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How Colorado Springs became an evangelical mecca
A mile above sea level, nestled at the base of Pikes Peak, sits the city of Colorado Springs. Among the dazzling rock formations are the United States Air Force Academy, a bustling high-tech industry and the headquarters of over 50 evangelical Christ...
March 5, 2026
Pop Religion | Outside of History: 'Marty Supreme' and the American Dream
Professor Sarah Hammerschlag on what Marty Supreme reveals about postwar American Judaism, the limits of meritocracy, and survival. What does ping-pong have to do with capitalism, fascism, and the American Dream? The Academy Award-nominated Marty Su...
March 3, 2026
If Not Here, Where?
Almost thirty years ago, in the fall of 1996, I arrived in Hyde Park. I was a Classics student from Spain, eager to start my doctoral studies at the University of Chicago. I was admitted to the Committee on the Ancient Mediterranean World, which, for...
February 25, 2026
Pop Religion | Hunger and Thirst: Embodied Religion in The Testament of Ann Lee
Professor William Schultz on charisma, confession, and the making of the Shaker movement. In an age wary of charismatic leaders, it would be easy to read Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee as another story of religious fervor and control. Inste...
February 20, 2026
Marty Center Executive Director on 'Unofficial Love Languages' for the New York Times
In a piece for Valentine's Day, the New York Times polled experts about 'unofficial love languages.'Emily D. Crews, Executive Director of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion, weighed in, sharing a personal anecdote: "For ...
February 16, 2026
Doctoral Student Kari Martin Explores the Meaning of Solitude at the Art Institute of Chicago
Doctoral student Kari Martin represented the Divinity School at UChicago Grad's annual Research Speaks event, held this year at the Art Institute of Chicago. Research Speaks provides graduate students with the opportunity to translate their research ...
February 12, 2026
Hospitality as a Moral Practice
How Divinity School training in ethics shapes Katherine Sturgill, MA’16’s approach to pleasure, labor, and care in Chicago’s restaurant world.For Katherine Sturgill, MA’16, considering pleasure a moral category is part of her day-to-day calling. As t...
February 11, 2026
Swift Hall and the Good Life
Swift Hall has been at the forefront of the study of religious ethics since it began welcoming students for classes in 1926. Scholars as influential and innovative as Richard B. Miller, Jean Bethke Elshtain, James Gustafson, and William Schweiker hav...
February 6, 2026
Exploring Christian Nationalism at the 2026 Global Christianity Conference
The Global Christianity Conference concluded at the Divinity School on Friday, January 30. Centered on the theme “Christianity, Nationalism, and Ideology in a Globalized World,” the three-day event brought together scholars from Africa, Europe, Asia,...
February 4, 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