LCI Nicklin Fellow Francesco Rahe Wins Rhodes Scholarship
We are proud to share that Francesco Rahe, one of the Lumen Christi Institute’s Nicklin Fellows, has joined the esteemed ranks of Rhodes Scholars, a group that includes many of the most distinguished leaders, thinkers, and scholars of our time. He is one of only 32 American students selected for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship this year. A senior in the College at the University of Chicago, Rahe plans to pursue a master’s degree in classical Indian religions at the University of Oxford next year, with a focus on translating Sanskrit texts. As a Catholic and a student of ancient Indian…
Poverty, Injustice, Liberation: Class Conflict in Latin America and The Theology of Gustavo Gutierrez
REGISTER HERE This event is sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute’s Nicklin Fellows Program, which supports and encourages University of Chicago undergraduate students to develop their intellectual maturity. Fabricio Wei, who designed this program, is a Nicklin Fellow. This program is for undergraduate students only. What is the task of Christian theology in our time? How can we talk about God in the midst of poverty and injustice, without being naive or paternalistic? How can theology help us understand the call for liberation coming from people experiencing marginalization, violence and destitution? In this class, we will address these and other…
Meet Our Students: Nicklin Fellows Program
What is a good life? How do we find a purpose from our talents and passions? And, how does religion (or its absence) inform our answers to these questions? These were the questions University of Chicago student Arjun Mazumdar (College ‘25) was asking himself as he designed his Nicklin Fellowship project – a reading group on Jorge Luis Borges and Friedrich Nietzsche. Arjun is part of the inaugural cohort of Nicklin Fellows, a new initiative launched by the Lumen Christi Institute this year. The fellowship supports University of Chicago undergraduates in the pursuit of their academic interests, especially those related…