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Student Lilia Ellis on the Ethics of Assisted Suicide
In a new essay for The Christian Century, Ellis argues that debates over physician-assisted suicide skip past a more basic question: why people are in pain, and why their illnesses are considered incurable to begin with. Divinity School student Lilia...
August 5, 2026
Feeling Our Way Through Climate Change
In a new essay for The Christian Century, Cynthia Gano Lindner, Director of Ministry Studies and Clinical Professor of Preaching and Pastoral Care, reflects on the emotional and spiritual dimensions of living in a climate-changed world and the pastor...
February 4, 2026
Golems, Angels and AI: What non-humans teach us about humanity
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called UChicago Class Visits, spotlighting transformative classroom experiences and unique learning opportunities offered at UChicago.On Halloween, a new University of Chicago class mulled over the “Frankenstei...
January 9, 2026
Souls, fandom and ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
In Q&A, UChicago's Angie Heo breaks down the film’s references to Korean shamanism and the religious undertones of pop-idol worshipThis Halloween, trick-or-treaters are putting the final touches on their Rumi, Mira and Zoey costumes—homage to the gol...
October 31, 2025
2025 Nuveen Lecture delivered by Daniel Holz: "Reflections on the Beginning and End of Everything"
On October 28, 2025, the Divinity School hosted the annual Nuveen Lecture, delivered by Daniel Holz, Professor in the Enrico Fermi Institute, Department of Physics, and Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. The Nuveen L...
October 29, 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
Marquis Who's Who Honors Apryl Renee Brown for Expertise in Religion, Public Health and Health Care
Apryl Renee Brown, current MDiv student, has been included in the Marquis Who’s Who. Brown also holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from Ross University and a Master’s in Public Health from Tulane University. In 2024, she was named a fellow at the Inst...
September 11, 2025
Journal 'Science' Publishes Paper Co-Authored By Prof. Zoloth
On May 15, The journal Science published an article co-authored by Laurie Zoloth, Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics, entitled “Deliberate extinction by genome modification: An ethical challenge.”Read the full article here....
May 15, 2025