Protestant and Catholic reviewers alike quickly testified to the importance of Helmut Thielicke's Politics, which brings his foundational theological insights to the contentious public square.

Thielicke's Politics will be of major significance for all people from any denomination who are seriously interested in political science, social ethics, and questions having to do with war and peace, resistance and revolution, conscientious objection to military service, the state in welfare and education, and the role of the church in politics.