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Not to be confused with John Witte.
John Witte Jr.
Born(1959-08-14)August 14, 1959
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Alma materCalvin College
Harvard Law School
Scientific career
Fieldslegal history, religious liberty, marriage law
InstitutionsEmory University School of Law

John Witte Jr. is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law,[1] McDonald Distinguished Professor, and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR) at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. He is one of the world's foremost experts on legal history, marriage law, and religious liberty.[2]

Witte has published 200 articles, 13 journal symposia and 26 books. His writings have appeared in 12 languages, and he has lectured and convened conferences throughout North America, Western and Eastern Europe, Japan, Israel, Hong Kong, Australia, and South Africa. With major funding from The Pew Charitable Trusts, Ford Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc, Henry Luce Foundation, and McDonald Agape Foundation, he has directed 12 major international projects on democracy, human rights, and religious liberty, and on marriage, family, and children. These projects have collectively yielded more than 160 new volumes and 250 public forums around the world. He edits two major book series, “Studies in Law and Religion,” and “Religion, Marriage and Family.” He has been selected 10 times by the Emory law students as the Most Outstanding Professor and has won dozens of other awards and prizes for his teaching and research.

Education

Witte received a BA from Calvin College in 1982 and a J.D. from Harvard in 1985.[3] While at Harvard he studied under Harold J. Berman.

Bibliography

Witte publishes frequently [4] and has authored over 200 articles, 13 journal symposia and 26 books.[5] He is currently at work on his 27th book.

Books

  • Witte, John, Jr. (2006). God's joust, God's justice : law and religion in the Western tradition. Wm. Eerdmans. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • The Reformation of Rights: Law, Religion, and Human Rights in Early Modern Calvinism (Cambridge, 2007)
  • The Sins of the Fathers: The Law and Theology of Illegitimacy Reconsidered (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
  • Religion and Human Rights: An Introduction (with M. Christian Green) (Oxford University Press, 2011)
  • Christianity and Human Rights: An Introduction (with Frank Alexander) (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
  • Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment, 3rd ed. (Westview Press, 2012)
  • No Establishment of Religion: America’s Original Contribution to Religious Liberty (with T. Jeremy Gunn) (Oxford University Press, 2012)
  • From Sacrament to Contract: Marriage, Religion, and Law in the Western Tradition, 2nd ed. (Westminster John Knox Press, 2012)

Essays, op-eds, reporting

  • Witte, John, Jr. (January 2009). "The legal challenges of religious polygamy in the USA". Ecclesiastical Law Journal. 11 (1): 72–75. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Witte, John, Jr. (March 27, 2011). "Lift high the Cross? Religion in public spaces" (PDF). The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-07-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[6]
  • The Future of Marriage [7]
  • Sex May be Free but Children Come with a Cost [8]
  • Keeping the Commandments [9]
  • Can America Still Bar Polygamy? [10]

Lectures

An expert in religious freedom, marriage law, and legal history, Witte lectures widely throughout North America and Europe. He opened Calvin College's celebration of John Calvin's 500th birthday, which can be watched online.[11] For a sample, see below

  • Don S. Browning Lecture, Shari'a in the West, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University.[12]
  • The Covenant of Marriage: Its Biblical Roots, Historical Influences, and Modern Uses, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California.[13]
  • McDonald Lecture, Separation of Church and State: There is No Wall, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University.[14]
  • Interview with Miroslav Volf at Yale [15]

Personal life

Witte is married to Eliza Ellison, a theologian and trained mediator. They have two daughters.

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Volf Interview on YouTube at Yale University]
  3. ^ Emory Law School: John Witte Jr.
  4. ^ Amazon Listing of John Witte, Jr. Book Titles
  5. ^ Emory Law School: John Witte Jr.
  6. ^ Reprinted on the website of Emory University's Center for the Study of Law and Religion
  7. ^ Future of Marriage
  8. ^ Sex May be Free but Children Come with a Cost
  9. ^ Keeping the Commandments
  10. ^ Can America Still Bar Polygamy?
  11. ^ Video of John Witte, Jr. Lecture
  12. ^ Shari'a in the West? on YouTube
  13. ^ The Covenant of Marriage:Its Biblical Roots, Historical Influences, and Modern Uses on YouTube.
  14. ^ Separation of Church and State: There is No Wall on YouTube
  15. ^ Interview with Miroslav Volf on YouTube
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