Pater Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist. is an Austrian Cistercian monk and political theorist who has become one of the most prominent intellectual voices of Catholic [[Integralism]] — the position that the political order should be subordinated to the spiritual authority of the Church. Writing at *The Josias* and in academic venues, Waldstein has developed a sophisticated case against liberal constitutionalism that has influenced figures like [[Adrian Vermeule]] and [[Sohrab Ahmari]] in the American [[National Conservatism]] movement.