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Article: Neuhaus' first and last things.("American Babylon: Notes of a Christian Exile" by Richard John Neuhaus)(Book review)
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- June 12, 2009
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AMERICAN BABYLON: NOTES OF A CHRISTIAN IN EXILE
By Richard John Neuhaus
Published by Basic Books, $16.95.
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Soon after Fr. Richard John Neuhaus died in January, encomiums for his life and work appeared in this country's top conservative newspapers and periodicals. Obituaries and assessments appeared also in journals that bore the brunt of his sardonic, scathing, at times unfair attacks, including the National Catholic Reporter.
This was not surprising, for even those who disagreed with him had to admit that Neuhaus made his mark, whether as a youthful civil rights advocate and opponent of the Vietnam War ...