Woodward was the longtime religion editor at Newsweek. Much of his career on the religion beat overlapped with Martin Marty’s career as a scholar and interpreter of American religious life. Here is a taste of Woodward’s piece at Commonweal: In […]
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Martin Marty’s graduate students
The late church historian taught an all-star lineup of graduate students at the University of Chicago: M. Barbara Akin (1970, History)+Catherine Albanese (1972)Robert Alvis (2000)Richard Anderson (1973, History)R. Scott Appleby (1985)Yaakov Ariel (1986)James Ash (1976)+Paul Baglyos (1997)Craig Barnes (1992)Marvin Bergman (1990)James Block (1999, CSThought)Eileen Brewer (1984)James Bundy (1979)Jonathan Butler (1975)Stephen Carleton (1975)+Dennis Castillo (1990)Robert Choquette […]
Martin Marty, RIP
One of the twentieth-century’s greatest and most prolific American church historians has died. Here is Martin Marty’s obituary: Martin E. Marty (February 5, 1928 – February 25, 2025) Martin Emil Marty (97), religious historian and retired University of Chicago Divinity […]