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Brian Albert Gerrish, Renowned Theologian and Scholar of Reformed Thought, 1931–2025
Brian Albert Gerrish, a distinguished theologian and the John Nuveen Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Divinity School, passed away in Mechanicsville, Virginia, on April 14, 2025, at the age of 93. Born in the United Kingdom in 193...
April 21, 2025
Wendy Doniger on Horses for the New York Review of Books
Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of the History of Religions, authored an essay for The New York Review of Books, April 10, 2025, issue, entitled “The Rise and Fall of Warhorses.” A follow-up Q&A with editor Nawal ...
April 21, 2025
Religious Studies Minor Awarded 'Projects for Peace' Grant
Anthony Calixto, a 2025 Public Policy major with minors in Quantitative Social Analysis and Religious Studies, has been awarded a 2025 Projects for Peace Grant of $10,000. Calixto’s project, “Mentorship Program for Community Peace,” will be implement...
April 9, 2025
Critical Terms, Critical Times: Charting the Next Chapter of Religious Studies at the Future of the Study of Religion Conference
“The Future of the Study of Religions" conference held in Swift Hall on the University of Chicago’s Hyde Park Campus on Monday, March 31, seemed to embrace the tension of the spring season in the Midwest; of the liminal space both the weather and the...
April 3, 2025
Prof. Laurie Zoloth Featured in 'University of Chicago Magazine' Article on Medical Ethics
The Spring 2025 issue of The University of Chicago Magazine features a story about the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and its work bridging clinical practice and ethical inquiry, entitled The Heart of the Matter. Laurie Zoloth, Margaret E...
April 3, 2025
Hans-Josef Klauck, Leading Scholar of the New Testament and Early Christianity, 1946–2025
The University of Chicago Divinity School mourns the passing of Hans-Josef Klauck, Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, who died on March 27, 2025, in Munich, Germany. A towering figure in bibl...
April 3, 2025
Paul Pribbenow Named The University of Chicago Divinity School’s 2025 Alum of the Year
The University of Chicago Divinity School is proud to announce that Paul Pribbenow, AM’79, PhD’93, president of Augsburg University, has been named the 2025 Alum of the Year. This honor recognizes Pribbenow’s distinguished career in higher education,...
April 1, 2025
Alumna Named Among Winners of 2025 Lautenschlaeger Award
Christine Trotter, PhD’21, is among the 2025 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise winners. Her award-winning book, Hellenistic Jews and Consolatory Rhetoric: 2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, 1 Thessalonians, and Hebrews, was published...
March 26, 2025
NPR's Scott Simon reads from Prof. Martin Marty's 'A Cry of Absence'
NPR's Scott Simon, host of Weekend Edition, posted on his X account a taped reading from Prof. Martin E. Marty's 1983 book on grief, A Cry of Absence. "Martin was a member of the clergy, of course, and had specific religious beliefs, but I think thes...
March 5, 2025
Martin E. Marty, ‘most influential interpreter of religion’ in U.S., 1928-2025
UChicago theologian and historian helped shape the field and public understanding of religionThroughout his distinguished career, University of Chicago Prof. Emeritus and the Rev. Dr. Martin E. Marty was one of the country’s foremost theologians and ...
February 27, 2025