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United States UMC Bishops Call for Full Participation in November Elections
This article was originally published on October 12 on the United Methodists Bishops website here. BU School of Theology Bishop-in-Residence Susan Hassinger has signed this statement. Washington, D.C. – United Methodist bishops based in the United States today issued a statement on Faith and Democracy, calling on the people of The... More
Spiritually Speaking: We lost a hero in RBG, by Alumnus Rev. John F. Hudson (STH ’89)
″...a hero is someone who is concerned about other people’s well-being, and will go out of his or her way to help them ... That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a... More
For New England evangelical leaders, Maine sermon reflects deepening rifts in the faith community
In the wake of a now-infamous sermon denying COVID-19′s threat, faith leaders contend with a divided evangelical movement. This article was originally published here, by The Boston Globe. When Maine pastor Todd Bell used a recent Sunday sermon to decry COVID-19 restrictions and dismiss the virus’s threat, just weeks after he officiated at a... More
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for September 2020
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for the month of September 2020: Nicolette Manglos-Weber “Congregants and Citizens: Religion and Naturalization among US Immigrants,” International Migration Review 54:3 (2000), 674–706. Dana Robert “Sacred Music and Christian Transnationalism in 1920s–1930s China and Japan,” in Alexander Chow... More
Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. (STH’60) Honored with “Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr. Day” by Los Angeles County
The following story was originally published on September 15, 2020 by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. It can be accessed here. On a motion by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to proclaim September 22 as “Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr. Day.” September 22, More
Reverend Robert L. Hemmerla (STH ’56)
Mrs. Sara L. Kavich (STH ’62)
"Sara Guy Kavich passed away on August 2, 2020 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Sara was born on February 21, 1934 in Austin, Minnesota, growing up on the farm with her parents, four brothers and her dear sister Jean. Sara graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in... More
Dr. Echol Lee Nix (STH ’00, GRS ’07)
In memoriam, Dean Moore writes: Echol Lee Nix, Jr. was a Boston University alum (STM 2000, PhD 2007) with heart of gold and unlimited potential. He came to Boston University with a BA from Morehouse College and an MDiv from Vanderbilt Divinity School. He completed his STM and then a PhD... More
Online BUSTH Art Exhibit Now Open
September 2020 – Before the COVID-19 pandemic required social distancing and fewer students to be on campus, the School of Theology Mary Elizabeth and Allen Moore Community Center was a hub for STH students, and artworks on the walls of the Center surrounded them as they studied together, relaxed together, More
Entering MDiv Student Named One of Boston’s Ten Outstanding Young Leaders by City Awake
September 2020 – New School of Theology (STH) student Omari Jahi Aarons has had a busy and exciting September. This week, he officially matriculated as a Master of Divinity student at STH, and he was recently named to the City Awake “Ten Outstanding Young Leaders” list, a list that is... More