After the wrath of God: AIDS, sexuality, and American religion

This study demonstrates how Christian leaders and AIDS activists in the United States have posited HIV/AIDS as a religious and moral epidemic and asks how this understanding has informed cultural and political debates about prevention, healthcare, and sex education all over the world. Drawing upon a...

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Auteur principal: Petro, Anthony Michael 1981- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
Service de livraison Subito: Commander maintenant.
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Publié: Oxford Oxford University Press 2015
Dans:Année: 2015
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B USA / Christianisme / Sida / Éthique sexuelle
Sujets non-standardisés:B Sex Religious aspects Christianity
B AIDS (Disease) Patients Religious life United States
B AIDS (Disease) Religious aspects Christianity
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:This study demonstrates how Christian leaders and AIDS activists in the United States have posited HIV/AIDS as a religious and moral epidemic and asks how this understanding has informed cultural and political debates about prevention, healthcare, and sex education all over the world. Drawing upon archival research, oral histories, and textual analysis, this book maps the moral language regarding sexuality - and especially homosexuality - through which evangelicals, mainline Protestants, Catholic leaders, and gay and lesbian AIDS activists made sense of and responded to the epidemic.
ISBN:0199391319
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199391288.001.0001