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Christian Jurisprudence II

This project undertakes a comprehensive analysis of the contributions of modern Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox figures to fundamental questions of law, politics, and society. This project is sponsored by the McDonald Agape Foundation and directed by John Witte, Jr., this project has engaged as participants Milner S. Ball, Kathleen A. Brady, Don S. Browning, Robert M. Franklin, Richard W. Garnett, Vigen Guroian, F. Russell Hittinger, Timothy P. Jackson, Ira C. Lupu, John A. McGuckin, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Michael J. Perry, Jean Porter, Russell E. Richey, Robert W. Tuttle, Paul R. Valliere, and Nicholas P. Wolterstorff.

Publications

Secular Government, Religious People (William B. Eerdmans, 2014), Robert Tuttle and Ira C. Lupu, eds.

The Ascent of Christian Law: Patristic and Byzantine Reformulations of Greco- Roman Attitudes in the Making of a Christian Civilization (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2014), John A. McGuckin

The Mystical as Political: Democracy and Non-Radical Orthodoxy (University of Notre Dame Press, 2012), Aristotle Papanikolaou

The Mighty and the Almighty (Cambridge University Press, 2012), Nicholas Wolterstorff

Conciliarism: A History of Decision Making in the Church (Cambridge University Press, 2012), Paul Valliere

Christianity and Human Rights: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2011), Frank S. Alexander and John Witte, Jr. eds.

Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment (Routledge, 2010), Joel Nichols and John Witte, Jr., eds.

The Political Morality of Liberal Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2010), Michael J. Perry

The Sins of the Fathers: The Law and Theology of Illegitimacy Reconsidered (Cambridge University Press, 2009), John Witte, Jr.

Christian Marriage and Modern Marriage Law (Cambridge University Press, 2009), Don S. Browning and John Witte, Jr., eds.

Constitutional Rights, Moral Controversy, and the Supreme Court (Cambridge University Press, 2009), Michael J. Perry

Thinking Through Faith: New Perspectives from Orthodox Christian Scholars (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2008), Aristotle Papanikolaou

Extension Ministers: Wesley's True Heirs (United Methodist General Board of Higher Education, 2008), Russell E. Richey

Toward a Theory of Human Rights: Religion, Law, Courts (Cambridge, 2006), Michael J. Perry

God's Joust, God's Justice: Law and Religion in the Western Tradition (William Eerdmans, 2006), John Witte, Jr.

Christian Ethics and Common Law: The Moral Theology of Paul Ramsey (Cambridge University Press, 2003), Robert Tuttle

Thomas Aquinas on Law: A Primer (ISI Books, 2002), Russell Hittinger