In the last of his three «part series,» Proposing Democracy Anew,» Richard John Neuhaus confusedly presents his position on the separation of church and state, pluralism, religious indifferentism, and the proper content of the public square
such that one is unsure whether he is proposing a societal
ideal, for which Catholics and all people should perpetually strive, or a merely provisional goal, for which we may now work temporarily, but only in lieu of
pursuing directly a greater
ideal.
Figures
such as Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Adolf Loos
pursued ideals of progress, rationality, and purity in their architecture, design, and urban planning.