Boyd, Lydia,

Preaching prevention : born-again Christianity and the moral politics of AIDS in Uganda / [electronic resource] Lydia Boyd. - 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Perspectives on global health . - Perspectives on global health. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

American compassion and the politics of AIDS prevention in Uganda -- AIDS at home : urbanization, religious change, and the politics of the household in twentieth- and twenty-first-century Uganda -- "Abstinence is for me, how about you?" : the meaning and morality of sex -- Abstinence and the healthy body : spiritual frameworks for health and -- Healing, or "the right way to live long" -- Faithfulness : urban sexuality and the moral dilemmas of love -- Freedom and the accountable subject : Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill -- Epilogue : beyond the accountable subject.

9780821445327 (e-book)


United States. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.


AIDS (Disease)--Prevention.
HIV infections--Prevention.
Christianity--Uganda.
Christianity--United States.
Medical policy--Uganda.
Medical policy--United States.
Sexual abstinence--Uganda.
Sexual abstinence--United States.


Electronic books.

RA643.86.U33 / B69 2015

362.19697/920096761