Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Interpretation of Liberalism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 On interpreting liberalism: a methodological preliminary -- 3 Five writers from the liberal canon -- 4 Some varieties of liberalism -- 5 Liberalism's family resemblances -- 3 Reinhold Niebuhr and the Liberal Philosophy of History -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Niebuhr's theological method -- 3 Niebuhr's understanding of liberalism -- 4 Niebuhr's criticisms of the liberal conception of history -- 5 Criticism -- 4 George Grant and the Basis of Liberal Values -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The civilizational contradiction -- 3 Grant and Rawls -- 4 Critical assessment -- 5 Jacques Maritain and the Liberal Defence of Pluralism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Religious freedom, historical relativism -- 3 A committed but pluralist political society -- 4 Maritain in an Augustinian framework -- 6 The Central Problem of Liberal Constitutional Theory -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The problem of judicial review defined and some unsuccessful short cuts -- 3 Ronald Dworkin's defence of judicial review -- 4 John Finnis's criticisms of Dworkin -- 5 Democratic procedures and just outcomes: a theological perspective -- 7 Christianity and Liberal Society -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The turn to the subject -- 3 Reason and revelation in public life -- 4 The Eternal City -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.