Vincent Rougeau is an associate professor of law at the University of Notre Dame. He is writing a book titled Cosmopolitans in the American Empire: Progressive Christian Citizenship in the New World Order. Get Commonweal’s latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-10-08 issue: View Contents Recommended for you Christian Radical By Arvin Alaigh October 1, 2026 Pulling the Brake By Eugene McCarraher September 28, 2026 Clerics Without Clericalism By Timothy Kirchoff October 1, 2026