God’s Rage: Muslim Representations of hiv/aids as a Divine Punishment from the Perspective of the Cognitive Science of Religion
Research from a number of disciplines indicates that the interpretation of hiv/aids as a divine punishment for illicit sexual practices dominates both a contemporary intra-Muslim public religious discourse and perceptions of the disease among Muslims. This dominance persists despite the existence of...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Year: 2014, Volume: 61, Issue: 5/6, Pages: 569-593 |
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Islam
hiv / aids
divine punishment
cognitive science of religion
epidemiology of representations
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