Faith in the Time of AIDS

Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Health & Well Being, Medical
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Author: Marian Burchardt ISBN: 9781137477774
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: April 29, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Marian Burchardt
ISBN: 9781137477774
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: April 29, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

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.

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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.

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