Francis Smith Foster honored for contributions to racial relations
CSLR Senior Fellow Frances Smith Foster has received the Gittler Prize from Brandeis University in recognition of her outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to racial, ethnic, and religious relations.
New book explores practical side of virtue
A new book by CSLR Senior Fellow Julia Annas explores the nature and structure of virtue. Drawing on the ancient use of skill as an analogue for virtue, she creates a developmental account of virtue as a disposition with the structure of a skill, but also discusses ways in which virtue, unlike skills, is related to the good, and hence to happiness. Intelligent Virtue (Oxford University Press 2011) is a product of CSLR¿s Pursuit of Happiness Project.
Van der Vyver assists nations caught in law and religion battles
CSLR Senior Fellow Johan D. van der Vyver is traveling to countries in the midst of constitutional and church-state strife ¿ Nepal, India, Chile, and China -- to advise them on solutions tried by other nations. It¿s a role he¿s been playing since he helped bring an end to apartheid in his native South Africa nearly two decades ago.
New book offers new hope for marraige
A newly released second edition of CSLR Director John Witte, Jr.¿s ground-breaking book on Western marriage offers hope for restoring family life in America.
New book aims to bridge religion and human rights gap
A new book edited by CSLR Director John Witte, Jr. and CSLR Senior Fellow M. Christian Green explores how the intersecting roles of religion and human rights can build a more effective human rights culture in the world.