Timothy James Carey

Muslim and Catholic Responses to HIV and AIDS in Kenya

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Nairobi, Kenya, Catholic and Sunni Muslim leaders working in HIV and AIDS prevention, education, and destigmatization efforts respond to those negatively affected in markedly similar ways. This book relies on interview material to offer insight into how these religious traditions offer care for those living through the epidemic.

Produktdetails

• Ethnographies of Religion
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 529g
• ISBN-13: 9781498578288
• ISBN-10: 1498578284
• Artikelnr.: 53215144

Autorenporträt

By Timothy James Carey

Inhaltsangabe

Responses to HIV and AIDS in Kenya 1. "I was sick and you took care of me":
Catholic Responses to HIV and AIDS in Nairobi, Kenya 2. "Did you not know
that one of my servants was sick, and you did not visit him? Did you not
know that if you had visited him, you would have found Me with him?":
Muslim Responses to HIV and AIDS in Nairobi, Kenya 3. "Mercy triumphs over
judgment": Comparative Theological Notions of Mercy, Hospitality, and
Justice in the Lived Muslim and Catholic Response to HIV and AIDS in Kenya
4. "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone
at her": Lingering Questions of Sexuality and Areas of Unaddressed Concern
Conclusion: "Therefore, the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore He
will rise up to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of Justice;
blessed are those who wait for Him."