Theology 390 / Religion 97

 The Theological Vision of John Paul II 

THOMAS F. DAILEY, O.S.F.S.

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Biographical Information

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.

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.

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.

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+.

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.

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.

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).

Walsh, Mary Ann (ed.).  John Paul II: A Light for the World.  Sheed & Ward, October 2003.

Weigel, George.  "Mourning and Remembrance:  The pope believed that 'history' is His-story, the story of God's quest for man."  Wall Street Journal, April 4, 2005.

Weigel, George. Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1999.

Wolfe, Rinna.  The Singing Pope:  The Story of Pope John Paul II.  Seabury Press, 1980.

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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):

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:

"Catholic Thought from Lublin" series (published by Peter Lang):

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:

Crossing the Threshold of Hope. New York: Random House, 1995.  [on-line edition]

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.

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:

Gift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination. New York: Doubleday, 1996.

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.

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):

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 (drama, 1964)

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.

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.

The Jeweler's Shop.  Ignatius Press, 1992.

The Loving Heart.  Atria Books, 2004.

The Place Within: The Poetry of Pope John Paul II. Translated by Jerzy Peterkiewicz. New York: Random House, 1994.

"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.

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 / Theology / 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.

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).

Carmody, John. "The Encyclical Theology of Pope John Paul II." Public Lecture (Warren Lecture Series in Catholic Studies). University of Tulsa, 18 March 1990.

Dulles, Avery.  "John Paul II and the Advent of the New Millennium."  America 173/19 (12/9/95): 915.

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).

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.

Freddoso, Alfred.  "The Church and Art."

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).

Glendon, Mary Ann. "The Pope's New Feminism." Crisis (March 1997).

Gneuhs, Geoffrey (ed.). The Legacy of Pope John Paul II: His Contribution to Catholic Thought. New York: Crossroad, 2000.

Kosicki, George W.  John Paul II: The Great Mercy Pope.  Stockbridge, MA: John Paul II Institute of Divine Mercy, 2001.

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.

Johnson, Paul. Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Restoration. New York: St. Martins, 1981.

Journalists of Reuters.  Pope John Paul II: Reaching Out Across Borders.  Reuters Prentice Hall, 2003.

Kaczor, Christopher. "John Paul II on the Laity." Catholic Dossier (July-August 1996).

Kelly, George A.  Crisis of Authority: John Paul II and the American Bishops.  New York: Regnery, 1982.

Koterski, Joseph (ed.).  Creed and Culture: Jesuit Studies of Pope John Paul II.  St. Joseph's University Press, May 2004.

Lapierre, Francois.  Be Not Afraid: Pope John Paul II Speaks to a New Generation, World Youth Day 1985-2002.  Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 2002.

Linker, Damon.  "John Paul II, Intellectual."  Policy Review #103.

McCarthy, Bill.  The Holy Spirit in the Writings of Pope John Paul II.  McKees Rocks, PA: St. Andrews Productions, 2001.

McDermott, John (ed.). The Thought of John Paul II: A Collection of Essays and Studies. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1991.

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.

Neuhaus, Richard J.  "John Paul II."  Christian History 19/1 (2000): 34-36.

Neuhaus, Richard J. "The Liberalism of John Paul II." First Things 73 (May 1997):16-21.

Oddie, William (ed.).  John Paul the Great:  Maker of the Post-Conciliar Church.  London:  Catholic Truth Society, 2003.

Quade, Quentin (ed.). The Pope and Revolution: John Paul II Confronts Liberation Theology. Washington, DC: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1982.

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.

Saint-Paul, Brian.  "John Paul the Great, 1920-2005."  Crisis:  Politics, Culture and the Church, 23/5 (May 2005)

Saward, John. Christ Is the Answer: The Christ-Centered Teaching of Pope John Paul II. New York: Alba House, 1995.

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.

Weigel, George. "John Paul II -- Preparing the 21st Century." Crisis (November 1997).

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.

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.

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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Congregation for the Clergy.  Videoconference on "John Paul II:  XXV Years of Pontificate."  29 October 2003.

Crisis magazine, commemorative edition, John Paul the Great 1920-2005 (May 2005):

de Souza, Raymond.  "Two Popes."  First Things, #136 (October 2003): 36-41.

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.

Schall, James.  "Of Inquisitors and Pontiffs:  Criticizing John Paul II."  Homiletic & Pastoral Review (June 1981).

Smith, William. "The Magisterium of Pope John Paul II." Catholic Dossier (July-August 1996).

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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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).

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.

Clark, Mary.  "The Personalism of Karol Wojtyla."  In Personalism Revisited: Its Proponents and Critics [Value Inquiry Book Series, 124].  Edited by Thomas Buford.  Rodopi Bv Editions, 2002, pp. 325-343.

Colosi, Peter.  "John Paul II and Christian Personalism vs. Peter Singer and Utilitarianism:  Two Radically Opposed Conceptions of the Nature and Meaning of Suffering."  Conference presentation (2004).

DeMarco, Donald.  "John Paul II as Philosopher."  Homiletic & Pastoral Review (May 2004): 58-61.

Dinan, Stephen A.  "The Phenomenological Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla."  New Scholasticism 55 (1981): 317-330.

Doran, Kevin P. Solidarity: A Synthesis of Personalism and Communism in the Thought of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II (American University Studies). New York: Peter Lang, 1996.

Dougherty, Jude.  "The Thomistic Element in the Social Philosophy of John Paul II."  Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 60 (1986): 156-165.

Garcia, Laura.  "The Primacy of Person:  Edith Stein and John Paul II."  Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 1:2 (Summer 1997).

Hanink, James G.  "Karol Wojtyla: Personalism, Intransivity, and Character."  Communio 33 (Summer 1996): 244-251.

Hebblethwaite, Peter.  "Pope John Paul II as Philosopher and Poet."  Heythrop Journal 21 (1980): 123-136.

Koechler, Hans.  "The Dialectical Conception of Self-determination:  Reflections on the Systematic Approach of Karol Wojtyla."  Analacta Husserliana 6 (1977): 75-80.

Koechler, Hans.  "The Phenomenology of Karol Wojtyla:  On the Problem of the Phenomenological Foundation of Anthropology."  Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 42 (1982): 326-334.

Kupczak, Jarosaw. Destined for Liberty: The Human Person in the Philosophy of Karol Wojtya / John Paul II. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2000.

Lawler, Ronald D. The Christian Personalism of John Paul II [The John Paul Synthesis / Trinity College Symposium I]. Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1982.

Lefebure, Leo D.  "John Paul II - The Philosopher Pope."  Christian Century (February 15, 1995).

McGovern, Arthur.  "Marxism, Liberation Theology, and John Paul II."  Logos: Philosophic Issues in Christian Perspective 5 (1984): 5-24.

McNerney, John.  Footbridge Towards the Other:  An Introduction to the Philosophical Thought of John Paul II.  Edinburgh:  T&T Clark, 2003.

Min, Anselm.  "John Paul the Second, Anthropology of Concrete Totality."  Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 58 (1984): 120-129.

Modras, Ronald.  "The Thomistic Personalism of Pope John Paul II."  Modern Scholasticism 59 (1982): 117-127.

Monnig, Matthew.  Freedom That Transcends Autonomy:  Karol Wojtyla's Philosophy of Human Freedom.  Dissertation, Boston College, 1997.

Murphy, Julie.  "'Marxism, Liberation Theology, and John Paul II': A Critical Assessment."  Logos: Philosophic Issues in Christian Perspective 5 (1984): 25-28.

Negri, Maxine.  "Pope John Paul II and Freedom."  The Humanist 47 (1987): 23-25, 42.

Novak, Michael.  "The Christian Philosophy of John Paul II."  America (October 1997).

Pattee, Daniel.  "From Emotional to Volitional Consciousness:  Scheler, Wojtyla, and the Conversion of St. Francis."  Fides Quarens Intellectum 1/1 (2001): 119-154.

Peters, Michael.  "Orthos Logos, Recta Ratio:  Pope John Paul II, Nihilism, and Postmodern Philosophy."  Journal for Christian Theological Research, 5:1 (2000).

Ramos, Alice.  "Karol Wojtyla-John Paul II's Idea of Ultimate Reality and Meaning."  Ultimate Reality and Meaning 18/2 (1995): 102-118.

Reimers, Adrian J.  An Analysis of the Concepts of Self-Fulfillment and Self-Realization in the Thought of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II.  Edwin Mellen Press, 2001.

Schmitz, Kenneth. At the Center of the Human Drama: The Philosophical Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II [Michael J. McGivney Lectures]. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1993.

Seifert, Josef.  "Karol Cardinal Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) as Philosopher and the Cracow/Lublin School of Philosophy."  Aletheia: An International Journal of Philosophy 2 (1981): 130-199.

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.

Weigel, George.  "At the Center of the Human Drama."  The Catholic Difference (syndicated column)

Weigel, George.  "John Paul II:  A Life for Life."  Human Life Review 28 (Winter 2002): 39-53.

Weigel, George. "John Paul II and the Crisis of Humanism." First Things 98 (December 1999): 31-36.

Williams, George H. The Mind of John Paul II: Origins of His Thought and Action. New York: Seabury, 1981.

Woznicki, Andrew. A Christian Humanism: Karol Wojtyla's Existential Personalism. New Britain, CT: Mariel Publications, 1980.

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Ashley, Benedict.  "John Paul II:  Theologian of the Body of the Acting Person."  Josephinum Journal of Theology 7:1-2 (2000): 31-45.

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.

Bushman, Douglas.  "The Christ-centered Anthropology of Gaudium et spes in Light of Developments in Pope John Paul II."  Catholic Dossier (August 2000).

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.

Dinan, Stephen A.  "The Phenomenological Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla."  New Scholasticism 55 (1981): 317-330.

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.

Hogan, Richard.  "An Introduction to John Paul II's Theology of the Body" (web site)

Jenson, Robert W.  "Reading the Body."  The New Atlantis 9 (Summer 2005): 73-82.

Kupczak, Jarosaw. Destined for Liberty: The Human Person in the Philosophy of Karol Wojtya / John Paul II. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2000.

May, William E.  "Nakedness, the Body, and Sexual Shame in the Thought of Pope John Paul II," Fidelity 4.8 (July 1985) 25-28.

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.

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).

Shivanandan, Mary. "John Paul II's Theology of the Body." Catholic Dossier (Jan-Feb 1999)

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

Smith, Janet.  "Pope John Paul II, Feminists, Women, and the Church."  Catholic Dossier (Nov/Dec 1995).

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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.

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.

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.

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:

Weigel, George. "John Paul II and the Priority of Culture." First Things 80 (February 1998): 19-25.

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Bland, Joan. The Pastoral Vision of John Paul II. Franciscan Press, 1982.

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. 

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.

Hebblethwaite, Peter.  Pope John Paul II and the Church.  Theological Book Service, 1995.

Hogan, Richard M. and John M. LeVoir.  Faith for Today:  Pope John Paul II's Catechetical Teaching.  Boston: Pauline Books & Media.

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.

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.

McSheffery, Daniel.  "John Paul II and New Evangelization."  Priest 52 (July 1996): 43-46.

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.

Mroso, Agapit J.  The Church in Africa and the New Evangelization: A Theologico-Pastoral Study of the Orientations of John Paul II.  Roma, 1995.

Nachef, Antoine.  Mary's Pope:  John Paul II, Mary, and the Church Since Vatican II.  Sheed & Ward, 2000.

O'Reilly, Kevin J.  Recovering the Authentic Concept of Authority:  Pope John Paul II and the Infallibility of the Ordinary Universal Magisterium.  (disseration)

Schumacher, Evelyn A.  An Undivided Heart:  Pope John Paul II on the Deeper Realities of the Consecrated Life.  Chicago: Institute on Religious Life, 2002.

Udoidem, S. Iniobong.  Pope John Paul II on Inculturation:  Theory and Practice.  University Press of America, 1996.

Weigel, George.  "Parsing the 'New Evangelization'."  The Catholic Difference (syndicated column)

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Abu-Rabi, Ibrahim M.  "Pope John Paul II and Islam."  Muslim World 88/3-4 (1998): 279-296.

Cassidy, Edward Idris. "That They May All Be One: The Imperatives and Prospects of Christian Unity." First Things 69 (January 1997): 33-38.

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.

Macaulay, Ranald.  The Counter-Reformation of Pope John Paul II?  Cambridge:  Cambridge Papers, 2000.

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.

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.  (disseration)

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.

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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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.

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 and Richard McCormick (eds.).  John Paul II and Moral Theology [Readings in Moral Theology, no. 10].  New York: Paulist Press, 1998.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture

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.

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.

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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.

Stachowski, Zbigniew.  "Pope John Paul II's Conception of Peace."  Dialectics and Humanism 9 (1982): 97-116.

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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.

Bethell, Tom.  "Laissez Faire Pope."  American Spectator 37/4 (May 2004): 42-43.

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.

Echeverria, Eduardo and DonnaRose Echeverria.  "John Paul II and America's New Birth of Freedom." Josephinum Journal of Theology 6:1 (1999): 60-74.

Formicola, Jo Renee.  Pope John Paul II:  Prophetic Politician.  Washington, DC:  Georgetown University Press, 2002.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. The Contours of Church and State in the Thought of John Paul II. Baylor University Press, 1983.

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Austin, Victor L.  A Christological Social Vision:  The Uses of Christ in the Social Encyclicals of John Paul II.  (disseration)

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.

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.

Curran, Charles.  "The Pope's Passions."  Christian Century 120/23 (11/15/03): 28-32.

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).

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.

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)

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.

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.

Mott, W. King. The Third Way: Economic Justice According to John Paul II. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1998.

National Review. "The Pope, Liberty, and Capitalism." Special supplement, vol. 43, no. 11 (June 24, 1991).

Neuhaus, Richard John.  "The Very Liberal John Paul II."  National Review 49/15 (8/11/97): 32-35.

Novak, Michael.  "The Social Thought of Pope John Paul II."  Chicago Studies 39/2 (Summer 2000): 144-161.

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.

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.

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.

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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Cusick, Kevin.  "Responsible Parenthood and John Paul II."  Homiletic & Pastoral Review 104/10 (July 2004): 49-58.

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.

Looney, Thomas P.  "John Paul II: Defender and Theologian of the Bond."  Homiletic & Pastoral Review 104/10 (July 2004): 8-17.

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.

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.

Wrenn, Michael J. (ed.). Pope John Paul II and the Family. Franciscan Press, 1982.

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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.

Sherwin, Michael. "Reconciling Old Lovers: John Paul on Science and Faith." Catholic Dossier (July-August 1996).

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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.

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.

Reimers, Adrian.  "Human Suffering and John Paul II's Theology of the Body."  Notre Dame Center for Ethics & Culture, 2003 conference.

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on the Documents of John Paul II

(with reference to J. Michael Miller, CSB.  The Encyclicals of John Paul II.  Huntington, IN:  Our Sunday Visitor, 1996)

Beabout, Gregory. "Centesimus Annus Turns Ten."  Religion & Liberty 11/3 (2001).

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.

Dulles, Avery. "Centesimus Annus and the Renewal of Culture." Markets and Morality, 2/1 (1999): 1-7.

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.

Luckey, William.  "Centesimus Annus: A Perspective."  Faith & Reason (Winter 1991).

Mejia, Jorge Maria.  "Centesimus Annus:  An Answer to the Unknowns and Questions of our Times."  The Ecumenical Review 43 (1991): 401-410.

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).

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.

Sirico, Robert.  "Reading Centesimus Annus."  Religion & Liberty 11/3 (2001).

Taruffi, Benito.  The Encyclical Centesimus Annus and Freemasonry.  New York: Vantage Press, 1994.

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).

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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.

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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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.

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.

L'Osservatore Romano series of "Reflections on Ecclesia de Eucharistia."

Shaw, Russell.  "The Eucharist, the Pope, and the Anglican Dog," Crisis 21/8 (September 2003): 24-29.

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.

Wuerl, Bishop Donald.  "Summary of Ecclesia de Eucharistia."  Pittsburgh Catholic, 25 April 2003.

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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)

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 78 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): 8-16.

Neuhaus, Richard John. "The Prophetic Humanism of Evangelium Vitae." Crisis (May 1996): 22-26.

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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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.

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).

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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Beaudet, Christopher J.  "Faith" According to John Paul II in Fides et Ratio:  Analysis and Commentary (dissertation)

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.

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.

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.

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): 675-700.

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.

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, 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.

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

1 - Crisis of meaning proves the Encyclical's timeliness by Fr. Georges Cottier, O.P. (November 4, 1998)

2 - Philosophy is one of the noblest of human tasks by Enrico Berti  (November 25, 1988)

3 - Reason finds in Revelation the possibility of being truly itself by Bishop Rino Fisichella  (January 13, 1999)

4 - Israel's Wisdom by Fr Maurice Gilbert, S.J.  (February 10, 1999)

5 - The discourse at the Areopagus and the universality of truth by Fr Albert Vanhoye, S.J.  February 24, 1999)

6 - Rational justification of the act of faith by Bishop Andre-Mutien Leonard  (March 3, 1999)

7 - From many human truths to one divine truth by Bishop Peter Henrid, SJ  (March 10, 1999)

8 - The encounter of faith and reason in the Fathers of the Church by Fr Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B.  (March 17, 1999)

9 - The richness of scholasticism by Fr Paul Gilbert, S.J.  (March 24, 1999)

10 - The drama of the separation of faith and reason by Fr Giovanni B. Saia, S.J.  March 31, 1999)

11 - Magisterium's interventions in Philosophical matters by Bishop Walter Kasper  April 28, 1999)

12 - Dogmatic theology needs philosophy by Fr. John M. McDermott, S.J.  (May 5, 1999)

13 - The place of philosophy in moral theology by Fr Servais Pinckaers, OP  (June 16, 1999):

14 - The relationship between philosophy and cultures by David Braine  (August 4, 1999)

15 - The human person as seeker of truth by Francesco Viola  September 15, 1999

16 - For a metaphysics open to faith by Mons. Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo September 22, 1999

17 - 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)

Possenti, Vittorio.  Philosophy and Revelation:  A Contribution to the Debate on Reason and Faith.  Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2001.

Pritzl, Kurt.  "Truth in Fides et Ratio: Aristotelian Reflections and Recommendations."  Communio 29/1 (Spring 2002): 89-106.

Ratzinger, Joseph. "Culture and Truth: Reflections on the Encyclical." Origins 28/36 (February 25, 1999): 625, 627-631.

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.

Schall, James. "Fides et Ratio: Approaches to a Roman Catholic Political Philosophy." The Review of Politics, 62/1 (2000): 49-75.

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.

Special section of Books & Culture (July/August 1999), with philosophers responding to Pope John Paul II's encyclical letter Fides et Ratio, including:

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.

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.

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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Axtmann, Mark.  Laborem Exercens: A View of Work and Human Dignity.  2001.

Bartell, Ernest.  Laborem Exercens: A Third World Perspective.  1982.

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.

Cunningham, Mary E.  Laborem Exercens: In Pursuit of a More Ethical Form of Capitalism.  1982.

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. 163-186.

Dorr, Donal.  The New Social Encyclical Laborem Exercens: A Theological Reflection.  Dublin: Trocaire, 1985.

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.

Gooley, William P.  Shared Visions:  Human Nature and Human Work in Rerum Novarum and Laborem Exercens.  (dissertation)

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.

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.

O'Donovan, Theresa.  On Human Work: A Feminist Critique of Laborem Exercens.  Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1990.

Schotte, Jan P.  Reflections on Laborem exercens.  Vatican City: Pontifical Commission, 1982.

Storck, Thomas. "Catholic Social Teaching: John Paul II, Laborem Exercens." The Catholic Faith (March/April 1998).

Sullivan, Brian G.  "Laborem Exercens:  A Theological and Philosophical Foundation for Business Ethics."  Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture 20 (1985): 128-146.

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Hertz, Justin.  The Programmatic Role of Redemptor Hominis in the Encyclicals of Pope John Paul II.  (dissertation)

Mondin, Battista.  "The Christian Humanism of John Paul II."  Melita Theologica 31/1 (1980): 10-22.

Schall, James  "Redemptor Hominis after twenty-six years."  Homiletic & Pastoral Reivew (May 2005),63-70.

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Dulles, Avery.  "Mary at the Dawn of the New Millennium."  America (January 31, 1998).

Nachef, Antoine. Mary's Pope: John Paul II, Mary, and the Church since Vatican II. Sheed and Ward, 2000.

von Balthasar, Hans Urs (ed.) Mary: God's Yes to Man - Pope John Paul II's Encyclical Letter on the Mother of the Redeemer. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1988.

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Baker, Juliette.  The Pope Answers:  Pope John Paul II's Encyclical "The Mission of Christ the Redeemer."  St Paul Publications, 1992.

Bellagamba, A.  The Mission of the Church, A New Look:  A Commentary and Reflection on the Encyclical "Redemptoris Missio" by Pope John Paul II.  Nairobi: St. Paul Publications, 1993.

Burrows, William R. (ed.). Redemption and Dialogue: Reading Redemptoris Missio and Dialogue and Proclamation. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1994.

Colzani, Gianni.  "Redemptoris Misso:  Un Decennio di Bibliografia: 1990-2002."  Euntes Docete 57/1 (2004): 275-287.

George, Francis Cardinal.  "One Lord and One Church for the World:  The Tenth Anniversary of Redemptoris Missio." 

LaVerdiere, Eugene.  Introducing Redemptoris Missio, an Encyclical Letter of Pope John Paul II.  Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 1990.

Muragu, John I.  The Mission Activity of the Church: A Comparative Analysis of Evangelii nuntiandi and Redemptoris missio.  (disseration, 1997).

O'Donnell, Timothy.  "The Crisis of Faith and the Theology of Mission: A Reflection on Redemptoris Missio."  Faith and Reason (Spring 1992).

Uhl, Christopher W.  Snow and Springtime:  Evangelii Nuntiandi and Redemptoris Missio Compared and Contrasted.  (disseration)

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Baum, Gregory and Robert Ellsberg (eds.). The Logic of Solidarity: Commentaries on Pope John Paul II's Encyclical "On Social Concern." Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Boos, 1989.

Berger, Peter and Ken Myers.  Aspiring to Freedom:  Commentaries on John Paul II's Encyclical The Social Concerns of the Church.  Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans, 1988.

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.

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 17-26)

DiMarzio, Nicholas.  A Commentary on Sollicitudo Rei Socialis from the Perspective of Migration Concerns.  1989.

Enright, Vincent L.  The Correlation of the Concepts of Existential Personalism and Interdependent Solidarity in Sollicitude Rei Socialis by Pope John Paul II.  (disertation, 1992)

Finn, Daniel.  "John Paul II and the Moral Ecology of Markets."  Theological Studies 59 (Dec 1998):662-679.

Kowalczyk, Stanislaw.  "Personalist and Universalistic Aspects of the Idea of Development in the Encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis."  Dialogue and Humanism 4/2-3 (1994): 93-105.

McGurn, William.  "The Turn Toward Enterprise."  In George Weigel and Robert Royal (eds.).  Building the Free Society: Democracy, Capitalism, and Catholic Social Teaching.  Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1993, pp. 187-206.

Myers, Kenneth (ed.). Aspiring to Freedom: Commentaries on Sollicitudo Rei Socialis. Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 1988.

Storck, Thomas. "Catholic Social Teaching: John Paul II, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis." The Catholic Faith (May/June 1998).

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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Braaten, Carl E. and Robert W. Jensen (eds.).  Church Unity and the Papal Office:  An Ecumenical Dialogue on John Paul II's Encyclical Ut Unum Sint.  Grand Rapids, MI:  Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2001.

Brodd, Sven-Erik.  "A Communion of Martyrs:  Perspectives on the Papal Encyclical Letter Ut unum sint."  The Ecumenical Review 52/2 (2000): 223-233.

Church of England.  May They All Be One:  A Response of the House of Bishops of the Church of England to Ut unum sint.  London: Church House Publications, 1998.

Evans, Gillian R.  "Ut Unum Sint: Some Thoughts on the Latin."  OChr 23/1 (1996): 64-68.

Henn, William.  "Ut unum sint and Catholic Involvement in Ecumenism."  The Ecumenical Review 52/2 (2000): 234-245.

Hocken, Peter.  "Ut Unum Sint and the Charismatic Movement."  Ecumenical Trends 27 (July-Aug 1998):13-16.

Jelly, Frederick.  "Roman Catholic Ecumenical Response to the Them [Ut Unim Sint, pt. 3]."  Marian Studies 48 (1997):129-137.

Kelly, Gerard.  "The Gospel of Unity: Some Reflections on Ut unum sint."  Australian Catholic Record 73 (April 1996): 204-212.

Neuhaus, Richard John. "That They May All Be One: The Pope's 12th Encyclical." Crisis 13/8 (Sept 1995).

Nilson, Jon.  "Church Unity and the Papal Office:  An Ecumenical Dialogue on John Paul II's Encyclical Ut Unum Sint."  Theology Today 59/1 (April 2002): 118-119.

Vance-Trembath, Sally M. "John Paul II's Ut unum sint and Conversation with Women." Theological Studies 60/1 (1999): 95-108.

Vandervelde, George.  "Church Unity and the Papal Office: An Ecumenical Dialogue on John Paul II's Encyclical Ut Unum Sint (That All May Be One)."  Theological Studies 63/3 (September 2002): 447-462.

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Allsopp, Michael and John O'Keefe (eds.). Veritatis Splendor: American Responses. Theological Book Service, 1995.

Crosby, John E. "Sins of the Flesh." Crisis (July-august 1997).

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 1-7)

Curran, Charles E. "Veritatis Splendor: A Revisionist Perspective." In Charles E. Curran and Richard A. McCormick (eds). The Historical Development of Fundamental Moral Theology in the United States [Readings in Moral Theology, #11]. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999, pp. 242-266.

DiNoia, J. Augustine and Romanus Cessario (eds.). Veritatis Splendor and the Renewal of Moral Theology. Our Sunday Visitor, 1999.

Dorman, Theodore M.  Veritatis Splendor: John Paul II's Apologetic for Natural Law in Moral Theology (dissertation, 1995)

Haldane, John.  "From Law to Virtue and Back Again:  On Veritatis Splendor."  Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly, 18/3 (Summer 1995): 6-14.

Healy, Jack.  "Veritatis Splendor and the Human Person."  Linacre Quarterly (November 1994): 16-36.

Hittinger, Russell.  "Law and Liberty in Veritatis Splendor."  Crisis (May 1995).

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.

Hutter, Reinhard.  "(Re-)forming Freedom:  Reflections 'after Veritatis Splendor' on Freedom's Fate in Modernity and Protestantism's Antinomian Captivity."  Modern Theology 17/2 (April 2001): 117-162.

Johnstone, Brian V.  "The Encyclical Veritatis Splendor."  The Ecumenical Review 48 (1996): 164-172.

Laghi, Pio Cardinal. "The Impact of Veritatis Splendor on Catholic Education at the University and Secondary Levels." The Thomist 60 (1996): 1-18.

Maestri, William. A Guide for the Study of Veritatis Splendor. Boston: Pauline Books & Media, 1994.

MacIntyre, Alasdair. "How Can We Learn What Veritatis Splendor Has to Teach?" The Thomist 58 (1994): 171-195.

May, William E.  "Moral Theologians and Veritatis Splendor."  Homiletic & Pastoral Review 95:3 (December 1994): 7-16.

May, William E.  "Pope John Paul II's Encyclical Veritatis Splendor and Bioethics."  in Pope John Paul II and Bioethics, ed. Christopher Tollefsen.Volume 5 of Catholic Studies in Bioethics in the Series Philosophy and Medicine. Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.

May, William E.  "Theologians and Theologies in the Encyclical Veritatis Splendor," Anthropotes: Rivista di Studi su Persona e la Famiglia 10.1 (1994) 39-59.

May, William E.  "The 'New' Evangelization:  Catholic Moral Life in Light of Veritatis Splendor, and the Family." 

May, William E.  "Veritatis Splendor: An Overview of the Encyclical," Communio: International Catholic Review 21 (Summer, 1994), 1-23.

May, William E.  “Veritatis Splendor and Bioethics,” in Pope John Paul II and Bioethics, ed. Christopher Tollefsen.Volume 5 of Catholic Studies in Bioethics in the Series Philosophy and Medicine. Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.

May, William E.  "Veritatis Splendor and Natural Law: From First Principles to Moral Absolutes," Rivista Teologica di Lugano 1.2 (1996) 193-216.

McCormick, Richard A.  "Some Early Reactions to Veritatis Splendor."  Theological Studies 55 (1994): 481-506.

Meilander, Gilbert. "Veritatis Splendor: Reopening Some Questions of the Reformation."  The Journal of Religious Ethics 23 (1995): 225-238.

Melina, Livio. "Desire for Happiness and the Commandments in the First Chapter of Veritatis Splendor." The Thomist 60 (1996): 341-359.

Melina, Livio.  Sharing in Christ's Virtues:  For a Renewal of Moral Theology in Light of Veritatis Splendor.  Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2001.

Moynihan, Robert.  "John Paul Stands Firm."  Inside the Vatican (November 1993).

Mudge, Lewis S.  "Veritatis Splendor and Today's Ecumenical Conversation."  The Ecumenical Review 48 (1996): 158-163.

Neuhaus, Richard J., et al. "The Splendor of Truth: A Symposium." First Things 40 (January 1994):14-29.

Paterson, Craig.  "Veritatis Splendor, Revisionist Thought, and St. Thomas.  Josephinum Journal of Theology 7:1-2 (2000): 82-100.

Pinckaers, Servais.  "The New Law in Veritatis Splendor."  Josephinum Journal of Theology 3:2 (1996): 47-63.

Porter, Jean. "The Moral Act in Veritatis Splendor and Aquinas' Summa Theologiae: A Comparative Analysis." In Charles E. Curran and Richard A. McCormick (eds). The Historical Development of Fundamental Moral Theology in the United States [Readings in Moral Theology, #11]. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1999, pp. 219-242.

Porter, Jean.  "Moral Reasoning, Authority, and Community in Veritatis Splendor."  Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics (1995): 201-219.

Ratzinger, J.  "Christian Faith as 'the Way':  An Introduction to Veritatis Splendor."  Communio 21 (Summer 1994): 199-207.

Reuffurth, Stefan.  Theonomy:  The Historical Origins and Development of a Theological Term and Its Use by John Paul II in Veritatis Splendor (dissertation, 1999).

Rhonheimer, Martin. "'Intrinsically Evil Acts' and the Moral Viewpoint: Clarifying a Central Teaching of Veritatis Splendor." The Thomist 58 (1994): 1-40.

Selling, Joseph and Jan Jans (eds.). The Splendor of Accuracy: An Examination of Assertions Made by Veritatis Splendor. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1995.

Shamon, Albert J.  Reflections on the Encyclical: The Splendor of Truth.  Riehle Foundation, 1995.

Smith, Janet.  "Natural Law and Personalism in Veritatis Splendor."  Chapter 13 of Veritatis Splendor: American Responses (eds. Michael E. Allsopp and John J. O'Keefe), 1995.

Smith, Janet.  "Veritatis Splendor, Proportionalism, and Contraception."  Irish Theological Quarterly 1998.

Smith, Russell E. (ed.).  The Splendor of Truth and Health Care [proceedings of the 14th bishops' workshop, Dallas, Texas].  Braintree, MA:  Pope John Center, 1995.

Smoot, K. Robert.  The Relationship of Freedom and Truth in Veritatis Splendor (dissertation, 1995)

Stavropoulos, Alexandre M.  "Veritatis Splendor: An Orthodox Reaction."  The Ecumenical Review 48 (1996): 155-157.

Tolhurst, James.  A Companion to Veritatis Splendor.  Leominster: Gracewing, 1994.

Trigilio, John.  Thomistic Renaissance - The Natural Moral Law:  The Reawakening of Scholasticism in Catholic Teaching as Evidenced by Pope John Paul II in Veritatis Splendor.  dissertation.com (April 2004)

Wilkins, John (ed.). Considering Veritatis Splendor. Pilgrim Press, 1994.

Yeago, David.  "Martin Luther on Grace, Law, and Moral Life: Prolegomena to an Ecumenical Discussion of Veritatis Splendor."  Thomist 62 (April 1998):163-191.

Yeats, Charles. Veritatis Splendor: A Response [addresses given to members of Durham university]. Norwich, Norfolk: The Canterbury Press, 1994.

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