Research

Christian Legal Studies

Project Description

This project explores the historical and contemporary influence of Christian ideas, institutions, and individuals on Western law, politics, and society.

Sponsors

The Pew Charitable Trusts, Inc. , Lilly Endowment, Inc. , McDonald Agape Foundation

Directors
CSLR Participants

Project Publications

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Cambridge Companion to Martin Luther King, Jr., Cambridge University Press Forthcoming Robert M. Franklin
The Christian Foundations of the American Law of Marriage, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Forthcoming
Christian Marriage and Modern Marriage Law, Cambridge University Press Forthcoming Don S. Browning†, John Witte, Jr.
Christian Marriage at Bay: An Orthodox Assessment Forthcoming Vigen Guroian
Christianity and Human Rights: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2011 New John Witte, Jr., Frank S. Alexander
Christianity and Law: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2008 John Witte, Jr., Frank S. Alexander
Church-State Relations in Contemporary Greece: Orthodox Christianity and Democracy in the Era of Globalization, University of Notre Dame Press Forthcoming
Conciliarism: A History of Decision Making in the Church, Cambridge University Press, 2012 Forthcoming Paul R. Valliere
Constitutional Rights, Moral Controversy, and the Supreme Court, Cambridge University Press, 2009 Michael J. Perry
The Mystical as Political: Democracy and Non-Radical Orthodox, University of Notre Dame Press Forthcoming Aristotle Papanikolaou
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In Their Own Words

"There’s a natural sense that everything we want to do we ought to do, which needs to be somehow tempered by the notion that maybe there are things that we can do that we shouldn’t do. "

–Michael J. Broyde