Annual Lectures

Since 1983, the Center for Church/State Studies has sponsored an Annual Lecture in service of its mission to foster continuing dialogue among members of the legal, policy-making and religious constituencies of our society. The Center invites a distinguished scholar to present a lecture on religion and law each spring. These lectures are published in the DePaul University Law Review; additionally, the first ten annual lectures were collected and published as The Collected Papers of the Center for Church/State Studies 1983-1992. The latter is available from the Center without charge; to request a copy, please contact Ms. Maribeth Conley at mconley1@depaul.edu.

Previous Annual Church/State Lectures, given by the nation's leading religious and legal thinkers, have included:

  • Religion at the End of Modernity: Spirituality, Fundamentalism, Liberty, 2004: FREDERICK M. GEDICKS, Professor of Law, Brigham Young University.
  • Interpreting the First Amendment: Has Ideology Triumphed Over History? 2003: MOST REVEREND THOMAS J. CURRY, Santa Barbara Region Auxiliary Bishop. 53 DEPAUL L. REV. 1 (2003).
  • Church and State in an Age of Globalization, 2002: ROBIN W. LOVIN, Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics, Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology. 52 DEPAUL L. REV. 1 (2002).
  • The Myth of Divine Law in Secular Society, 2001: RABBI BURTON VISOTZKY, Nathan and Janet Appleman Chair in Midrash and Inter-Religious Studies, Jewish Theological Seminary of America. 51 DEPAUL L. REV. 1061 (2001).
  • The Problem of Singling Out Religion, 2000: MICHAEL McCONNELL, Presidential Professor, University of Utah Law School. 50 DEPAUL L. REV. 1 (2000).
  • Religion and the New Laws in Russia, 1999: REV. CANON DR. MICHAEL BOURDEAUX, Director, Keston Institute. 49 DEPAUL L. REV. 139 (1999).
  • Liberal Democracy and Religious Morality, 1998: MICHAEL J. PERRY, University Distinguished Chair in Law, Wake Forest University. 48 DEPAUL L. REV. 1 (1998).
  • Religion and the Public Square: Making Democracy Safe for Religious Minorities, 1997: SUZANNA SHERRY, Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law, University of Minnesota. 47 DEPAUL L. REV. 499 (1998).
  • The Constitution and the Religious University, 1996: STEPHEN L. CARTER, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Yale University. 47 DEPAUL L. REV. 479 (1998).
  • The Widening Gyres of Religion and Law, 1995: MARTIN E. MARTY, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Divinity School. 45 DEPAUL L. REV. 651 (1996).
  • Law and Logos, 1994: HAROLD J. BERMAN, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law, Emory University. 44 DEPAUL L. REV. 143 (1994).
  • Truth and the Religion Clauses, 1993: WILLIAM P. MARSHALL, Galen J. Roush Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University. 43 DEPAUL L. REV. 243 (1994).
  • The End of Free Exercise, 1992: HONORABLE JOHN T. NOONAN, JR., Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 42 DEPAUL L. REV. 567 (1992).
  • Religion, the Political Culture, and the Law, 1991: JOHN F WILSON, Collord Professor of Religion, Princeton University. 41 DEPAUL L. REV. 821 (1992).
  • Religious Convictions and Political Choice: Further Thoughts, 1990: KENT GREENAWALT, Cardozo Professor of Jurisprudence, Columbia University School of Law. 39 DEPAUL L. REV. 1019 (1990).
  • Formal, Substantive, and Disaggregated Neutrality Toward Religion, 1989: DOUGLAS LAYCOCK, Alice McKean Young Regents Chair in Law, The University of Texas at Austin. 39 DEPAUL L. REV. 993 (1990).
  • The Constitutionality of Uniquely Religious Exemptions, 1988: CHARLES M. WHELAN, S.J., Professor of Law, Fordham University.
  • The Doctrine of Accommodation in the Jurisprudence of the Religion Clauses, 1987: HONORABLE ARLIN M. ADAMS, former Judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 37 DEPAUL L. REV. 1 (1988).
  • The Religion Clauses of the First Amendment and Foreign Relations, 1986: JOHN H. MANSFIELD, John J. Watson Professor of Law, Harvard. 36 DEPAUL L. REV. 1 (1986).
  • Separation, Accommodation and the Future of Church and State, 1985: DALLIN H. OAKS, Member, The Council of Twelve, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints.
  • The Religion Clause and the Burger Court, 1983: JESSE H. CHOPER, Dean, University of California at Berkeley School of Law.
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