Table of Contents 2 Divinity Catalog 3 Addresses of University Offices 4 Officers and Faculty 8 General Description 10 Degree Programs and Requirements 80 Committees of the Faculty and Areas of Study 87 Residence Requirements 90 Special Courses and Programs 92 Prizes 93 Grading System and Official Records 95 Admissions 98 Finances 102 Student Life 103 Index 2 Divinity Catalog Divinity Catalog Announcements 2018-2019 Welcome to the University of Chicago Divinity School. More information regarding the University of Chicago Divinity School can be found online at http:// divinity.uchicago.edu. Or you may contact us at: Divinity School University of Chicago 1025 E. 58th St. Chicago, Illinois 60637 Telephone: 773-702-8200 Photograph by Alex S. MacLean. The information in these Announcements is correct as of August 1, 2018. It is subject to change. 2018-2019 University of Chicago 3 Addresses of University Offices Requests for information, materials, and application forms for admission and financial aid should be addressed as follows: For all matters pertaining to the Divinity School: Dean of Students The University of Chicago Divinity School 1025 East 58th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 Phone: 773-702-8217 Fax: 773-834-4581 Web site: http://divinity.uchicago.edu For the Graduate Record Examination: Graduate Record Examination P.O. Box 6000 Princeton New Jersey 08541-6000 Phone: 609-771-7670 Web site: http://www.gre.org For FAFSA forms: Federal Student Aid Information Center P.O. Box 84 Washington, D.C. 20044 Phone: 800-433-3243 Web site: http://www.fafsa.gov For Housing: Residential Properties (RP) 773.753.2218 | [email protected] Web site: http://rp.uchicago.edu/ International House 1414 East 59th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 Phone: 773-753-2280 Fax: 773-753-1227 Web site: http://ihouse.uchicago.edu For Student Loans: Graduate Aid Walker Museum 1115 E. 58th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 Phone: 773-702-6061 Fax: 773-702-3238 Web site: https://financialaid.uchicago.edu/graduate 4 Officers and Faculty Officers and Faculty The University of Chicago Robert J. Zimmer, President of the University Joseph Neubauer, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Daniel Diermeier, Provost The Divinity School Administration David Nirenberg, Dean Joshua Feigelson, Dean of Students Anita Lumpkin, Associate Dean of Students Cynthia Gano Lindner, Director of Ministry Studies Sandra Peppers, Associate Dean for Administration Wesley Sun, Director of Field Education and Community Engagement Barbara Palmer-Bostick, Associate Director, Major Gifts Terren Ilana Wein, Director of Communications and Public Relations Faculty Arnold I. Davidson, Ph.D., Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor of the Philosophy of Judaism and Philosophy of Religions in the Divinity School; also in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and the Committee on the Conceptual and Historical Studies of Sciences. Wendy Doniger, Ph.D., D.Phil., Mircea Eliade Distinguished Professor of the History of Religions; also in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, the Committee on Social Thought, and the College. Michael Fishbane, Ph.D., Nathan Cummings Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish Studies; also in the Committee on Jewish Studies and the College. Dwight N. Hopkins, Ph.D., Alexander Campbell Professor of Theology; also in the College. Matthew Kapstein, Ph.D., Numata Visiting Professor of the Philosophy of Religions and the History of Religions. Jean-Luc Marion, Doctorat d’Etat, Andrew Thomas Greeley and Grace McNichols Greeley Professor of Catholic Studies and Professor of the Philosophy of Religions and Theology. Françoise Meltzer, Ph.D., Professor of the Philosophy of Religions; also the Edward Carson Waller Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, in Comparative Literature; Chair, Department of Comparative Literature, and the College. Paul Mendes-Flohr, Ph.D., Dorothy Grant MacLear Professor of Modern Jewish History and Thought; also in the Committee on Jewish Studies; Associate Faculty in the Department of History; also in the College. Richard B. Miller, Ph.D., Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Religious Ethics Margaret M. Mitchell, Ph.D., Shailer Mathews Distinguished Service Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature; also in the College. Willemien Otten, Ph.D., Professor of the History of Christianity and Theology; also in the College. James T. Robinson, Ph.D., Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Judaism; also in History of Religions, Islamic Studies, The Program on Medieval Studies, Religious Studies, Fundamentals: Texts and Issues, and the Center for Jewish Studies Michael Sells, Ph.D., John Henry Barrows Professor of Islamic History and Literature. Susan Schreiner, M.Div., Ph.D., Professor of the History of Christianity and Theology; also in the College. William Schweiker, M.Div., Ph.D., Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Theological Ethics; also in the College. Brook A. Ziporyn, Ph.D., Professor of Chinese Religion, Philosophy, and Comparative Thought Laurie Zoloth, Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics Daniel A. Arnold, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Philosophy of Religions; also in the College. Simeon Chavel, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible; also in the College Ryan Coyne, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Philosophy of Religions and Theology; also in the College. Kristine A. Culp, M.Div., Ph.D., Dean of Disciples Divinity House and Associate Professor of Theology; also in the College. Curtis J. Evans, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the History of Christianity and Religions in America. 2018-2019 University of Chicago 5 Sarah Hammerschlag, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religion and Literature, Philosophy of Religions and History of Judaism; also in the College Kevin Hector, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theology and the Philosophy of Religions David Martinez, M.Div., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Classics; also in the Department of Classics and the College. Richard A. Rosengarten, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Religion and Literature; also in the College. Jeffrey Stackert, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible; also in the College; Associate Faculty, Department of Classics Christian K. Wedemeyer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the History of Religions; also in the College. Yousef Casewit, Assistant Professor of Qur’anic Studies Alireza Doostdar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religion; also in the College. Sarah Fredericks. Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Environmental Ethics Angie Heo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of the Anthropology and Sociology of Religion Karin Krause, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Byzantine Theology and Visual Culture; Affiliate Faculty, Department of Art History Cynthia Gano Lindner, D.Min., Director of Ministry Studies and Clinical Faculty for Preaching and Pastoral Care. Jas Elsner, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Art and Religion; Associate Faculty, Department of Art History Associated Faculty Hussein Ali Agrama, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Anthropology; also in the College. Philip Bohlman, Ph.D., Ludwig Rosenberger Distinguished Service Professor of the Humanities and of Music and the College. Rachel Fulton Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medieval History in the Department of History; also in the College. Daniel Brudney, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy; also in the College. Paul Copp, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Chinese Religion and Thought, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College; Director of Graduate Studies and Director of Undergradaute Studies, East Asian Languages and Civilizations Fred M. Donner, Ph.D., Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Oriental Institute, and the College. Ahmed El Shamsy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Islamic Thought in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Christopher Faraone, Ph.D., Frank Curtis Springer and Gertrude Melcher Springer Professor in the Humanities, and the College. James Ketelaar, Ph.D., Professor in History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Director of the Center for East Asian Studies Aden Kumler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History and the College; Affiliate Faculty: Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Center for Gender Studies, and Medieval Studies Program Franklin Lewis, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Omar McRoberts, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the College. Stephen Meredith, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Pathology, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the College. Martha C. Nussbaum, Ph.D., Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics in the Law School, the Department of Philosophy, and the College; Associate Faculty in the Departments of Classics and Political Science and in the Divinity School; Member of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies; Board Member of the Human Rights Program; Coordinator of the Center for Comparative Constitutionalism Aasim Padela, MD, Director of the Program on Medicine and Religion; Director of the Initiative on Islam and Medicine; Associate Professor, Section of Emergency Medicine; Faculty, Maclean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics Tahera Qutbuddin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Arabic Literature