Berkley Center

Edited by Alynna J. Lyon, Christina A. Gustafson, and Berkley Center Research Fellow Paul Christopher Manuel, Pope Francis Reconsidered (2026) is a multi-author volume published by Palgrace Macmillian. Serving as a follow-up to their earlier work on the papacy, this book gathers interdisciplinary perspectives from political science, theology, and sociology to examine how pope Francis' theology informed his moral authority, public activism, and engagement with global challenges.