Awards
Prof. Karen B. Westerfield Tucker named Fellow of The Hymn Society
Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that Professor of Worship Karen B. Westerfield Tucker has been named a Fellow of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, one of the organization’s highest honors, recognizing her distinguished contributions as a scholar and teacher of congregational song. She will be formally […]
PhD student Xiaodi Wu (’23,’28) receives 2026 Constant H. Jacquet Research Award
Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that PhD student Xiaodi Wu (’23,’28) is a recipient of the 2026 Constant H. Jacquet Research Award from the Religious Research Association (RRA). The annual award supports outstanding research that applies social scientific methods to the study of religion, with emphasis on projects that offer […]
Prof. Timothy Adkins-Jones (’09,’21) one of inaugural annual Gongloff Fellowship awardees
The following is an excerpt from Brite Divinity School’s article “Brite Divinity School Launches New Fellowship to Foster Innovation in Worship and Preaching” featuring Assistant Professor of Homiletics Timothy Adkins-Jones (’09,’21), originally published in June 2026. This fellowship is named in honor of alumnus Rev. Paul Gongloff (’73). … Today, Brite Divinity School is proud […]
BUSTH Students awarded Lovelace Scholarship to attend Hymn Society Annual Conference
Current students Sut Hting Mung Awn (’24,’27), Abednego Musau (’28), and Kristian Kohler (’27) have been awarded the Lovelace Scholarship, which fully covers the cost of attending the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada’s 2026 Annual Conference, which will be held July 19–22, 2026, at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. This […]
MDiv student Bernard Hemans (’27) chosen for 2026 FASPE Ethics Fellowship
Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that current Master of Divinity (MDiv) student Bernard Hemans (’27) is one of 14 Fellows chosen for the 2026 Clergy Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). FASPE annually grants 80-90 Fellowships to graduate students and early-career professionals in […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for December 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for December 2025: Eunil David Cho “Response to Jay-Paul Hinds’ Paper ‘The Shepherd’s Black Sheep: African American Pastoral Theology in the Age of Afropessimism,’” Journal of Pastoral Theology, published online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2025.2585787 Presentation: Keynote Speaker, “The Promise and Peril of […]
Boston University awarded grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to launch “The New Wineskins Network”
Boston University is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the creation of the New Wineskins Network, a five-year initiative designed to strengthen partnerships among local congregations, clergy, and seminary leaders for the sake of ministry formation. Led by the Boston University School of […]
BUSTH announces Distinguished Alumni for 2025
The Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce this year’s Distinguished Alumni for 2025. A list of previous winners can be found on the BUSTH website. “Exuding light in a troubled world, these amazing alumni are preeminently distinguished by their bridge-building work—bridging cultures of east and west or north and south, bridging […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for September 2025
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. […]
Boston University awarded $5.2 million grant from Templeton Foundation to integrate virtue and flourishing within mental healthcare
Boston University has been awarded a $5.2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for a three-year research project to support the Training and Treatment Integration Research for Virtue and Flourishing in Mental Healthcare: A Team Science Project. Growing to $10.7 million including matching funds over the three years, this project aims to develop evidence-based […]