"HIV is God's Blessing" : Rehabilitating Morality in Neoliberal Russia.
This provocative study examines the role of today's Russian Orthodox Church in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Russia has one of the fastest-growing rates of HIV infection in the world--80 percent from intravenous drug use--and the Church remains its only resource for fighting these diseases. Jarret...
| Основен автор: | Zigon, Jarrett. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=396146 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
"HIV is God's Blessing" : Rehabilitating Morality in Neoliberal Russia. |
| Резюме: |
This provocative study examines the role of today's Russian Orthodox Church in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Russia has one of the fastest-growing rates of HIV infection in the world--80 percent from intravenous drug use--and the Church remains its only resource for fighting these diseases. Jarrett Zigon takes the reader into a Church-run treatment center where, along with self-transformational and religious approaches, he explores broader anthropological questions--of morality, ethics, what constitutes a "normal" life, and who defines it as such. Zigon argues that this rare Russian partnership betw. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (268 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780520948327 0520948327 |