Healing homophobia: Volunteerism and "sacredness" in AIDS

That it is impossible to understand the societal response to AIDS, if not the very occurrence of the disease itself, independently of "religiously sustained" homophobia is the starting point and premise of this article. Unlike the reaction of the gay community, the institutional reply of t...

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Main Author: Kayal, Philip M. 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1992]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 1992, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 113-128
Further subjects:B Institutional Approval
B Social Service Agency
B Service Agency
B Religious Activity
B Political Event
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