M. Christian Green, senior fellow, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University
Michael J. Perry, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law, Emory University
John Witte, Jr., Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law, Emory University
Joseph E. David, associate professor of law, Sapir Academic College
Donald R. Davis Jr., professor of Asian studies, University of Texas – Austin
Rafael Domingo, Spruill Family Professor of Law and Religion, Emory University, and Alvaro d'Ors Professor of Law, University of Navarra
Farid Esack, professor in the study of Islam, University of Johannesburg
M. Cathleen Kaveny, Darald and Juliet Libby Professor of Law and Theology, Boston College
Mirjam Künkler, fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study
Linda C. McClain, Robert Kent Professor of Law, Boston University
Mark L. Movsesian, Frederick A. Whitney Professor of Contract Law and co-director of the Center for Law and Religion, St. John's University
Jaclyn L. Neo, associate professor of law and director of the Centre for Asian Legal Studies, National University of Singapore
Mona Siddiqui, professor of Islamic and interreligious studies, University of Edinburgh
Brent A. Strawn, professor of Old Testament and professor of law, Duke University
Special content editor
M. Christian Green, Emory University
History
The journal was founded by the Council on Religion and Law (CORAL) in 1982 and Hamline University School of Law provided the first editorial home for the journal. JLR published its first issue in the summer of 1983.[5] Then Harvard Law Professor Harold J. Berman, Emory Law Professor Frank S. Alexander, and former Hamline University School of Law Dean Stephen B. Young are credited with spearheading and strongly supporting the creation of JLR.[5][6][7]
JLR's inaugural general editors were Michael Scherschligt and Wilson Yates, and the editorial board included prominent scholars who would shape the emerging field of law and religion such as Douglas Sturm, Harold J. Berman, Edward Gaffney, Robin Lovin, and Thomas Porter.[6]
In 2021, to better fulfill its mission of publishing "cutting-edge interdisciplinary, interreligious, and international research on critical issues of law and religion,"[10] the journal added eleven new co-editors (see Editorial Board) with diverse disciplinary backgrounds and research interests from institutions in the United States, Europe, Africa, and Asia.[11]
^Allard, Silas W.; An-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed; Broyde, Michael J.; Green, M. Christian; Perry, Michael J.; Witte, John (February 2014). "Editorial Preface". Journal of Law and Religion. 29 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1017/jlr.2013.16. ISSN0748-0814.