Salvation and Tradition

Configurations of Faith in a Time of Death

Bibliographic Data

ID3933354
AuthorsRuth J Prince (0000-0001-8717-9063, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author), Ruth Prince (1Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Year2007
Volume37
Issue1
Pages84-115
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/157006607x166609
OpenAlexW2013816004
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited19

This paper explores the relationship between faith and AIDS in western Kenya by looking at two sets of beliefs and practices: Christian salvation and Luo traditionalism. Many of the debates and conflicts about AIDS and its meanings among Luo people are shaped by people's commitment to these very different faiths. While AIDS is exacerbating tensions between these ways of being and doing, the need to regenerate life and growth after death is also leading to negotiations between saved and traditional pathways. I approach these issues through the controversial subject of widow guardianship or 'inheritance

Afterlife · Anthropology of religion · Biology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Faith · History of religions · Humanities · Inheritance (genetic algorithm) · Legal guardian · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Traditionalism · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · HIV, TB, and STIs Epidemiology · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies