Reading for Life

Reading for Life…We honor the many, many writers who have brought light and passion to the subject of HIV/AIDS.  This list is not intended to be comprehensive but to bring forward aspects of the HIV/AIDS story for reflection.  We would love to know about favorite books and articles you may have or have read that could be reviewed to ad to this list.  Please let us know via email which books you would like to see added.

Books

The Amfar AIDS Handbook: The Complete Guide to Understanding HIV and AIDS (Paperback) 
by Darrell E. Ward (at  Amazon.com)

And the Band Played On
Randy Shilts
St. Martin’s Press, 1987 (at Amazon.com)

Bisexuality and HIV/AIDS: A Global Perspective (New Concepts in Human Sexuality) (Hardcover) 
by Rob Tielman, Manuel Carballo, Aart Hendriks (Editor)  (at  Amazon.com)

Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Christian Churches and the Global AIDS Crisis
Donald Messer
Ausburg Fortress, 2004 (at Amazon.com)

The Crisis of Desire: AIDS and the Fate of Gay Brotherhood
Robin Hardy and David Groff
University of Minnesota Press (at  Amazon.com)

Dry Bones Breathe: Gay Men Creating Post-AIDS Identities and Cultures
Eric Rofes
Haworth Press, 1998 (at Amazon.com)

Encyclopedia of AIDS (Penguin Reference) (Paperback) 
by Raymond Smith (at  Amazon.com)

“Christian Denominations–Smaller,” in The Encyclopedia of AIDS, ed. by Raymond Smith, Chicago, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998, pp. 134-136.

And

“Protestant Churches,” in The Encyclopedia of AIDS, ed. by Raymond Smith, Chicago, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998, pp. 408-412.

FAMILIES RE-MEMBERED: Pastoral Support for Friends and Families Living with HIV/AIDS
by the Rev. Louis F. Kavar, Ph.D. Paperback, ISBN: 1-888493-03-8 (at ChiRho Press)

Focus on Living: Portraits of Americans With HIV and AIDS (Paperback) 
by Roslyn Banish, Paul A. Volberding (at  Amazon.com)

The Gifts of the Body
Rebecca Brown
HarperCollins, 1994 (at Amazon.com)

I’M STILL DANCING!: A Gay Man’s Health Experience
by the Rev. A. Stephen Pieters Paperback, ISBN: 1-888493-04-6 (at ChiRho Press)

In the City of Shy Hunters
Tom Spanbauer
Grove Press, 2001 (at Amazon.com)

The Invisible People: How the U.S. Has Slept Through the Global AIDS Pandemic, the Greatest Humanitarian Catastrophe of Our Time
Greg Behrman, 2004 (at Amazon.com)

Listening With Love: Pastoral Counselling - a Christian Response to People Living With HIV/AIDS (Paperback) 
by Robert Igo (at  Amazon.com)

Moving Mountains: The Race to Treat Global AIDS
by Anne-Christine D’Adesky (at  Amazon.com)

Rat Bohemia
Sarah Schulman
Dutton Signet, 1995 (at Amazon.com)

Reviving the Tribe: Regenerating Gay Men’s Sexuality and Culture in the Ongoing Epidemic (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies) (Paperback) 
by Eric E. Rofes (at  Amazon.com)

Smearing the Queer: Medical Bias in the Health Care of Gay Men (Paperback) 
by Michael Scarce (at  Amazon.com)

Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible (Paperback)  
by Robert E. Goss (Editor), Mona West (Editor)  (at  Amazon.com)

“The Beloved Disciple: A Queer Bereavement Narrative in the Time of AIDS,” in Take Back the Word: reading of the Bible, ed. By Robert E. Goss & Mona West, Cleveland, Pilgrim Press, 2000, 206-218.

And

Mitulski, James, “Ezekiel Understanding AIDS: AIDS Understands Ezekiel,” inTake Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible, ed by Robert Goss andMona West, Cleveland, The Pilgrim Press,  2001, 153-160.

TO CELEBRATE AND TO MOURN: Liturgical Resources for Worshiping Communities Living with AIDS
by the Rev. Louis F. Kavar, Ph.D. Paperback, ISBN: 1-888493-06-2 (at ChiRho Press)

Troubling the Angels: Women Living With HIV/AIDS (Paperback) 
by Patricia Ann Lather, Chris Smithies (at  Amazon.com)

Where The Edge Gathers: Building A Community Of Radical Inclusion (Paperback) 
by Yvette A. Flunder (at Amazon.com)

Women, Families and HIV/AIDS: A Sociological Perspective on the Epidemic in America (Paperback)
(at Amazon.com)

Women’s Experiences With HIV/AIDS: Mending Fractured Selves (Haworth Psychosocial Issues of HIV/AIDS) (Hardcover) 
by Desiree, Ph.D. Ciambrone (at Amazon.com)

 

Articles

FACING AIDS: The Challenge, the Churches’ Response
A World Council of Churches Study
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/mission/facing.html

The Christian Century Articles

Mitulski, James & Cherry, Kitredge, “We are the Church alive, the Church with AIDS,” The Christian Century, January 27, 1988, vol. 105, 85-88.http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=926

“AIDS and the Church,”The Christian Century, September 11-18, 1985, pp. 797-800 by Earl E. Shelp and Ronald H. Sunderland http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1929

“Pastoral Care for Persons with AIDS and for Their Families” The Christian Century Aug. 12-19, l987, pp. 691-94 by Richard L. Schaperhttp://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=329


Quotable Quotes



For Such A Time As This - It is not inevitable that this disease should triumph. The powers of disease and death are great but, to borrow words from Esther, "for such a time as this" God calls us for a new mission and ministry in our churches, theological seminaries, and religious institutions. (Donald Messer, Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence, p. Xiii)



Children of a Loving God - "Each of us is part of God's family...we are one. The world may separate us by countries, cultures, races, borders, and even denominations, but in truth we are all the children of a lving God who cares for everyone of us. (Donald Messer, Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence, p. Xii)