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What's New


December, 2022: New book edited by John Witte, Jr.:
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The Impact of the Media on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies

October, 2022:  CSLR tweet relating to Witte's Gifford Lecture.

October, 2022:  University of Aberdeen news item about John Witte, Jr.'s Gifford Lecture can be found here.

September, 2022:  Witte's Gifford Lecture will be delivered in Aberdeen, Scotland on Tuesday, October 4, 2022.  The theme of his lecture will be "A New Calvinist Reformation of Rights".  A video of the lecture will be posted as soon as it is available.

June, 2022:  New flyer announcing the new 5th edition of Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment, which is available at a reduced price until October 2022

April, 2022: Faith, Freedom, and Family is now available - see the flyer from Mohr Siebeck announcing its publication 

February, 2022: New books edited by John Witte, Jr.:

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

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

February, 2022: New brochure released by the Center for the Study of Law and Religion: - CSLR Publications 2016-2021

February, 2022: Peruvian translation of Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment published

November, 2021:  Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University (CSLR) released its Annual Report of 2020-21

August, 2021:  New books published, by John Witte, Jr.:

The Blessings of Liberty

Faith, Freedom, and Family

May, 2021:  New flyer announcing the paperback edition of Church, State and Family: Reconciling Traditional Teachings and Modern Liberties, which is available at a reduced price until May 2022

March, 2021:  New books edited by John Witte, Jr.:
 

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

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

September, 2020:  Witte's Gifford Lecture, to be delivered in Aberdeen, Scotland on September 27-29, 2022, 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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