Redemption songs: women, religion, and the moral politics of HIV in Barbados
At an historical juncture where HIV/AIDS is rapidly disappearing as a public health issue throughout the Caribbean region, alongside stagnant or reduced funding for HIV-related support services, spirituality and membership in Christian communities of faith occupy a central role for older, working-cl...
| Published in: | Culture and religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor and Francis Group
2020
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| In: |
Culture and religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 101-120 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Barbados
/ Woman
/ HIV infection
/ Spirituality
/ Christianity
/ Community of faith
/ Moral judgment
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KBR Latin America |
| Further subjects: | B
Barbados
B Religion B Gender B HIV / AIDS |
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| Summary: | At an historical juncture where HIV/AIDS is rapidly disappearing as a public health issue throughout the Caribbean region, alongside stagnant or reduced funding for HIV-related support services, spirituality and membership in Christian communities of faith occupy a central role for older, working-class women from Barbados living with HIV. However, many of these Christian religious organisations are historically responsible for discriminatory discourses about people living with HIV, creating practical and moral challenges for HIV positive members. Through interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, this paper explores how and why a group of Barbadian women living with HIV develop a strong personal commitment to a spiritual life, and why membership in communities of faith, where HIV infection is often associated with sin and immorality, continues to be important for many of them. I argue that these women’s HIV status transforms and/or intensifies their personal spiritual commitments but also contributes to a critical reflexivity of the wider institutionalised religious communities to which they belong. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5629 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2021.1903956 |