Continuing Education Links

There are many events in the wider Boston University community and the greater Boston area that provide enrichment for people of faith. We invited you to explore our favorite links to experience the wider range of available events.

Boston University Resources

Anna Howard Shaw Center promotes structures and practices that empower women and honor diversity.

The Danielsen Institute is a multi-disciplinary mental health clinic licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health providing educational and counseling offerings to the Boston University community and the general public.

Center for Congregational Research and Development bridges theology and congregational life by conducting research, providing education and networking, and serving as a midwife for congregational birthing and renewal.

Center for Global Christianity and Mission was established in 2002 to explore the most important development in Christianity during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: the shift of Christianity's demographic center to the southern hemisphere and parts of Asia. The total number of Christians worldwide continues to grow, even as the European and North American component of the world church has shrunk to less than one-third of the total.

Spiritual Formation and the Study of Spirituality is a place for rigorous critical scholarship, personal formation, and reflection on ministry. They aim to form persons of authentic faith, persons who put their hope and trust in God, who pray and live with attention, who search restlessly for truth.

Eli Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies coordinates and supports all judaic studies programs at Boston University and offers educational events open to the general public.

Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs studies the broad impact of religion in culture particularly from a sociological and economic perspective.

Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy focuses on conflict-prone societies in crisis, especially Russia and other post-Soviet republics, paying particular attention to destabilizing factors of a political, ethnic, and/or international nature.

Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology offers undergraduate and graduate programs as well as seminars open to the public.

Life Long Learning Programs Broaden your horizons with workshops on wine, food, and culture as well as access to low cost auditing for seniors.

Department of Religion

Department of Philosophy

Colloquia for Philosophy and Science seek to examine, in the broadest humanistic and social context, the factors that govern the theory and practice of science. Open to the general public.

Physics Department Events provide lectures and discussions of various topics in theoretical and applied physics for specialists and non-specialist.

Center for Energy and Environmental Studies engages in education, research, and professional training in the fields of energy and environmental analysis. The perspective of the Center is multi-disciplinary and problem-oriented.

Resources in Greater Boston

Center for the Study of World Religions a world-renowned research center for the comparative, historical, and cultural study of the world's major religions and spiritual traditions. Centered in Harvard Divinity School, drawing on the unparalleled resources of Harvard University, and serving a worldwide constituency of scholars, religious leaders, policy makers, and concerned individuals.

Women's Studies in Religion promotes critical inquiry into the interaction of religion and gender.

Harvard Divinity School

Boston College Dept. of Theology events primarily from a Roman Catholic perspective most open to all interested persons.

Episcopal Divinity School events primarily from an Episcopal and Anglican perspective most open to the general public

Interreligious Center on Public Life, a joint program of Andover Newton Theological School and Hebrew College, the Center offers a forum for respectful exploration and conversation among diverse religious communities on the great issues of our time.

Andover Newton School of Theology is the oldest graduate school of theology in the United States. Today, over 400 students from 35 denominations are enrolled, creating a lively, ecumenical environment for study.

World Religions in Boston, an initiative of the Harvard Pluralism Project, this site provides comprehensive information about the many religions that are active in the Boston area.

MIT Technology and Culture Forum sponsors lectures and symposia that address critical issues of our time. The programs explore the role of science and technology in promoting positive social, ecological, and economic change. In addition, they stimulate discussion about the ethical implications of scientific discovery and technological innovation.

Tufts University Chaplaincy Events concerts, lectures, discussions and more related mostly to protestant religious traditions.