Public Lectures

350 major public lectures, including at:

University of Adelaide; Arizona State University; University of Bonn; Boston College; University of California at Berkeley; Cambridge University; University of Cape Town; Catholic University of America; University of Chicago; Columbia University; University of Copenhagen; Dartmouth College; Duke University; University of Edinburgh; Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Free University of Amsterdam; Georgetown University; Handong Global University; Gregorian University Rome; Harvard University; University of Heidelberg; University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Baptist University; Indiana University; University of Iowa; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Leiden University; Melbourne University; McGill University; University of Milan; University of Minnesota; University of Nevada at Las Vegas; University of Nijmegen; University of Notre Dame; University of Oslo; Oxford University; University of Padua; University of Pretoria; Princeton University; Queens University, Kingston; Seigakuin University, Tokyo; Tel Aviv University; University of Minnesota; University of Texas, Austin; Trinity College, Dublin; University of Toronto; Trondheim University; University of Tϋbingen; University of Virginia; University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; Windsor Castle, United Kingdom; Yale University; Yonsei University; and various smaller colleges, research centers, institutes, and academic conferences in North America, Europe, Israel, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and South Africa. 
List of Major Academic Lectures

Selected Endowed Lectures

  • ​​Jerald Brauer Lectures, University of Chicago (1995)
  • Andrew R. Cecil Lectures, University of Texas at Dallas (1995)
  • Encounter Lecture in Human Rights, McGill University (1996) 
  • Whiteside Lecture, Candler School of Theology, Emory University (1997)
  • Abraham Kuyper Lecture, Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton University (1999)​
  • Gould Lectures, University of Vermont (2000)
  • John Courtney Murray Lecture, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC (2000) 
  • Daniel J. Meador Lectures on Law and Religion, University of Virginia School of Law (2001)
  • Richard A. Kessler Reformation Lectures, Candler School of Theology, Emory University (2002, 2008, 2015) 
  • Donald Gianella Memorial Lecture, Villanova Law School (2002)
  • Parliament Hill Lecture, Ottawa (2003)
  • Lane Lecture, Creighton University School of Law (2004)
  • John Paul II Lecture, Catholic University of America (2004)
  • John Witherspoon Lecture, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC (2004)
  • Alonzo L. McDonald Family Foundation Lectures, Emory University (2005, 2006, 2009, 2012)
  • Snuggs Lectures, University of Tulsa (2005)
  • Geneva Lectures, University of Iowa (2005)
  • Geneva Lectures, Queens University, Kingston (2005)
  • Timbers Lectures, Dartmouth College (2005)
  • Bradley Lectures, Boston College (2005)
  • Beatty Memorial Lecture, McGill University (2007)
  • Franke Lectures in the Humanities, Yale University (2008)
  • Kamm Memorial Lecture, Wheaton College (2008)
  • Randall Chair Lectures, Providence College (2008)
  • Philip Pro Lectures in Legal History, University of Nevada at Las Vegas (2009)
  • Tikvah Lecture, Princeton University (2009)
  • John Calvin 500th Anniversary Lecture, St. Pierre Cathedral, Geneva (2009)
  • McElroy Lectures in Law and Religion, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (2010)
  • Thomas Jefferson Memorial Lecture, University of California at Berkeley (2011)
  • Sir James Lofton Lecture, University of Hong Kong (2011)
  • Sir George Turner Lecture, University of Melbourne (2011)
  • Henry Stobs Lectures, Calvin College and Seminary (2011)
  • Don S. Browning Memorial Lecture, Emory University (2012)
  • David Steinmetz Lecture, Duke University (2012)
  • INTAMS Lecture, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2012)
  • Brahms Lectures, Case Western Reserve University Law School (2012)
  • Cary and Ann Maguire Lectures, Library of Congress (2012-2013)
  • Kluge Chair in Cultures of the North Lecture, Library of Congress (2015)
  • James W. C. Pennington Award Lecture, University of Heidelberg (2016)
  • Harry Krause Lifetime Achievement in Family Law Award Lecture, University of Illinois School of Law (2016)
  • James W. C. Pennington Lecture, Yale Divinity School (2016)
  • The Cunningham Lectures, University of Edinburgh (2016)
  • Emory Williams Memorial Lecture, Emory University (2017)

Selected Lectures and Panels - Audio/Video
The Gifford Lectures
October 4, 2022
“A New Calvinist Reformation of Rights”
The McDonald Distinguished Scholar Lectures on Christian Scholarship
May, 2018
"Historical Hinterlands: United Kingdom and the United States", with Mark Hill
(starts at 28:42)

Note: the complete set of lecture videos can be found here
Reformation Anniversary Lecture, Center of Theological Inquiry
October, 2017
“From Gospel to Law: Martin Luther’s Reformation of Church, State and Society”
Constitution Day Lecture, Emory University
September, 2017
​“Is the United Constitution a Great Book”
Constitution Day Lecture,
University of Illinois College of Law
September 16, 2016
​"Why No Polygamy"
"America and the Magna Carta" - Library of Congress
(starts at 6:50)
​December 9, 2014
Conversations on the Enduring Legacy of the Great Charter​, Library of Congress
December 9, 2014
"The Rise of a New Magna Carta for Early Modern England & Colonial America”
Mercer University Great Books Lecture
April 2014
​Separation of Church and State in American History and Today: Facts, Fictions, and Future Challenges
The McDonald Distinguished Lectures on Christian Scholarship, Emory University
March 26, 2014
"The Challenges of Christianity and Human Rights"​
Second Annual Faith and Law Panel Religious Legal Theory Conference, Emory University
February 24, 2014
"What If Religion Were in Charge?"
Pacem in Terris: After 50 Years, University of Chicago
​April 5, 2013
"Religion, Politics and Freedom"
Emory Law School Panel on Religious Freedom v. LGBTQ Rights
April 3, 2013
​"LGBT Equality and Religious Liberty: Friends or Foes"
2012 Don S. Browning Lecture, Emory University
​January 25, 2012
"Shari'a in the West? What Place for Religious Family Law in America and Other Western Democracies?"
University of California Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures
July 2011
"Sharia in the West?"
Westminster Seminary California - Office Hours
June 22, 2011
​"Natural Law and Religious Freedom"
Library of Congress Panel Discussion (Webcast)
April 26, 2011
"Dignity of the Human Person"
Religion in American Politics and Society: A Model for Other Countries?, Georgetown University
March 1, 2011
"The Christian Experience" (starts at 21:50)
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California
February 10, 2011
"The Covenant of Marriage: Its Biblical Roots, Historical Influences, and Modern Uses"
The January Series 2009, Calvin College
​January 7, 2009
​"Separation of Church and State - Calvin Style: A 500th Anniversary Celebration"
Faith and Globalization Initiative, Yale Law School
November 2008
​"Religion and Human Rights" (starts at 15:00)
Acton Institute, The Birth of Freedom Short Film
September 2008
"How has Judaism contributed to human rights?"
McDonald Lecture, Emory University
March 2, 2005
"Separation of Church and State: There is No Wall"