Travis Curtright is research fellow of the Center for Thomas More Studies at the University of Dallas and associate professor of humanities and literature at Ave Maria University.

• Acknowledgements List of ContributorsIntroduction: Why Patron of Statesmen (Travis Curtright)Chapter 1: Thomas More on Liberty, Law, and Good Rule (Gerard Wegemer)Chapter 2: Statesmanship, Tyranny, and Piety: Thomas More’s Response to Lucian’s The Tyrannicide (Carson Holloway)Chapter 3: Utopia’s Images of the Statesman (James R. Stoner, Jr.)Chapter 4: Passing Strange, Yet Wholly True: On the Political Tales of Plato’s Critias and More’s Hythlodaeus (Jeffrey S. Lehman)Chapter 5: Thomas More’s Utopia and Catholic Social Doctrine (J. Brian Benestad)Chapter 6: Faith, Reason, and Order: Thomas More and Natural Law (Samuel Gregg)Chapter 7: Sir Thomas More and his Opposition to Henry VIII in 1533 (Travis Curtright)Chapter 8: Thomas More: Patron Saint of Leading Citizens (Stephen W. Smith)Chapter 9: What Bolt Got Right and What Mantel Got Wrong (Louis Karlin)Chapter 10: The Place of Sir Thomas More in Political Philosophy: A Reflection on “A Man for All Seasons.” (James V. Schall, S. J.)Appendix: Apostolic Letter, Issued Motu Proprio, Proclaiming Saint Thomas More Patron of Statesmen and Politicians. (Pope John Paul II.)BibliographyIndexAbout the contributors

I appreciate the strengths of a fine volume that will benefit many different audiences. . . .The volume's illumination of More's life, writings, and historical reception deserves the attention of all scholars and teachers--Catholic and non-Catholic alike. . . .The book successfully addresses these many audiences by having a wide variety of fine essays.