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"Those Chicago roots could give Prevost a 'unique perspective,' James T. Robinson, dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School, told VANITY FAIR. Read the full story: ow.ly/7gcN50VRqIN

"Emily Crews, a scholar of religious life... [and exec. director of the Martin Marty Center], said it would be 'fascinating' to observe whether St. Mary’s or Leo’s childhood home draw religious tourists... Read the full story from the @ChicagoTribune: ow.ly/yxXQ50VRTkM

Next Wednesday—Join us for a public dissertation defense by Ranana Dine (PhD Candidate, Religious Ethics): “My Eyes Grow Dim from Grief:” A Jewish Visual Ethic of Death and Memory. May 21, 11AM (CDT) Zoom. #RananaDine #UChicago #Thesis #Defense #Public #Dissertation

Next Week—Join the Colman Program for a Pedagogy Session on Giving Up Control: Managing Freewheeling Discussions and Assessing Learning on Wednesday, May 21, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. Register via the link in the bio. #uchicago #discussion #learning #pedagogy #religion #colman

Laurie Zoloth, Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics, was called upon by NPR to review the case of the first infant treated with a gene-editing therapy: "Many ethical issues were indeed clearly and carefully addressed," she said. ow.ly/pr4M50VVgmB

Next Wednesday—Join us for a public dissertation defense by Virginia White (PhD Candidate, Religious Ethics): Confronting Structural Evil: Lament and Laughter as Moral Practices Through the Works of Judith Butler and Paul Ricœur. May 28, 9:30AM (CDT) Swift Hall 201 & Zoom.

Next Wednesday—Join us for a public dissertation defense by Kristi Del Vecchio (PhD Candidate, Religious Ethics): Climate Change and Kinship: Creative Religious and Moral Responses to Eco-Reproductive Concerns. May 28, 1PM (CDT) Swift Hall 201 & Zoom. #UChicago #Thesis #Public

“[President Donald Trump’s] big appeal, at least since he entered politics, is to make people feel like they are a part of something,” said William Schultz, associate professor of American religions at the University of Chicago’s Divinity School.

Next Friday—Join us for a public dissertation defense by Marielle Harrison (PhD Candidate, History of Religions): The Buddha and the Butcher: Early Buddhist Arguments for Vegetarianism. May 30, 1-3PM (CDT) Swift Hall 208 & Zoom. #UChicago #Thesis #Defense #Public

Next Friday—Join us for a public dissertation defense by Kirsten Collins (PhD Candidate, Religion, Literature, and Visual Culture): Judeo-Christianity and Its Fates: Jewishness, Blackness, and the Racial Politics of Religion in Postwar French Thought on May 30, 1PM (CDT). #Public

The The University of Chicago Board of Trustees has confirmed Daniel A. Arnold as the John Henry Barrows Prof. of the Philosophy of Religions & Jeffrey Stackert as the Caroline E. Haskell Prof. of the Hebrew Bible. The Div School congratulates these faculty on their well-deserved recognition!

Sacred Grounds, Gospel Sounds: A Musical Celebration of Oak Woods Cemetery will take place on June 1st, 2025 from 2-9 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church (6400 S. Kimbark). RSVP here: ow.ly/4V2z50VY3sj * @RDIatUchicago, @UChicagoMusic

"That said, there are certainly precedents for 'technologically-mediated communication from the beyond,' according to Alireza Doostdar, a professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School ..." Read the full piece from Rolling Stone: ow.ly/4jfw50W0mXo

Looking forward to signing books at my local Barnes & Noble on Diversey, just down the street from Wrigley Field, tomorrow 3-5PM. Tell everyone you know! Tell someone you don't know, anyone you happen to see walking down Clark Street after the Cubs game!

“It’s not just that the University taught me to think. It taught me how to listen, especially to voices from the past that still shape our world today,” Walton Yan, AB'25 candidate and Religious Studies major, told UChicago News. : ow.ly/urOY50W57QA

Prof. Richard Rosengarten delivered today’s Div School Convocation speech, calling graduates to turn away from forced, false polarities: “if you are a prince, be a radical; and if you are a radical, be a prince.” #UChicago2025 #DivinitySchool #Graduation2025

In a piece for @History on a purple dye, Prof. Carolina López-Ruiz provided context about the way it was traded: "It existed in the Bronze Age; but the Phoenicians were the ones who exported this technology and exported its products.’” Read the full story: ow.ly/QY1y50W8sVE

On Friday, June 6, the Divinity School celebrated 68 graduates who completed their Master's and Doctoral degrees. Check out the recap in the 'Criteria' Convocation 2025 edition 🎓: ow.ly/ryf350We4pS Photos by Charissa Johnson Photography. #Uchicago2025 #DivinitySchool

“There are safer ways to avoid having a child with a genetic disease than trying to build one from scratch ...” Prof. Laurie Zoloth told Bloomberg of a DNA editing technology a new startup is seeking funding to develop. ow.ly/vCcH50WgZoS

This quarter, Div School students explored the religious landscape of #Chicago in "Sacred Geographies." The class visited the Chicago History Museum, Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, and Oak Woods Cemetery to reflect on how spaces are made "sacred."