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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
Carolina López-Ruiz's Phoenician Dig Featured in Spanish Press
Carolina López-Ruiz, Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions and Mythologies in the Divinity School, was featured this month in Sur in English, Málaga’s English-language paper, for her work co-leading the University of Chicago’s excavation at th...
September 20, 2026
Media Theorist Patrick Jagoda to Deliver 2026 Nuveen Lecture
The University of Chicago Divinity School is pleased to announce the 2026 Nuveen Lecture, funded by the Baptist Theological Union, to be delivered by Patrick Jagoda, William Rainey Harper Professor in the Departments of English Language and Literatur...
September 9, 2026
Div School Students Spent Summer 2026 in Museums, Archives, and Magazines
The University of Chicago Divinity School Summer Internships for the Public Understanding of Religion Program is supported by the Marty Center and the John C. and Jane Colman Program in the Craft of Teaching, Leadership, and Service. The program give...
September 8, 2026
History of Religions: Vol. 66, No. 1 | August 19, 2026
Secrets, Lies, and Consequences: A Review Symposium “Bruce Lincoln’s Secrets, Lies, and Consequences: A Review Symposium”Russell T. McCutcheon, Distinguished University Research Professor, University of Alabama Department of Religious StudiesThe foll...
August 19, 2026
Student Lilia Ellis on the Ethics of Assisted Suicide
In a new essay for The Christian Century, Ellis argues that debates over physician-assisted suicide skip past a more basic question: why people are in pain, and why their illnesses are considered incurable to begin with. Divinity School student Lilia...
August 5, 2026