何燕輝. / "2005年5月". / 論文(神(道)學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2005. / 參考文獻(leaves 65-70). / "2005 nian 5 yue". / Abstract also in English. / He Yanhui. / Lun wen (Shen (dao) xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2005. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 65-70). / Chapter 第一章 --- 導論 --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- 硏究動機 / Chapter 1.2 --- 硏究目的及方法 / Chapter 1.3 --- 硏究限制 / Chapter 1.4 --- 致謝 / Chapter 第二章 --- 愛滋病在世界的情況和教會的迴響 --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- 早期愛滋病在世界肆虐的情況 / Chapter 2.2 --- 英國社會對愛滋病的態度 / Chapter 2.3 --- 美國社會對愛滋病的態度 / Chapter 2.4 --- 普世合一教會對愛滋病的態度 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- 對世界各組織的影響 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- 對信仰作出神學反省 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- 對世界各宗派和教會的影響 / Chapter 2.4.5 --- 對各宗派和教會以愛滋病的反省 / Chapter 2.5 --- 小結 / Chapter 第三章 --- 愛滋病在香港社會的情況和造成的迴響 --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1 --- 愛滋病患者的感受 / Chapter 3.2 --- 愛滋病被標籤 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- 社會禁忌的產生 / Chapter 3.3 --- 愛滋病對社會意識文化造成的影響 / Chapter 3.4 --- 愛滋病對社會制度造成的影響 / Chapter 3.5 --- 對愛滋病患者個人造成的影響 / Chapter 3.6 --- 香港教會的態度對愛滋病患者的影響 / Chapter 3.7 --- 小結 / Chapter 第四章 --- 社會對愛滋病及病患者的理解和影響 --- p.21 / Chapter 4.1 --- 愛滋病患者的感受 / Chapter 4.2 --- 愛滋病被標籤 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- 社會禁忌的產生 / Chapter 4.3 --- 愛滋病對社會意識文化造成的影響 / Chapter 4.4 --- 愛滋病對社會制度造成的影響 / Chapter 4.5 --- 對愛滋病患者個人造成的影響 / Chapter 4.6 --- 香港教會的態度對愛滋病患者的影響 / Chapter 4.7 --- 小結 / Chapter 第五章 --- 反思救恩的意義與愛滋病患者的關係 --- p.30 / Chapter 5.1 --- 從「犧牲」和「贖罪」理解「救恩」對個人層面的意義 / Chapter 5.2 --- 反思「犧牲」和「贖罪」理解的「救恩」與愛滋病患者的處境 / Chapter 5.3 --- 「經典」救恩觀中「勝利的基督」的意義 / Chapter 5.4 --- 從「醫治」和「整全」的向度理解「經典」救恩對個人層面的意義 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- 「醫治」在救恩中對個人層面的意義 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- 「整全」在救恩中對個人層面的意義 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- 救恩與上主國來臨的關係 / Chapter 5.4.4 --- 小結 / Chapter 5.5 --- 從「醫治」和「整全」理解「經典」救恩對群體層面的意義 / Chapter 5.6 --- 反思救恩如何回應受訪愛滋病患者的真實需要 / Chapter 第六章 --- 「醫治」和「整全」的救恩觀與愛滋病患者之關聯 --- p.42 / Chapter 6.1 --- 帶有「醫治」和「整全」救恩的特性 / Chapter 6.2 --- 愛滋病患者個的「疾病」 / Chapter 6.3 --- 從「醫治」和「整全」的救恩去看愛滋病患者個人的「疾病」 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- 「成爲上主」的意思 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- 「成爲上主」對愛滋病患者個人的「醫治」 / Chapter 6.4 --- 社會意識文化的「疾病」 / Chapter 6.5. --- 從「醫治」和「整全」的救恩去看社會意識文化的「疾病」 / Chapter 6.6 --- 社會制度的「疾病」 / Chapter 6.7 --- 從「醫治」和「整全」的救恩去看社會制度的「疾病」 / Chapter 6.7.1 --- 上主國來臨對更新社會制度的「醫治」 / Chapter 6.8 --- 從「醫治」和「整全」的救恩看教會的使命 / Chapter 第七章 --- 總結 --- p.59 / 附件（一）至（四） --- p.60 / 參考書目

This study investigated selected Christian denominations in the Durban Functional Region's response to HIV/AIDS and the extent of their involvement within the issues of HIV/AIDS. The study also explored how the churches viewed the development of holistic services and hence their involvement with social workers. Seven of the so-called mainline Christian churches participated in the study. Interviews were conducted with the head of each denomination and one other member of clergy from each of the seven denominations. The study was exploratory in nature. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews with the participants being selected utilising purposive and availability sampling. The literature review comprised theological reflection on what the church's role should be as well as literature exploring the necessity for holistic services in the ambit of HIV/AIDS. Some of the findings of this research included the lack of knowledge clergy have around HIV/AIDS, the lack of knowledge some clergy have about their denominational policies regarding HIV/AIDS, and the limited response of some congregations to the pandemic. There is also a sense of negativism amongst some clergy about HIV/AIDS. There is no hope of the promise the Christian faith gives. The recommendations that stemmed from this research are the training of clergy in HIV/AIDS, training of clergy regarding their denomination's policies and offering practical advice on how a church can respond, the need for the dissemination of this information to all role-players so that a holistic service can become a reality, and finally that more extensive research is done into the church and HIV/AIDS. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.

This study will explore and investigate the response of the Free Methodist Church of Southern Africa (FMCSA) to HIV and AIDS in the Southern KwaZulu-Natal region. It will also reflect on how the Wesleyan Healthcare Response (WHCR) can be used as an inspiration for this Church to fulfil its mission in engaging with HIV and AIDS from a gender-sensitive perspective. With reference to the knowledge that religions possess assets for addressing HIV and AIDS and gender inequality, the study argues that the FMCSA possess the necessary resource to address these interconnected challenges which it is not profitably employing currently. This resource is the theological and practical healthcare response developed by the founder of Methodism, John Wesley, during his lifetime. Using the missio Dei theory to explain the mission of the church in the world, and considering Jesus‘ healing ministry as patterns of the missio Dei‘s materialisation in times of health crises, the study suggests that the FMCSA as a Christian church is expected to respond to HIV and AIDS, a contemporary health crisis in South Africa. The study also hypothesises that Wesley‘s healthcare response is a legacy to the Free Methodists that the FMCSA can appropriate as an effective asset to fulfil missio Dei in time of HIV and AIDS and its gendered nature in the South African context. Therefore, the question responded to in this study is: how can the Wesleyan Healthcare Response inspire the FMCSA to respond to the HIV and AIDS pandemic from a gender-sensitive perspective? The following objectives were formulated in order to respond to this question: 1. to explore the discursive account of HIV and AIDS and its gendered nature in South Africa and the response of the FMCSA; 2. to critically reflect on WHCR as FMCSA‘s potential resource for missio Dei's fulfilment in time of HIV and AIDS; 3. to examine the attitude and concrete response to HIV and AIDS pandemic in the Free Methodist Southern KwaZulu-Natal (FMSKZN); 4. to assess the extent to which WHCR has been used as a resource for addressing HIV and AIDS by the Free Methodist Southern KwaZulu-Natal; 5. to suggest insights to make WHCR a resource to respond to HIV and AIDS within the Southern KwaZulu-Natal context. The data for the study was collected using empirical and non-empirical research methods. Therefore, in addition to the written sources, individual interviews with selected church leaders and caregivers and focus group discussions with ordinary adult and youth church members in five circuits of the FMSKZN were conducted. In examining the attitudes and concrete responses to HIV and AIDS in the FMSKZN, the study realised that this Church failed to learn from WHCR in order to fulfil missio Dei during this pandemic in terms of gender issues. It therefore postulates insights from WHCR that will help fill the gaps identified in the response of this Church to HIV and AIDS and its gendered nature. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2013.

The interface between apartheid and Aids in the unique South African context between 1987 and 1990 is particularly striking. Natal was such a volatile ground, one rocked by political violence and threatened by a world epidemic. A literary study of the four years' Natal Witness Aids articles and an oral witness by four clergy living in Natal at the times reveal an intriguing debate and deeds by the people in Natal. The difficulty in ascertaining the actual spread of the disease in South Africa was imperative in the search for a reliable information system. Neither the random testing prior to 1987 nor the secret testing between 1987 and 1989 produced reliable Aids statistics. The launching of surveillance testing in 1990 not only amounted to a reliable information system but also revealed staggering statistics reports. Not only was the infection doubling every six months, but it was becoming predominantly heterosexual and exacerbated in the black race. A close study of the Natal Witness articles reveals that the Natal Aids debate could be chronologically divided into four characteristic periods. The 1987 debate was an international debate because the focus was on what was happening in North America and in Europe. The 1988 debate was an African debate because the focus on Aids for the first time placed the African continent on spotlight indicating signs of its future lead in infection and mortality. The 1989 debate was a South African debate because the articles featured miner's plague and the gay plague and their possible negative influence on the economy. The 1990 debate zoomed into the Natal province as it revealed attitudes, myths, and controversies that underpinned the Aids disease. The Natal Witness reports are both contrasted and complemented by the reflections of four Christian ministers who served in Natal at the time. The clergy used particular philosophical frameworks to reconstruct their experiences. According to Sol Jacobs, a 'black consciousness' Methodist priest, the churches did not engage in prevention because of their racial divisions. Vic Bredencamp witnessed a judgemental church, one that could not deal with the Aids disease because of its punitive theology. Ronald Nicolson, an Anglican priest, only witnessed an ignorant church, one that could not become involved in Aids prevention because of its paralysis ignorance. Lastly, Paul Decock, a Catholic priest, witnessed an active church, one that was actively involved in Aids activism as early as 1987. The ministers differed immensely on how the church responded to the Aids disease as well as in the reasons for that particular response. Both the articles and the interviews were found to be misleading in several instances. Through editing and selection, the articles left out important details and articles. The interviewees could barely establish a chronology in their memory of events. With the help of internal and external evidence however, both the interviews and the articles complement each other in establishing the Aids experiences of the Christians in Natal. / Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2006.

HIV/AIDS is a challenge that African society will have to contend with for a number of years to come. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by HIV/AIDS in the world. The combination of poverty, natural disasters, violence, abuse of women and children, social and political chaos, and mass migration to cities, all accelerate the spread of HIV. Equally, HIV/AIDS increases the risk of a household or individual becoming more impoverished and makes communities vulnerable to other infectious and poverty-related diseases such as tuberculosis. It presents a huge challenge to the church. South Africa's HIV/AIDS statistics are alarming and the nation is beginning to feel the impact through the loss of economically active people, increasing demand on health care, child headed households and increasing mortality rate due to AIDS. AIDS underrnines life and the great possibilities that our new democracy could bring. Faced with the devastating impact of AIDS, families and communities seek ways and means of surviving and carry on with life. They utilise every resource at their disposal to make a living. Making use of the sustainable livelihoods approach, this study recognises this fact and investigates how people survive, what resources or assets they have, how they utilise these, the constraints they are faced with both in a accessing and in utilising resources, and how the culmination of these efforts impacts upon them. Building on these insights this study focused on how the church at Hinge Township in Que'enstown could enhance the agency of families affected by AIDS. The study argues that the church can contribute by (i) addressing the underlying factors that contribute to the vulnerability context; (ii) building the asset portfolio of households affected by AIDS; (iii) chaUenging the policies and structures which inhibit the livelihood options of such households; and (iv) enhancing the existing livelihood strategies. Examples of each of these actions, drawn from the context of Hinge, are provided. / Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu- Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2004.

No abstract available. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Durban-Westville, 2002.

Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / NO ABSTRACT / INTRODUCTION: All over the world there are millions of desperate people who seek refuge in other countries and so these countries are all affected by the situations of refugees. These people we call “refugees” are human beings who leave their countries and cross borders to find a place to secure their lives. The realities of the refugees are at the same time global, regional or local. They are in fact treated differently depending on the policies of the countries of refuge though they might, to some extent, be treated in the same ways according to the UNHCR charter. Whilst they run for their lives, they face all other challenges of life that affect the globe and the countries of refuge.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Religion plays a significant role in the structuring of people's identities and perceptions and also has the potential to playa fundamental role to determine how communities respond to HIV/AIDS. Faith-based organisations are respected in their communities and have existing resources, structures and systems in place. People who are diagnosed with HIV often turn to the church where they receive emotional and spiritual support. The primary objective of this study was to determine the knowledge of religious leaders about HIV/AIDS and their attitudes towards people living with it. A non-experimental quantitative research design was used in this study and the data was gathered through a structured questionnaire. The respondents were not exceptionally informed about the transmission of the HI-virus, but their knowledge around the risk of specific sexual behaviour was high and their attitudes towards PLHA generally positive. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geloof speel "n belangrike rol in die vorming van "n mens se identiteit en persepsies en het ook die potensiaal om gemeenskappe se reaksie rakende MIV/Vigs te bepaal. Geloofsorganisasies word in hul gemeenskappe gerespekteer en het bestaande hulpbronne en stelsels in plek. Mense wat MIV postitef gediagnoseer word, wend hul dikwels na hierdie organisasies waar hul emosionele en geestelike ondersteuning ontvang. Die doel van hierdie navorsing was om die kennis en houdings van geloofsleiers rondom MIV/Vigs en die mense wat daarmee leef te bepaal. "n Nie-eksperimenteel kwantitatiewe navorsingsontwerp is gebruik, en die data is deur middel van "n gestruktureerde vraelys ingesamel. Hoewel die respondente se kennis omtrent die oordrag van die MI-virus nie voldoende was nie, het hul die nodige kennis rondom die risiko van spesifieke seksuele gedrag gehad. Hul houdings rondom MIV/Vigs en mense wat daarmee leef was positief.

In South Africa faith plays an important role in community-based volunteering related to HIV and AIDS work. Many community-based volunteers make use of their faith to provide healthcare and social services related to HIV and AIDS. This research examines this faith or religious vibrancy and critic two things: (1) to what extent such volunteers can be understood as a Religious Health Asset, and (2) what criteria can be used to consider community-based volunteers as a new form of the church emerging in a time of HIV and AIDS. The research first examines the concept of voluntary work in South Africa, particularly in times of HIV and AIDS. Field research relies on community based volunteers linked to Sinomlando, a research centre at the University of KwaZulu- Natal through participant observation and open ended interview method. I examine faith or religious aspects in volunteers serving the communities. The research notes that in community-based volunteering, the use of prayers, religious choruses and/or quoting of the Bible is a visible faith practice. I learnt that prayers and choruses are spontaneous, and they are volunteers’ expression and release of emotions caused by socio-economic stressors. The use of the Bible is not a common practice among groups of volunteers as it is with praying and singing. Given this, the thesis argues that faith practices in community-based volunteering can be understood as a religious health asset. Using the ecclesiogenesis theory of Leonardo Boff, the thesis then analyses whether these groups signify a new form of the church is emerging. However, the finding is that they do not constitute a new form of the church, but rather a new form of missionary spirituality as the laity is taking on the responsibility of living out their faith in a new context and in the face of new challenges. / Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2009.

This study focuses on the history of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Methodist churches reaction to HIV and AIDS in Manicaland province, Zimbabwe between 1985 and 2005. It attempts to document and analyse what the three so called ‗mainline‘ churches did and failed to do in responding to a new epidemic. The findings that culminated in this work were obtained mainly from primary written and oral sources that were collected between 2009 and 2011. These comprise oral testimonies of Christians from the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Methodist churches including bishops and lay members of the churches. In addition, information from medical personnel serving at the churches‘ healthcare as well as that from officers serving in the National AIDS Council (NAC) and the Zimbabwe Association of Church-Related Hospitals (ZACH) were incorporated. Primary written sources include statements issued by the church leaders, the synod and annual conference resolutions, the minutes of parish council meetings, the ad clerums, reports by the church HIV and AIDS structures among others. The study establishes that HIV and AIDS, which emerged in Zimbabwe in the early 1980s, definitely affected the church and also seeks to show that the churches‘ reactions in turn had an influence on the epidemic. The state came out to publicly acknowledge AIDS in Zimbabwe in 1985 and two years later the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops‘ Conference became the first ecclesiastical body to issue a statement on HIV and AIDS in 1987. In 1989 the churches issued a collective statement under the Heads of Christian Denominations (HOCD) in Zimbabwe, which publicised their views on the Christian response to AIDS. The messages were largely moralistic in nature and the churches maintained this stance throughout the period of study. However, it has also been established that the church healthcare centres were involved in accessing condoms to people living with HIV (PLHIV) and other members of the public. Throughout the twenty-two years covered by this study the church healthcare system made an impact on the epidemic through offering treatment to PLHIV. The input of the church healthcare system underwent a three phased evolutionary process: the complementary stage between 1985 and 1994, the church paralleling of the state healthcare system from 1995 to 1999, and replacement of the responsibility of the government in healthcare between 2000 and 2007. Generally, the responses have been subdivided into three phases, which were the early years: from 1985 to 1994, the middle years lasting between 1995 and 1999 and finally the later years falling between 2000 and 2007. The individual churches appear to have been involved in responding to HIV and AIDS with the same motive of serving humanity starting with their followers and moving beyond. Within the Roman Catholic Church the intervention such as care of PLHIV and orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) became a national and diocesan priority that witnessed the birth of the Mutare Community Home Care project in 1992. The new initiative grew stronger over the years and expanded from nine to nineteen stations covering the province. The Anglican Church launched its institutional AIDS care initiatives between 1999 and 2006. The main thrust was on training of Anglicans in responding to the epidemic and the establishment of AIDS care and treatment centres in selected rural areas. Within the United Methodist Church, the thrust was on care of orphans and vulnerable children and home-care at the station, circuit and annual conference levels. All the three churches received donor funding for HIV and AIDS interventions and this became important at a time when the state healthcare and welfare systems were unable to provide care and support to people infected and affected by the epidemic. The study argues that indeed HIV and AIDS like other earlier epidemics such as Black Death in Europe and influenza in Southern Africa is a historical phenomenon which received mixed responses from the community including Christians. It brought to light some of the negative reactions such as denial, stigma and discrimination and yet the epidemic also drew in Christian communities, individuals and institutions to show compassion by caring for people affected and infected by HIV and AIDS. At the institutional level bishops were in a dilemma of maintaining the moral teaching of the church on sexuality and yet they were also expected to be flexible in finding practical ways of preventing HIV. There were other dynamics such as culture, which prevented people from using condoms. The church followers made a very essential contribution in mitigating the effects of the epidemic by being the army of caregivers to people infected and affected by HIV and AIDS. Despite their unique dedication to caring for AIDS clients, women were the most affected by the epidemic because of the patriarchal nature of the churches and the cultural perceptions of gender and sexuality. It is hoped that the churches will draw on this history to shape future HIV and AIDS interventions. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2012.