Our 2016-2017 Marty Center Fellows represent the Marty Center's emphasis on global interactions and religion. We asked them what they hoped to accomplish this year as Fellows–read their answers.
The Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion
Sightings: Religion in Public Life
Success and Truth in Religion
by Martin E. Marty | August 15, 2016
Religion and Culture Web Forum
God in the 2015-2016 Presidential Debates: Using American Civil Religion and Public Religion to Win Party Delegates
by Michele Ferris
News
Sarah Fredericks and urban research
UChicago Urban Research Review profiles researchers whose work deepens our understanding of cities, posing questions that are at the root of urban challenges around the world. Read more about Prof. Sarah Fredericks and her work on how guilt and shame affect the way we think, talk, and act in response to environmental sustainability issues.
A Sanskrit Translation Gains New Life
“If you define religion as dharma," says Professor Wendy Doniger, "which is the Hindu law of the way a human being should live her life, then the Mahabharata is a great Hindu religious text.” Read the full story online.