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Religion

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Religion

An Ipswich Church Rises from the Rubble

December 11, 2025

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Obituaries

Rev. James Lawson, Crusading Confidant of MLK, Dies at 95

June 14, 2024

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Religion

Advocacy for Women Deacons by Alum Phyllis Zagano, a World Expert, Goes before Global Vatican Gathering

September 29, 2023

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Books

New Book by STH Lecturer, and Alum, Calls Out Christianity for Stigmatizing Fat People

September 22, 2023

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Politics

Should Massachusetts Abolish Religious Exemptions for School Vaccinations?

August 29, 2023

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Religion and Social Service

Feed My Lambs

August 7, 2023

Photo: Bill Banfield (STH'88) conducts a concert with his Imagine Orchestra at the Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall Longy School of Music, Friday, November 11, 2022. A Black mean wearing glasses, a purple and black knit cap, and black blazer, has his hands raised in the air as he conducts.

Creatives

Jazzman Bill Banfield (STH’88) is Bridging Jazz, Faith, and Community

March 23, 2023

Photo: Reverend Arthur Gordon delivers his sermon at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Roxbury. A black man wearing a black robe over a white collared shirt and yellow striped tie raises both hands as he gives a sermon at the front of a church.

Religion

A Public Theology: BU Alumni Pastors Bring Their Faith to Politics

January 27, 2023

photo of Kori Pacyniak giving a sermon. They wear traditional priests robes and don blue hair.

LGBTQIA+ Religion

Kori Pacyniak and the Women Priests Push for Changes in the Church

January 28, 2022

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Religion

Priest Shortage? Why a Surprising Number of BU Alums Are Entering the Catholic Priesthood

November 18, 2021

TV & Film

Alum’s Film Sheds Light on Rabbi Who Fled Nazis, Fought for Civil Rights

May 26, 2021

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Alumni

From Seminary to Short Ribs

January 22, 2021

A portrait photo of Tyler Sit

Alumni

Tyler Sit, founding pastor, New City Church

November 18, 2020

Religion

A Leader Emerges

August 12, 2020

Chad William Kidd (’05,’05) (left), directs the Seminary Singers in Marsh Chapel.

Art at STH

Building an Artistic Legacy

July 16, 2020

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Documentary Film

Documenting How Pandemic Lockdown Changed Eternal City’s Religions

July 8, 2020

Spotlight lawyer Mitchell Garabedian working in his Boston office

Religion

Mitchell Garabedian vs. the Catholic Church

November 13, 2017

Pastor Brandon Thomas Crowley in church

Higher Education

The Energy of Ancestors

December 20, 2016

Vincent Machozi in the Congo

Alumni

Machozi’s Calling

November 14, 2016

David Wluka at the Nowy Dwór Jewish Memorial

Religion

Saving an Ancestral Cemetery

October 26, 2015

Saving an Ancestral Cemetery