Rahner's Christian pessimism: a response to the sorrow of AIDS. From: Theological Studies | Date: June 1, 1997| Author: Crowley, Paul G. | COPYRIGHT 1997 Theological Studies, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

[Editor's Note: The author suggests that the universal sorrow of AIDS stands as a metaphor for other forms suffering and raises distinctive theological questions on the meaning of hope, God's involvement in evil, and how God's empathy can be experienced in the mystery of disease. As an expression of radical realism and hope, Rahner's theology helps us find in the sorrow of AIDS an opening into the mystery of God.]

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