AIDS and Religious Life in Malawi: Rethinking How Population Dynamics Shape Culture.
This study examines the reciprocal nature of the relationship between religion and demographic processes in the context of Malawi's AIDS epidemic between 2001 and 2006. Based on unique data from religious leaders and lay women in rural Malawi, this article shows that religious teachings have been re...
| Publicado en: | Population (1634-2941) Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 245 - 272 |
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Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques
2015
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