Shelly Rambo
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 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 […]
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). […]
Dean G. Sujin Pak’s Message for Holy Saturday and Easter 2022
Easter has a long tradition of being the height of the Christian liturgical season, particularly in the calendar of western churches. It can be a beautiful celebration of hope and resurrection, offering the promises of new creation and restoration after a season of repentant preparation (Lent) and after a profound event of violence, loss, and […]
Ylisse Bess (STH’17) Announced New Program Director for Trauma-Responsive Congregations Project
The Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that Ylisse Bess (STH’17), staff chaplain at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, will become the Program Director for BUSTH’s Trauma-Responsive Congregations grant, funded by Lilly Endowment. Currently serving as an advisor for the grant, Bess is stepping into a new role focused on providing direction […]
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for February 2022
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for the month of February 2022: Jonathan Calvillo Christianities and the Construction of Latinx Ethnoracial Identities. In K. Nabhan-Warren (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of Latinx Christianity in the United States. Oxford University Press. Steven Sandage, et al Sandage, S. J., & Strawn, B. […]
BUSTH Selects Participating Congregations for Trauma-Responsive Congregations Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kimberly Macdonald Communications Director 617-358-1858 kmacd@bu.edu Boston, MA – November 3, 2021 – Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce the participating congregations for “Trauma-Responsive Congregations: Equipping Thriving Urban Congregations to Respond to Collective Trauma.” The four-year project is entering its second year. It is designed to help […]
Boston Globe Article on Chaplaincy features Prof. Shelly Rambo, STH Student, and Recent Alums
This Boston Globe article features the paths and impacts of current STH student Martin Mugerwa (STH’21), and alums Yulia Kazakova Hatton (STH’14), Ylisse Bess (STH’17), and Roger Gordon (STH’19). Please click here to access the full article. Chaplains and the rise of on-demand spiritual support As traditional religious practice recedes, many New Englanders are increasingly […]
BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for November 2020
The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for the month of November 2020: Jonathan Calvillo The Saints of Santa Ana: Faith and Ethnicity in a Mexican Majority City. Oxford University Press, 2020. Jonathan was also selected by the New-York Historical Society to be a Public Fellow in Religion and the […]
BUSTH Awarded Lilly Endowment Grant for Thriving Congregations Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kimberly Macdonald Communications Director 617-358-1858 kmacd@bu.edu Boston, MA – November 11, 2020 – Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce that Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded BUSTH a nearly $1 million, four-year grant to work with urban congregations responding to trauma. “Trauma-Responsive Congregations: Equipping Thriving Urban Congregations to Respond […]