Ray Nothstine, associate editor at the Acton Institute and managing editor of Religion and Liberty, discusses the dangers associated with political messianism in American politics. Nothstine offered these comments during an Aug. 27, 2012, speech to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
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