Author: Kimberly Macdonald
BUSTH Welcomes New Assistant Professor of Ethics
April 2022 – Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce the appointment of new full-time faculty member Peng Yin, who will begin on September 1, 2022. Professor Yin will join the faculty as Assistant Professor of Ethics. Dr. Yin is completing a manuscript on the intelligibility of moral language across metaphysical differences. […]
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for April 2022
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for the month of April 2022: Filipe Maia “The Rise of the Common: Spiritual Revival and Political Revolution in the Wesleyan Movement.” In Methodist Revolutions: Evangelical Engagements of Church and World. Edited by Joerg Rieger and Upolu Lumā Vaai. Nashville: Wesley’s Fondery Books, […]
BUSTH Welcomes New Assistant Professor of Spiritual Care and Counseling
April 2022 – Boston University School of Theology is pleased to announce the appointment of new full-time faculty member Eunil David Cho, who will begin on July 1, 2022. Professor Cho will join the faculty as Assistant Professor of Spiritual Care and Counseling. Dr. Cho is an ordained Presbyterian (USA) minister with a background in congregational […]
BUSTH Professor Dana Robert Receives Boston University William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professorship
The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professorships Honor Mark Grinstaff, Gary Lawson, and Dana Robert” by Joel Brown, featuring Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission and Director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission Dana Robert, published on April 14, 2022. Click here […]
Three BUSTH Community Members Featured in UMFNE’s Inaugural Stewardship Preaching Institute
The United Methodist Foundation of New England begins it Stewardship Preaching Institute on Wednesday, April 20. The series of webinars runs through July, and includes speakers known for their excellence in preaching. Among them are BUSTH Distinguished Alumnus 2020 Bishop LaTrelle Easterling (STH’04), Dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston University and School of Theology Professor of […]
Dean G. Sujin Pak’s Message for Holy Saturday and Easter 2022
Easter has a long tradition of being the height of the Christian liturgical season, particularly in the calendar of western churches. It can be a beautiful celebration of hope and resurrection, offering the promises of new creation and restoration after a season of repentant preparation (Lent) and after a profound event of violence, loss, and […]
Prof. Filipe Maia Awarded Louisville Institute Book Grant
The Boston University School of Theology is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor of Theology Filipe Maia is a recipient of the Louisville Institute’s 2022 First Book Grant for Scholars of Color. The First Book grant “supports early career, non-tenured scholars of color completing a major research project in North American Christianity with grants up […]
Prof. Lawrence Wills Publication is Finalist for Prose Award by Association of American Publishers
Boston University School of Theology adjunct instructor Prof. Lawrence Wills has published a new book, Introduction to the Apocrypha: Jewish Books in Christian Bibles, that was named a finalist for the Association of American Publishers (AAP) Prose Award earlier this year. Published by Yale University Press, the publication was nominated in the Theology & Religious […]
What My Faith Means to Me: STH Community Members Featured in BU Today’s Photo Essay
On March 23, 2022, BU Today released a photo essay titled “What My Faith Means to Me.” The series, centered around photos taken by photographer Cydney Scott, followed Boston University community members who submitted their faith stories to the publication, and showcased how each person incorporated their religious and spiritual faiths into their daily lives […]
Ylisse Bess (STH’17) Announced New Program Director for Trauma-Responsive Congregations Project
The Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that Ylisse Bess (STH’17), staff chaplain at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, will become the Program Director for BUSTH’s Trauma-Responsive Congregations grant, funded by Lilly Endowment. Currently serving as an advisor for the grant, Bess is stepping into a new role focused on providing direction […]