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Double-Lives in the ‘Naked Public Square’, by John M. Grondelski – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Double-Lives in the ‘Naked Public Square’, by John M. Grondelski

The Seat of Moses and the Crucifixion of Christ, by Dr. Marcus Peter

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Fr. Jerry Pokorsky: Our Quest to Live Forever

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By John M. Grondelski, The Catholic Thing, March 24, 2026

John Grondelski (Ph.D., Fordham) is a former associate dean of the School of Theology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. All views herein are exclusively his.

I take the subway to work. I like doing that because it gives me uninterrupted time to do things. Read. I get at least two books done per month. Write. Some of those book reviews get sketched out on the Orange Line. Pray. The trip to work can be a good 20 minutes for silent prayer.

Recently, looking around at my fellow passengers, I wondered how many others might avail their time in similar fashion. And that made me think of Richard John Neuhaus’s “naked public square.”

Why?

When Fr. Richard John Neuhaus introduced the concept of the “naked public square” in a 1984 book with the same name, he argued that it was anti-democratic because it required citizens to strip off their religious identities as the price of admission to public life and discourse. …

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Double-Lives in the ‘Naked Public Square’, by John M. Grondelski

The Seat of Moses and the Crucifixion of Christ, by Dr. Marcus Peter

Fr. Jerry Pokorsky: Our Quest to Live Forever

By John M. Grondelski, The Catholic Thing, March 24, 2026

I take the subway to work. I like doing that because it gives me uninterrupted time to do things. Read. I get at least two books done per month. Write. Some of those book reviews get sketched out on the Orange Line. Pray. The trip to work can be a good 20 minutes for silent prayer.

Recently, looking around at my fellow passengers, I wondered how many others might avail their time in similar fashion. And that made me think of Richard John Neuhaus’s “naked public square.”

Why?

When Fr. Richard John Neuhaus introduced the concept of the “naked public square” in a 1984 book with the same name, he argued that it was anti-democratic because it required citizens to strip off their religious identities as the price of admission to public life and discourse. …

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