Mark Hill QC practises from Chambers in the Inner Temple, London, and is Associate Professor at Cardiff University, UK; the University of Pretoria, South Africa; King's College London, UK; and Notre Dame University Law School, Sydney, Australia.

Norman Doe is Professor of Law at Cardiff University, UK, and Director of its Centre for Law and Religion.

RH Helmholz is the Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, USA.

John Witte, Jr. is Woodruff University Professor of Law, McDonald Distinguished Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, USA.

Preface - Lord Judge

1. Introduction
   Mark Hill QC

Historical Contributions of Christianity to Criminal Law

2. Criminal Law in the Old Testament: Homicide, the Problem of Mens Rea, and God
   Brent A. Strawn
3. Conflicting Criminal Jurisdictions in Early Christianity
   Markus Bockmuehl
4. Crime and the Canon Law
   R. H. Helmholz
5. Retaliation: Christian Reasons for Punishment: An overview
   Mathias Schmoeckel
6. Christianity and the Liberal Enlightenment Reforms of Criminal Law
   Heikki Pihlajamäki

Christianity and the Principles of Criminal Law

7. The Nature of Sin and Crime: Spiritual and Civil Jurisdictions Compared
   Norman Doe
8. Christianity, Mens Rea and the Boundaries of Criminal Liability
   David McIlroy
9. Christianity, Human Dignity and Due Process
   Peter Collier QC

Christianity and Criminal Offences

10. Christianity and Crimes Against the State
    Nathan S. Chapman
11. Christianity and Offences Against the PersonDavid Etherington QC
12. Law Like Love Like Language: The Christian Uses of Property Crime
    John F. Stinneford
13. Crimes against God and the Church
    Jeroen Temperman
14. Sex Crimes and Christianity
    John Witte, Jr.
15. Attempts, Complicity, Virtue and the Limits of the Law
    Richard W. Garnett

Christianity and the Enforcement of Criminal Law

16. Defences: Justification, Excuse and Provocation
    Chloë Kennedy
17. Punishment, Forgiveness, and Mercy
    Jeffrie Murphy
18. Justice, Mercy and Equality in Discretionary Criminal Justice Decision-making
    Albert W. Alschuler
19. Parole, Risk Assessment of Offenders and Christianity
    Sir John Saunders
20. Judicial Punishment in Transitional Justice: A Christian Restorative Approach
    Daniel Philpott
21. The Weight of Judgment
    Nathan S. Chapman