Publications
Featured Publication
The Equal-Regard Family and its Friendly Critics: Don Browning and the Practical Theological Ethics of the Family, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007 
Leading scholars in theology, ethics, history, and law evaluate the scholarship of Don Browning and the Religion, Culture, and Family Project of the University of Chicago in terms of its substance and its methods of research, asking whether it is a model for future practical research on other...
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Book Series
Emory University Studies in Law and Religion
Published in collaboration with the Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, this series fosters exploration of the religious dimensions of law, the legal dimensions of religion, and the interaction of legal and religious ideas, institutions, and methods. more
Selected Publications
Theology of Law and Authority in the English Reformation
This work examines the ideas of the English Reformers regarding the origin and nature of law and authority for both church and commonwealth. More
Political Order and the Plural Structure of Society
This excellent volume explores three forms of pluralist theory—those based on historical doctrines of custom and tradition, Catholic doctrines of natural law and subsidiarity, and Calvinist doctrines of sphere sovereignty and creation—and compares and evaluates each of these forms of pluralism within the context of American thought. More
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Religion, Marriage and Family Series
Published in collaboration with Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, this new series investigates marriage and family as major theological and cultural issues and attempts to correct recent theological neglect of these important matters. More
Selected Publications
Early Christian Families in Context
This interdisciplinary book offers a broader, richer picture of the first Christian families by drawing together research by experts ranging from archaeologists to ancient historians. More
The Vocation of the Child
Does God have intentions for their lives—before they grow up and become "real" people? More
Newly Released Publications
Christianity and Law: An Introduction
What impact has Christianity had on the law from its beginnings to the present day? This introduction explores the main legal teachings of Western... more
Toward a Theory of Human Rights: Religion, Law, Courts
In Part I, the author presents a religious ground for the morality of human rights and inquires whether there is a nonreligious ground. In Part II, he... more
More New Releases
- "Be Converted and Become as Little Children": Friedrich Schleiermacher on the Religious Significance of Childhood
- 'But Even So, Look at That': Working with the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- "Infinite Openness to the Infinite": Karl Rahner's Contribution to Modern Catholic Thought on the Child
- "Let the Children Come" Revisited: Contemporary Feminist Theologians on Children
- "The Kingdom of God": Paul the Apostle's Perilous Proclamation
Forthcoming Publications
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"Heroism on an Empty Stomach": Simone Weil and Etty Hillesum on Happiness amid the Holocaust
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A Christian Theory of Governmental Authority, Cambridge University Press
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"American Religious Liberty in International Perspective" in Oxford Handbook on Church and State in the United States, 2009
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Becoming Happy, Becoming Holy, Orbis Books
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"Best Practices for Nurturing the Best Love of and by Children: A Protestant Theological Perspective" in The Best Love of the Child: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company