American monthly journal founded by Catholic priest Richard John Neuhaus; one of the most intellectually serious journals at the intersection of religion, culture, and public life in America; associated with Catholic neoconservatism, natural law theory, and the project of bringing religious reasoning into American public discourse.
Under Neuhaus, became the flagship journal of serious religious conservatism engaging rigorously with philosophy, theology, culture, and politics; published landmark debates on religion and liberal democracy; the 1996 symposium 'The End of Democracy?' caused national controversy; shaped theoconservative intellectual culture.
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