St. John's & Villanova Joint Colloquium in Law and Religion: Speakers and Topics

This semester, the Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s Law School and Villanova Law School are teaming up to host the Joint Colloquium in Law and Religion. The course invites leading law and religion scholars to make presentations to an audience of students, faculty, and other interested members of the community. The schools will be connected in real time by video link so that students and faculty at both schools can participate in a virtual classroom experience. 

My colleague, Mark Movsesian, and I are delighted to be hosting the seminar with Michael Moreland. I have listed the presenters, dates, and most of the paper topics below. Please write me a note if you wish to attend.

January 27, 2014 (at St. John’s)
Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study
The Ethics of Warfare in the Jewish Tradition

February 10, 2014 (at Villanova)
Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania Law School
The African Supplement: Religion, Race, and Corporate Law in the Early Republic

February 24, 2014 (at St. John’s)
Kent Greenawalt, Columbia Law School
Original Understanding: What is Relevant and How Much Does It Matter?

March 17, 2014 (at St. John’s)
Donald L. Drakeman, Cambridge University
Which Original Meaning of the Establishment Clause is the Right One?

March 31, 2014 (at St. John’s)
Kristine Kalanges, Notre Dame Law School
Transcendence and the Just Order

April 14, 2014 (at Villanova)
Steven D. Smith, University of San Diego Law School
Topic TBD