Background

Steinfels, Peter Francis was born on July 15, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Melville Philip and Margaret Mary Steinfels.

Education

AB, Loyola University, 1963; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1976.

Career

Editorial assistant Commonweal Magazine, New York City, 1964-1965, assistant editor, 1965-1967, associate editor, 1967-1971, executive editor, 1978-1984, editor, 1984-1988. Senior religion correspondent, column called Beliefs New York Times, since 1988. Associate for humanities Institute of Society, Ethics and Life Sciences, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 1972-1977.

Co-editor (with Margaret O'Brien Steinfels) Hastings Center Report, 1973-1977. Professor, co-director Fordham Center on Religion and Culture Fordham University. Visiting professor Notre Dame, 1994—1995, Georgetown University, 1997—2001.

Achievements

• Peter Francis Steinfels has been listed as a notable Newspaper correspondent, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Neoconservatives: The Origins of a Movement: With a New Foreword, From Dissent to Political Power

    (In 1979, Peter Steinfels identified a new movement and pr...)

  • The Neoconservatives

    (Neoconservatives, The: The Men Who Are Changing America's...)

  • A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America
  • A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America Paperback 2004 Peter Steinfels
  • The Neoconservatives: The Origins of a Movement: With a New Foreword, From Dissent to Political Power by Peter Steinfels (2013-11-19)

Connections

Married Margaret Mary O'Brien, August 31, 1963. Children: Gabrielle, John Melville.

Father:

Melville Philip Steinfels

Mother:

Margaret Mary Steinfels

Spouse:

Margaret Mary O'Brien

child:

John Melville Steinfels

child:

Gabrielle Steinfels