Dr. Claire E. Wolfteich presented a paper titled “Practical Ecclesiologies and Lay Vocation: Theological Frameworks and Case Studies from the Creative Callings Research Project” at the Ecclesiological Investigations International Conference, held on September 19, 2025, in Thessaloniki, Greece. Ecclesiological Investigations
“Congregational Leadership and Sustaining Calls to Justice: Practicing Sabbath for Reconnection, Repair, and Resistance,” coauthored paper by Jennifer Lewis, Claire Wolfteich, and Wanda Stahl, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 25, 2024.
“Maternal Agency and Christian Spirituality: (Pro)Creative Callings and Complications,” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, November 23, 2024.
On November 13, 2024, Dr. Eunil David Cho, assistant professor at the Boston University School of Theology, joined the Center for Practical Theology as the speaker for the CPT’s 17th Annual Lecture. Dr. Cho’s lecture titled, “Documenting the Undocumented stories: Migration, Ethnography, and Practical theology,” focused on ethnography as a valuable method in practical theology. He began […]
“Listening as Spiritual Practice: Time, Sabbath, and Attention,” invited presentation, Listening Practices in Global Catholicism International Conference, Angelicum University, Rome, Italy, March 26, 2024, co-sponsored by the Centre for Catholic Studies, University of Durham, UK.
“Uncalled for Callings: Mothering, Mysticism, and Transgressive Public Vocations in Margery Kempe and Jarena Lee,” refereed paper, Mystical Theology Network International Conference Oxford, United Kingdom, March 20, 2024.
“Congregations and Calling: From Dancing to Lament,” Baylor University Symposium on Faith and Culture, Waco, Texas, October 26, 2023.
Practical theology is often described as a “bridge” discipline connecting scholarly resources with the concrete expressions of faith communities. For this reason, the School of Theology at BU is pleased to host the Association of Practical Theology’s 2010 meeting. The conference will be held April 9-11, 2010. The 2010 conference theme is The Academy and […]
October 22, 2009: Theology as a Living Discourse: The Future of Feminist Practical Theology In celebration of Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore’s scholarly work in the fields of feminist theology and practical theology, we invite you to a special event on Thursday, October 22, 4:30-6:30pm, featuring leading women scholars in the Boston area theological schools. Speakers […]