TMHC 7166 Popes and the Papacy: From Peter to the Present

A survey course on the papacy from St Peter to Francis I with attention to spiritual, theological, and institutional contexts. We will explore issues such as papal primacy, ground-breaking teachings and councils, influential women, controversies including the crusades, Protestant Reformation, church expansion in the global South, infallibility, the Holocaust, racial and social justice concerns, the role of the laity, womens ministries, and gender topics. Papal relations with the Jesuits receive special attention. Lectures with regular opportunities to discuss primary source readings and their relevance today.