Faculty Publications
BUSTH Publishes Annual FOCUS Magazine for 2025
The Boston University School of Theology is pleased to announce the 2025 publication of its annual magazine focus. This issue’s theme is “reimagining ministry,” which asks the reader to consider new strategies for healing a hurting world. Our faculty, staff, and alumni are pushing these boundaries of ministry as evidenced throughout the issue. The 2025 […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for April and May 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for April and May 2025: Rebecca Copeland Presentation: Entangled Being: Unoriginal Sin and Wicked Problems, Interview by Dr. Shaunesse’ Jacobs-Plaisimond (STH Book talk) April 15, 2025 Podcast: The Progressive Christians Podcast, “Failing the Group Project: The Problem of Evil with Dr. […]
Prof. Emilie Townes to receive Honorary Doctorate from United Lutheran Seminary
The following is an excerpt from “ULS Announces 2025 Honorary Degree Recipients,” featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies emilie townes, published on April 1, 2025. President R. Guy Erwin is pleased to announce that the Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder and the Rev. Dr. Emilie M. Townes will receive from ULS […]
Prof. Rebecca Copeland awarded Louisville Grant for Researchers
Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce Assistant Professor of Theology Rebecca Copeland has been awarded a Louisville Institute Grant for Researchers for the coming academic year. This competitive grant will support Prof. Copeland during her upcoming sabbatical as she works on her next book, tentatively titled Replanting the Uprooted: A Social-Ecological […]
An Easter 2025 Message from Dean Pak
The devastation of Good Friday is in our midst. When the world as we thought we knew it is crumbling all around us, we can easily be at a loss as to what to do, confounded as to how to react, despairing of any action that makes any real difference. The worst trick of such […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for March 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for March 2025: Eunil David Cho “Psychospiritual Stress, Trauma, and Migration: Understandings for Displaced Communities” in Reframing Trauma: A Psychospiritual Theory and Theology edited by M. Jan Holton and Jill Snodgrass. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press, 2025 Rebecca Copeland Presentation: “Re-thinking […]
BUSTH Community Members share Inspiration during Women’s History Month
The following is an excerpt from the article “The Women who Inspire Us” featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies Emilie M. Townes and STM student Greta Gaffin (’23,’26), published on March 16, 2025 by BU Today. Each March, the nation celebrates Women’s History Month, honoring the vital role of women […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for February 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for February 2025: Alejandro Botta “Joshua, Introduction, Study Notes, and Excursuses,” The Westminster Study Bible. New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2024), 297-333. Filipe Maia “John Wesley and the Political Economy of Enclosure,” Methodist […]
Professor Emeritus Walter E. Fluker (’88) announces Digital Version of The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman
Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Ethical Leadership Walter E. Fluker (’88) is pleased to announce the digital version of The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman, a comprehensive five-volume documentary edition, is now live and freely accessible to the public. This significant milestone has been made possible by the collaborative efforts of The Howard […]
A Reflection on Black History Month
I remember the walls of my third-grade classroom in Durham, North Carolina. It was 1963 and I was one year away from discovering that White folks lived in Durham—that was how strict the color line was in even this more liberal area of North Carolina. My teacher, Mrs. Carter and lined the upper part of […]