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The Divinity School and the Hebrew Bible: Past, Present, and Future
The study of the Hebrew Bible has a long and storied history at the University of Chicago. The University’s founding president, William Rainey Harper, was a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and an enthusiastic teacher of its text, ideas, and language, sit...
December 1, 2025
Div School at AAR/SBL 2025
Friday, November 21st:Start Time:Speaker:Title:Location:8:30 amNorth American Paul Tillich Society"Tillich and Nature"Sheraton, Hampton (Third Floor) 9:00 amRandall Reed, PhD'05, Professor of Religious Studies, Appalachian State UniversityPanelist "...
November 18, 2025
Prof. Margaret Mitchell Increases Aid for South Side Amid SNAP Delays
Margaret Mitchell, AM’82, PhD’89, Shailer Mathews Distinguished Service Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature and Director of the Hyde Park–Kenwood Food Pantry, was featured in The Chicago Maroon discussing the sharp rise in food-...
November 17, 2025
Professor Erin Galgay Walsh Celebrates "The Pearlsong" Book Release
On October 20, Erin Galgay Walsh, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, was one of three experts to address guests during "The Pearlsong" book release event held at Harvard Divinity School. “Whether one has knowledge of...
November 13, 2025
Tony Banout, PhD'12, Delivers Clark University 2025 Presidential Lecture: "What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Free Speech?"
On the evening of Monday, November 10, Tony Banout, PhD '12, delivered the 2025 Presidential Lecture at Clark University. As the inaugural Executive Director of the University of Chicago's Forum for Free Inquiry & Expression, he has consistently show...
November 10, 2025
Swift Hall at 100
It is a joy, and truly a privilege, to see so many gathered to celebrate one hundred years of Swift Hall, the beloved and enduring home of the University of Chicago Divinity School.Before I begin, I want to offer a word of gratitude to President Paul...
November 10, 2025
Alum's Debut Novel, 'The Nimbus,' Reviewed by Christian Century
A review of Div School alum, Robert P. Baird's, AM’03, PhD’10, debut novel, The Nimbus, was recently published on The Christian Century. "This is, in other words, a scholarly novel, possibly to a fault. I felt at times that Baird, whose PhD is from t...
November 4, 2025
Prof. Kirsten Macfarlane Wins Roland H. Bainton Theology and Religion Prize
The University of Chicago Divinity School congratulates Kirsten Macfarlane, Associate Professor of Early Modern Religious and Intellectual History, whose book Lay Learning and the Bible in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World (Oxford University Pre...
November 4, 2025
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
Pure Unlimited Love: Faith, Freedom, and the Path to Peace
Div School alum, Stephen Post, AM'79, PhD'83, was featured on the Mind Matters podcast in discussion with Dr. Michael Egnor. "We must approach every person with gentleness, dignity, and faith that love can awaken the divine within them," Post conclud...
October 30, 2025