Australian Journal of Law and Religion

2026 Call for Papers now available! We are looking forward to considering your submissions.

In Volume 6 of the AJLR, Prof David VanDrunen reviews 'The Crisis of Civil Law: What the Bible Teaches about Law and What it Means Today' by Benjamin B. Saunders. Read for free online at ausjlr.com/issue-archive/

In Volume 6 of the AJLR, one of our co-editors, Jeremy Patrick, reviews Thomas Berg's book 'Religious Liberty in a Polarized Age'. Read for free online at ausjlr.com/issue-archive/

In Volume 6 of the AJLR, Emeritus Professor Suzanne Rutland reflects on the experiences of Jewish staff and students in the university sector. Unfortunately all the more pertinent after the recent tragic events in Australia. Read for free online at ausjlr.com/issue-archive/

In Volume 6 of the AJLR, Emeritus Professor Gabriel Moens provides a comment arguing that Australia's embrace of VAD constitutes a rejection of the sanctity of life principle. Read for free online at ausjlr.com/issue-archive/

In Volume 6 of the AJLR, Emeritus Professor Michael Quinlan, former Dean of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia, provides a reflection from his perspective as a Catholic Law School Dean. Free to read online at ausjlr.com/issue-archive/

In Volume 6 of the AJLR, Joel Harrison explores the controversial report of the ALRC on Religious Freedom and Discrimination in Schools through critiquing the idea of 'Maximising Rights'. Free to read online at ausjlr.com/issue-archive/

In Volume 6, Salim Farrar considers how Islamic Higher Education Institutions can be accommodated in the West. Free to read online at ausjlr.com/issue-archive/

Our lead article in Volume 6 is by Barker and Pagotto, who propose a new method for categorising State/Religion relationships, focusing on Australia and Italy as case studies. Free to read online here: ausjlr.com/issue-archive/

We are pleased to advise that Issue 6 of the Australian Journal of Law and Religion has been published online. The articles, comments and book reviews are free to read and download online at the issue archive: ausjlr.com/issue-archive/

Along with the cash prizes provided by UniSQ, the winners will receive an offer to publish their essays in a future issue of the AJLR.

The Australian Association for the Study of Religion has circulated a Call for Papers for its 2025 conference: aasr.org.au/2025-conference

The submission deadline of 1 June for the USQ 2025 Law & Religion Essay Competition is fast approaching. The winner gets $ 500 and an opportunity to publish in the AJLR. Details: lawfully.unisq.edu.au/call-for-entri…

In our final comment for our special topic forum 'Rise of the Nones' in collaboration with @CanopyForum, Jesse Smith and Ryan Cragun provide a US perspective on the push away from religion and the pull towards secularity. Read for free at ausjlr.com/issue-archive/.

Continuing our special topic forum 'Rise of the Nones' in collaboration with @CanopyForum , AJLR co-editor Jeremy Patrick responds to @MarkMovsesian on how to legally address religious freedom claims by the spiritual-but-not-religious. Read for free at ausjlr.com/issue-archive/.

Our next comment on our special topic forum 'Rise of the Nones', by Anna Halafoff, Andrew Singleton and Elenie Poulos, is 'Querying "No Religion": State, Society and Spirituality in Australia'. In collaboration with @CanopyForum, read for free at ausjlr.com/issue-archive/.

Our Special Topic Forum for our latest issue is 'Rise of the Nones', published in collaboration with @CanopyForum. The first comment is by Rhys Gower and Adam Possamai on the 2021 Australian mark 'no religion' census campaign. Read for free at ausjlr.com/issue-archive/

In Volume 5, Benjamin Saunders reviews Robert Cochran's book The Servant Lawyer, on how to practice law as a Christian. It has relevant insights for any practitioner, but especially religious ones. Read more for free online: ausjlr.com/issue-archive/

In Volume 5, our co-editor Alex Deagon reviews the significant 864 page (!!!) Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law, edited by John Witte Jr. and Rafael Domingo. Free to read online here: ausjlr.com/issue-archive/