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One Year of 'Criteria'
March 22, 2026
As Criteria marks its first anniversary, the Divinity School looked back at the stories that resonated most with readers over the past year.
Below are the ten most-clicked pieces from this newsletter, an evolving successor to the long-running print publication Criterion and a window into the ideas shaping the Div School community.
Tough-Minded, Tender Hearted by Prof. Dwight N. Hopkins
The Space Always Wins by Prof. Cynthia G. Lindner
Performance is What Makes Religion Matter by Prof. Abimbola Adelakun
Swift Hall and the Good Life by Prof. Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande
If Not Here, Where? by Prof. Carolina López-Ruiz
From Chicago to the World: Endowing Hindu Studies at the Divinity School by Erin Keane Scott
Pop Religion | Hunger and Thirst: Embodied Religion in The Testament of Ann Lee by Erin Keane Scott
David Tracy: A Reflection by Prof. Emeritus Bernard McGinn
Souls, Fandom, and KPop Demon Hunters by Tori Lee
Sightings | Can Love be a Political Force by Charles Hawkins