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BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for November 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for November 2025: Timothy Adkins-Jones “Hoodies and Holy Disruption: Black Protest Preaching and Multicultural Congregations” Religions 16, no. 11: 1366. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16111366 Christopher B. Brown, G. Sujin Pak, Rady Roldán-Figueroa Award: 2025 John Tedeschi Prize for Reference by the Sixteenth Century […]
BUSTH launches new Online Master of Divinity
Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce the launch of its new Online Master of Divinity (OMDiv) program, designed to make high-quality theological education more accessible to students across the globe. Through rigorous academics and spiritual formation combined with practical ministry experience, the program prepares students for ordained or lay ministry, all within […]
Prof. Shelly Rambo featured on Regent College Podcast
The following is an excerpt from the Regent College podcast episode “Dr. Shelly Rambo: Twenty Years at the Intersection of Trauma and Theology” featuring Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo, published on October 24, 2025. Today we’re having a conversation with Dr. Shelly Rambo who is a theologian and professor at Boston University School of Theology, […]
Prof. Steven Sandage featured in BU Brink article on BU Research Project on Mental Health and Well-Being
The following is an excerpt from a BU Brink article “New BU Research Project Aims to Shift Mental Health Focus Beyond Symptoms to Meaning and Well-Being” by Bailey Scott (COM’26), featuring Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion and Theology Steven Sandage, published October 31, 2025. Steven Sandage wants to change the way mental […]
Prof. Steven Sandage featured in BU Brink article on Social Media and Mental Health
The following is an excerpt from a BU Brink article “Is a News and Social Media Overload Negatively Affecting Your Mental Health?” by Rich Barlow, featuring Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion and Theology Steven Sandage, published October 17, 2025. In a year of violence and suffering, here and around the world, harrowing […]
The God of New Things
This article was written by Clinical Assistant Professor of Religion and Conflict Transformation and director of the Tom Porter Religion and Conflict Transformation Program James McCarty and originally published in the 2025 issue of focus magazine, the annual publication of the BU School of Theology. This article can be found on page 24. Thus says […]
Boston University awarded grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to launch “The New Wineskins Network”
Boston University is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the creation of the New Wineskins Network, a five-year initiative designed to strengthen partnerships among local congregations, clergy, and seminary leaders for the sake of ministry formation. Led by the Boston University School of […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for October 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for October 2025: Rebecca Copeland Presentation: Tending Gardens: Food, Faith, and Fig Trees,” First United Methodist Church, Morristown, TN. September 18, 2025. Filipe Maia “Theological Niceties and Complicities in Economic Theology,” in The Brink (Political Theology), August 8, 2025. https://politicaltheology.com/theological-niceties-and-complicities-ineconomic-theology/ […]
Prof. Filipe Maia receives Saddlebag Award from United Methodist Church
Assistant Professor of Theology Filipe Maia together with co-editor David W. Scott (’07, GRS’13) has received the 2025 Saddlebag Award from the Historical Society of the United Methodist Church for their work on the publication Methodism and American Empire: Reflections on Decolonizing the Church. According to the Historical Society of the United Methodist Church, the […]
Marsh Chapel kicks off its 75th Anniversary Celebration this Weekend
The following is an excerpt from the article “Marsh Chapel, the Soul of Boston University, kicks off its 75th Anniversary Celebration this Weekend” by Rich Barlow, published on September 24, 2025, by BU Today. Kimberly Macdonald joined the Marsh Chapel Choir at Boston University during her freshman year, in 2001. Macdonald (CFA’04, COM’23) is still singing in […]