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A vibrant community of scholars who guide the public’s understanding of religion. We offer the PhD, MDiv, 2 MA degrees, and undergraduate programs of study.
University of Chicago
Joined April 2013
Today’s Dean’s Forum explored themes of memory and testimony via Prof. Sheila Jelen’s 2024 book: “Testimonial Montage: A Family of Israeli Holocaust Testimonies from the Cracow Ghetto Resistance.” Rev. Cynthia Lindner responded.
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Tomorrow—Join us for the Dean’s Forum on Wednesday, Feb 5, at 12PM in the Swift Hall Common Room! Sheila Jelen, Professor of Religion, Literature, and Visual Culture and History of Judaism, will discuss her book "Testimonial Montage," with Prof. Cynthia Lindner in conversation.
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Next Week—Join us for the Dean’s Forum on Wednesday, Feb 5, at 12PM in the Swift Hall Common Room! Sheila Jelen, Professor of Religion, Literature, and Visual Culture and History of Judaism, will discuss her book "Testimonial Montage," with Prof. Cynthia Lindner in conversation.
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“Nothing is more important than to keep the richness of our pluralism alive. To be aware of many different people and different ways, and deal with it.” - Prof. Martin Marty. The @SunTimes @NeilSteinberg writes about Prof. Emeritus Marty's legacy:
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Divinity Prof. Kirsten Macfarlane will speak on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
This Fri + Sat, join the Nicholson Center for British Studies for their inaugural 'Chicago British Studies Symposium,' a community-building event w/ broadly accessible and stimulating fac and grad student presentations! More info:
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“Often we think resistance to immigration is religious, and I think that’s true in some ways, but the protection of immigration is also religious,” Emily Crews, executive director of the @MartyCenter told the @ChicagoTribune.
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RT @ReligionMag: For decades, New Atheism has been characterized by "the humanistic rejection of religion." But Brook Ziporyn argues inste…
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RT @MartyCenter: Bits of paper travel the world, often temporary yet enduring. Join us for Ephemera in Circulation, an exhibit of unique it…
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Prof. Brook Ziporyn appeared on the Chinese television program “Meeting Civilization” (translated) on Jan. 11. The show explores exchange and mutual learning among the Chinese and the world, including the universal wisdom of the 'Daodejing.'
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RT @MaterializingB: "Ephemera in Circulation" is now live @MartyCenter (@UChiDivinity). Bits of paper travel the world. Mailed, gifted, kep…
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RT @MartyCenter: Next Monday! Join the Marty Center workshop with Professor Sherman Jackson in Swift Hall Common Room, discussing "The Isla…
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RT @jackmtchia: Honored to convene the new GL Louis Religious Pluralism Cluster at NUS. Join us on Jan 24 for a lecture by Prof. Angie Heo…
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TOMORROW—Join us for a public dissertation defense by Kelly Holob (PhD Candidate, Biblical Studies): "Discourses of Criminality in Early Christianity." Friday, December 6, 12:30PM Swift Hall 208. (Zoom participation is also available.) #UChicago #Thesis #Public #Presentation
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Next Week—Join us for a public dissertation defense by Kelly Holob (PhD Candidate, Biblical Studies): "Discourses of Criminality in Early Christianity." Friday, December 6, 12:30PM Swift Hall 208. (Zoom participation is also available.) #UChicago #Thesis #Public #Presentation
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Read a profile on Kaleb Nyquist (MDiv ’19, MPP ’19) featured on the @HarrisPolicy website: His Unique Path to Enhancing U.S. Election Integrity. Nyquist balanced the @UChiDivinity's focus on ritual theory with the more practical, concrete data analysis.
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Rachel Abdoler, a PhD candidate in the History of Christianity at @UChiDivinity and a DDH Scholar, has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) fellowship to support her research, “Between Defense and Devotion."
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Read an article by Sheila E. Jelen, Professor of Religion, Literature, and Visual Culture, and History of Judaism at @UChiDivinity. The article, “Beyond the Synagogue: Jewishness in Falsettos,” is available on the @courtchicago website. Read more here:
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Francesco Rahe, a fourth-year in Fundamentals and Religious Studies, has been named a 2025 Rhodes Scholar. He'll pursue a master’s in Classical Indian Religions at Oxford, focusing on Sanskrit translation. Rahe co-founded the RSO C.U.L.T. at @UChiDivinity.
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