Facing a Pandemic: The African Church and the Crisis of AIDS

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Facing a Pandemic Facing a Pandemic The African Church and the Crisis of HIV/AIDS Elias K. Bongmba BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bongmba, Elias Kifon, 1953Facing a pandemic : the African church and the crisis of HIV/AIDS / Elias K. Bongmba. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-932792-82-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. AIDS (Disease)--Africa--Religious aspects--Christianity. 2. HIV infections-Africa --Religious aspects--Christianity. I. Title. RA643.86.A35B6698 2007 362.196'97920096--dc22 2007007088 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper with a minimum of 30% pcw content.©2007 by Baylor University Press Waco, Texas 76798 All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical , photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing of Baylor University Press. Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Cover Design by Stephanie Blumenthal Cover Image by AP Images / Themba Hadebe. Used with permission. Dedicated to Dr. Helen Marie Schmidt Dr. Deiter Lemke Dr. Julie Stone Dr. Pius Tih Dr. Thomas Welty Dr. Edith Welty Mrs. Beatrice Bongmba Individuals who have dedicated their lives to fighting HIV/AIDS in the Cameroon Baptist Convention ...