AIDS and the Church
Urbana.org is beginning a focus on AIDS and the Church for the coming month, in tandem with an important conference coming up on the same topic. We’re no experts on the topic, but we’re going to be meeting some who are.
AIDS and HIV are complex humanitarian disasters – far more complex than the recent tsunami in the Indian Ocean. This virus involves society. Its two primary means of spreading are sexual intercourse and intravenous drug usage. In other words, HIV hides out in the places where our voices are but whispers.
Though Africa continues to bear the brunt of this disease, AIDS is also spreading like wildfire across Asia. India and China are belatedly sounding the alarm in across their lands, but the solutions remain bewildering. Furthermore, disturbing trends are emerging in North America, as AIDS disproportionately affects the disadvantaged. More women than men are affected by HIV. More of the poor are affected than of the middle classes.
A disease that spreads havoc through intimacy will have to have severe yet intimate cures. A disease that has moral overtones will have to have moral cures. These are areas on the outer fringes of science’s reach – areas where the church has a role to play.
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
Consider joining us in Madison, Wisconsin on February 19th for this one-day conference. The conference is hosted by the New College of Madison, a Christian academic center in an academic city. Here’s the website.
Register soon. And see you there.
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