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- Title
Studying Black Churches and Family Support in the Context of HIV/AIDS.
- Authors
Randolph, Suzanne M.; Billingsley, Andrew; Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard
- Abstract
This article focuses on the Black Church and its relevance to a contemporary social issue confronting Black families, the HIV/AIDS pandemic. An interdisciplinary approach building on the conceptual model of the Black church Family Project is proposed as an alternative to the traditional study of the Black church, its leadership and membership. Traditional sociological and psychological treatments of the Black church are discussed, and suggestions sociologists made for ways to move toward an integrative approach that capitalizes on both perspectives. A more integrative approach should enhance the knowledge base and, thus, improve thatches' ability to develop family support programs that are more responsive go the needs of Black families affected by contemporary issues such as HIV/AIDS. New ways of knowing about Black church-Black family interdependence must recognize that the social, political, and theological context in which churches operate and the psychosocial contexts in which individuals live are in constant flux. That is, the membership as well as the broader community which Black churches serve is constantly changing.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DISEASES in African Americans; AIDS; AFRICAN American churches; AFRICAN American religions; MEDICAL care of African Americans
- Publication
National Journal of Sociology, 1994, Vol 8, Issue 1/2, p109
- ISSN
0892-4287
- Publication type
Article