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020			_a9780195335941
040			_cJTL
050			_aRA643.86.A25 _bT75 2012
100			_aTrinitapoli, Jenny Ann
245			_a Religion and AIDS in Africa / _cJenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb.
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _cc2012.
300			_axii, 279 p. : _bill., _c24 cm.
505			_a AIDS in context -- Religious patterns -- Interpreting the AIDS epidemic -- Knowledge about HIV -- The ABCs of prevention -- Beyond ABC : local prevention strategies -- Institutionalized religious strategies -- Stigma -- Safety nets -- Effects of AIDS on religion.
520			_aThe 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 of religious leaders encourage condom use; that Christian congregations in particular play a crucial role in easing suffering among the sick and their dependents; and that religious spaces in general are vital for disseminating information and developing new strategies for HIV prevention and AIDS mitigation. For anyone wishing to move beyond the rhetoric and ideology that plague debates about one of the most challenging crises of our time, Religion and AIDS in Africa is the authoritative account. It will change the way readers think about religious life and about AIDS in the region.
650			_aAIDS (Disease) _xReligious aspects.
650			_aAIDS (Disease) _xAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
650			_aAfrica, Sub-Saharan _vReligion _x21st century.
700			_aWeinreb, Alexander
942			_2lcc _cBOOK _hRA 643.86.A25 _iT75 2012
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