Boston University School of Theology will be hosting their first Annual Graduate Student “Beyond the Margins” Theological Colloquium which will feature the scholarly and creative pursuits of theology students in the Boston area. The purpose of this colloquium is to encourage those voices who are not traditionally heard to share their works and perspectives. This […]
Today we feature a sermon from Practical Theology doctoral candidate Rev. Brandon Crowley entitled “The Great Divide.” Rev. Crowley delivered this sermon on Sunday, November 13, 2016, following the elections in the United States. Rev. Crowley is the Senior Pastor of The Myrtle Baptist Church of West Newton. .
“…I write in order to think – ver, pensar, actuar. With my hand on the plow, what is the action I am today called to make?” These are the concluding remarks from STH alumna Xochitl Alvizo in a 2015 blog post entitled “The Work of Justice-Making,” published on feminismandreligion.com. With many around the world today […]
Today we are featuring STH doctoral student Matthew S. Beal’s review of Eileen R. Campbell-Reed’s Anatomy of a Schism: How Clergywomen’s Narratives Reinterpret the Fracturing of the Southern Baptist Convention. Below is the beginning of Matt’s review, and be sure to visit the Reading Religion website for the full review.
We are excited to share an announcement for Theopoetics: A Transdisciplinary Conference with Workshops and Dialogue. Organized by the Association for Theopoetics Research and Exploration (ATRE) and held March 10-11, 2017, this is a “gathering for those whose interests live at — or near — the intersection of theology with imagination, aesthetics, embodiment, and literature.
More than 1,200 events are part of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meetings that will be held in San Antonio, TX this weekend. STH Practical Theology faculty and students will be among those presenting addresses and papers. They will also be sharing recently published works and about upcoming film […]
Please see this Call for Papers for the Engaging Particularities XV Conference at Boston College. The CFP is available here: https://engagingparticularitiesbc.wordpress.com/.
One new monograph of interest within practical theological circles is Christian Practical Wisdom: What It Is, Why It Matters, by Dorothy C. Bass, Kathleen A. Cahalan, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, James R. Nieman, and Christian Batalden Scharen. Today we are sharing Dustin D. Benac’s book review as featured on the Reading Religion book review website.
On September 12, 2016, hundreds of clergy and laity from many traditions marched from Boston Common to the Statehouse in the nationwide Moral Monday National Day of Action. In solidarity with gatherings at 25 state capitols throughout the country, participants sang, shared and listened to testimonies.
Practical theology is a discipline with many contexts and conversation partners, and our faculty are engaged in research initiatives that span the globe. In October, Dr. Claire Wolfteich gave a keynote address entitled “The study of practices: Investigations in Practical Theology and Spirituality Studies” at the Praxis and Practice in Theology Conference at Arhaus University in Denmark.