Volume 4 Number 1
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 Greetings!
We are honored this fall to host some of the world's most influential religious leaders. His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, a Presidential Distinguished Professor at Emory University, leads an interfaith dialogue October 17 with
The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth; and George Washington University Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a distinguished scholar of Islam. Although tickets are sold out for this event, we offer a reflective panel discussion afterwards led by Krista Tippett, host and producer of the public radio program Being (formerly known as Speaking of Faith). To register for the "Reception and Reflections" event, go here. It is free.
Registration also is still open -- but will close soon -- for our October 18 conference "Happiness in Interreligious Perspective." Bishop Jefferts Schori, Rabbi Sacks, Professor Nasr, and The Venerable Matthieu Ricard, a world-renowned Buddhist teacher and author, each will offer a full academic address on the meaning and measure of happiness in the Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and Buddhist traditions, respectively. Each address will be followed by a panel discussion with some of the CSLR's leading senior fellows. This event is free. Register here.
More details on these events and other important news is below. We hope you will share this issue of our e-newsletter widely with your family, friends, and colleagues.
Sincerely,
John Witte, Jr . Frank S. Alexander
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 Dalai Lama to Lead Interfaith Summit on Happiness |
 Oct. 18 Happiness Conference Registration Closing Soon |
 Ricard Joins Happiness Conference
The Venerable Matthieu Ricard will offer the Buddhist perspective at the conference "Happiness in Interreligious Perspective," Monday, October 18 at Emory University School of Law. The conference opens at 9 a.m. Ricard speaks at 4:15 p.m. READ MORE
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 McCullough Leads Off 'Pursuit of Happiness' Lecture Series Sept. 14
Revenge and forgiveness, America's pursuit of happiness, and making happiness in slave-era America are the topics of the Pursuit of Happiness Lecture Series in September. The lectures are free and open to the public. They begin at 7 p.m. at Emory Law's Tull Auditorium, 1301 Clifton Road, Atlanta. READ MORE |
 British Allitt Challenges America's 'Truths' in Op Ed Article
Patrick Allitt, Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory, points out that America's truths may not, in fact, be true. In "Truths Not So Self-Evident to Brit," an Op Ed he published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution (July 1, 2010), the British born Allitt discusses the Declaration of Independence claim that, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." READ OP ED PIECE l READ MORE |
 Foster to Receive Hubbell Medal
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 Alexander Named Sam Nunn Prof, Featured on BigThink
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 CSLR Launches New Project on Shari'a, Marriage and Democracy
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 An-Na`im Urges Acceptance of Human Rights on Religious Beliefs
CSLR Senior Fellow Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im spoke on the controversial topic of Islam and human rights at a major international human rights conference led by world-renowned philosopher Jürgen Habermas in Frankfurt, Germany, in June. The prominent Muslim scholar at the predominantly Western event, An-Na`im delivered his argument that people don't need to have the same reasons for their commitment to human rights for that commitment to be valid. READ MORE
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 Broyde Summer Lecture Tour Includes Chief Rabbi Jakobovits Memorial Lecture CSLR Senior Fellow Michael J. Broyde delivered the "Tenth Jakobovits Lecture in Jewish Medical Ethics" at the Institute of Jewish Studies at University College London in May. His lecture, "Can a Physician Assist in Coercive Interrogation?," explored the duty of a physician to cure people in contrast with a military doctor's responsibility as a soldier. READ MORE
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 Don S. Browning Dies at Age 76
Don S. Browning, who brought together the social and psychological sciences to increase understanding of religion, marriage, and family, died June 3 after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 76. Browning was a founding figure in practical theology and a catalyst in a wide-ranging discussion about religion, marriage, and family. He was CSLR's first Robert W. Woodruff Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies. READ MORE |
 CSLR Graduates Four Law and Religion Students in 2010
Amos Davis, Trevor Pinkerton, Crystal Stevens, and Stephen Weyer received their degrees of Juris Doctor and Master of Theological Studies in spring ceremonies. READ MORE |
 Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment, 3rd Ed. John Witte, Jr. and Joel A. Nichols
This third edition of the highly acclaimed Religion and the Constitutional Experiment highlights the shifting jurisprudence and weakening of First Amendment religion clauses that is leading to new federal and state legislation and eroding protection of religious liberty in the United States. READ MORE |
 Innovation in Jewish Law
Michael J. Broyde
CSLR Senior Fellow Michael J. Broyde's new book, Innovation in Jewish Law, addresses questions about how Jewish law allows for innovations while remaining consistent with Jewish religious values. Changes in the laws of Judaism take place incrementally, Broyde explains, due to evolving social realities, technological developments, or growth in the ways of thinking. READ MORE |
 Sharia and the Secular State in the Middle East and EuropeCSLR Senior Fellow Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im has published Shari'a and the Secular State in the Middle East and Europe. The book is a part of a joint lecture with Wolfgang Schauble (Islam and German Religious Constitutional Law) as part of the Third Carl Heinrich Becker Lecture Series. READ MORE |
 Custom as a Source of Law
Emory Law Professor David J. Bederman examines the role of custom in modern legal systems in his this new book dedicated to his Emory Law colleague, mentor and friend, the late Harold J. Berman (1918-2007). In the preface, Bederman explains that the book is a result of his relationship with Berman, particularly the one-credit-hour course they co-taught on customery law in the late 1990s, which drew packed audiences. READ MORE |
Lex Charitatis Johannes Heckel, Gottfried G. Krodel (translator)
Written in German by Johannes Heckel in 1953 and newly translated into English by Gottried G. Krodel, professor emeritus of church history at Valparaiso University, is a juristic disquisition on law in the theology of Martin Luther. It is the latest volume in the Emory University Studies in Law and Religion series, edited by CSLR Director John Witte, Jr. READ MORE |
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"According to Buddhist philosophy, happiness is the result of an enlightened mind whereas suffering is caused by a distorted mind. This is very important. A distorted mind, in contrast to an enlightened mind, is one that is not in tune
with reality."
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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