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CSLR lectures dating back to 2003 are available here on video.
Currie Lecture
- Currie Lecture: Why Religion Matters in the Quest for Gay Civil Rights, March 30, 2009
- The Future of Shari'a: Secularism from an Islamic Perspective, January 29, 2007
Decalogue Lecture
- Maimonides: Science Generates Faith, September 18, 2006
- Silver Anniversary: The Decalogue Lectures: Law, Religion, and the future of the African-American Family, October 25, 2007
- The Catholic Church and the Death Penalty, October 07, 2008
- Where Will the Children Live? Decalogue Lecture, February 17, 2004
Family Forum Series 2003-2004
- Children: Will We Ever Get it Right?, October 27, 2003
- What Happens to Children in Peril?, October 14, 2003
- Who Cares for the Children?, September 22, 2003
Family Forum Series 2004-2005
- Affirmative Action: Did the Supreme Court Save It?, April 11, 2005
- Challenges of Adolescence and Violence, March 23, 2005
- Cosby's Call and Our Response: What the Church and Community Should Do, February 02, 2005
- Spare the Rod: Legal and Religious Challenges in Raising Children of the Book, October 06, 2004
- The Intimacy Discount in Statutory Rape Cases, March 30, 2005
- Why Churches Say No: Challenges Faith-Based Initiatives Pose to Religion and Family, September 27, 2004
Family Forum Series 2005-2006
- Vocations of the Child: Do Kids Have a Responsibility?, September 29, 2005
Family Forum Series 2006-2007
- Looking for the Wall: Impressions of a Newcomer to the Changing Church-State Landscape, April 11, 2007
- The Future of Marriage and Family Life, January 17, 2007
From Silver to Gold: The Next 25 Years of Law and Religion
- Silver Anniversary: The Future of Law, Religion, and Human Rights, October 26, 2007
- Silver Anniversary: The Future of Law, Religion, and International Affairs, October 26, 2007
- Silver Anniversary: The Alonzo McDonald Lectures, October 26, 2007
- Silver Anniversary: The Currie Lectures in Law and Religion, October 25, 2007
- Silver Anniversary: The Decalogue Lectures: Law, Religion, and the future of the African-American Family, October 25, 2007
- Silver Anniversary: The Future of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Legal Studies, October 25, 2007
- Silver Anniversary: The Future of Law and Religion, October 25, 2007
- Silver Anniversary: The Future of Law, Religion, and Marriage, October 25, 2007
- Silver Anniversary: The Future of Religious Liberty, October 25, 2007
Harold J. Berman Lecture
- Harold J. Berman Lecture: The Danger of a Nuclear and Genocidal Iran: The Responsibility to Prevent, March 16, 2009
McDonald Lecture
- McDonald Lecture: Separation of Church and State: There is No Wall, March 02, 2005
- McDonald Lecture: Speaking Up for Rights, May 29, 2006
Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Modern Problems, Enduring Solutions
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Authorizing Marriage? Canon, Tradition, and Critique in the Blessing of Same-sex Unions, March 29, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Conference Closing: Sex, Marriage, and Family: The Challenges of the New Century, March 29, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Covenant Marriage: History, Theology, Public Policy, March 29, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: I Do, I Don't-The Cases for and Against Marriage, March 28, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Is There Any Place Like Home?, March 29, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Marital Pluralism: What Place for Religious Law?, March 28, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Marriage a la Mode: Answering the Advocates of Same-sex Marriage, March 28, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Religion as a Resource in Making Family Policy, March 29, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Sex in a Religious, Libertarian, and Communitarian Perspective, March 28, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Suffer the Children? Contraception, Abortion, Reproductive Stewardship, March 29, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: The Teachings of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures, March 27, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: The Teachings of Nature, March 28, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: The Teachings of Nature, Religion, and Tradition, March 27, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Trends in Dating, Mating, and Union Formation Among Young Adults, March 28, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Where's Dad? Fatherhood in African-American Families, March 28, 2003
- Sex, Marriage, and Family & the Religions of the Book: Who Decides? State, Religion, & the Future of Family Policy, March 29, 2003
What's Wrong with Rights for Children?
- What's Wrong with Rights for Children? What Does the Children's Convention Require?, October 20, 2005
- What's Wrong with Rights for Children? Why Did the U.S. Drive the Children's Convention and then Withdraw Support?, October 20, 2005
- What's Wrong with Rights for Children?: How Would States Apply the Children's Convention?, October 21, 2005
- What's Wrong with Rights for Children?: Keynote, October 20, 2005
- What's Wrong with Rights for Children?: Marty Keynote, October 21, 2005
- What's Wrong with Rights for Children?: Should Religious Groups Oppose the Children's Convention?, October 21, 2005
- What's Wrong with Rights for Children?: What's Wrong with Children's Rights?, October 21, 2005
When Law and Religion Meet 2008-2009
- Currie Lecture: Why Religion Matters in the Quest for Gay Civil Rights, March 30, 2009
- Harold J. Berman Lecture: The Danger of a Nuclear and Genocidal Iran: The Responsibility to Prevent, March 16, 2009
- Islamic Law in Britain: a Minor Problem or a Problem for the Minority?, March 18, 2009
- The Catholic Church and the Death Penalty, October 07, 2008
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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
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