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Divine targets: youth at the centre of Catholic and Pentecostal responses to HIV and AIDS in Brazil.
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PMID:  21516533     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study explored the focus on youth in Catholic and Evangelical Pentecostal discussions about and responses to HIV and AIDS in Brazil. Key informant, oral history and in-depth interviews revealed a disconnect between young people's views of themselves as leaders in their religious institutions' responses to HIV and other social problems, and adult religious leaders' views of young people as vulnerable and in need of being 'saved'. Religious leaders presented young people as institutional commodities, emphasizing their symbolic value as signs of the health and future of their churches. We explore the unofficial exchange between religious institutions and young people, who benefited from the leadership opportunities and communities provided by their churches and youth groups. We discuss the political economy of youth in religious institutions' responses to HIV and AIDS within the context of Brazil's high levels of religious mobility as well as the broader, global commodification of spirituality and religion.
Authors:
Miguel Munoz-Laboy; Laura R Murray; Natalie Wittlin; Patrick A Wilson; Veriano Terto; Richard Parker
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Culture, health & sexuality     Volume:  13     ISSN:  1464-5351     ISO Abbreviation:  Cult Health Sex     Publication Date:  2011 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-04-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100883416     Medline TA:  Cult Health Sex     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  657-68     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, New York, USA.
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