When AIDS becomes part of the (Christian) family: Dynamics between Kinship and religious networks in Uganda

Social Security in Religious Networks: Anthropological Perspectives on New Risks and Ambivalences

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 23-42

  Christiansen, Catrine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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