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Wayne A. Meeks

In Memoriam: Wayne A. Meeks

January 17, 2023
  Wayne Atherton Meeks, Woolsey Professor of Biblical Studies, Emeritus, an influential scholar who helped shape contemporary New Testament and Early Christian studies,...
Christine Hayes

Christine Hayes Awarded Honorary Degree at the Faculty of Theology at Lund University

December 16, 2022
Congratulations to Christine Hayes for being awarded an honorary doctoral degree in Theology by Lund University in Sweden. The Swedish press release can be found here. The...

Louis Dupré, distinguished philosopher of religion

March 1, 2022
Louis Dupré, T. Lawrason Riggs Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Catholic phenomenologist and religious philosopher, heralded in Commonweal as “one of the most...

Frank Griffel appointed Louis M. Rabinowitz Professor of Religious Studies

February 17, 2022
Frank Griffel, who is among the world’s leading scholars of Islamic intellectual history and philosophy, has been appointed the Louis M. Rabinowitz Professor of Religious...

Davis named Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of History

February 2, 2022
Stephen J. Davis, who studies ancient and medieval Christianity with a focus on the eastern Mediterranean, has been appointed the Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies and...
Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son

Maria Doerfler Awarded Best First Book in the History of Religions

September 16, 2021
Congratulations to Maria Doerfler, recipient of the 2021 Best FIrst Book in the History of Religions award from the American Academy of Religions!  This annual competition...
Christine Hayes

Christine Hayes appointed the Sterling Professor of Religious Studies

April 12, 2021
Christine Hayes, a scholar of classical rabbinic Judaism specializing in Talmudic-midrashic studies and Jewish law in late antiquity, has been appointed the Sterling...