Research
The Child in Law, Religion, and Society
Project Description
An interdisciplinary exploration of children, with focus on birth, naming, and growth; children's rights and rites; education and formation; child abuse, poverty, and homelessness; juvenile delinquency, violence, public policy responses, and reforms.
Sponsors
The Pew Charitable Trusts, Inc. and John Templeton Foundation
Directors
Senior Advisors
CSLR Participants
- Frank S. Alexander
- Peter Ash
- Michael J. Broyde
- Martha Albertson Fineman
- Robyn L. Fivush
- Robert M. Franklin
- M Christian Green
- Carol J. Rowland Hogue
- E Brooks Holifield
- Mark D. Jordan
- Mary Elizabeth Moore
- Mary E. Odem
- Philip L. Reynolds
- Steven M. Tipton
- Johan D. van der Vyver
- Karen Worthington
Project Publications
| Title | Author, Editor, or Contributor | Links |
|---|---|---|
| "Affirmative Action: Did the Supreme Court Save It?," April 11, 2005 | Earl Lewis, Emory University Provost, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of History and African American Studies | |
| "American Perspectives," October 21, 2005 | Martin Guggenheim, Professor, New York University School of Law | |
| The Autonomy Myth: A Theory of Dependency, The New Press, 2004 | Martha Albertson Fineman | |
|
The Best Love of the Child: Being Loved and Being Taught to Love as the First Human Right, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2011 |
Timothy P. Jackson | |
| "'But Even So, Look at That': Working with the Convention on the Rights of the Child," Emory International Law Review, Vol. 20, No. 1 (2006): 217-239 | Martin E. Marty | |
"Challenges of Adolescence and Violence," March 23, 2005 |
Peter Ash, Robyn L. Fivush | |
| The Child in Christian Thought, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001 | Marcia J. Bunge | |
| Children and Childhood in World Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009 | Don S. Browning†, Marcia J. Bunge | |
| Children and Childhood in American Religions, Rutgers University Press, 2009 | Don S. Browning†, Bonnie Miller-McLemore | |
| "Children: Will We Ever Get it Right?," October 27, 2004 | Martin E. Marty, William H. Foege, Presidential Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Emory University and fellow and advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
Projects in the News
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CSLR to host 'Pursuit of Happiness' Lecture Series in September
August 09 2010 -
New Book Proposes ‘Moral Freedom’ as Test for Controversial Laws
April 04 2010 -
CSLR's Van der Vyver Named Extraordinary Professor in South Africa
December 09 2009 -
Alexander Named Atlanta 'Housing Hero'
November 24 2009 -
Christianity and Law Book is Best Seller
October 20 2009 -
Richard Garnett Speaks about Supreme Court, Constitutional Law on YouTube
October 06 2009 -
Children get Spotlight in New Book about World Religions
October 05 2009 -
New Book Seeks to Explain Methodist's Doctrine in Experience
September 21 2009 -
New Book Explores Competing Paradigms in Children's Rights
September 21 2009 -
Broyde Receives Grant for Study on Husbands Missing Since 9/11
September 18 2009
In Their Own Words
"The Center could bring together scholars and policy-makers and put the best minds in this country, and perhaps around the world, together to ... make improvements in the lives of children."
–Karen Worthington
