John E. Carter
John E. Carter is an Assistant Professor of Law at St. Thomas University College of Law. Before joining us, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law in the Wake Forest University School of Law and the Program for Leadership and Character. He also served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion, Law, and Public Life at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Professor Carter completed his Ph.D. at Boston College, having previously earned a J.D. from Duke University School of Law. His doctoral dissertation explored legal and moral debates about religious liberty and the sanctity of conscience in light of the Christian tradition’s understanding of both. He also practiced law for over a decade in Kentucky and Tennessee in a variety of practice areas, including six years specializing in the defense of municipalities in litigation brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Scholarship & Research
Articles:
Lot’s Daughters and Naomi and Ruth: Of ‘Moral Love’ and National Myths, 52 Journal of Religious Ethics 50 – 70 (2024).
Natural Law’s Return: Uncovering the Roots of Intractability on Gun Laws as a Prelude to New Growth, 12 Journal of Moral Theology 33 – 57 (2023).
Reconsidering the Relationship Between Vitoria and Grotius’s Contributions to the International Law and Natural Law Traditions, 49 Journal of Religious Ethics 159 – 187 (2021).
Treading Water at the Cliff’s Edge: The Dilemma Posed by Federal Money for Southern Baptist Colleges and Universities, 1958-1969, 45 Perspectives in Religious Studies 277 – 297 (2018).
Whose Conscience? Which Religious Liberty? Rhetoric of Conscience and the Unfinished Baptist Doctrine of Soul Competency, 34 American Baptist Quarterly 271 – 288 (2015).