The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for September 2025:

  • Alejandro Botta
    • Book review: Reinhard Gregor Kratz, Bernd U. Schipper (Eds), Elephantine in Context: Studies on the History, Religion and Literature of the Judeans in Persian Period Egypt. Mohr Siebeck (2022). Review of Biblical Literature, Published 2025-08-22.
  • Christopher Brown

    • “Text, for the Record: The Most Notable Deeds of the Reverend Father Dr. Martin Luther, Briefly Listed, as in a Chronological Table (1555),” translated and edited by Christopher Boyd Brown & Samuel J. Dubbelman, Lutheran Quarterly 39.2 (Summer 2025):125-161.

    • Martin Luther, Disputations I, edited by Christopher Boyd Brown, Luther’s Works: American Edition, vol. 72 (St. Louis: Concordia, 2025).

  • Eunil David Cho
  • Rebecca Copeland
    • Presentation: The Ecological Freedom of A Christian” Panelist, Liberation Theology Unit, American Academy of Religion Online Meeting, June 26, 2025.

    • Presentation: “The Nicene Creed and the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.” Invited Talk, First United Methodist Church, Morristown, TN, July 27, 2025.

    • Book review: David Grumett, The Bible and Farm Animal Welfare, Scottish Journal of Theology.

  • Daryl Ireland, et al

    • Daryl R. Ireland and Francisca F. Ireland-Verwoerd, New Wineskins: Forming and Reforming the American Society of Missiology, 1973-2023 (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2025).

  • James McCarty, et al

    • Barringer, Justin Bronson, Sarah F. Farmer, and James W. McCarty, eds. The Business of Incarceration: Theological and Ethical Reflections on the Prison-Industrial Complex. Cascade: 2025.

    • McCants-Turner, Johonna and James W. McCarty. “Prison-Industrial Complex Abolition and Transformative Justice: A Primer for Christians,” in The Business of Incarceration,” 202-221.

  • Luis Menéndez-Antuña

    • Panelist: Special Topics Forum. Status of LGBTQ+ Persons in the Profession. American Academy of Religion (June 2025).

  • Steven Sandage, et al

    • Jankowski, P.J., Sandage, S.J., Davis, D.E., Stein, L.B., & Choe, E.J. (2025). Validating self-other differentiation in a psychodynamic psychotherapy context: Virtues, emotion regulation, and flourishing. Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.70012

    • Hydinger, K.R., Stein, L.B., Wu, X., Sandage, S.J., & Crabtree, S.A. (2025). Seminary student perspectives on their formation strengths and vulnerabilities: A mixed method qualitative study. Pastoral Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-025-01242-2

    • Palitsky, R., Captari, L. E., Maples-Keller, J. L., Peacock, C., Rupert, D., Kaplan, D. M., Stavros, G., Grant, G. H., & Sandage, S. J. (2025). Applying relational spirituality to develop spiritual and religious competencies in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy training. Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pst0000594

    • Crabtree, S. A., Captari, L. E., Guterres, K. M., Choe, E. J. Y., & Sandage, S. J. (2025). Therapists’ functioning and secondary traumatic stress emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study. Traumatology. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/trm0000576

    • Kim, S., Wang, D. C., Gin, D. H. C., Deasy, J. A., &  Sandage, S. (2025). Contrasting Experiences: Gender Disparities in Spirituality, Character Strengths, Mental Health, and Social Justice among Next-Generation Religious Leaders. Review of Religious Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0034673X251336459

    • Jankowski, P.J., Sandage, S.J., Hill, P.C., Chan, A., Choe, E.J., & Wang, D.C. (2025). Discriminating the dimensions of humility: A construct validation study of intellectual and general humility. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08271-3

  • Andrew Shenton

    • “The God of small things: celebrating Arvo Pärt at 90,” in The Guardian, Arts Section, July 31, 2025.

    • “Arvo Pärt” and “Tintinnabuli,” in Enciclopedia della musica contemporanea (Sandro Cappelletto, editor), Treccani S.p.A., Italy, 2025.

    • “Bach’s St. John Passion,” Program Note for BU Ensembles concert, March 2025.

    • Presentation: “Creativity and the ‘Derivative’ Classical Covers of Arvo Pärt’s Für Alina,” presented (remotely) at the 18th International Conference on MusicPerception and Cognition, São Paulo, Brazil, July 2025.

    • Presentation: “Understanding Messiaen’s Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainté Trinité,” presented at the international “Messiaen as Performer” symposium, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2025.

    • Presentation: “Faith and Fame: The Representation of Christian Contemporary Music at the Grammys®,” read at The Society for Christian Scholarship in Music annual conference, Nashville, TN, March 2025.

    • Presentation: “Arvo Pärt: Tintinnabulation and Transcendence,” read at the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, February 2025.

    • Presentation: “Grammy Gold: Celebrating Musical Innovation and influence,” St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA, January 2025.

    • Performance: Derek Holman, Revelations of Julian of Norwich (World Premiere Recordings), Anne Harley, soprano, Andrew Shenton, organ (Voices of the Pearl, Volume 5, VoTP005, 2025).
  • emilie m. townes

    • Award: William Rainey Harper Award awarded by The Religious Education Association on July 8th 2025.

  • Karen Westerfield Tucker

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