From January 2025 onward, including books and articles, as well as podcasts and media coverage of faculty research. For the summary of entries from September to December 2024, see the 2024 December Roundup DSR Newsletter.
April 2025
Walid Saleh's book, The Formation of the Classical Tafsir Tradition, originally published in 2004 and the first monograph length study of al-Thalabi (d. 1035) and his influence in the history of Qur’an commentary tradition, was released in paperback – attesting to the book's lasting value and interest.
Pamela Klassen and alumna Judith Brunton (PhD, 2022, now assistant professor at Rice University) co-authored "Birthing", a chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Religion and American Culture, ed. Chad E. Seales. London: Routledge, pp. 430-449.
As the media explored the papal transition following the death of Pope Francis, Reid Locklin contributed to CHCH television’s “Christianity professor discusses next steps following Pope’s death” and Global News’ “What is a conclave? A guide to what happens after death of Pope Francis.”
Sara Verskin’s article, “Midwives as advocates: Exploring women’s expert testimony in medieval North Africa,” appeared in the special issue of Body and Religion, “Islamic ethics embodied: premodern discourses of medicine, law, affect, and philosophy.”
PhD student Dustin Barker published his first article, “Determinism and moral agency in 4 Ezra,” in the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha.
PhD candidate Christina Gousopoulos's article, "Matthew, Luke, and.. James? The Reconstruction of Q and the Epistle of James,” was published in New Testament Studies 70.4 (2024): 425–34.
March 2025
Anna Shternshis was interviewed by blogger Frieda Vizel and their wide-ranging conversation, "The Jews of the Soviet Union: A historian’s warning," is available on Vizel's YouTube channel.
Amira Mittermaier's article, “Religious Afterlives of a Revolution,” was published in Cultural Anthropology 40(1).
J. Barton Scott convened and edited a panel on SherAli Tareen’s new book, Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire (Columbia University Press, 2023) for the prestigious Marginalia Review of Books.
PhD candidate Mohannad Abusarah's article, “The Evolution of Social Roles and Intellectual Orientations among Jerusalem’s Notables during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries,” was published in Ostour, Issue 22, p.62-76.
February 2025
Kevin O'Neill's latest book, Unforgivable: An Abusive Priest and the Church that Sent Him Abroad, has been published by the University of California Press. (The Minnesota Star Tribune included the book in a list of five books to read in February.)
PhD candidate Katarina Pejovic contributed to an episode of the podcast Magic in the United States, entitled “The Sorcerous Saint: How Saint Cyprian of Antioch became a patron of American magicians.”
January 2025
John Kloppenborg's article, “Were there religious associations in Antiquity?” was published in Ephemerides theologicae lovanienses 100 (3-4) 2024, 435-462.
PhD candidate Parnia Vafaeikia is the host of a four-episode podcast series for St Michael’s and Emmanuel Colleges, “Bridges and Boundaries: Reflections on Living and Educating in a Multifaith World.” The first episode explores the history and development of multireligious education at Emmanuel College through interviews with the current Principal and three former Principals.