Faculty Research
No One Left Alone: Book Launch and Conversation with Rev. Liz Walker
The Trauma-Responsive Congregations program, led by Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo, hosted a book launch for Rev. Liz Walker’s forthcoming book, No One Left Alone: A Story of How Community Helps Us Heal, on April 29, 2025, at Boston University’s Howard Thurman Center. Rev. Walker’s book tells the story of “Can We Talk… Community Conversations […]
Faculty Book Event: The Dominicans in the Americas and the Philippines
During our November 2024 faculty book event, Professor of the History of Christianity Rady Roldán-Figueroa and Fr. David Orique, OP of Providence College discussed their new co-edited book The Dominicans in the Americas and the Philippines (c. 1500 – c. 1850). The book is the first of its kind to be published in English yet […]
Spiritual Leadership in Divided Times: Trauma and Thurman
The day after the 2024 US Presidential Election, Associate Professor of Theology Shelly Rambo lectured during the STH First Year Formation course about spiritual leadership in divided times. She shared that when she was faced with spiritual fatigue, she turned to theologian Howard Thurman. When Thurman wrote about trauma, he wrote about the need to […]
Self-care is self-preservation
“Self-care is about survival. It’s about resilience. It’s about asserting our right to exist and thrive.” As part of BUSTH’s First Year Formation course, Assistant Professor of Spiritual Care and Counseling Eunil David Cho spoke the day after the 2024 Presidential Election on self-care, sacred work, and holding on to hope.
Restorative Justice
Prof. McCarty discusses how responding to gang violence in Los Angeles as a seminarian set him on an intellectual journey to seek restorative justice practice – and how Christian Ethics can be both hopeful and transformative in such spaces.
Faculty Book Review: Transcripts of the Sacred in Nigeria
Hosted by the Dean’s Office, this faculty book event reviews Transcripts of the Sacred in Nigeria: Beautiful, Monstrous, Ridiculous, the latest publication by Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics Nimi Wariboko. Panelists Steven Sandage, Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion and Theology, BU School of Theology Nelly Wamaitha, Assistant Professor of […]
Identifying as Fat
“‘Fat’ is a dirty word in society…we avoid the word ‘fat’ at every turn.” Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd (STH’04,’18) discusses one of the primary functions of fat liberation – reclaiming the word “fat” and using it as a neutral identifier – which was integral for her new book “Fat Church.”
Interpreting 2 Peter
“What would happen if we took…2,000 years of contextual interpretive work…and we looked at different ways of knowing as a resource of interpreting these texts?” Assistant Professor of New Testament Shively T. J. Smith asks the question that launched her research and recent publication of her latest book “Interpreting 2 Peter through African American Women’s […]
Trading Futures: Research of Prof. Filipe Maia
Assistant Professor of Theology Filipe Maia reflects on his intellectual journey and a synopsis of his research which led to the publication of his most recent book, “Trading Futures: Toward a Theological Critique of Financialized Capitalism.” Prof. Maia speaks with School of Theology head librarian Dr. Amy Limpitlaw about his ongoing research involving capital markets […]