Dr. James McCarty, Director of the Tom Porter Religion and Conflict Transformation Program, was profiled in Bostonia Magazine along with several other BU faculty for their activism and its relationship to their academic work. An excerpt of the article is below: James McCarty, a School of Theology assistant clinical professor of religion and conflict transformation, […]
Boston University School of Theology is pleased to announce the appointment of David Anderson Hooker as visiting associate professor of religion and conflict transformation for the fall 2023 semester. Dr. Hooker will be teaching two courses this fall, TC 871 Spiritual Formation for Peacebuilders and TS 807 Transitional Justice and Reconciliation: Healing and Collective Wounds. Dr. Hooker is a lawyer and former […]
We had thirteen students graduate with the Religion and Conflict Transformation Certificate in Spring 2023. Congratulations to each of you! The names of those who completed all requirements for the certificate are listed below: Barton, Rachel, Judith (BU, 2023) Blair, David (BU, 2023) Bryans, Darrah (BU, 2023) Carman, Daniel, Anthony (BU, […]
Director McCarty led the Anna Howard Shaw Thursday lunch lecture series on February 16, 2023 by introducing the group to peacemaking circles. He offered a primer on what peacemaking circles are and some key principles of leading a circle to be a healing tool in a community.
James McCarty, Assistant Clinical Professor of Religion and Conflict Transformation and Director of the Tom Porter Religion and Conflict Transformation Program The Society of Christian Ethics (SCE) announced in a recent social media post that Assistant Clinical Professor of Religion and Conflict Transformation James McCarty has been elected to their Board of Directors. The non-denominational SCE was founded in […]
The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “Why We Need More MLK in Schools” by Steve Holt, featuring Assistant Clinical Professor of Religion and Conflict Transformation James McCarty, published on November 29, 2022. Click here to read the full article. BU Today: As a King scholar, what was your first reaction to hearing that initial drafts of Virginia’s public school […]
May 2022 – Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce the appointment of new full-time faculty member James (Jimmy) McCarty, who will begin at the end of July 2022. Dr. McCarty will join the faculty as Assistant Clinical Professor of Religion and Conflict Transformation and Director of the Tom Porter Religion and Conflict Transformation […]
In appreciation of Bishop Hassinger’s teaching and mentoring at STH, and her longstanding leadership with the RCT program, Oscar Guana, MDiv, RCT Research Assistant, conducted the following interview in celebration of her retirement this summer. To read the interview with Bishop Hassinger, click here.