Published to coincide with the Pope's visit to World Youth Day in Sydney in July 2008, this book includes his approach to issues in moral and political theology, ecclesiology, liturgy, and the theology of history. Pope Benedict has been influenced by the thought of St Augustine, in contrast to many of his predecessors in the papacy who were more strongly influenced by St Thomas Aquinas. Rowland asks in what way Benedict is an Augustinian, and how this difference in perspective may play out in the coming years. Her book includes an extensive thematic bibliography, which will be valuable for students.