UID:
almahu_9948664023102882
Format:
1 online resource (207 p.)
Edition:
1st, New ed.
ISBN:
9783035300239
Series Statement:
Africa in Development 4
Content:
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.
Note:
Contents: Exploring the relationship between poverty, inequality and the spread of AIDS – Women, Gender and HIV – Rape and Sexual Violence in South Africa – The Problem of Accessing Antiretroviral Medication in South Africa – Ethical Implications of AIDS Vaccine Trials in South Africa – New Ways of Approaching the Challenge of Development and Poverty Reduction – An examination of the work of Amartya Sen and Muhammad Yunus – Catholic Social Teaching as a response to the AIDS Pandemic.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783039119387
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3726/978-3-0353-0023-9
URL:
https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/11261?format=EPDF
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