Divinity School Faculty
Divinity School faculty are world-renowned scholars and educators, representing an extraordinary breadth and depth of knowledge across the world's religious traditions, past and present, as well as a range of disciplinary and methodological approaches to the study of religion.
Faculty and Research News
New Faculty 2019-2020
We're delighted to announce three new faculty members who represent a wide range of expertise in....
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Otten Receives Honorary Doctorate
Willimien Otten has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Københavns Universitet (University of....
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News & Events Spotlight
Hector Awarded Templeton Grant
Kevin Hector, Associate Professor of Theology and of the Philosophy of Religions, has been awarded a...More Info
Doostdar Wins Book Prize
Alireza Doostdar, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religion, has been ...More Info
New Faculty 2019-2020
We're delighted to announce three new faculty members who represent a wide range of expertise in the...More Info
Research at the University of Chicago
With a commitment to free and open inquiry, UChicago scholars take an interdisciplinary approach to research that spans arts to engineering, medicine to education. Their work transforms the way we understand the world, advancing fields of study, and often creating new ones.
scholarly journals
Devoted to comparative religious history, "History of Religions" has set the standard for the study of religious phenomena from prehistory to modern times.
"The Journal of Religion" promotes critical, hermeneutical, historical, and constructive inquiry into religion
Recent Dissertations
Serious inquiry into religion requires uncompromising standards of argument and evidence. View information on our recent graduates' dissertations here.