"Evangelical politics are a bit of a mess these days and seem to be guided by impulse rather than by thought. Covington, McGraw, and Watson have given us much to think about in their reflections on natural law. They recognize that God speaks to us through both Scripture and creation. God's creation has laws that govern it, and the authors of Hopeful Realism help us to think through how those laws help us to think through the most crucial political issues that we face today. This book is a must-read for evangelicals in the present political season (and beyond)."

"Evangelicalism has suffered badly from a thin political theology that leaves its members flailing in public life. I have long been convinced that the most fruitful but underappreciated resource for us is the natural law tradition. Hopeful Realism lays out this approach in a particularly biblical way, grounded in the Protestant tradition. Not satisfied to merely present their theory and defend it, the authors boldly and thoughtfully explain the 'hopeful realist' position on some of our most contentious political questions. This book isn't just abstract theorizing for fellow scholars; it's a serious resource for the evangelical church that could ground our political conversations in the unchanging wisdom of the Christian natural law tradition. It's desperately needed in one of American evangelicalism's most fraught moments."

"This sober, energizing work is a testament to the value of putting politics in its proper place for its own sake, and for the health of the church. Jesse, Micah, and Bryan have long been stalwarts for robust Christian political engagement and beacons of Christian faithfulness in academia and in our public life. Their intellect and the witness of their lives have been a blessing to a generation of students. Now, we all get to sit in their classroom, learn from these thoughtful men, and then go out into communities and our politics to pursue faithfulness there ourselves."