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When Law and Religion Meet 2011-2012

What happens when law and religion collide? 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 other -- lest they annihilate cherished traditions and cultures worldwide. During 2011-2011, CSLR will present five lectures on critical questions creating battles in courtrooms, legislatures, and places of worship: genetic cloning and other bio-medical advances, religious freedom in a diverse world, Islamic family law in the West, Jesus and the law of marriage and divorce, and same-sex marriage.

All events take place at Emory University School of Law, Tull Auditorium. They are free and open to the public. No registration is required.

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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