G. Sujin Pak
BUSTH Celebrates Class of 2023
On Saturday, May 20, 2023, the Boston University School of Theology held its annual convocation ceremony. Friends and families of the graduates gathered in Marsh Chapel for the hooding and diploma ceremony, and many more were able to watch live online (see recording below). 100 students officially graduated during the ceremony, with 81 present to […]
BUSTH announces 2023 Student Leadership Awards
On Wednesday, May 3, the BUSTH community gathered for the final Wednesday Community Day of the academic year. During community lunch, Dean G. Sujin Pak, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Bryan Stone, and Associate Dean for Students and Community Life Cristian De La Rosa awarded 11 outstanding students certificates reflecting their extraordinary contributions to the […]
An Easter 2023 Message from Dean Pak
Easter evokes powerful memories of hope and joy for me. It is colored eggs, white lilies, joyous hymns, spring sunshine, a warm breeze, the promise of new beginnings and rediscovered joys. It is a tapestry of colors, music, and the beauties of creation—budding flowers, birdsong, and the greening renewal of the earth—all coming together to […]
BUSTH leads Walking Tour through Boston to “The Embrace” Memorial
On Wednesday, March 1, Dean G. Sujin Pak joined Associate Director for Alumni and Donor Relations Rev. Andrew Kimble (STH‘19) as he led a walking tour through Boston focused on the works of alumnus Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (STH/GRS‘55) and his wife Coretta Scott King. The tour started next to the School of […]
Remembering BUSTH Student mads deshazo
Updated on February 14, 2023 Dear Beloved Community, With the support of our community leaders and student advocates, STH is offering spaces this week to recognize mads deshazo. I gently remind you that mads identified as Jewish and held deep interfaith commitments with specifically Buddhist spirituality, as well as the honoring of diverse spiritualities. Within […]
A Holiday Message from BUSTH and Dean Pak: December 2022
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.” Emily Dickinson May the fragile gift of Hope carry you to a needed dawn. May it make your spirit buoyant and give you flight. May the tender mercy of God seen in a guiding star, the loving gaze of a mother, the sacred care […]
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. […]
Dean Pak Featured as Kessler Conversations Lecturer Online
The Pitts Theology Library at Emory University hosts the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection conversations online for the general public to learn more about the events in 16th-century Europe. The conversation titled “Martin Luther as a Reader of Scripture and Insights for Today” was given by Dean G. Sujin Pak earlier in October, and touches […]
Associate Dean John Berthrong, 1946 – 2022
The Boston University School of Theology announces the passing in August 2022 of former academic dean John Hugh Berthrong, who served the School for 21 years as Associate Dean for Academic and Administrative Affairs and Associate Professor of Comparative Theology. Associate Dean Berthrong long pursued his passions for philosophy and religion at the University of […]
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for September and October 2022
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for the months of September and October 2022: Eunil David Cho Coping with a Double Pandemic of Health Crisis and Anti-Asian Racism in America: The Role of Immigrant Churches. In Between pandemonium and Pandemethics: Responses to COVID-19 in theology and religions (pp. 57-68). […]