I heartily endorse this elegant, informative, and authoritative Christian theological account of international law. -- David P. Gushee, Mercer University, USA Esther D. Reed's Theology for International Law spans the gap between the fundamental principles that make international law morally compelling and the contemporary issues that make it politically important. In the search for starting points for global ethics, international law is a neglected resource. It matters not only to legal specialists, but to business leaders, activists, and ordinary citizens. Esther D. Reed helps us to understand how law that works between nations begins and why it makes a difference for the future. -- Robin W. Lovin, Center of Theological Inquiry, NJ , USA Scholars are rediscovering natural law in their search to answer the critics of international law. Esther D. Reed's book is a timely and invaluable contribution to this endeavor. She is the rare scholar who deeply understands both natural law and international law and the promise of both in supporting humanity's striving for peace and the common good. -- Mary Ellen O'Connell, University of Notre Dame, USA Esther Reed's book, unusually lucid in a field where obscurity is often used to stake a claim to authority, should be read by all those who want a powerful, well-informed and essentially optimistic Christian voice discussing such deeply perplexing challenges and developments of human self-ordering in the twenty-first century. -- Philip Allott The Tablet