Peter SteinfelsNeoconservatives : The Origins of a Movement
In 1979, Peter Steinfels identified a new movement and predicted it would be the decade’s most enduring legacy to American politics.
Peter F. Steinfels (born in 1941) is an American journalist and educator best known for his writings on religious topics.A native of Chicago, Illinois, and a lifelong Roman Catholic, Steinfels earned his Ph.D from Columbia University and joined the staff of the journal Commonweal in 1964. He served as a visiting professor at Notre Dame in 1994-95 and then as visiting professor at Georgetown University from 1997 to 2001.
