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The Radical Conservative

Richard John Neuhaus helped inspire a generation of evangelicals to participate boldly in the public square.

Timothy George | posted 3/11/2009 08:48AM

T. S. Eliot described the art of writing as a "raid on the inarticulate." Neuhaus was a brilliant raider, and never wrote a boring sentence. His many books and essays, like those of G. K. Chesterton and ...

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Roberto

Posted: March 20, 2009 10:07 AM


We need more of this illuminating approach to have common grounds.

Benoit Meyrieux

Posted: March 14, 2009 2:39 PM


Neuhaus showed that faith and reason are truly compatible and both lead us to God. He was always trying to find common ground with his fellow men withour compromising with truth. To talk about his work only as political is not only reductive but would miss the focal point of his life: Jesus Christ. That is why he was 100% evangelical and 100% Catholic. Let us pray we may follow his example.

Padre Dave

Posted: March 13, 2009 7:54 PM

Fine article on one of my "heroes" in a world where heroes are hard to find, especially in the Church. One missing component of Neuhaus' faith and practice negiected in the article, which is pretty typical of American Evangelicals, is the role of the sacraments in the faith of the Church. The regeneration of Baptism and the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the eucharistic bread and wine, shed for the forgiveness of our sins is central in the Evangelical Catholic and Roman Catholic streams of the Christian Church. We are a wet and eucharistically centered and focused bunch of catholics on the journey to reunion.

Dave N.

Posted: March 12, 2009 6:22 PM


I think Neuhaus will rightly or wrongly be remembered as one of a number of political neo-cons whose ideas passed from the American scene. He would have been been honor as a strong independent and memorable moral voice had he not hitched his wagon to the extreme right-wing, either by his close association via the editorial board of his magazine, and/or by happily endorsing their checks.

John	Posted: March 12, 2009 2:34 PM


Thank you for the insightful article about a great leader. I look forward to seeing God raise up others to take leadership in the fight for the crucial issues of our day.

Chuck

Posted: March 12, 2009 12:07 PM


As it appears that everything Neuhaus may have accomplished is being swept away, he may be remembered, if at all, as one of the great failures of history.

Paul	Posted: March 12, 2009 10:56 AM

It seems as if everything still centers on one's overarching identification with the categories of "Conservative" or "Liberal", as if those define the human person. As if I can say, "I am a conservative and hold to the Judeo-Christian ethic, so I am confident that I am justified." The justification of Christ through grace alone. No, I didn't quote it wrong, I am attempting to simply show that we need to stop simplifying everything and understand as Neuhaus did that life is definitely more complex and multi-layered. It is funny that his initial experience of God came as a result of him thinking God was displeased with his behavior. Nothing like a little American Civil Religion.

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