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...
| Outros Autores: | ; |
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
Leiden [u.a.]
Brill
2009
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| Em: |
Studies of religion in Africa (36)
Ano: 2009 |
| Volumes / Artigos: | Mostrar volumes / artigos. |
| Coletânea / Revista: | Studies of religion in Africa
36 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
África
/ AIDS
/ Religião
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AG Vida religiosa KBN África subsaariana |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
AIDS (Disease)
Religious aspects
B Religion and Medicine (Africa) B Coletânea de artigos B AIDS (Disease) (Africa) B Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Africa) |
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| Resumo: | 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 |
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| Descrição do item: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrição Física: | VI, 404 S., Ill., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9004164006 |
