John Witte Jr.

John Witte, Jr. is Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion Center at Emory University.  A specialist in legal history, marriage, and religious liberty, he has published 150 articles, 11 journal symposia, and 23 books – including recently Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment (2000, 2d. ed. 2005); Law and Protestantism: The Legal Teachings of the Lutheran Reformation (2002); Sex, Marriage and Family Life in John Calvin’s Geneva (2005); Modern Christian Teachings on Law, Politics, and Human Nature, 2 vols. (2006); God’s Joust, God’s Justice: Law and Religion in the Western Tradition (2006); The Reformation of Rights: Law, Religion, and Human Rights in Early Modern Calvinism (2007); and Christianity and Law: An Introduction.  His writings have appeared in ten languages, and he has lectured through North America, Western Europe, Japan, Israel, and South Africa.  He has been selected ten 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.

Presentations at Calvin University

John Witte Jr. - “Faith-Based Family Laws in the West: What Role for Religious Communities in the Governance of Marriage?”
Part of the: Stob Lecture Series
Thursday, November 10, 2011 07:30:00 PM
Seminary Auditorium (175S)

Publication(s) for this event

John Witte Jr. - "The Covenant of Marriage: Its Biblical Roots, Historical Influences, and Modern Uses"
Part of the: Stob Lecture Series
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 07:30:00 PM
Seminary Auditorium (175S)

Separation of Church and State - Calvin Style: A 500th Anniversary Celebration
Part of the: January Series
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 12:30:00 PM
Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium

From Sacrament to Contract: The Transformations of the Western Family
Part of the: January Series
Monday, January 26, 1998 12:30:00 PM
Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium