Richard John Neuhaus : a life in the public square

Boyagoda, Randy 1976- (Author).

Summary: Neuhaus's writing, activism, and connections to people of power in religion, politics, and culture secured a place for himself and his ideas at the center of recent American history. His life and ideas placed him at the vanguard of events and debates across the political and cultural spectrum. Boyagoda examines Neuhaus's multi-faceted life and reveals to the public what made him tick and why.

Item details

ISBN: 9780307953964
ISBN: 0307953963
Physical Description: print
xix, 459 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: New York : Image, 2015.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references ( pages 406-448).

Formatted Contents Note:

From small-town Canada to Concordia Seminary, 1936-1960. A pastor's son, born and baptized on "the Canadian frontier" ; Pembroke's most patriotic pastor, and its youngest and most newsworthy ; An "uneducable" little Lutheran professor enlists in a grand cause ; Boarding school days : prayer and mischief without ceasing ; A jackrabbit-shooting Cisco Kid turns arbiter elegentarium ; Goal, malady, means : a seminary formation in church and church politics -- From Brooklyn to Africa, and many points in between, 1961-1974. A young pastor discovers "the glory and tragedy of life in this city" ; From Brooklyn pastor to national newsmaker ; Missouri's militant instrument of God's peace ; 1968 : passionate diatribes and tumultuous receptions ; A thoroughly radical writer makes a radical run for Congress ; The lonely radical looks elsewhere -- From Hartford to Rome, via the naked public square, 1975-1990. Appealing for right religion, appalling the left ; Books to empower people and pastors alike ; Seeking freedom for his own kind of ministry ; 1984 : the naked public square campaign ; More and more Catholic moments, among many, many others ; The raid -- First things first : a Catholic priest in the public square, 1990-2009. Neuhaus becomes a Catholic ... Neuhaus named Catholic of the Year ; As he lay dying ; The end of democracy? The beginnings of greater influence ; A time of triumph, a time of war, a time of scandal ; "The most influential clergyman in America," aka the "Theocon-in-Chief" ; Meeting God as an American.