Alumni/ae News

BUSTH Publishes Annual FOCUS Magazine for 2023

May 2023 – The Boston University School of Theology (STH) is pleased to announce the publication of its annual scholarly magazine, focus. The magazine’s theme this year is bridging the gap between culture, divine love, and each other. The magazine features close-ups on distinguished alumni including Spring 2023 Lowell Lecturer Dr. Bill Banfield (on our cover), […]

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Prof. Emeritus Walter E. Fluker awarded 2023 Four Freedoms Award from The Roosevelt Institute

In a recent press release, The Roosevelt Institute announced its 2023 Four Freedoms Awards recipients. This year’s ceremony will take place in September in Hyde Park, NY, home of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Boston University School of Theology Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership Walter E. Fluker will […]

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BUSTH Celebrates Class of 2023

On Saturday, May 20, 2023, the Boston University School of Theology held its annual convocation ceremony. Friends and families of the graduates gathered in Marsh Chapel for the hooding and diploma ceremony, and many more were able to watch live online (see recording below). 100 students officially graduated during the ceremony, with 81 present to […]

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Dean of Marsh Chapel Robert Allan Hill Delivers 2023 BU Baccalaureate Address

The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “Importance of Learning, Virtue, and Piety Invoked at University’s Baccalaureate Service” by Joel Brown published on May 21, 2023, featuring Dean of Boston University Marsh Chapel and STH Professor of New Testament and Pastoral Theology Robert Allan Hill.  … “For a moment this morning, let me […]

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BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for May 2023

The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for May 2023: Eunil David Cho “Migration, Trauma, and Spirituality: Intercultural, Collective, and Contextual Understanding and Treatment of Trauma for Displaced Communities.” Pastoral Psychology (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-023-01067-x David Decosimo “Ordering Reasons, Mediating Virtues: How and Why Thomas Aquinas Affirmed the Compatibility of Acquired and […]

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BUSTH announces 2023 Student Leadership Awards

On Wednesday, May 3, the BUSTH community gathered for the final Wednesday Community Day of the academic year. During community lunch, Dean G. Sujin Pak, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Bryan Stone, and Associate Dean for Students and Community Life Cristian De La Rosa awarded 11 outstanding students certificates reflecting their extraordinary contributions to the […]

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Prof. Wesley Wildman featured in Boston Globe: Colleges dealing with AI

The following is an excerpt from The Boston Globe’s article “Months after ChatGPT’s noisy debut, colleges take differing approaches to dealing with AI” by Jeremy C. Fox, featuring Professor of Theology, Philosophy, and Ethics Wesley Wildman. Click here to read the full article. … At Boston University, students in professor Wesley J. Wildman’s Data, Society, and Ethics […]

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BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for April 2023

The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for April 2023: Daryl Ireland “Leaping (and Bridging) the Digital Gorge: Development, User-Experience, and the China Historical Christian Database (CHCD),” Digital Humanities 1, no. 1 (2022): 123-134. “Lessons and Gifts of Interreligious Encounters,” in Portraits of Global Christianity: Research and Reflections in Honor […]

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