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The Martin Marty Center is pleased to cosponsor an event hosted by Calvert House on the evening of April 8th for a fascinating lecture and discussion on the making of the Saint John’s Bible with director Tim Ternes. Register at ow.ly/kS3F50VgF4m

The <a href="/MartyCenter/">Martin Marty Center</a> is pleased to cosponsor an event hosted by <a href="/CalvertHouse/">Calvert House</a> on the evening of April 8th for a fascinating lecture and discussion on the making of the Saint John’s Bible with director Tim Ternes. Register at ow.ly/kS3F50VgF4m
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter, Angie Heo explores how the rituals surrounding Saint Patrick’s Day in cities like Chicago and Belfast reflect evolving ideas of Irish identity, blending heritage and inclusivity in unique ways. Read more at ow.ly/YAzZ50VgGPq

In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter,  Angie Heo explores how the rituals surrounding Saint Patrick’s Day in cities like Chicago and Belfast reflect evolving ideas of Irish identity, blending heritage and inclusivity in unique ways. Read more at ow.ly/YAzZ50VgGPq
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SAVE THE DATE: Friday, April 25, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. UChicago Divinity School, in partnership with the Martin Marty Center and the Baptist Theological Union, is excited to host Cole Arthur Riley (Cole Arthur Riley) as the speaker for this year's Nathaniel Colver Lecture. ow.ly/3PM850VjCzr

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In this week's Sightings essay for Martin Marty Center, Eugenijus Liutkevičius explores how religious communities adapt Soviet-era practices to process trauma from Russia's war.. Read more via ow.ly/TiVA50V6oWb #ukraine #trauma #uchicago

In this week's Sightings essay for <a href="/MartyCenter/">Martin Marty Center</a>, Eugenijus Liutkevičius explores how religious communities adapt Soviet-era practices to process trauma from Russia's war.. Read more via ow.ly/TiVA50V6oWb

#ukraine #trauma #uchicago
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Giving Day is here! At a time of extreme polarization and distrust, the Marty Center’s work has become even more important. Join the community and support our work by giving a gift for Giving Day at ow.ly/4jqt50VmtiJ #UChiGivingDay #UGiveUChicDiv

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Only a few hours remain to give! Through fellowships and residencies, partnerships with museums and events with local and national authors, the Marty Center is building bridges between the academy and the broader public. Join our work today at ow.ly/erSv50VoCyk

Only a few hours remain to give! Through fellowships and residencies, partnerships with museums and events with local and national authors, the Marty Center is building bridges between the academy and the broader public. Join our work today at ow.ly/erSv50VoCyk
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In this week's Sightings essay for Martin Marty Center Ranana Dine examines the connection between vaccination and Jewish obligation, and how acts of care and responsibility reflect duty to God and community. Read more via ow.ly/KQ7450VouUN #obligation #judaism #uchicago

In this week's Sightings essay for <a href="/MartyCenter/">Martin Marty Center</a> Ranana Dine examines the connection between vaccination and Jewish obligation, and how acts of care and responsibility reflect duty to God and community. Read more via ow.ly/KQ7450VouUN

#obligation #judaism #uchicago
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter Zachary Taylor explores how JD Vance draws on Augustine's City of God to justify prioritizing citizens over migrants, but Augustine’s understanding of love challenges such a view. Read more via ow.ly/HTUu50Vsoq0

In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter Zachary Taylor explores how JD Vance draws on Augustine's City of God to justify prioritizing citizens over migrants, but Augustine’s understanding of love challenges such a view. Read more via ow.ly/HTUu50Vsoq0
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REGISTER NOW: The event will be followed by a reception in the Swift Hall Common Room and our bookselling partner, Call and Response Books, will be onsite to sell copies of Riley's books before and after the event. RSVP via ow.ly/3EEN50Vw5Mv

REGISTER NOW: The event will be followed by a reception in the Swift Hall Common Room and our bookselling partner, Call and Response Books, will be onsite to sell copies of Riley's books before and after the event. RSVP via ow.ly/3EEN50Vw5Mv
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In this week's Sightings essay for Martin Marty Center Sheila Jelen describes how teaching abroad created opportunity to explore Roman Jewish foodways and Passover traditions. Read more via ow.ly/RtyL50VvYQ5 #passover #rome #studyabroad

In this week's Sightings essay for  <a href="/MartyCenter/">Martin Marty Center</a>  Sheila Jelen describes how teaching abroad created opportunity to explore Roman Jewish foodways and Passover traditions. Read more via ow.ly/RtyL50VvYQ5

#passover #rome #studyabroad
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martinmartycenter Lucas Depierre explores how when a bishop’s promotion symbolizes a troubling disregard for victims, poetry offers a refuge to voice abuse. Read more via ow.ly/FEmJ50VBWTa #poetry #abuse

In this week's Sightings essay for  @martinmartycenter  Lucas Depierre explores how when a bishop’s promotion symbolizes a troubling disregard for victims, poetry offers a refuge to voice abuse. Read more via ow.ly/FEmJ50VBWTa

#poetry #abuse
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Please join @martycenter, @uchidivinity, and @uchihumanrights for "Promoting the Bible in America’s Public Schools: Case Studies from the Front." Wednesday, May 7, 2025, from 4:30 to 6:00PM in the Swift Hall Common Room

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In this week's Sightings essay for Martin Marty Center Zachary Taylor explores how the radical compassion and pastoral heart of Pope Francis, defined his papacy through humility, inclusivity, and a call to heal a broken world. Read more via ow.ly/2mir50VHgzv #popefrancis

In this week's Sightings essay for  <a href="/MartyCenter/">Martin Marty Center</a>  Zachary Taylor explores how the radical compassion and pastoral heart of Pope Francis, defined his papacy through humility, inclusivity, and a call to heal a broken world. Read more via ow.ly/2mir50VHgzv

#popefrancis
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In this week's Sightings essay for Martin Marty Center Brian Hillman explores recent novels that breathe new life into the Golem myth, celebrating Jewish resilience while reimagining this legendary protector in the face of modern challenges. Read more via ow.ly/aTZy50VLERF

In this week's Sightings essay for <a href="/MartyCenter/">Martin Marty Center</a>  Brian Hillman explores recent novels that breathe new life into the Golem myth, celebrating Jewish resilience while reimagining this legendary protector in the face of modern challenges. Read more via ow.ly/aTZy50VLERF
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Please join us this Friday May 9th, 2025 starting at 9:30am for a day-long workshop on teaching and learning with Oak Wood Cemetery at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry (929 E. 60th St.). All are welcome, lunch will be provided. Registration required at ow.ly/WfBI50VN6fs

Please join us this Friday May 9th, 2025 starting at 9:30am for a day-long workshop on teaching and learning with Oak Wood Cemetery at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry (929 E. 60th St.). All are welcome, lunch will be provided. Registration required at ow.ly/WfBI50VN6fs
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In this week's Sightings essay for Martin Marty Center Russell P. Johnson examines Trump’s Star Wars post and how it reflects a deeper political strategy rooted in moral dualism. Read more via ow.ly/y0Zx50VPlVx #dualism #starwars

In this week's Sightings essay for  <a href="/MartyCenter/">Martin Marty Center</a>  Russell P. Johnson examines Trump’s Star Wars post and how it reflects a deeper political strategy rooted in moral dualism. Read more via ow.ly/y0Zx50VPlVx

#dualism #starwars
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In this week's Sightings essay for Martin Marty Center Lisa Landoe Hedrick examines what Black theology reveals about the complexities of hope, suffering, and justice in the face of oppression. Read more via martycenter.org/sightings/befo… #Blacktheology #hope

In this week's Sightings essay for <a href="/MartyCenter/">Martin Marty Center</a>  Lisa Landoe Hedrick examines what Black theology reveals about the complexities of hope, suffering, and justice in the face of oppression. Read more via martycenter.org/sightings/befo…

#Blacktheology #hope
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter Maryam Kashani explores how Malcolm X's faith and anti-racism were part of an intertwined struggle for justice, unity, and liberation that saw through the imagery of colonial empires. Read more via ow.ly/Gw9C50VXp2L #malcolmx

In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter Maryam Kashani explores how Malcolm X's faith and anti-racism were part of an intertwined struggle for justice, unity, and liberation that saw through the imagery of colonial empires. Read more via ow.ly/Gw9C50VXp2L
#malcolmx
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In this week's Sightings essay for Martin Marty Center Willemien Otten shares her personal reflections on the papacy, an American pontiff, and hope that faith and leadership may yet shape our fractured world. Read more via ow.ly/iIvZ50W1kcp #Catholicism #dapope #leadership

In this week's Sightings essay for <a href="/MartyCenter/">Martin Marty Center</a> Willemien Otten shares her personal reflections on the papacy, an American pontiff, and hope that faith and leadership may yet shape our fractured world. Read more via ow.ly/iIvZ50W1kcp

#Catholicism #dapope #leadership
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter Julius Crump explores mass protests to marketable dissent, how economic forces shaped, co-opted, and now silence Black radical movements post-2020. Read more via ow.ly/3jZe50W4kR1 #blm #protest

In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter Julius Crump explores mass protests to marketable dissent, how economic forces shaped, co-opted, and now silence Black radical movements post-2020. Read more via ow.ly/3jZe50W4kR1

#blm #protest