John Witte Jr., JD (Harvard) is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Ethics and Director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University. A specialist in legal history, jurisprudence, and church-state relations, he is author or editor of eleven books and numerous professional articles. Michael Bourdeaux, PhD (Lambeth), is founder and Director, Emeritus, of Keston Institute, Oxford, and Canon Emeritus of the Church of England. A specialist in Russian history and religion, and a long-time advocate for religious freedom in Communist lands, he has published seven books and numerous articles, and is a recipient of the prestigious Templeton Prize.
Foreword Martin E. Marty
Introduction
1. Canon law and civil law on the eve of the Reformation
2. Loving thine enemy's law: the evangelical conversion of Catholic canon law
3. A mighty fortress: Luther and the two-kingdoms framework
4. Perhaps jurists are good Christians after all: Lutheran theories of law, politics, and society
5. From gospel to law: the Lutheran reformation laws
6. The mother of all earthly laws: the reformation of marriage law
7. The civic seminary: the reformation of education law
Concluding reflections.
