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Religion

Photo: The Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill, Dean of Marsh Chapel and Chaplain To BU speaks at ‘an Ecumenical Service of Prayer for Peace’ at Marsh Chapel

University News

Prayers, Photos, Testimonials: BU Grieves a Year of Deaths in the Middle East

October 7, 2024

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Music

Liberation through Rhythm: BU Ethnomusicologist Studies History and Present of African Beats

August 20, 2024

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Obituaries

Rev. James Lawson, Crusading Confidant of MLK, Dies at 95

June 14, 2024

Photo: A man in a red gown gives a speech at a podium draped in a red covering. Baccalaureate speaker Walter E. Fluker (GRS’88, STH’88) told Boston University’s Class of 2024 graduates Sunday to follow the example of BU’s most famous alumnus, Martin Luther King, Jr., in striving for peace and justice. Photo by Kelly Davidson

Commencement 2024

“We Are Called, My Friends, to Be Peacemakers,” Rev. Walter E. Fluker Tells Boston University’s Baccalaureate Audience

May 19, 2024

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Student Life

Students Fasting for Ramadan Find a Home at the GSU

March 22, 2024

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2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

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Linguistics

How and Why Language is Weaponized

October 23, 2023

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Campus Voices

Outrage, Mourning, as BU Community, Leaders, Respond to Israel-Hamas War

October 10, 2023

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Religion

Advocacy for Women Deacons by Alum Phyllis Zagano, a World Expert, Goes before Global Vatican Gathering

September 29, 2023

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Books

Wesley Wildman on the Challenges and Joys of Writing Fiction after Work for Academic Audiences

September 26, 2023

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Books

New Book by STH Lecturer, and Alum, Calls Out Christianity for Stigmatizing Fat People

September 22, 2023

Photo: Will Lyman (CFA’71), an older white man, sits in the audience chairs as he looks at the camera with a side eye, posed strong. Jesse Kodama (CFA’25), a younger white man with short brown hair, sits across from him, holding his head in his hand.

Arts & Culture

In Huntington Theatre Company’s Prayer for the French Republic, BU Alum and Current Student Play Same Character, 70 Years Apart

September 19, 2023

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Politics

Should Massachusetts Abolish Religious Exemptions for School Vaccinations?

August 29, 2023

Photo: STH professor Rebecca Copeland poses for a photo on a bright green lawn. A white woman wearing glasses, a white blouse, black cardigan, and long beaded necklace, stands with hands placed in front of her. Foreground leaves frame her and an old church-like building is shown in the blurred background.

Climate Change

What Can the Bible Teach Us about Fighting Climate Change?

August 15, 2023

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Religion and Social Service

Feed My Lambs

August 7, 2023

Photo: Rev. Robert Allan Hill, a white man wearing white and red ceremonial wear, stands with hands raised palm-up in way of prayer, as he speaks at a wooden podium in Marsh Chapel.

Commencement 2023

Importance of Learning, Virtue, and Piety Invoked at University’s Baccalaureate Service

May 21, 2023

An older white man with dark gray hair and wearing glasses, a cream-colored collared shirt and grey blazer, reads from a podium as a large screen behind him displays a powerpoint that reads "My Last Lecture".

Religion

Stephen Prothero Delivers a Deeply Personal, Final BU Lecture

May 8, 2023

Photo: The choir director of Inner Strength Gospel Choir, Herbert Jones, leads his choir by demonstrating what to sing. His mouth is agape in the photo, mid-singing, and he wears a black hoodie.

CHOIR

Inner Strength Gospel Choir Celebrates 50th Anniversary

April 26, 2023

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New Appointment

Marsh Chapel Appoints Inaugural Associate Chaplain for Student Outreach

April 7, 2023

Photo: Bill Banfield (STH'88) conducts a concert with his Imagine Orchestra at the Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall Longy School of Music, Friday, November 11, 2022. A Black mean wearing glasses, a purple and black knit cap, and black blazer, has his hands raised in the air as he conducts.

Creatives

Jazzman Bill Banfield (STH’88) is Bridging Jazz, Faith, and Community

March 23, 2023

Jazzman Bill Banfield (STH’88) is Bridging Jazz, Faith, and Community