Orestes Brownson

Orestes Brownson was one of the nineteenth century’s most fascinating—and mercurial—writers. A journalist, editor, apologist, and political philosopher, Brownson’s intellectual restlessness launched him on a spiritual journey that led him through Congregationalism, Presbyterianism, Universalism, humanitarianism, and Unitarianism to, ultimately, Roman Catholicism. Sometimes referred to as America’s John Henry Newman, The American Republic is his classic text.