In this presentation, Dr. Kincaid will consider how the legal theory of Francisco Suarez, SJ, can inform contemporary engagement with laws. How can virtuous citizens work to make laws more just through acts of custom-building, legal interoperation, and practices of equity? Writing at the dawn of contemporary political systems, Suarez offers unexpected insights into these challenges of today.
Dr. Elisabeth Rain Kincaid is associate professor of ethics, faith, and culture at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary. She also serves as the Director of the Institute of Faith and Learning, where she works to develop programming that integrates Christian faith and academic excellence. She is also an Affiliate Professor of Management at the Hankamer School of Business. Dr. Kincaid’s research focuses on the intersection of theological ethics, legal ethics and business ethics, virtue ethics, natural law, early modern theology, and theology of work and vocation. Dr. Kincaid recently published Law From Below: How the Thought of Francisco Suárez, SJ, Can Renew Contemporary Legal Engagement (Georgetown University Press) which explores different models for Christian engagement with law. She is currently working on a second monograph exploring the relationship between business ethics, theology, and human flourishing (under contract with Georgetown University Press). She previously held the Legendre-Soulé Chair of Business Ethics and served as the Director of the Center for Ethics and Economic Justice at Loyola University New Orleans.