Part One. America and Rome. 1. Not So Bourgeois a Church --- 2. On the Misunderstanding of John Paul II ---- Part Two. The Worlds of American Catholicism. 3. The Jacobin Temptation in American Catholocism --- 4. Tertullians Temptation-The Worlds of the Wanderer --- 5. A Position Ahead of the Barricades ---- Part Three. Six Arguments Reconceived. 6. Church State and the Civil Public Square --- 7. The Abortion Debate and the Hospitable Society --- 8. After The Challenge of Peace American --- 9. The Politics of Witness --- 10. Bread Freedom Faith-Human Rights --- 11. A Grammar for the Debate-the Return of Natural Law ---- Epilogue: Pro Deo et PatriaSeizing the Catholic Moment.