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Divinity in the News | News | Faculty

Professor Doostdar on Divine Encounters with AI for Rolling Stone

Alireza Doostdar, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religions, spoke to Rolling Stone magazine for their story "People Are Finding Spiritual Fulfillment in AI. Religious Scholars Have Thoughts," by Miles Klee. "That said,...

May 25, 2025
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Christianity Today Quotes Professor William Schultz

In a piece for Christianity Today titled, The Gospel of $TRUMP, William Schultz, Assistant Professor of American Religions at the Divinity School comments on the allure of President Trump's cryptocurrency: “I don’t think it’s a matter of ‘This will t...

May 21, 2025
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David Tracy, 86, Theologian Who Rejected Rome’s Supremacy, Dies

The New York Times published an obituary remembering Prof David Tracy on May 16, 2025. Author Trip Gabriel writes: "The Rev. David Tracy, a leading liberal Catholic theologian who open-sourced his understanding of God, borrowing from Jews, Buddhists ...

May 16, 2025
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News | Divinity in the News | Faculty News & Spotlight

Prof. Zoloth Quoted in NPR Bioethics Story

Laurie Zoloth, the Margaret E. Burton Professor of Relgion and Ethics, was called upon as a bioethics expert for an NPR story about a promising genetic treatment tailor-made for a baby born with a rare disorder."'Many ethical issues were indeed clear...

May 16, 2025
Laura Mathews, left, and Antoinette Nuzzo visit the former St. Mary of the Assumption Church at the corner of South Leyden Avenue and East 137th Street on May 8, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

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Marty Center Executive Director Emily Crews on Pope Leo's Childhood Church for the Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune interviewed Emily Crews, executive director of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Study of Religion for a piece entitled, "How the new Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church in Chicago fell into disrepair — and what may lie ahead.""E...

May 10, 2025
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Prof. Erin Galgay Walsh for Newsweek on Financial Headwinds Facing New Pope

Erin Galgay Walsh, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, was cited in a Newsweek story about the financial headwinds facing the new Pope entitled "Pope Leo XIV Faces Financial Headache as New Catholic Church Leader.""Th...

May 9, 2025
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Dean James T. Robinson in Vanity Fair on the New Pope's South Side Chicago Roots

Dean James T. Robinson was quoted in a Vanity Fair piece entitled "Even Cubs Fans Are Excited About Da Pope, a Sox Fan and Chicago’s Hometown Hero.""Those Chicago roots could give Prevost a 'unique perspective,' said James Robinson, dean of the Unive...

May 9, 2025
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Prof. Erin Galgay Walsh on CBS News Giving Perspective on New Pope

CBS News Chicago interviewed Erin Galgay Walsh, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, to gain a theological perspective on the election of the new Pope Leo XIV. Watch the clip below: ...

May 8, 2025
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Prof. Erin Galgay Walsh for the Independent on Pope Leo, XIV

The Independent published a piece entitled "The Pope with a ‘twinkle in his eye’: Former protégé describes the American set to lead the Catholic Church," citing Erin Galgay Walsh, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature. "...

May 8, 2025
A white rose is placed on the tomb of Pope Francis inside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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PhD Op-Ed on Pope Francis Published by Religion News Service

PhD candidate Ranana Dine's op-ed Pope Francis' simple funeral choices set a moral standard also reflected in Judaism was published by Religion News Service. Dine writes: "As a Jew reading about Pope Francis’ funeral wishes, the precedent set by Gaml...

April 28, 2025
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