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When Law and Religion Meet 2012-2013

What happens to deeply needy populations when the modern welfare state begins to collapse? No longer provided with a safety net and devoid of other means of protection, the most vulnerable people in the Western world are left to suffer without support from the state. During 2012-2013, CSLR will explore “The Rights of the Needy” by focusing on the plight of the most vulnerable populations and offer provocative solutions.

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Recent Events

Interfaith Summit on Happiness

Interfaith Summit on Happiness featuring His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama and other world religious leaders October 17 followed by a one-day conference October 18 on The Pursuit of Happiness in Interreligious Perspective.

The Pursuit of Happiness 2010

The CSLR launched "The Pursuit of Happiness Project" in 2005 to put religion and science in conversation, focus on the relation between altruistic love and happiness, retrieve some of the rich traditional teachings captured in this ideal, and ultimately reconstruct the idea of happiness in light of the new findings of the human and social sciences and of the new liberties of constitutional democracies. A series of public events are planned to showcase the findings and teachings of this five-year project.

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"An Apt and Cheerful Conversation on Marriage," February 7, 2001

In this essay, John Witte, Jr. argues that modern Anglo-American marriage law was formed out of two traditions–one rooted in Christianity, a second in the Enlightenment. Each of these traditions has... MORE