Joel A. Nichols

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Joel A. Nichols

• Role: Senior Fellow
• Education: J.D., Emory Law School M.Div., Candler School of Theology, Emory University

Associate Professor of Law, University of St Thomas

Joel A. Nichols is Associate Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas. (Minneapolis).  His work centers upon the relationship of theology and religion to law, especially regarding family law, constitutional law, and international human rights.  He is the editor of Marriage and Divorce in a Multi-Cultural Context: Reconsidering the Boundaries of Civil Law and Religion (Cambridge Univ. Press 2010) and co-author of Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment, 3d ed. (with John Witte, Jr.) (Westview Press 2010).  He has published articles in the NYU Law Review, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Journal of Church and State, Journal of Law and Religion, and Emory Law Journal, among others.  Professor Nichols' current research involves the engagement of evangelical Christians in human rights.  He is heavily involved with Viva (a Christian international human rights organization that works with children at risk): he serves on the Board of Directors for Viva North America; assists the International Center in Oxford, UK, with organizational strategic planning (for both program and governance); and has provided human rights and leadership training in Africa.