Intro -- Foreword -- Preface: Where Politics and Theology Meet -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Editors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Where Politics Meets Theology Under Pope Francis -- Chapter 1: Eluding Established Categories: Toward an Understanding of Pope Francis -- A Singular Global Actor -- Scholarship on Pope Francis -- Key Qualities of the Papacy of Francis -- A Pragmatic and Pastoral Leader -- Leading the Church in the Town Square -- The Pope and Politics: Moral Authority and Global Leadership -- The Volume: Thought, Words, and Deeds -- Chapter 2: How the Theological Priorities of Pope Francis Inform His Policy Goals -- The Theology of the People -- Evangelii Gaudium and the Four Bergoglian Priorities -- First Priority: Time Is Greater Than Space -- Second Priority: Unity Over Conflict -- Third Priority: Concrete Realities Are More Important Than Ideas -- Fourth Priority: The Whole Is Greater Than the Part -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The First Jesuit Pope: The Contribution of His Jesuit Charism to His Political Views -- Chapter 4: Eternal Law and Environmental Policy: Pope Francis, Laudato Si', and a Thomistic Approach to Climate Change -- Theology and Philosophy -- Aquinas and the Eternal Law -- From Eternal to Natural Law -- Scholasticism, Scientific Truth, and Public Policy -- The Moral Imperative of Scientific Revelation -- Eternal Law and Consequentialism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Love the Prisoner, Ban the Substance: Pope Francis and the War on Drugs -- Chapter 6: "To Show Concern": Early Coverage of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis in the American National News Media -- Papal Authority and Media Coverage -- The First Four Years: Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis on the First Page of The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times -- Research Design.

A Quantitative Decline and Qualitative Shifts in Papal Coverage -- How Newsworthy Is the Pope? -- Part II: The Global Politics of Pope Francis -- Chapter 7: Pope Francis as a Global Policy Entrepreneur: Moral Authority and Climate Change -- "How Many Divisions Has the Pope?" -- The Pope as a Policy Entrepreneur and the Global Climate Policy Stalemate -- Reframing the Debate: Climate Change as a Moral Issue -- Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home -- Moral Authority and Global Policy Advocacy -- The Pope and the SDGs -- The Public and the Pope: The Francis Effect -- The Path to Paris: Nudging and Cajoling -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: The Pope and the United States: Faith as Dialogue -- Introduction -- Background: "A Faith Which Becomes Dialogue" -- The Pope as Policy "Entrepreneur" -- What Role Do Religious Groups Play in a System Characterized by Separation of Church and State? -- The Pope as a Catholic Lobbyist in the United States -- Access to Decision-Makers -- The Pope's Address Before Congress -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Sign o' the Times: Does Francis' Papacy Represent a New Era for Western Europe? -- Introduction -- Ideological Intersections and Divergences: Catholic Social Teaching, Vatican II, and Liberation Theology -- Pope John Paul II: "The Wall" -- Pope Benedict XVI: "Globalization" -- Pope Francis: "Core-Periphery" -- Conclusions -- Chapter 10: The Pope and Latin America: Mission from the Periphery -- The Catholic Church and Latin America -- Latin American Political Economy and Argentina -- How Is Francis Received in Latin America? What Might Be the "Francis Effect" in the Region? -- Chapter 11: The Pope and Asia: Building Bridges-Reconciliation with the People's Republic of China -- Reconciliation or Another False Start? -- The Problem of Reconciling Religious Hegemons -- First Idea: Francis and the Importance of Inculturation.

Second Idea: Francis and the Limits of Church Autonomy -- Strategy I: Containing Communism Through Excommunication -- Strategy II: Containing Communism by Promoting Social Transformation -- Strategy III: Accommodating the CCP to Establish a Unified Chinese Catholic Community -- Third Idea: Pope Francis and Strengthening Capacity -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Pope Francis and India: Mutual Enrichment and Challenges -- Christian Presence in India -- The Context, His Concerns, and Challenges -- Simplicity of Life and Action That Speaks -- Analysis of Structural Injustice and Insight into Structural Sin -- Pope Francis's Model of the Church: A Church Poor and of the Poor -- Theology of the People (in Argentina), and the Attempt at a People's Theology (Liberation Theology) in India -- The Indian Challenge for the Pope -- Beyond Interreligious Dialogue to Interfaith Action -- Dialogue of Action and Social Healing of Historical Trauma -- Chapter 13: "You Are Instead a Gift": Pope Francis's Response to Global Migration and the Refugee Crisis -- Setting the Stage -- Pope Francis's Approach to Migrants and Refugees -- Pope Francis's Official Travel and Visits as Pope -- Pope Francis's Writing and Public Statements -- Pope Francis's Organizational Restructuring -- Pope Francis's Public Statements at Convenings on Migration -- Conclusion: Assessing the "Francis Effect" on Catholics' Views on Migration -- Erratum to: Sign o' the Times:  Does Francis' Papacy Represent a New Era for Western Europe? -- Index.

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