Religion and AIDS in Africa /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Trinitapoli, Jenny Ann.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Description:xii, 279 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Language:English
Subject:AIDS (Disease) -- Religious aspects.
AIDS (Disease) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- psychology -- Africa South of the Sahara.
HIV Infections -- psychology -- Africa South of the Sahara.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice -- Africa South of the Sahara.
Religion and Medicine -- Africa South of the Sahara.
Social Conditions -- Africa South of the Sahara.
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) -- Religious aspects.
Religion.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Religion -- 21st century.
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9119557
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Other authors / contributors:Weinreb, Alexander.
ISBN:9780195335941 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195335945 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index.
Review by Choice Review

This ambitious book provides a detailed account of the complex relationships between various aspects of religion and attitudes and behaviors regarding AIDS in the sub-Saharan African countries (not all of Africa as the title indicates), most particularly in Malawi. It is a broad, deep, and respectful consideration of the subject, clearly organized and presented, with comprehensive endnotes and references. Sociologists Trinitapoli (Penn State) and Weinreb (Univ. of Texas, Austin) conducted thorough mixed-method research on socioreligious contexts, and skillfully interweave their findings with information from existing databases to analyze complex relationships between various religious and AIDS-related variables at individual and community levels. They explore often-overlooked factors such as competing daily concerns and the impact of AIDS on religion in sub-Saharan Africa. Although they rightly argue for the nontransferability of Western approaches to the AIDS crises there, this reviewer wishes they had used the same rigor in describing relationships between religion and AIDS in the US. Here they rely too often on poorly supported generalizations. Yet most of the book provides much-needed insights that should shape AIDS prevention policies. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals. M. D. Lagerwey Western Michigan University

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