Explore how Karl Barth’s resistance to tyranny and his vision for law and government offer timeless lessons for Christian lawyers and leaders seeking to integrate faith and justice.

Abraham Kuyper’s insights into law and society remain as relevant today as they were in his time. In the blog post David McIlroy explores some of Kuyper’s most important ideas, highlighting how his theological convictions shaped his vision for law, politics, and the social order.

This article explores John Calvin’s integration of theology, law, and social justice, emphasizing his view that secular rulers, guided by the Law of Moses and natural law, should uphold moral standards, social welfare, and religious protection, and discusses how Calvin’s ideas influenced the development of democratic thought and the relationship between Church and State.

Learn how Luther’s ideas continue to shape Christian views on law, vocation, and the balance between faith and legal responsibility.

Discover how Thomas Aquinas’s view of law as an expression of love and justice offers profound insights for Christian lawyers. Learn how faith and reason work together in shaping a just society.

For Augustine, natural law is a critical, objective, standard against which any legal system can be measured. Augustine saw justice as essential to law. Rules only amount to laws if they make a plausible claim to be morally in order. Rules which do not make such a claim are not laws.