CIS: Roger Partridge on why liberal societies don't need "strong gods"
Roger Partridge
27 November, 2025
Roger Partridge talked to Rob Forsyth on the Centre for Independent Studies podcast Liberalism in Question about his essay defending classical liberalism against critiques from Christian nationalists who argue liberal societies need "strong gods".
Partridge argued that liberal democracy's ailments stem from policy failures in housing and education, institutional decay, postmodernism's corrosive influence, and inadequate civic education rather than from being too philosophically thin. Listen below.