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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. |
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A portrait of the influential twentieth-century Catholic activist and writer evaluates his presence and ideas across the political and cultural spectrum to offer insight into his multi-faceted beliefs and the motivations behind his choices. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Neuhaus, Richard John.
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Neuhaus, Richard John. |
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Catholics -- United States -- Biography.
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Catholics. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Boyagoda, Randy, 1976- Richard John Neuhaus New York : Image, 2015 9780307953964 (DLC) 2014034028 (OCoLC)880238225 |
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9780307953971 : $65.00 |
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0307953971 : $65.00 |
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