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PREACHING PREVENTION
PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL HEALTH
Series editor: James L. A. Webb, Jr.
The History of Blood Transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa, by William H. Schneider
Global Health in Africa: Historical Perspectives on Disease Control, edited by Tamara Giles-Vernick and James L. A. Webb, Jr.
Preaching Prevention: Born-Again Christianity and the Moral Politics of AIDS in Uganda, by Lydia Boyd
The Experiment Must Continue: Medical Research and Ethics in East Africa, 1940–2014, by Melissa Graboyes
PREACHING PREVENTION
Born-Again Christianity and the Moral Politics of AIDS in Uganda
Lydia Boyd
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Boyd, Lydia, author.
Preaching prevention : born-again Christianity and the moral politics of AIDS in Uganda / Lydia Boyd.
p. ; cm. — (Perspectives on global health)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8214-2169-7 (hc : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8214-2170-3 (pb : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8214-4532-7 (pdf)
I. Title. II. Series: Perspectives on global health.
[DNLM: 1. United States. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. 2. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome—prevention & control—Uganda. 3. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome—prevention & control—United States. 4. HIV Infections—prevention & control—Uganda. 5. HIV Infections—prevention & control—United States. 6. Christianity—Uganda. 7. Christianity—United States. 8. Health Policy—Uganda. 9. Health Policy—United States. 10. Sexual Abstinence—Uganda. 11. Sexual Abstinence—United States. WC 503.6]
RA643.86.U33
362.19697'920096761—dc23
2015026459
ISBN 978-0-8214-4532-7 (e-book)
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CONTENTS
The Politics and Antipolitics of Miracles
PART I. THE CONTEXT OF A POLICY
ONE. American Compassion and the Politics of AIDS Prevention in Uganda
THREE. “Abstinence Is for Me, How about You?”
The Meaning and Morality of Sex
FOUR. Abstinence and the Healthy Body
Spiritual Frameworks for Health and Healing, or “The Right Way to Live Long”
Urban Sexuality and the Moral Dilemmas of Love
SIX. Freedom and the Accountable Subject
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Beyond the Accountable Subject
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