Faith in the Time of AIDS Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa
Description
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.
Keywords
Social ScienceDisease & Health IssuesDeveloping & Emerging CountriesPolitical ScienceWorldAfricanSocial WorkPublic PolicySocial PolicySociology of ReligionSociologyInternational RelationsEducation
2017Book
Author(s)Marian Burchardt
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781349560592
LanguageEnglish
