Greg Forster is currently program director for American History, Economics and Religion at the Kern Family Foundation.

'The book is written in a very accessible and often … punchy way … In its overall thesis that liberalism requires a moral/religious underpinning, the book is very interesting and stimulating.' Roger Woolhouse, University of York

• 1. 'Reason teaches all mankind, who will but consult it': John Locke and moral consensus; 2. 'Sit down in quiet ignorance': Locke's epistemology of limits; 3. 'The candle of the Lord': Locke's rational faith; 4. 'The only foundation of faith': reasonable Christianity; 5. 'The only true touchstone of moral rectitude': the religious foundations of morality; 6. ''Tis reasonable to think the cause is natural': Locke's religious eudemonism; 7. 'The servants of one sovereign master': authority and moral consensus; 8. 'The opinion of this or that philosopher was of no authority': Locke and us.

Greg Forster is currently program director for American History, Economics and Religion at the Kern Family Foundation.

'The book is written in a very accessible and often … punchy way … In its overall thesis that liberalism requires a moral/religious underpinning, the book is very interesting and stimulating.' Roger Woolhouse, University of York

• 1. 'Reason teaches all mankind, who will but consult it': John Locke and moral consensus; 2. 'Sit down in quiet ignorance': Locke's epistemology of limits; 3. 'The candle of the Lord': Locke's rational faith; 4. 'The only foundation of faith': reasonable Christianity; 5. 'The only true touchstone of moral rectitude': the religious foundations of morality; 6. ''Tis reasonable to think the cause is natural': Locke's religious eudemonism; 7. 'The servants of one sovereign master': authority and moral consensus; 8. 'The opinion of this or that philosopher was of no authority': Locke and us.

Greg Forster is currently program director for American History, Economics and Religion at the Kern Family Foundation.

'The book is written in a very accessible and often … punchy way … In its overall thesis that liberalism requires a moral/religious underpinning, the book is very interesting and stimulating.' Roger Woolhouse, University of York

• 1. 'Reason teaches all mankind, who will but consult it': John Locke and moral consensus; 2. 'Sit down in quiet ignorance': Locke's epistemology of limits; 3. 'The candle of the Lord': Locke's rational faith; 4. 'The only foundation of faith': reasonable Christianity; 5. 'The only true touchstone of moral rectitude': the religious foundations of morality; 6. ''Tis reasonable to think the cause is natural': Locke's religious eudemonism; 7. 'The servants of one sovereign master': authority and moral consensus; 8. 'The opinion of this or that philosopher was of no authority': Locke and us.