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Abdullahi An-Na'im responds to two pieces about Senator Barack Obama, presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, as a possible Muslim apostate. An-Na'im, Emory Law professor and a senior fellow at the Center for Study of Law and Religion, discusses apostasy, its current legal...

John Witte Jr.  has been selected to speak at Emory University's 21st annual Reformation Day Celebration.  He will deliver a lecture titled “Faith in Law: The Enduring Legal Lessons of the Lutheran Reformation” on Tuesday, October 21, 2008.  This year’s theme is “America’s German...

A new collection of essays edited by Emory Law Professors John Witte, Jr. and Frank S. Alexander sets the intellectual stage for an open-ended drama between law and Christianity that has already spanned two millennia and shows no signs of winding down.

Christianity and Law: An Introduction...

John Witte, Jr. is featured in May 2008's Religion and Culture Web Forum, an online discussion forum that is part of the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago.  His essay, "More than a Mere Contract: Marriage as Contract and Covenant in Law and Theology," comes from Witte's God's...

Emory Law Professor Frank S. Alexander is giving Congressional testimony today (May 22) on how federal funds could be targeted to neighborhoods most affected by rising rates of vacant and abandoned properties. His testimony, before a joint hearing of the House Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the...