Peter Steinfels
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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 Catholic, Steinfels earned his PhD from Columbia University and joined the staff of the journal Commonweal in 1964. He currently writes a biweekly column for the New York Times called "Beliefs" while serving as a visiting professor for Georgetown University and the University of Notre Dame. Steinfels has also written several books, including The Neoconservatives: The Men Who Are Changing America's Politics (ISBN 0-671-41384-8) and A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America (ISBN 0-684-83663-7). He is married to wife, Margaret (Peggy), and has two children, Gabriel and John Melville.
