Every quarter our student-run coffeeshop, Grounds of Being, runs a "battle of the gods" – with the winner determined by patron tips. This quarter our battle features the "divine feminine," godly women from a variety of traditions. Week one, currently raging: Joan of Arc "vs" Rabia Basri.
News
Dan Arnold, Associate Professor discuss an ultimate concern – about the brain and belief – in a new podcast series hosted by Ron Mourad (PhD'02), Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Albion College.
William Schweiker will lecture in late October at the World Humanities Forum in Suwon, Korea.
Professor Tracy will deliver the third annual Costan Lecture.
Brett Colasacco has been named the new Managing Editor of Sightings; starting tomorrow, September 8th, we return to our usual twice-weekly schedule.
Despite the bright sunshine, on this particular day in Françoise Meltzer’s section of Readings in World Literature, she says, “it sort of feels like a world is ending.” Find out why in this story from The Core.
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.
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.
