Articles, Essays, Books Chapters and Book Reviews

Religion, Human Rights, and Religious Freedom​ (Historical, Comparative, and Contemporary Themes)
“The Right of Freedom of Religion: An Historical Perspective from the West,” in Silvio Ferrari, et al., eds., Routledge Handbook on Freedom of Religion and Belief (London: Routledge, 2020), 9-24

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“Meet the New Boss of Religious Freedom: The New Cases in the Court of Justice of the European Union,” Texas International Law Review 55 (2020): 223-268 (with Andrea Pin)

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“The Right to Self-Defense as the Grundnorm for Human Rights: A Response to David Little,” Canopy Forum (July 6, 2020)

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“Historical Foundations and Enduring Fundamentals of American Religious Freedom,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 33 (2020): 156-167

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“La libertad religiosa en Estados Unidos: Una perspectiva internacional,” Ius Humani, Revista de Derecho 8 (2019): 99-122

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“Law and Religion in American Education,” in Michael D. Waggoner and Nathan C. Walker, eds., The Oxford Handbook on Religion and Education (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018), 229-43 (with Brian Kaufman)

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“Is Religious Liberty Under Threat? Trans-Atlantic Perspectives,” Ecclesiastical Law Journal 20 (2018): 339-41

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“Foreword to Spanish Edition / Prefacio a la primera edición en español,” in John Witte, Jr. and Joel A. Nichols, La Libertad Religiosa en Estados Unidos: Historia de un experimento constitucional, trans. Nicolás Zambrana-Tévar (Madrid: Thomson Reuters Legal, 2018), 15-20

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“Teología y política de la libertad religiosa en Norteamérica: cuatro modelos procedentes de la época fundacional,” Revista Persona y Derecho 77 (2017): 371-401

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“Law, Religion, and Human Rights in David Little’s Thought,” Journal of Law and Religion 32 (2017): 197-201

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“Calvinist Contributions to Freedom in Early Modern Europe,” in Timothy S. Shah and Allen D. Hertzke, eds., Christianity and Freedom: Volume 1: Historical Perspectives (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016), 210-234

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“National Report -- United States of America: Religious Law and Religious Courts as a Challenge to the State,” in Uwe Kischel, ed., Religiöse Recht und religiöse Gerichte als Herausforderung des Staates (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016), 83-111 (with Joel A. Nichols)

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“‘Come Now Let Us Reason Together': Restoring Religious Freedom in America and Abroad,” Notre Dame Law Review 92 (2016): 427-450 (with Joel A. Nichols)

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“Freedom, Persecution, and the Status of Christian Minorities,” in Lamin Sanneh and Michael J, McClymond, eds., The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to World Christianity (Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2016), 330-349 (with M. Christian Green)

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“David Little:  A Modern Calvinist Architect of Human Rights,” in Sumner B. Twiss, et al., eds., Religion and Public Policy:  Human Rights, Conflict and Ethics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015), 3-23

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“​Christianity and Human Rights: Past Contributions and Future Challenges,” Journal of Law and Religion 30 (2015): 353-385 (with Justin J. Latterell)

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​“To Serve Right and to Fight Wrong: Why Religion, Human Rights, and Human Dignity Need Each Other,” in Marta Cartabia and Andrea Simoncini, eds., Pope Benedict XVI’s Legal Speeches in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015), 106-122

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Review of Paul Babie and Neville Rochow, eds., Freedom of Religion Under Bills of Rights, Ecclesiastical Law Journal 16 (2014): 101-102

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“Religion,” in Dinah Shelton, ed., The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), 10-31 (with M. Christian Green)

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“The Shifting Walls of Separation Between Church and State in the United States,” Percorsi costituzionali Costituzione e Religione 2/3 (2013): 133-148

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“Introduction,” to T. Jeremy Gunn and John Witte, Jr., eds., No Establishment of Religion: America’s Original Contribution to Religious Liberty (Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), 3-14

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“Beyond the Wall Between Church and State,” Oasis 14 (2012): 73-78 (with Justin J. Latterell)

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​“Introduction,” to John Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green, eds., Religion and Human Rights: An Introduction (Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), 3-24

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“Lift High the Cross? Lautsi v. Italy in American Perspective,” Huffington Post (March 27, 2011)

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​“American Religious Liberty in International Perspective,” in Derek Davis, ed., The Oxford Handbook on Church-State Relations in America (Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), 404-422

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​“Lift High the Cross? Contrasting the New European and American Cases on Religious Symbols on Government Property,” Emory International Law Review 25 (2011): 5-56 (with Nina-Louisa Arold)

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“Keeping the Commandments,” in Ecclesiastical Law Journal 11 (2009): 329-331

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“Religious Freedom, Democracy, and International Human Rights,” Emory International Law Review 23 (2009): 583-608 (with M. Christian Green)

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“The Rights and Limits of Proselytism in the New Religious World Order,” in Thomas Banchoff, ed., Religious Pluralism, Globalization and World Politics (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), 105-122

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“’Fairer Still the Woodlands’: Mapping the Free Exercise Forest,” Review of Kent Greenawalt, Religion and the Constitution 1: Free Exercise and Fairness (2006), Constitutional Commentary 24 (2008): 551-565

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“Introduction: The Foundations and Frontiers of Religious Liberty,” Emory International Law Review 21 (2007): 1-12

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“Foreword,” to Natan Lerner, Religion, Secular Beliefs, and Human Rights: 25 Years After the 1981 Declaration (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 2006), ix-xv

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“Facts and Fictions About the History of Separation of Church and State,” Journal of Church and State 48 (2006): 15-46

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“Intelligent Design v. Evolution: Both Right and Left Misguided in Fight,” Atlanta Journal and Constitution (December 23, 2005): A15

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“From Establishment to Freedom of Public Religion,” Capital University Law Review 32 (2004): 499-518

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“That Serpentine Wall of Separation,” Michigan Law Review 101 (2003): 1869-1905

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“A Dickensian Era of Religious Rights: An Update on Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective,” William & Mary Law Review 42 (2001): 707-770

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“A Primer on the Rights and Wrongs of Proselytism,” in Cumberland Law Review 31 (2001): 619-630

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“Introduction,” to John Witte, Jr. and Michael Bourdeaux, eds., Proselytism and Orthodoxy in Russia: The New War for Souls (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999), 1-27

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“Preface,” to John Witte, Jr. and Richard C. Martin, eds., Sharing the Book: Religious Perspectives on the Rights and Wrongs of Proselytism (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999), xi-xviii

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“Introduction,” to “Symposium: Pluralism, Proselytism, and Nationalism in Eastern Europe,” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 36 (Winter/Spring 1999): 1-6

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"Oracle of Religious Liberty -- Review of John T. Noonan, Jr., The Lustre of the Country: The American Experience of Religious Freedom (1998),” Green Bag 3, 2d ser. (1999): 327-332

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“Bürgerrecht und Religion III. Nordamerika,” Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 4. Aufl. (Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr, 1998; repr. 2007)

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“​Law, Religion and Human Rights: A Historical Protestant Perspective,” Annual of the American Society of Christian Ethics 26 (1998): 257-262

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“Introduction -- Soul Wars: The Problem and Promise of Proselytism in Russia,” Emory International Law Review 12 (1998): 1-42

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“Review of Jesse Choper, Securing Religious Liberty: Principles for Judicial Interpretation of the Religion Clauses (1995),” The Christian Century 113 (1996): 521-522

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“Introduction,” to John Witte, Jr. and Johan D. van der Vyver, eds., Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Religious Perspectives (Dordrecht/London/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1996), xvii-xxxv

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“Law, Religion, and Human Rights,” Columbia Human Rights Law Review 28 (1996): 1-31

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“The Church's Legal Challenges in the Twenty-First Century,” in Andrew R. Cecil, ed., The Moral Challenges of the Twenty First Century (Austin/Dallas: University of Texas Press, 1996), 107-143

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“The Essential Rights and Liberties of Religion in the American Constitutional Experiment,” Notre Dame Law Review 71 (1996): 371-445

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“Introductory Remarks: The State of Religious Human Rights in the World Today:
A Conference Report with Book Excerpts,” Emory International Law Review 10 (1996): 52-62

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“The Future of Religious Liberty in Russia: Report of the De Burght Conference on Pending Russian Legislation Restricting Religious Liberty,” Emory International Law Review 8 (1994): 1-66 (with W. Cole Durham, Jr., Pieter van Dijk, and Lauren B. Homer)

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“​The Integration of Religious Liberty,” Michigan Law Review 90 (1992): 1363-1383

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“Whether Piety or Charity: Classification Issues in the Law Governing Tax Exemption of Churches,” in C. Cherry and R. Sherill, eds., Religion and the Independent Sector in America (Atlanta: American Academy of Religion Series/Scholars Press, 1992), 135-165

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“Tax Exemption of Church Property: Historical Anomaly or Valid Constitutional Practice?” Southern California Law Review 64 (1991): 363-415 ​

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Review of Derek Davis, Original Intent: Chief Justice Rehnquist and the Course of American Church-State Relations (1991), The Christian Century 109 (1992): 248-252

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