The Church with AIDS

224 pp. "This collection of essays by members of the Commission on Faith and Order of the National Council of Churches recounts their struggle to understand AIDS through biblical study, case study of persons with AIDS, reflection, and a search for the meaning of AIDS for the church. This struggle was occasioned in part by liaisons with the Metropolitan Community Churches (see below). AIDS is presented not only as a problem but also as a challenge for church renewal--so that the church becomes broader, freer, and less dualistic and the disease is not seen as God's instrument. Essential."