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BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for October 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for October 2025: Rebecca Copeland Presentation: Tending Gardens: Food, Faith, and Fig Trees,” First United Methodist Church, Morristown, TN. September 18, 2025. Filipe Maia “Theological Niceties and Complicities in Economic Theology,” in The Brink (Political Theology), August 8, 2025. https://politicaltheology.com/theological-niceties-and-complicities-ineconomic-theology/ […]
Prof. Filipe Maia receives Saddlebag Award from United Methodist Church
Assistant Professor of Theology Filipe Maia together with co-editor David W. Scott (’07, GRS’13) has received the 2025 Saddlebag Award from the Historical Society of the United Methodist Church for their work on the publication Methodism and American Empire: Reflections on Decolonizing the Church. According to the Historical Society of the United Methodist Church, the […]
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. Shelly Rambo quoted in CNN article after Minneapolis school shooting tragedy
The following is an excerpt from CNN article “What happens after ‘thoughts and prayers’? These religious leaders have an answer” by Madeline Holcombe, featuring Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo, published on August 29, 2025. … To say, “I am praying for you,” can also be like a promise to be present with another person in their struggle, […]
Boston University awarded $5.2 million grant from Templeton Foundation to integrate virtue and flourishing within mental healthcare
Boston University has been awarded a $5.2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for a three-year research project to support the Training and Treatment Integration Research for Virtue and Flourishing in Mental Healthcare: A Team Science Project. Growing to $10.7 million including matching funds over the three years, this project aims to develop evidence-based […]
Boston University School of Theology announces the Inaugural Fr. Vincent Machozi (’15) Colloquium
Ecologies of Peacemaking: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Conflict Transformation in Africa The Boston University School of Theology is honored to announce the inaugural Fr. Vincent Machozi Colloquium, a new academic gathering dedicated to advancing dialogue and scholarship at the critical intersection of climate change, environmental justice, and conflict transformation on the African continent. This […]
Prof. Andrew Shenton publishes article in The Guardian on composer Arvo Pärt
The following is an excerpt from the article “The god of small things—celebrating Arvo Pärt at 90” by Professor of Music Andrew Shenton, published on July 24, 2025 by The Guardian. In many ways Arvo Pärt and John Williams’s music couldn’t be further apart. One celebrates simplicity, purity, and draws much of its inspiration […]
Prof. Shelly Rambo quoted in CNN article on religious leadership in wake of Camp Mystic tragedy
The following is an excerpt from CNN article “How religious leaders are talking – and listening – about the losses at Camp Mystic” by Madeline Holcombe, featuring Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo, published on July 11, 2025. … An important place to start is to assure each other that feelings that come out of tragedy are […]
Profs. Rebecca Copeland and Luis Menéndez-Antuña both promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
The following is an excerpt from the BU Today article “25 Charles River Campus Faculty Receive Promotions” featuring Associate Professor of Theology Rebecca Copeland and Associate Professor of New Testament Luis Menéndez- Antuña, published on July 1, 2025. Twenty-five faculty on Boston University’s Charles River Campus have just received promotions, 17 to the rank […]
Prof. Rebecca Copeland featured in BU Brink story on Bible’s Agricultural Connections
The following is an excerpt from The Brink article “Brink Bites: Prescribing Cheaper Energy Bills and the Bible’s Agricultural Connections” by Andrew Thurston, featuring Associate Professor of Theology Rebecca Copeland, published on July 2, 2025. … What can ancient farming techniques teach us about the Bible? How did Gospel writers’ relationships with the land and environment […]