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Pop-Religion | A Theme for Generations Hereafter: Professor Carolina López-Ruiz on Nolan's Odyssey, Faith, Fate, and Cultural Exchange in the Ancient Mediterranean
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (779+ words) Every era gets the Odyssey it deserves, a Washington Post headline announced last month. Ours belongs to Christopher Nolan. Nolan casts Odysseus as a tender yet fierce hero who cannot get home until he has untangled the psychological damage wrought…...
New Journal of Religion Issue Explores Susan Taubes, Kant, and the Politics of the Zhuangzi
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (217+ words) The July 2026 issue of the Journal of Religion is now available, featuring new scholarship on modern Jewish thought, philosophy of religion, and classical Chinese political thought. The issue opens with a feature article examining the work of writer and philosopher…...
Anna Zeisel, MDiv'26, On Chaplaincy, Prayer, and The Future of Religious Leadership
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (168+ words) "I heard that the University of Chicago has a nice divinity school," she recalled, "and that's how I ended up here." She completed her first hospital chaplaincy internship while earning her master's and came away certain of her direction. Her…...
Divinity School Faculty Launch Resource on Emotion and Climate Resilience
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (214+ words) What does it mean to live well in the face of climate change? At first glance, the question can seem beside the point. When confronted with evidence of a warming planet and its consequences for ecosystems and communities, turning inward…...
The Flight of American Christianity
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (352+ words) Quick: Name the most accomplished fictional scholar to teach at Swift Hall. The easy answer is Franz Bibfeldt, that spoof of academic faddishness and triviality. But I’d like to suggest another name: Homer Wilson, professor of the psychology of religion,…...
On the “Advantages of Marginality” in Swift Hall
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (834+ words) The University of Chicago Divinity School On the “Advantages of Marginality” in Swift Hall By Sheila E. Jelen, Director of MA/AMRS Studies, Professor of Religion, Literature and Visual Culture and History of Judaism | June 2, 2026 Sheila Jelen on Dvora Baron,…...
Nothing is Final | The University of Chicago Divinity School
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (938+ words) Nothing is Final The University of Chicago Divinity School By Anand Venkatkrishnan, Assistant Professor of the History of Religion in South Asia | June 1, 2026 On South Asian religion, postcolonial critique, and the future of the field It is difficult to imagine…...
Kirsten Macfarlane Awarded Selma V. Forkosch Prize
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (223+ words) The University of Chicago Divinity School Kirsten Macfarlane Awarded Selma V. Forkosch Prize Kirsten Macfarlane, Associate Professor of Early Modern Religious and Intellectual History, has been awarded the Selma V. Forkosch Prize for the best article published in the Journal of the…...
Exploring the Worlds of the Religions
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (553+ words) UChicago Divinity School Exploring the Worlds of the Religions By William Schweiker Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Theological Ethics | April 22, 2026 "The creation of the universe operates on the principle that Intellect (Reason) prevails over Necessity not by force,…...
Tough-Minded, Tender-Hearted
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (308+ words) My talk addressed the theory and method of U.S. Black liberation theology. Even as a guest, I received direct and challenging questions. I do not remember them all, but I vividly remember the intellectual and embodied energy of those conversations and…...