Shelly Rambo
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
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 to Collective Trauma” identifies the need for urban congregations to […]
BUSTH and Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Awarded Wabash Center Grant
Contact: Kimberly Macdonald, Communications Director Boston University School of Theology 617-358-1858 kmacd@bu.edu Michael Skaggs, PhD, Executive Director Chaplaincy Innovation Lab 781-736-4399 mskaggs@brandeis.edu Boston, MA – July 1, 2020 – Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) and the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab are pleased to announce that the Wabash Center has awarded a grant to support the […]