Author: Kimberly Macdonald
Boston Globe Article on Chaplaincy features Prof. Shelly Rambo, STH Student, and Recent Alums
This Boston Globe article features the paths and impacts of current STH student Martin Mugerwa (STH’21), and alums Yulia Kazakova Hatton (STH’14), Ylisse Bess (STH’17), and Roger Gordon (STH’19). Please click here to access the full article. Chaplains and the rise of on-demand spiritual support As traditional religious practice recedes, many New Englanders are increasingly […]
Prof. Luis Menéndez-Antuña Awarded Louisville Institute Sabbatical Research Grant
Assistant Professor of New Testament Luis Menéndez-Antuña has been awarded a Sabbatical Grant for Researchers by the Louisville Institute. The grant will allow Prof. Menéndez-Antuña to spend a year on sabbatical writing his proposed book, titled “New Testament Studies After the Cultural Turn. Thinking Biblical Literature in the Midst of Global Crises.” “There are many things I […]
PhD Student shaunesse’ a. jacobs Publishes Article on Racial Disparities in Maternal Mortality Crisis
This article was originally published on the BU Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy website here. Details Matter When Tackling the Public-Health Crisis of Maternal Mortality By shaunesse’ a. jacobs Giving birth is often one of the most transformative experiences in a person’s life. Communities shift in the most beautiful ways: families expand, individuals […]
BUSTH Suite 108 Featured as BU Today’s Close-Up
Click here to see the original BU Today post
Dean Pak Statement Against Asian-American Violence
Dear Beloved BUSTH Community, I write to you today with a grieving heart. In the past few weeks there have been over twenty attacks against Asian persons in the United States, including an 84-year old Thai man named Vicha Ratanpakdee killed in San Francisco, a 91-year old Chinese man in Oakland rammed to the ground, […]
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for February 2021
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for the month of February 2021: Andrew Shenton Christian Sacred Music in the Americas. Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2021. Karen Westerfield Tucker Karen was involved in the writing of “We Believe, We Pray, We Act.” Copyright © 2020 by the Council of […]
WGBH Honors the History of the Black Church, with Dean Hickman-Maynard as a Featured Speaker
February 17, 2021 – Last Monday, February 8, the WGBH Forum Network hosted a live online event titled “A Discussion on the History of The Black Church.” Expert panelists included BU School of Theology Associate Dean for Students and Community Life and Assistant Professor of Black Church Studies, Theodore Hickman-Maynard. The Forum Network is a […]
DMin Student Quoted in Boston Globe Article on Vaccine Rollout Inequities in MA
The following is an excerpt from the Boston Globe article “‘There are a lot of people who can’t get to Fenway or Gillette’: Some residents feel overlooked in vaccine rollout,” by Boston Globe staff member Kay Lazar, published February 14, 2021. It features a quote from current School of Theology Doctor of Ministry student Dennis […]
Prof. Menéndez-Antuña Awarded Wabash Grant to Nurture Queer Education
February 2021 — Luis Menéndez-Antuña, Assistant Professor of New Testament at BUSTH, together with Ken Stone, Professor of Bible, Culture, and Hermeneutics at Chicago Theological Seminary, have been awarded a one-year grant from the Wabash Center to create a space for LGBTQIA+ theological educators to come together and imagine the future of theological education. The […]
Dean Pak Featured in The Christian Century
The following article was originally published by The Christian Century on February 8, 2021. Click here to read the original article. G. Sujin Pak named dean of Boston University’s School of Theology by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins February 8, 2021 G. Sujin Pak has been named dean of Boston University’s School of Theology. She succeeds Mary Elizabeth Moore—the […]