When AIDS was first identified Christians were thrown into a state of shock. The Christian right immediately declared that this was a punsihment from god on promiscuous gays. Soon HIV and AIDS also spead amongst the heterosexual community, and worked its devastating way through the African continent. HIV / AIDS now also poses a huge challenge to India which has more than five million people living with HIV / AIDS, the second largest after South Africa.
And yet the Vatican still condemns the use of contraceptives in any circumstances. Here a group of progressive Christians face the fundamental issues full on. From the very beginning The Dominican Order made the care of AIDS sufferers a primary concern. This book was inspired by them. Their former master, Timothy Radcliffe, is a major contributor to this book.
