Alumni News
Bennett Chair of Homiletics, Full-time: Hamilton, MA
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (www.gordonconwell.edu) announces an endowed chair faculty position in the area of preaching, known as the Bennett Chair of Homiletics, starting as soon as possible after the position is filled. The position is a continuing-status track (tenure) appointment.
The ideal candidate would have significant pastoral, preaching, and academic experience. The candidate would be someone who desires to train men and women for leadership in a wide range of contexts, with a demonstrated capacity for academic scholarship as evidenced in publications, exemplary classroom teaching, a deep commitment to the local church, leadership in the field of homiletics, and genuine personal integrity. Above all, the candidate should exhibit a love of God and an embrace of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The professor's teaching responsibilities will be primarily at the Hamilton Campus (in-person and digital), with an expectation that the professor will teach at our other campuses, as needed. The professor will be expected to teach Masters level courses as well as supervise and teach in our anticipated PhD program. In addition to teaching, the Bennett professor will serve as co-director of the Haddon Robinson Center for Preaching, and oversee the ThM in Ministry.
Beginning Date: January 1, 2024 (or as soon as possible after position is filled).
Application Deadline: Open until filled. The first set of applications will be reviewed starting April 28th, 2023.
Application Process
Please apply through Gordon-Conwell’s Career Center available here: https://www.gordonconwell.edu/employment/
Please include these documents in either Microsoft Word or PDF formats:
• A cover letter addressed to Dr. Mateus de Campos, Dean of the Hamilton campus, explaining your interest in the position, as well as your particular area of expertise within the field of homiletics.
• A formal CV that includes the names and contact information of at least three references.
No hard copy materials, please. Opportunities to interview will be made available at the search committee’s initiative. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Prof. Wesley Wildman featured in BU Today: AI in Political Propaganda
The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “Is Trump’s Indictment Good for Democracy?” by Joel Brown, featuring Professor of Theology, Philosophy, and Ethics Wesley Wildman. Click here to read the full article.
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Recently artificial intelligence has been a big story in part for its ability to create deep fakes in images, audio, and video. It seems possible, even likely, that it will be used for propaganda now through social media and other channels. What should people watch out for?
Wildman: AI is known to have been used already for mis- or disinformation campaigns in hundreds of cases, and surely it has been used in many more about which we know nothing. Deep fake technology is coming along extremely quickly.
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Director, Spiritual Life, Full-time: Waltham, MA
This position is responsible for overseeing the spiritual and religious welfare of the diverse student body and the Bentley community. The Director will supervise a team of part-time chaplains and advisors, oversee the budgets, set the vision for the Center’s policies and programs, and steward the use of the Sacred Space and Upper Campus Prayer Room. Working collaboratively with numerous offices across campus, this position reports directly to the Associate Dean for Student Equity and Inclusion. Spiritual growth opportunities for specific religious communities, as well as interfaith engagement, reflection, and relationship building for the overall student population will be envisioned by the Director. The Director will promote a culture of belonging, responding to emerging needs of the campus community.
For more information about this job, please visit https://bentley.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/staff/job/Waltham-MA/Director--Spiritual-Life_R0003596.
Continuing Education Program Manager, Full-time: Waco, TX
We are currently looking for a Continuing Education Program Manager for the Faith & Sports Institute’s Online Certificate Program (FSI). This full-time position works on developing new web resources and curriculum and administrating and teaching our suite of continuing education programs specifically for churches, community organizations, and other callings at the intersection of Christianity and sports. (Master’s degree required and PhD preferred)
- Specialization and areas of training that support FSI’s vision and job description: public theology, social ethics, and theology and culture.
Link to Application and Job Description: https://ejof.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX/job/13758/?utm_medium=jobshare
Executive Director, Full-time: Little Rock, AR
The Interfaith Center of Arkansas is a nonprofit organization with a mission to reduce fear and prejudice among the people of diverse faith traditions. For over ten years, the Interfaith Center has worked to change the attitudes and behaviors of our fellow brothers and sisters by providing education, relationship building opportunities, and fostering interfaith dialogue among people of diverse backgrounds.
The Center is hiring a new Executive Director, and the position description can be found here.
BUSTH Hosts Spring 2023 Bi-Annual Lowell Lecture
On March 23, 2023, the Boston University School of Theology with the generous support of the Lowell Institute was proud to sponsor the bi-annual Lowell Lecture in the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. The lecture by Dr. Bill Banfield (STH'88), entitled “...when artists go to work...” sought to demonstrate the spiritual dimension of artistic and musical expression. As part of the lecture, Dr. Banfield conducted the Imagine Orchestra, the orchestra in residence at Longy Conservatory of Bard College where Dr. Banfield is senior scholar in residence. The responsive panel was moderated by Interim Director of the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground Nick Bates.
Watch the full lecture below, courtesy of the Lowell Institute and GBH Forum Network.
The Lowell Lecture is made possible by the generous support from the Lowell Institute.
Alumnus Bishop LaTrelle Easterling (STH’04) featured on UMNews “Hollering for Change” Series
The following is an excerpt from United Methodist News article “Hollering for change: Conversation with Bishop LaTrelle Easterling” featuring BUSTH alumnus Bishop LaTrelle Easerling (STH‘04), published on March 31, 2023. Click here to read the full article and watch the video. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Boston University School of Theology, its employees, faculty, or students.
The Rev. Tori Butler speaks with Bishop LaTrelle Easterling of the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware conferences. Easterling talks about the influence of strong women leaders in her life like her mother and grandmother.
BUSTH Students participate in UMC Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference Immersion Experience
The following is an excerpt from United Methodist News article “Native immersion explores culture, horrors” originally published on March 22, 2023 by Jim Patterson, featuring current BUSTH students Ebiye Seimode (STH‘23), Yewon Park (STH‘23), Felix Jibrin (STH‘23), Alec Vaughn (STH‘23) and KMarie Tejeda. Click here to read the full article.
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[Yewon] Park, a student from South Korea at Boston University School of Theology, was one of eight participants from the university taking part in the five-day Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference Immersion Experience. In addition to students, the group of almost 30 included pastors, laypeople and church officials. Most were United Methodist.
The group traveled more than 500 miles in central Oklahoma over five days with hundreds of tall, white, tri-pronged windmills as the main attraction along the interstate highways.
Stops included museums, modest United Methodist Indian churches and battlefields — or massacre sites, depending on a person’s interpretation of the history. In addition to Mann, they heard from Native American United Methodist pastors, tour guides and a child psychologist who spoke about the abuse suffered by Native American children at boarding schools.
BUSTH PhD Student Morgan Crago wins Presbyterian Historical Society Grant
The original story was published by Presbyterian Church USA on March 21, 2023. The following is an excerpt only and features current PhD student Morgan Crago (STH‘24). Please click here to read the full article, written by McKenna Britton.
PHS’s research fellowship program awards travel grants of $2,500 for scholars, students and independent researchers who demonstrate a need to work in the society’s collection for a minimum of one week and whose normal place of residence is farther than 75 miles from Philadelphia.
The four grant recipients are pursuing a variety of research topics, including the Cold War, immigration, ecumenicism, Christian Nationalism and national and foreign mission history.
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for March 2023
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for March 2023:
- Eunil David Cho
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Book Review: Jessica Wai-Fong Wong, Disordered: The Holy Icons and Racial Myths (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2021), Scottish Journal of Theology, 76(1), 86-88.
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- Rebecca Copeland
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Copeland, R. L. (2023). The Perils of Premature Judgment: Reading Matthew 21.18–22.14 with the Fig Tree. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 45(3), 264–283. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X221146219
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Daryl Ireland, et al
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Daryl Ireland and Xiaoli Yang, eds., Special Issue on Chinese Missiology, Mission Studies 39, no. 3 (2022).
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- Nicolette Manglos-Weber
- Book Forward: Ogbuji, H. (2023). From where shall come our help?: The lament of abused persons. En Route Books & Media.
- Book Forward: Ogbuji, H. (2023). From where shall come our help?: The lament of abused persons. En Route Books & Media.
- Steven Sandage, et al
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Sandage, S.J., & Stavros, G.S. (2023). “Relational spirituality model in psychotherapy: Overview and case application.” In P.S. Richards, G.E.K. Allen, & D.K. Judd (Eds.), Handbook of spiritually integrated psychotherapies (pp. 77-97). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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Jankowski, P.J., Sandage, S.J., & Wang, D.C. (2023). “(Re)framing resilience: A trajectory-based study involving emerging religious/spiritual leaders.” Religions, 14: 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14030333
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- Shively T. J. Smith
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Interpreting 2 Peter through African American Women’s Moral Writings (Atlanta: SBLPress, 2023).
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“Historical Criticism: Methods,” in The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation. Edited by Ian Boxall and Bradley C. Gregory (New York: Cambridge, 2023).
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- Claire Wolfteich
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“Salesian Seeds of Practical Theology: Lay Devotion and Mothering in Francis de Sales and Jane de Chantal,” Salesianum[Rome] 84, no. 4 (Oct-Dec 2022): 815-830.
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Book Review: Practical Sacramental Theology: At the Intersection of Liturgy and Ethics, by Bruce T. Morrill, Theological Studies 83, no. 3 (2022): 486-88.
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