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Death in a Church of Life: Moral Passion during Botswana’s Time of AIDS
Frederick Klaits
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Hardback. Explores the healing power of caring and intimacy in a small, closely bonded Apostolic congregation during Botswana's HIV/AIDS pandemic. This book shows how members of the Baitshepi Church make strenuous efforts to sustain loving relationships amid widespread illness and death. It helps discover the Baitshepi's maternal ethos. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; HRCX6; JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
This deeply insightful ethnography explores the healing power of caring and intimacy in a small, closely bonded Apostolic congregation during Botswana's HIV/AIDS pandemic. "Death in a Church of Life" paints a vivid picture of how members of the Baitshepi Church make strenuous efforts to sustain loving relationships amid widespread illness and death. Over the course of long-term fieldwork, Frederick Klaits discovered Baitshepi's distinctly maternal ethos and the 'spiritual' kinship embodied in the church's nurturing fellowship practice. Klaits shows that for Baitshepi members, Christian faith is a form of moral passion that counters practices of divination and witchcraft with redemptive hymn ... Read more
This deeply insightful ethnography explores the healing power of caring and intimacy in a small, closely bonded Apostolic congregation during Botswana's HIV/AIDS pandemic. "Death in a Church of Life" paints a vivid picture of how members of the Baitshepi Church make strenuous efforts to sustain loving relationships amid widespread illness and death. Over the course of long-term fieldwork, Frederick Klaits discovered Baitshepi's distinctly maternal ethos and the 'spiritual' kinship embodied in the church's nurturing fellowship practice. Klaits shows that for Baitshepi members, Christian faith is a form of moral passion that counters practices of divination and witchcraft with redemptive hymn ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
The Anthropology of Christianity
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520259652
SKU
V9780520259652
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About Frederick Klaits
Frederick Klaits, a cultural anthropologist, teaches in the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University.
Reviews for Death in a Church of Life: Moral Passion during Botswana’s Time of AIDS
"This book is a valuable contribution to the study of HIV/AIDS... I would highly recommend it to anyone." Easa "This [book] will provoke new, creative, and sustainable ways of designing and implementing AIDS prevention and treatment policies." Journal Royal Anthro Inst "The [book] is rich and detailed, both meticulous and expansive." Somatosphere "A long-awaited contribution from one of the most ... Read more