This book critically interrogates emerging interconnections between religion and biomedicine in Africa in the era of antiretroviral treatment for AIDS. Highligh

Some chapters were first presented at a 2009 international symposium in Lusaka, Gambia.

This volume explores, through anthropological and historical case studies from different parts of Africa, how AIDS is understood, confronted and lived with thro

The first comprehensive empirical account of how religion affects the interpretation, prevention, and mitigation of AIDS in Africa, the world's most religious c

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, yo