Marian Burchardt: 1 book
Faith in the Time of AIDS
Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This book describes how Christian communities in South Africa have responded to HIV/AIDS and how these responses have affected the lives HIV-positive people, youth and broader communities. Drawing on Foucault and the sociology of knowledge, it explains how religion became influential in reshaping ideas about sexuality, medicine and modernity.
