About the Author: Don S. Browning†

The Alexander Campbell Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics and the Social Sciences at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and the first Robert W. Woodruff Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Emory University’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR), Browning was a founding figure in practical theology and a catalyst in a wide-ranging discussion about religion, marriage, and family. Esteemed as a mentor and colleague, he was a prolific author and editor and continued to write until his final days, completing his last book, Private Order to Public Covenant:  Christian Marriage and Modern Marriage Law (co-authored with CSLR Director John Witte, Jr.), two weeks before his death. He produced more than 20 volumes, nine during his decade with the CSLR.

Selected Publications by This Author

• "Adoption and the Moral Significance of Kin Altruism" in The Morality of Adoption: Social-Psychological, Theological, and Legal Perspectives , William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005
• American Religions and the Family: How Faith Traditions Cope with Modernization and Democracy, Columbia University Press, 2006
• "Asian American Confucianism and Children" in Children and Childhood in American Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009
• Children and Childhood in American Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009
• Children and Childhood in World Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009
• Christian Ethics and the Moral Psychologies, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006
• Christian Marriage and Modern Marriage Law, Cambridge University Press 
• "Christianity and the Rights of Children: An Integrative View" in The Cambridge Companion to Christianity and Human Rights 
• "Critical Familism, Civil Society, and the Law," , Vol. 32, No. 1 (2003): 313-330
• Does Christianity Teach Male Headship? The Equal-Regard Marriage and Its Critics, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004
• Equality and the Family: A Fundamental Practical Theology of Children, Mothers, and Fathers in Modern Societies, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007
• "Family Law and Christian Jurisprudence," October 25, 2007
• "Family Law and Christian Jurisprudence" in Christianity and Law: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2008
• George W. Bush and the Sanctity of Marriage
• "Happily Ever After? Sex, Marriage, and Family in National and Global Profile," March 27, 2003
• "Hindu Children in the United States" in Children and Childhood in American Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009
• "Immigrant Parochial Schools: Religion, Morality, Citizenship" in Children and Childhood in American Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009
• "Introduction" in American Religions and the Family: How Faith Traditions Cope with Modernization and Democracy, Columbia University Press, 2006
• "Introduction" in Children and Childhood in World Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009
• "Introduction: Children and Childhood in American Religions" in Children and Childhood in American Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009
• "Introduction: The Equal-Regard Family in Context" in The Equal-Regard Family and its Friendly Critics: Don Browning and the Practical Theological Ethics of the Family, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007
• "Judaism and Children in the United States" in Children and Childhood in American Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009
• "Liberal Cautions on Same-Sex Marriage" in The Meaning of Marriage: Family, State, Market, and Morals
• "Linda McClain's The Place of Families and Contemporary Family Law: A Critique from Critical Familism," Emory Law Journal, Vol. 56, No. 5 (2007): 1385-1405
• "Mainline Protestants and Children" in Children and Childhood in American Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009
• Marriage - Just a Piece of Paper?, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002
• Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What to Do about It, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2003
• "Native American Children and Religion" in Children and Childhood in American Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009 
• "Q & A with the Experts: Don S. Browning"
• "Response" in The Equal-Regard Family and its Friendly Critics: Don Browning and the Practical Theological Ethics of the Family, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007
• Reweaving the Social Tapestry: Toward a Public Philosophy and Policy for Families, W. W. Norton & Company, 2002
• Sex, Marriage, & Family in World Religions, Columbia University Press, 2005
• "Should the Convention be Ratified and Why?," October 21, 2005
• "Symposium, 'What's Wrong with Rights for Children?'," Emory International Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 1 (2006): 1-240
• "The Future of Law, Religion, and the Family," Emory Law Journal, Vol. 58, No. 1 (2008): 1-102
• "The Law's Influence over Children's Religious Development" in Children and Childhood in American Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009
• The Liberal Case Against Same-Sex Marriage
• "The Meaning of the Family in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" in Equality and the Family: A Fundamental Practical Theology of Children, Mothers, and Fathers in Modern Societies, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007
• "The Status of Children within the Roman Catholic Church" in Children and Childhood in American Religions, Cambridge University Press, 2009
• "The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Should It Be Ratified and Why?," Emory International Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 1 (2006): 157-183
• "The World Situation of Families: Marriage Reformation as a Cultural Work" in Family Transformed: Religion, Values, and Society in American Life, Georgetown University Press, 2005
• "Toward a Family Ethic of Equal Regard" in When 'Love' Strikes: Social Sciences, Ethics, and Theology on Family Violence 
• "What About the Children? Liberal Cautions on Same-Sex Marriage" in The Meaning of Marriage: Family, State, Market, And Morals
• "Who Cares for the Children?," September 22, 2003
• "World Family Trends" in The Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics