All Things to All People
The Catholic Church Confronts the AIDS Crisis
All Things to All People
The Catholic Church Confronts the AIDS Crisis
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Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 9780791417782
Number of Pages: 167
Published: 24/05/1994
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
This book examines the Roman Catholic Church in the United States as it responds to the AIDS crisis and persons with AIDS from a critical sociological perspective using organizational theory.
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
The Church as a Complex Organization
The Localization of Power
Theological Considerations
AIDS: The Medical, Social, and Religious Context
AIDS and the Archdioceses of Los Angeles
Plan of the Study
2. Methods
Data Collection and Analysis
Models of the Church
3. The Hierarchy Responds to AIDS
The Vatican and AIDS
The American Bishops and AIDS
The Hierarchy and Impression Management
4. Priests and AIDS Education
A Compassionate Response
Preventive Education
Educational Programs
AIDS Prevention and the Church: A Brief Normative Note
5. Priests and PWAs
Ministering to the Needs of PWAs
Conflict in Ministry
Summary
6. Toward an Analysis of Ecclesiastical Organization
Professional Power and Individual Autonomy
Apparatuses of Power
Change in Organizational Structures
7. Toward a Normative Critique of Church Structures
Priests as Ministers and Mediators
Roman Locuta, Causa Finita or Sensus Fidelium
Reception and Church Teaching
Power and Knowledge: Further Examples
The Moral Voice of Catholic Laity
Notes
References
Index
