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Tables of Contents for Somebody's Knocking at Your Door
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xi
Bernice Powell Jackson
Preface
xv
Why the African-American Church?
1
10
Power in the Pews
2
2
Power of the Pulpit
4
2
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
6
5
Two in Five: AIDS Statistics in the African-American Community
11
8
Naming a New Plague
11
1
AIDS Doesn't Discriminate
12
1
HIV/AIDS Risk Factors and Transmission Modes
13
2
HIV/AIDS Rates Rising Among African Americans
15
4
Sex---A Hang-Up in the African-American Church
19
16
In Pursuit of Purity
20
1
Bible Unclear on Homosexuality
21
2
Jesus Never Bashed Gays
23
1
Some Denominational Views on Homosexuality and AIDS
23
2
African Americans' Attitudes About AIDS
25
3
Religion, Politics, Race, and Sexual Orientation
28
7
Theology in the Time of AIDS
35
10
A Theology for Healing
36
2
A Theology That Responds to Suffering
38
2
Toward a Theology of Sexuality
40
4
The Big Tent
44
1
What the Church Can Do
45
8
Approaches to AIDS Ministry
47
6
Teaching What We Preach: AIDS Prevention Education
53
6
To Teach or Not To Teach?
53
1
Who Needs to Know?
54
1
What Should the Church Teach?
55
4
Pastoral Care for People Living with AIDS
59
10
Between the Lines of Sermons
59
2
Common Sense and Uncommon Love
61
6
Who Needs Pastoral Care?
67
1
The Dangers of Denial
68
1
In the Trenches: African-American AIDS Ministries
69
16
Ecumenicals Take the Lead
70
3
Model AIDS Ministries
73
12
In the Spirit of Cooperation
85
6
The Wisdom of Partnerships
85
1
Model Partnerships
86
5
Africa: From Cradle to Grave
91
8
Epicenter of the Global Epidemic
91
1
African Faces of AIDS
92
3
A New African Mission
95
4
A Sense of Loss, a Sense of Purpose
99
6
Family Funerals
99
1
Friends for Life
100
1
Crusade Against AIDS
101
4
Appendix A: Why the African-American Church Must Liberate the Community from AIDS
105
2
Appendix B: First Steps to Forming AIDS Ministries
107
2
Appendix C: Major Obstacles to Involvement
109
2
Appendix D: Directory of AIDS Resources
111
2
Notes
113
6
Bibliography
119
6
Index
125