Marriage and family law; religion, human rights and religious freedom; law and religion; law and Christianity; legal history; legal and political theory
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]
Great Christian Jurists in German History (with Mathias Schmoeckel) (Mohr Siebeck, 2020)
Christianity and Criminal Law (with Mark Hill, Norman Doe and R. H. Helmholtz) (Routledge and CRC Press, 2020)
The Impact Series on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and theCommunication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies, 10 volumes (with Michael Welker and others) (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2020-23)
The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law (with Rafael Domingo) (Oxford University Press, 2023)
Personal life
Witte is married to Eliza Ellison, a theologian and mediator. They have two daughters and five grandchildren.[3]
Marriage and family law; religion, human rights and religious freedom; law and religion; law and Christianity; legal history; legal and political theory
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]
Great Christian Jurists in German History (with Mathias Schmoeckel) (Mohr Siebeck, 2020)
Christianity and Criminal Law (with Mark Hill, Norman Doe and R. H. Helmholtz) (Routledge and CRC Press, 2020)
The Impact Series on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and theCommunication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies, 10 volumes (with Michael Welker and others) (Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2020-23)
The Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law (with Rafael Domingo) (Oxford University Press, 2023)
Personal life
Witte is married to Eliza Ellison, a theologian and mediator. They have two daughters and five grandchildren.[3]