Emilie Townes
emilie m. townes: “The Whole Idea is to Help Transform the World”
This article was originally published in the 2026 issue of focus magazine, the annual publication of the BU School of Theology. This article can be found on page 15. By Sophie Yarin. Photos by Tony Luong. emilie m. townes, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion & Black Studies, is on a mission to build […]
BUSTH Community Members reflect on importance of Juneteenth
emilie m. townes, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion & Black Studies I did not grow up celebrating Juneteenth in the Black community of Durham, NC. The community did not start celebrating the day until 2006, long after I left home for college in 1973. So, for me, I learned about Juneteenth when I […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for May 2026
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications, grants, and scholarly presentations for May 2026: Cristian de la Rosa Grant: Wabash Center for a project titled “Latina scholars: building generational bridges and crossing academic borderlands.” This is an exploration by and about Latinas serving as faculty in seminaries. Daryl Ireland (’15) […]
BUSTH Faculty featured in Scene at BU in BU Today
Clinical Assistant Professor of Religion & Conflict Transformation Jimmy McCarty, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Religion & Black Studies emilie m. townes, and Associate Professor of New Testament Shively T. J. Smith were on the panel for the inaugural Boston University Shares Values lecture on April 29. Photo by Cydney Scott. Click here to […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for March 2026
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for March 2026: Choi Hee An Presentation: “Can We Rise Again and Be Confident?,” at Women in Leadership (WIL) Program, The Association of Theological Schools, Toronto, Canada, March 9, 2026. Rebecca Copeland Presentation: “Rewilding the Parables: Recovering Social Holiness in […]
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 […]