Publications

The Shaw Center is not only a place of hospitality and fellowship, but a vessel of research that is alive and working.

Over the years, those involved with the Shaw Center have developed a variety of articles and research projects. Among them are the biannual newsletter, the Clergy Women Retention Study, and Engaging the Bible: Critical Readings from Contemporary Women, a book published in the Fall of 2006 and edited by Dr. Hee An Choi, and Dr. Katheryn Pfisterer Darr.

The Clergy Women Retention Study and copies of the Newsletter, as well as more information on Engaging the Bible: Critical Readings from Contemporary Women are available for you to view online.

Women’s Oral History Project

The Oral History Project documents the experiences of women who have been connected with the Boston University School of Theology and/or the United Methodist Church in the New England area. Ten oral histories, recorded on tape with transcriptions, are stored in the School of Theology library for public access. The project has held training events and will continue to provide resources and develop skills to unearth, preserve, and proclaim the histories of women in mission and ministry.