Religion

Fall/20

David Nirenberg studies the intertwined—and sometimes violent—histories of faith communities.

Spring/20

Two Divinity School graduates lead an unorthodox Chicago church that aims to heal spiritual wounds.

Fall/19

Divinity School Alumnus of the Year Joseph Price, AM’79, PhD’82, turns an academic double play.

Summer/19

In Star Wars and Religion, Russell Johnson, AM’15, PhD’19, uses the famous franchise to teach comparative religious ethics.

Spring/19

Scholars Reza Aslan, Daniel Dennett, and William Schweiker spar but find common ground.

Fall/16

Excerpt from Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood by Claire Hoffman, AMʼ05.

Fall/16

The Transcendental Meditation movement’s goals were utopian but life for its followers wasn’t always blissful, Claire Hoffman, AM’05, writes in a new memoir.

11.06.2015

Rev. Alexander Sharp, MDiv’96, on Clergy for a New Drug Policy.
July–Aug/15

Laura Gruen, AB’67, AM’68, sends dispatches from the pilgrimage route across Spain she walked this spring.

06.29.2015

A look at how, over the last two weeks, religion has been portrayed as relevant, crucial, destructive, and, as witnessed to in a Charleston church, sometimes grace-filled.
May–June/15

Wayne Scott, AB’86, AM’89, reflects on the winding path he and his wife followed on their way down the aisle.

May–June/15

UChicago anesthesiologist Shakeela Hassan advocates for the healing force of interfaith music and human sound.