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What happens when law and religion collide? Answers can be found in the writings and lectures of CSLR scholars. The increasingly volatile relationship of religious and political communities around the globe, particularly within the past decade, has made it imperative for religion and state to learn to cooperate with each other -- lest they annihilate cherished traditions and cultures worldwide.

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Hear Michael Welker, Chair for Systematic Theology at the University of Heidelberg, deliver the 2013 Alonzo L. McDonald Lecture in Law and Christianity entitled “The Power of Mercy in Biblical Law."

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From Sacrament to Contract, Second Edition

This newly revised and enlarged edition of John Witte’s magisterial historical study explores the interplay of law, theology, and marriage in the Western... more

No Establishment of Religion: America's Original Contribution to Religious Liberty

Containing 13 chapters from some of the nation’s most distinguished scholars, the book provides readers with a thorough and insightful history of the... more

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Michael Welker, Chair for Systematic Theology at the University of Heidelberg, spoke on The Power of Mercy in Biblical Law at Candler School of Theology on March 27. His lecture explored major biblical law codes that show how mercy -- the care for the weaker -- is not a surplus and luxury in common human life. The lecture was part of CSLR’s 2012-2013 lecture series, When Law and Religion Meet: The Rights of the Needy.