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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Alumna Prof. Anna Peterson Publishes Op-Ed in the New York Times
Anna Peterson, AM'87, PhD'91, Professor of Religion at the University of Florida, wrote an Op-Ed for the New York Times entitled "Did One of My Students Hate Me Enough to Lie to Get Me in Trouble?"Peterson writes: "Far worse than the fear of investig...
May 7, 2025