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Rebecca Smith (CAS '80, STH '82) and her husband, Tom Tseng, named to the University of Hawaii Executive Team
The University of Hawaii Foundation has announced that STH alumna, Rebecca Smith, is joining their team in a high profile position. Rebecca Smith will join the University of Hawaii Foundation as the Vice President for Development and Campaign Co-Director focusing on the health sciences colleges and programs, and the 7 University of Hawai‘i System Community Colleges. […]
Wolfteich Named President of Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
Claire Wolfteich, associate professor of practical theology and spirituality studies, has been named President of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality (SSCS) after serving last year in the position of Vice President/President-Elect. Founded in 1991, The Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality describes itself as existing “to promote research and dialogue within […]
Glave, Kaoma Discuss African Environmental History and Heritage
A church in Chicago brings a farmers market to a food desert. A pastor in California makes his church eco-friendly and saves energy costs in the process. Rev. Otis Moss III, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, says, “There is a demand—biblically, theologically—for environmental stewardship.” Dianne Glave, coordinator of diversity development with the Western […]
Interim Christian Education Coordinator, Hollis, MA
Interim Christian Education Coordinator – Job Description
Reverend Dr. Cornish Rogers (STH '55)
Reverend Dr. Cornish Rogers (STH ’55) Rev. Dr. Rogers passed away at the age of 86. You can read more on Claremont’s website. Rev. Dr. Rogers cherished his connection to BU STH and his relationship with Martin Luther King, Jr. while he was a student. You can read a Boston.com article about Rev. Dr. Rogers’ […]
Reverend Dr. Lawrence Andrew Adolph Larson (STH '62)
Reverend Dr. Lawrence Andrew Adolph Larson (STH ’62) Rev. Dr. Lawrence Andrew Adolph Larson, 81, of New Fairfield, CT, died on January 16, 2016 at the Regional Hospice and Home Care Center in Danbury, CT. ‘Father’ Larry was born on December 27, 1934 to Julia Hycznyck and Adolph “Gus” Larson in Chicago, IL. He graduated […]
Reverend John Wesley Townsend (STH '45)
Reverend John Wesley Townsend (STH ’45) From the Cleveland Plain Dealer Obituary Section: Rev. Townsend pastored The Federated Church in Chagrin Falls for 39 years and St. Luke’s UCC in Old Brooklyn for 15 years. Beloved husband of the late Rose Jane (nee Smiley) and Donna (Lusa) Townsend; loving father of John W. Townsend Jr., […]
Keyboardist/Choir Director, Tewksbury, MA
Keyboardist-Choir Director, Tewksbury, MA – Job Description
Memories of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a BU Student
By David W. Briddell (STH ’55) After graduating from Morgan State College in Baltimore, I studied at Boston University’s School of Theology from 1952 to 1955. That was when I met and became friends with Martin Luther King, Jr., who was studying for his doctorate. I was part of a student club started by Martin […]
David Decosimo Receives Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award
David Decosimo, assistant professor of theology at Boston University School of Theology and the Graduate Division of Religious Studies, has received a prestigious international award for young scholars: The Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise. The award is bestowed by the Forschungszentrum Internationale und Interdisziplinaere Theologie (FIIT) at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. It […]