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  • Historical Foundations and Enduring Fundamentals of American Religious Freedom

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2020
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    First Amendment, United States Supreme Court, John Adams, James Madison, Law and Religion, Religious Freedom
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    Title
    ... Historical Foundations and Enduring Fundamentals of American Religious Freedom ...
    Tag
    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... American Religious Freedom,? Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 33 (2020): 156 ...

  • Introduction to “Symposium: Pluralism, Proselytism, and Nationalism in Eastern Europe"

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    1999
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, History, Eastern Europe, Human rights
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Evangelism, Missionaries, Religious Freedom, Proselytism, Pluralism
    Search term matches:
    Tag
    ... religious freedom ...

  • Preface

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    1999
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, Human rights
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Evangelism, Missionaries, Religious Freedom, Proselytism, Interreligious Dialogue
    Search term matches:
    Tag
    ... religious freedom ...

  • A Primer on the Rights and Wrongs of Proselytism

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2001
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, Human rights
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Proselytism, Missionaries, Conversion, Religious Freedom, Evangelism
    Search term matches:
    Tag
    ... religious freedom ...
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    ... ; Evangelism; Missionaries; Human Rights; Religious Freedom; Liberty of Conscience; Conversion; Apostasy ...

  • A Dickensian Era of Religious Rights: An Update on Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2001
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, Human rights, Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Religious Freedom, Religious Conflict, Orthodox Christianity
    Search term matches:
    Tag
    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... , human rights, and religious freedom were just beginning to blossom. The Article documents the paradox ...

  • Adams v. Jefferson: The Freedom of Public Religion

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2004
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, History, American history
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Religious Freedom, First Amendment, Church and State
    Search term matches:
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    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... religions. Keywords: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, religious freedom, religious establishment, church ...

  • Protestantism, Law and Legal Thought

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2002
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, History, Church history, Protestantism, Legal theory
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Separation of Church and State, Religious Freedom
    Search term matches:
    Tag
    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... ; Judicial Power; Religious Freedom; Separation of Church and State; Slavery and Abolition Introduction ...

  • Between Sanctity and Depravity: Law and Human Nature in Martin Luther’s Two Kingdoms

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2003
    Subject(s):
    Legal history, Theology, Human rights
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Martin Luther, Religious Freedom, Decalogue, Law and Religion, Protestant Reformation
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    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... ; Human Rights; Religious Freedom; Decalogue I. Human Dignity as "Ur-Principle" "A sense of the ...

  • From Establishment to Freedom of Public Religion

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2004
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Wall of Separation, United States Constitution, Law and religion, First Amendment, Religious Freedom, Religious Establishment, Public Religion
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    Tag
    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... today the cardinal axioms of a unique American logic of religious freedom to which every patriotic ...

  • Politics

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2004
    Subject(s):
    Politics, Reformation
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Medieval Canon Law, United States Constitution, First Amendment, religious freedom, establishment of religion, constitution, rule of law, democracy
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    ... religious freedom ...
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    ... canon law, United States Constitution, First Amendment, religious freedom, establishment of religion ...

  • Introduction: The Foundations of Law

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2005
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Berman, Perry, Fineman, Marty, Emory, Common Law, Family Law, Religious Freedom
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    ... religious freedom ...
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    ... distributed across societal institutions. Professor Marty works in the field of religious freedom and church ...

  • Foreword to Natan Lerner, Religion, Secular Beliefs, and Human Rights: 25 Years After the 1981 Declaration

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2006
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Soul wars, groups rights, Natan Lerner, Religious Freedom, Religious Human Rights, International Human Rights
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    ... religious freedom ...
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    ... Lerner as a wise leader who calls for the balance of religious freedom and other international human ...

  • ’Fairer Still the Woodlands’: Mapping the Free Exercise Forest, Review of Kent Greenawalt, Religion and the Constitution 1: Free Exercise and Fairness (2006)

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2008
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Religious Accommodation, Exemptions, Employment Division v. Smith, Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), Free Exercise of Religion, Kent Greenawalt, First Amendment, Law and Religion, Religious Freedom
    Search term matches:
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    ... religious freedom restoration act (rfra) ...
    Full Text
    ... Article is an appreciative review of a new masterwork on religious freedom by leading constitutional ...

  • The Legal Challenges of Religious Polygamy

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2009
    Subject(s):
    Mormonism, Constitutional law
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Malum in se, Law and religion, First Amendment, Religious Freedom, Polygamy, Marriage
    Search term matches:
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    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... cannot be countenanced in a modern democracy, even if it is pressed on religious freedom grounds. The ...

  • Religious Freedom, Democracy, and International Human Rights

    Author(s):
    M. Christian Green, John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2009
    Subject(s):
    Human rights, Religion
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Apostasy, Law of Nations, International Human Rights, United Nations, Ius Gentium, Religious freedom, Religious Liberty, Evangelization
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    ... Religious Freedom, Democracy, and International Human Rights ...
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    ... religious freedom ...
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    ... -608 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS By John Witte, Jr. and M. Christian Green ...

  • Calvin the Lawyer

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2010
    Subject(s):
    Law, John Calvin
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Geneva, Uses of law, Consistory, religious freedom, Christian republic, Rights, Liberties, Church and State
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    ... religious freedom ...
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    ... , Consistory, religious freedom, sovereignty, jurisdiction, Christian republic, Bible, conscience ...

  • Afterword: The Future of Muslim Family Law in Western Democracies

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2010
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Faith-based Family Laws, Religious Legal Systems, Polygamy, Accommodation, First Amendment, Law and Religion, Marriage and Family Law, Religious Freedom, Democracy, Sharia
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    ... religious freedom ...
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    ... ; Religion and Education; Religious Freedom; First Amendment A. Introduction Anglican Archbishop ...

  • Beyond the Separation of Church and State in America

    Author(s):
    Justin J. Latterell, John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2012
    Subject(s):
    Secularism
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Separation of Church and State, Public Religion, Religion and Culture, United States Supreme Court, Religious Freedom, Law and Religion, Religion and Politics
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    ... religious freedom ...
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    ... : secularization; separation of church and state; First Amendment; religious freedom; public religion; religion ...

  • The Study of Law and Religion in the United States: An Interim Report

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2012
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Religious Freedom, Legal Positivism, Natural Law Theory, United States Supremer Court, Freedom of Public Religion, Law and Religion, Interdisciplinary Legal Study
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    ... religious freedom ...
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    ... American law of religious freedom, which I summarized a bit in the last section. This is in part the law ...

  • Introduction to T. Jeremy Gunn and John Witte, Jr., eds., No Establishment of Religion: America’s Original Contribution to Religious Liberty

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2012
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Establishment Clause, Establishment of Religion, Religious Freedom, Separation of Church and State, United States Constitution, Law and Religion, First Amendment, Religion and Politics
    Search term matches:
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    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... disestablishment in the colonies and the new states and the revolutionary new guarantees of religious freedom ...

  • Religion

    Author(s):
    M. Christian Green, John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2013
    Subject(s):
    Religion, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Religious Freedom, Religion and Human Rights, Law and Religion, International Human Rights
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    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... ; Christianity; Islam; international human rights; religious freedom; religion and human rights; law and ...

  • Review of Paul Babie and Neville Rochow, eds., Freedom of Religion Under Bills of Rights

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2014
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion
    Item Type:
    Book review
    Tag(s):
    Australia, Bill of Rights, Church and State, Paul Babie, Neville Rochow, Law and Religion, Religious Freedom
    Search term matches:
    Tag
    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... of religious freedom in various Western countries, with critique of the church?s resistance to a ...

  • David Little: A Modern Calvinist Architect of Human Rights

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2015
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, Church history, John Calvin, Human rights
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    David Little, Roger Williams, Religious Freedom, Law and Religion
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    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... ; John Calvin; Roger Williams; Puritanism; religion; human rights; religious freedom; Max Weber ...

  • “To Serve Right and to Fight Wrong": Why Religion, Human Rights, and Human Dignity Need Each Other

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2015
    Subject(s):
    Religion, Catholicism, Law
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Pope Benedict XVI, Religion and Human Rights, Religious Freedom, Human Dignity, Second Vatican Council, Law and Religion
    Search term matches:
    Tag
    ... religious freedom ...

  • The Long History of Human Rights: Review of Samuel Moyn, Christian Human Rights

    Author(s):
    John Witte, Jr. (see profile)
    Date:
    2016
    Subject(s):
    Law, Religion, Human rights
    Item Type:
    Book review
    Tag(s):
    Samuel Moyn, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Rights Skepticism, Religious Freedom, Law and Religion
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    ... religious freedom ...
    Full Text
    ... , secularism, rights skepticism, religious freedom, Edict of Milan, Magna Carta, canon law, Act of Abjuration ...

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