Aids and religious practice in Africa

The rise of occult powers, AIDS and the Roman Catholic church in western Uganda / Heike Behrend -- Christian salvation and Luo tradition : arguments of faith in a time of death in western Kenya / Ruth Prince -- The new wives of Christ : paradoxes and potentials in the remaking of widow lives in Ugan...

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Collaborateurs: Becker, Felicitas 1971- (Éditeur intellectuel) ; Geissler, Paul Wenzel (Autre)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2009
Dans: Studies of religion in Africa (36)
Année: 2009
Volumes / Articles:Montrer les volumes/articles.
Collection/Revue:Studies of religion in Africa 36
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Afrique / Sida / Religion
RelBib Classification:AG Vie religieuse
KBN Afrique subsaharienne
Sujets non-standardisés:B AIDS (Disease) Religious aspects
B Religion and Medicine (Africa)
B AIDS (Disease) (Africa)
B Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Africa)
B Recueil d'articles
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Résumé:The rise of occult powers, AIDS and the Roman Catholic church in western Uganda / Heike Behrend -- Christian salvation and Luo tradition : arguments of faith in a time of death in western Kenya / Ruth Prince -- The new wives of Christ : paradoxes and potentials in the remaking of widow lives in Uganda / Catrine Christiansen -- AIDS and the power of God : narratives of decline and coping strategies in Zanzibar / Nadine Beckmann -- Competing explanations and treatment choices : Muslims, AIDS and ARVs in Tanzania / Felicitas Becker -- 'Muslims have instructions' : HIV/AIDS, modernity and Islamic religious education in Kisumu, Kenya / Jonas Svensson -- 'Keeping up appearances' : sex and religion amongst university students in Uganda / Jo Sadgrove -- Healing the wounds of modernity : salvation, community and care in a Neo-Pentecostal church in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania / Hansjörg Dilger -- Gloves in times of AIDS : Pentecostalism, hair and social distancing in Botswana / Rijk van Dijk -- Leprosy of a deadlier kind : Christian conceptions of AIDS in the South African Lowveld / Isak Niehaus -- Subjects of counselling : religion, HIV/AIDS and the management of everyday life in South Africa / Marian Burchardt -- Therapeutic evangelism : confessional technologies, antiretrovirals and biospiritual transformation in the fight against AIDS in West Africa / Vinh-Kim Nguyen
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004164006