Faith in the Time of AIDS

This book describes how Christian communities in South Africa have responded to HIV/AIDS and how these responses have affected the lives HIV-positive people, youth and broader communities. Drawing on Foucault and the sociology of knowledge, it explains how religion became influential in reshaping ideas about sexuality, medicine and modernity.

Aceasta carte descrie modul in care comunitatile crestine din Africa de Sud au reactionat la HIV / SIDA si modul in care aceste raspunsuri au afectat vietile persoanelor seropozitive, tinerilor si comunitatilor mai largi. Bazandu-se pe Foucault si sociologia cunoasterii, acesta explica modul in care religia a devenit influenta in remodelarea ideilor despre sexualitate, medicina si modernitate.