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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
'If there is one book to read about how social science can help us understand the global impact of the HIV epidemic, it is Faith in the Time of Aids. Burchardt masterfully weaves together ethnography from his work with affected communities and churches in South Africa, empirical evidence from around the world, and social theory. He overturns received wisdom about Africa, about the epidemic and about religion in the modern world. Strongly recommended to students of globalization, health and social theory.' -Vinh-Kim Nguyen, École de Santé publique de l'Université de Montréal and Collège d'études mondiales, Canada and France
'This wonderful book uses rich, emotionally-resonant ethnography to explore fundamental aspects of African modernity. It offers a brilliant, paradoxical picture of Christian - especially Pentecostal - and NGO responses to AIDS, as South Africans learn new techniques for transforming the self, and as life, sex, and death are given new meanings.' -Ann Swidler, University of California-Berkely, USA
'A critical, eloquent account of an insuperably complex situation, the unfair distribution of privilege/risk, and the imperative for bold political action. With theoretical and methodological dexterity, Burchardt infuses his analysis with respect for the persons whose lives this book narrates, explicates, and represents.' -Robin Root, City University of New York, USA
Authors and Affiliations
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Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany
Marian Burchardt
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Faith in the Time of AIDS
Book Subtitle: Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa
Authors: Marian Burchardt
Series Title: Non-Governmental Public Action
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137477774
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-47776-7Published: 31 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-56059-2Published: 22 December 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-47777-4Published: 29 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-2916
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2924
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 216
Topics: Medical Sociology, Development Aid, African Politics, Social Work and Community Development, Social Aspects of Religion, Development Studies