Christian Raab, OSB, is an associate professor of theology at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology and an associate pastor at Saint Joseph Parish in Jasper, Indiana. His writing has appeared in Logos, American Benedictine Review, Commonweal, The Priest, and Review for Religious. He is co-editor of The Tradition of Catholic Prayer (Liturgical Press, 2007), and author of Understanding the Religious Priesthood: History, Controversy, Theology (CUA, 2021).