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Release: 2012-08-09
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0195335945
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
Religion and AIDS in Africa pdf
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The African AIDS epidemic has sparked fierce debate over the role of religion. Some scholars and activists argue that religion is contributing to the spread of HIV and to the stigmatization of people living with AIDS. Others claim that religion reduces the spread of HIV and promotes care and support for the sick and their survivors.
Religion and AIDS in Africa offers the first comprehensive empirical account of the impact of religion on the AIDS epidemic. Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb draw upon extensive fieldwork in Malawi, including hundreds of interviews with religious leaders and lay people, and survey data from more than 30 other sub-Saharan African countries. Their research confirms the importance of religious narratives and institutions in everything related to AIDS in Africa. Among other key findings, Trinitapoli and Weinreb show that a combination of religious and biomedical approaches to prevention reduces risk most effectively; that a significant minority o Download Religion and AIDS in Africa for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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