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The Journal of Law and Religion publishes cutting-edge interdisciplinary, interreligious, and international research on critical issues of law and religion.

Atlanta, GA, USA
Joined September 2017
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In the new issue: "Between Orthodoxy and Reform: Theorizing the Suspension of Islamic Corporal Punishments in Shiʿi Theocracy" by Bahman Khodadadi. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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In the new issue: "Ecclesial Prison “God Pods”: Inmate Field Ministry and the Abandonment of Religious Neutrality" by Michael Hallett. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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In the new issue: "Written Evidence and Its Probative Value in Islamic Law: Forgery Cases in Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Court Records" by Ali Ekber Cinar. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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In the new issue: "Faith versus Fact: Law, Politics, and Expert Witnesses in Indonesian Blasphemy Cases" by Rafiwa Qurrata A'yun and Tim Lindsey. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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In the new issue: Sara Mayeux reviews "Spiritual Criminals: How the Camden 28 Put the Vietnam War on Trial"by Michelle M. Nickerson. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2025.100…
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In the new issue: Blair Major reviews "A Sociology of Religious Freedom" by Olga Breskaya, Giuseppe Giordan, and James T. Richardson. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2025.100…
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In the new issue: Andrew Koppelman reviews "Agreeing to Disagree: How the Establishment Clause Protects Religious Diversity & Freedom of Conscience" by Nathan Chapman & Michael McConnell & "Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age" by Thomas Berg #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2025.100…
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In the new issue: Nathan Chapman reviews "Religious Speech and the Quest for Freedoms in the Anglo-American World" by Wendell Bird. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2025.100…
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In the new issue: "A Life in the Law: Religious Liberty" by Douglas Laycock. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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In the new issue: "Sacrificing Religious Freedom in Europe: Why the Pan-European Courts Need Douglas Laycock" by John Witte Jr. and Andrea Pin. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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In the new issue: "Substantive Neutrality, Realism, and Government-Sponsored Religious Speech after Kennedy v. Bremerton School District" by Jessie Hill. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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In the new issue: "Defending Religious Freedom as Equality" by Mark Greenberg and Lawrence Sager. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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In the new issue: "Laycock’s Defense of Strict Scrutiny" by Stephanie Barclay. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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In the new issue: "Respecting the Ratified Text: Some Thoughts on the Establishment Clause and Douglas Laycock’s Legacy" by Mark Storslee. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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In the new issue: "Defining Neutrality, Combating Polarization: Laycock’s Essential Contributions" by Thomas Berg. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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In the new issue: "The Role of Religion in the American Revolution" by Michael W. McConnell. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2025.100…
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In the new issue: "The Wit and Wisdom of Douglas Laycock" by Christopher C. Lund. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2025.100…
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In the new issue: "The Biblical Concept of Mercy as a Pragmatic Decision Protocol" by Edward L. Rubin. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2025.13
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In the new issue: "Weighing the Flesh: Law, Martyrology, and Social Hierarchy in Late Antique Judaism and Christianity" by Shraga Bick. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2025.100…
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In the new issue: "Why Polygamy Is Superior to Monogamy: Al-Mahdī al-Wazzānī’s Response to Islamic Modernism" by Hina Azam. #openaccess doi.org/10.1017/jlr.2026.100…
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