Aids and Religious Practice in Africa |
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| Editor:
| Becker, Felicitas
Geissler, Wenzel |
| Series title: | Studies of Religion in Africa Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-16400-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2009 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $207.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume explores, through anthropological and historical case studies from different parts of Africa, how AIDS is understood, confronted and lived with through religious ideas and practices, and how these, in turn, are reinterpreted and changed by the experience of AIDS.
This volume explores, through anthropological and historical case studies from different parts of Africa, how AIDS is understood, confronted and lived with through religious ideas and practices, and how these, in turn, are reinterpreted and changed by the experience of AIDS.