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September, 2020:  Witte's Gifford Lecture, to be delivered in Aberdeen, Scotland on October 7 2021, will be titled "Between Martin Luther and Martin Luther King: The American Protestant Struggle to Abolish Slavery and Protect Liberty for All"

September, 2020:  New books published, edited by John Witte, Jr.:
 

Christianity and Global Law
 
Great Christian Jurists in German History 
 
Christianity and Criminal Law
 
The Impact of the Market on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies

The Impact of Religion on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies

September, 2020:  Ecuadorian translation of Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment published

February, 2019:  New brochure released by the Center for the Study of Law and Religion: Law and Christianity

January, 2019:  Audio interview posted - "The Western Case for Monogamy Over Polygamy" - New Books Network, New Books in Law

January, 2019:  New book to be published March 2019 (UK) and May 2019 (USA): Church, State, and Family: Reconciling Traditional Teachings and Modern Liberties

December, 2018:  Witte named Gifford Lecturer for Scottish series' bicentennial celebration

​December, 2018:  Update on Cambridge Law and Christianity Series

September, 2018:  New book published, edited by John Witte, Jr. (with Amy Wheeler): The Protestant Reformation of the Church and the World

July, 2018:  The McDonald Distinguished Scholar Lectures in Christian Scholarship was held May 23-25, 2018, at Christ Church in Oxford, with a theme of Is Religious Freedom Under Threat?  A Trans-Atlantic Dialogue

March, 2018:  Witte lecture reviewed in Fresh Thinking Magazine of the Center for Theological Inquiry

​February, 2018​:  Spanish translation of Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment published

December, 2017:  Italian translation of The Western Case for Monogamy Over Polygamy published

November, 2017:  Audio of Reformation Anniversary Lecture, Center of Theological Inquiry added to the "Lectures" page

October, 2017:  New CSLR Leadership Profile added to the "About" page

August, 2017:  New Cambridge Law and Christianity Series flyer released

August, 2017:  New book published, edited by John Witte, Jr. (with Gary S. Hauk): Christianity and Family Law

August, 2017:  Polish translation of The Reformation of Rights: Law, Religion, and Human Rights in Early Modern Calvinism published

May, 2017:  Witte receives honorary doctorate from Heidelberg University

January, 2017:  New book published, edited by John Witte, Jr. (with Sara McDougall and Anna di Robilant): Texts and Contexts in Legal History: Essays in Honor of Charles Donahue

October, 2016:  Witte presents 26-chapter festschrift on Charles Donahue's work at Harvard Law

September, 2016:  McDonald Agape Foundation commits $1 million to advance Witte's work in Christianity and law

September, 2016:  Witte receives lifetime achievement award in family law

June, 2016:  Witte receives prestigious award from German university 

April, 2016:  John Witte, Jr. and Joel A. Nichols have now published the fourth edition of their classic classroom text, Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment, newly available from Oxford University Press

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