Back To ListThe Crisis of LiberalismThe Origin and Destiny of FreedomByMichael R.J. BonnerPublished April 2026Paperback$ 21.99Paperback$ 21.99 Add to CartShop LocalDescriptionThe Cold War struggle against Soviet communism is over, but a new conflict — one within liberal democracy itself — has taken its place.Contemporary liberalism is in a bad way. But most advanced thinkers misdiagnose the problem. Few can see that liberalism, like any other ideology, suffers from tensions and contradictions that threaten it from within.While malign actors attack liberalism from the outside, the real conflict, full of antithetical freedoms and individualities, has turned into a kind of liberal civil war. Liberals today struggle to maintain cohesiveness within the party and to effectively communicate their value proposition to voters. A large part of the problem is that the origin of liberalism and the main assumptions about human freedom that nourished it have been obscured orforgotten over time.In The Crisis of Liberalism, Michael R.J. Bonner proposes that a renewed understanding of freedom — its philosophical and theological foundations — can point the way out of the present mess and give voters and liberal adherents overall a stronger understanding of what they’re fighting for.Of Related InterestCanada AloneKim Richard NossalPursuing a Public LifeHon. Sergio MarchiRenegade PoliticsWraychel GilmoreImperfect IdealPeter L. BiroReviews A winding excursion through the uniquely Christian foundations underlying our modern concept of liberalism.ROBERT BAINES, president and CEO, NATO Association of CanadaThe Crisis of Liberalism is an astonishing intellectual tour de force and, some might suggest, also an act of mega-chutzpah, as the author takes on what generations of political theorists had assumed was a settled question.PETER L. BIRO, senior fellow of Massey CollegeAn elegant and lucid account of the Christian origins of liberalism, its baneful revolt against those origins, and its possible recovery.HOWARD ANGLIN, constitutional lawyerA much welcome and illuminating intervention in a long-running debate about our present disarray. Rather than rehearsing familiar arguments about institutions, norms, or polarisation, Michael R. J. Bonner probes liberalism’s forgotten moral and theological foundations, and the consequences of losing sight of them.LOLA SALEM, fellow at the University of OxfordPreviousNextContributorsMichael R.J. BonnerMichael R.J. Bonner is a communications and public policy advisor, and a historian with a PhD from the University of Oxford. He lives in Port Perry, Ontario.View Author Page Book DetailsPaperbackApril 20265.5x8.5 in224 pp9781459756212PDFApril 2026-224 pp9781459756229ePubApril 2026-224 pp9781459756236