John Witte Jr.

John Witte Jr.
Witte in 2017
Alma materCalvin College
Harvard Law School
InstitutionsEmory University School of Law
Main interests
Marriage and family law; religion, human rights and religious freedom; law and religion; law and Christianity; legal history; legal and political theory
Websitewww.johnwittejr.com

John Witte Jr. is a Canadian-American academic. He is a Robert W. Woodruff University Professor[1] and a McDonald Distinguished Professor at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia, and is director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion[2] there.[3]

He is series editor of the Emory University Studies in Law and Religion[4] by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, and general editor of the Law and Christianity Series[5] published by Cambridge University Press. In 2022, he delivered the Gifford Lectures on A New Calvinist Reformation of Rights at the University of Aberdeen.[6]

  1. ^ John Witte Jr. named Woodruff Professor
  2. ^ Center for the Study of Law and Religion
  3. ^ John Witte Jr., Emory University School of Law
  4. ^ Emory University Studies in Law and Religion
  5. ^ Cambridge Law and Christianity Series
  6. ^ "The Gifford Lectures". abdn.ac.uk. University of Aberdeen.