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 … Continue reading Orestes Brownson