In Memoriam: Divinity School Professor Jean Bethke Elshtain
Update: A memorial service for Prof. Jean Bethke Elshtain was held October 17 in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, coinciding with the "Engaged Mind" conference, October 17-18, the final part of a four-year series that explored the themes of Elshtain's scholarship.
Jean Bethke Elshtain, scholar of religion and political philosophy, 1941-2013
University of Chicago News Service, August 12, 2013
Jean Bethke Elshtain, one of the nation’s most prominent and provocative thinkers on religion, political philosophy, and ethics, died Sunday following a major cardiac incident earlier this summer. She was 72. Elshtain was the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics in the Divinity School, Political Science, and the Committee on International Relations at the University of Chicago....
Jean Bethke Elshtain, political scientist unafraid to talk God, has died
The Atlantic, August 13, 2013
Jean Bethke Elshtain, a guiding light for policy makers after 9/11, dies at 72
New York Times, August 15, 2013
Jean Bethke Elshtain, 1941-2013
Chicago Tribune, August 14, 2013