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Jeffrey P. Schloss
Professor of Biology, Westmont College
JEFFREY P. SCHLOSS is Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Faith, Ethics, and Life Sciences at Westmont College. He has authored a number of articles and is editor of The Believing Primate: Evolutionary, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives on the Origin of Religion (with...
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Director
John Witte, Jr.
John Witte, Jr. is Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Alonzo L. McDonald Family Foundation Distinguished Professor, and director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.
"We set a common table for people to share their expertise and to be edified by the expertise of others, we get everyone to be bold enough to try out their raw ideas and to refine those ideas through deep conversation, and we engage in earnest and daring conversation that cuts across different schools, different disciplines, different ideologies."
Founding Director
Frank S. Alexander
Frank S. Alexander is professor of law at Emory University School of Law and founding director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion. Alexander founded Emory's Law and Religion Program in 1982.
"The work of law and religion allows me to understand my ministry and to interpret it; but my work as a practicing attorney — which I view as a ministry — also informs my understanding of law and faith. I can’t do one without the other."
Faculty Experts
John Witte, Jr.
Christianity & Law, Church & State, Religion & Human Rights, Legal History, Marriage History, Religion & Public Policy, Religious Liberty, Same-Sex Marriage, First Amendment Religion Clauses, Christian Jurisprudence, Law and Religion
Faculty in the News
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Abdullahi An-Na'im and Talal Asad talk about human rights
November 10 2009 -
Blumenthal's 'Banality of Good and Evil' translated into French
November 03 2009 -
Christianity and Law Book is Best Seller
October 20 2009 -
Pope Names Hittinger to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
October 12 2009 -
Richard Garnett Speaks about Supreme Court, Constitutional Law on YouTube
October 06 2009
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–Karen Worthington