faculty research
Prof. Wesley Wildman hosts “Ask Me Anything” Forum on Social Platform Reddit
On Monday, February 27, Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics Wesley Wildman hosted a live “Ask Me Anything” forum on social platform Reddit. Prof. Wildman invited Reddit users to ask him anything about “the ethics of AI [artificial intelligence] text generation in education.” He answered questions “What do you see as the principal ethical risk […]
Prof. Peng Yin to Deliver Lectures on Chinese Christianity
In 2023, Assistant Professor of Ethics Peng Yin will share the fruits of his research on Chinese Christianity at the Bartlett Lecture at Yale Divinity School and the McDonald Agape Lecture at the University of Hong Kong. These lectures draw from his concurrent book projects. The first, tentatively entitled Persisting in the Good: Thomas Aquinas […]
Prof. Christopher Evans published in The Conversation
The following is an excerpt from The Conversation US’s article “How Frances Willard shaped feminism by leading the 19th-century temperance movement” by Professor of History of Christianity and Methodist Studies Christopher Evans. Click here to read the full article. Global reach of temperance movement Born in 1839, Willard wanted to become a Methodist minister. Instead, she became a teacher, […]
Prof. Daryl Ireland featured in BU Brink
The following is an excerpt from The Brink’s article “What’s Behind Boom of Christianity in China?” by Marc Chalufour, featuring Research Assistant Professor of Mission Daryl Ireland. Click here to read the full article. Theology scholars and a global network of researchers are using big data to map religion’s history in China and explain its rapid […]
Prof. Wesley Wildman featured in BU Today: Ethics of ChatGPT in the Classroom
The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “Why ChatGPT is Both Exciting and Unsettling for Students, Faculty” by Joel Brown, featuring Professor of Theology, Philosophy, and Ethics Wesley Wildman. Click here to read the full article. BU data science class takes a first step toward crafting a strategy for dealing with the artificial intelligence […]
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for January 2023
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for January 2023: Choi Hee An, et al Sandage, S.J., & Choi, H.A. (2022). Intellectual humility in applied sociocultural contexts: A reply to Ballantyne. Journal of Positive Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2022.2155224. Daryl Ireland, et al Ireland, D. R., & Li, D. (2022). Lift High […]
Prof. Shelly Rambo and Prof. Steven Sandage deliver Lectures at Therapy and Spiritual Care Conference
This past fall, the Danielsen Institute hosted an important conference that brought together thought leaders in the fields of spiritual care and mental health, and focused on the well-being of caregivers amidst burnout and compassion fatigue. Titled Therapy and Spiritual Care in a Shattered World: Transforming the Community of Healers, the conference was held online […]
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for December 2022
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for December 2022: David Decosimo Review: William Wood. Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion, in Journal of Analytic Theology, Vol. 10, Summer 2022. Christopher Evans, et al Evans, C. Brown, Amanda. The Fellowship Church: Howard Thurman and the Twentieth-Century Religious Left. […]
Prof. James McCarty Featured in BU Today
The following is an excerpt from BU Today’s article “Why We Need More MLK in Schools” by Steve Holt, featuring Assistant Clinical Professor of Religion and Conflict Transformation James McCarty, published on November 29, 2022. Click here to read the full article. BU Today: As a King scholar, what was your first reaction to hearing that […]
BUSTH Welcomes New Congregations for Trauma-Responsive Congregations Project
November 2022 – Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to welcome eight additional congregations to the “Trauma-Responsive Congregations” program, part of a grant funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Thriving Congregations Initiative. The four-year project is entering its third year. It is designed to help urban congregations respond to trauma from theologically-informed […]