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

Faith in the Time of AIDS: Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa 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. Autor: Marian Burchardt Wydawnictwo: Palgrave Macmillan UK Rok wydania: 2017 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 232 Wymiary: 21.6 x 14.0 x 1.5 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781349560592