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Religion

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CHURCH CLOSINGS

Why Might a Record Number of Churches Close This Year?

November 14, 2025

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Politics

Mideast Peace Deal Has a Real Chance to Succeed, Says BU International Relations Scholar

October 10, 2025

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University News

Marsh Chapel, the Soul of Boston University, Kicks Off Its 75th Anniversary Celebration This Weekend

September 24, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

The Catholic Church Elects Its First American Pope: What Should He Do First?

May 8, 2025

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Film & TV

In Sinners, Bluesmen and Vampires Face Off

May 5, 2025

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Arts & Culture

Inner Strength Gospel Choir Finds Its Way Under New Director

April 17, 2025

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Voices & Opinion

POV: Religion Has a Unique Role to Play in Advancing a Compassionate Response to Immigration

March 25, 2025

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Student Life

For Ramadan, BU Will Provide Prayer Spaces, Special Meals to Muslim Students

February 25, 2025

Staff Profile

A Tech Maestro Helps Bring Marsh Chapel into the 21st Century

February 18, 2025

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PRESIDENT CARTER

Jimmy Carter Remembered as a President Who Was Ahead of His Time

December 29, 2024

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Campus Life

BU’s Muslim Chaplaincy Tripled This Fall

December 13, 2024

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University News

A BU Filmmaker Captures a BU Researcher’s Quest against Religious Violence

November 15, 2024

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University News

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

October 7, 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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Marsh Chapel

Students Fasting for Ramadan Find a Home at the GSU

March 22, 2024

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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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Books

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

September 26, 2023

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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

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

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