College of Arts and Sciences

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editorial advisory board -- Editorial staff -- Foreword -- Preface -- pt. 1. From the Poland of Karol Wojtyła to the world of John Paul II -- thematic essays -- Introduction -- The church, the collapse of communism, and the challenge of new democracies -- Karol Wojtyła : poet, playwright, philosopher, and patriot -- The personalist philosophy of Karol Wojtyła -- God in the world : a trinitarian triptych -- John Paul II's economic teaching : a call for spiritual, moral, and structural conversion -- From Rome to Cairo and Beijing : John Paul II on family and human rights -- The legacy of Vatican II in the pontificate of John Paul II -- Ut unum sint : John Paul II's ecumenical commitment -- John Paul II and interreligious dialogue -- A pilgrimage of reconciliation : from Wadowice to the Wailing Wall -- The church in dialogue with science : the Wojtyła years -- The universal call to holiness : martyrs of charity and witnesses to truth -- pt. 2. John Paul II and his pontificate -- The life of Pope John Paul II : a chronicle -- The Synod of Bishops -- Magisterial documents -- People and places, institutions and events -- Cloud of witnesses : saints and beati -- Appendix. Patron saints -- Contributors -- Index.

Focuses on the pontificate of John Paul II and includes thematic essays that present the man and his work in such headings as: The Papacy of John Paul II, Church Documents, People and Places, Institutions and Events, Saints and Blessed.