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Aaron Hollander, PhD18, Appointed First Lay Executive Director of the Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute
Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute (GEII), a ministry of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, has promoted Aaron Hollander, PhD'18 to be its new Executive Director.Hollander is the first lay director in GEII’s 58-year history. He succe...
February 5, 2025
A Vigil of Voices: The Martin Marty Center and the Divinity School Connect to Community Through Dr. King's Speeches
“We are not only living in a time of cataclysmic change – we live in an era in which human rights is a central world issue. The shape of the world today does not afford us the luxury of an anemic democracy,” recited Curtis Evans, assistant professor ...
January 24, 2025
In their 90s, Sisters of Mercy have spent their lives fighting for immigrant justice. And they’re not stopping now.
In a piece by Nell Salzman of the Chicago Tribune, entitled: "In their 90s, Sisters of Mercy have spent their lives fighting for immigrant justice. And they’re not stopping now," Emily Crews,PhD, executive director of the Martin Marty Center for the ...
January 21, 2025
As Trump returns, be a Martin Marty, not a Billy Graham
Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times dedicated his Sunday, January 19, 2025 column to the legacy of Professor Emeritus Martin Marty, writing: Marty warned against acting as the “servant of a God of prey whose goal it is to annex and enslave.”He re...
January 21, 2025
Prof. Brook Ziporyn appeared on the Chinese television program “Meeting Civilization”
Prof. Brook Ziporyn appeared on the Chinese television program “Meeting Civilization” (translated) on Jan. 11. The show explores exchange and mutual learning among the Chinese and the world, including the universal wisdom of the 'Daodejing.' https://...
January 17, 2025
Alumni Profile of Kaleb Nyquist (MDiv’19, MPP’19)
An Alumni Profile of Kaleb Nyquist (MDiv’19, MPP’19) is featured on the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy website....
November 25, 2024
Student News: Fulbright-Hays Fellowship
Rachel Abdoler, a PhD candidate in the History of Christianity, has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays fellowship....
November 25, 2024
Sheila E. Jelen writes an Article for Falsettos
Sheila E. Jelen, Professor of Religion, Literature and Visual Culture and History of Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity School, wrote an article for the current Court Theater production, Falsettos....
November 25, 2024
Paul Mendes-Flohr (1941-2024)
Dear Divinity School community,I write with the sad news that our beloved colleague and dear friend Paul Mendes-Flohr, Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History and Thought in the Divinity School and College, passed away Octob...
November 4, 2024