Emory conference on Religion, Conflict, Peacebuilding June 17-19
Emory University is hosting its second Conference on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding: ¿Local Peacebuilding and Religion: Context, Practices, and Models,¿ June 17-19, at the Emory Conference Center Hotel. Kiran Bedi, former Police Chief in India and an internationally renowned activist on women's issues and Indian jail reform, is the keynote speaker. Her topic: ¿Spirituality, Conflict, and Peacebuilding: Tales from a Life of Activism.¿
New book a resource for communities facing foreclosures, blight
With inventories of vacant and abandoned properties at unprecedented levels, a new book argues that these empty lots and unoccupied buildings and homes are not, in fact, merely the nuisances they seem to be, but are, instead, potential resources for fueling economic recovery, driving community development and strengthening real estate markets.
New books shows how in hard times, the best way to helps oneself is to help others
A new book by CSLR Senior Fellow Stephen G. Post shows how helping others can get us through the inevitable tough times that come everyone¿s way. The Hidden Gifts of Helping: How the Power of Giving, Compassion, and Hope Can Get Us Through Hard Times (Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, March 2011) is an outcome of CSLR's Pursuit of Happiness Project and was named to the Wall Street Journal's "Best-Selling Books" list May 1. The Pursuit of Happiness Project is sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation.
Witte takes issues of law and religion to Pacific Rim
CSLR Director John Witte, Jr. has embarked on a Pacific Rim summer lecture tour to highlight contentious issues of law and religion.
Emory, Eerdmans release new books in law and religion series
CSLR Senior Fellow Nicholas Wolterstorff¿s Justice in Love (Eerdmans, 2011) and Douglas Laycock¿s Religious Liberty Volume Two: The Free Exercise Clause (Eerdmans, 2011) have been released in the Emory University Studies in Law and Religion series.
New book explores the Enlightenment's universal potential
Religion, the Enlightenment, and the New Global Order (Columbia University Press), a new book edited by CSLR Senior Fellow J. Judd Owen of Emory and his brother John M. Owen of the University of Virginia, challenges the belief of Enlightenment thinkers that the world couldn¿t have universal toleration without universal principles.
New book examines how the church talks to youth about homosexuality
A new book by CSLR Senior Fellow Mark D. Jordan explores the language used by Christians regarding homosexuality and the battle for the adolescent soul. Recruiting Young Love: How Christians Talk About Homosexuality (University of Chicago Press, 2011), a product of the CSLR¿s Child in Law, Religion and Society project, examines the history of language surrounding homosexuality and the target of this language to shape adolescents.