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'In the Bible's immigrant story, a model for humanizing the vulnerable'
Professors Erin Galgay Walsh and Marshall Cunningham, published an op-ed in Religion News Service, entitled, "In the Bible's immigrant story, a model for humanizing the vulnerable""People who turn to the Bible as a source of moral and political autho...
October 13, 2025
Marshall Cunningham Talks Grand Theft Auto and his course 'Gaming the Gods' with Canadian Talk Show Host
Grand Theft Auto isn’t the first place you’d expect to find religious tropes… but “Jesus Saves” checkpoints, cults, morality systems...they’re all there. On this episode of The Last Show with David Cooper, Marshall Cunningham, Assistant Instructio...
September 17, 2025
Laurie Zoloth on Porcine Organ Transplants for the New York Times
Laurie Zoloth, Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics, was quoted in a New York Times piece entitled Pig Organ Transplants May Pose a Dilemma for Some Jews and Muslims.“It’s the ‘yuck factor’ — something we call moral repugnance in bioet...
September 16, 2025
Prof. Zoloth Member of Conference Calling For Moratorium on Human Genome Editing
Laurie Zoloth, Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics, was among leaders from scientific, biotech, patient, religious, bioethics, and policy communities that convened in Washington, DC, in March, to reaffirm the urgent need for responsib...
May 27, 2025
Professors Arnold and Stackert Appointed to Named Faculty Chairs
The University of Chicago Board of Trustees has confirmed Daniel Arnold as the John Henry Barrows Professor of Philosophy of Religions and Jeffrey Stackert as the Caroline E. Haskell Professor of Hebrew Bible. The Divinity School celebrates these fac...
May 23, 2025
Prof. Zoloth Named to Georgetown-Lancet Commission on Faith, Trust, and Health
Laurie Zoloth, Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics, has been named to the new Georgetown-Lancet Commission on Faith, Trust, and Health. The commission will explore how the interplay across these spheres can improve health outcomes and...
May 22, 2025
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
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
Prof. Schweiker Delivers Keynote at Yale Divinity School Conference on AI and Humanity
William Schweiker, Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Professor of Theological Ethics, gave the keynote speech at the Yale Divinity School “AI and the Ends of Humanity: Thinking Theologically After ChatGPT” conference last month. His talk on his recent ...
May 14, 2025
David Tracy, Influential Theologian and Beloved University of Chicago Professor, 1939–2025
David Tracy, a pioneering Roman Catholic theologian and longtime University of Chicago Divinity School professor, died April 29, 2025, at 86. Widely regarded as one of the most important theological voices of the late twentieth century, Tracy’s work ...
May 6, 2025