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Books

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The Impact of Religion (2020)
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The Impact of the Market (2020)
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Christianity and Criminal Law (2020)

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Great Christian Jurists in German History (2020)
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Christianity and Global Law (2020)
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Church, State, and Family: Reconciling Traditional Teachings and Modern Liberties (2019)

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The Protestant Reformation of the Church and the World (2018)
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Christianity and Family Law: An Introduction (2017)
Essays in Honour of Charles Donahue
Texts and Contexts in Legal History: Essays in Honour of Charles Donahue (2016)

Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment: Essential Rights and Liberties
Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment (2016)
The Western Case for Monogamy Over Polygamy
The Western Case for Monogamy Over Polygamy (2015)
Law and Language: Effective Symbols of Community
Law and Language: Effective Symbols of Community (2013)

No Establishment of Religion: America’s Original Contribution to Religious Liberty
No Establishment of Religion: America’s Original Contribution to Religious Liberty (2012)
Religion and Human Rights: An Introduction
Religion and Human Rights: An Introduction (2012)
From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion and Law in the Western Tradition
From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion and Law in the Western Tradition (2012)

Christianity and Human Rights: An Introduction
Christianity and Human Rights: An Introduction (2010)
The Sins of the Fathers: The Law and Theology of Illegitimacy Reconsidered
The Sins of the Fathers: The Law and Theology of Illegitimacy Reconsidered (2009)
Christianity and Law: An Introduction
Christianity and Law: An Introduction (2008)

The Reformation of Rights: Law, Religion, and Human Rights in Early Modern Calvinism
The Reformation of Rights: Law, Religion, and Human Rights in Early Modern Calvinism (2007)
The Equal Regard Family and its Friendly Critics
The Equal Regard Family and its Friendly Critics (2007)
To Have and to Hold: Marrying and its Documentation in Western Christendom, 400-1600
To Have and to Hold: Marrying and its Documentation in Western Christendom, 400-1600 (2007)

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The Teachings of Modern Roman Catholicism on Law, Politics, and Human Nature (2007)
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The Teachings of Modern Protestantism on Law, Politics, and Human Nature (2007)
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The Teachings of Modern Orthodox Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature (2007)

God’s Joust, God’s Justice: Law and Religion in the Western Tradition
God’s Joust, God’s Justice: Law and Religion in the Western Tradition (2006)
Sex, Marriage, and Family in the World Religions
Sex, Marriage, and Family in the World Religions (2006)
Family Transformed: Religion, Values, and Family Life in Interdisciplinary Perspective
Family Transformed: Religion, Values, and Society in American Life (2005)

Covenant Marriage in Comparative Perspective
Covenant Marriage in Comparative Perspective (2005)
Sex, Marriage and Family in John Calvin’s Geneva I: Courtship, Engagement and Marriage
Sex, Marriage and Family in John Calvin’s Geneva I: Courtship, Engagement and Marriage (2005)
Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation
Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation (2002)

Sharing the Book: Religious Perspectives on the Rights and Wrongs of Proselytism
Sharing the Book: Religious Perspectives on the Rights and Wrongs of Proselytism (1999)
Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia: The New War for Souls
Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia: The New War for Souls (1999)
Human Rights in Judaism: Cultural, Religious and Political Perspectives
Human Rights in Judaism: Cultural, Religious and Political Perspectives (1998)

Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Religious Perspectives
Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Religious Perspectives (1996)
Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Legal Perspectives
Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Legal Perspectives (1996)
Christianity & Democracy in Global Context
Christianity & Democracy in Global Context (1993)
The Weightier Matters of the Law
The Weightier Matters of the Law (1988)
A Christian Theory of Social Institutions
A Christian Theory of Social Institutions (1986)

Forthcoming Books


Church, State, and Freedom: Classic Christian Teachings for Modern Pluralistic Societies (Cambridge University Press)
 
Sex, Marriage & Family in John Calvin’s Geneva 2: The Christian Household (with Robert M. Kingdon) (William B. Eerdmans)
 
Coeditor, Character Formation, Ethical Education and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies, 10 vols. (Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH) (with Michael Welker et al.)

A Brief for the Marital Family (under review)
 
Faith, Freedom, and Family: New Essays on Law and Religion, 3 vols., ed. Norman Doe (under review)
 
Coeditor, Oxford Handbook on Christianity and Law (under review) (with Rafael Domingo)
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A New Reformation of Rights: Calvinist Contributions to Modern Human Rights
 
Law and Gospel in Brief: Short Tracts on the Weightier Matters of the Law
 
The Religious Vindication of Law: The Uses of Law in Modern Society


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