Faith in the Time of AIDS : Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa

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Sociology

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Wordery

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Palgrave macmillan uk

Faith in the Time of AIDS : Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa : Palgrave Macmillan : 9781137477767 : 1137477768 : 31 Aug 2015 : 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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