The Catholic Writings of Orestes BrownsonThis collection of thirteen original essays by Orestes Augustus Brownson (18031876), a major political and philosophical figure in the American Catholic intellectual tradition, presents his developed political theory in which he devotes central attention to connecting Catholicism to American politics. These writings, which date from 1856 to 1874, cover not only his conversion to Catholicism after experimenting with a variety of religious and political