Recently the Marty Center learned that the post sharing Professor Alireza Doostdar’s January Sightings essay, “Witnessing Genocide,” was removed from the Marty Center and Divinity School’s Instagram accounts. The post was removed without our permission or support, or the author’s. We are sharing the post again today, with the same image and language we originally used. The Marty Center was founded on the belief that understanding religion is critical to a functional society. Freedom of research and expression are central to this mission, as well as to democracy more broadly, especially during a time of heightened polarization and distrust. We look forward to continuing to share thought-provoking Sightings essays that showcase diverse perspectives on religion and today’s most pressing issues. ——— This week in Sightings, Alireza Doostdar considers the work of journalists in Gaza and the multiple meanings of witnessing. Read more on our website via the link in @martinmartycenter’s bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #ReligionInPublic #Sightings #Journalism #BearingWitness #Gaza
Next week! Please join us for a lecture by Stanford Religious Studies Professor Kathryn Gin Lum at 6 pm in the Swift Hall Common Room! Lum will speak about her most recent book, "Heathen: Religion and Race in American History," which explores how American conceptions of race are intertwined with the figure of the "heathen" in need of salvation. Learn more via the link in our bio. We hope to see you there! #MartyCenter #ReligionInPublic #Race #Heathen
Congratulations to @uchidivinity PhD Candidate and Marty Center Junior Fellow @kristidelvecchio, whose research and upcoming course on the ethics of reproduction during the climate crisis were featured today in @chicagotribune! Read the full article via the link in our bio. #MartyCenter #ReligionInPublic #ClimateChange #Ethics
Congratulations to Divinity School PhD Candidate and @martinmartycenter Junior Fellow @kristidelvecchio, whose research and upcoming course on the ethics of reproduction during the climate crisis were featured today in @chicagotribune! Read the full article via the link in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #ReligionInPublic #ClimateChange #Ethics
In this week’s Sightings article for @martinmartycenter, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan explores the legal implications of Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation in front of the Embassy of Israel. Read more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #Sightings #MartyCenter #ReligionInPublic #Protest #LegalPluralism #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #Religion
In this week’s Sightings piece for @martinmartycenter, Richard A. Rosengarten writes about Thomas Jefferson‘s private and public ”Bibles“ and their significance to his views on religion. Read more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #Sightings #Enlightenment #ThomasJefferson #Bible #ReligionInPublic #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago
TOMORROW! As part of our Black History Month programming with @uchidivinity, please join us at noon in the Common Room for a talk with Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III, Senior Pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church for more than 15 years. A third-generation warrior for civil and human rights, he has built his ministry on community advancement and racial and social justice activism. Learn more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in bio. The event is free and open to the public, and lunch will be provided. We hope to see you there! #MartyCenter #UChicago #ReligionInPublic #BlackHistoryMonth
TOMORROW! As part of our Black History Month programming with @martinmartycenter, please join us at noon in the Common Room for a talk with Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III, Senior Pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church for more than 15 years. A third-generation warrior for civil and human rights, he has built his ministry on community advancement and racial and social justice activism. Learn more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. The event is free and open to the public, and lunch will be provided. We hope to see you there! #MartyCenter #UChicago #ReligionInPublic #BlackHistoryMonth
Next Wednesday! As part of our Black History Month programming, please join us at noon in the Common Room for a talk with Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III, Senior Pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church for more than 15 years. A third-generation warrior for civil and human rights, he has built his ministry on community advancement and racial and social justice activism. Learn more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in bio. The event is free and open to the public, and lunch will be provided! #MartyCenter #UChicago #ReligionInPublic #BlackHistoryMonth
In this week’s Sightings piece for @martinmartycenter, David Barr suggests that embracing the completeness and unique value of human life can help prevent further ecological destruction. Read more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #Sightings #ReligionInPublic #Bioethics
Thank you to everyone who joined @martinmartycenter Tuesday for a tour of “Faith Ringgold: American People” at @mcachicago, as well as today for a quilting workshop inspired by Ringgold’s work and co-sponsored by @smartmuseum! Learn more about our Black History Month programming at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. Photographs by @laurenpondphoto #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #BlackHistoryMonth #quilting #art #ReligionInPublic
TOMORROW! As part of our Black History Month programming, join us at noon for a quilting workshop inspired by the work of Faith Ringgold and co-sponsored by @smartmuseum. Guided by the museum's Aneesah Veatch and Nicole Bond, participants will reflect on the relevance of quilting and creative arts to African American spiritual life and will have the opportunity to create a collaborative collage "quilt" for display in Swift Hall. This event is free and open to the public. All materials will be provided and no experience is necessary. Learn more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #ReligionInPublic #FaithRinggold #Quilting
In this week’s Sightings piece, the final edition of @martinmartycenter‘s Smart Sightings series with @smartmuseum, Marty Center Executive Director Emily D. Crews writes about Mark Rothko and the religious experience of art. Read more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #Sightings #Art #Rothko #ReligiousExperience #ReligionInPublic
Our Black History Month programming begins tomorrow! Please join us in the Common Room at 12 PM on Friday, February 9 for lunch with Dr. Brad R. Braxton, President and Professor of Public Theology at Chicago Theological Seminary. And next Thursday, don’t miss a public quilting workshop inspired by the artwork of Faith Ringgold and led by @smartmuseum! Learn more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #BlackHistoryMonth
TOMORROW! Please join @martinmartycenter on February 8 at 6 PM for an author talk with Gregory D. Smithers about his recent book, “Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal, & Sovereignty in Native America.” Leila K. Blackbird, Pozen Human Rights Doctoral Fellow of U.S. and Atlantic History, will join Smithers in conversation. This event is part of the Marty Center’s signature author talk series with The Seminary Co-op Bookstores. Hope to see you there! Learn more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Sexuality #Spirituality #Indigeneity #AuthorTalk
In this week‘s Sightings piece for @martinmartycenter, Erin Galgay Walsh writes about the values and dangers of comparison, as realized through the juxtaposition of paintings by Il Pordenone and Noël Hallé @smartmuseum. Read more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Art #Comparison #Sightings
NEXT WEEK! On February 8 at 6 PM, join @martinmartycenter for an author talk with Gregory D. Smithers on his recent book, “Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal, & Sovereignty in Native America.” Leila K. Blackbird, Pozen Human Rights Doctoral Fellow of U.S. and Atlantic History, will join Smithers in conversation. This event is part of the Marty Center’s signature author talk series with @seminarycoopbookstores. Hope to see you there! Learn more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Sexuality #Spirituality #Indigeneity #AuthorTalk
TOMORROW at 5:45 PM: Please join @martinmartycenter and @pearsoninst for “Humanitarian and Gendered Dimensions of the Conflict in Gaza,” a panel discussion featuring Maliha Chishti, Gregory N. Khalil, Dina Rashed, and Omar Shakir. Learn more at MartyCenter.org. Link in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #ReligionInPublic #Gaza
In this week’s Sightings piece for @martinmartycenter, Brian Britt writes about the biblical story of Samson and its resonance with the current war in Gaza. Read more on the Marty Center website. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Sightings #Israel #Gaza #Samson
Last week, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, @martinmartycenter and the @uchidivinity community reflected on the prescience of the civil rights leader’s words through recitations and discussion of some of King’s most illuminating texts. Learn more and take a listen on the Marty Center website. Link in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #MartinLutherKingJr #MLK #Readings
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TOMORROW! Join @martinmartycenter in the Common Room at 6PM for a talk with @graceykao, author of "My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy." Kao will be joined in conversation by Divinity School PhD candidate @kristidelvecchio. This event is part of the Marty Center’s signature author talk series with @seminarycoopbookstores. Learn more via the Marty Center website, link in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #UChicagoGRAD #RLST #ReligionInPublic #AuthorTalk #Surrogacy
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In this week’s Sightings piece for @martinmartycenter, Richard Rosengarten discusses tension between Cardinal Burke and Pope Francis, and the window this offers into developments in both Roman Catholicism and American religion. Read more at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #ReligionInPublic #Catholicism #Modernity #CardinalBurke #PopeFrancis Featured image: Cardinal Burke in a 2015 March for Life in Rome. Photo by HazteOir.org, used under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 Generic License.
A reminder to subscribe to our newsletter for a chance to win a free book from our Seminary Co-Op Author Talk Series! Books from this year's and last year's series are available. Sign up today, and make sure to use the promotional code SEMCOOP when prompted! Link in our bio. We will be drawing 1-2 names per week while supplies last! #MartyCenter #UChicago #AuthorTalks #Books #ReligionInPublic
A reminder to subscribe to @martinmartycenter's newsletter for a chance to win a free book from the Seminary Co-Op Author Talk Series! Books from this year's and last year's series are available. Sign up today, and make sure to use the promotional code SEMCOOP when prompted! Link in @martinmartycenter bio. We will be drawing 1-2 names per week while supplies last! #MartyCenter #UChicago #AuthorTalks #Books #ReligionInPublic
This week in Sightings, David Gottlieb explores how conceptions of memory affect understanding of Jewish and Israeli perspectives on October 7. Read more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Sightings #Judaism #Israel #Memory
In an early edition of Sightings this week for @martinmartycenter, Russell Johnson explores the consequences of insufficient reporting on structural violence. Read more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #StructuralViolence #SocialInjustice #Media
@martinmartycenter’s “False Preachers" film series is taking a break this week for the Thanksgiving holiday and will resume next Tuesday, November 28, for one final screening. In the meantime, visit MartyCenter.org to learn more about the series and Hannah Ozmun, the Public Scholarship Fellow and PhD candidate who organized it! Link to article in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #FalsePreachers #Film
Subscribe to our newsletter today for a chance to win a free book from our Seminary Co-Op Author Talk Series! Link in bio. And mark your calendars: Sarah Iles Johnston, one of the Marty Center's 2023-2024 Seminary Co-Op authors, will speak about "Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers" on May 8, 2024. From Princeton University Press – Gripping tales that abound with fantastic characters and astonishing twists and turns, Greek myths confront what it means to be mortal in a world of powerful forces beyond human control. Little wonder that they continue to fascinate readers thousands of years after they were first told. "Gods and Mortals" is a major new telling of ancient Greek myths by one of the world’s preeminent experts. In a fresh, vibrant, and compelling style that draws readers into the lives of the characters, Sarah Iles Johnston offers new narrations of all the best-known tales as well as others that are seldom told, taking readers on an enthralling journey from the origin of the cosmos to the aftermath of the Trojan War. #MartyCenter #UChicago #AuthorTalks #Books #ReligionInPublic
Subscribe to @martinmartycenter's newsletter today for a chance to win a free book from the Seminary Co-Op Author Talk Series! Link in @martinmartycenter bio. And mark your calendars: Sarah Iles Johnston, one of the Marty Center's 2023-2024 Seminary Co-Op authors, will speak about "Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers" on May 8, 2024. From Princeton University Press – Gripping tales that abound with fantastic characters and astonishing twists and turns, Greek myths confront what it means to be mortal in a world of powerful forces beyond human control. Little wonder that they continue to fascinate readers thousands of years after they were first told. "Gods and Mortals" is a major new telling of ancient Greek myths by one of the world’s preeminent experts. In a fresh, vibrant, and compelling style that draws readers into the lives of the characters, Sarah Iles Johnston offers new narrations of all the best-known tales as well as others that are seldom told, taking readers on an enthralling journey from the origin of the cosmos to the aftermath of the Trojan War. #MartyCenter #UChicago #AuthorTalks #Books #ReligionInPublic
Subscribe to our newsletter today for a chance to win a free book from our Seminary Co-Op author talk series! Link in bio. And mark your calendars: Katrina Daly Thompson, one of the Marty Center's 2023-2024 Seminary Co-Op authors, will speak about "Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America" on March 26, 2024. From New York University Press – "The turn of the twenty-first century ushered in a wave of progressive Muslims, whose modern interpretations and practices transformed the public’s perception of who could follow the teachings of Islam. 'Muslims on the Margins' tells the story of their even more radical descendants: nonconformists who have reinterpreted their religion and created space for queer, trans, and nonbinary identities within Islam." #MartyCenter #UChicago #AuthorTalks #Books #ReligionInPublic
Subscribe to @martinmartycenter's newsletter today for a chance to win a free book from the Seminary Co-Op author talk series! Link in @martinmartycenter bio. And mark your calendars: Katrina Daly Thompson, one of the Marty Center's 2023-2024 Seminary Co-Op authors, will speak about "Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America" on March 26, 2024. From New York University Press – "The turn of the twenty-first century ushered in a wave of progressive Muslims, whose modern interpretations and practices transformed the public’s perception of who could follow the teachings of Islam. 'Muslims on the Margins' tells the story of their even more radical descendants: nonconformists who have reinterpreted their religion and created space for queer, trans, and nonbinary identities within Islam." #MartyCenter #UChicago #AuthorTalks #Books #ReligionInPublic
Subscribe to our newsletter today for a chance to win a free book from our Seminary Co-Op author talk series! Link in bio. And mark your calendars: Grace Y. Kao, one of our 2023-2024 Seminary Co-Op authors, will speak about her book "My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy" on January 9, 2024. From Stanford University Press: "While the use of assisted reproductive technology has brought joy to countless families, surrogacy remains the most controversial path to parenthood. 'My Body, Their Baby' helps readers sort through objections to this way of bringing children into the world. Candidly reflecting on carrying a baby for her childless friends and informed by the reproductive justice framework developed by women of color activists, Kao highlights the importance of experience in feminist methodology and Christian ethics. She shows what surrogacy is like from the perspective of women becoming pregnant for others, parents who have opted for surrogacy (including queer couples), and the surrogate-born children themselves." #MartyCenter #UChicago #AuthorTalks #Books #ReligionInPublic
Subscribe to @martinmartycenter's newsletter today for a chance to win a free book from the Seminary Co-Op author talk series! Link in @martinmartycenter bio. And mark your calendars: Grace Y. Kao, one of the Marty Center's 2023-2024 Seminary Co-Op authors, will speak about her book "My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy" on January 9, 2024. From Stanford University Press: "While the use of assisted reproductive technology has brought joy to countless families, surrogacy remains the most controversial path to parenthood. 'My Body, Their Baby' helps readers sort through objections to this way of bringing children into the world. Candidly reflecting on carrying a baby for her childless friends and informed by the reproductive justice framework developed by women of color activists, Kao highlights the importance of experience in feminist methodology and Christian ethics. She shows what surrogacy is like from the perspective of women becoming pregnant for others, parents who have opted for surrogacy (including queer couples), and the surrogate-born children themselves." #MartyCenter #UChicago #AuthorTalks #Books #ReligionInPublic
This week, in the inaugural piece for @martinmartycenter’s “Smart Sightings" series, Marty Center Digital Media Manager @laurenpondphoto writes about Auguste Rodin's bronze-cast sculpture "The Cathedral" and how it speaks to ideas of embodied religion. Read more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. "Smart Sightings" is a partnership between the Marty Center and the University of Chicago's @smartmuseum. This series invites readers to contemplate the many connections between art and religion through written reflections on pieces in the Smart's exhibition, "Calling on the Past: Selections from the Collection." #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Art #Embodiment #Rodin #Sightings #Sculpture
New year, new authors! We're excited to announce the six participants in @martinmartycenter‘s 2023-2024 Author Talk Series with @seminarycoopbookstores, which features intimate conversations with authors of recent books that consider the topic of religion: • Diane Winston, author of "Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan's Evangelical Vision" • Grace Y. Kao, author of "My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy" • Gregory D. Smithers, author of "Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal, & Sovereignty in Native America" • Katrina Daly Thompson, author of "Muslims on the Margins: Creating Queer Religious Community in North America" • Aaliyah Bilal, author of "Temple Folk" • Sarah Iles Johnston, author of "Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers" Learn more and win a free book via the link in @martinmartycenter bio! #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #AuthorTalks #Books #ReligionInPublic
TONIGHT! Join us at 7PM in Ida Noyes Hall for a screening of "Night of the Iguana," the penultimate film in @martinmartycenter‘s False Preachers Film Series, organized by Hannah Ozmun and co-produced with @docfilmschicago. Adapted from the play by Tennessee Williams, John Huston’s "The Night of the Iguana" follows the social and psychological decline of T. Lawrence Shannon (Richard Burton), a defrocked minister who now drives a tour bus in Puerto Vallarta. Shannon attempts to strand a bus of Baptist school teachers at a remote motel, where he sorts out his life with the help of two women (Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr). Learn more about the series at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Film #FalsePreachers #NightOfTheIguana
In this week’s Sightings article for @martinmartycenter, David Barr writes about the problem of oppositional thinking in the field of ethics and the broader academy. Read more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. Featured image by R. L. Oliver/Los Angeles Times #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Sightings #Trauma #Ethics
In this week’s Sightings piece for @martinmartycenter, @uchidivinity’s Simeon Chavel writes about the need for a more nuanced approach to discussions of Jewish identity. Read more at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #Sightings #ReligionInPublic #Identity #Judaism
TONIGHT! Join us in Swift Hall at 5PM for "Discussion of Qohelet: Searching for a Life Worth Living." During this panel discussion, authors Menachem Fisch (Tel Aviv University) and Debra Band (Artist and Illustrator) will speak about their new illustrated commentary on the biblical book Qohelet, an arresting work of philosophy that has captured the attention of commentators and thinkers for thousands of years. James T. Robinson (Dean of @uchidivinity) and Simeon Chavel (Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, University of Chicago Divinity School) will join them in conversation. This is the first event in @martinmartycenter’s new Reflections on Judaism and Jewish Life Series, created in partnership with the Joyce Z. and Jacob Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies. Learn more at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Qohelet #AuthorTalk
TONIGHT! Join us at 7PM in Ida Noyes Hall for a screening of "Buck and the Preacher," the sixth film in our False Preachers Film Series, organized by Hannah Ozmun and co-produced by @martinmartycenter and @docfilmschicago. Sidney Poitier stars in "Buck and the Preacher," his directorial debut. Poitier’s protagonist strikes a fragile balance in the Reconstruction-era Southwest, seeking settlement for Black Americans by negotiating with indigenous tribes, all while avoiding white bounty hunters. The sudden entrance of a grifting man of the cloth (Harry Belafonte) threatens to throw Buck’s entire operation into chaos. Learn more about the series at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Film #FalsePreachers #BuckAndThePreacher
NEXT WEEK! Join us at 5PM on November 1 for "Discussion of Qohelet: Searching for a Life Worth Living." During this panel discussion, authors Menachem Fisch (Tel Aviv University) and Debra Band (Artist and Illustrator) will speak about their new illustrated commentary on the biblical book Qohelet, an arresting work of philosophy that has captured the attention of commentators and thinkers for thousands of years. James T. Robinson (Dean of @uchidivinity) and Simeon Chavel (Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, University of Chicago Divinity School) will join them in conversation. This is the first event in @martinmartycenter’s new Reflections on Judaism and Jewish Life Series, created in partnership with the Joyce Z. and Jacob Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies. Learn more at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Qohelet #AuthorTalk
TONIGHT! Join us at 7PM in Ida Noyes Hall for a screening of "Marjoe," the fifth film in @martinmartycenter’s False Preachers Film Series, organized by Hannah Ozmun and co-produced by the Marty Center and @docfilmschicago. Marjoe Gortner started preaching in Pentecostal revivals when he was four years old. Now in his late 20’s, Marjoe doesn’t believe in God - but continues to make his living on the revival circuit. In this Academy Award-winning documentary, Marjoe takes camera crews behind the scenes of Pentecostal revivals, explaining the tricks of the trade while coming clean about his double life. Learn more about the series at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Film #FalsePreachers #Marjoe
This September, about a dozen @uchidivinity students enjoyed the second Sacred Writes workshop sponsored by @martinmartycenter! Co-led by @lizbucar and @brookwl, Sacred Writes is a Luce Foundation-funded initiative that trains scholars of religion to write about and share their knowledge with audiences outside the academy. Among other skills, students learned how to pitch and write op-eds and explanatory articles, how to establish credibility with editors and readers, and how to define their public scholarship values. "I am more confident in my ability to influence conversations about religion in the public sphere," said Zachary Taylor, a PhD student, reflecting on his Sacred Writes experience. Read more about the workshop on the Marty Center website. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. Photos by @laurenpondphoto #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Scholarship #Journalism
In this week’s Sightings piece for @martinmartycenter, Richard Rosengarten writes about Charles Chesnutt's 1901 novel "The Marrow of Tradition" and its clairvoyance about the enduring problem of racism in the United States. Read more at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Sightings #Racism #Chesnutt
TONIGHT! After @martinmartycenter’s 6PM author talk @seminarycoopbookstores, head on over to @docfilmschicago for a screening of "Body and Soul" at 7PM in Ida Noyes Hall! This is the 4th film in the Marty Center’s False Preachers Film Series, organized by Hannah Ozmun and co-produced with Doc Films. 27-year-old Paul Robeson made his acting debut in Oscar Micheaux’s "Body and Soul" playing the roles of identical twins – one honest but poor, the other a crooked preacher – who are in love with the same woman. Micheaux was forced to cut “immoral” and “sacrilegious” scenes; while the director’s cut has never been recovered, "Body and Soul" is one of Micheaux’s only surviving silent films. Learn more about the series at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Film #FalsePreachers #BodyAndSoul
Join us TOMORROW at 6 PM @seminarycoopbookstores for a conversation with Diane Winston, author of "Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan's Evangelical Vision." This is the first installment of @martinmartycenter’s 2023-2024 Seminary Co-Op Author Talk Series. Hope to see you there! Learn more about the event and the series at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #AuthorTalk #DianeWinston #Politics #Reagan #Evangelical #Media
In this week’s Sightings article for @martinmartycenter, John Stackhouse writes about seemingly flexible values undergirding Evangelical support for Trump. Read more at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Evangelicalism #Politics #AmericanExceptionalism #Sightings
Coming up next Tuesday! Join us at 6 PM @seminarycoopbookstores for a conversation with Diane Winston, author of "Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan's Evangelical Vision." This is the first installment of @martinmartycenter’s 2023-2024 Seminary Co-Op Author Talk Series. Hope to see you there! Learn more about the event and the series at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #AuthorTalk #DianeWinston #Politics #Reagan #Evangelical #Media
TONIGHT! Join us at 7PM in Ida Noyes Hall for a screening of "Wise Blood," the third film in a new False Preachers Film Series, organized by Hannah Ozmun and co-produced by the Marty Center and @docfilmschicago. John Huston’s "Wise Blood" captures the absurd, grotesque, yet revelatory tenor of Flannery O’Connor’s acclaimed novel. Wild-eyed Hazel Motes (Brad Dourif) becomes a self-proclaimed prophet of the Church Without Christ: “where the blind don’t see and the lame don’t walk and what’s dead stays that way." Motes battles a rival street preacher (Harry Dean Stanton) for souls - including his own. Learn more about the series at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #ReligionInPublic #Film #FalsePreachers #WiseBlood
In this week’s Sightings piece for @martinmartycenter, the Divinity School’s William Schultz writes about failure and the "gospel of positive thinking" in the film "Salesman," screened this week as part of the Marty Center's "False Preachers" film series. Read more at MartyCenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #UChicago #UChiDivinity #Chicago #MartyCenter #Sightings #Salesman #Film #ReligionInPublic
Welcome to a new year of Sightings! As the Marty Center and Divinity School begin the academic year, our weekly digital magazine welcomes new voices and partnerships. Among them are four contributing columnists – David Barr, Russell Johnson, Richard Rosengarten, and William Shultz – and a new feature series, "Smart Sightings," created in collaboration with the @smartmuseum. Read more at martycenter.org; link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #Sightings #Magazine #Partnerships #ReligionInPublic #UChiDivinity #Chicago #UChicagoGRAD #UChicagoAlumni #UChicagoRLST
TONIGHT! Join us at 7PM in Ida Noyes Hall for a screening of "The Night of the Hunter," the first film in a new False Preachers Film Series, organized by Hannah Ozmun and co-produced by the Marty Center and @docfilmschicago. In "The Night of the Hunter," a diabolical traveling preacher marries a gullible widow, hoping to pocket the $10,000 hidden away by her late husband. Set in the Depression-era South, "The Night of the Hunter" follows her children as they flee their stepfather by starlight. Equal parts horror, comedy, and fantasy, "The Night of the Hunter" echoes tropes of silent film with striking shadowplay and an unforgettable performance by 61-year-old Lillian Gish. Learn more about the series at martycenter.org. Link also in bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #ReligionInPublic #Film #FalsePreachers
TONIGHT! Join us at 7PM in Ida Noyes Hall for a screening of "The Night of the Hunter," the first film in a new False Preachers Film Series, organized by Hannah Ozmun and co-produced by the @martinmartycenter and @docfilmschicago. In "The Night of the Hunter," a diabolical traveling preacher marries a gullible widow, hoping to pocket the $10,000 hidden away by her late husband. Set in the Depression-era South, "The Night of the Hunter" follows her children as they flee their stepfather by starlight. Equal parts horror, comedy, and fantasy, "The Night of the Hunter" echoes tropes of silent film with striking shadowplay and an unforgettable performance by 61-year-old Lillian Gish. Learn more about the series at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #ReligionInPublic #Film #FalsePreachers
One week away! Join us next Tuesday at 7PM in Ida Noyes Hall for a screening of "The Night of the Hunter," the first film in a new False Preachers Film Series, organized by Hannah Ozmun and co-produced by the Marty Center and @docfilmschicago. In "The Night of the Hunter," a diabolical traveling preacher marries a gullible widow, hoping to pocket the $10,000 hidden away by her late husband. Set in the Depression-era South, "The Night of the Hunter" follows her children as they flee their stepfather by starlight. Equal parts horror, comedy, and fantasy, "The Night of the Hunter" echoes tropes of silent film with striking shadowplay and an unforgettable performance by 61-year-old Lillian Gish. Learn more about the series at martycenter.org. Link also in bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #ReligionInPublic #Film #FalsePreachers
One week away! Join us next Tuesday at 7PM in Ida Noyes Hall for a screening of "The Night of the Hunter," the first film in a new False Preachers Film Series, organized by Hannah Ozmun and co-produced by @martinmartycenter and @docfilmschicago. In "The Night of the Hunter," a diabolical traveling preacher marries a gullible widow, hoping to pocket the $10,000 hidden away by her late husband. Set in the Depression-era South, "The Night of the Hunter" follows her children as they flee their stepfather by starlight. Equal parts horror, comedy, and fantasy, "The Night of the Hunter" echoes tropes of silent film with striking shadowplay and an unforgettable performance by 61-year-old Lillian Gish. Learn more about the series at martycenter.org. Link also in @martinmartycenter bio. #MartyCenter #UChicago #ReligionInPublic #Film #FalsePreachers
@martinmartycenter's Digital Media Manager @laurenpondphoto recently photographed the Parliament of the World's Religions for @religionnewssvc! Thousands of religious leaders and practitioners from around the globe attended this interfaith convening in Chicago to discuss and work to address some of today's most pressing problems. Visit the link in @martinmartycenter bio to see more photographs and read the accompanying stories, written by @smietanabob. All photos Copyright 2023 Lauren Pond. @interfaithworld #parliament #religion #interfaith #chicago #religioninpublic #martycenter
Our Digital Media Manager @laurenpondphoto recently photographed the Parliament of the World's Religions for @religionnewssvc! Thousands of religious leaders and practitioners from around the globe attended this interfaith convening in Chicago to discuss and work to address some of today's most pressing problems. Visit the link in our bio to see more photographs and read the accompanying stories, written by @smietanabob. All photos Copyright 2023 Lauren Pond. @interfaithworld #parliament #religion #interfaith #chicago #religioninpublic #martycenter
Well worth it to climb up to Mont-Royal with the family. The view from Chalet du Mont-Royal was wonderful. We also stopped at the Croix du Mont-Royal. The 31-meter-tall cross was erected in 1924 and it commemorates a story of Governor Maisssoneuve who placed a wooden cross on the location after he prayed to the Virgin Mary to save the colony from a flood in 1643. #MontRoyal #history #montrealhistory #prayer #cross #religioninpublic #Montreal
ICYMI! In a stirring Social Justice Address for @uchicagocrown this May, @revdrbarber of @yaledivinityschool emphasized America's deep social ills and the duty of those affected to band together in action – to enact what he called a "third reconstruction." The event was hosted in partnership with @martinmartycenter. Read more at martycenter.org! Photo by Lloyd Degrane. #martycenter #uchicago #religioninpublic #socialjustice
ICYMI! In a stirring Social Justice Address for @uchicagocrown this May, @revdrbarber of @yaledivinityschool emphasized America's deep social ills and the duty of those affected to band together in action – to enact what he called a "third reconstruction." The event was hosted in partnership with the Marty Center. Read more via the link in our bio! Photo by Lloyd Degrane. #martycenter #uchicago #religioninpublic #socialjustice
Starting today, @martinmartycenter's Sightings is taking a summer hiatus, as the center and our contributing writers regroup for the coming academic year. We will resume publication for Autumn Quarter in September 2023. In the meantime, we invite you to visit martycenter.org for a curated reading list of past pieces! #martycenter #uchicago #religioninpublic #sightings #summer
Starting today, Sightings is taking a summer hiatus, as the Marty Center and our contributing writers regroup for the coming academic year. We will resume publication for Autumn Quarter in September 2023. In the meantime, we invite you to visit the link in our bio for a curated reading list of past pieces! #martycenter #uchicago #religioninpublic #sightings #summer
"I like to say that everything I know about Judaism, I learned through food," said Faith Kramer, author of 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen. "You have cultural, traditional, ritual, and symbolic foods that tie in with the religion and how it is practiced around the world." @blogappetit recently spoke about her cookbook as part of @martinmartycenter's Author Talk series with @seminarycoopbookstores. Learn more about the inspiration behind her book and hear stories about some of its delicious dishes at martycenter.org! #martycenter #uchicago #religioninpublic #shabbat #cooking
"I like to say that everything I know about Judaism, I learned through food," said Faith Kramer, author of 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen. "You have cultural, traditional, ritual, and symbolic foods that tie in with the religion and how it is practiced around the world." @blogappetit recently spoke about her cookbook as part of our @seminarycoopbookstores Author Talk series. Learn more about the inspiration behind her book and hear stories about some of its delicious dishes via the link in our bio! #martycenter #uchicago #religioninpublic #shabbat #cooking
This week in Sightings, @uchidivinity's Curtis J. Evans explores the legacy of the Parliament of the World's Religions, which will be held in Chicago this summer. Read more via the Sightings link in our bio! @interfaithworld #martycenter #uchicago #religioninpublic #sightings #pluralism #ecumenism #brotherhood
In this week's Sightings piece for @martinmartycenter, the Divinity School's Curtis J. Evans explores the legacy of the Parliament of the World's Religions, which will be held in Chicago this summer. Read more at martycenter.org. @interfaithworld #martycenter #uchicago #religioninpublic #sightings #pluralism #ecumenism #brotherhood