AIDS, religious enthusiasm and spiritual insecurity in Africa

Global Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Ashforth, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Aids; Belief; Religion; Religious enthusiasm; Spiritual insecurity

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIOLOGY; SPIRITUAL INSECURITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CULTURE; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MIND-BODY RELATIONS, METAPHYSICAL; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 80052500129     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2011.602702     Document Type: Article

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