Alynna J. Lyon is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire, US.Christine A. Gustafson is Associate Dean of the College and Associate Professor of Politics at Saint Anselm College, US.Paul Christopher Manuel is Distinguished Scholar in Residence in the Department of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University, US.

• Part I Where Politics Meets Theology Under Pope Francis.- 1. Eluding Established Categories: Toward an Understanding of Pope Francis.- 2. How the Theological Priorities of Pope Francis Inform His Policy Goals.- 3. The First Jesuit Pope: The Contribution of His Jesuit Charism to His Political Views.- 4. Eternal Law and Environmental Policy: Pope Francis, Laudato Si’, and a Thomistic Approach to Climate Change.- 5. Love the Prisoner, Ban the Substance: Pope Francis and the War on Drugs.- 6. “To Show Concern”: Early Coverage of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis in the American National News Media.- Part II The Global Politics of Pope Francis.- 7. Pope Francis as a Global Policy Entrepreneur:  Moral Authority and Climate Change.- 8. The Pope and the United States: Faith as Dialogue.- 9. The Pope and Europe:  Sign o’ the Times: Does Francis’s Papacy Represent a New Era for Western Europe?.- 10. The Pope and Latin America: Mission from the Periphery.- 11. The Pope and Asia: Building Bridges—Reconciliation with the People’s Republic of China.- 12. Pope Francis and India: Mutual Enrichment and Challenges.- 13. “You Are Instead a Gift”: Pope Francis’s Response to Global Migration and the Refugee Crisis.

“Pope Francis as a Global Actor: Where Politics and Theology Meet, hold obvious interest for scholars working across the areas of theology and politics. … The contents of Pope Francis as a Global Actor are wide ranging and, frequently, engaging.” (Christopher Hrynkow, Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, August 21, 2019)