Alumni News
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for January 2023
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for January 2023:
- Choi Hee An, et al
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Sandage, S.J., & Choi, H.A. (2022). Intellectual humility in applied sociocultural contexts: A reply to Ballantyne. Journal of Positive Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2022.2155224.
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- Daryl Ireland, et al
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Ireland, D. R., & Li, D. (2022). Lift High the Cross: The Visual Message of Popular Chinese Christianity. International Bulletin of Mission Research, 46(4), 474–491. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393221097624
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- Luis Menéndez-Antuña
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“The Colonies Strike Back: How Latin-American Liberation Theology Saved Christianity in Post-dictatorial Spain” in Jin Young Choi and Gregory Cuéllar (eds.) Activist Hermeneutics of Liberation in the Bible. A Global Intersectional Perspective (London; New York: Routledge, 2023), 41–59.
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- Dana L. Robert
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“Make Jesus King” and the Evangelical Missionary Imagination, 1889-1896,” in Global Faith and Worldly Power: Evangelical Encounters with American Empire, edited by John Corrigan, Axel Schäfer, Melani McAlister (Chapel Hill: UNC, 2022):122-142.
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- Steven Sandage, et al
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Sandage, S.J., & Choi, H.A. (2022). Intellectual humility in applied sociocultural contexts: A reply to Ballantyne. Journal of Positive Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2022.2155224.
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Marmarosh, C.L., Sandage, S.J., Wade, N., Captari, L.E., & Crabtree, S.A. (2022). New horizons in group psychotherapy research and practice from Third Wave Positive Psychology: A practice-friendly review. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome, 25, 258-270. https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2022.643
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Prof. James McCarty elected to Board of Directors of Society of Christian Ethics
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 1950s and today has more than 850 active members, including professors of ethics and clergy members, as well as scholars of social policy. The Society promotes research in the fields of Christian ethics and moral theology, among others, as well as addresses global and local contextual issues of human rights and social justices.
“I am excited to join the board of the largest and most prestigious organization devoted to the work of Christian ethics,” says Prof. McCarty. “The SCE has been an intellectual and spiritual home for my entire career and serving in this leadership position is an honor. I hope to be a voice of wisdom and courage in this divisive moment in our history and to bring the skills I teach to students with me in my work for the society.”
Many congratulations to Prof. McCarty on this new appointment.
Prof. Shively T. J. Smith receives 2022 Forum for Theological Exploration Excellence in Mentoring Award
The Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) announced in a recent social media post that Assistant Professor of New Testament Shively T. J. Smith has been awarded the 2022 Excellence in Mentoring Award. The award is given to one FTE doctoral mentor each year who demonstrates commitment to the academic advancement of students of color.
Professor Smith was recognized as the 2018 Scholar in Residence for Foundry UMC in Washington, DC and, currently, serves as the Scholar in Residence at the “Cathedral of the AME,” Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, DC.
Many congratulations to Prof. Smith on receiving this prestigious award.
Prof. Karen Westerfield Tucker Presented with Berakah Award by North American Academy of Liturgy
Updated on January 9, 2023:
In early January, Professor of Worship Karen Westerfield Tucker officially received the Berakah Award in Toronto, Canada, presented by the North American Academy of Liturgy. Many STH alums and current students were in attendance, as pictured above, left to right:
- Rev. Kristian Kohler, PhD student
- Dr. Stephanie Budwey, ThD’12; Luce Dean’s Faculty Fellow Assistant Professor of the History and Practice of Christian Worship and the Arts, Vanderbilt University
- Dr. Heather Josselyn-Cranson, ThD’05; Associate Professor of Music and Humanities, Regis College
- Rev. Dr. Sarah Mount Elewononi, PhD’14; Adjunct Instructor, Wesley Theological Seminary
- Rev. Dr. Matthew Sigler, PhD’14; Associate Professor of Worship and Historical Theology, Seattle Pacific University
- Rev. Dr. Karen Westerfield Tucker
- Rev. Dr. David Bjorlin, PhD’18; Assistant Professor of Worship, North Park University
- Rev. Dr. Nelson Cowan, PhD’19; Director of the Center for Worship and the Arts, Samford University
- Mr. Sze-Long Aaron Wong, current PhD student
- The Rev. Dr. Jonghyun Kim, STM’14
Original post from May 9, 2022:
The North American Academy of Liturgy (NAAL) announced in its latest newsletter that Boston University School of Theology Professor of Worship Karen Westerfield Tucker is the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Berakah Award. The NAAL plans to present the award to Prof. Westerfield Tucker in person at its annual meeting in January 2023 in Toronto, Ontario.
The Berakah Award is bestowed to members of the NAAL, and is given to liturgical scholars and practitioners in recognition of distinguished contribution to the profession. Recommendations for the award are made by members of the Academy, and the award has been presented every year since 1976. Prof. Westerfield Tucker is only the ninth woman and the fifth United Methodist to receive this award.
Prof. Westerfield Tucker has been teaching at the Boston University School of Theology since 2004. She is a United Methodist elder affiliated with the Illinois Great Rivers Conference, and is a past president of the ecumenical and international Societas Liturgica. For nine years, she was the editor-in-chief of the society’s journal Studia Liturgica.
Prof. Shelly Rambo and Prof. Steven Sandage deliver Lectures at Therapy and Spiritual Care Conference
This past fall, the Danielsen Institute hosted an important conference that brought together thought leaders in the fields of spiritual care and mental health, and focused on the well-being of caregivers amidst burnout and compassion fatigue. Titled Therapy and Spiritual Care in a Shattered World: Transforming the Community of Healers, the conference was held online at Boston University and attended by over 800 viewers from around the world.
Sessions included “Existential Overwhelm and the Value of Nurturing Questions over Time: Implications for Metabolizing Vicarious Trauma and Moral Distress to Promote Resilience,” led by Assistant Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo, and “Seeking Well-Being in Territories of Despair: Relational Strengths for Practitioner Formation” by Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion and Theology Steven Sandage.
Below, Prof. Sandage opened the conference by addressing attendees that “[t]he last three years have caused us to make so many professional and personal adjustments while trying to cope with agonizing losses, and deal with the demoralization that comes with our political and social upheaval and division.” The playlist of all conference sessions is available here.
The conference was made possible by a grant from the Peale Foundation, “Positive Psychology and Formation-Based Flourishing Among Spiritual Leaders and Therapists.”
BUSTH DMin Student Joanne Hus Published in The Salem News
The following is an excerpt from The Salem News article “God risks it all” by BUSTH doctor of ministry student Joanne Hus, published on December 14, 2022. Click here to read the full article. 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.
When God created human beings in the divine image of God, God also gave us free will. Free will may not seem like a particularly big deal since we exercise free will every waking moment, from choosing what we’ll eat for breakfast, to how we’ll treat the people we meet throughout the day, to what thoughts we’ll dwell on as we fall asleep at night. We may take free will for granted. But the fact that God entrusts us with free will is simply astonishing.
A Holiday Message from BUSTH and Dean Pak: December 2022
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.” Emily Dickinson
May the fragile gift of Hope carry you to a needed dawn.
May it make your spirit buoyant and give you flight.
May the tender mercy of God seen in a guiding star,
the loving gaze of a mother, the sacred care of vulnerable flesh
Meet you this day for rediscovered joy and hope in the New Year.
“By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us.” Luke 1:78.
- G. Sujin Pak, Dean
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for December 2022
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for December 2022:
- David Decosimo
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Review: William Wood. Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion, in Journal of Analytic Theology, Vol. 10, Summer 2022.
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- Christopher Evans, et al
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Evans, C. Brown, Amanda. The Fellowship Church: Howard Thurman and the Twentieth-Century Religious Left. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. i+236 pp. The Journal of Religion, 102(4), 573–574. https://doi.org/10.1086/721355, 2022.
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- G. Sujin Pak
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“Calvin’s Visual Exegesis of Old Testament Prophecy: Figural Reading and the Sacramental Character of Scripture,” International Journal of Systematic Theology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijst.12609, 2022.
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- Dana L. Robert
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“The Birth of the International Missionary Council and the Discourse of Race Relations,” in Sonderdruck aus ZMiss 2, 2022, 97-112.
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“Series Introduction,” The Global Story of Christianity Series: History, Context, and Communities. In Mitri Rahab and Mark L. Lamport, eds. Surviving Jewel: The Enduring Story of Christianity in the Middle East. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2022, ix-xviii.
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- Steven Sandage, et al
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Captari, L.E., Sandage, S.J., Vandiver, R.A., Jankowski, P.J., & Hook, J.N. Integrating positive psychology, religion/spirituality, and a virtue focus in culturally responsive mental healthcare. In E.B. Davis, E.L. Worthington, Jr., & S.A. Schnitker (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology, religion, and spirituality (pp. 413-427). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Press, 2022.
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Choe, E.J.Y., Jankowski, P.J., Sandage, S.J., Crabtree, S.A., & Captari, L.E. Cultural humility and well-being among psychotherapy clients: A longitudinal practice-based study. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12599, 2022.
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Hook, J. N., Hodge, A. S., Sandage, S. J., Davis, D. E., & Van Tongeren, D. R. Differentiation of self and cultural competence: A systematic review of the empirical literature. Practice Innovations. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pri0000196, 2022.
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- Shively T. J. Smith
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“Mixed Messages, Virginia Broughton (1 Peter 2:9, 18-3:7,” Pages 40–42. Contributing Voice to 1 Peter.” In 1 Peter, 2 Peter, Jude Wisdom Commentary, by Pheme Perkins. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2022.
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“Zilpha Elaw and the ‘Spirit’ (1 Peter 1:15, 22),” Pages 29–32. Contributing Voice to 1 Peter.” In 1 Peter, 2 Peter, Jude Wisdom Commentary, by Pheme Perkins. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2022.
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“Witnessing Jesus Hang: A Womanist Reading of Mary Magdalene’s View of Crucifixion through Ida B. Wells’ Chronicles of Lynching.” In Stony the Road We Trod: African American Biblical Interpretation, 30th Anniversary Edition, edited by Cain Hope Felder; Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2021.
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“Preliminary Thoughts: The Hermeneutical Dilemmas of the Allies, Colleagues, and Guild of African American Biblical Scholar-Teachers.” In Black Scholars Matter, edited by Hugh R. Page and Gay L. Byron. Atlanta, GA: SBLPress, 2022.
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Review: Lisa Bowens, African American Readings of Paul: Reception, Resistance, and Transformation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2020. Theological Studies 83.2: 319–20, 2022.
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Pastor, Full-time, UCC and UU: Charlton, MA
Senior Settled Pastor
Federated Church of Charlton, MA
The Federated Church of Charlton, located in central Massachusetts, is seeking a Senior Settled Pastor. We are looking to take our strong foundation and move forward with a settled minister who is Biblically and theologically grounded, who is involved, who is able to empower and guide leaders, and above all a minister who is caring, sensitive and inspiring.
Our church is comprised of a union of members from the United Church of Christ (Congregational) and Unitarian Universalist Association in Christian Worship Together.
Charlton is located a convenient distance from multiple directions... Boston, Springfield, Hartford, Providence, Manchester. We also have a wonderful parsonage on site.
To see if the Federated Church of Charlton is your next calling, please visit the conference website for the full profile.
Pastor, Full-time, Presbyterian: DeWitt, NY
Solo Pastor, Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, DeWitt, NY
Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church is currently seeking a sole pastor who is spiritually grounded, intellectually curious, compassionate, and forward-thinking. PHPC has a history of community engagement and a commitment to social justice. Our congregation thrives on preaching that enriches and propels us to expand our thinking and motivates action. We are nourished through inspiring music and the loving nature of our faith community. We seek someone who is flexible, has a sense of humor, and flourishes in contexts where collaboration in leadership is the norm.
Position tasks include worship leadership & preaching, pastoral care, oversight of Christian education, moderating the Session, representing the congregation to outside groups that use our facility, assisting committees with guidance and insights as needed, participating and motivating members to become more active in social justice and mission projects.
PHPC was formed in 1956 in a suburb of Syracuse, NY. The church is located less than five miles from Syracuse University and Upstate Medical University, along with other institutions of higher education, multiple hospitals, and successful manufacturing facilities. We enjoy the benefits of a city with close proximity to the Finger Lakes, a pleasant drive to the Adirondacks, and a multitude of hiking and biking options in the immediate area, including those associated with the Erie Canal corridor. Onondaga County is on the cusp of major growth due to its selection as the site for an investment of $100 billion over ten years by Micron computer chip company.
To receive more information or to express interest in the position, please email the Pastoral Nominating Committee at pncpebblehill@gmail.com
Website: https://www.phpchurch.org