It's common knowledge that in developing countries--Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America--the burden of HIV/AIDS falls disproportionately on women, who are generally the victims of male carriers of the disease. In this book, Roman Catholic women theologians from all over the world will discuss the pandemic in terms of their particular geographical and social location. The model for the volume is Continuum's "Catholic Ethicists on HIV/AIDS Prevention" (2000), edited by James Keenan, S.J. The occasion or impetus for the volume was the First International Crosscultural Conference for Catholic Theological Ethicists, single-handedly created by James Keenan (he raised 3/4 of a million dollars) and held at Padua, July 2006. (The plenary sessions will be published by Continuum under the title "Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church." ) The mentors for the volume will be James Keenan (editor Iozzio's Doktorvater) and Margaret Farley, "America's leading Catholic feminist theological ethicist" (19 Dec. review of "Just Love" in "America"). Farley's advocacy both in the US and Africa on the issue of women and AIDS is renowned, and she will be the best-known contributor. The leading contributor from English-speaking Europe is Linda Hogan from Trinity College Dublin.

A Companion to Catholic Ethicists on HIV/AIDS Prevention    Mary Jo IozzioINTRODUCTION:  Globalizing Solidarity    Mary Jo Iozzio, Mary M. Doyle Roche and Elsie M. MirandaENTRÉE1.    Show Me My Face O LordM. Bernadette Mbuy Beya, OSUPART ONE:  CHALLENGES TO JUSTICE2.    AIDS, Women, and EmpowermentLisa Sowle Cahill3.    HIV/AIDS in Vietnam:  calling for human dignity, justice, and careY-Lan Tran, CND4.    'Change is Possible':  churches reading the signs of the timesMaria Cimperman, OSU5.    Justice, Faith, and HIV/AIDS in Africa:  challenges for the twenty-first centuryMargaret A. Farley6.    Loving Embrace:  sexual flourishing and an HIV+ humanityCarolyn SharpPART TWO:  CHALLENGING THE CHURCH7.    Information/Sex Education and Church Intervention in Public Policy in the PhilippinesAgnes M. Brazal8.    HIV/AIDS in AustraliaElizabeth Hepburn, IBVM9.    Hope, Lament, and a Prophetic Imagination for a World with HIV/AIDSElsie M. Miranda10.    "God (Not) Swine Yuh":  HIV/AIDS in the CaribbeanAnna Kasafi-PerkinsPART THREE:  MIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS11.    France 2007:  always and still the challenge of AIDSMarie-Jo Thiel12.    AIDS -An Ethical AnalysisHille Haker13.    Challenges in Italy:  authentic sexual freedom and justiceCecilia Laura Borgna14.    Whose Truth? Discourses of AIDS in BritainGillian Paterson15.    What's Love Got To Do With It? Sex, Survival, and HIV/AIDS in South AfricaSuzanne MulliganPART FOUR:  INVISIBLE AND VULNERABLE16.    Children and the Common GoodMary M. Doyle Roche17.    The Vulnerability of People with Disabilities and the ElderlyMary Jo Iozzio18.    Church Communities and HIV-Affected Persons:  towards abundant lifeEmily Reimer Barry19.    "Hidden in Plain View":  Older African AmericansShawnee Marie Daniels-Sykes, SSNDPART FIVE:  THE FEMALE FACE OF AIDS20.    The Feminzation of AIDS in the Philippines:  culture, poverty, and migrationMa. Christina A. Astorga21.    Communities Visible and Invisible in OceaniaMaryanne Confoy, RSC22.    Women Confronting Stigma in Tamil NaduMetti Amirtham, SCC23.    Responses to HIV/AIDS in Hoima Diocese, UgandaTherese Tinkasiimire24.    Retrieving Spirituality as a Resource for Coping with HIV/AIDS:  perspectives from South IndiaPushpa Joseph, FMMFINALEMENT25.    Kissing the Leprous:  a Theological Praxis for AIDSMaria Clara Lucchetti BingemerABOUT THE AUTHORSINDEX