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A distinguished list of Catholic writers present their unique insights on the extraordinary achievements of the 25 years of Pope John Paul II's pontificate.

This prestigious group of writers make a strong case that this was not merely an exceptional pontificate but one of the few epoch-making pontificates in Christian history. The nine writers include Aidan Nichols, O.P., John Saward, Tracey Rowland, Rodger Charles, S.J., Agneta Sutton, Ian Ker, Brendan Leahy, Leonie Caldecott and William Oddie.

This book establishes clearly that Pope John Paul II was not only an historical figure whose actions and personal qualities have effected one of the great turning points in human affairs, but he was also one of those rare beings who possessed the vision and intensity of focus that compel the authors to say not only that he was an exceptional pope, but something much more: that here, truly, is Joannes Paulus Magnus: John Paul the Great.

Far from being a reactionary, this was a pope of startling originality and intellectual range, who  both led and inaugurated change as well as defended the tradition of the church. Besides his originality and his personal charisma, John Paul II was a leader with great courage. "Be not afraid" were his first words in his inaugural sermon as pope, and that was the watchword for his papacy. In both his younger, incredibly energetic years, or his older, more frail and suffering years, his personal courage continued to shine. A leader with an indomitable spirit, John Paul II was a great warrior.

 

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Table of Contents

 

John Paul the Great 

William Oddie examines the credibility of popular perceptions of John Paul, and tests his achievements against those of other 'Great' holders of his office.

 

Reclaiming the Tradition: John Paul II as the Authentic Interpreter of Vatican II

Tracey Rowland shows that by establishing the authentic interpretation of Vatican II, the Pope made the Council a reality rather than a sentimental illusion.

 

The Radicalism of the Papacy: John Paul II and the New Ecclesial Movements

Ian Ker explores the sources of the Pope's radicalism, and how it has shown itself in his support for the new ecclesial movements.

 

Totus Tuus: The Mariology of John Paul II

Brendan Leahy examines the place of Mary in John Paul II's life and thought.

 

Recognizing the Rose: John Paul II and the Causes of the Saints

John Saward ponders the significance of the fact that this Pope has canonized more saints than all his predecessors combined.

 

Sincere Gift: The New Feminism of John Paul II

Leonie Caldecott writes of the Pope's originality and radicalism in the development of a new feminism.

 

Facing the Sexual Revolution: John Paul II"s Language of the Body

Agneta Sutton explores John Paul II's unique response to the contemporary crisis in sexual morality in his theology of the body.

 

The Social Teaching of John Paul II and its Implications for 

Catholic Education for Life.

Rodger Charles, SJ analyzes the Pope's striking contribution to the development of Catholic social teaching.

 

Pastor and Doctor: the Encyclicals of John Paul II

Aidan Nichols, OP reviews the Pope's contribution to the intellectual life of the Church in his great encyclicals.

 

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Contributing Authors

 

Tracey Rowland is the Dean of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family (Melbourne) and a Permanent Fellow of the Institute in Political Philosophy and Continental Theology. She holds degrees in law, politics and philosophy from the Universities of Queensland and Melbourne and a doctorate from the Divinity School of the University of Cambridge. She is an author and researcher with a focus on the development of a theology of culture.

 

Ian Ker is a parish priest and tutor at Campion Hall, Oxford, where he is a member of the theology faculty. He has taught English and theology in universities in Britain and the United States. He is the author and editor of twenty books on John Henry Newman and on theological topics.

 

Agneta Sutton wrote her Ph.D on John Paul II's sexual ethics at King's College, University of London. She is an Associate Lecturer in Moral Theology at University College Chichester and Head of Research at the London-based Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy Chichester. She also lectures in moral theology at Heythrop College, University of London. She is married with four grown-up children.

 

William Oddie is an author and the editor of The Catholic Herald. He was ordained an Anglican clergyman in 1977; in 1991 he was received into the Catholic Church.

 

John Saward is Senior Professor at the International Theological Institute in Gamin, Austria. He is the author of six books. He is also a visiting professor at the Newman Institute in Ballina, Ireland, and at the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne, Australia.

 

Brendan Leahy is an author and a lecturer in theology at the Mater Dei Institute of Education, a college of Dublin City University. A priest of the Dublin Archdiocese, he is Secretary of the Irish Bishop's Advisory Committee on Ecumenism. 

 

Aidan Nichols, OP, an English Dominican, is author of thirty books on different aspects of historical and dogmatic theology. He is currently  the priar of Blackfriars Cambridge.

 

Rodger Charles, SJ is a moral and pastoral theologian and member of the University of Oxford Theology faculty and has been researching, writing and lecturing on Catholic social teaching for over thirty years. 

 

Leonie Caldecott is a writer specializing in religious and cultural issues. With her husband Stratford she edits the journal Second Spring, published by the Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture in Oxford. She is also a regular contributor to the Chesterton Review and the Catholic Herald, as well as a number of other publications. In 1995 she founded the Rose Round, an initiative for girls which organizes cultural events, retreats and pilgrimages, and which sprang from her experience as a mother of three daughters, now in their teens.

 

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