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BUSTH’s Six Most-Read Stories of 2024
The Boston University School of Theology’s top-read stories from 2024 showcase the depth and breadth of our faculty expertise, our outstanding alumni and students, as well as the importance of our community and belonging. Look back on 2024 by reading these top posts one more time as we usher in 2025 together. BUSTH announces Distinguished […]
Seminary Singers featured as BU Today’s Close Up
The Seminary Singers, directed by Rev. Chad William Kidd (’05), sang one of their anthems during the 51st annual Service of Lessons and Carols at Marsh Chapel on December 6, 2024. Click here to see the original BU Today post
BUSTH Announces Distinguished Alumni for 2024
The Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce this year’s Distinguished Alumni for 2024. A list of previous winners can be found on the BUSTH website. “In a world where religion too often continues to be invoked to support division and discord, these distinguished alumni bear testimony to the life-giving, creative, justice-seeking, […]
Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd (’04,’18) interviewed in Sojourners article on Fat Liberation
The following is an excerpt from the Sojourners article “God loves fat people as they are. Can we?” by Greta Lapp Klassen, featuring Director of Contextual Education and lecturer Anastasia Kidd (STH’04, ’18), published on August 20, 2024. … I’d heard of Christian weight loss programs, but I wanted to know more about the influence […]
BUSTH Community Members reflect on importance of Juneteenth
Shively T. J. Smith, Associate Professor of New Testament; Director, PhD program What is in a day? June 19 is an American haunting of sorts. It is an eerie reminder of how even when freedom, citizenship, and access are supposedly granted, they can be denied or, at the very least, delayed. The Emancipation Proclamation was […]
Prof. Christopher Evans (’85) speaks on The Social Gospel: The Heart of Progressive Christianity
Professor of History of Christianity and Methodist Studies Christopher Evans was the featured speaker for the May 5, 2024 The Forum at St. Bart’s episode produced by St. Bartholomew’s Church New York. During this talk, he spoke about the late 19th century and early 20th century Christianity in America and how the Social Gospel movement […]
BUSTH’s Six Most-Read Stories of 2023
The Boston University School of Theology’s top-read stories from 2023 showcase the depth and breadth of our faculty expertise, our outstanding alumni and students, as well as the importance of our community and belonging. Look back on 2023 by reading these top posts one more time as we usher in 2024 together. Prof. Karen Westerfield […]
Cynthia Perry (’23) awarded Louisville Institute Grant for Black Sports Ministry Network Project
Master of Divinity alumna Cynthia N. Perry (’23), Executive Director of the Black Sports Ministry Network (BSMN), was selected as the recipient of a $15,000 Pastoral Study Project Grant from the prestigious Louisville Institute. This grant will be instrumental in supporting the BSMN in their year-long 2024 project “A Womanist Sports Ethic of Care.” This […]
Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd (’04,’18) featured on PHPod Podcast about Fat Liberation
Lecturer and director of contextual education Anastasia Kidd was featured on the October 27, 2023 podcast published by Public Health Post to discuss her work in the fat liberation space and her recent publication Fat Church: Claiming a Gospel of Fat Liberation. Together with host Kara Schmidt and guest Becca Rausch, Massachusetts State Senator, the […]
Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd (STH’04,’18) featured in Bostonia for her Work on ‘Fat Church’
The following is an excerpt from Bostonia’s article “New book by STH Lecturer, and Alum, Calls out Christianity for Stigmatizing Fat People” by Rich Barlow, featuring Director of Contextual Education Anastasia Kidd (STH’04,’18), published on September 22, 2023. “If you care about systemic oppression, you need to start caring about fat people.” Anastasia Kidd (STH’04,’18) issues […]