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Prof. Wesley Wildman featured in BU Today for Conversation on Church Closings
The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “Why Might a Record Number of Churches Close this Year” by Rich Barlow, featuring Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics Wesley Wildman, published on November 14, 2025. … Most of the soon-to-be-defunct churches, per Axios, will be mainline Protestant, , although Catholic churches have also shuttered. The immediate reason: surging […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for November 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for November 2025: Timothy Adkins-Jones “Hoodies and Holy Disruption: Black Protest Preaching and Multicultural Congregations” Religions 16, no. 11: 1366. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16111366 Christopher B. Brown, G. Sujin Pak, Rady Roldán-Figueroa Award: 2025 John Tedeschi Prize for Reference by the Sixteenth Century […]
Prof. Shelly Rambo featured on Regent College Podcast
The following is an excerpt from the Regent College podcast episode “Dr. Shelly Rambo: Twenty Years at the Intersection of Trauma and Theology” featuring Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo, published on October 24, 2025. Today we’re having a conversation with Dr. Shelly Rambo who is a theologian and professor at Boston University School of Theology, […]
Prof. Steven Sandage featured in BU Brink article on BU Research Project on Mental Health and Well-Being
The following is an excerpt from a BU Brink article “New BU Research Project Aims to Shift Mental Health Focus Beyond Symptoms to Meaning and Well-Being” by Bailey Scott (COM’26), featuring Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion and Theology Steven Sandage, published October 31, 2025. Steven Sandage wants to change the way mental […]
Prof. Steven Sandage featured in BU Brink article on Social Media and Mental Health
The following is an excerpt from a BU Brink article “Is a News and Social Media Overload Negatively Affecting Your Mental Health?” by Rich Barlow, featuring Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion and Theology Steven Sandage, published October 17, 2025. In a year of violence and suffering, here and around the world, harrowing […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for October 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for October 2025: Rebecca Copeland Presentation: Tending Gardens: Food, Faith, and Fig Trees,” First United Methodist Church, Morristown, TN. September 18, 2025. Filipe Maia “Theological Niceties and Complicities in Economic Theology,” in The Brink (Political Theology), August 8, 2025. https://politicaltheology.com/theological-niceties-and-complicities-ineconomic-theology/ […]
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 […]
Marsh Chapel kicks off its 75th Anniversary Celebration this Weekend
The following is an excerpt from the article “Marsh Chapel, the Soul of Boston University, kicks off its 75th Anniversary Celebration this Weekend” by Rich Barlow, published on September 24, 2025, by BU Today. Kimberly Macdonald joined the Marsh Chapel Choir at Boston University during her freshman year, in 2001. Macdonald (CFA’04, COM’23) is still singing in […]
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. […]