James T. Robinson

Golems, Angels and AI: What non-humans teach us about humanity

New UChicago Divinity School course uses religious texts and popular sci-fi to shed light on what it means to be human

Religious study crosses cultures, disciplines

<p>Divinity School student examines common themes among Jewish and Islamic scholars from medieval period.</p>


Lisa Pevtzow

James Theodore Robinson

Title: Dean of the Divinity School; Nathan Cummings Professor of Jewish Studies; Professor of the History of Judaism, Islamic Studies, and the History of Religions in the Divinity School and the College

Expertise: Islamic studies, Jewish Studies, Literature, Medieval studies, Philosophy

Departmental website: https://divinity.uchicago.edu/directory/james-theodore-robinson