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Online Study, Real-Life Transformation
This article was written by Mara Sassoon and originally published in the 2025 issue of focus magazine, the annual publication of the BU School of Theology. This article can be found on page 14. STH’s Online and Hybrid Programs allow students to work for change in their communities Building community gardens. Advocating for the poor […]
BUSTH welcomes new Assistant Professor of Homiletics
Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce the appointment of new full-time faculty member Rev. Dr. Timothy L. Adkins-Jones (’09, ’20), who will begin on July 1, 2025. Rev. Dr. Adkins-Jones will join the faculty as Assistant Professor of Homiletics, most recently serving as Assistant Professor of Homiletics at Union Theological Seminary. […]
Peacemaking and Prophetic Action: Development of BUSTH’s Inaugural Circle Keeping Program
By Kendall Doty (’25) During the 2024-2025 school year, Boston University School of Theology (STH) launched a new contextual education internship program offering students the opportunity to practice circle keeping. Under the direction of Clinical Assistant Professor of Religion and Conflict Transformation and Director of the Tom Porter Religion and Conflict Transformation Program James McCarty, […]
Prof. Emilie Townes to receive William Rainey Harper Award from Religious Education Association
Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies emilie townes will receive the William Rainey Harper Award from the Religious Education Association (REA) at their annual meeting in July 2025. According to REA president Karen-Marie Yust, ThD, the nominating board believes that Prof. townes’s work “has had a profound effect on the theory […]
Prof. Shelly Rambo promoted to Full Professor
The following is an excerpt from the BU Today article “23 Charles River Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor” featuring Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo, published on May 21, 2025. … Among the nearly two dozen faculty on Boston University’s Charles River Campus recently promoted to full professor are a computer scientist who studies […]
BUSTH celebrates Class of 2025
On Saturday, May 17, 2025, the Boston University School of Theology held its annual convocation ceremony and celebrated one of its most diverse classes ever. Friends and families of the graduates gathered in person at Marsh Chapel for the hooding and diploma ceremony, and many more were able to watch live online (see recording below). […]
Songs. Prayers. S’mores.
This article was written by Marc Chalufour and originally published in the 2025 issue of focus magazine, the annual publication of the BU School of Theology. This article can be found on page 8. The singing starts at the camp’s farmhouse with a group of staffers: “Allelu, allelu, allelu, alleluia!” They sing toward campsite 1, […]
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 […]
Prof. Emilie Townes interviewed by UChicago Divinity School
The following is an excerpt from the article “A Little Education Goes a Long Way” featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies emilie m. townes published on May 6, 2025 by University of Chicago Divinity School. The bluster of early May in Hyde Park didn’t dim the joy Rev. Dr. Emilie […]
Boston University awarded Grant from Lilly Endowment to continue “Trauma-Responsive Congregations” Initiative
Boston University is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $611,500 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to continue and expand the “Trauma-Responsive Congregations” project. This project, which is a continuation of a four-year program previously funded through Lilly Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative, will help the university scale the work of supporting urban congregations […]