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“A Little Education Goes a Long Way”: Emilie Townes in Conversation
The bluster of early May in Hyde Park didn’t dim the joy Rev. Dr. Emilie Townes, AB’77, AM’79, DMN’82, felt upon returning to Chicago to receive a 2025 University of Chicago Alumni Award for Professional Achievement.“Here, I learned the value of bein...
May 6, 2025
David Tracy, Influential Theologian and Beloved University of Chicago Professor, 1939–2025
David Tracy, a pioneering Roman Catholic theologian and longtime University of Chicago Divinity School professor, died April 29, 2025, at 86. Widely regarded as one of the most important theological voices of the late twentieth century, Tracy’s work ...
May 6, 2025
Alumna Lea Schweitz Shares a Playful Approach to End of Life Planning
A feature story from Religion News Service sheds light on Lea Schweitz, AM'00, PhD'08 and her Substack, Playdates with Death, an online, end-of-life planning community.Schweitz began this work, which has expanded into a monthly digital support group ...
May 6, 2025
PhD Candidate Christopher Poore Published in The Living Church
PhD Candidate, Rev. Christopher Poore's piece "Not My Pope," a personal story about his encounters with the late Pope Francis while studying abroad in Buenos Aires, was published in The Living Church.Poore writes: "The man celebrating the Mass—no one...
April 30, 2025
PhD Op-Ed on Pope Francis Published by Religion News Service
PhD candidate Ranana Dine's op-ed Pope Francis' simple funeral choices set a moral standard also reflected in Judaism was published by Religion News Service. Dine writes: "As a Jew reading about Pope Francis’ funeral wishes, the precedent set by Gaml...
April 28, 2025
Elizabeth Goudy, MDV95 Leads Radically Inclusive Ministry
The Brown and White, a Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania news outlet, published a story entitled "Lehigh Valley church practices 'radical inclusivity.'"The story profiles The Metropolitan Community Church of Lehigh Valley, led by Rev. Elizabeth Goudy, MDV'...
April 25, 2025
Robert Franklin, PhD85, Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Robert Franklin, PhD'85, was named to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Franklin is the James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership at Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and senior advisor to Emory's president.“Dr. F...
April 24, 2025
Brian Albert Gerrish, Renowned Theologian and Scholar of Reformed Thought, 1931–2025
Brian Albert Gerrish, a distinguished theologian and the John Nuveen Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Divinity School, passed away in Mechanicsville, Virginia, on April 14, 2025, at the age of 93. Born in the United Kingdom in 193...
April 21, 2025
Wendy Doniger on Horses for the New York Review of Books
Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of the History of Religions, authored an essay for The New York Review of Books, April 10, 2025, issue, entitled “The Rise and Fall of Warhorses.” A follow-up Q&A with editor Nawal ...
April 21, 2025
Religious Studies Minor Awarded 'Projects for Peace' Grant
Anthony Calixto, a 2025 Public Policy major with minors in Quantitative Social Analysis and Religious Studies, has been awarded a 2025 Projects for Peace Grant of $10,000. Calixto’s project, “Mentorship Program for Community Peace,” will be implement...
April 9, 2025