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Fall 2019 STH Lowell Lecture
The Social Gospel in Black and White, Then and Now: Imagining Economic Democracy, Breaking White Supremacy Featuring Gary Dorrien Wednesday, October 2 5:30pm STH Community Center Gary Dorrien teaches social ethics, theology, and philosophy of religion as the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Religion at […]
2019 BU School of Theology Distinguished Alums Announced
We are delighted to announce the 2019 Boston University School of Theology Distinguished Alums: Reverend Dr. William Alberts (GRS 1961; STH 1961, Ph.D.) Bishop Ian Douglas, Ph.D. (STH 1993, GRS 1993, Ph.D.) Reverend Patricia Thompson (STH 1986, M.Div.) In the category of Emerging Leader: Dr. Patrick Reyes (STH 2011, M.Div.) present by video presentation due to […]
Death of Horace Allen
Wednesday, February 6 – A message from Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore: Horace Allen, one of our distinguished colleagues, died last night after a life of creativity and ecumenical liturgical leadership. As many of you know, he served on the Boston University faculty from 1978 to 2003 when he retired as Professor Emeritus. He was the […]
Spring 2019 STH Lowell Lecture Featuring Mark Jordan
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Lowell Institute and is co-sponsored with Sacred Worth. Mark Jordan presents “Queer Callings: Labels, Identities, Vocations” Mark D. Jordan is R. R. Niebuhr Professor at Harvard Divinity School. He teaches courses on the Western traditions of Christian theology, the relations of religion to literature, and the prospects […]
Professor David Schnasa Jacobsen
Professor David Schnasa Jacobsen has published the following articles: “Sermon Feedback as Facework: Task and identity Goals in Mentoring Homiletical Theologians” in The Journal of Academy of Homiletics, Vol 43, No 2, 2018; “Going Public with the Means of Grace: A Homiletical Theology of Promise for Word and Sacrament in a Post-secular age” in Theology Today, vol. 75, […]
STH Community Day 2019
You are invited to STH Community Day 2019! To celebrate the School of Theology’s tradition of Community Day every week on Wednesday, with worship, lunch, and fellowship, we have designated a special day in 2019 to honor your legacy and impact as an alum on the community STH is today. On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 […]
Tom Porter Retirement Celebration
CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE AND JUSTPEACEMAKING: TOM PORTER IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVID JAFFE, BOB STAINS, AND JOAN MURRAY Thursday, May 2, 2019 BU Hillel, 213 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 5pm with reception following Join us for a celebration of Tom’s contributions in Conflict Transformation at Boston University School of Theology (2004-2019). This event is free and […]
Class of 1969 Memory Books
If you are part of the Class of 1969, please complete the questionnaire below. Only members of the Class of 1969 should complete this questionnaire. You do not have to attend reunion to submit information to be included in the memory book. In fact, we especially encourage those who are unable to attend their reunion […]
Rev. Dr. Septemmy Lakawa (’11) named President of Jakarta Theological Seminary
Congratulations to Reverend Dr. Septemmy Lakawa (STH ’11) who was recently elected to be the new president of Jakarta Theological Seminary. Dr. Lakawa will be installed as the president on September 28th 2019 at the 85th Dies Natalis ceremony. She will be the first female president of the 85 year old seminary.
Reverend Robert “Bob” Kingsbury (STH ’55)
Rev. Bob Kingsbury, of Eugene, Oregon passed away on December 3, 2018, at the age of 90. You can read the entire obituary on the Albany Democrat-Herald website.