Dana Robert
Unlikely Friends: Honoring Dana Robert’s Scholarship
On Friday, October 1, 2021, Professor Dana L. Robert was stunned to learn that the dinner she thought she was attending with her graduate students turned out to be a surprise honoring her own lifelong scholarship and contributions to mission studies and world Christianity. A festschrift was presented to her over dinner, titled “Unlikely Friends: […]
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for May 2021
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for the month of May 2021: Mary Elizabeth Moore Embracing Sexuality and Gender: Toward Radical Love, Religious Education, DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2021.1917851 Dana Robert Foreword to The Practice of Mission in Global Methodism: Emerging Trends from Everywhere to Everywhere, by Scott, David W., Stephens, Darryl […]
Prof. Dana Robert Cited by Center for Action and Contemplation
This original article by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM was published by the Center for Action and Contemplation on April 14, 2021. The following is an excerpt only. Please click here to read the original article. A Friendship with Jesus No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends […]
BUSTH Announces New Faculty Publications for December 2020
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for the month of December 2020: Cristian De La Rosa “Navigating Dangerous Intersection,” in Voices of the Mentored: Scholars of Color Speak. Forum for Theological Exploration, 2020. This is a chapter response to 30 stories/experiences of mentored scholars of color. Dana Robert “Scottish […]
BU Spearheads Massive Database of Centuries of Culture-Sharing between the West and China
This article was originally published by BU Today on November 4, 2020. Congrats to STH faculty Dana Robert and Daryl Ireland, and students Alex Mayfield (’21) and Yang Dai (’21) on their recognition for their contributions to this important project! BU Spearheads Massive Database of Centuries of Culture-Sharing between the West and China Researchers hope […]
Faithful Friendships: Prof. Robert’s Publication receives Accolades
Professor Dana Robert’s book Faithful Friendships: Embracing Diversity in Christian Community has been designated among the Top Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity, and Intercultural Theology for 2019 by the International Bulletin of Mission Research. The publication has also been featured in a review on the Englewood Review website. “She invites the reader to […]
Dana Robert Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
October 2018 – Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission, and Director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission, Dana L. Robert was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this weekend. Dr. Robert’s selection was in 2017, but her official induction was postponed until this year due to her 2017 sabbatical […]