This article reports on an exploratory study of the privileging and marginalization of spiritual and bodily knowledge identified in the transcripts of focus group meetings of mothers with HIV. It describes bodily and spiritual knowledge and the themes that emerged, including mothering, addiction, recovery, stress, faith, and prayer. It also emphasizes the relationship between social marginalization and marginalized ways of knowing, focusing on the relevance of epistemological values for social work practice, education, and research.
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