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Article: CATHOLIC ETHICISTS ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION.(Review)
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- Theological Studies
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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CATHOLIC ETHICISTS ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION. Edited by James F. Keenan, S.J., with Jon D. Fuller, S.J., M.D., Lisa Sowle Cahill, and Kevin Kelly. New York: Continuum, 2000. Pp. 351. $24.95.
This is a significant book not only because of the importance of the issue of the HIV/AIDS pandemic but also because of how the authors address the issue. Over 50 million persons on our globe have been HIV infected, two-thirds of them in Africa. In some African countries 25% of adults may be affected. No part of the world escapes this plague.
To address the issue, the editors have brought together Catholic moral theologians from all over the world. To my knowledge, such ...