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The Center for the Study of Law and Religion is home to world-class scholars and forums on the religious foundations of law, politics, and society

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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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Watch John Witte, Jr.'s Lecture "Shari'a in the West? What Place for Religious Family Law in America and Other Western Democracies?"

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Building Cultures of Trust

September 11 and conspiratorial thinking, the economic crisis, banks and lenders, mistrust of government as a rescue agency, mortgage-lending to foreclosures,... more

Called to Happiness: Where Faith and Psychology Meet

This account of "the new science of happiness" not only supports traditional faith but gives examples that we can use to live a fulfilling life. It... more

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Featured Speaker

Luke Timothy Johnson is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology at Emory University and a Senior Fellow for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion. He will deliver the Alonzo L. McDonald Lecture in Christianity and Law at CSLR on February 8, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. He will show how a patient examination of Matthew on its own terms reveals a rich and complex understanding of the ways Torah and the figure of Jesus intersect, including discussion of the passages on marriage and divorce. Johnson’s lecture is part of the When Law and Religion Meet Lecture Series 2011-2012.