The Papacy since 1500

James Corkery is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin. He is the author of Joseph Ratzinger's Theological Ideas (2009). Thomas Worcester is Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts. He is the author of The Cambridge Companion to the Jesuits (Cambridge, 2008) and the co-editor (with Gauvin Bailey, Pamela Jones and Franco Mormando) of Hope and Healing: Painting in Italy in a Time of Plague, 1500–1800 (2005).

• Introduction James Corkery and Thomas Worcester; 1. Julius II: prince, patron, pastor Frederic J. Baumgartner; 2. Clement VII: prince at war Kenneth Gouwens; 3. The pope as saint: Pius V in the eyes of Sixtus V and Clement XI Pamela M. Jones; 4. Pasquinades and propaganda: the reception of Urban VIII Sheila Barker; 5. Jansenism vs. papal absolutism Gemma Simmonds; 6. Pius VII: moderation in an age of revolution and reaction Thomas Worcester; 7. Pius IX, pastor and prince Ciarán O'Carroll; 8. The social question in the papacy of Leo XIII Thomas Massaro; 9. The perils of perception: British Catholics and papal neutrality, 1914–23 Charles R. Gallagher; 10. Electronic pastors: radio, cinema and television, from Pius XI to John XXIII John F. Pollard; 11. Mixed reception: Paul VI and John Paul II on sex and war Linda Hogan; 12. John Paul II: universal pastor in a global age James Corkery; Conclusion James Corkery and Thomas Worcester; Select bibliography; Index.

'This is an erudite and scholarly book, but invaluable in understanding the development of the papacy to what we know today. An interesting and worthwhile read as an historical document even for those who do not adhere to the Catholic faith.' Methodist Recorder