The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for February 2026:
- Anastasia Kidd (’04,’18)
- Presentation: “Dietbolical: A History of Anti-Fatness in the Christian Church” on January 17, 2026. Featured speaker at the third-annual “FatCon West” Conference in Seattle, WA
- Filipe Maia
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Book review: Protesting Poverty: Protestants, Social Ethics, and the Poor in Brazil, by By Raimundo C. Barreto, translated by Stephen R. Di Trolio Coakley. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2023. International Bulletin of Mission Research 50 (1), 71-73. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393251387685
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- James McCarty
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“Justice as Healing: An Interpretation of Christian Ethics in Traumatic Times,” Society of Christian Ethics, January 9, 2026
- Keynote speaker: “Democracy is a Group Project,” City of Somerville Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, Saturday, January 17, 2026, Somerville, MA
- Organizer: Streams Become Rivers: Skills for Building Power Together,” One-day pre-conference on ethics and community organizing, Society of Christian Ethics, Washington DC, January 8, 2026
- Luis Menéndez-Antuña
- Panelist: Biblical Interpretation for Straight People. Underexplored and Untheorized Principles of Queer Biblical Hermeneutics. University of California-Riverside on Queer and Trans Studies in Religion (February 13-15), 2026
- Dana L. Robert
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“The Challenges of Sacred Charters for World Christianity.” Annual Day Lecture of the Cambridge Centre for Christianities Worldwide, at the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University
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- Andrew Shenton
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Recording: Arvo Pärt | Für Alina | Covers (Kelham, © 2026)
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- Nimi Wariboko
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Olufemi Vaughan and Nimi Wariboko (eds.) Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Nigeria (New York: Routledge, 2026)
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The Wisdom of Kalabari: Essays on Relationships Between Language and Body (Abuja, Nigeria: Paperworth, 2026)
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Soap Bubble. (Toronto: Guernica Editions, 2026)
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The Soul of Kalabari Culture: Essays on Language and Reality (Abuja, Nigeria: Paperworth, 2025)
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Songs of Childhood: Biafran War Memories (Abuja, Nigeria: Paperworth Books, 2025)
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Half and Half of a Dream (Abuja, Nigeria: Paperworth Books, 2025)
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“Theorizing Pandemics, Africa, and Christianity: Apocalyptic/Eschatological Re-Mapping in African Pentecostalism” in J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Mark S. Aidoo and Esther Acolatse (eds.), Where is our God? African Christianity and Responses to Pandemic (Oxford: Regnum, 2024), 35-45
- Lecture: The Nation That Remains: Christian Nationalism and Incompleteness Inaugural Tandean Rustandy Annual Lecture on World Christianity, University of Chicago Divinity School: January 28, 2026
- Lecture: The Spirit and the Economy: Reimagining Money as Mission in African Christian Ethics
Plenary Address, African Roundtable on the Theology of Generosity and Fundraising, Nairobi, Kenya: February 2, 2026 - Sermon: “Saint Paul (Romans 8) and the Contemporary America’s Moral Question.” Grace Church of All Nations. Dorchester, MA. February 22, 2026.
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- Nimi Wariboko, et al
- Nimi Wariboko and Raimundo Barreto (eds.), Theology and Ethics of Oppressed and Marginalized Peoples: Social Ethics and Agency in World Christianity (Eugene, Or.: Wipf and Stock, 2025)
- Luther Young, Jr.
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Book Review: Review of The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion by Jason E. Shelton. Journal of Church and State. doi:10.1093/jcs/csaf080
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- Luther Young, Jr., et al
- Woods, Mo and Luther Young. 2026. “Black Church, Gay Church: Identity Prioritization and Church Preference Among Black Sexual Minorities.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. doi:10.1111/jssr.70032