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Prof. William Schultz on American Pentecostalism for 99% Invisible
William Schultz, Assistant Professor of American Religion, was featured on the August 12, 2025, episode of the popular podcast, 99% Invisible. The episode is about the impact of Sister Aimee Semple McPherson on the rise of American Pentecostalism and...
August 14, 2025
Prof. Jean-Luc Marion's 'Tribute to David Tracy' in Church Life Journal
Jean-Luc Marion, Andrew Thomas Greeley and Grace McNichols Greeley Professor of Catholic Studies and Professor of the Philosophy of Religions and Theology, and Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago, ...
July 30, 2025
America Magazine Remembers Prof. Anne Carr as 'Founding Mother' of Catholic Feminism in Academia
Prof. Anne Carr, B.V.M, MDiv’67, PhD’71, was not only the first woman to receive tenure at the University of Chicago Divinity School—she was also one of the most influential Catholic feminist theologians of her time.America Magazine - The Jesuit Revi...
July 16, 2025
Prof. Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande publishes 'The Politics of Islamic Ethics'
Assistant Professor of Religious Ethics Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande's new book, The Politics of Islamic Ethics: Hierarchy and Human Nature in the Philosophical Tradition (Cambridge, July 2025), was published this week.The book investigates two cen...
July 16, 2025
Prof. Christian Wedemeyer on the Dalai Lama for 'The New York Post'
“The Dalai Lama is setting up, and he’s making as much noise as he can to say that the Chinese have no business having anything to do with this,” Christian Wedemeyer, associate professor of the history of religion told The New York Post for a story e...
July 1, 2025
Prof. Laurie Zoloth on 'Superbabies' for Bloomberg
Prof. Laurie Zoloth was called upon as an expert source for a recent Bloomberg article, 'Superbabies' Startup Seeks Funds for Controversial Gene Editing Push."Experts would be especially concerned if the efforts are conducted in private laboratories ...
June 27, 2025
2024-2025 Academic Year Awards and Prizes
The Divinity of School awards and prizes are presented on an annual, cyclical, and ad hoc basis, depending on the nature of the honor. Below is a list of prizes and awards presented in the 2024-2025 academic year, inclusive of University-wide awards...
June 13, 2025
Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support provenance research and major symposium at the Smart Museum of Art in partnership with the Marty Center
The four-year initiative will support “Afterlives: Engaging Objects of Religious Origin in Museum Collections” in partnership with the University of Chicago Divinity School CHICAGO, IL —The University of Chicago has received a $2.45 million grant fro...
June 13, 2025
Prof. Richard Rosengarten Delivers 2025 Convocation Speech entitled "Princely Radicals and Radical Princes, or, Life Post-Divinity School"
Richard A. Rosengarten, Associate Professor of Religion and Literature, delivered the Convocation address at the Divinity School ceremony held on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Rockefeller Chapel. Below is a transcript of the address, edited for readabilit...
June 12, 2025
Prof. López-Ruiz on Phoenician's Purple Dye for History.com
In a piece for History.com on a purple dye that Phoenicians were renowned for, Prof. Carolina López-Ruiz provided context about the way it was traded:“University of Chicago historian Carolina López-Ruiz, the author of Phoenicians and the Making of th...
June 12, 2025