Faculty and Students Honors and Awards
BUSTH’s Six Most-Read News Stories of 2025
The Boston University School of Theology’s six top-read stories from 2025 showcase the depth and breadth of our faculty expertise and outreach, our outstanding alumni and students, as well as the importance of our community and belonging. Look back on 2025 by reading these top posts one more time as we usher in 2026 together. […]
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 […]
Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd (’04,’18) and Dr. Chad Moore (’16,GRS’24) featured in BU Today for New Wineskins Network
The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “BU School of Theology Receives $1 million to Build a Support Network of New England Churches” by Steve Holt, featuring Director of Contextual Education and Lecturer Anastasia Kidd (’04,’18), and Director of Enrollment Chad Moore (’16,GRS’24), published on December 5, 2025. … The School of Theology (STH) […]
Research Prof. Laurel Schneider quoted in Publishers Weekly article about 2025 AAR/ABL Annual Meeting
The following is an excerpt from Publishers Weekly article “At AAR/SBL, Religion Scholars Address Issues Ancient and Modern”, featuring Research Professor Laurel Schneider, published on November 26, 2025. … Next year, the AARSBL joint meeting will be in November in Denver. The incoming president of AAR is Laurel Schneider, a research professor at Boston University School […]
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 […]
Prof. Filipe Maia receives Saddlebag Award from United Methodist Church
Assistant Professor of Theology Filipe Maia together with co-editor David W. Scott (’07, GRS’13) has received the 2025 Saddlebag Award from the Historical Society of the United Methodist Church for their work on the publication Methodism and American Empire: Reflections on Decolonizing the Church. According to the Historical Society of the United Methodist Church, the […]
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 […]
Profs. Rebecca Copeland and Luis Menéndez-Antuña both promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
The following is an excerpt from the BU Today article “25 Charles River Campus Faculty Receive Promotions” featuring Associate Professor of Theology Rebecca Copeland and Associate Professor of New Testament Luis Menéndez- Antuña, published on July 1, 2025. Twenty-five faculty on Boston University’s Charles River Campus have just received promotions, 17 to the rank […]
STM Student Greta Gaffin (’23, ’26) published in latest Anglican & Episcopal History Journal
The following is an excerpt from the article “History, theology, and ecumenism of the episcopate are focus of atest Episcopal history journal” featuring STM student Greta Gaffin (’23,’26), published on June 30, 2025. Historians explore Anglican theologies and anxieties related to the episcopacy in the latest issue of Anglican & Episcopal History (AEH). The summer issue […]