Journal of Law and Religion
The Journal of Law and Religion is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal edited by the Center for the Study of Law and Religion and published in collaboration with Cambridge University Press. Its primary interests include topics related to the relationship between religion and law, including subjects related to theological jurisprudence and political theology.Editorial board
The Journal’s current editorial board members include:
Managing Editor
- Silas Allard, Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University
Co-Editors
- Michael J. Broyde, Professor of Law, Emory University
- M. Christian Green, Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University
- Michael J. Perry, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law, Emory University
- John Witte, Jr., Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law, Emory University
Special Content Editor
- M. Christian Green, Emory University
Book Review Editor
The journal was founded by the Council on Religion and Law in 1982 and Hamline University School of Law provided the first editorial home for the Journal. JLR published its first issue in the summer of 1983. Then Harvard Law Professor Harold J. Berman, Emory Law Professor Frank S. Alexander, and former Hamline University School of Law Dean Stephen B. Young are credited with spearheading and strongly supporting the creation of JLR.
JLR's inaugural General Editors were Michael Scherschligt and Wilson Yates, and the Editorial Board included prominent scholars who would shape the emerging field of law and religion such as Douglas Sturm, Harold J. Berman, Edward Gaffney, Robin Lovin, and Thomas Porter.
In 2013, the Journal moved to the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, based in Emory University’s School of Law, where it continues to be edited and published in collaboration with the Cambridge University Press. The New Editorial Board's first issue was published in February 2014. This issue focused on a symposium titled "The Pursuit of Happiness in Interreligious Perspective" featuring articles by the 14th Dalai Lama, Matthieu Ricard, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Professor Michael J. Broyde, Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Professor Luke Timothy Johnson, Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Professor Vincent J. Cornell, and Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl.Former Editors
Former JLR editors include:
