Into the sunshine : integrating HIV/AIDS into ethics curriculum : proceedings of the EHAIA-WCC

Abstract

For the past few years the World Council of Churches, through its organ “Ecumenical HIV/AIDS Initiatives in Africa” (EHAIA), has been sponsoring workshops across the continent of Africa to integrate HIV/AIDS into theological curriculum. In October 2004 a Workshop was held at Porto Novo (Benin) dedicated to the theme of integrating HIV/AIDS into Ethics curriculum. About 25 ethicists, theologians, activists, and church leaders representing both the Francophonic as well as Anglophonic Africa gathered at Porto Novo. One of the major highlights of the Workshop was the development of draft modules for teaching Ethics within the HIV/AIDS contexts. This book contains not only the various scholarly presentations tackling the problem of Ethics vs. HIV/AIDS from medical, philosophical and theological perspectives, but also the modules that were developed there. This book is aimed at educating and empowering everyone involved in humanity’s grand battle against HIV/AIDS.