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BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for November 2025
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for November 2025: Timothy Adkins-Jones “Hoodies and Holy Disruption: Black Protest Preaching and Multicultural Congregations” Religions 16, no. 11: 1366. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16111366 Christopher B. Brown, G. Sujin Pak, Rady Roldán-Figueroa Award: 2025 John Tedeschi Prize for Reference by the Sixteenth Century […]
Prof. Steven Sandage featured in BU Brink article on Social Media and Mental Health
The following is an excerpt from a BU Brink article “Is a News and Social Media Overload Negatively Affecting Your Mental Health?” by Rich Barlow, featuring Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion and Theology Steven Sandage, published October 17, 2025. In a year of violence and suffering, here and around the world, harrowing […]
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. 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 […]
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 […]
BUSTH Publishes Annual FOCUS Magazine for 2025
The Boston University School of Theology is pleased to announce the 2025 publication of its annual magazine focus. This issue’s theme is “reimagining ministry,” which asks the reader to consider new strategies for healing a hurting world. Our faculty, staff, and alumni are pushing these boundaries of ministry as evidenced throughout the issue. The 2025 […]
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. […]