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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
The Inverse Wisdom of a Second-Century Martyr
"She has a vibrant personality. She is a grandstander. She sees martyrdom—and that means testimony—as a personal glorification. She has no interest in theology or in other people’s martyrdom; this is her performance." -Sarah Ruden interviewed by curr...
October 27, 2025
Professor Schultz tells how Colorado Springs became ‘evangelical Vatican’
Professor William J. Schultz and his new book, Jesus Springs: Evangelical Capitalism and the Fate of an American City were mentioned in an article entitled, "Historian tells how Colorado Springs became ‘evangelical Vatican’"."'Worship attendance soar...
October 20, 2025
'In the Bible's immigrant story, a model for humanizing the vulnerable'
Professors Erin Galgay Walsh and Marshall Cunningham, published an op-ed in Religion News Service, entitled, "In the Bible's immigrant story, a model for humanizing the vulnerable""People who turn to the Bible as a source of moral and political autho...
October 13, 2025
100 years of Swift Hall in 10 objects
How does one celebrate a 100th birthday? For a human or Galapagos tortoise, a centennial celebration would likely include a birthday cake heavy with candles or becoming a first-time mother. This year, Swift Hall, home of the University of Chicago Div...
October 13, 2025
Aims of a Divinity Education: A Life of Inquiry in Our Time
Erin Galgay Walsh, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature; Associate Faculty, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, delivered these remarks during the Divinity School's 2025 Welcome Ceremony on September 26, 2025.First, I wa...
October 8, 2025
Prof. William J. Schultz Publishes 'Jesus Springs'
Assistant Professor of American Religions William J. Schultz's new book, Jesus Springs: Evangelical Capitalism and the Fate of an American City (Chapel Hill, October 2025), was published this week on Oct. 7.In Jesus Springs, William J. Schultz traces...
October 7, 2025
Div School Alum and Lecturer Marshall Hatch Jr. Named Among 2025 Time100 Next
Divinity School alum and lecturer, Rev. Marshall Hatch Jr., MDiv'17, AM'17, was named among Time Magazine's "2025 Time100 Most Influential Rising Stars."The Reverend Al Sharpton writes of Hatch: "I have watched the Rev. Marshall Hatch Jr. grow up, h...
September 30, 2025
Swift 100: Celebrating a Century of Swift Hall
This academic year, the University of Chicago Divinity School launches Swift 100, a year-long celebration marking the centennial of Swift Hall. Since opening its doors in 1925, Swift Hall has been the academic and spiritual home of the Divinity Schoo...
September 24, 2025
Swift Hall Among 30 New Sites in the 2025 Open House Chicago Festival
The Open House Chicago Festival, hosted by Chicago Architecture Center is marking its 15th year in Chicago. The annual free event showcases the city’s well-known architecture, highlighting culturally, historically, and architecturally significant sit...
September 19, 2025