Ben Peterson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Criminal Justice at Abilene Christian University, USA.

Drawing on an underappreciated intersection of Christian ecclesiocentrism, modern social science and conservative political theory, Ben Peterson insightfully demonstrates that society has humane, and humanizing, options to remedy social ills beyond the Scylla and Charybdis of living with chaos and disorder, on the one hand, or deploying the blunt tool of state coercion on the other.

• AcknowledgmentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1: The Constitution of OrderChapter 2: Governing the Social Commons Chapter 3: Order, Convention, and the Delicate Task of Law Chapter 4: “Policing Was Never Meant to Solve All Those Problems” Chapter 5: Getting to the Roots Chapter 6: The Social Witness of the Christian Church Chapter 7: The Chicken and the EggChapter 8: Sanctuaries of Hope Bibliography AppendixIndexAbout the Author

Ben Peterson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Criminal Justice at Abilene Christian University, USA.

Drawing on an underappreciated intersection of Christian ecclesiocentrism, modern social science and conservative political theory, Ben Peterson insightfully demonstrates that society has humane, and humanizing, options to remedy social ills beyond the Scylla and Charybdis of living with chaos and disorder, on the one hand, or deploying the blunt tool of state coercion on the other.

• AcknowledgmentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1: The Constitution of OrderChapter 2: Governing the Social Commons Chapter 3: Order, Convention, and the Delicate Task of Law Chapter 4: “Policing Was Never Meant to Solve All Those Problems” Chapter 5: Getting to the Roots Chapter 6: The Social Witness of the Christian Church Chapter 7: The Chicken and the EggChapter 8: Sanctuaries of Hope Bibliography AppendixIndexAbout the Author

Ben Peterson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Criminal Justice at Abilene Christian University, USA.

Drawing on an underappreciated intersection of Christian ecclesiocentrism, modern social science and conservative political theory, Ben Peterson insightfully demonstrates that society has humane, and humanizing, options to remedy social ills beyond the Scylla and Charybdis of living with chaos and disorder, on the one hand, or deploying the blunt tool of state coercion on the other.

• AcknowledgmentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1: The Constitution of OrderChapter 2: Governing the Social Commons Chapter 3: Order, Convention, and the Delicate Task of Law Chapter 4: “Policing Was Never Meant to Solve All Those Problems” Chapter 5: Getting to the Roots Chapter 6: The Social Witness of the Christian Church Chapter 7: The Chicken and the EggChapter 8: Sanctuaries of Hope Bibliography AppendixIndexAbout the Author