Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Culture Warrior?
I was horrified upon finishing the audio recording of Eric Metaxas’s biography of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer — Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy — to learn that Metaxas had an agenda in writing the biography that a) never occurred to me, and b) seems entirely at odds with Bonhoeffer’s own words and deeds. Metaxas used […]
Alum Profile: Casely Essamuah, Th.D. 2003
Casely Essamuah is the Global Missions and Compassionate Outreach Pastor at the Bay Area Community Church in Annapolis, Maryland. Originally from Ghana, he is an ordained minister of the Methodist Church Ghana. He received his Th.D. from the School of Theology at Boston University in 2003. His dissertation, “Genuinely Ghanaian: A History of the Methodist […]
Rev. Lisa Beth White on Short-Term Mission Trips
In advance of Rev. Lisa Beth White’s visit to BUSTH on March 21 to give a seminar “How to Lead a Mission Trip,” she sent the following to help people considering participating to figure out where she’s coming from: According to Robert Wuthnow, approximately 1.5 million American adults leave the US each year on short […]
Daewon Moon Delivers “Spring” Doctoral Lecture
Daewon Moon, a second-year doctoral student at the School of Theology, gave an inspiring and thought-provoking presentation on the East African Revival, titled “The Remarkable Partnership in the East African Revival” at the Spring Semester Doctoral Lecture and Lunch CGCM sponsored on Wednesday. The “partnership” referred to is that between a British medical missionary, Joe […]
Stiles’ Lecture Up on BUniverse!
The lecture 60’s-era motive editor B.J. Stiles gave at the School of Theology fall semester, “motive Magazine: Methodism’s Icon and Albatross,” is now available for viewing at BUniverse!
Dr. Amos Yong Lectures at STH
Dr. Amos Yong, one of the most prolific Pentecostal scholars, and B.U. alumnus, gave two energetic and thought-provoking lectures on Pentecostal theology. He received a Ph.D. from Boston University in religion and theology under the direction of Professor Robert Neville in 1999. In the first lecture, titled, “Global Renewal & Christian Theology for the 3rd […]
Alum Profile: Amos Yong, Ph.D. 1999
Amos Yong is one of the most prolific and active Pentecostal theologians in the academy. He was born in Malaysia, but immigrated to the U.S.A. when he was ten years old. He received an undergraduate degree from Bethany University of the Assemblies of God (1987), and master’s degrees from Western Evangelical Seminary (1993) and Portland […]
Winter Newsletter Hot Off the Press!
The winter newsletter is available! If you are on-campus, you’ll find print versions on counters or in information bins. If you are off-campus or just prefer digital versions, it is available here. Many thanks to Daryl Ireland for the beautiful layout!
Alum Profile: Titus Presler, Th.D. 1995
Titus Presler is Principal of Edwardes College in Peshawar, Pakistan and an author of several books on the theology and practice of Christian mission and the interaction of gospel and culture, with special reference to Africa. His books include Transfigured Night: Mission and Culture in Zimbabwe’s Vigil Movement (University of South Africa Press, 1999) and […]
Health Collaboration Reported
CGCM Faculty Associate Ted Karpf has just alerted us to an article published in the Fall 2012 issue of Global Health Governance. The study reported in the article uses a case of collaboration between the World Health Organization (WHO) and a faith-based civil society network. Rev. Karpf orchestrated the collaboration during his time at the […]