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Prof. Timothy Adkins-Jones (’09,’21) one of inaugural annual Gongloff Fellowship awardees
The following is an excerpt from Brite Divinity School’s article “Brite Divinity School Launches New Fellowship to Foster Innovation in Worship and Preaching” featuring Assistant Professor of Homiletics Timothy Adkins-Jones (’09,’21), originally published in June 2026. … Today, Brite Divinity School is proud to announce the inaugural cohort of the Gongloff Creative Worship and Prophetic […]
Dr. Debbie Brubaker (’11) named 2026-27 Barbara Wheeler Fellow
Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that Debbie Brubaker, Director of Online and Hybrid Programs and Lecturer, has been named a 2026-27 Barbara Wheeler Fellow through the Center for the Study of Theological Education at Auburn Seminary. Brubaker’s research project, Adaptive Online Administration: Staffing, Stress, and Structural Wellbeing at ATS Seminaries […]
BUSTH Professor Emeritus Christopher Evans (’86) receives 2026 Fulbright US Scholar Award
Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) Professor Emeritus of History of Christianity & Methodist Studies Christopher Evans (’86) has received a prestigious Fulbright US Scholar Award to teach in Norway. Prof. Evans will serve as a visiting scholar at the University of Oslo during the Fall 2026 semester. Prof. Evans will teach an undergraduate course […]
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) […]
For Such a Time As This: BUSTH Faculty Members respond to Ongoing Democratic Crises
By Nathan Davis Hunt (‘29) What does theology need to learn and what does it have to teach “for such a time as this?” In a time when democracy is in crisis, what is the relevance of theological education to the pursuit of a more democratic and just present? So asks a group of faculty […]
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 April 2026
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for April 2026: Daryl Ireland Presentation: “Subtle Acts of Subversion: Song Shangjie and Revivalism in Colonial Taiwan,” Taipei Economic and Cultural Office and Boston University, April 1st, 2026 Presentation: “Chinese Christian Visual Materials and the Reconfiguration of Mission Discourse,” Soongsil […]
BUSTH announces Faculty Publications and Presentations for February 2026
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for February 2026: Anastasia Kidd (’04,’18) Presentation: “Dietbolical: A History of Anti-Fatness in the Christian Church” on January 17, 2026. Featured speaker at the third-annual “FatCon West” Conference in Seattle, WA Filipe Maia Book review: Protesting Poverty: Protestants, Social Ethics, […]
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 January 2026
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications and scholarly presentations for January 2026: Daryl Ireland, et al Xiaoli Yang and Daryl R. Ireland, Chinese Christian Witness: Identity, Creativity, Transmission and Poetics (Leiden: Brill, 2026). Dana L. Robert “Migrant Methodism: The Pastors of Harbin, Manchuria, and Memories of a Russian Methodist […]