Shelly Rambo
Dean Pak and Prof. Rambo featured in BU Today article on new STH curriculum
The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “School of Theology adjusts to new reality: Ministry expands beyond Church” by Rich Barlow, featuring Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo and Dean and Professor of the History of Christianity G. Sujin Pak, published on April 17, 2025. … BU’s oldest school has adjusted to this new reality. STH instituted […]
Prof. Shelly Rambo to deliver keynote address at Fuller Theological Seminary Symposium
The following is an excerpt from the article “Fuller Seminary to Host Symposium on Trauma and Theology,” published on January 28, 2025 by Pasadena Now Weekendr and featuring Associate Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo. Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena will hold its annual Integration Symposium featuring Boston University theologian Shelly Rambo, who will examine religious […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for December 2024
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for December 2024: Eunil David Cho Undocumented Migration as a Theologizing Experience. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill 2024. “A Call for More Culturally Responsive Reading of Texts: Jamesian Reading of Howard Thurman’s New Testament Spirituality,” Homiletic 49, no. 2 (2024): 59-62. Eunil […]
Prof. Shelly Rambo honored by Yale Divinity School for work in Theological Education
Yale Divinity School (YDS) has named Associate Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo as its 2024 honoree for Distinction in Theological Education. The award is granted to a YDS alumnus “whose scholarship, teaching or leadership and contributions to vocational formation for ministry reflect the best traditions of YDS and its distinguished faculty.” Prof. Rambo will be […]
Prof. Shelly Rambo and Prof. Steven Sandage deliver Lectures at Therapy and Spiritual Care Conference
This past fall, the Danielsen Institute hosted an important conference that brought together thought leaders in the fields of spiritual care and mental health, and focused on the well-being of caregivers amidst burnout and compassion fatigue. Titled Therapy and Spiritual Care in a Shattered World: Transforming the Community of Healers, the conference was held online […]
BUSTH Welcomes New Congregations for Trauma-Responsive Congregations Project
November 2022 – Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to welcome eight additional congregations to the “Trauma-Responsive Congregations” program, part of a grant funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Thriving Congregations Initiative. The four-year project is entering its third year. It is designed to help urban congregations respond to trauma from theologically-informed […]
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for September and October 2022
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for the months of September and October 2022: Eunil David Cho Coping with a Double Pandemic of Health Crisis and Anti-Asian Racism in America: The Role of Immigrant Churches. In Between pandemonium and Pandemethics: Responses to COVID-19 in theology and religions (pp. 57-68). […]
Dean G. Sujin Pak’s Message for Holy Saturday and Easter 2022
Easter has a long tradition of being the height of the Christian liturgical season, particularly in the calendar of western churches. It can be a beautiful celebration of hope and resurrection, offering the promises of new creation and restoration after a season of repentant preparation (Lent) and after a profound event of violence, loss, and […]
Ylisse Bess (STH’17) Announced New Program Director for Trauma-Responsive Congregations Project
The Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that Ylisse Bess (STH’17), staff chaplain at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, will become the Program Director for BUSTH’s Trauma-Responsive Congregations grant, funded by Lilly Endowment. Currently serving as an advisor for the grant, Bess is stepping into a new role focused on providing direction […]
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for February 2022
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for the month of February 2022: Jonathan Calvillo Christianities and the Construction of Latinx Ethnoracial Identities. In K. Nabhan-Warren (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of Latinx Christianity in the United States. Oxford University Press. Steven Sandage, et al Sandage, S. J., & Strawn, B. […]