Biographical Information

How I Became the Catholic I Was, biographical essay published in First Things.
Letter from Fr. Neuhaus to Lutheran friends and clergy explaining his decision to convert to Catholicism. Republished by San Francisco Bay Catholic.
Richard John Neuhaus - "One of the 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America" Time Magazine.

Neuhaus on the Current Scandal within the Church
From "The Public Square"

The Catholic Reform II, etc. First Things June / July 2004.
The Catholic Reform. First Things 143 (May 2004): 59-76.
The Bishops Get Their Report Card. First Things 141 (March 2004): 55-73.
The Bishops In Charge First Things 129 (January 2003): 71-92.
Scandal Time III. First Things 125 (August/September 2002): 85-108.
Scandal Time (Continued). First Things 124 (June/July 2002): 75-100.
Scandal Time. First Things 122 (April 2002): 61-84.

Selected Articles & Essays by Fr. Neuhaus

The Regensburg Moment "The Public Square" / First Things November 2006.
Pope Benedict on Love and Justice "The Public Square" / First Things May 2006.
Internationalisms. First Things 148 (December 2004): 64-68.
Kierkegaard for Grownups. First Things 146 (October 2004): 27-33.
The Catholic Center. First Things 132 (April 2003): 78-83.
The Persistence of the Catholic Moment. First Things 130 (February 2003): 26-30.
The Dead Horse of Liberalism. Zenit.Org. Oct. 12, 2002.
The Secularism of the West. National Post. Oct. 11, 2002.
"Salvation is From the Jews". First Things 117 (November 2001): 17-22.
Just War is a Function of Charity. National Catholic Register. October, 2001.
The End of Endings. First Things 115 (August/September 2001): 47-56.
Telling the World Its Own Story, Wilberforce Forum. July, 2001.
"Father, Forgive Them". First Things 101 (March 2000): 27-38.
Born Toward Dying. First Things 100 (February 2000): 15-22.
'SENTIRE CUM ECCLESIA' : Rome, si, California, no. Commonweal Nov. 19, 1999.
The Idea of Moral Progress. First Things 95 (August/September 1999): 21-27.
C. S. Lewis in the Public Square. First Things 88 (December 1998): 30­35.
The Cuban Revolutions. First Things 83 (May 1998): 23-28.
Christ & Creation's Longing. First Things 78 (December 1997): 20-25.
The Liberalism of John Paul II. First Things 73 (May 1997): 16-21.
Why We Can Get Along. First Things 60 (February 1996): 27-34.
The Christian University: Eleven Theses. First Things 59 (January 1996):20-22.
Poland: Reflections on a New World. First Things 40 (February 1994): 19-22.
A New Order of Religious Freedom. First Things 20 (February 1992): 13-17.
Augsburg and Catholicism: Healing the Reformation Breach. Theology Today Vol. 37, No. 3. Oct. 1980.
Schism and Renewal in American Lutheranism. Theology Today Vol. 30, No. 3. Oct. 1973.

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Public Addresses by Fr. Neuhaus

Committee on the Judiciary: Testimony of Richard J. Neuhaus: Subcommittee on the Constitution. U.S. House of Representatives. July 10, 1995 10:00 A.M.
To Propose the Truth: The "Catholic Moment" Requires Five Transformations. Essay is adapted from the keynote address to the Pope John Center Workshop for Bishops, given in Dallas on January 31, 1994. Reprinted in Crisis Magazine, April 1994.

Interviews (by and with) Fr. Neuhaus

"Remarkable Gentleness, Combined With a Keen Intellectual Curiosity". Zenit interview with Fr. Richard J. Neuhaus. June 6, 2005.
"On the Eucharist and Its Relationship to "Communio". Interview with Zenit.org. January 23, 2005.
Modest Step Toward Unity. Interview with Rob Moll, Christianity Today. Nov. 24, 2004. [On the Catholic bishops' decision to join Christian Churches Together].
Vatican II, 40 Years Later: "Dignitatis Humanae". Interview w/ Zenit.org. Nov. 20, 2003.
Interview with Bernard Chapin. http://www.enterstageright.com.
On the Iraqi Crisis. Interview w/ ZENIT. March 10, 2003.
Religion's Role in Public Life. Religion & Liberty. The Acton Institute. September-October 1993.
Interview with Mary Arnold. AD2000. June, 1991.
Interview w/ Alison Rostankowski. The Duncan Group. 2003.

Book Reviews by Fr. Neuhaus

Daniel Goldhagen's Holocaust. Review of Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust, by Daniel Goldhagen. First Things 65 (August/September 1996): 36-41.
Ralph Reed's Real Agenda. Review of Active Faith: How Christians Are Changing the Soul of American Politics. First Things 66 (October 1996): 42-45.

Book Reviews

The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America

The Naked Public Square Now. Twenty years after its publication, various authors (Stanley Hauerwaus, Harvey Cox, Jeane Bethke Elshtain, et al.) reflect on the influence of the book and contemporary problems raised by its argument, with a response by Father Neuhaus. First Things 147 (November 2004): 11-27.

As I Lay Dying: Meditations upon Returning

A Critique of Dying, by Eric Adler. Cross Currents. Winter 2002.
Last Things, by Carleton Jones. Crisis Magazine. July 2, 2002.

Death on a Friday Afternoon: Meditations on the Last Words of Jesus

On Dying: His and Ours, by Brian Daley. Commonweal. Dec. 15, 2000.
A World Renewed, by Michael Potemra. National Review. March 20, 2000.

Appointment in Rome: The Church in America Awakening

Brief Review, by William Murchison. National Review. April 19, 1999.
Books by R. J. Neuhaus


Catholic Matters: Confusion, Controversy, And the Splendor of Truth
March 2006


As I Lay Dying: Meditations Upon Returning
February 2002


Death on a Friday Afternoon: Meditations on the Last Words of Jesus
February 2001


Appointment in Rome: The Church in America Awakening
December 1998


The Naked Public Square:
Religion & Democracy in America

May 1996


Doing Well & Doing Good:
The Challenge to the Christian Capitalist

October 1992