Christianity

Aaron Michael Butts, past Member (2019–20) and Visitor (2020–21) in the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded a consolidator grant by the European Research Council for his project entitled "Beyond Influence (BeInf): The Connected Histories of Ethiopic and Syriac Christianity."

Aaron Michael Butts, past Member (2019–20) and Visitor (2020–21) in the School of Historical Studies, has been named Andrew W. Mellon Chair of Early Christian Studies at his home institution, The Catholic University of America, where he is an associate professor in the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures. 

Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, former Member in the School of Social Science, whose work probes the intersection of religion and law, examines the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case...

The Institute for Advanced Study and the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies have jointly organized the "Literary Genres and Their Changing Functions among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages" workshop. Participants...

Glen W. Bowersock, Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies, reviews What the Qur’an Meant: And Why It Matters by Garry Wills for the New York Review of Books, writing:

“Anyone who follows the news will be aware that the sacred book of...

Last week, Columba Stewart, George William Cottrell, Jr. Member in the School of Historical Studies, Executive Director of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, and Professor of Theology at Saint John's Abbey and University in Collegeville...