and the woman with the flow of blood .. 117 Rosa María López Pérez Empowerment of women and ecclesial action: approach to a response to HIV and AIDS in the Colombian context .......................................... 127 Fabián Wilches García I keep on fighting, full of rebelliousness and life .................................. 139 Sergio Ugalde Miranda Notes on the authors .............................................................................. 143