The Theological Vision of Saint John Paul II

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The Theological Vision of Saint John Paul II
compiled by THOMAS F. DAILEY, O.S.F.S.
The Theological Vision
of Saint John Paul II
Select Bibliography
(last updated 12/14/2014)
SUBJECTS (quick links):
► Web sites about John Paul II
► Biographical information
► Beatification (Vatican YouTube 5/1/2011)
► Canonization
► Writings of John Paul II
on the major Documents of John Paul II
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Centesimus Annus
Dives in Misericordia
Dominum et Vivificantem
Ecclesia de Eucharistia
Evangelium Vitae
Familiaris Consortio
Fides et Ratio
Laborem Exercens
Redemptor Hominis
Redemptoris Mater
Redemptoris Missio
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis
Slavorum Apostoli
Ut Unum Sint
Veritatis Splendor
on the Thought of John Paul II
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general / collections
pontificate
encyclicals
theology
personalistic philosophy
Christian anthropology / theology of body
on marriage and the family
on Mary, the Rosary, and Saints
on women
on culture
on freedom
on history
on the arts
on ecclesiology
on the laity
on liturgy
on evangelization
on ecumenism and interreligious dialogue
on morality / ethics
on bioethics / medical ethics
on peace / war
on politics / law
on economics and social teaching
on ecology
on science and religion
on education
on suffering
Web Sites
A Blessing to One Another: John Paul II & the Jewish People
Catholic Information Network -- John Paul II page
Catholic News Service - special section
CAUSE FOR BEATIFICATION & CANONIZATION - Vicariate of Rome
EWTN - The Pontificate of Pope John Paul II
FRONTLINE: The Millenial Pope
Love & Responsibility -- texts and talks
National Public Radio: Pope John Paul II - A Tribute
The New York Times
Theology of the Body
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online resource
international alliance
Pope John Paul II Forum for the Church in the Modern World
Ratzinger Fan Club: Pope John Paul II -- Remembrances, Reflections, and Tributes
Religion News Service … on the death of John Paul II
Salt & Light TV - "Thank You, John Paul II"
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
University of Dayton - bibliography index
Vatican web site -- John Paul II index
Wikipedia -- encyclopedia [with links]
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Biographical Information
Lifeline from the Saint John Paul II National Shrine
Accattoli, Luigi. John Paul II: Man of the Millennium. Translated by Jordan Aumann, OP. Boston: Pauline Books
& Media, 2000.
Accattoli, Luigi. When a Pope Asks Forgiveness: The Mea Culpa's of Pope John Paul II. Boston: St. Paul Books &
Media, 1998.
Alcantara, Juan Navarro. John Paul II, Pilgrim of the World. Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2000.
Bernstein, Carl and Marco Politi. His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time. New York:
Doubleday, 1996.
see the review essay by George Weigel in First Things (January 1997)
Blazynski, George. John Paul II: A Man from Krakow. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979.
Bonic, Thomas. His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Danbury, CT: Grolier, Ltd, 1985.
Boniecki, Adam. The Making of the Pope of the Millennium: Kalendarium of the Life of Karol Wojtyla. Stockbridge,
MA: Association of Marian Helpers, 2000.
Brooks, David. "Bigger Than the Nobel." The New York Times (October 11, 2003), A15.
Buckley, William F. "Pope John Paul II." TIME magazine.
Chodakiewicz, Marek Jan. "The Pope's Secret File." American Spectator 39/2 (March 2006): 58-60.
Collins, Michael. John Paul II: Chronicle of a Remarkable Life. DK Publishing, 2000.
Douglas, Robert W. John Paul II: The Pilgrim Pope. Danbury, CT: Children's Press, 1980.
Dowling, Maria. "John Paul II and Wadowice: The Beginning, the End, and the Beginning." Pastoral Review 1/4
(July-August 2005): 12-15.
Fischer, Heinz Joachim. John Paul II: A Pope for the People. Harry N. Abrams, March 2004.
Flynn, Ray. John Paul II: A Personal Portrait of the Pope and the Man. Manchester, NH: Sophia Institute Press,
2001.
Giansant, Gianni and Marco Tosatti. John Paul II: Portrait of a Pontiff. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2000.
Greene, Meg. Pope John Paul II: A Biography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.
Gronowicz, Anton. God's Broker: The Life of John Paul II. New York: Richardson & Snyder, 1984.
Journalists of Reuters. Pope John Paul II: Reaching Out Across Borders. Reuters, February 2003.
Kindersley, Dorling. John Paul II: Chronicle of a Remarkable Life. Dorling Kindersley, 2000.
Kluger, Jerzy. The Pope and I: How a Lifelong Friendship between a Polish Jew and John Paul II Advanced JewishChristian Relations. Orbis Books, 2012.
Kwitny, Jonathan. Man of the Century: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul II. New York: Henry Holt, 1997.
Legrand, Catherine (ed.). John Paul II: Chronicle of a Remarkable Life. DK Publishing, 2000.
Malinski, Mieczyslaw. Pope John Paul II: The Life of Karol Wojtyla. New York: Seabury Press, 1979.
Maneli, Mieczyslaw. "John Paul II: The Universal Pole." The Humanist 47 (1987): 26-27+.
Marmelada, Carlos Alberto. Until the Last Breath: John Paul II, the Saint Who Changed History. Transatlantic
Press, 2013.
McInerny, Ralph. "The Nunc Dimittis of John Paul II." Catholic Dossier (May/June 2001).
Meagher, Patrick. Perhaps, I love you more: Why millions love John Paul II (a collection of pope
stories). Kemptville, Ontario: Veterans Publications, 2002.
Negri, Maxine. "Pope John Paul II and Freedom." Humanist 47/5 (Sept/Oct 1987): 23-26.
Noonan, Peggy. John Paul the Great. New York: Viking Penguin, 2003.
Noonan, Peggy. "Man of Mystery: The Pope Changes the Rosary." Wall Street Journal, 18 October 2002.
O'Brien, Darcy. The Hidden Pope: The Untold Story of a Lifelong Friendship That Is Changing the Relationship
between Catholics and Jews. G.K. Hall & Co., 1998.
Oder, Slawomir and Saverio Gaeta. Why He Is a Saint: The Life and Faith of Pope John Paul II and the Case for
Canonization. Rizzoli, 2010.
Parker, Michael. Priest of the World's Destiny: John Paul II. Goleta, CA: Queenship Publishing.
Parks, Deborah. John Paul II: The Pope from Poland [Gateway Biograph]. Millbrook Press, 2002.
Perry, Tim (ed.). The Legacy of John Paul II: An Evangelical Perspective. IVP Academic, November 2007.
Sullivan, Robert. Pope John Paul II Life: A Tribute. Bullfinch Press, 2000.
Svidercoschi, Gian Franco. Stories of Karol: The Unknown Life of John Paul II. Liguori, 2003.
Szulc, Tad. Pope John Paul II: The Biography. New York: Pocket Books, 1996.
commentary by George Weigel. "The Biography That Might Have Been." Crisis (June 1995).
Thompson, Ewa. "Karol Wojtyla's Literary Milieu: The Formation of a Moral Conscience." Crisis (Oct 1994): 18-22.
Walsh, Mary Ann (ed.). John Paul II: A Light for the World. Sheed & Ward, October 2003.
Weigel, George. “Blessed John Paul II and His Times.” First Things 214 (June/July 2011): 27-31.
Weigel, George. The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II -- The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the
Legacy. Doubleday, 2010.
Weigel, George. Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1999.
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reviewed by Avery Dulles in First Things 97 (November 1999): 49-57.
summarized by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese in Books & Culture (January/February 2000): 16-19.
Weigel, George. [various reflections upon the death of John Paul II]
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"Mourning and Remembrance." Wall Street Journal, 4 April 2005.
"Driving force for all to live without fear." Courier Mail, 4 April 2005.
"The Radical Christian." National Post, 4 April 2005.
"The Pope in Private." Newsweek, 5 April 2005.
"The Heroic Papacy." Beliefnet.com, 6 April 2005.
"John Paul II's saints and us." The Catholic Difference, 13 April 2005.
Wolfe, Rinna. The Singing Pope: The Story of Pope John Paul II. Seabury Press, 1980.
Zani, Lino. The Secret Life of John Paul II. Saint Benedict Press, 2012.
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Cause for Canonization of John Paul II
Vatican Web Site
BEATIFICATION
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Albright, Matthew. "On the Beatification of John Paul II." Homiletic & Pastoral Review (May 2011): 5-10.
Weigel, George. "The Beatification of John Paul II." National Review Online (May 4, 2011).
CANONIZATION
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Anderson, Clare and Joanna Bogle. John Paul II: Man of Prayer - The Spiritual Life of a Saint. Gracewing
Publishing, 2014.
Columbia magazine, April 2014 – St. John Paul the Great
Evert, Jason. Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves. Ignatius Press, 2014.
Garcia-Cobb, Jo and Keith Cobb. Praying with Saint John Paul II. Word Among Us Press, 2013.
Wuerl, Donald. The Gift of Saint John Paul II: A Celebration of His Enduring Legacy. Word Among Us
Press, 2013.
VIDEO:
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Centro Televisivo Vaticano. “Karol il Santo.” April 11, 2014.
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YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7EJWL8ZXgY
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canonization coverage
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Writings of John Paul II
A Pilgrim Pope: Messages for the World. Edited by Cardinal Achille Silvestrini. Gramercy Press, November 2003.
Addresses of the Holy Father (speeches to various groups or on particular occasions):
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ad limina addresses (1988) to the bishops of the United States (USCC, 1989)
to the Diplomatic Corps (1978-1988), Vatican City 1988
at the Gregorian University and the Biblical Institute (Tipografia PUG, 1980)
for Peace in the Middle East (Vatican City, 1991)
to the Youth at World Youth Day (Ignatius Press, 1993)
Holy Thursday letters (1979-1994) to Priests (Scepter Publishers, 1994)
allocutions (1939-1994) to the Roman Rota (St. Paul University, 1994)
homilies, speeches and letters to Catholics in the United States (HarperSanFrancisco, 1992)
Priesthood in the Third Millennium (Scepter Publishers, 1994)
texts (1979-1995) on Jews and Judaism (Crossroad, 1995)
“The Anthropological Vision of Humanae Vitae” [translated by William E. May]. Nova et Vetera 7/3 (2009): 731-750
Blessed John Paul II: A Pope of Divine Mercy. Wydawnictwo, 2012.
Breakfast with the Pope: 120 Daily Readings. Gramercy, August 2003.
"Catechesis on the Creed" series [collections of talks from the Holy Father's general audiences]. Boston: Pauline
Books and Media:
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The Trinity's Embrace: God's Saving Plan (2002)
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God, Father and Creator (1996)
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Jesus, Son and Savior (1996)
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The Spirit, Giver of Life and Love (1996)
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The Church: Mystery, Sacrament, Community
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Theotokos: Woman, Mother, Disciple (on Mary, Mother of God)
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Blessed are the Pure of Heart (1983)
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Original Unity of Man and Woman (1981) excerpts below
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Meaning of Man's Original Solitude
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Man's Awareness of Being a Person
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By the Communion of Persons Man Becomes the Image of God
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The Nuptial Meaning of the Body
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The Human Person Becomes a Gift in the Freedom of Love
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Man and Woman: A Gift for Each Other
Reflections on Humanae Vitae (1984)
"Catholic Thought from Lublin" series (published by Peter Lang):
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Person and Community: Selected Essays [vol. 4], 1994
Ethics and Morality [vol. 5], 1999
Lectures from Lublin [vol. 6], 1999
The Collected Plays and Writings on Theater. Translated with introductions by Boleslaw Taborski. Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press, 1987.
Collected Poems. Translated by Jerzy Peterkiewicz. New York: Random House, 1987.
Compilations of papal talks & writings:
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Go in Peace: A Gift of Enduring Love. Compiled by Joseph Durepos. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2003
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My Dear Young Friends: Pope John Paul II Speaks to Teens on Life, Love, and Courage. Edited by John
Vitek. Winona, MN: Saint Mary's Press, 2001.
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Papal Wisdom: Words of Hope and Inspiration from John Paul II. Edited by Matthew E. Bunson. New York:
Viking Penguin, 1997.
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Pope John Paul II: In My Own Words. Compiled and edited by Anthony Chiffolo. Ligouri, MO: Ligouri,
1998.
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The Wisdom of John Paul II: The Pope on Life's Most Vital Questions. Compiled by Nick Bakalar and Richard
Balkin. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995.
Crossing the Threshold of Hope. New York: Random House, 1995.
See also A Reader's Companion to Crossing the Threshold of Hope, edited by Charla H. Honea.
Paraclete Press, 1997.
Ratzinger, Joseph Cardinal. "God in Pope John Paul II's Crossing the Threshold of Hope." Communio 22:1 (Spring
1995): 107-112.
The Encyclicals in Everyday Language, edited by Joseph G. Donders. Orbis Books, 2001.
The Encyclicals of John Paul II, edited with introductions by J. Michael Miller, CSB. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday
Visitor, 1996.
reviewed by Gloria Zuniga in Markets & Morality, 1/1 (March 1998).
Ethics and Morality (Catholic Thought from Lublin). New York: Peter Lang, 2001.
Faith According to St. John of the Cross. Translated by Jordan Aumann. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1981. (Karol
Wojtyla's doctoral thesis.)
Fruitful and Responsible Love (address of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, with selected responses, at an international
congress on the 10th anniversary of Humanae Vitae). New York: Seabury Press, 1979.
General Audience texts:
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Psalms (2001-)
Eucharist (2000-2001)
Trinity (2000)
Great Jubilee - the Father (1999)
Great Jubilee - the Holy Spirit (1998)
Great Jubilee - Jesus Christ (1997)
Blessed Virgin Mary (1995-1997)
mystery of The Church (1991-1995)
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on the mystery of Creation (1986)
on the theology of Man (1979-1984)
Gift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination. New York: Doubleday, 1996. (Pope John
Paul II relates the origin and course of his call to the priesthood. The book constitutes a kind of spiritual
autobiography, beginning with his boyhood in Poland to his elevation to the office of Pope.)
Go in Peace: A Gift of Enduring Love. Edited by Joseph Durepos. Loyola Press, April 2003.
Holy Father, Sacred Heart: The Complete Collection of John Paul II's Writings on the Greatest Catholic Devotion. By
Carl J. Moell. Crossroad/Herder& Herder, August 2004.
John Paul II: A Reader, edited by Gerald O'Collins, Daniel Kendall, and Jeffrey LaBelle. Paulist Press, November
2007.
Love and Responsibility. Tr. H.T. Willetts. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1994.
click here for a website dedicated to the teachings in the work!
Love and Responsibility: A Simplified Version by Monsignor Vincent M. Walsh. Key of David Publications.
Make Room for the Mystery of God: Visit of John Paul II to the USA, 1995. Boston: Pauline Books and Media.
Memory and Identity: Conversations at the Dawn of a Millennium. Rizzoli, 2005.
Mysteries of Light: Meditations on the Mysteries of the Rosary with John Paul II. Liguori Publications.
on Israel, the Holocaust, and Judaism (Anti-Defamation League)
Pilgrimage speeches (texts from various papal journeys):
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Assisi: World Day of Prayer for Peace (Vatican City, 1987)
France: Message of Peace, Trust, Love and Faith (St. Paul Editions, 1980)
Germany: Pilgrimage of Unity and Peace (St. Paul Editions, 1981)
John Paul II in America (St. Paul Editions, 1987)
Pilgrim to Poland (St. Paul Editions, 1979)
Puebla: A Pilgrimage of Faith (St. Paul Editions, 1979)
The Far East Journey of Peace and Brotherhood (St. Paul Editions, 1981)
The Pope Speaks to India (St. Paul Publications, 1986)
Turkey: Ecumenical Pilgrimage (St. Paul Editions, 1980)
Quotable John Paul II: Words of Wisdom, Faith, Solidarity, and Salvation by and about John Paul II, a Pope for the
20th Century and the New Millennium. Compiled by Mike Towle. Towlehouse Publications, 2003.
Psalms and Canticles: Meditations and Catechesis on the Psalms and Canticles of Morning Prayer. London: Catholic
Truth Society, 2004.
Radiation of Fatherhood (script of the drama, 1964)
Schmitz, Kenneth. "The Passage of Love: Wojtyla's Radiation of Fatherhood." Communio 22:1 (Spring 1995): 99106.
Roman Triptych: Meditations (The Poetry of John Paul II). Translated by Jerzy Peterkiewicz. United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2003.
Sign of Contradiction. New York: Crossroad, 1979. (A collection of retreat conferences given to the papal
household.)
Sources of Renewal: The Implementation of Vatican II. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1980.
Spiritual Advice from John Paul II: 365 Days of Inspiration. Boston: Pauline Books & Media, 2003.
Springtime of Evangelization (texts of the Pope's addresses to American Catholics). San Francisco: Ignatius Press,
1999.
"Subjectivity and the Irreducible in Man." Analecta Husserliana 7 (1978): 107-114.
Testimony of the Cross: Meditations and Prayers of John Paul II. Liguori Publications, 2002.
The Acting Person [Analecta Husserliana, vol. 10]. Tr. A. Potocki. Boston: Reidel, 1979. (Major philosophical work,
focusing on value theory and the unity of the human being.)
excerpt: "The Role of Consciousness in the Creation of the Experience of 'I'"
Taylor, Jameson. "The Acting Person in Purgatory: A Note for Readers of the English Text." Logos: A
Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 13/3 (Summer 2010): 77-104.
The Jeweler's Shop. Ignatius Press, 1992. The Loving Heart. Atria Books, 2004.
Casarella, Peter. “ ‘The Proper Weight of Love’: What Can We Learn from John Paul II’s The Jeweler’s
Shop?” Communio 38/4 (2011): 621-642.
The Place Within: The Poetry of Pope John Paul II. Translated by Jerzy Peterkiewicz. New York: Random House,
1994. (A collection of all the poems written by the pope between 1939 and 1978, representing his development as a
man of God and as an artist.)
"The Structure of Self-Determination as the Core of the Theory of the Person." In Tommaso D'Aquino nel suo
Settimo Centenario: Atti del Congresso Internazaionale (Roma/Napoli: 17-24 Aprile 1974). Napoli: Edizioni
Domenicane Italiane, 1978.
The Theology of the Body according to John Paul II: Human Love in the Divine Plan. Boston: Daughters of St. Paul,
1997. (A collection of talks from the audiences of Pope John Paul II, the book includes catechesis on Genesis, on the
Sermon on the Mount, and on the writings of St. Paul, as well as reflections on Humanae Vitae.)
Body and Gift: Reflections on Creation, edited by Sam Torode (Philokalia Books, 2003) -- in simplified language for
the general reader.
The Theology of Marriage and Celibacy. Boston: St. Paul Editions, 1986.
The Way to Christ: Spiritual Exercises. San Francisco: Harper, 1994.
The Word Made Flesh: The Meaning of the Christmas Season. Translated by Leslie Wearne. San Francisco:
HarperSanFrancisco, 1985.
Way of the Cross. Pauline Books & Media, 2001.
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on the Thought of John Paul II
General / Collections
Allen-Shore, Lena. Building Bridges: Pope John Paul II and the Horizon of Life. Cathedral Foundation Press, 2003.
Beabout, Gregory (ed.). A Celebration of the Thought of John Paul II [on the occasion of the papal visit to St. Louis].
St. Louis University Press, 1999.
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Avery Dulles, "John Paul II and Theology"
John Kavanaugh, "John Paul II and Philosophy"
George Weigel, "John Paul II and the Priority of Culture"
Helen Alvare, "John Paul II and the Gospel of Life"
Jerram Barrs, "John Paul II and Non-Catholics"
Janet E. Smith, "John Paul II and the Family"
Robert A. Sirico, "John Paul II and Economics"
Carl Bernstein, "John Paul II and the Fall of Communism"
Gregory R. Beabout, "John Paul II on Faith and Reason"
Biffi, Giacomo. John Paul II: A Panorama of His Teachings. New York: New City Press, 1989.
Buttiglione, Rocco. Karol Wojtyla: The Thought of the Man Who Became Pope John Paul II. Grand Rapids: Wm. B.
Eerdman, 1998.
reviewed by Gregory Gronbacher in Markets & Morality 2/1 (Spring 1999).
Felak, James R. “Pope John Paul II, the Saints and Community Poland.” Catholic Historical Review 100/3 (2014):
555-574.
Frossard, Andre. "Be Not Afraid!": Pope John Paul II Speaks Out on His Life, His Beliefs, and His Inspiring Vision for
Humanity. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984.
George, Francis Cardinal. "The Pope speaks about God: John Paul II as Theologian." The Catholic New World
(10/11/98).
Gneuhs, Geoffrey (ed.). The Legacy of Pope John Paul II: His Contribution to Catholic Thought. New York: Crossroad,
2000.
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Joseph Koterski, "An Introduction to the Thought of Pope John Paul II"
William Smith, "John Paul II's Seminal Contributions to Moral Theology: Foundational Issues"
John Crosby, "John Paul II's Vision of Sexuality and Marriage: The Mystery of 'Fair Love'"
Russell Hittinger, "Civilization of Love: John Paul II's Contribution to Catholic Social Thought"
David Schindler, "Reorienting the Church on the Eve of the Millennium: John Paul II's New Evangelization"
Hogan, Richard M. and John M. LeVoir. Faith for Today: Pope John Paul II's Catechetical Teaching. Boston: Pauline
Books & Media.
Kijas, Zdzisław Jósef and Andrzej Dobrzński (eds.). Christ, Church, Mankind: The Spirit of Vatican II according to
Pope John Paul II. New York: Paulist Press, 2012.
Kosicki, George W. John Paul II: The Great Mercy Pope. Stockbridge, MA: John Paul II Institute of Divine Mercy,
2001.
Koterski, Joseph and John Conley (eds.). Creed and Culture: Jesuit Studies of Pope John Paul II. Philadelphia,
PA: St. Joseph's University Press, 2004.
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Cardinal Avery Dulles, "The Enrichment and Transmission of Faith in the Theology of John Paul II" (response
by John McDermott)
Martin Tripole, "John Paul II the Countercultural Pope" (response by William Kurz)
Raymond Gawronski, "The Distant Country of John Paul II"
John Haughey, "A Critical Reading of Pope John Paul II's Understanding of Culture"
Arthur Madigan, "The New Evangelization of American Intellectual Culture: Context, Resistances, and
Strategies" (response by Christopher Cullen)
Mitchell Pacqa, "Pope John Paul II and the New Age Movement"
Joseph Bracken, "John Paul II and Interreligious Dialogue" (response by Earl Mullter)
John Conley, "Karol Wojtyla, Artist; John Paul II, Theologian of Art" (response by Dennis McNally)
Cardinal Avery Dulles, "John Paul II on the Priesthood" (response by Lucien Longtin)
Peter Ryan, "The Desire for Fulfillment: Comments on an Issue Raised in the Letter to Families"
Stephen Fields, "Nature and Grace after the Baroque"
John Paul II - A Light to for the World: Essays and Reflections on the Papacy of John Paul II. United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2003.
Journalists of Reuters. Pope John Paul II: Reaching Out Across Borders. Reuters Prentice Hall, 2003.
Kelly, George A. Crisis of Authority: John Paul II and the American Bishops. New York: Regnery, 1982.
Lapierre, Francois. Be Not Afraid: Pope John Paul II Speaks to a New Generation, World Youth Day 19852002. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 2002.
McCarthy, Bill. The Holy Spirit in the Writings of Pope John Paul II. St. Andrews Productions, 2001.
McDermott, John (ed.). The Thought of John Paul II: A Collection of Essays and Studies. Chicago: Loyola University
Press, 1991.
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Robert Harvanek, "The Philosophical Foundations of the Thought of John Paul II"
Gerald McCool, "The Theology of John Paul II
Terrence Prendergast, "A Reflection on the Use of Scripture in a Cross-Section of Papal Writing"
John R. Sheets, "The Spirituality of Pope John Paul II"
Joseph Murphy, "Human Solidarity and the Church in the Thought of John Paul II"
Avery Dulles, "The Church as Locus of Salvation"
John Nota, "Phenomenological Experience in Karol Wojtyla"
Vincent Potter, "Philosophical Correlations among K. Wojtyla, C.S. Pierce, and B. Lonergan"
David Stagaman, "The Implications for Theology of The Acting Person"
Raymond Gawronski, "on Redemptor Hominis"
Benjamin Fiore, "on Laborem Exercens"
Paul Mankowski, "on Mulieris Dignitatem"
McDermott, John and John Gavin (eds.). John Paul II on the Body: Human, Eucharistic, Ecclesial. [Festschrift
Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ.] Philadelphia, PA: St. Joseph's University Press, 2007.
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John McDermott, "Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ: The Man in His Times for Christ's Church"
William Kurz, "The Scriptural Foundations of The Theology of the Body" (response by Thomas Stegman)
Christopher Cullen, "Between God and Nothingness: Matter in John Paul II's Theology of the Body"
(response by Daniel Jamros)
Earl Muller, "The Nuptial Meaning of the Body" (response by John McDermott)
Avery Cardinal Dulles, "The Church as Body of Christ" (response by Joseph Mueller)
Avery Cardinal Dulles, "Primacy and Collegiality" (response by Peter Bernardi)
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Stephen Fields, "John Paul II and the Eucharist: Sacrament and Sacrifice of Freedom"
(response by Kenneth Rudnick)
Brian Daley, "John Paul II and the Jesuit Vocation to the Priesthood"
Christopher Collins, "Marriage: Sacrament of Creation and in Christ"
James Knapp, "Purity in the Adequate Anthropology of John Paul II"
John McDermott & Robert Kroll, "Virginity for the Sake of the Kingdom"
Michael Bellafiore, "Paul on the Human Body and the Bodily Resurrection"
Christopher Steck, " The Eucharist and Suffering in the Thought of John Paul II"
Benjamin Fiore, "The Marian Eucharist, Aesthetics, and Covenant"
Earl Muller, "Theological Aspects of the Letters" [Dies Domini and Dominicae Cenae]
James Conn, "Canonical Implications" [of Dies Domini and Dominicae Cenae]
Gary Gurtler, "Tensions in the Papal Presentations" [of Dies Domini and Dominicae Cenae]
John McDermott, "Reflections on Dominum et Vivificantem"
John Gavin, "Directing the Gaze to Christ: Redemptor hominis as a Guide for Jesuit Mission"
Terrence Prendergast, "The Sacred Heart Devotion: The Most Complete Expression of Christian Religion"
McIlhone, James P. “Experiencing Hope through the Scriptures.” Chicago Studies 51/1 (2012): 48-63.
Murphy, William. “The Diversity of Sanctity and the Unity of Holiness: Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II.”
Catholic Social Science Review 19 (2014): 275-286.
Neuhaus, Richard J. "John Paul II." Christian History 19/1 (2000): 34-36.
Newton, William. “John Paul II and Gaudium et Spes 22: His Use of the Text and His Involvement in its
Authorship.” Josephinum Journal of Theology 17/1 (2010): 168-193
Oddie, William (ed.). John Paul the Great: Maker of the Post-Conciliar Church. Catholic Truth Society, 2003.
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William Oddie, "John Paul the Great"
Tracey Rowland, "Reclaiming the Tradition: John Paul II as the Authentic Interpreter of Vatican II"
Ian Ker, "The Radicalism of the Papacy: John Paul II and the New Ecclesial Movements"
Brendan Leahy, "Totus Tuus: The Mariology of John Paul II"
John Saward, "Recognising the Rose: John Paul II and the Causes of the Saints"
Leonie Caldecott, "Sincere Gift: The New Feminism of John Paul II"
Agneta Sutton, "Facing the Sexual Revolution: John Paul II's Language of the Body"
Rodger Charles, "The Social Teaching of John Paul II and Its Implications for Catholic Education for Life"
Aidan Nichols, "Pastor and Doctor: The Encyclicals of John Paul II"
Saint-Paul, Brian. "John Paul the Great, 1920-2005." Crisis: Politics, Culture and the Church, 23/5 (May 2005)
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Archbishop Charles Chaput, "Once in a Century: Remembering John Paul II" (8-15)
David Schindler, " 'I thank you ... Amen': The Theological Vision of John Paul II" (16-21)
Robert Reilly, "Fearless: How John Paul II Changed the Political World" (22-27)
Edward Oakes, "The Missionary Pope: John Paul II and the New Evangelization" (28-32)
Richard Doerflinger, "John Paul II: The Apostle of Life" (34-39)
Terry Teachout, "The Voice of the Artist" (40-42)
Mary Beth Bonacci, "The Pope of the Youth" (44-46)
Russell Shaw, "A Long Shadow: The Legacy of John Paul II" (48-53)
George Sim Johnson, "Looking Forward: The Promise of Benedict XVI" (58-63)
Schumacher, Evelyn Ann. An Undivided Heart: Pope John Paul II on the Deeper Realities of the Consecrated
Life. Chicago, IL: Institute on Religious Life, 2002.
Tranzillo, Jeffrey. John Paul II on the Vulnerable. Catholic University of America Press, 2013.
Weigel, George. "The Pope in America." Crisis (March 1996).
Weigel, George. "Roman Catholicism in the Age of John Paul II." Lecture at the Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, on 2 December 1996.
Weinandy, Thomas. The Wisdom of John Paul II: A Summary. London: Catholic Truth Society, 2001.
Whitehead, Kenneth (ed.). John Paul II - Witness to Truth [proceedings of the 23rd annual convention of the
Fellowship of Catholic Scholars]. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine Press 2001.
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G. Weigel, "John Paul II - Witness to Hope"
E. Fox-Genovese, "John Paul II on the Family"
R.J. Neuhaus, "John Paul II and the Public Square"
J. Smith, "Faith as a Preamble to Reason"
J.B. Meeking, "John Paul II and Ecumenism"
J.A. Murphy, "John Paul II and Moral Theology"
R. McInerny, "John Paul II and Christian Philosophy"
Williams, Thomas D. "Values, Virtues, and John Paul II." First Things 72 (April 1997): 29-32.
Wintz, Jack. A Retreat with Pope John Paul II: Be Not Afraid. St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2001.
Wright, Terrence and Susan Selner-Wright. "Vocational Call: A Creative Retrieval in Light of the Thought of John
Paul II." International Philosophical Quarterly 50/3 (Sept 2010): 323-334.
Zieba, Maclej. The Surprising Pope: Understanding the Thought of John Paul II [Religion, Politics, and Society in the
New Millennium, 341]. Trans. Karolina Weening. Lexington Books, 2000.
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Pontificate
Benedict XVI. John Paul II: My Beloved Predecessor. Edited by Elio Guerriero. Boston: Pauline Books, 2007.
COMMUNIO 18/3 (Fall 1991) – The Papacy and John Paul II
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Hermann J. Pottmeyer, “Why Does the Church Need a Pope?”
Stephan Otto Horn, “The Petrine Mission of the Church in Rome”
Angelo Scola, “On the Trinitarian Encyclicals of John Paul II”
John Seward, “The Christocentricity of Pope John Paul II”
Claude, Dagens, “Saint Gregory the Great between the East and the West”
David L. Schindler, “The Church’s ‘Worldly’ Mission: Neoconservatism and American Culture”
Congregation for the Clergy. Videoconference on "John Paul II: XXV Years of Pontificate." 29 October 2003.
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Darío Castrillón Hoyos, "Introduction"
George Cottier, "A Sapiential Vision"
Graham Rose, "Christian Anthropology in the Teachings of John Paul II"
Gerhard Ludwig Müller, "The Teachings of John Paul II on Priestly Ordination"
Julian Porteous, "The Canonizations of John Paul II"
Jose Vidamor Yu, "The 'New Evangelization' of John Paul II"
Silvio Cajiao, "Human Rights in the Teachings of John Paul II"
Alfonso Carrasco Rouco, "The 1983 CCC and Its Meaning for the Life of the Church"
Michael Hull, "The Importance of the Catechism of the Catholic Church"
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Louis Aldrich, "The Pontificate of John Paul II for the Church in Asia"
Bruno Forte, "John Paul II: A Theologian and the Virgin Mary's Bard"
Darío Castrillón Hoyos, "Conclusion"
de Souza, Raymond. "Two Popes." First Things, #136 (October 2003): 36-41.
Johnson, Daniel. "The Good Pope." American Spectator 38/5 (June 2005): 26-32.
Keeley, Paul W. “Seven Last Medical Bulletins: The Public Death of a Pontiff.” Mortality 13/3 (Aug 2008): 241-257.
Marton, Kati. "The Paradoxical Pope." The Atlantic Monthly 245/5 (May 1980).
Moynihan, Robert. "John Paul II: Servant of the Servants of God." Inside the Vatican 4 (Oct 1996): 8-18.
Neuhaus, Richard J. "Houses of Worship: Twenty Years and Counting -- The Meaning of John Paul II's Remarkable
Papacy -- So Far." Wall Street Journal (October 16, 1998).
Noonan, Peggy. "John Paul the Great." Wall Street Journal, 2 August 2002.
Novak, Michael. "A Pope and His Critics." National Review, 26 July 2002.
Perry, Tim (ed.). The Legacy of John Paul II: An Evangelical Assessment. Inter-Varsity Press, 2007.
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Tim Perry, "Introduction: For Such a Time as This: Living With(in) the Legacy of John Paul II"
Mark Noll, "Evangelicals and John Paul II"
Derek Jeffreys, " 'A deep amazement at man's worth and dignity': Technology and the Person in
Redemptoris hominis"
Michael Beaty & C. Stephen Evans, "Fides et ratio, The Role of Philosophy and the Christian University"
Clark Pinnock, "Dominum et vivificantem, The Breath of Divine Life"
Tim Perry, "Redemptoris mater, A Bridge Too Far?"
Mark Noll, "Ecclesia de eucharistia, Locus of Doctrine, Way of Life"
William Abraham, "Ut unum sint and Pala Infallibility: A Response"
Andrew Goddard, "Veritatis splendor, Human Freedom and the Splendor of Truth"
Nancy Pearcey, "Evangelium vitae, John Paul II Meets Francis Schaeffer"
Mark Charlton, "Dives in misericordia and Sollicitudo rei socialis, Mercy and Justice"
Ronald Sider, "Laborem exercens and Centesimus annus, Work and Economics"
Terrance Tiessen, "Redemptoris missio, Into All the World"
Peter Kuzmic, "Slavorum apostoli, The Enduring Legacy of Cyril and Methodius"
David Jeffrey, "Ex corde ecclesiae and the Trouble with Truth"
Timothy George, "Epilogue: Our Common Teacher"
Pro Ecclesia magazine, Symposium: A Tribute to John Paul II, vol. 14, no. 3 (Summer 2005):
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"Mixed Messages" by Margaret O'Gara (pp.261-264)
"A Methodist Tribute to Pope John Paul II" by Geoffrey Wainwright (pp. 265-266)
"John Paul II: An Appreciation" by Timothy George (pp. 267-269)
"Reflections on the Legacy of Pope John Paul II" by David S. Yeago (pp. 270-275)
Proctor, Robert E. "A Farewell to Remember." Commoweal 132/11 (6/30/05): 19-25.
Schall, James. "Of Inquisitors and Pontiffs: Criticizing John Paul II." Homiletic & Pastoral Review (June 1981).
Singarayar, John. “Pope John Paul II: A Rebel with a Cause.” Priest 68/10 (Oct 2012): 36,38.
Smith, William. "The Magisterium of Pope John Paul II." Catholic Dossier (July-August 1996).
Standord, Thomas W. (ed.). "Honoring John Paul II: A Memorial Issue." Faith & Reason 31/1 (Spring 2006).
Thavis, John. "John Paul's Quarter-Century." America 189/10 (10/6/03): 8-12.
Weigel, George. "Papacy and Power." First Things 110 (February 2001): 18-25.
see also "The Future of the Papacy: A Symposium." First Things 111 (March 2001): 28-36.
Weigel, George. "Prepared to Lead." Crisis (October 1998): 12-17.
Wilken, Robert Louis and Susan Ross. "A Measure of Greatness." Commonweal 130/17 (10/10/03): 11-13.
Wright, Robin. "What Would the World Be Like Without Him?" The Atlantic Monthly 274/1 (July 1994): 24-32.
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Encyclicals
Austin, Victor Lee. A Christological Social Vision: The Uses of Christ in the Social Encyclicals of John Paul II.
Doctoral dissertation, Fordham University, 2002.
Carmody, John. "The Encyclical Theology of Pope John Paul II." Public Lecture (Warren Lecture Series in Catholic
Studies). University of Tulsa, 18 March 1990.
Schreck, Alan. The Legacy of John Paul II: The Central Teaching of His 14 Encyclical Letters. Emmaus Road
Publishing, 2012.
Spinello, Richard A. The Encyclicals of John Paul II: An Introduction and Commentary. Rowman & Littlefield, 2012.
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Theology
Bauerschmidt, Frederick C. "Incarnation, Redemption, and the Character of God." Nova et Vetera 3 (2005): 459472.
Cuddy, Cajetan and Romanus Cessario. “Witness to Faith: George Weigel, Blessed John Paul II, and the Theological
Life.” Nova et Vetera 10/1 (2012): 1-13.
Dulles, Avery. "John Paul II Theologian." Communio 24/4 (Winter 1997): 713-727.
Dulles, Avery. The Splendor of Faith: The Theological Vision of Pope John Paul II. New York: Crossroad, 1999;
revised & updated edition, Herder & Herder, 2003.
reviewed by Michael Therrian in Religion & Liberty 11/3 (2001).
Dyer, George. "Pope John Paul II: A Message and a Strategy." Chicago Studies 45/1 (Spring 2006): 56-67.
Kaczor, Christopher. “John Paul II on the Development of Doctrine.” Nova et Vetera 11/4 (Fall 2013): 1173-1192.
Lickona, Lisa. "The Christocentrism of John Paul II: Foundation for a 'Catholic Integralism'." Catholic Social Science
Review 8 (2003).
Meconi, David. "Deification in the Thought of John Paul II." Irish Theological Quarterly 71/1-2 (2996): 127-141.
Mugridge, Christine and Maria Gannon. John Paul II: Development of a Theology of Communication. Libreria
Editrice Vaticana, 2008.
Nachef, Antoine. The Mystery of the Trinity in the Theological Thought of Pope John Paul II [American University
Studies. Series VII, Theology and Religion, vol. 211]. New York: Peter Lang, 1999.
Okonkwo, Bartholomew. Why on Earth Did Jesus Die? John Paul II on the Revelation of Divine Love. CreateSpace
Independent Publishing, 2012.
Saward, John. Christ Is the Answer: The Christ-Centered Teaching of Pope John Paul II. New York: Alba House,
1995.
Strudwick, Daniel M. A Contemporary Consideration of the Role of Metaphysics in Systematic Theology: The
Contributions of Pope John Paul II and Claude Tresmontant. Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University, 2008.
Zimmerman, Nigel. “John Paul II and the Significance of the Trinity for Human Dignity.” Australian e-Journal of
Theology 20/2 (Aug 2013): 108-121.
Zuchniewicz, Pawel. Miracles of John Paul II. Toronto: Catholic Youth Studio-KSM, 2006.
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Personalistic Philosophy
Allen-Shore, Lena. Building Bridges: Pope John Paul II and the Horizon of Life. Baltimore: Cathedral Foundation
Press, 2003.
Baker, Kenneth. "The Pope of Truth." Homiletic & Pastoral Review (July 1999).
Barron, Robert. "The Christian Humanism of Karol Wojtyla and Thomas Aquinas." Nova et Vetera 3 (2005): 529542.
Billias, Nancy Mardas and Agnes B. Curry and George F. McLean (eds.). Karol Wojtyla’s Philosophical Legacy
[Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change, Series I: Culture and Values, volume 35]. Washington, DC: The
Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2008.
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G. McLean, “Prologue: Karol Wojtyla’s Mutual Enrichment of the Philosophies of Being and Consciousness”
J. Conley, “Philosophy and Anti-Philosophy: The Ambiguous Legacy of John Paul II”
P. Costello, “Pope John Paul II’s ‘Participation’ in the ‘Neighborhood’ of Phenomenology”
P. Colosi, “The Uniqueness of Persons in the Life and Thought of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II, with
Emphasis on His Indebtedness to Max Scheler”
J. Allard, “The Travels of Pope John Paul II: A Phenomenology of Place”
P. Kucharski, “Pope John Paul II and the Natural Law”
R. Bulzacchelli, “Dives in Misericordia: The Pivotal Significance of a Forgotten Encyclical”
H. Köchler, “Karol Wojtyla’s Notion of the Irreducible in Man and the Quest for a Just World Order”
J. Carney, “John Paul II: On the Solidarity of Praxis in His Political Philosophy”
D. Savage, “The Subjective Dimension of Human Work: The Conversion of the Acting Person in Laborem
Exercens”
S. Matuszak, “Person, Encounter, Communion: The Legacy and Vision of Pope John Paul II”
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T. Ryba, “Action at the Moral Core of Personhood: Transcendence, Self-Determination and Integration in the
Anthropology of John Paul II”
S. Sharkey, “Edith Stein and John Paul II on Women”
T. Graham, “A Mimetic Reading of Veritatis Splendor”
J. Rice, “On the ‘Proper Weight of Man’: Re-Examining the Poetic Foundations of Wojtyla’s Theory of
Participation”
Bulzacchelli, Richard H. Mary and the Acting Person: An Anthropology of Participatory Redemption in the
Personalism of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II. Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2012.
Buttiglione, Rocco. Karol Wojtyla: The Thought of the Man Who Became Pope John Paul II. Translated by Paolo
Guietti and Francesca Murphy. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997.
Byrnes, James T. John Paul II and Educating for Life: Moving Toward a Renewal of Catholic Educational
Philosophy. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2002.
Byrnes, James T. Towards a Catholic Philosophy of Education: The Personalism of Karol Wojtyla and the Education
of the Human Person. Doctoral dissertation, Fordham University, 2000.
Clark, Mary. "The Personalism of Karol Wojtyla." In Personalism Revisited: Its Proponents and Critics [Value Inquiry
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Collins, Peter. A Twentieth-Century Collision: American Intellectual Culture and Pope John Paul II's Idea of a
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Colosi, Peter. "John Paul II and Christian Personalism vs. Peter Singer and Utilitarianism: Two Radically Opposed
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Colosi, Peter. “The Uniqueness of Persons in the Life and Thought of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II, with Emphasis
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Dailey, Thomas. "Being, Becoming and Believing: The Adventure of Phenomenology with John Paul II." Edith Stein
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DeMarco, Donald. "John Paul II as Philosopher." Homiletic & Pastoral Review (May 2004): 58-61.
Dern, Charles. “John Paul II’s ‘Triptych’ of the Human Person.” Homiletic & Pastoral Review, 8 January 2013.
Dinan, Stephen A. "The Phenomenological Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla." New Scholasticism 55 (1981): 317-330.
Dobrzynski, Andrzej. “Karol Wojtyla and Dignitas humanae: A Historical Perspective.” Communio: International
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Doran, Kevin P. Solidarity: A Synthesis of Personalism and Communism in the Thought of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John
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Dougherty, Jude. "The Thomistic Element in the Social Philosophy of John Paul II." Proceedings of the American
Catholic Philosophical Association 60 (1986): 156-165.
Dulles, Avery. "John Paul II and the Renewal of Thomism." Nova et Vetera 3 (2005): 443-458.
Dulles, Avery. "The Metaphysical Realism of Pope John Paul II." International Philosophical Quarterly 48/1 (2008):
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Garcia, Laura. "The Primacy of Person: Edith Stein and John Paul II." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and
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Gonnella, Mark W. “Authentic Sexual Freedom: John Paul II’s Personalism as a Response to Humanistic
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Gosrki, Eugeniusz. "John Paul II's Idea of Universalism." Dialogue & Universalism 16/11-12 (2006): 7-34.
Grasso, Kenneth. “John Paul II on Modernity, Freedom, and the Metaphysics of the Person.” Catholic Social Science
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Grygiel, Stanislaw. Discovering the Human Person: Conversations with John Paul II. Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2014.
Hanink, James G. "Karol Wojtyla: Personalism, Intransivity, and Character." Communio 33 (Summer 1996): 244251.
Heaney, Stephen John. The Concept of the Unity of the Person in the Thought of Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II).
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Hebbelthwaite, Peter. "The Mind of John Paul II." Grail 1 (March 1985): 19-33.
Hebblethwaite, Peter. "Pope John Paul II as Philosopher and Poet." Heythrop Journal 21 (1980): 123-136.
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Hemming, Laurence Paul. "John Paul II's Call for a Renewed Theology of Being: Just What Did He Mean and How
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Koechler, Hans. "The Dialectical Conception of Self-determination: Reflections on the Systematic Approach of Karol
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Koechler, Hans. "The Phenomenology of Karol Wojtyla: On the Problem of the Phenomenological Foundation of
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McNerney, John. Footbridge Towards the Other: An Introduction to the Philosophical Thought of John Paul
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Neuhaus, Richard John. "The Mind of the Most Powerful Man in the World: John Paul II, Philosopher and
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Sliuzaite, Vilma. The Notion of Human Experience in the Thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II: A Study of the
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Weigel, George. "John Paul II and the Crisis of Humanism." First Things 98 (December 1999): 31-36.
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Welter, Brian. Reconstructing Truth in Modern Society: John Paul II and the Fallibility of Nietzsche. Doctoral
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Christian anthropology / Theology of the Body
Anderson, Carl. Called to Love: Approaching John Paul II's Theology of the Body. Doubleday, 2009.
Ashley, Benedict. "John Paul II: Theologian of the Body of the Acting Person." Josephinum Journal of Theology
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Baster, Dominic. Theology of the Body: A First Look at This Vital Teaching from Pope John Paul II. Catholic Truth
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Bateson, Catherine. "On Human Dignity: The Ugandan AIDS Epidemic and John Paul II's Theology of the
Body." Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture, 2003 conference.
Boone, N.S. “D.H. Lawrence’s Theology of the Body: Intersections with John Paul II’s Man and Woman He Created
Them.” Religion and the Arts 18/4 (2014): 498-520.
Bransfield, J. Brian. The Human Person according to John Paul II. Pauline Books, 2010.
Bushman, Douglas. "The Christ-centered Anthropology of Gaudium et spes in Light of Developments in Pope John
Paul II." Catholic Dossier (August 2000).
Cloutier, David. "Heaven Is a Place on Earth? Analyzing the Popularity of Pope John Paul II's Theology of the
Body," In Sexuality and the U.S. Catholic Church (New York: Crossroad, 2006), pp. 18-31.
Cokeley, Meghan. "Shame, Lust, and the Human Body after the Fall: A Comparison of St. Augustine and John Paul
II." Nova et Vetera 2/2 (2004):
Coughlin, John J. "Pope John Paul II and the Dignity of the Human Being. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
27/1 (Fall 2003): 65-80.
Curran Sweeney, Kathleen. "The Perfection of Women as Maternal and the Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla." Logos:
A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 9:2 (Spring 2006): 129-153.
Dinan, Stephen A. "The Phenomenological Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla." New Scholasticism 55 (1981): 317-330.
Doyle, Thomas. "The Dignity of the Human Person in the Thought of John Paul II." Social Thought 13 (1987): 6-19.
Dulles, Avery. "John Paul II and the Mystery of the Human Person." America 190/3 (February 2, 2004): 10-22.
Durkin, Mary. Feast of Love: Pope John Paul II on Human Intimacy. Loyola University Press, 1983.
Fabrycky, Laura Merzig. "Theology of the Body: Pope John Paul II on the Biblical Foundations of Marriage and
Sexuality." Books and Culture (Sept/Oct 2004).
Grasso, Kenneth L. "Saving Modernity from Itself: John Paul II on Human Dignity, 'the Whole Truth about Man,' and
the Modern Quest for Freedom." In Defense of Human Dignity: Essays for Our Times. Edited by Robert Kraynak and
Glenn Tinder. University of Notre Dame Press, 2003, pp. 207-236.
Hart, David B. "The Anti-Theology of the Body." The New Atlantis 9 (Summer 2005): 65-73.
Hittinger, Russell. "Human Nature and States of Nature in John Paul II's Theological Anthropology." In Human
Nature in Its Wholeness: A Roman Catholic Perspective (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press,
2006), pp. 9-33.
Hogan, Richard. "An Introduction to John Paul II's Theology of the Body" (web site)
Hogan, Richard. The Theology of the Body in John Paul II: What It Means, Why It Matters. Word Among Us Press,
January 2007.
Jenson, Robert W. "Reading the Body." The New Atlantis 9 (Summer 2005): 73-82.
Kupczak, Jaroslaw. Gift and Communion: John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. Washington, DC: Catholic University
of America Press, 2014.
Kupczak, Jaroslaw. Destined for Liberty: The Human Person in the Philosophy of Karol Wojtya / John Paul II.
Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2000.
Kupczak, Jaroslaw. "The Meaning of Theological Anthropology in the Teaching of John Paul II." John Paul II Cultural
Center (Washington, DC), 28 October 2002.
Lee, Su Li. “Persons as Gifts: Understanding Interdependence through Pope John Paul II’s Anthropology.” Catholic
Social Science Review 14 (2009): 321-337.
Larrú, Juan. “John Paul II’s ‘Theology of the Body’ and his Roman Triptych.” Communio 36/2 (Summer 2009): 374386.
Latkovic, Mark. "Pope John Paul II's 'Theology of the Body' and the Significance of Sexual Shame in Light of the
Body's 'Nuptial Meaning': Some Implications for Bioethics and Sexual Ethics." Nova et Vetera 2 (2004):
Matthews, Pia. “Communication Strategies and Intensive Interaction Therapy Meet the Theology of the Body.” New
Bioethics 19/2 (2013): 97-110.
May, William E. "Nakedness, the Body, and Sexual Shame in the Thought of Pope John Paul II," Fidelity 4.8 (July
1985) 25-28.
May, William E. "Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body, Anthropology, Morality, and Holiness." Fellowship of
Catholic Scholars Quarterly 33/1-2 (Spring/Summer 2010): 19-27.
McGovern, Thomas. "The Christian Anthropology of John Paul II: An Overview." Josephinum Journal of Theology
8/1 (Winter/Spring 2001): 132-147.
Min, Anselm. "John Paul the Second, Anthropology of Concrete Totality." Proceedings of the American Catholic
Philosophical Association 58 (1984): 120-129.
Mondin, Battista. "The Christian Humanism of John Paul II." Melita Theologica 31/1 (1980): 10-22.
Novak, Michael. "The Embodied Self." First Things (February 2003).
Reimers, Adrian. "Human Suffering and John Paul II's Theology of the Body." Notre Dame Center for Ethics &
Culture, 2003 conference. Nova et Vetera 2/2 (2004): 245-260.
Roberts, Augustine. "Spousal Meaning: John Paul II's Anthropology for Monks and Nuns." Cistercian Studies
Quarterly 44/2 (2009): 191-227.
Ross, Susan. "Male and Female, God Created Them: Rethinking John Paul II's Theology of the Body." U.S. Catholic
70/9 (September 2005): 29-33.
Rousseau, Mary F. "John Paul II and Theology of the Body." Chicago Studies 39/2 (Summer 2000): 162-175.
Schall, James V. "The Pope on the Human Person." Catholic Dossier (Jan/Feb 1997).
Schumacher, Michele. “John Paul II’s Theology of the Body on Trial: Responding to the Accusation of the Biological
Reduction of Women.” Nova et Vetera 10/2 (2012): 463-484.
Shivanandan, Mary. "John Paul II's Theology of the Body." Catholic Dossier (Jan-Feb 1999)
Shivanandan, Mary. "John Paul II: The Redemption of the Body and the Call to Holiness." Faith & Reason 31/1
(Spring 2006): 109-132.
Sri, Edward. Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love: Practical Insights from John Paul II's Love &
Responsibility. Servant Books, August 2007.
Sulentic, ALison McMorran. "Human Dignity First: John Paul II, Systems Analysis, and the ERISA
Fiduciary." Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 45/2 (2006): 523-560.
Theology of the Body - online resource center
Torode, Sam. Purity of Heart: Reflections on Lust and Love: Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body in Simple
Language. New City Press, June 2004.
Torode, Sam. Theology of the Body in Simple Language. CreateSpace, 2009.
Tóth, Beáta. “Love Between Embodiment and Spirituality: Jean-Luc Marion and John Paul II on Erotic Love.”
Modern Theology 29/1 (Jan 2013): 18-47.
Vellilamthadam, Thomas. "John Paul II's Vision of Man." Christian Orient 6 (December 1985): 149-155.
Waldstein, Michael. “Three Kinds of Personalism: The Philosophical Underpinnings of John Paul II’s Theology of the
Body.” Lecture, Houston, 2011.
West, Christopher. "The New Language: A Crash Course in the Theology of the Body." Crisis (December 2004):
22-26.
West, Christopher. Theology of the Body, Explained: A Commentary on John Paul II's Gospel of the Body. Pauline
Books, 2003.
West, Christopher. Theology of the Body for Beginners: A Basic Introduction to Pope John Paul II's Sexual
Revolution. Ascension Press (revised edition), 2009.
Woznicki, Andrew N. The Dignity of Man as a Person: Essays on the Christian Humanism of His Holiness John Paul
II. Society of Christ, 1987.
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on Mary, the Rosary, and Saints
Casarella, Peter. "Contemplating Christ through the Eyes of Mary: The Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginia Mariae
and the New Myteries of Light." Pro Ecclesia 14/2 (Spring 2005): 161-173.
Ciciliot, Valentina. “’Heritage talks. Heritage calls’: Some Instances of the Canonisation Policy of John Paul II in
Italy.” Modern Italy 18/3 (Aug 2013): 269-283.
Walsh, Carey. “Lighting Our Modern Spirit: John Paul II’s Luminous Mysteries.” Review for Religious 70/4 (2011):
408-421.
Zaleski, Philip. "The Saints of John Paul II." First Things 161 (March 2006): 28-32.
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on Women
Caldecott, Leonie. "Sincere Gift: The Pope's 'New Feminism'." Communio 23 (Spring 1996): 64-81.
Elshtain, Jean Bethke. "Women and the Dilemma of Equality." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 6:4
(Fall 2003): 35-50.
Glendon, Mary Ann. "The Pope's New Feminism." Crisis (March 1997).
Hayden Lemmons, R. Mary. "Equality, Gender, and John Paul II." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture
5:3 (Summer 2002): 111-130.
Porter, Lawrence. "Gender in Theology: The Example of John Paul II's Mulieris Dignitatem." Gregorianum 77/1
(1996): 97-131.
Scola, Angelo. “The Anthropological and Theological Bases of the Dignity and Mission of Women in the Magisterium
of John Paul II.” Laity Today (1997): 40, 56-70
Sharkey, Sarah Borden. “Edith Stein and John Paul II on Women.” In Karol Wojtyla’s Philosophical Legacy [Cultural
Heritage and Contemporary Change, Series I: Culture and Values, volume 35]. Nancy Mardas Billias, Agnes B. Curry
and George F. McLean (eds.). Washington, DC: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2008, pp. 265276.
Smith, Janet. "Pope John Paul II, Feminists, Women, and the Church." Catholic Dossier (Nov/Dec 1995).
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on Culture
Brennan, William. "Pope John Paul II on Confronting the Language of the Culture of Death." Catholic Social
Scientist Review 9 (2004).
Dailey, Thomas. "Toward a Culture of Truth: Higher Education and the Thought of Pope John Paul II." Logos: A
Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 3:2 (Spring 2000): 145-164.
Dennehy, Raymond. "Liberal Democracy as a Culture of Death: Why John Paul II Was Right." Telos 134 (Spring
2006): 31-63.
Dulles, Avery. "John Paul II as a Theologian of Culture." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 1:2
(Summer 1997).
Griffin, David. "The Cultural Vision of Pope John Paul II." Varieties of Postmodern Theology. Edited by Joe
Holland. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1989, pp. 95-127.
Haldane, John. “The Ethical Dimension of Intercultural Dialogue.” Downside Review 127/448 (2009): 157-170.
Hebert, L. Joseph. “Be Still and See: Leisure, Labor, and Human Dignity in Josef Pieper and Blessed John Paul II.”
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 16/2 (2013): 144-159.
Huebsch, Bill. The Lord's Day: Reflections on Dies Domini, the Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II. Twenty-Third
Publications, January 2007.
Mullaney, Patrick J. "John Paul II and America's Laws on Life." Human Life Review 31/3 (Summer 2005): 78-96.
Norman, Alex and Mark Johnson. “World Youth Day: The Creation of a Modern Pilgrimage Event for Evangelical
Intent.” Journal of Contemporary Religion 26/3 (2011): 371-385.
Novello, Henry. “Evangelising Culture in a Technological Age: Faith as Lived Culture.” Australasian Catholic Record
91/2 (2014): 214-226.
Nowaczyk, Miroslaw. "John Paul II's Concept of Culture." Dialectics and Humanism 10 (1983): 169-182.
Schmiesing, Kevin. "Freedom and Culture in the Americas: Reflections on Ecclesia in America." Josephinum Journal
of Theology 8:2 (2001): 119-129.
Walsh, Christopher. "Building the Civilization of Love: Recent Statements by John Paul II on Evangelizing
Culture." Communio 24/4 (Winter 1997): 780-793.
Weigel, George. "John Paul II and the Priority of Culture." First Things 80 (February 1998): 19-25.
White, John. “John Paul II’s Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 9:24-27: A Paradigm for a Christian Ethic of Sport.”
Studies in Christian Ethics 25/1 (2012): 73-88.
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on Freedom
Dulles, Avery. Truth as the Ground of Freedom: A Theme from John Paul II (Occasional Papers, no. 4). Acton
Institute, 1995.
Fischer, Heinz Joachim, et al. John Paul II: A Pope for Freedom. Harry Abrams, Inc., 2004.
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on History
Dulles, Avery. "John Paul II and the Advent of the New Millennium." America 173/19 (12/9/95): 915.
Johnson, Paul. Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Restoration. New York: St. Martins, 1981.
Weigel, George. "John Paul II -- Preparing the 21st Century." Crisis (November 1997).
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on the Arts
Casarella, Peter. “ ‘The Proper Weight of Love’: What Can We Learn from John Paul II’s The Jeweler’s Shop?”
Communio 38/4 (2011): 621-642.
Freddoso, Alfred. "The Church and Art."
Kwasniewski, Peter. "John Paul II on Sacred Music." Sacred Music 133/2 (Summer 2006): 4-22.
Pavlick, Elizabeth-Jane. “John Paul II’s Statement on Music in the Church.” Sacred Music 137/1 (Spring 2010): 624.
Symposium ("from a Logical point of view") on the Letter to Artists published in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought
and Culture 5:3 (Summer 2002): 207-228:
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excerpt from Letter to Artists (pp. 210-212)
"The Church and Art" by Alfred J. Freddoso (pp. 213-216)
"Why the Church Needs Art" by Catherine Jack Deavel (pp. 216-220)
"Art, Feeling, and Faith" by Mark Wynn (pp. 221-224)
"Art and Vocation" by John Haldane (pp. 224-228)
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on Ecclesiology
Akinwale, Anthony. “Dignity, Diversity, and Complementarity: The Lay Faithful in the Ecclesiology of Pope John Paul
II.” Nova et Vetera 3/4 (2005): 651-672.
Bland, Joan. The Pastoral Vision of John Paul II. Franciscan Press, 1982.
Dulles, Avery. "A Eucharistic Church: The Vision of John Paul II." America 191/20 (December 20, 2004): 8-12.
Dulles, Avery. "The Ecclesiology of John Paul II." Origins 28 (April 22, 1999): 759-763.
Dulles, Avery. "The Prophetic Humanism of John Paul II." America 169/12 (October 23, 1993): 6-11.
Gratto, Stephen. "To Live the Beatitudes: Parish Social Ministry in the Teaching of John Paul II." Social Thought 13
(1987): 35-45.
Hebblethwaite, Peter. Pope John Paul II and the Church. Theological Book Service, 1995.
Kelly, George. "The Battle for the Catholic Campus." Catholic World Report (January 1995).
Kelly, George. Keeping the Church Catholic with John Paul II. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1993.
Kushu-Solii, Ngah Andrew. The Relationship between Mariology and Ecclesiology in the Theological Thinking of John
Paul II. Peter Lang, 2012.
McGregor, Peter Joh. “Priests, Prophets, and Kings: The Mission of the Church according to John Paul II.” Irish
Theological Quarterly 78/1 (2013): 61-78.
McGregor, Peter John. “The Universal Work of the Holy Spirit in the Missiology of John Paul II.” Irish Theological
Quarterly 77/1 (2012): 83-98.
Melady, Margaret. The Rhetoric of Pope John Paul II: The Pastoral Visit as a New Vocabulary of the Sacred.
Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999.
Moget, Francis. "Pope John Paul II - A Model of Reconciliation in the World Today." Indian Journal of Spirituality
14/2 (2001): 181-187.
Mookenthottam, Antony. "The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation in the Teachings of Pope John Paul
II." Indian Journal of Spirituality 14/2 (2001): 163-180.
Morerod, Charles. "John Paul II's Ecclesiology and St. Thomas Aquinas." Nova et Vetera 3 (2005): 473-502.
O'Reilly, Kevin J. Recovering the Authentic Concept of Authority: Pope John Paul II and the Infallibility of the
Ordinary Universal Magisterium. (disseration)
Phan, Peter. “Mission ad gentes” in Asia: A Comparative Study of the Missiology of John Paul II and the Federatio of
Asian Bishops’ Conferences. Doctoral dissertation, The Catholic University of America, 2002.
Pottmeyer, Hermann Josef. "The Pope as Church Critic? John Paul II's Little Noticed Impulses toward Church
Reform." Pro Ecclesia 14/3 (Summer 2005): 276-286.
Schumacher, Evelyn A. An Undivided Heart: Pope John Paul II on the Deeper Realities of the Consecrated
Life. Chicago: Institute on Religious Life, 2002.
Vigneron, Allen. “Pastores Dabo Vobis: Establishing an Ecclesial Culture for the Clergy.” In Called to Holiness and
Communion: Vatican II on the Church (University of Scranton Press), pp. 187-200.
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on the Laity
Holland, Joe. "John Paul II on the Laity in Society: The Spiritual Transformation of Modern Culture." Social Thought
13 (1987): 87-103.
Kaczor, Christopher. "John Paul II on the Laity." Catholic Dossier (July-August 1996).
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on Liturgy
Martis, Douglas. "Liturgical Teaching in Context: John Paul II and the 20th Century Liturgical Movement." Chicago
Studies 45/1 (Spring 2006): 91-104.
Mason, Paul. "The Pastoral Implications of John Paul II's Chirograph for the Centenary of the Motu Proprio 'Tra le
sollecitudini' on Sacred Music." Worship 82/5 (2008): 386-413.
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on Evangelization
Burrows, William R. "Mission and Missiology in the Pontificate of John Paul II." International Bulletin of Missionary
Research 30 (Jan 2006): 3-8.
Cassarella, Peter. "Evangelization and the Culture of Death." In The Church's Mission of Evangelization: Essays in
Honor of His Excellency the Most Reverend Agostino Cacciavillan. Edited by William E. May. Steubenville, OH:
Franciscan University Press, 1996, pp. 103-128.
Dias, Ivan. "The Missions in the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II." Euntes Docete 57/1 (2004): 53-65.
Hoopes, Tom. "Groundswell: The Pope, the New Movements, and the Church." Crisis (December 2004): 32-38.
Houck, William and Peter Williamson and Ralph Martin (eds.). John Paul II and the New Evangelization: How You Can
Bring the Good News to Others. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1995.
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Avery Dulles, "John Paul II and the New Evangelization: What Does It Mean?" (2-16)
Sam Jacobs, "How Must Catholics Evangelize?" (39-48)
Kenneth Boyack, " The United States Bishops' National Plan for Catholic Evangelization" (64-78)
Killian McDonnell, "Evangelization and the Experience of Initiation in the Early Church" (79-93)
Peter Herbeck, "Employing Charisms in Evangelization" (139-149)
Leonard Sullivan, "Catholic Street Evangelism Today" (150-164)
Linda Koontz, "Evangelizing the Poor" (176-187)
Frank & Gerry Padilla, "Evangelizing Married Couples" (188-196)
Frank Mercadante, "Evangelizing Teenagers" (197-204)
Michael Timmis, "Evangelizing in Business and Government" (205-217)
Jose Alonso, "Evangelizing Hispanic Americans' (218-228)
David Thorp, "Evangelizing as a Parish" (250-263)
Peter Hocken, "Ecumenical Issues in Evangelization" (276-287)
Eduardo Echeverria, "A Great Springtime for Christianity" (288-295)
McSheffery, Daniel. "John Paul II and New Evangelization." Priest 52 (July 1996): 43-46.
Mroso, Agapit J. The Church in Africa and the New Evangelization: A Theologico-Pastoral Study of the Orientations
of John Paul II. Roma, 1995.
Rymarz, Richard. Principles of the New Evangelization: Analysis and Directions. Doctoral dissertation, Australian
Catholic University, 2010.
Schindler, David. "Reorienting the Church on the Eve of the Millennium: John Paul II's 'New
Evangelization'." Communio 24/4 (Winter 1997): 728-779.
Stachowski, Zbigniew. "The Polish Church and John Paul II's Evanglization Mission in Slavic Countries." Religious
Studies and Theology 27/1 (2008): 115-125.
Udoidem, S. Iniobong. Pope John Paul II on Inculturation: Theory and Practice. University Press of America, 1996.
van Engelen, J.M. "John Paul II and the Mission of the Church Today." Pro Mundi Vita Bulletin 103 (1985): 1-36.
Weigel, George. "Parsing the 'New Evangelization'." The Catholic Difference (syndicated column)
Weigel, George. “Saint John Paul and the New Evangelization.” video lecture at Mundelein Seminary
Williams, Thomas D. “The Springtime of John Paul II.” First Things (April 2009).
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on Ecumenism / Inter-religious Dialogue
Abu-Rabi, Ibrahim M. "Pope John Paul II and Islam." Muslim World 88/3-4 (1998): 279-296.
Bramwell, Basil. "John Paul II and Hans Urs von Balthasar: The Relationship between the Jews and the
Church." Catholic Social Science Review 10 (2005): 133-148.
Budde, Mitzi. "John Paul II and Ecumenism." Ecumenical Trends 35/6 (June 2006): 8-15.
Byassee, Jason. "John Paul & the Jews." Christian Century 124/6 (3-20-07): 24-26.
Cassidy, Edward Idris. "That They May All Be One: The Imperatives and Prospects of Christian Unity." First Things 69
(January 1997): 33-38.
Dalin, David G. and Matthew Levering. “John Paul II and the Jewish People: A Jewish-Christian Dialogue.” Modern
Theology 25/3 (July 2009): 523-526.
David, Dalin. John Paul II and the Jewish People: A Christian-Jewish Dialogue. Rowman & Littlefield, November
2007.
Fisher, Eugene and Leon Klenicki (eds.). Pope John Paul II on Jews and Judaism: 1979-1986. U.S. Catholic
Conference, 1987.
George, Francis. Inculturation and Ecclesial Communion: Culture and Church in the Teachings of Pope John Paul II.
Rome: Urbaniana, 1990.
Hotchkin, John F. and John B. Sheerin (eds.). Addresses and Homilies on Ecumenism, 1978-1980. United States
Catholic Conference, 1981.
Hutter, Reinhard and Theodor Dieter (eds.). Ecumenical Ventures in Ethics: Protestants Engage Pope John Paul II's
Moral Encyclicals. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1998.
Karkkainen, Veli-Matti. "Pneumatology as a New Ecumenical 'Model'?" Ecumenical Trends 27 (Oct 1998): 10-16.
Klutz, Charles. "Full Communion -- Ecclesial Unity." Ecumenical Trends 27 (Feb 1998): 14-16.
Landau, Yehezekel and Michael McGarry. John Paul II in the Holy Land: Christian and Jewish Perspectives. New
York: Stimulus Books/Paulist Press, 2005.
Lee, Randy. "Judaism and John Paul II: Coming to Grip with What the Law Means in the Hands of God." Journal of
Catholic Legal Studies 45/2 (2006): 415-454.
Macaulay, Ranald. The Counter-Reformation of Pope John Paul II? Cambridge: Cambridge Papers, 2000.
Marini, Piero. "Ecumenical Celebrations in the Petrine Ministry of John Paul II." Studia Liturgica 38/1 (2008): 81-94.
Miller, J. Michael. "Pope John Paul's Agenda for Christian Unity." Homiletic & Pastoral Review (February 1997).
Modras, Ronald. "Pope John Paul II, St. Maximilian Kolbe, and Antisemitism: Some Current Problems and
Perceptions Affecting Catholic-Jewish Relations." Journal of Ecumenical Studies 20 (1983): 630-639.
Morrow, Carol Ann. "Celebrating Pope John Paul II's Legacy of Jewish-Catholic Dialogue." St. Anthony Messenger
113/2 (July 2005): 12-17.
Nilson, Jon. "John Paul II, Ecumenist." Commonweal 122/13 (7/14/95): 5-7.
Pitstick, Rodrik. The Christian Humanistic Approach to Religious Pluralism of John Paul II. (dissertation)
Polan, Gregory. "John Paul II: In the Footsteps of Saints Peter and Paul." The Bible Today 43/4 (2005): 210-215.
Radano, John. "Towards Rapprochement on the Doctrine of Justification: Pope John Paul II's
Contribution." Ecumenical Trends 27 (June 1998): 10-14.
Raymaker, John. Empowering the Lonely Crowd: Pope John Paul II, Lonergan, and Japanese Buddhism. University
Press of America, October 2003.
Roberson, Ronald. "The Pope Looks Toward Ukraine." America (May 14, 2001).
Sherwin, Byron L. and Harold Kasimow (eds.). John Paul II and Interreligious Dialogue [Faith Meets Faith Series].
Foreword by Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999.
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Harold Kasimow, "John Paul II and Interreligious Dialogue: An Overview"
In His Own Words -- John Paul II on Interreligious Dialogue, on Buddhism, on Islam, on Judaism
"Pope John Paul II and Christian-Buddhist Dialogue: His Holiness, the XIVth Dalai Lama" (an interview by
Wayne Teasdale)
Robert Aitken, "The Intrareligious Realization: Ruminations of an American Zen Buddhist"
Masao Abe, "On John Paul II's View of Buddhism"
Jose Ignacio Cabezon, "A Buddhist Response to John Paul II"
David M. Gordis, "John Paul II and the Jews"
Byron L. Sherwin, "John Paul II's Catholic Theology of Judaism"
Mahmoud Ayoub, "Pope John Paul II on Islam"
Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi, "John Paul II and Islam"
Michael L. Fitzgerald, "Pope John Paul II and Interreligious Dialogue: A Catholic Assessment"
Wiesel, Elie. "Pope John Paul II: Pointing the Way to Reconciliation." Time 163/17 (4/26/04): 68.
Whitehead, Kenneth. "The Ecumenism of John Paul II." Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly, 24/4 (Fall 2001):
5-16.
Wistrich, Robert S. "John Paul II on Jews and Judaism." Partisan Review 67/1 (2000): 100-111.
Yarnold, Edward. "Mutual Enrichment: John Paul II's Ecumenical Philosophy." OChr 32/3 (1996): 212-221.
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on Morality / Ethics
Barba, John A. Moral Agency in the Context of Social Sin: The Perspectives of the Latin American Bishops (CELAM)
and John Paul II. Doctoral dissertation, The Catholic University of America, 2011.
Cessario, Romanus. "Conditional Stewardship of Life: A Moral Principle of John Paul II." In Kevin McMahon
(ed.). Moral Issues in Catholic Health Care [Proceedings of a Symposium sponsored by the John Cardinal Krol Chair
of Moral Theology, April 19-21, 2002]. Wynnewood (PA): St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, 2004, pp. 120-138.
Conley, John J. and Joseph W. Koterski (eds.). Prophecy and Diplomacy: The Moral Doctrine of John Paul II. New
York: Fordam University Press, 1999.
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James Schall, "Person and Society: John Paul II on Substance and Relation"
Patrick Lynch, "Creation, Redemption, Solidarity: Pope John Paul II's Public Theology"
John Conley, "Anatomy of Conscience: A Reading of Veritatis Splendor"
Ronald Mercier, "Christological Bases for the Moral Life: Redemptor Hominis as a Key to Veritatis Splendor"
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Arthur Madigan, "Person, Community, Law, and Grace: Reflections on Part Three, Section One of the
Catechism of the Catholic Church"
John McDermott, "The Context of Veritatis Splendor"
Avery Dulles, "Faith and Culture in the Thought of John Paul II"
John Conley, "John Paul II on Demographic Ethics"
John Piderit, "Neoclassical Economics and the Economic Encyclicals of John Paul II"
Martin Moleski, "The Prophetic Mission of Marriage: John Paul II's Vision of Human Sexuality"
Robert Spitzer, "Covenant Love: Interpersonal Person, Family, & Work in the Social Theory of John Paul II"
John McDermott, "Letter to Women and Ordination Sacerdotalis"
Christopher Cullen, "Familiaris Consortio, Fifteen Years Since"
Arthur Madigan, "Some Observations on Evangelium Vitae"
Crosby, John. "Karol Wojtyla on the Objectivity and the Subjectivity of Moral Obligation." In Richard Francis and
Jane Francis (eds.). Christian Humanism: International Perspectives. New York: Peter Lang, 1995, pp. 27-36.
Curran, Charles. The Moral Theology of Pope John Paul II [Moral Traditions Series]. Washington, DC: Georgetown
University Press, 2005.
Curran, Charles and Richard McCormick (eds.). John Paul II and Moral Theology [Readings in Moral Theology, no.
10]. New York: Paulist Press, 1998.
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Richard McCormick, "Some Early Reactions to Veritatis Splendor"
Germain Grisez, "Revelation vs. Dissent"
Bernard Haring, "A Distrust That Wounds"
Joseph Fuchs, "Good Acts and Good Persons"
James Gaffney, "The Pope on Proportionalism"
Janet E. Smith, "Natural Law and Personalism in Veritatis Splendor"
Lisa Sowle Cahill, "Accent on the Masculine"
Leslie C. Griffin, "Evangelium Vitae: The Law of Abortion"
Marc Ouellet, "The Mystery of Easter and the Culture of Death"
Charles Curran, "Evangelium Vitae and Its Broader Context"
Richard Grecco, "Recent Ecclesiastical Teaching (on sexuality)"
Ronald Modras, "Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body"
Richard M. Hogan and John M. LeVoir, "The Family and Sexuality"
Michael D. Place, "Familiaris Consortio: A Review of Its Theology"
Pamela K. Brubaker, "Economic Justice for Whom? Women Enter the Dialogue"
Leonie Caldecott, "Since Gift: The Pope's 'New Feminism'"
Gregory Baum, "An Ethical Critique of Capitalism: Contributions of Modern Catholic Social Teaching"
Richard T. DeGeorge, "Decoding the Pope's Social Encyclicals"
Maria Riley, "Feminist Analysis: A Missing Perspective"
Donal Dorr, "Concern and Consolidation"
George Weigel, "The New 'New Things'"
J. Bryan Hehir, "Reordering the World"
Michael Novak, "Tested by Our Own Ideals"
Richard John Neuhaus, "An Argument about Human Nature"
David L. Schindler, "Neoconservatice Economics and the Church's 'Authentic Theology of Integral Human
Liberation'"
David Hollenbach, "Christian Social Ethics After the Cold War"
Dulles, Avery. "John Paul II and the Truth about Freedom." First Things 55 (August-September 1995): 36-41.
Hutter, Reinhard and Theodor Dieter (eds.). Ecumenical Ventures in Ethics: Protestants Engage Pope John Paul II's
Moral Encyclicals. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1998.
Kalscheur, Gregory. "John Paul II, John Courtney Murray, and the Relationship between Civil Law and Moral
Law." Journal of Catholic Social Thought 1:2 (Summer 2004): 231-276.
May, William E. "Curran's Attack on John Paul II Rebutted." Homiletic & Pastoral Review 106/6 (March 2006): 8-16
McMahon, Kevin (ed.). Catholic Moral Teaching in the Pontificate of John Paul II [Proceedings of an International
Symposium celebrating the 25th aniversary of John Paul II as Pope, October 4, 2003]. Wynnewood (PA): St.
Charles Borromeo Seminary, 2004.
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Cardinal George Pell, "Human Dignity, Human Rights and Moral Responsibility"
Archbishop Angelo Amato, "The Moral Imperatives of Living in Christ"
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, "Catholic Moral Teaching and the New Evangelization"
John Crosby, "On Proposing the Truth and Not Imposing It"
Robert George, "Catholic Social Thought at Home and Abroad"
Modras, Ronald. "The Moral Philosophy of Pope John Paul II." Theological Studies 41 (Dec 1980): 683-697.
Mullaney, Patrick. "John Paul II and America's Laws on Life." Human Life Review 31/3 (Summer 2005): 235-242.
Mulligan, Kenneth. "Pope John Paul II and Catholic Opinion Toward the Death Penalty and Abortion." Social Science
Quarterly 87/3 (Sept 2006): 739-753.
Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture
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2001 conference on "A Culture of Life" (link to selected papers)
2002 conference on "From Death to Life: Agendas for Reform" (link to selected papers)
Novak, Michael. "The Fall of the Progressive Church." National Review On-Line (May 2, 2002).
Ouellet, Marc. "The Mystery of Easter and the Culture of Death." Communio 23 (Spring 1996): 5-15.
Pham, Hung. John Paul II’s Concept of Solidarity with the Poor as a Eucharistic Dimension of the Christian Moral
Life. Doctoral dissertation, Catholic University of America, 2009.
Reimers, Adrian. Truth about the Good: Moral Norms in the Thought of John Paul II. Ave Maria, FL: Sapientia
Press, 2011.
Rhonheimer, Martin. “Natural Law and the Thomistic Roots of John Paul II’s Ethics of Human Life.” National Catholic
Bioethics Quarterly 9/3 (Autumn 2009): 517-539.
Rice, Charles. "Social Order and Objective Truth." The Wanderer (July 28, 1994).
Rico, Herminio. John Paul II and the Legacy of Dignitatis Humanae [Moral Traditions Series]. Washington, DC:
Georgetown University Press, 2002.
Schall, James (ed.). Sacred in All Its Forms. Daughters of St. Paul, 1984.
Spinello, Richard A. The Genius of John Paul II: The Great Pope’s Moral Wisdom. Lanham, MD: Sheed & Ward,
2007.
Spinello, Richard A. "Pope John Paul II on Conscience." Homiletic & Pastoral Review 109/11-12 (Aug-Sept 2009):
18-25.
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Diamond, Eugene. "John Paul II and Brain Death." National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 7/3 (2007): 491-497.
Fernandes, Ashley K. “Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and the Philosophical Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla.” Christian
Bioethics 7 (2001): 379-402.
Furton, Edward (ed.). Live the Truth: The Moral Legacy of John Paul II in Catholic Health Care. The National
Catholic Bioethics Center, 2009.
Gross, Christopher. “Karol Wojtyla on Sex Reassignment Surgery: An Application of His Philosophical Anthropology.”
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 9/4 (Winter 2009): 711-723.
Jeffreys, Derek S. "Euthanasia and John Paul II's 'Silent Language of Profound Sharing of Affection': Why Christians
Should Care about Peter Singer." Christian Bioethics 7/3 (Dec 2001): 359-379.
May, William E. "Pope John Paul II and Bioethics: Bodily Life as Integral to the Human Person."
McCartney, James. Unborn Persons: Pope John Paul II and the Abortion Debate [American University Studies, VII:
Theology and Religion, vol. 21]. New York: Peter Lang, 1987.
Mindling, J. Daniel. "Pope John Paul II: Dying with Dignity." USCCB.
Ruffini, Felici. "The Healthcare Ministry and the Priesthood of John Paul II." Dolentium Hominum - Church and
Health in the World [Journal of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers], n. 20 - 1992
(n. 2), pp. 73ss.
Shannon, Thomas. "Nutrition and Hydration: An Analysis of the Recent Papal Statement in the Light of the Roman
Catholic Bioethical Tradition." Christian Bioethics 12/1 (2006): 29-41.
Shannon, Thomas and James J. Walter. "Assisted Nutrition and Hydration and the Catholic Tradition." Theological
Studies 66/3 (2005): 651-662.
Paris, John J., James F. Keenan, and Kenneth R. Himes. "Quaestio Disputata: Did John Paul II's Allocution on LifeSustaining Treatments Revise Tradition?" Theological Studies 67/1 (March 2006): 163-168.
Ruffini, Felici. "The Healthcare Ministry and the Priesthood of John Paul II." Dolentium Hominum - Church and
Health in the World [Journal of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers], n. 20 - 1992
(n. 2), pp. 73ss.
Shannon, Thomas and James J. Walter. "Reply to Professors Paris, Keenan, and Himes." Theological Studies 67/1
(March 2006): 169-174.
Tollefson, Christopher (ed.) John Paul II's Contribution to Catholic Bioethics [Catholic Studies in Bioethics,
84]. Springer, 2004.
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C. Tollefson, "John Paul II's Contribution to Catholic Bioethics"
J. Gormally, "Pope John Paul II's Teaching on Human Dignity and Its Implications for Bioethics"
W.E. May, "John Paul II's Encyclical Veritatis Splendor and Bioethics"
G.T. Colvert, "Liberty and Responsibility: John Paul II, Ethics, and the Law"
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M.J. Cherry, "Bioethics in the Ruins of Christendom: Why John Paul II's Diagnosis Requires a More Radical
Cure Than May and Culvert Provide"
L. Garcia, "Protecting Persons"
P. Lee, "The Human Body and Sexuality in the Teaching of Pope John Paul II"
M. Murray, "Protestands, Natural Law, and Reproductive Ethics"
Lustig, "John Paul II on the Good of Life"
J.F. Crosby, "Karol Wojtyla on Treating Patients as Persons"
J.J. Schuman, "John Paul II and the Goods of the Body (of Christ)"
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on Peace / War
Christiansen, Drew. "Hawks, Doves, and John Paul II." America 1887/4 (August 12, 2002).
Christiansen, Drew. "Peacemaking and the Use of Force: Behind the Pope's Stringent Just-War Teaching." America
180 (May 15, 1999): 13-18.
Czemarnik, Adam. "A Marxist's View on the Philosophy of Peace Advanced by John Paul II." Dialectics and
Humanism 14/1 (1987): 209-217.
Juros, Helmut. "Truth and Peace in the Ethics of John Paul II." Dialectics and Humanism 13 (1986): 41-47.
O'Connor, Bernard. Papal Diplomacy: John Paul II and the Culture of Peace. St. Augustine's Press, 2004.
Portier, William. "Are We Really Serious When We Ask God to Deliver Us from War? The Catechism and the
Challenge of Pope John Paul II." Communio 23 (Spring 1996): 47-63.
Rajecki, Robert. "Towards a Theology of Peace: The Peace Doctrine of John Paul II." Dialectics and Humanism 14/1
(1987): 201-208.
Simpson, Peter. “Transcending Justice: Pope John Paul II and Just War.” Journal of Religious Ethics 39/2 (June
2011): 286-298.
Stachowski, Zbigniew. "Pope John Paul II's Conception of Peace." Dialectics and Humanism 9 (1982): 97-116.
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on Politics / Law
Arroyo, Antonio (ed.). Papal Overtures in a Cuban Key: The Pope's Visit and Civic Space for Cuban Religion [The
Hispanic Theological Initiative Series, vol. 2]. University of Scranton Press, 2004.
Austin, Victor Lee. "Changing Views on the Relation of Christ and the State: Vatican II and John Paul II." In
Vatican II: Forty Years Later (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2006), pp. 208-223.
Barrett, Edward. Persons and Liberal Democracy: The Ethical and Political Thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul
II. Lexington Books, 2010.
Benestad, J. Brian. "The Political Vision of John Paul II: Justice through Faith and Culture." Communio 8 (Spring
1981): 3-19.
Bethell, Tom. "Laissez Faire Pope." American Spectator 37/4 (May 2004): 42-43.
Carney, John. “John Paul II: On the Solidarity of Praxis in His Political Philosophy.” In Karol Wojtyla’s Philosophical
Legacy [Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change, Series I: Culture and Values, volume 35]. Nancy Mardas
Billias, Agnes B. Curry and George F. McLean (eds.). Washington, DC: The Council for Research in Values and
Philosophy, 2008, pp. 183-198.
Catholic Church Staff. The United Nations: A Family of Nations? A Seminar on the Address of His Holiness Pope
John Paul II to the United Nations Organization. Path to Peace Foundation, 1996.
Colombo. John Paul II and World Politics: 20 Years of a Search for a New Approach, 1978-1998. Peeters, 1999.
Coverdale, John F. "The Legacy of John Paul II to Lawyers." Seton Hall Law Review 36/1 (2005).
Dennehy, Raymond. "Liberal Democracy as a Culture of Death: Why John Paul II Was Right." Telos 134 (Spring
2006): 31-63.
Echeverria, Eduardo and DonnaRose Echeverria. "John Paul II and America's New Birth of Freedom." Josephinum
Journal of Theology 6:1 (1999): 60-74.
Essig, Andrew. "Pope John Paul II and the New International Order." Catholic Social Science Review 11 (Oct 2006):
171-182.
Farr, Thomas F. "Religious Freedom, John Paul the Great, and American National Interests." presentation at John
Paul II Forum, University of St. Thomas (TX), 11 November 2010.
Formicola, Jo Renee. "The Political Legacy of Pope John Paul II." Journal of Church and State 47/2 (Spring 2005):
235-242.
Formicola, Jo Renee. Pope John Paul II: Prophetic Politician. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2002.
Gillis, Chester (ed.). The Political Papacy: John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Their Influence. Paradigm Press, 2006.
Harris, John. "John Paul II Challenge to Democracy." Irish Theological Quarterly 71/3-4 (2006): 223-241.
Hittinger, Russell. "The Pope and the Liberal State." First Things 28 (December 1992) 33-41.
Holloway, Carson. The Way of Life: John Paul II and the Challenge of Liberal Modernity. Baylor University Press.
Hughes, John Jay. "John Paul II and the Legacy of Dignitatis Humanae. " America 187/16 (11/18/02): 22-24.
Jeffreys, Derek S. Defending Human Dignity: John Paul II and Political Realism. Brazos Press, July 2004.
Klocek, David M. The State in the Thought of Pope John Paul II (disseration).
Krolikowski, Januz. " 'My Homeland and My Nation': The Theology of the Nation in the Teaching of John Paul II
During His First Visit in Poland (June 2-10, 1979," Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 1:2 (1997).
Krys, Roman. "Collective Political Human Rights According to Pope John Paul II." Revue Belge de Droit International
1 (1981).
Krys, Roman. "Individual Human Rights According to Pope John Paul II." Revue de Droit International de Sciences
Diplomatiques et Politiques 3 (1984).
Linker, Damon. "John Paul II, Intellectual." Policy Review #103 (2000).
Lori, William. “John Paul II: Champion of Religious Freedom.” Origins 41/1 (5/12/11): 8-12.
Martin, Malachi. Keys of This Blood: Pope John Paul II versus Russian and the West for Control of the New World
Order. Touchstone Books, 1991.
Miller, Kevin E. Mercy, Justice and Politics: John Paul II on Capital Punishment. Doctoral dissertation, Marquette
University, 2009.
Notre Dame Law School. "Symposium on John Paul II and the Law." Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public
Policy 21/1 (2007).
Perez, Celestino. Jürgen Habermas and Pope John Paul II on Faith, Reason, and Politics in the Modern World.
Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University, May 2008.
Sacco, Colombo. John Paul II and World Politics: The Search for a New Approach [Canon Law Monograph Series, 2].
Leuven: Peeters, 1998.
Schall, James V. The Church, the State and Society in the Thought of John Paul II. Franciscan Press, 1982.
Simpson, Peter. “Transcending Justice: Pope John Paul II and Just War.” Journal of Religious Ethics 39/2 (June
2011): 286-298.
Sisk, Gregory. "John Paul II: The Quintessential Religious Witness in the Public Square." Journal of Catholic Legal
Studies 45/2 (2006): 241-275.
Stevens-Arroyo, Anthony M. (ed.). Papal Overtures in a Cuban Key: The Pope's Visit and Civic Space for Bucan
Religion [Hispanic Theological Initiative Series, vol. II]. Scranton, PA: University of Scranton Press, 2001.
"Symposium - The Jurisprudential Legacy of John Paul II." Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 45/2 (2006)
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Susan Stabile, "Introduction" (221-224)
Donald Harrington, "Opening Address" (225-228)
John Allen, "Keynote Address" (229-240)
Gregory Sisk, "John Paul II: The Quintessential Religious Witness in the Public Square" (241-276)
Joseph Koterski, " Use of Philosophical Principles in Catholic Social Thought: Gaudium et Spes" (277-292)
Robert Araujo, "John Paul II and the Rule of Law: Bringing Order to International Disorder" (293-320)
Gerald Twomey, "Pope John Paul II and the 'Preferential Option for the Poor'" (321-368)
Elizabeth Schiltz, "West, MacIntyre, and Wojtyla: Pope John Paul II's Contribution to the Development of a
Dependency-Based Theory of Justice" (369-414)
Randy Lee, "Judaism & John Paul II: Coming to Grips with What Law Means in the Hands of God" (415-454)
Samuel Levine, "Looking Beyond the Mercy/Justice Dichotomy: Reflections on the Complementary Roles of
Mercy and Justice in Jewish Law and Tradition" (455-472)
John Coverdale, " John Paul II's Concept of Business" (473-522)
Alison McMorran Sulentic, " John Paul II, Systems Analysis, and the ERISA Fiduciary" (523-560)
Saby Ghoshray, "Tracing the Moral Contours of the Evolving Standards of Decency: The Supreme Court's
Capital Jurisprudence Post-Roper" (561-630)
Michael Scaperlanda, "Rehabilitating the 'Mystery Passage': An Examination of the Supreme Court's
Anthropology Using the Personalistic Norm Explicit in the Philosophy of Karol Wojtyla" (631-648)
Graham McAleer, "Wrongful Life Tort and John Paul II" (649-)
Szulc, Tad. "John Paul II and Cuba." America (11 December 1999).
Therrien, Michel. "John Paul II's Use of the Term 'Neo-Liberalism' in Ecclesia in America." Josephinum Journal of
Theology 8:2 (2001): 130-142.
Weigel, George. "And the Wall Came Tumbling Down: Pope John Paul II and the Collapse of Communism." (lecture
at Grove City College)
Weigel, George. "Catholicism and Democracy in the Age of John Paul II." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and
Culture 4/3 (Summer 2001): 36-64.
Weigel, George. "Pope John Paul II and the Dynamics of History." 2000 Templeton Lecture on Religion and World
Affairs. Review of Faith & International Affairs 7/2 (2009): 27-30.
Weigel, George. "The Pope in America." Crisis (March 1996).
Weigel, George. "The President (Reagan) and the Pope." National Review 56/12 (6/28/2004): 23-24.
Willey, David. God's Politician: Pope John Paul II, the Catholic Church, and the New World Order. New York: St.
Martin's Press, 1992.
Williams, George H. "John Paul II's Concepts of Church, State, and Society." Journal of Church and State 24
(1982): 463-496.
Williams, George H. "Karol Wojtyla and Marxism." In Pedro Ramet (ed.). Catholicism and Politics in Communist
Societies. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1990, pp. 356-381.
Williams, George H. The Contours of Church and State in the Thought of John Paul II. Baylor University Press, 1983.
Williams, Thomas D. “ ‘Rights Talk’ – Right or Wrong? Aquinas, Wojtyla and Love.” Sacerdos 11/54 (Nov-Dec
2004): 18-25.
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on Economics and Social Teaching
Austin, Victor L. A Christological Social Vision: The Uses of Christ in the Social Encyclicals of John Paul
II. (dissertation)
Barrows, Stephen. “Labor Economics and the Development of Papal Social Encyclicals.” Journal of Markets and
Morality 14/1 (Spring 2011): 7-22.
Baum, Gregory. "The Impact of John Paul's Social Teaching." Ecumenism 79 (September 1985): 23-24.
Baum, Gregory. "The Impact of Marxism on the Thought of John Paul II." Thought 62 (1987): 26-38.
Beigel, Gerard. Faith and Social Justice in the Teaching of Pope John Paul II [American University Studies, VII:
Theology and Religion, vol. 191]. New York: Peter Lang, 1997.
Berbusse, Edward J. “John Paul II and Theology of Liberation.” Faith & Reason 32/3-4 (2010): 242-262.
Biffi, Franco. The Social Gospel of Pope John Paul II: A Guide to the Encyclicals on Human Work and the Authentic
Development of Peoples. Rome: Pontifical Lateran University, 1989.
Britto, Richard. “Common Good: A Moral Category in the Social Thought of John Paul II.” Journal of Dharma 35/4
(2010): 405-420.
Christiansen, Drew. "Social Justice and Consumerism in the Thought of John Paul II." Social Thought 13 (1987):
60-73.
Curran, Charles. "The Pope's Passions." Christian Century 120/23 (11/15/03): 28-32.
Davis, Kari-Shane. The Role of Human Creativity in the Theological Anthropology of Centesimus Annus and Its
Implications for Christian Economic Practices. Doctoral dissertation, Marquette University, 2007.
DeGeorge, Richard. "Decoding the Pope's Social Encyclicals." In Oliver Williams and John Houck (eds.). The Making
of an Economic Vision. Washington, DC: University Press of America, 1991, pp. 24-43.
de Souza, Raymond J. "Economics and Theology: A Wondrous Exchange." Religion & Liberty 11/3 (2001)
de Souza, Raymond J. "John Paul II and the Problem of Consumerism." Religion & Liberty 9/5 (1999): 8-10.
Donahue, James. "The Social Theology of John Paul II and His Understanding of Social Institutions." Social Thought
13 (1987): 20-34.
Doran, Kevin. Solidarity: A Synthesis of Personalism and Communalism in the Thought of KarolWojtyla/Pope John
Paul II [American University Studies, VII]. New York: Peter Lang, 1996.
Finn, Daniel Rush. "The Economic Personalism of John Paul II: Neither Right nor Left." Markets and Morality, 2/1
(1999): 74-87.
Finn, Daniel. "John Paul II and the Moral Ecology of Markets." Theological Studies 59/4 (Dec 1998): 662-680.
Ginsburg, Helen. "Teachings of John Paul II on Work and the Rights of Workers." Social Thought 13 (1987): 46-59.
Gregg, Samuel. Challenging the Modern World: Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II and the Development of Catholic Social
Teaching. Lexington Books, 1999.
reviewed by Gregory Beabout in Markets & Morality 4/2 (Fall 2001)
reviewed by Richard Bayer in Religion & Liberty 11/3 (2001)
Grondelski, John. "The Social Thought of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II: A Bibliographical Essay." Social Thought
13 (1987): 151-167.
Johnson, Elizabeth. "Christology and Social Justice: John Paul II and the American Bishops." Chicago Studies 26
(August 1987): 155-165.
Kirwan, Christopher J. The Role of the Person in Society: A Critical Analysis of the Philosophical Vision of Charles
Taylor as One Approach to the Application of Catholic Social Teaching as Outlined in the Encyclicals Laborem
exercens, Sollicitudo rei socialis, and Centesimus annus of Pope John Paul II. Rome: Pontificia Universitas
Lateranensis, 2001.
Langan, John. "Order and Justice under John Paul II." Christian Century 97 (April 1980): 493-498.
Langan, John. "Personal Responsibility and the Common Good in John Paul II." In Josep Runzo (ed.). Ethics,
Religion and the Good Society: New Directions in a Pluralistic World. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press,
1992, pp. 132-147.
Letson, Douglas. "The Fruit of Solidarity: The Social Justice Teachings of Pope John Paul II." Conrad Grebel Review
7 (Winter 1989): 25-39.
Maloney, Megan. Acting (Economic) Persons: Adam Smith and Karol Wojytla/John Paul II as Sources for Economic
Personalism. Doctoral dissertation, Marquette University, 2004.
Matheny, Ken. “The Disappearance of Labor Unions and the Social Encyclicals of Popes John Paul II and Benedict
XVI.” Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 23/1 (2014): 1-36.
McGovern, Arthur. "Marxism, Liberation Theology, and John Paul II." Logos: Philosophic Issues in Christian
Perspective 5 (1984): 5-24.
Merkle, Judith. "Social Teaching of John Paul II." In From the Heart of the Church: The Catholic Social
Tradition. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2004, pp. 209-238.
Migliore, Celistino. "Twenty-Five Years of Pope John Paul II's Pontificate and Globalization." Journal of Catholic
Social Thought 2:1 (Winter 2005): 11-22.
Modras, Ronald. "Karl Rahner and John Paul II: Anthropological Implications for Economics and the Social
Order." In Joseph Gower (ed.). Religion and Economic Ethics. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1990, pp.
123-150.
Mott, W. King. The Third Way: Economic Justice According to John Paul II. Lanham, MD: University Press of America,
1998.
Murphy, Julie. "'Marxism, Liberation Theology, and John Paul II': A Critical Assessment." Logos: Philosophic Issues
in Christian Perspective 5 (1984): 25-28.
National Review. "The Pope, Liberty, and Capitalism." Special supplement, vol. 43, no. 11 (June 24, 1991).
Neuhaus, Richard J. "The Liberalism of John Paul II." First Things 73 (May 1997):16-21.
Neuhaus, Richard John. "The Very Liberal John Paul II." National Review 49/15 (8/11/97): 32-35.
Njoku, Uzochukwu Jude. "Re-Thinking Solidarity as a Principle of Catholic Social Teaching: Going Beyond Gaudium
et Spes and the Social Encyclicals of John Paul II." Political Theology 9:4 (October 2008): 525-544.
Novak, Michael. "The Social Thought of Pope John Paul II." Chicago Studies 39/2 (Summer 2000): 144-161.
O’Boyle, Edward. “Blessed John Paul II on Social Mortgage: Origins, Questions, and Norms.” Logos 17/2 (2014):
118-135.
Pattee, Daniel J. Bonaventure, John Paul II, and a Humane Economy (dissertation)
Pontifical Commission on Justice and Peace. The Social Teaching of John Paul II. 1979.
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Roger Heckel, "General Aspects of the Social Catechesis of John Paul II
Roger Heckel, "The Human Person and Social Structures"
Roger Heckel, "Religious Freedom"
Roger Heckel, "The Theme of Liberation"
Romano Rossi, "Human Labor"
William Murphy, "The Person, the Nation, and the State"
Giorgio Filibeck, "Human Rights"
Roger Heckel, "Basis for Motivations and Ways of the Church's Intervention on Social-Political Issues"
Quade, Quentin (ed.). The Pope and Revolution: John Paul II Confronts Liberation Theology. Washington, DC: Ethics
and Public Policy Center, 1982.
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Richard John Neuhaus, "Forward"
Gustavo Gutierrez, "Liberation, Theology, and Proclamation"
Dale Vree, " 'Christian Marxists': A Critique"
John Paul II, "Opening Address at Puebla"
Michael Novak, "Liberation Theology and the Pope"
James Schall, SJ, "The American Press Views Puebla"
John Paul II, "Address in Zaire and Brazil"
Appendix - from the Medellin Statement, Latin American Bishops, 1968
Appendix - from the Puebla Statement, Latin American Bishops, 1979
Ryle, Edward. "Option for the Poor in Catholic Charities Policy and the Social Teaching of Pope John Paul II." Social
Thought 13 (1987): 139-150.
Savage, Deborah. The Subjective Dimension of Human Work: The Conversion of the Acting Person According to
Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II and Bernard Lonergan. Doctoral dissertation, Marquette University, January 2005.
Schall, James. "Liberation in John Paul II." In his Liberation Theology in Latin America. San Francisco: Ignatius
Press, 1982, pp. 104-121.
Sirico, Robert. "The Pope and the Free Society." John Paul II Forum, University of St. Thomas (TX), 12 February
2009.
Turner, Frank. "John Paul II's Social Analysis." Month 24 (August 1991): 344-349.
Waldstein, Michael. "The Common Good in St. Thomas and John Paul II." Nova et Vetera 3 (2005): 569-578.
Weigel, George. "The Church's Social Doctrine in the Twenty-First Century." LOGOS: A Journal of Catholic Thought
and Culture 6/2 (Spring 2003): 15-37.
Weigel, George (ed.). A New Worldly Order: John Paul II and Human Freedom. Washington, DC: Ethics and Public
Policy Center, 1992.
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Peter Berger, "No 'Third Way'"
Rocco Buttiglione, "The Free Economy and the Free Man"
Kenneth Craycraft, "'Having' and 'Being': John Paul II as Pastor"
Milton Friedman, "Goods in Conflict?"
Mary Ann Glendon, "A Challenge to the Human Sciences"
J. Bryan Hehir, "Reordering the World"
George Higgins, "A Tribute to the Polish Workers"
Michael Joyce, "The Voluntary Society and the Moral Order"
Richard Land, "Good News, Better News, Best News"
Shirley Letwin, "An Encyclical in Conflict with Itself?"
William McGurn, "A Challenge to the American Catholic Establishment"
Kenneth Minogue, "Moral Managerialism"
Richard John Neuhaus, "An Argument about Human Nature"
Jacob Neusner, "The Meaning of 'In God's Image'"
Gerhard Niemeyer, "The Poverty of the West"
Michael Novak, "Tested by Our Own Ideals"
James Schall, "Newness That Is Not New"
Herbert Schlossberg, "A Message Obscured by Static?"
Robert Sirico, "Away from the Zero-Sum Vie"
Max Stackhouse, "An 'Evangelical' Impetus, a 'Catholic' Vision"
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Josef Tischner, "A View from the Ruins"
Robert Royal, "The Important of What's Absent"
Weigel, George. "The Virtues of Freedom." In George Weigel and Robert Royal (eds.). Building the Free Society:
Democracy, Capitalism, and Catholic Social Teaching. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1993, pp. 207-224.
Whitmore, Todd D. "John Paul II, Michael Novak, and the Differences Between Them." Annual of the Society of
Christian Ethics 21 (2001): 215-232.
Williams, Oliver and John Houck. The Making of an Economic Vision: John Paul II's on Social Concern. Lanham, MD:
University Press of America, 1991.
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Richard DeGeorge, "Decoding the Pope's Social Encyclicals" (24-43)
J. Philip Wogaman, "The Economic Encyclicals of Pope John Paul II: Theological & Economic Perspectives"
(44-46)
J. Bryan Hehir, "John Paul II and the International System" (67-73)
Michael Novak, "Countering the Adversary Culture" (99-120)
Robert Benne, "John Paul II's Challenge to Democratic Capitalism or Be Still and Know That I Am the Pope"
(121-138)
Dennis McCann, "The Unconstrained Vision of John Paul II or How to Resist the Temptation of an Economic
Counterculture" (139-162)
Ricardo Ramirez, "The Catholic Challenge to the United States Culture: The Social Teachings of John Paul II"
(163-175)
Preston Williams, "African-American Perspectives on the Social Teachings of John Paul II" (176-185)
Ernest Bartell, "John Paul II and International Development" (217-239)
James Post, "Managerial Responsibility and Socioeconomic Systems: Assessing the Papal Encyclicals" (312331)
Teresa Ghilarducci, "John Paul II and American Workers in the Emerging Fourth World" (361-376)
Williams, Paul (ed.). Catholic Social Thought and the Teaching of John Paul II. Scranton, PA: Northeast Books,
1982.
Zanotti, Gabriel. "Economy and Culture in the Thought of John Paul II." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and
Culture 1:2 (Summer 1997).
Zieba, Maciej. "The Liberalism That We Need." First Things 40 (February 1994): 23-27.
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on Ecology
Lorbiecki, Marybeth. Following St. Francis: John Paul II’s Call for Ecological Action. Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2014.
Nesbitt, Richard. The Contribution of Pope John Paul II to the Development of an “Ecological Awareness” within the
Catholic Church. Doctoral dissertation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2008.
Novak, Michael. "'Creation Theology'--John Paul II and the American Experience." This World 3 (Fall 1982) 71-88.
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on Marriage & the Family
Chorpenning, Joseph. "The Holy Family as Icon and Model of the Civilization of Love: John Paul II's Letter to
Families." Communio 22 (Spring 1995): 77-98.
Chorpenning, Joseph. "John Paul II's Theology of the Mystery of the Holy Family." Communio 28/1 (Spring 2001):
140-166.
Crosby, John. "John Paul II on the Complementarity of Man and Woman." In The Church, Marriage, and the Family
(South Bend, IN: St. Augustine's Press, 2007), pp. 41-52.
Cusick, Kevin. "Responsible Parenthood and John Paul II." Homiletic & Pastoral Review 104/10 (July 2004): 49-58.
Delaney, David H. “The Nuptial Mystery, the Sacrament of Marriage and John Paul II’s Man and Woman He Created
Them.” Antiphon 18/1 (2014): 69-105.
Hogan, Richard M. and John M. LeVoir. Covenant of Love: Pope John Paul II on Sexuality, Marriage, and Family in
the Modern World. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1986.
Langan, Janine. "John Paul II's Letter to Families: Dead letter or good news?" Communio 22:1 (Spring 1995): 6576.
Lipien, Ted. Pope John Paul II's Views on Women, Marriage, and Family. Hippocrene Books, July 2007.
Looney, Thomas P. "John Paul II: Defender and Theologian of the Bond." Homiletic & Pastoral Review 104/10 (July
2004): 8-17.
Oakar, Mary Rose. "John Paul II and Family Policy." Social Thought 13 (1987): 133-138.
May, William E. "The Mission of Fatherhood: 'To Reveal and Relive on Earth the Very Fatherhood of God' (cf.
Familiaris Consortio, 25)." Josephinum Journal of Theology 9/1 (2002): 42-55.
May, William E. "The Sanctity of Human Life, Marriage, and the Family in the Thought of Pope John Paul II," Annales
Theologici: Rivista di Teologia del Centro Accademico Romano della Santa Croce 2.1 (1988) 83-98.
Moore, Brian. John Paul II on the Family. Melbourne: ACTS Publications, 1982.
Saxton, Stanley L., et al. The Changing Family: Views from Theology and the Social Sciences in the Light of the
Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1984.
Schindler, David. "John Paul II and the 'Nuptial Attribute' of the Body: The Family and the Future of Humanity." In
The Church, Marriage, and the Family (Notre Dame, IN: St. Augustine's Press, 2007), pp. 363-377.
Schu, Walter. Marriage and the Family: The Prophetic Vision of Pope John Paul II. NY: Crossroad/Herder & Herder,
2002.
Shivanandan, Mary. Crossing the Threshold of Love: A New Vision of Marriage in the Light of John Paul II's
Anthropology. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1999.
Smith, Janet. "Conscious Parenthood." Nova et Vetera 6/4 (2008): 927-950.
Wilk, Rafał Mazimierz. “Personalistic and Utilitarian View of Marriage according to Early Wojtyla.” Forum
Philosophicum: International Journal for Philosophy. 14/1 (Spring 2009): 145-158.
Wrenn, Michael J. (ed.). Pope John Paul II and the Family. Franciscan Press, 1982.
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on Science & Religion
Brumley, Mark. "Evolution and the Pope." Catholic Dossier (Jan-Feb 1997).
Buckley, Michael J. "Religion and Science: Paul Davies and John Paul II." Theological Studies 51 (1990): 310-324.
Coyne, George, Robert J. Russell, and William Stoeger (eds.). John Paul II on Science and Religion: Reflections on
the New View from Rome. Rome: Vatican Observatory Publications, 1990.
Dent, Ancilla (ed.). Ecology and Faith: The Writings of Pope John Paul II. Arthur James, 1997.
Devine, Donald. "Pope John Paul II Did Not Sell Out on Evolution." Human Events 52/47 (12/13/96): 19.
Russell, Robert and William Stoeger (eds.). John Paul II on Science and Religion: Reflections on the New View from
Rome. Vatican Observatory/University of Notre Dame Press, 1990.
Sherwin, Michael. "Reconciling Old Lovers: John Paul on Science and Faith." Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 17/12 (2005): 173-183.
Zycinski, Jozef M. "Evolution and Christian Thought in Dialog according to the Teaching of John Paul II." Logos: A
Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 9/1 (Winter 206): 13-27.
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on Education
Beckwith, Francis. “Faith, Reason, and the Christian University: What Pope John Paul II Can Teach Christian
Academics.” Logos 12/3 (Summer 2009): 53-67.
Burke, Raymond. “Some Fundamental Aspects of Catholic Higher Education in the Magisterium of the Venerable
Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.” Thomist 74/4 (October 2010): 499-513.
Byrnes, James T. John Paul II and Educating for Life: Moving Toward a Renewal of Catholic Educational
Philosophy. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2002.
Byrnes, James T. Towards a Catholic Philosophy of Education: The Personalism of Karol Wojtyla and the Education
of the Human Person. Doctoral dissertation, Fordham University, 2000.
Collins, Peter M. “Philosophy in Blessed John Paul II’s Catholic University: An Antidote to Relativistic Secularism.”
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 16/3 (Summer 2013): 114-125.
Dailey, Thomas. "Toward a Culture of Truth: Higher Education and the Thought of Pope John Paul II." Logos: A
Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 3:2 (Spring 2000): 145-164.
Laghi, Pio Cardinal. "The Impact of Veritatis Splendor on Catholic Education at the University and Secondary Levels."
The Thomist 60 (1996): 1-18.
Peters, Danielle. Behold, Your Educator! Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2008.
Portier, William. "Reason's 'Rightful Autonomy' in Fides et Ratio and the Continuous Renewal of Catholic Higher
Education in the United States." Communio 26/3 (Fall 1999): 541-556.
Varacalli, Joseph. "Secular Sociology's War Against Familiaris Consortio and the Traditional Family: Whither Catholic
Higher Education and Catholic Sociology," The Church and the Universal Catechism [Proceedings from the 15th
Convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars]. Edited by Anthony Mastroeni. Steubenville, Ohio: Franciscan
University Press, 1992, pp. 161-186.
Zielinski, Martin. "Pope John Paul II and Seminary Education." Seminary Journal 11/2 (Fall 2005): 14-16.
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on Suffering
Colosi, Peter. "John Paul II and Max Scheler on the Meaning of Suffering." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought &
Culture, 12/3 (Summer 2009): 17-32.
Crosby, John F. "The Teaching of John Paul II on the Christian Meaning of Suffering." Christian Bioethics 2/2
(1996): 154-171.
Echeverria, Eduardo. "The Gospel of Redemptive Suffering: Reflections on John Paul II's Salvifici Doloris," in
Christian Faith and the Problem of Evil. Edited by Peter van Inwagen. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans,
2004, pp. 111-147.
Gregerman, Adam. “Interpreting the Pain of Others: John Paul II and Benedict XVI on Jewish Suffering in the
Shoah.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 48/4 (Fall 2013): 443-466.
Harman, Peter. Towards a Theology of Suffering: The Contribution of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II. Doctoral
dissertation, The Catholic University of America, 11 November 2009.
Keeley, Paul W. “Seven Last Medical Bulletins: The Public Death of a Pontiff.” Mortality 13/3 (Aug 2008): 241-257.
Kitchell, Jean-Clare. "The Value of Human Suffering: Pope John Paul II and Karol Wojtyla." Proceedings of the
American Catholic Philosophical Association 60 (1986): 185-193.
Makhalemele, Nicodemus T. “The Church and Sickiness: Reflections on the Messages of Pope John Paul II for the
World Day of the Sick.” Chicago Studies 48/2 (Summer 2009): 194-206.
Reimers, Adrian. "Human Suffering and John Paul II's Theology of the Body." Notre Dame Center for Ethics &
Culture, 2003 conference. Nova et Vetera 2 (2004):
Tranzilllo, Jeffrey. John Paul on the Vulnerable. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2013.
Vaghi, Peter. "Challenge and Opportunity: John Paul II on the Gift of Christian Suffering." America 193/13 (31 Oct
2005): 19-21.
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on the Documents of John Paul II
(as a supplement to the bibliography in J. MICHAEL MILLER, CSB.
The Encyclicals of John Paul II. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 1996)
Schreck, Alan. The Legacy of John Paul II: The Central Teaching of His 14 Encyclical Letters. Emmaus Road
Publishing, 2012.
Spinello, Richard A. The Encyclicals of John Paul II: An Introduction and Commentary. Rowman & Littlefield, 2012.
Centesimus Annus (see, also, Miller, pp. 583-585)
click here for the text of the encyclical
Beabout, Gregory. "Centesimus Annus Turns Ten." Religion & Liberty 11/3 (2001).
Bowe, Paul, O.P. "Centesimus Annus." Doctrine and Life 41 (July-August 1991) 312-18, 324-31.
The Business Community Responds to Centesimus Annus. Washington, DC: Woodstock Theological Center, 1992.
Buttiglione, Rocco. "Behind Centesimus Annus." Religion & Liberty 1/4 (1991).
Buttiglione, Rocco. The Moral Mandate for Freedom: Reflections on Centesimus Annus. Grand Rapids: Acton
Institute, 1997.
Davis, Kari-Shane. The Role of Human Creativity in the Theological Anthropology of Centesimus Annus and Its
Implications for Christian Economic Practices. Doctoral dissertation, Marquette University, 2007.
Dulles, Avery. "Centesimus Annus and the Renewal of Culture." Markets and Morality, 2/1 (1999): 1-7.
Fedoryka, Damian. “The ‘Third Way’ of Centesimus Annus: Is It Elusive or Merely an Illusion?” Faith and Reason
(Winter 1991).
Habiger, Matthew, O.S.B. "Reflections on Centesimus Annus." Social Justice Review 82 (September-October 1991)
139-42.
Hall, David L. and Roger T. Ames. "Culture and the Limits of Catholicism: A Chinese Response to Centesimus
Annus." Journal of Business Ethics 12/12 (1993): 955-963.
Finn, Daniel. "Commentary on Centesimus annus" in Kenneth Himes (ed.), Modern Catholic Social
Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005, pp. 436-468.
Hittinger, Russell. "Centesimus Annus Ten Years Later: John Paul II on the Munus Regale." John Paul II Forum,
University of St. Thomas (TX).
Hittinger, Russell. "The Problem of the State in Centesimus Annus." Fordham International Law Journal 15 (August
1992) 952-96.
Loades, Ann L., ed. "On Centesimus Annus." Theology 95 (November-December 1992) 405-32.
Luckey, William. "Centesimus Annus: A Perspective." Faith & Reason (Winter 1991).
Marti, Thomas J. "Centesimus Annus: Challenge to Social Action." Tripod 65 (1991) 14-27.
McCormick, Patrick T. "Centesimus Annus." Judith A. Dwyer, ed., The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought,
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1994, pp. 132-43.
Mejia, Jorge Maria. "Centesimus Annus: An Answer to the Unknowns and Questions of our Times." The Ecumenical
Review 43 (1991): 401-410.
Northcott, Michael S. "Preston and Hauerwas on Centesimus Annus: Reflections on the Incommensurability of the
Liberal and Post-Liberal Mind." Theology 96 (January-February 1993) 27-35.
Pham, John-Peter (ed.). Centesimus Annus: Assessment and Perspectives for the Future of Catholic Social Doctrine
[Proceedings of the International Congress on the Fifth Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Encyclical Letter].
Rome: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1998.
Reed, Larry. "Profits and Morals: A Non-Catholic Assessment of Centesimus Annus." Religion & Liberty 1/3 (1991).
Roos, Lothar. "The Message of Centesimus Annus." Tripod 65 (1991) 4-13.
Sarah, Robert. Culture, Democracy, and Development in the Light of Centesimus annus. Nairobi: Paulines
Publications Africa, 2000.
Schall, James. "The Call Contained in the Being of Things: The Import of John Paul II's Centesimus Annus." Vital
Speeches of the Day 58/7 (1/15/92): 213-217.
Schall, James. "The Teaching of Centesimus Annus." Gregorianum 74/1 (1993): 17-43.
Schall, James V., S.J. "The Unexpected Encyclical." Social Justice Review 82 (September-October 1991) 143-47.
Selling, Joseph A. "The Theological Presuppositions of Centesimus Annus." Louvain Studies 17 (Spring 1992) 35-47.
Shadle, Matthew. “Twenty Years of Interpreting Centesimus Annus on the Economy.” Journal of Catholic Social
Thought 9/1 (Winter 2012): 171-191.
Sider, Ronald. "Laborem exercens and Centesimus annus, Work and Economics," in Tim Perry (ed.), The Legacy of
John Paul II: An Evangelical Assessment (Intervarsity Press, 2007), pp. 226-248.
Sirico, Robert. "Reading Centesimus Annus." Religion & Liberty 11/3 (2001).
Strain, Charles R. "Concerning New Things and Old: A Reading of Centesimus Annus." Word and World 12 (Fall
1992) 360-69.
Taruffi, Benito. The Encyclical Centesimus Annus and Freemasonry. New York: Vantage Press, 1994.
"The Pope, Liberty, and Capitalism: Essays on Centesimus Annus." [Special section.] National Review 43 (24 June
1991) S1-S16.
Turner, Frank, S.J. "John Paul II's Social Analysis." Month 24 (August 1991) 344-49.
Villa-Vicencio, Charles. "Centesimus annus: An Alternative Church Reading." The Ecumenical Review 43 (1991):
435-442.
Waterman, A.M.C. "Market Social Order and Christian Organicism in Centesimus Annus." Markets & Morality 2/2
(Fall 1999).
Weigel, George. "From Centesimus Annus to Deus Caritas Est: The Free and Virtuous Society of the 21st
Century." Address at the Acton Institute conference at the Pontifical Gregorian University, 12 December 2006.
Zimmerman, Kari-Shane Davis. “Centesimus Annus Twenty Years Later: Toward Christian Economic Practices that
Reflect an Authentic Vision of Human Creativity.” Journal of Catholic Social Thought 9/1 (Winter 2012): 151-170.
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Dives in Misericordia (see, also, Miller, p. 108)
click here for the text of the encyclical
Bulzachelli, Richard. “Dives in Misericordia: The Pivotal Significance of a Forgotten Encyclical.” In Karol Wojtyla’s
Philosophical Legacy [Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change, Series I: Culture and Values, volume 35]. Nancy
Mardas Billias, Agnes B. Curry and George F. McLean (eds.). Washington, DC: The Council for Research in Values
and Philosophy, 2008, pp. 125-162.
Charlton, Mark. "Dives in misericordia and Sollicitudo rei socialis, Mercy and Justice," in Tim Perry (ed.), The Legacy
of John Paul II: An Evangelical Assessment (Intervarsity Press, 2007), pp. 205-225.
Levine, Samuel. "Looking Beyond the Mercy/Justice Dichotomy: Reflections on the Complementary Roles of Mercy
and Justice in Jewish Law and Tradition." Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 45/2 (2006): 455-471.
Mansini, Guy. "Mercy 'Twice Blest'." Nova et Vetera 3 (2005): 503-528.
Scola, Angelo. “’Claim’ of Christ, ‘Claim’ of the World: On the Trinitarian Encyclicals of John Paul II.” Communio
18/3 (1991): 322-331.
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Dominum et Vivificantem (see, also, Miller, pp. 265-266)
click here for the text of the encyclical
Gibson, John. Does God Suffer? Pope John Paul II's Usage of the Communicatio Idiomatum in Dominum et
Vivificantem. (dissertation)
McCarthy, Bill. The Holy Spirit in the Writings of Pope John Paul II. St. Andrews Productions, 2001.
Pinnock, Clark. "Dominum et vivificantem, The Breath of Divine Life," in Tim Perry (ed.), The Legacy of John Paul II:
An Evangelical Assessment (Intervarsity Press, 2007), pp. 83-94.
Scola, Angelo. “’Claim’ of Christ, ‘Claim’ of the World: On the Trinitarian Encyclicals of John Paul II.” Communio
18/3 (1991): 322-331.
Tanalski, Dionizy. "John Paul II vis-a-vis Atheism and Materialism: Remarks on the Encyclical Dominum et
Vivificantem." Dialectics and Humanism 14/1 (1987): 99-108.
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Ecclesia de Eucharistia
click here for the text of the encyclical
Bruyns, Le. "Ecclesia de Eucharistia on its ecumenical import," Ecumenical Trends 32/8 (Sept 2003): 8-13.
Dulles, Avery. "A Eucharistic Church: The Vision of John Paul II." America 191/20 (December 20, 2004): 8-12.
Editorial. "Letter from Rome." Commonweal, 23 May 2003.
Johnson, William Stacy. "On the Ecclesia de Eucharistia: A Reformed Perspective." Pro Ecclesia 12/4 (Fall 2003):
414-416.
Levering, Matthew. "John Paul II and Aquinas on the Eucharist." Nova et Vetera 3 (2005): 637-659.
Lindbeck, George. "Augsburg and the Ecclesia de Eucharistia." Pro Ecclesia 12/4 (Fall 2003): 405-413.
Looney, Thomas P. "Ecumenical 'lights' and 'shadows' in Ecclesia de Eucharistia," Ecumenical Trends 32/7 (July-Aug
2003): 1-12.
Neuhaus, Richard John. "Getting Along at the Altar." First Things, #136 (October 2003): 78-82.
Noll, Mark. "Ecclesia de eucharistia, Locus of Doctrine, Way of Life," in Tim Perry (ed.), The Legacy of John Paul II:
An Evangelical Assessment (Intervarsity Press, 2007), pp. 118-139.
L'Osservatore Romano series of "Reflections on Ecclesia de Eucharistia."
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Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, "The Eucharist is the very 'heart' of the Church"
Albert VanHoye, "The Holy Eucharist in the sources of Sacred Scripture"
Cardinal Avery Dulles, "The intimate bond between Eucharist and Church"
Nello Cipriani, "The Holy Eucharist in the Fathers of the Church"
Nicola Bux
Antonio Miralles, "Eucharist as apostolic"
Cyril Vasil, "Celebration of the mystery"
Enrico Dal Covolo, "Eucharistic worship in the history and life of the Church"
James Conn, "Observing the liturgical norms of Mass 'with great fidelity'"
Archbishop Angelo Amato, "At the school of Mary, Woman of the Eucharist"
Marcello Bordoni, "The Eucharist and the calling down of the Spirit"
Charles Morerod, "The Eucharist forms the centre of ecumenical dialogue"
Gerhard Ludwig Muller, "An intimate bond exists between Eucharist and priesthood"
Ettore Malnati, "The Holy Eucharist as the very heart of the Church's life"
Manila Sodi, "Eucharistic 'decorum'? It begins with the celebration"
Cardinal Leo Scheffczyk
Real Tremblay
Thomas Norris, "Worship the Eucharistic Jesus and become who you are"
Senn, Frank. "The Eucharist and Ecumenical Inter-Communion: Refections on Ecclesia de Eucharistia." Pro Ecclesia
13/3 (Summer 2004): 307-322.
Shaw, Russell. "The Eucharist, the Pope, and the Anglican Dog," Crisis 21/8 (September 2003): 24-29.
Symposium on the Encyclical Letter Ecclesia de Eucharistia of Pope John Paul II, in Pro Ecclesia 12/4 (Fall 2003)
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Susan Wood, "Ecclesia de Eucharistia: A Roman Catholic Response" (394-4300)
David Wagschal, "Ecclesia de Eucharistia: Some Orthodox Reflections" (400-405)
George Lindbeck, "Augsburg and the Ecclesia de Eucharistia" (405-414)
William Stacy Johnson, "On the Ecclesia de Eucharistia: A Reformed Perspective" (414-416)
Trojcak, Ronald. "Papal Encyclical: Vehicle for Reminiscence." New Catholic Times, 1 June 2003.
Tuzik, Robert L. "A Guide to Ecclesia de Eucharistia," Rite 34/5 (Sept-Oct 2003): 4-10.
Wagshal, David. "Ecclesia de Eucharistia: Some Orthodox Reflections." Pro Ecclesia 12/4 (Fall 2003): 400-404.
Wood, Susan. "Ecclesia de Eucharistia: A Roman Catholic Response." Pro Ecclesia 12/4 (Fall 2003): 394-399.
Wuerl, Bishop Donald. "Summary of Ecclesia de Eucharistia." Pittsburgh Catholic, 25 April 2003.
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Evangelium Vitae (see, also, Miller, pp. 787-789)
click here for the text of the encyclical
Barilleaux, Ryan J. "Does Evangelium Vitae Weave a Seamless Garment?" Homiletic & Pastoral Review (October
1996).
Berkman, John. "Has the Message of Evangelium Vitae Been Missed? An Analysis and a Future Direction for Catholic
Biomedical Ethics." The Thomist 63 (1999): 461-480.
Berkman, John. "Prophetically Pro-Life: John Paul II's Gospel of Life and Evangelical Concern for
Animals." Josephinum Journal of Theology 6:1 (1999): 43-59.
Cassarella, Peter. "Evangelization and the Culture of Death." In The Church's Mission of Evangelization: Essays in
Honor of His Excellency the Most Reverend Agostino Cacciavillan. Edited by William E. May. Steubenville, OH:
Franciscan University Press, 1996, pp. 103-128.
Cessario, Romanus. "Conditional Stewardship of Life: A Moral Principle of John Paul II." In Kevin McMahon
(ed.). Moral Issues in Catholic Health Care [Proceedings of a Symposium sponsored by the John Cardinal Krol Chair
of Moral Theology, April 19-21, 2002]. Wynnewood (PA): St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, 2004, pp. 120-138.
Cleto, Rebecca. A Philosophical Evaluation of the Moral Claim That Affirms the Sanctity of Human Live as It Is
Expressed in Evangelium Vitae. 1996.
Curran, Charles E. and Richard A. McCormick (eds.). John Paul II and Moral Theology [Readings in Moral Theology,
no. 10]. New York: Paulist Press, 1998. (chapters 8-10)
Dulles, Avery, et.al. "The Gospel of Life: A Symposium." First Things 56 (October 1995): 32-38.
George, Robert P. "The Pope Gets Political." Crisis 14/9 (October 1996).
Gormally, Luke (ed.). Culture of Life, Culture of Death. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Great
Jubilee and the Culture of Life. The Linacre Center, August 2001.
Grabowski, John S. "Evangelium Vitae and Humanae Vitae: A Tale of Two Encyclicals." Homiletic & Pastoral Review
(November 1996).
Gyhra, Richard A. Capital Punishment: The Constant Teaching of the Moral Doctrine and Its Developments in the
Catechism of the Catholic Church and Evangelium Vitae (dissertation)
Harte, Colin. "Challenging a Consensus: Why Evangelium Vitae Does Not Permit Legislators to Vote for 'Imperfect
Legislation'." In Luke Gormally (ed.), Culture of Life - Culture of Death. The Linacre Center, 2002.
Harte, Colin. "Evangelium Vitae 73 and Intrinsically Unjust Laws." National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, 3/2
(Summer 2003): 241-243.
Harte, Colin. "Inconsistent Papal Approaches towards Problems of Conscience?" National Catholic Bioethics
Quarterly, 2/1 (Spring 2002: 99-122.
Hutter, Reinhard and Theodor Dieter (eds.). Ecumenical Ventures in Ethics: Protestants Engage Pope John Paul II's
Moral Encyclicals. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1998.
Latkovic, Mark. "Capital Punishment, Church Teaching, and Morality: What Is Pope John Paul II Saying to Catholics
in Evangelium Vitae?" Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 5/2 (Spring 2002).
Long, Steven A. "Evangelium Vitae, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Death Penalty." The Thomist 63 (1999): 511-552.
Maestri, William. A Guide for the Study of Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life). Boston: Pauline Books & Media,
1996.
May, William E. “Evangelium Vitae 73 and the Problem of the Lesser Evil,” National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 2.4
(Autumn, 2002), 577-579.
May, William E. “Philosophical Anthropology and Evangelium Vitae,” Acta Philosophica (2003).
May, William E. "Pope John Paul II's Encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life)," The Catholic Faith 1.1 (Sept.Oct. 1995) 17-24.
Morrow, Thomas G. "Evangelium Vitae: A Cultural Time Bomb." Homiletic & Pastoral Review 102/8 (May 2002): 816.
Mulligan, Kenneth. "Pope John Paul II and Catholic Opinion Toward the Death Penalty and Abortion." Social Science
Quarterly 87/3 (2006): 739-753.
Neuhaus, Richard John. "The Prophetic Humanism of Evangelium Vitae." Crisis (May 1996): 22-26.
Pearcey, Nancy. "Evangelium vitae, John Paul II Meets Francis Schaeffer," in Tim Perry (ed.), The Legacy of John
Paul II: An Evangelical Assessment (Intervarsity Press, 2007), pp. 181-204.
Rourke, Thomas. "The Death Penalty in Light of the Ontology of the Person: The Significance of Evangelium
Vitae." Communio 25 (1998): 397-413.
Schindler, David. "Christological Aesthetics and Evangelium Vitae: Towards a Definition of Liberalism." Communio 22
(1995): 193-224.
Sullivan, Francis. "The Doctrinal Weight of Evangelium Vitae." Theological Studies 56 (1995): 560-565.
Trujillo, Cardinal A. Lopez (ed.). Evangelium Vitae e Diritto / Evangelium Vitae and Law [Acts of the International
Symposium in Vatican City, 23-25 May 1996]. Rome: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1997.
Wildes, Kevin, Alan Mitchell, and Leo O'Donovan (eds.). Choosing Life: A Dialogue on Evangelium Vitae. Washington,
DC: Georgetown University Press, 1997.
Vial Correa, Juan de Dios and Elio Sgreccia (eds.). Evangelium Vitae: Five Years of Confrontation with the Society
[Proceedings of the Sixth Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Vatican City, 11-14 February 2000]. Vatican
City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001.
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Carlo Casini, "The evolution of laws in Europe"
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Hugo Obiglio, "The evolution of laws concerning the right to life, family planning and artificial procreation in
Latin America"
Jean-Marie Mpendawatu, "Trends of the legislations in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa with regard to
the right to life, procreation and natality"
Lawrence Adekoya, "The evolution of legislation in Central and Southern Africa concerning the right to life,
procreation and birth control"
Mounir Farag, "The evolution of thought and laws in Arab and Islamic Africa"
Gonzalo Herranz, "Legislation on abortion: the most recent Spanish experience"
Daniel Serrao, "The Portugese experience concerning legislation on abortion"
Christian Starck, "Problems of new abortion legislation in Germany"
Tarcisio Bertone, "Catholics and pluralist society: 'imperfect laws" and the responsibility of legislators"
Wolfgang Waldstein, "Natural law and the defence of life in Evangelium Vitae"
Alicja Grzeskowiak, "Polish experience in right-to-life legislation"
Francesco D'Agostino, "The Italian experience of legislation on artificial fertilization"
Thumma Bala, "New social health care problems in Asia"
Kiyosi Aoki, "Culture and legislation with respect to life in Asia"
F. Stephen Lee, "Culture and legislation in mainland China regarding life"
Louis Alderich, "Respect for human life: legal and cultural situation in Taiwan"
Ivan Luts, "Changes in the post-communist Ukranian legislation regarding the respect of life and of human
dignity"
Carl Anderson, "Legislation and jurisprudence in the United States and Canada with regard to respect for
human life"
John Fleming, "The evolution of laws in Australia with regard to euthanasia and the defence of life"
Andreas Laun, "John Paul II: pope of life and pope of responsible procreation"
Elio Sgreccia, "The commemorative day of the 5th anniversary of the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae"
Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, "Five years after the publication of the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae"
Javier Lozano Barragan, "The culture of death and the culture of life in the light of Evangelium Vitae"
Robert Spaemann, "On the anthropology of the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae"
Jacques Simpore, "In the aftermath of Evangelium Vitae: the protection and promotion of life in Burkina
Faso"
Joseph Santamaria, "Recent legislative and judicial tendencies regarding respect for life in North American
and Australia"
Miguel Manzanera, "The issue of abortion in Bolivia"
Anton Svajger, "The abortion law in Croatia"
Teresa Iglesias, "Reflection on the ethos of modern Ireland and the Gospel of Life with special reference to
the ethos of the medical profession and the law"
Brian Benestad, "Understanding the opposition to Evangelium Vitae in the light of Alexis de Tocqueville's
Democracy in America"
Frances Hogan & Marianne Rea-Luthi, "A challenge and a response to a discussion of the law and abortion:
the feminine genius and the culture of life"
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Familiaris Consortio
click here for the text of the exhortation
Anderson, Carol, et al. The Family in the Modern World: A Symposium on Pope John Paul II's Familiaris
Consortio. Washington, DC: American Family Institute, 1982.
Atkinson, Joseph. "A Battle Plan for Your Family: How to Read Familiaris Consortio." Crisis 19/11 (December
2001): 34-39.
Cahill, Lisa Sowle. "Commentary on Familiaris Consortio" in Kenneth Himes (ed.), Modern Catholic Social
Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005, pp. 363-388.
Curran, Charles E. and Richard A. McCormick (eds.). John Paul II and Moral Theology [Readings in Moral Theology,
no. 10]. New York: Paulist Press, 1998. (chapters 11-16)
Hickey, Tim (ed.). "Renewing Your Family: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of John Paul's "Role of the Family in
the Modern World" -- the November 2001 issue of Columbia (vol. 81/11).
Knieps-Port le Roi, Thomas. “Innovation or Impasse? The Contribution of Familiaris consortio to a Contemporary
Theology of Marriage.” Bijdragen 70/1 (2009): 67-86.
Le Roi, Thomas Knieps-Port. "Innovation of Impasse? The Contribution of Familiaris Consortio to a Contemporary
Theology of Marriage." Bijdragen 70/1 (2009): 67-86.
Lynch, Thomas and Valerie Dillon (eds.). A Positive Vision for Family Life: A Resource Guide for Pope John Paul II's
Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1985.
Maestri, William. A Guide for the Study of Familiaris Consortio (The Community of the Family). Boston: Pauline
Books & Media, 1995.
Varacalli, Joseph. "Secular Sociology's War Against Familiaris Consortio and the Traditional Family: Whither Catholic
Higher Education and Catholic Sociology," The Church and the Universal Catechism [Proceedings from the 15th
Convention of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars]. Edited by Anthony Mastroeni. Steubenville, Ohio: Franciscan
University Press, 1992, pp. 161-186.
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Fides et Ratio
click here for the text of the encyclical
Beaty, Michael and C. Stephen Evans, "Fides et ratio, The Role of Philosophy and the Christian University," in Tim
Perry (ed.), The Legacy of John Paul II: An Evangelical Assessment (Intervarsity Press, 2007), pp. 59-82.
Beaudet, Christopher J. "Faith" According to John Paul II in Fides et Ratio: Analysis and Commentary (dissertation)
Beckwith, Francis. "Faith, Reason, and the Christian University: What Pope John Paul II Can Teach Christian
Academies." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought & Culture, 12/3 (Summer 2009): 53-67.
Bieler, Martin. "The Future of the Philosophy of Being." Communio 26/3 (Fall 1999): 455-485.
Boeve, Lieven. "The Swan or the Dove? Two Keys for Reading Fides et Ratio." Philosophy and Theology 12/1
(2000): 3-24.
Carlson, Robert K. "Fides et Ratio: An Exhortation to Recover a True Metaphysic." Homiletic & Pastoral Review
(March 2001).
Cessario, Romanus. "The Reason for Reason: Fides et Ratio." Crisis 17/1 (January 1999): 16-19.
Cessario, Romanus. "What the Angels See at Twilight." Communio 26/3 (Fall 1999): 583-594.
Charles, J. Daryl. "Passionately Seeking the Truth: Unpunctual Protestant Reflections on Fides et Ratio." Pro
Ecclesia 11/2 (Spring 2002): 133-145.
Clark, W. Norris. "John Paul II: The Complementarity of Faith and Philosophy in the Search for Truth." Communio
26/3 (Fall 1999): 557-570.
de Solenni, Pia Francesca. "Fides et Ratio: A Context for Developing the New Feminism." In Kenneth Whitehead
(ed.). Voices of the New Springtime: The Life and Work of the Catholic Church in the 21st Century [Proceedings
from the 25th annual conference of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars]. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine's Press,
2004, pp. 40-56.
Dougherty, Jude. "Fides et Ratio: The Context." lecture at Catholic University of America, 11/29/00.
Dougherty, Jude. "John Paul II, Defender of Faith and Reason." (speeches from Catholic University of America).
Dulles, Avery. "Can Philosophy Be Christian?" First Things 90 (April 2000): 24-29.
Dulles, Avery. "'Faith and Reason': A Note on the New Encyclical." America (October 31, 1998): 7-8.
Dulles, Avery. "Reason, Philosophy, and the Grounding of Faith: A Reflection on Fides et Ratio." International
Philosophical Quarterly 40/4 (2000): 479-490.
Duncan, Roger. "Emmanuel Levinas in the Light of Fides et Ratio." Communio 29/1 (Spring 2002): 107-132.
Echeverria, Edwardo J. "Fides et Ratio: The Catholic and the Calvinist: Prospects for Rapprochement." Philosophia
Reformata 65/1 (2000): 72-104.
Ernst, Harold E. "New Horizons in Catholic Philosophical Theology: Fides et Ratio and the Changed Status of
Thomism." Heythrop Journal 47/1 (2006): 26-37.
Ethics and Public Policy Center - roundtable discussion (RealAudio format), featuring George Weigel, Nicholas
Wolterstorff, and Alan Mittleman (November 19, 1998).
Fletcher, Jeannine Hill. "Reason, Holiness and Diversity: Fides et Ratio through the Lens of Religious
Pluralism." Philosophy and Theology 12/1 (2000): 33-42.
Foster, David R. and Joseph W. Koterski, SJ (eds.). The Two Wings of Catholic Thought: Essays on Fides et
Ratio. (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2003).
Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth. "Thoughts on Pia de Solenni's 'Fides et Ratio: A Context for Developing the New
Feminism." In Kenneth Whitehead (ed.). Voices of the New Springtime: The Life and Work of the Catholic Church in
the 21st Century [Proceedings from the 25th annual conference of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars]. South Bend,
IN: St. Augustine's Press, 2004, pp. 57-60.
Frank, William A. "Starting Points for Philosophy, History and Metaphysics in Fides et Ratio." Fellowship of Catholic
Scholars Quarterly 23/2 (Spring 2000): 15-22.
Freddoso, Alfred J. "Fides et Ratio: A 'Radical' Vision of Intellectual Inquiry." In Alice Ramos and Marie George
(eds.), Faith, Scholarship, and Culture in the 21st Century (Washington, DC: American Maritain Association, 2002),
pp. 13-31.
Freddoso, Alfred. "Ockham on Faith and Reason."
Freddoso, Alfred. Pope John Paul II's Fides et Ratio (9/14/98), study notes with excerpts.
Garcia, J.L.A. "Death of the (Hand)maiden: Contemporary Philosophy in Faith and Reason." Logos: A Journal of
Catholic Thought and Culture, 2/3 (Summer 1999): 11-19.
George, Robert P. "The Renaissance of Faith & Reason." Crisis 18/1 (January 2000): 17-22.
Gilbert, Paul. “’Meta’-physique.” Gregorianum 90/1 (2009): 143-158.
Godzieba, Anthony. "The Meanings of Fides et Ratio: Patterns, Strategies, and a Prediction." Philosophy & Theology
12/1 (2000): 43-52.
Guarino, Thomas. "Fides et Ratio: Theology and Contemporary Pluralism." Theological Studies 62/4 (2001): 675700.
Hart, Kevin. "Fides et Ratio et ..." American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 76/2 (2002): 185-195.
Hemming, Laurence Paul and Susan Frank Parsons, eds. Restoring Faith in Reason (a new translation of the
encyclical letter Faith and Reason of Pope John Paul II, together with a commentary and discussion). Notre Dame,
IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.
Henrici, Peter. "The One Who Went Unnamed: Maurice Blondel in the Encyclical Fides et Ratio." Communio 26/3
(Fall 1999): 609-621.
Hutter, Reinhard. "Intellect and Will in the Encyclical Fides et Ratio and in Thomas Aquinas." Nova et Vetera 3
(2005): 579-602.
Iozzio, M. "University as Church: Fides et Ratio as a Source for Ecclesiology." Catholic Education: A Journal of
Inquiry and Practice 4 (2000): 218-226.
Jaki, Stanley L. "Faith, Reason and Science." Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly 23/2 (Spring 2000): 8-15.
Kenny, Anthony. "The Pope as Philosopher." The Tablet (26 June 1999): 874-876.
Kerr, Fergus. "Fides et Ratio, Analytic Philosophy, and Metaphysics of Goodness." Nova et Vetera 3 (2005): 615636.
Kerr, Gregory. "On Pope John Paul II's Fides et Ratio." Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly 22/2 (1999): 13-14.
Knasas, John F.X. "Fides et Ratio and the Metaphysical Basis of Aquinas' Natural Law." Notre Dame Center for
Ethics & Culture, 2002 conference.
Knasas, John F.X. "Fides et Ratio and the Twentieth Century Thomistic Revival." Catholic Dossier 6/6
(November/December 2000).
Lamb, Matthew. "Wisdom, Faith, and Reason in St. Thomas Aquinas: The Challenge of John Paul II's Fides et
Ratio." Fides Quarens Intellectum 1/1 (2001): 155-182.
Lennon, Thomas M. "Faith and Reason: John Paul II and Descartes." Modern Schoolman 78/4 (2001): 301-316.
MacINtyre, Alasdair. "Truth as a Good." In James McEvoy and Michael Dunne (eds.), Thomas Aquinas: Approaches
to Truth. Dublin, 2002.
McEvoy, James. The Challenge of Truth: Reflections on Fides et Ratio. Dublin: Veritas Publications, 2002.
McInerny, Ralph. "The Scandal of Philosophy: Reconciling Different Philosophical Systems according to Fides et
Ratio." Lecture at the National Catholic University, Melbourne (Australia), August 11, 2000.
Melina, Livio. "The 'Truth about the Good': Practical Reason, Philosophical Ethics, and Moral Theology." Communio
26/3 (Fall 1999): 640-661.
Murphy, William F. "Revelation in Fides et Ratio." Josephinum Journal of Theology 8:1 (2001): 74-89.
Neuhaus, Richard John. "A Passion for Truth: The Way of Faith and Reason." First Things 88 (Dec 1998): 65-80.
Novak, Michael. "It's Not All Relative." New York Times, 16 October 1998.
Novak, Michael. "The Two Wings on Which the Human Spirit Rises." New York Times (10/16/98).
L'Osservatore Romano - series of reflections on Fides et Ratio
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Crisis of meaning proves the Encyclical's timeliness by Fr. Georges Cottier, O.P. (November 4, 1998)
Philosophy is one of the noblest of human tasks by Enrico Berti (November 25, 1988)
Reason finds in Revelation the possibility of being truly itself by Bishop Rino Fisichella (January 13, 1999)
Israel's Wisdom by Fr Maurice Gilbert, S.J. (February 10, 1999)
The discourse at the Areopagus and the universality of truth by Fr Albert Vanhoye, S.J. February 24, 1999)
Rational justification of the act of faith by Bishop Andre-Mutien Leonard (March 3, 1999)
From many human truths to one divine truth by Bishop Peter Henrid, SJ (March 10, 1999)
The encounter of faith and reason in the Fathers of the Church by Fr Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B. (March 17,
1999)
The richness of scholasticism by Fr Paul Gilbert, S.J. (March 24, 1999)
The drama of the separation of faith and reason by Fr Giovanni B. Saia, S.J. March 31, 1999)
Magisterium's interventions in Philosophical matters by Bishop Walter Kasper April 28, 1999)
Dogmatic theology needs philosophy by Fr. John M. McDermott, S.J. (May 5, 1999)
The place of philosophy in moral theology by Fr Servais Pinckaers, OP (June 16, 1999)
The relationship between philosophy and cultures by David Braine (August 4, 1999)
The human person as seeker of truth by Francesco Viola September 15, 1999
For a metaphysics open to faith by Mons. Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo September 22, 1999
The Encyclical in Relation to Modern and Contemporary Thought by Vittorio Possenti (September 29, 1999)
Remarks on chapter five of Fides et Ratio: Magisterial authority as discernment by Fr. Gianfranco Girotti,
O.F.M. Conv., Undersecretary, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (February 17, 1999)
Portier, William. "Reason's 'Rightful Autonomy' in Fides et Ratio and the Continuous Renewal of Catholic Higher
Education in the United States." Communio 26/3 (Fall 1999): 541-556.
Possenti, Vittorio. Philosophy and Revelation: A Contribution to the Debate on Reason and Faith. Burlington, VT:
Ashgate, 2001.
Prades, Javier. "The Search for the Meaning of Life and Faith in the Revelation of Jesus Christ According to Fides et
Ratio." Communio 26/3 (Fall 1999): 622-639.
Pritzl, Kurt. "Truth in Fides et Ratio: Aristotelian Reflections and Recommendations." Communio 29/1 (Spring
2002): 89-106.
Prusak, Bernard. "Faith and Reason in Theory and Practice: Some Reflections on the Responsibility of the
Philosopher in Teaching Ethics at a Catholic University." American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 80/1 (2006): 2340.
Ratzinger, Joseph. "Culture and Truth: Reflections on the Encyclical." Origins 28/36 (February 25, 1999): 625, 627631.
Ratzinger, Joseph. Faith, Truth, and Culture: Reflections on the Encyclical Fides et Ratio. Milan: Nuovo Mondo,
2000.
Redpath, Peter. "Philosophy's Future Relevance: Reflections in Light of Fides et Ratio." Contemporary Philosophy
21/1-2 (1999): 3-9.
Rossi, Philip. “After Fides et Ratio: New Models for a New Millennium.” Philosophy & Theology 12/2 (2000).
Schall, James. "Fides et Ratio: Approaches to a Roman Catholic Political Philosophy." The Review of Politics, 62/1
(2000): 49-75.
Schindler, David. "God and the End of Intelligence: Knowledge as Relationship." Communio 26/3 (Fall 1999): 510540.
Schmitz, Kenneth. "Faith and Reason: Then and Now." Communio 26/3 (Fall 1999): 595-608.
Scola, Angelo. "Human Freedom and Truth According to the Encyclical Fides et Ratio." Communio 26/3 (Fall 1999):
486-509.
Shivanandan, Mary. “Reflection on Humanae Vitae in the Light of Fides et Ratio.” Nova et Vetera 6/4 (2008): 901926.
Smith, Michael A. "Beyond Fideism and Antirationalism: Some Reflections on Fides et ratio." Logos: A Journal of
Catholic Thought and Culture, 4/4 (Fall 2001): 112-121.
Smith, Timothy (ed.). Fides et Ratio: The Notre Dame Symposium 1999. Notre Dame, IN: St. Augustine's Press,
2001.
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Jude Dougherty - "John Paul II, Defender of Faith and Reason"
Servais Pinckaers - "The Place of Philosophy in Moral Theology"
Leo Elders - "The Immutability of the Sense of Dogmas and Philosophical Theories"
William Hoye - "Truth and Truths: A Crucial Distinction in the Encyclical Letter Fides et Ratio"
Mario Sacchi - "The Exaltation of Metaphysics in John Paul II's Fides et Ratio"
Benedict Ashley - "The Validity of Metaphysics: The Need for a Solidly Grounded Metaphysics"
Grace Goodell - "The Social Foundation of Realist Metaphysics"
Louis Chammings - "Technology and Wisdom: Metaphysical Stakes of the Information Society"
Peter Hodgson - "Global Warming and Nuclear Power"
John Haldane - "The Diversity of Philosophy and the Unity of Its Vocation: Some Philosophical Reflections on
Fides et Ratio"
Steven Baldner - "Christian Philosophy, Gilson, and Fides et Ratio"
Angelo Campodonico - "Contemporary Philosophy Facing Fides et Ratio"
Vittorio Possenti - "The Problem of Nihilism in Fides et Ratio"
WIlliam Carroll - "The Scientific Revolution and Contemporary Discourse on Faith and Reason"
John Hittinger - "Fides et Ratio: Exorcizing the Ghost of Descartes"
Christopher Martin - "Conceptions of Reason"
Remi Brague - "The Angst of Reason"
Michael Sherwin - "The Third Millennium and the Philosophical Life: Or, 'Celsus, Don't Despair'"
Jennifer Hockenberry - "Fides et Ratio and the Graceful Redemption of Philosophy"
Steve Snyder - "Conolatio Philosophiae: Philosophy Consoling and Consoled"
Roger Pouivet - "Faith, Reason, and Logic"
Cyrille Michon - "Faith and Reason: Aquinas's Two Strategies"
Alejandro Llano - The Boldness of Reason and the Obedience of Faith"
Mary Keys - "Fides et Ratio, Political Philosophy, and Thomas Aquinas"
John O'Callaghan - "Verbum Mentis: Philosophical or Theological Doctrine"
Ann Gardiner - "Entrusting Ourselves: Fides et Ratio and Augustine's De utilitate credendi"
Peter Hunter - "Death, Immortality and Resurrection"
Special section of Books & Culture (July/August 1999), with philosophers responding to Pope John Paul II's encyclical
letter Fides et Ratio, including:
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Richard J. Bernstein (New School for Social Research)
Alvin Plantinga (University of Notre Dame)
Swindal, James. "Ought there to be a Catholic Philosophy?" American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 73:3 (1999):
449-475.
Symposium at Catholic University of America (October 27, 1998); published in the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars
Quarterly, 22/1 (Winter 1999): 2-15.
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O'Connell, David. "Opening Remarks."
Sokolowski, Robert. "Witness to the Truth"
DiNoia, J. Augustine. "Three Challenges."
Young, Robin Darling. "Prayer and Study"
McCarthy, John C. "The Modern Quarrel between Faith and Reason"
Tanzella-Nitti, Giuseppe. "The Book of Nature and the God of Scientists according to the Encyclical Fides et
Ratio." In The Human Search for Truth: Philosophy, Science, Theology. The Outlook for the Third Millennium (St.
Joseph's University Press, 2002).
Thiel, John E. "Faith, Reason, and the Specter of the Enlightenment: A Nonfoundationalist Reading of John Paul II's
Fides et Ratio." Philosophy & Theology 12/1 (2000): 25-31.
Vincelette, Alan. “The Church Does Have a Philosophy of Her Own: Ruminations on Fides et Ratio and the First
Principles of Catholic Philosophy.” Bogoslovni Vestnik 73/1 (2013): 17-32.
Weinandy, Thomas. "Faith and Reason: John Paul and Aquinas." Nova et Vetera 3 (2005): 603-614.
Williams, Hugh. "Listening to a Pope in a Secular Age: Interpreting Fides et Ratio." Symposium [Journal of the
Canadian Society for Hermeneutics and Postmodern Thought] 5/2 (Fall 2001): 197-214.
Zycinski, Archbishop Joseph M. "Catholicism in Dialogue with Contemporary Culture according to Fides et Ratio."
Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2/4 (Fall 1999): 49-67.
Zycinski, Joseph M. "New Perspectives for the Relationship between Science and Faith in the Light of Fides et
Ratio." In The Human Search for Truth: Philosophy, Science, Theology. The Outlook for the Third Millennium (St.
Joseph's University Press, 2002).
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Laborem Exercens
(see, also, Miller, pp. 162-163)
click here for the text of the encyclical
click here for an updated "resources" page (from Villanova University)
Axtmann, Mark. Laborem Exercens: A View of Work and Human Dignity. 2001.
Bartell, Ernest. Laborem Exercens: A Third World Perspective. 1982.
Baum, Gregory. "John Paul II's Encyclical on Labor." Ecumenist 20 (November/December 1981) 1-4.
Baum, Gregory. "Laborem Exercens." Judith A. Dwyer, ed., The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought,
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1994, pp. 527-35.
Baum, Gregory. The Priority of Labor: A Commentary on Laborem Exercens. New York: Paulist Press, 1982.
Benestad, J. Brian. "The Subjective Dimension of Work and Liberalism." Paper presented at the international
conference on Work as Key to the Social Question in Vatican City, September 12-15, 2001.
Biffi, Franco. The Social Gospel of Pope John Paul II: A Guide to the Encyclicals on Human Work and the Authentic
Development of Peoples. Rome: Pontifical Lateran University, 1989.
Broz, Ludek. "Encyclical on Human Labor." Communio Viatorum 24:4 (1981) 269-71.
Cunningham, Mary E. Laborem Exercens: In Pursuit of a More Ethical Form of Capitalism. 1982.
Destro, Robert A. "Laborem Exercens (1981)." George Weigel and Robert Royal, eds., A Century of Catholic Social
Thought, Washington, DC: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1991, pp. 145-61.
Destro, Robert A. "Work: The Human Environment." In George Weigel and Robert Royal (eds.). Building the Free
Society: Democracy, Capitalism, and Catholic Social Teaching. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1993, pp. 163186.
Dorr, Donal. The New Social Encyclical Laborem Exercens: A Theological Reflection. Dublin: Trocaire, 1985.
Dougherty, Jude. "The Work Ethic of John Paul II." In Philip Lawler (ed.) Papal Economics. Washington, DC:
Heritage Foundation, 1982, pp.1-7.
Droel, William. Pope John Paul II's Gospel of Work: With Introduction and Commentary. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third
Publications, 2008.
Duncan, Roger. "On Reading Laborem Exercens." Homiletic and Pastoral Review 86 (July 1986) 11-19.
Faulhaber, Robert. "The Church and Culture: John Paul II's 'On Human Work'." Listening 18 (1983): 103-118.
Gini, Al. "Meaningful Work and the Rights of the Worker: A Commentary on Rerum Novarum and Laborem
Exercens." Thought 67 (1992): 225-239.
Ginsburg, Helen. "Teachings of John Paul II on Work and the Rights of Workers." Social Thought 13 (Spring-Summer
1987) 46-59.
Gooley, William P. Shared Visions: Human Nature and Human Work in Rerum Novarum and Laborem
Exercens. (dissertation)
Hauerwas, Stanley. "Work as 'Co-Creation'--A Remarkably Bad Idea." This World 3 (Fall 1982) 89-102.
Hennelly, Alfred T., S.J. "Pope John Paul's Spirituality of Work." America 146 (16 January 1982) 31-33.
Hollenbach, David. Human Work and the Story of Creation: Theology and Ethics in Laborem Exercens. 1982.
Houck, John and Oliver Williams. Co-Creation and Capitalism: John Paul II's Laborem Exercens. Lanham, MD:
University Press of America, 1983.
Jeannot, Thomas. "The Dialogue Advances: 'On Human Work' and Marxism." Logos: Philosophical Issues in
Christian Perspective 5 (1984): 41-66.
Kennedy, Robert. Dignity of Work: John Paul II Speaks to Managers and Workers. Lanham, MD: University Press of
America, 1995.
Kondziela, Joachim. "The Democracy of Workers in the Light of John Paul II's Encyclical Laborem
Exercens." Dialectics and Humanism 14/1 (1987): 49-55.
Kuczynski, Janusz. "John Paul II's Manifesto on Labor and Vision of a Universal Society." Dialogue and Humanism
4/2-3 (1994): 107-117.
Lamoureux, Patricia. "Commentary on Laborem Exercens" in Kenneth Himes (ed.), Modern Catholic Social
Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005, pp. 389-414.
Lee, Andrea, IHM, and Amata Miller, IHM. "Feminist Themes and Laborem Exercens." Charles E. Curran and Richard
A. McCormick, eds., Readings in Moral Theology No. 5: Official Catholic Social Teaching, New York: Paulist Press,
1986, pp. 411-441.
Lee, Andrea and Amata Miller. Women in the Workplace, Challenges and Opportunities: A Reflection on the
Encyclical Laborem Exercens. 1982.
Lodge, George C. Managers and Managed, Problems of Ambivalence: A Commentary on the Third Encyclical of Pope
John Paul II, On Human Work. Boston: Harvard University, 1982.
Marciniak, Edward Allen. "John Paul's Spirituality of Work: Some Next Steps." Priest 38 (October 1982) 34-39.
Maugenest, Denis, S.J. "The Encyclical Laborem Exercens: Its Context and Originality." Lumen Vitae 41 (No. 2,
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Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, "Catholic Social Teaching and Human Work: The 25th Annniversary of Laborem
Exercens" (5-18)
Daniel Finn, "The Priority of Laber Over Capital: Some Needed Extensions" (19-32)
Michael Naughton, "Integrating Work and Leisure" (33-62)
Christine Firer Hinze, "Women, Families, & the Legacy of Laborem Exercens: An Unfinished Agenda" (63-92)
George Schultze, "Work, Worship, Laborem Exercens, and the United States Today" (93-112)
David Gregory, "Laborem Exercens' Prescient Critique of Technology" (113-132)
Gerald Byer, "Freedom as a Challenge to an Ethic of Solidarity in a Neoliberal Capitalist World: Lessons from
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Cordelia Reimers, "The Conflict Between Earning & Caregiving: Recent Trends and Policy Options" (209-230)
Marvin Mich, "The Living Wage Movement and Catholic Social Teaching" (231-252)
Gregory Baum, "The Social Economy: An Alternative Model of Economic Development" (253-262)
Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, "The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church and the World of
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Redemptor Hominis (see, also, Miller, pp. 42-43)
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Redemptoris Mater (see, also, Miller, p. 352)
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Redemptoris Missio (see, also, Miller, pp. 490-491)
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Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (see, also, Miller, pp. 423-424)
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Slavorum Apostoli
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Ut Unum Sint (see, also, Miller, p. 911)
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Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy, "Ut Unum Sint in Ecumenical Perspective"
Brian E. Daley, "The Ministry of Primacy and the Communion of Churches"
Stephen W. Sykes, "The Papacy and Power: An Anglican Perspective"
Geoffrey Wainwright, "Ut Unum Sint in Light of 'Faith and Order'"
David Yeago, "The Papal Office and the Burdens of History: A Lutheran View"
Richard J. Mouw, "The Problem of Authority in Evangelical Christianity"
George Weigel, "The Church's Teaching Authority and the Call for Democracy in North Atlantic Catholicism"
Joseph A. DiNoia, "Ecumenism and the New Evangelization in Ut Unum Sint"
Brodd, Sven-Erik. "A Communion of Martyrs: Perspectives on the Papal Encyclical Letter Ut unum sint." The
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Veritatis Splendor (see, also, Miller, pp. 667-671)
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Allsopp, Michael and John O'Keefe (eds.). Veritatis Splendor: American Responses. Theological Book Service, 1995.
Brock, Stephen. “Veritatis Splendor §78, St. Thomas, and (Not Merely) Physical Objects of Moral Acts.” Nova et
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Crawford, David. “Experience of Nature, Moral Experience: Interpreting Veritatis Splendor’s ‘Perspective of the
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DiNoia, J. Augustine and Romanus Cessario (eds.). Veritatis Splendor and the Renewal of Moral Theology. Our
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Dorman, Theodore M. Veritatis Splendor: John Paul II's Apologetic for Natural Law in Moral Theology (dissertation,
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Graham, Tyler. “A Mimetic Reading of Veritatis Splendor.” In Karol Wojtyla’s Philosophical Legacy [Cultural Heritage
and Contemporary Change, Series I: Culture and Values, volume 35]. Nancy Mardas Billias, Agnes B. Curry and
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Haldane, John. "From Law to Virtue and Back Again: On Veritatis Splendor." Fellowship of Catholic Scholars
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Hutter, Reinhard and Theodor Dieter (eds.). Ecumenical Ventures in Ethics: Protestants Engage Pope John Paul II's
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Hutter, Reinhard. "(Re-)forming Freedom: Reflections 'after Veritatis Splendor' on Freedom's Fate in Modernity and
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Johnstone, Brian V. "The Encyclical Veritatis Splendor." The Ecumenical Review 48 (1996): 164-172.
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MacIntyre, Alasdair. "How Can We Learn What Veritatis Splendor Has to Teach?" The Thomist 58 (1994): 171-195.
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May, William E. "The 'New' Evangelization: Catholic Moral Life in Light of Veritatis Splendor, and the Family." Nova
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McCormick, Richard A. "Some Early Reactions to Veritatis Splendor." Theological Studies 55 (1994): 481-506.
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Pinckaers, Servais. "The New Law in Veritatis Splendor." Josephinum Journal of Theology 3:2 (1996): 47-63.
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Porter, Jean. "Moral Reasoning, Authority, and Community in Veritatis Splendor." Annual of the Society of Christian
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Ratzinger, J. "Christian Faith as 'the Way': An Introduction to Veritatis Splendor." Communio 21 (Summer 1994):
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Reuffurth, Stefan. Theonomy: The Historical Origins and Development of a Theological Term and Its Use by John
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Responses (eds. Michael E. Allsopp and John J. O'Keefe), 1995.
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Yeago, David. "Martin Luther on Grace, Law, and Moral Life: Prolegomena to an Ecumenical Discussion of Veritatis
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