Title AIDS, gays, and the American Catholic Church / Richard L. Smith ; foreword by Robert N. Bellah

Published Cleveland, Ohio : Pilgrim Press, 1994 ©1994

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Description xiv, 168 pages ; 22 cm Contents 1. AIDS and the Religious Metaphor -- 2. The Catholic Church and the Emergence of Gay Culture -- 3. The American Catholic Bishops and the Social Construction of AIDS -- 4. The Challenge of Catholic AIDS Ministry: Conversations with Pastoral Caregivers -- 5. The Gay Community and the Catholic Church: Battleground or Common Ground? Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-161) and index Subject Catholic Church -- Doctrines. AIDS (Disease) -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. LC no. 94003396 ISBN 0829810110 (paperback : alk. Paper)

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