Emilie Townes
Prof. emilie m. townes featured in BU Today for mission to build a bridge between religious and secular scholarship
The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “STH Womanist Theologian Has a Dream: A Religion and Pan-African Studies Program at BU” by Sophie Yarin, featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion & Black Studies emilie m. townes, published on February 13, 2026. When emilie m. townes (who styles her name in lowercase) was […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for December 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for December 2025: Eunil David Cho “Response to Jay-Paul Hinds’ Paper ‘The Shepherd’s Black Sheep: African American Pastoral Theology in the Age of Afropessimism,’” Journal of Pastoral Theology, published online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/10649867.2025.2585787 Presentation: Keynote Speaker, “The Promise and Peril of […]
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. […]
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. 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 […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for April and May 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for April and May 2025: Rebecca Copeland Presentation: Entangled Being: Unoriginal Sin and Wicked Problems, Interview by Dr. Shaunesse’ Jacobs-Plaisimond (STH Book talk) April 15, 2025 Podcast: The Progressive Christians Podcast, “Failing the Group Project: The Problem of Evil with Dr. […]
Prof. Emilie Townes to receive Honorary Doctorate from United Lutheran Seminary
The following is an excerpt from “ULS Announces 2025 Honorary Degree Recipients,” featuring Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies emilie townes, published on April 1, 2025. President R. Guy Erwin is pleased to announce that the Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder and the Rev. Dr. Emilie M. Townes will receive from ULS […]
Prof. Emilie Townes to receive UChicago 2025 Alumni Award
Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion and Black Studies emilie townes has been named one of the University of Chicago’s 2025 Professional Achievement Award winners. Dating back to 1941, the awards are given annually by the University of Chicago Alumni Board to “distinguished and committed alumni who have shaped the world and strengthened our global […]
BUSTH Hosts Spring 2025 Bi-Annual Lowell Lecture
On March 25, 2025, the Boston University School of Theology with the generous support of the Lowell Institute was proud to sponsor the bi-annual Lowell Lecture in the Moore Community Center at 745 Commonwealth Avenue. Dr. Marcia Riggs, womanist theology and professor emerita at Columbia Theological Seminary, delivered her lecture titled “Womanist Moral Imagination for […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for March 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for March 2025: Eunil David Cho “Psychospiritual Stress, Trauma, and Migration: Understandings for Displaced Communities” in Reframing Trauma: A Psychospiritual Theory and Theology edited by M. Jan Holton and Jill Snodgrass. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press, 2025 Rebecca Copeland Presentation: “Re-thinking […]