He is a Robert W. Woodruff University Professor[1] and a McDonald Distinguished Professor at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia, and is director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion[2] there.

[3] He is series editor of the Emory University Studies in Law and Religion[4] by Wm.

In 2022, he delivered the Gifford Lectures on A New Calvinist Reformation of Rights at the University of Aberdeen.

[6] Witte received a BA from Calvin College in 1982, and a JD from Harvard Law School in 1985.

[3] As author: As editor: As co-editor: Witte is married to Eliza Ellison, a theologian and mediator.