AIDS and the Churches: Getting the Story Right

Edward Green and Allison Herling Ruark, writing in First Things, respond to myths about AIDS and the churches, in particular, a study by Georgetown. Green is director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, and Ruark is a research fellow with the project. Ironic, isn’t it, that…

Where’s Rick Warren Been?

Religion News Service notes that Rick Warren has learned about the AIDS crisis. California megachurch pastor Rick Warren, at a White House HIV/AIDS discussion Wednesday, said the church has been a latecomer to addressing the epidemic but is now “here to stay.” “The church was late to the table on this issue and we have…