How Christianity Affects Public Policy

Dear Colleagues,

The fields of religion, public policy, public administration, and its development have been interrelated throughout history. The context of how Christianity has shaped the area of public policy, law, administration, and behavior has great significance. This Special Issue allows scholars with various viewpoints to share developments in their work and research to help promote the advancement of scholarship in the interrelationship of these disciplines on the Christian influence on Public Policy.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this issue in sharing your research from the different disciplines which include public administration, economics, social work, philosophy, political science, theology, public choice theory, Austrian economics, and law as it relates to how Christianity influences or has influenced policy. There are a range of topics to which this can extend which is not limited to approaches of the death penalty, abortion, taxation, euthanasia, war and peace, along with many other issues that concern our society. We invite contributions that can be beneficial in advancing our knowledge and understanding in these areas and others that are pertinent as it relates to them. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.

The ultimate purpose of this Special Issue is to contribute to the body of knowledge about how Christianity may continue to contribute and speak to these areas and even how we may have to recognize the debates within different Christian traditions as it relates to policies going forward.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Bernard James Mauser
Guest Editor

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