Natural Law: Five Views

Dr. Joel D. Biermann is the Waldemar A. and June Schuette Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. A faculty member since 2002, Biermann teaches doctrinal theology with a special interest and emphasis centered on ethics and the correct role of the law in the life of the believer. He is the author of Wholly Citizens: God's Two Realms and Christian Engagement with the World and A Case for Character: Towards a Lutheran Virtue Ethics.

Brad Littlejohn (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is the founder and president of the Davenant Institute. He also works as a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and has taught for several institutions, including Moody Bible Institute-Spokane, Bethlehem College and Seminary, and Patrick Henry College. He is also the author of The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed and co-editor of Beyond Calvin: Essays on the Diversity of the Reformed Tradition, and he has lectured extensively in the fields of Reformation history, Christian ethics, and political theology.

Melissa Moschella is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America and author of?To Whom Do Children Belong? Parental Rights, Civic Education and Children's Autonomy. She is also a McDonald Distinguished Fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University School of Law.

Peter J. Leithart (PhD, University of Cambridge) is President of Theopolis Institute and serves as Teacher at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Birmingham. He is the author of several books, including?The Kingdom and the Power, Creator: A Theological Interpretation of Genesis 1,?Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom, and?Baptism: A Guide from Life to Death.

Michael Pakaluk (PhD, Harvard University) is a professor of ethics and social philosophy in the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and a member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. He is the author several books, including?Mary's Voice in the Gospel According to John?and?The Memoirs of St. Peter.

Andrew T. Walker (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of Christian ethics and public theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.? He is the author of God and the Transgender Debate, Faithful Reason: Natural Law Ethics for God's Glory and Our Good, Liberty for All: Defending Everyone's Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age, and the editor of Social Conservatism for the Common Good. He is also a Fellow with The Ethics and Public Policy Center.??

Ryan T. Anderson (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is the president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the John Paul II Teaching Fellow in Social Thought at the University of Dallas. He is the author of several books, including Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing, What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense, and Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination.??