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Religion and AIDS in Africa (Hardcover)
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Religion and AIDS in Africa (Hardcover)
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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 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.
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