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EBOOK Religion and AIDS in Africa

Oxford University Press

The African AIDS epidemic has sparked fierce debate over the role of religion. Some scholars and activists

argue that religion is contributing to the spread of HIV and to the stigmatization of people living with

AIDS. Others claim that religion reduces the spread of HIV and promotes care and support for the sick and

their survivors.Religion and AIDS in Africa offers the first comprehensive empirical account of the impact of

religion on the AIDS epidemic. Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb draw upon extensive fieldwork in

Malawi, including hundreds of interviews with religious leaders and lay people, and survey data from more

than 30 other sub-Saharan African countries. Their research confirms the importance of religious

narratives and institutions in everything related to AIDS in Africa. Among other key findings, Trinitapoli

and Weinreb show that a combination of religious and biomedical approaches to prevention reduces risk

most effectively; that a significant minority of religious leaders encourage condom use; that Christian

congregations in particular play a crucial role in easing suffering among the sick and their dependents; and

that religious spaces in general are vital for disseminating information and developing new strategies for

HIV prevention and AIDS mitigation.For anyone wishing to move beyond the rhetoric and ideology that

plague debates about one of the most challenging crises of our time, Religion and AIDS in Africa is the

authoritative account. It will change the way readers think about religious life and about AIDS in the

region.

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