Non-Governmental Public Action: Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa

Burchardt, Marian

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2017-12-22

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349560592

DOI: 10.1057/9781137477774

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 216