The Politics and Anti-Politics of Social Movements - 9781138939059

Name: The Politics and Anti-Politics of Social Movements - 9781138939059
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Politics and Anti-Politics of Social MovementsReligion and AIDS in Africa\nAuthor(s): Marian Burchardt, Amy Patterson, Louise Mubanda Rasmussen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138939059, 978-1138939059\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the nature, significance and consequences of the religious activism surrounding AIDS in Africa. While African religion was relatively marginal in inspiring or contributing to AIDS activism during the early days of the epidemic, this situation has changed dramatically. In order to account for these changes, contributors provide answers to pressing questions. How does the entrance of religion into public debates about AIDS affect policymaking and implementation, church-state relations, and religion itself? How do religious actors draw on and reconfigure forms of transnational connectivity? How do resource flows from development and humanitarian aid that religious actors may access t.