{"id":72,"date":"2009-07-29T11:52:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T15:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2026-04-26T15:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T19:02:15","slug":"annual-lectures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/annual-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Since 2008, The\u00a0Center for Practical Theology has held an annual dinner and lecture by a prominent practical theologian. We invite you to visit each year from the dropdown menu for photos, lecture highlights, and links to a livestream or video of the event.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-72 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/annual-lectures\/500768502_1251406623354758_7472396633986428310_n\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2026\/02\/500768502_1251406623354758_7472396633986428310_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2026\/02\/500768502_1251406623354758_7472396633986428310_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2026\/02\/500768502_1251406623354758_7472396633986428310_n-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6088'>\n\t\t\t\t2024 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Eunil David Cho | &#8220;Documenting the Undocumented Stories: Migration, Ethnography, and Practical Theology&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/2023\/12\/27\/2023-annual-lecture\/397368734_882790576883033_1843571962169017932_n\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2023\/12\/397368734_882790576883033_1843571962169017932_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2023\/12\/397368734_882790576883033_1843571962169017932_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2023\/12\/397368734_882790576883033_1843571962169017932_n-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5972'>\n\t\t\t\t2023 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Tom Beaudoin | &#8220;Practical Theology in the Pantheon: Reckoning With a More-Than-Christian Church&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/annual-lectures\/15th-annual-lecture-flyer\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2022\/11\/15th-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2022\/11\/15th-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2022\/11\/15th-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5854'>\n\t\t\t\t2022 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Bonnie Miller-McLemore | &#8220;Understanding Lived Theology: Is Qualitative Research the Best or Only Way?&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/annual-lectures\/annual-lecture-2021-2\/14th-annual-lecture-flyer\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2021\/10\/14th-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2021\/10\/14th-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2021\/10\/14th-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5763'>\n\t\t\t\t2021 Annual Lecture | Speaker: PhD Alum Panel | &#8220;What Does it Mean to be a Practical Theologian?&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/2020\/11\/05\/13th-annual-lecture-for-the-center-for-practical-theology-announced\/center-for-practical-theology-thirteenth-annual-lecture-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2020\/11\/Center-for-Practical-Theology-Thirteenth-Annual-Lecture-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2020\/11\/Center-for-Practical-Theology-Thirteenth-Annual-Lecture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2020\/11\/Center-for-Practical-Theology-Thirteenth-Annual-Lecture-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5680'>\n\t\t\t\t2020 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Heather Walton| &#8220;Body and Stone: Practical Theology as Creative Work&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/2019\/09\/24\/12th-annual-lecture-for-the-center-for-practical-theology-announced\/center-for-practical-theology-annual-lecture-flyer-page-001\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2019\/09\/Center-for-Practical-Theology-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-page-001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2019\/09\/Center-for-Practical-Theology-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-page-001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2019\/09\/Center-for-Practical-Theology-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-page-001-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5425'>\n\t\t\t\t2019 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. David Jacobsen| &#8220;Preaching that Pushing Back: Differentiation and the Principle of Identity in Homiletical Theology&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/annual-lectures\/cpt-annual-lecture-2-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2019\/03\/CPT-Annual-Lecture-2-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2019\/03\/CPT-Annual-Lecture-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2019\/03\/CPT-Annual-Lecture-2-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5068'>\n\t\t\t\t2018 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Cahalan | &#8220;The Grammar of Vocation: Changing the Way We Talk About Our Callings&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/annual-lectures\/2017-annual-lecture-flyer-5\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2019\/03\/2017-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2019\/03\/2017-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/files\/2019\/03\/2017-Annual-Lecture-Flyer-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5070'>\n\t\t\t\t2017 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier | &#8220;Wild Child Practical Theology&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/finalflyer_annual-lecture-12\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2016\/11\/FinalFlyer_Annual-Lecture-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"2016 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dean Bryan Stone | &quot;Evangelism, Religious Pluralism, and the U.S. Military Chaplaincy&quot;\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3235\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3235'>\n\t\t\t\t2016 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dean Bryan Stone | &#8220;Evangelism, Religious Pluralism,  and the U.S. Military Chaplaincy&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/busth-cpt-annual-lecture-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2015\/09\/BUSTH-CPT-Annual-Lecture--150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2759\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2759'>\n\t\t\t\t2015 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Courtney Goto |  &#8220;Experiencing Oppression: Ventriloquism and Epistemic Violence in Practical Theology&#8221;\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/cpt-streamlined-flyer-page-001\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2016\/11\/CPT-Streamlined-Flyer-page-001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3197\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3197'>\n\t\t\t\t2014 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Claire Wolfteich | &#8220;An Invitation to Catholic Practical Theology&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/6th-annual-lecture-series-elaine-graham-page-001\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2016\/11\/6th-Annual-Lecture-Series-Elaine-Graham-page-001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3184\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3184'>\n\t\t\t\t2013 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Elaine Graham | &#8220;Jews, Pagans, Sceptics and Emperors: Public Theology as Christian Apologetics&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/annual-lecture-mailbox-flyer\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2016\/11\/Annual-Lecture-Mailbox-Flyer-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3192\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3192'>\n\t\t\t\t2012 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Stephan Bevans, SVD | &#8220;Fair or Foul? Contextual Theology and Criteria for Orthodoxy&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/lartey-emmanuel-rec\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2016\/10\/lartey-emmanuel-rec-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3150\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3150'>\n\t\t\t\t2011 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Emmanuel Laerty | &#8220;\u201cBeyond Belief: God\u2019s Nature Revealed through Practices of Care&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/annual-lectures\/2010-annual-lecture\/groome\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2011\/04\/groome-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1722\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1722'>\n\t\t\t\t2010 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. Thomas Groome |  \u201cPractical Theology and Religious Education:  A Needful Partnership&#8221; \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/about\/home\/memoore\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2009\/10\/memoore-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-640\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-640'>\n\t\t\t\t2009 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore | \u201cToward an Interreligious Practical Theology&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cpt\/heimbrock\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cpt\/files\/2009\/08\/heimbrock-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-349\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-349'>\n\t\t\t\t2008 Annual Lecture | Speaker: Dr. H\u00e4ns-Gunter Heimbrock | \u201cPractical Theology as Empirical Theology&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2008, The\u00a0Center for Practical Theology has held an annual dinner and lecture by a prominent practical theologian. 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