Berny Belvedere

A Democratic and Republican Faith

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“The relationship between religious faith and liberal democratic values is something I have spent years thinking and writing about, persuaded as both a Christian and a committed liberal that the two are natural allies rather than rivals. Raymond Roberts makes that very case with rigor and historical depth, tracing how the collapse of mainstream Protestantism has quietly eroded the moral foundations on which democratic self-governance depends—and pointing toward what renewal might require. This is serious, necessary work.”