Center for the Study of Law and Religion |

When: Wednesday January 26th, 8pm ET
Where:  CSLR YouTube Channel / Facebook Live Event

The lessons of the Holocaust transcend boundaries.  They are international, interfaith, inter-professional, and intergenerational.  Join our renowned speakers to explore the importance of incorporating the lessons of the Holocaust into the future of education to promote ethical practice in all aspects of society. Featured speakers include: 

• Mehnaz Afridi - Director, Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College  
• Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianos - Director, Religious Education for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America  
• Lawrence J. Burian - Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, MSG Sports and MSG Entertainment; General Counsel, MSG Sports; Executive Committee, Board of the American Society for Yad Vashem  
• Tessa Chelouche - Co-Director, Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust; Co-Chair, Department of Bioethics and the Holocaust of the International Chair of Bioethics
• Russell D'Souza - Chair, Department of Education, International Chair of Bioethics, Australia 
• Stacy Gallin - Senior Fellow for the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University; Founder and Director of the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust 
• William Silvers - Clinical Professor of Medicine, Allergy & Immunology, University of Colorado School of Medicine  

Online course dates:  January 18 — February 22, 2022.

Description: Loyalty is at the center of human life – and often death. It defines families and friendships, philosophies and faiths. It also creates enemies, divides nations, and inspires people to kill and die for their country or creed. The nature and force of our loyalties to different people, ideas, and things shapes virtually every aspect of our lives. In this course, Professor Mona Siddiqui explores the polyvalent meanings of ‘loyalty’ in Christian and Islamic thought. You will learn about: religious believers who resisted repressive governmental authorities and paid with their lives; the challenges facing countries where new forms of diversity conflict with dominant cultures; pursuing the ideals of beauty, joy, and truth in unjust societies; living out ancient religious traditions in modern situations; and more!

FOUR-YEAR PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON VALUES-DRIVEN IMPACT IN LAW, RELIGION, HEALTH, AND SECURITY, INCORPORATING ISRAELI AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS

The Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR) has received a seven-figure gift from The MirYam Institute to fund a new program called The MirYam Project in International Ethics & Leadership: Law, Religion, Health & Security.

This four-year undertaking will be led by Dr. Ira Bedzow, in collaboration with the Jewish Legal Studies Program at CSLR, directed by Emory Law professor Michael J. Broyde. The project will develop future leaders in public service, government, industry, health care, and community by providing students with exceptional curricular and extra-curricular programming, mentoring, and international travel to Israel. Students will interact with top academics and industry/social leaders from the United States, the State of Israel, and throughout the globe.

In the Fall of 2021, Dr. Philip L. Reynolds – a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Medieval Christianity, and Aquinas Professor of Historical Theology at Candler School of Theology – retired. For almost four decades, Reynolds has taught and published extensively in the field of historical theology. CSLR recently asked Dr. Reynolds to reflect on his career and life as a scholar. What led him to the field of historical theology? What did he learn along the way? What advice does he have for scholars who are at the early stages of their careers? Reynolds – who plans to devote his retirement to writing, gardening, and exploring rural landscapes in his native England – responded with characteristic insight, erudition, and wit.

We sat down with Jeffrey B. Hammond to learn more about his time at CSLR and his advice for current students. This interview is part of a new series of discussions with distinguished CSLR alumni working at the intersections of law and religion in academic, legal, and religious professions. Professor Hammond is an Associate Professor of Law at the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University. His research interests include law and religion, especially Christian theological intersections with Anglo-American law and Free Exercise and Establishment Clause theory, health law, and law and bioethics, especially end-of-life issues.

CSLR sat down with Dr. Allen Calhoun to talk about his newest book: "Tax Law, Religion, and Justice: An Exploration of Theological Reflections on Taxation."