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After the Bombings: Abimbola Adelakun on Terrorism, Strategy, and the Limits of Force
In a recent opinion column for Punch Nigeria, Abimbola Adelakun, Associate Professor of Global Christianity, reflects on the aftermath of Christmas Day airstrikes carried out against alleged terrorist targets in northwest Nigeria.While the strikes we...
January 9, 2026
Golems, Angels and AI: What non-humans teach us about humanity
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called UChicago Class Visits, spotlighting transformative classroom experiences and unique learning opportunities offered at UChicago.On Halloween, a new University of Chicago class mulled over the “Frankenstei...
January 9, 2026
Emily D. Crews on "Why 2025 was the year of the Etsy witch"
Understanding the Rise of the “Etsy Witch”A recent NBC News feature examining the viral rise of so-called “Etsy witches” turns to Emily D. Crews, Executive Director of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion, to explain why t...
January 6, 2026
Remembering Through Ritual: Prof. Abimbola Adelakun on Grief, Memorial, and Memory
In a moving personal essay, Abimbola Adelakun, Associate Professor of Global Christianity, reflects on the experience of remembering her mother and how ritual acts of memorialization reshaped that remembrance over time.Writing with intimacy and care,...
December 29, 2025
Div School Alum Beau Underwood Reviews Prof. William Schultz's 'Jesus Springs'
A recent review by Divinity School alumnus Beau Underwood, MDiv'10, MPP'10, takes up Jesus Springs, the new book by William Schultz, Assistant Professor of American Religions. Published by Word&Way, the review situates Schultz’s work within broader c...
December 26, 2025
Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande on her new book for 'The Political Theory Review' Podcast
Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande, Assistant Professor of Religious Ethics and Islamic Studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School, is featured on The Political Theory Review, where she discusses her new book, The Politics of Islamic Ethics: Hi...
December 22, 2025
“Our Better Angels”: Reflections on My Years in Swift Hall
Reading the New York Times one evening in late September, I was pleased to see a conversation reported between Peter Wehner and Marilynne Robinson, the great novelist whose protagonist, John Ames of Gilead, has made an indelible impression on readers...
December 17, 2025
Gratitude and Reflection: A Year-End Message from Dean Robinson
As this year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting with profound gratitude on all that the Divinity School community has carried and created together. It has been a year marked by genuine joy and real sorrow, by celebration and remembrance, by e...
December 16, 2025
MDiv Lilia Ellis Reviews 'How Ableism Fuels Racism' for Christian Century Magazine
MDiv student Lilia Ellis’ latest contribution to Christian Century magazine is a review of Dr. Lamar Hardwick’s latest book, How Ableism Fuels Racism: Dismantling the Hierarchy of Bodies in the Church.“This is a compelling work. In less than 200 page...
December 10, 2025
Prof. Sarah Hammerschlag Explores the Meaning of Jewish Identity in The Point
In a new essay for The Point, Sarah Hammerschlag, John Nuveen Professor of Religion and Literature, Philosophy of Religions, and History of Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity School, offers a frank and searching examination of Jewish ident...
December 9, 2025