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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
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
Anna Zeisel , MDiv'26, On Chaplaincy, Prayer, and The Future of Religious Leadership
Anna Zeisel came to the University of Chicago Divinity School by a route she hadn't planned. Drawn to work as a death doula, accompanying people through the final chapter of their lives, she learned that chaplaincy training was open to her as a non-C...
June 16, 2026
Turning on the Mind: Harville Hendrix, AM'65, PhD'71, on Chicago, Critical Thinking, and the Origins of Imago Therapy
When Harville Hendrix, AM'65, PhD'71, arrived at the University of Chicago Divinity School, he imagined a life in scholarship and ministry. But the intellectual culture he encountered in Swift Hall, one shaped by rigorous attention to method, interdi...
March 25, 2026
Hospitality as a Moral Practice
How Divinity School training in ethics shapes Katherine Sturgill, MA’16’s approach to pleasure, labor, and care in Chicago’s restaurant world.For Katherine Sturgill, MA’16, considering pleasure a moral category is part of her day-to-day calling. As t...
February 11, 2026
Prof. Margaret Mitchell Increases Aid for South Side Amid SNAP Delays
Margaret Mitchell, AM’82, PhD’89, Shailer Mathews Distinguished Service Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Director of the Hyde Park–Kenwood Food Pantry, was featured in The Chicago Maroon discussing the sharp rise in food-...
November 17, 2025
Tony Banout, PhD'12, Delivers Clark University 2025 Presidential Lecture: "What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Free Speech?"
On the evening of Monday, November 10, Tony Banout, PhD '12, delivered the 2025 Presidential Lecture at Clark University. As the inaugural Executive Director of the University of Chicago's Forum for Free Inquiry & Expression, he has consistently show...
November 10, 2025
Alum's Debut Novel, 'The Nimbus,' Reviewed by Christian Century
A review of Div School alum, Robert P. Baird's, AM’03, PhD’10, debut novel, The Nimbus, was recently published on The Christian Century. "This is, in other words, a scholarly novel, possibly to a fault. I felt at times that Baird, whose PhD is from t...
November 4, 2025
Pure Unlimited Love: Faith, Freedom, and the Path to Peace
Div School alum, Stephen Post, AM'79, PhD'83, was featured on the Mind Matters podcast in discussion with Dr. Michael Egnor. "We must approach every person with gentleness, dignity, and faith that love can awaken the divine within them," Post conclud...
October 30, 2025
Alumnus Book wins Associated Church Press and Religion Communicators Council Awards
Baptizing America: How Mainline Protestants Helped Build Christian Nationalism (Chalice Press, 2024), co-authored by Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood, MDV’10, MPP’10, won the Associated Church Press’ Award of Excellence on May 2, 2025. The authors als...
May 15, 2025