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So you had a near-death experience. Now what?
In a new Divinity School course, students read accounts of the briefly deceased through the lens of anthropology and Islamic thought. As Elham Mireshghi walked around the International Association for Near-Death Studies conference, her anthropologist...
October 30, 2026
Mission, Curation, and a Little Whimsy: A Conversation with Alice Sabl
The longtime chair of the Divinity School Advisory Council on board leadership, the public understanding of religion, and the delight of a good question. Alice Young Sabl is an expert in the science of how institutions make decisions. She earned a BA...
October 28, 2026
The Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion receives million-dollar gift from Alice and John Sabl
The Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School announced on Tuesday, October 27, a one-million-dollar gift from Alice and John Sabl. The Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding o...
October 27, 2026
Mapping Metaphysical Traditions
With Templeton support, Professor Matthew Harris co-leads a project bringing together scholars to define a tradition that runs from astrology to Afrofuturism.What is metaphysical spirituality? Definitions range from occultism (secret knowledge of or ...
October 20, 2026
Professor William Schultz honored with 2026 Academic Communicators Network Excellence Award
The University of Chicago has announced the recipients of the 2026 Academic Communicators Network (ACN) Excellence Awards, which recognize scholars who excel in sharing their research and scholarship with public audiences. Representatives from Univer...
October 14, 2026
The Aims of a Divinity Education: The Life of the Mind in the Age of AI
These remarks were delivered at the Welcome Ceremony on September 25, 2026. They have been adapted for readability.Welcome to the University of Chicago Divinity School. My task today is to inform you about the aims of a divinity school education. Unf...
October 2, 2026
How Divinity School PhD Student Lydia Herndon Solved Final Jeopardy
The History of Christianity student talks about buzzer practice, doing her wager math on paper, and what the Div School taught her about staying calm on stage. Lydia Herndon, a PhD student in the History of Christianity at the University of Chicago D...
October 1, 2026
Three Divinity School Alums on Why Religious Studies Matters at Work
Shradha Jain, Hayley Segall, and Shannon Smith Page, who earned their MDivs together at the University of Chicago Divinity School in 2023, have written an essay for Interfaith America on what studying religion has meant for their work. Responding to ...
October 1, 2026
The 26-27 Divinity School Cohort, By the Numbers
The University of Chicago Divinity School welcomes seventy-five new students this autumn, arriving from ten countries to begin studies in the AMRS, MA, MDiv, and PhD programs.Of the entering class, 20 percent traveled from outside the United States....
September 22, 2026
Nominate and Alum of the Year
Do you know a Divinity School graduate whose work has mattered in a field, a congregation, or a community? Nominate him/her/them for Alum of the Year.Annually, the Div School recognizes one graduate as its Alum of the Year for scholarship, service, a...
September 22, 2026