With Templeton support, Professor Matthew Harris co-leads a project bringing together scholars to define a tradition that runs from astrology to Afrofuturism.What is metaphysical spirituality?

The University of Chicago has announced the recipients of the 2026 Academic Communicators Network (ACN) Excellence Awards, which recognize scholars who excel in sharing their research and scholarship ...

Application to the PhD program requires the completion of a master’s degree by the time of enrollment in the program. The doctoral program is highly selective, designed for aspiring scholars pursuing ...

I teach courses about religious ethics and film, focusing on how movies depict heroes and villains. Students in these courses learn how to analyze the moral dimensions of film to discover how popular ...

One hundred years ago, on May 21, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb tried to carry out the perfect murder. At the time, Leopold was enrolled at the University of Chicago, and Loeb was a recent ...

It is by this point a truism to say that our country is deeply polarized. A recent editorial in the New York Times frames this polarization in terms of social belonging, and suggests that our sense of ...

Three months ago, on August 10, the High Court of the state of Rajasthan in India ruled against the Jain community’s voluntary practice of meditating without food or water until death. Though this ...

This past June, the Pope spoke critically of the Mafia, and did so in its heartland region in Italy. He threatened to excommunicate anyone who was part of this international crime syndicate. So here ...

Anna Zeisel came to the University of Chicago Divinity School by a route she hadn't planned. Drawn to work as a death doula, accompanying people through the final chapter of their lives, she learned ...

Professor William Schultz on charisma, confession, and the making of the Shaker movement. In an age wary of charismatic leaders, it would be easy to read Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee as ...

The Divinity School's curriculum is organized into four core committees and eleven areas of study. The committees and areas of study are mutually interactive, as subjects can be studied from different ...

Undergraduates desiring a sharper focus on issues of religion may choose either to major or minor in Religious Studies. A full discussion of the requirements for the major and the minor is available ...