LatCons Revisited by David Mills

LatCons Revisited

Further Thoughts on Latitudinarian Conservatism

by David Mills

In writing “Meet the LatCons” I hoped mainly to introduce the phrase “Latitudinarian Conservatives.” My model was Richard John Neuhaus’ title “The Naked Public Square,” which is tossed about by people who have never read the book, because the phrase is a useful summary of the problem of a society in which religion plays no public part.

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