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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

Photo: Jonathan Lee, an Asian man wearing a white long-sleeved chaplain shirt, black pants, and a silver name tag that reads "Jonathan Lee" sits posed in a pew. He smiles, as he looks over his left shoulder to the camera in a church.

New Appointment

Marsh Chapel Appoints Inaugural Associate Chaplain for Student Outreach

April 7, 2023

Photo: The Marsh Chapel choir practices on Monday, December 5, 2022. A group of people standing in a chapel hold music books and sing. A conductor stands in the middle of the half circle and leads.

Arts & Culture

Marsh Chapel Celebrates Christmas with Its Annual Service of Lessons & Carols

December 8, 2022

White supremacist nazis hang a sign over the 405 freeway reading "Kanye is right about the jews"

Anti-Semitism

With Anti-Semitism on the Rise, a New BU Course Takes Shape

November 10, 2022

Photo: Wooden crosses mark the graves of Izium residents killed by Russian occupiers during exhumation procedures at a mass burial site in Izium that was liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Russian troops, Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine. Numerous mounds of dirt are marked by crosses in a wooded area. A tape is pulled across the scene, with Ukrainian writing on it.

Academics

BU Launches New Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Major

October 24, 2022

Photo taken from behind a Jewish worshipper as they sit in a synagogue. They wear a blue and white star of David kippah. The space is darkened but they are spotlighted.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Antisemitic Mapping Project Likely to Lead to More Anti-Jewish Violence

June 16, 2022

Photo of a person with fingernails painted a glittery pink holds hands in prayer in front of them. Only hands and front of pink shirt are visible, as they stand in front of a pale blue background.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The White Progressive Christian Church Needs to Adopt a Theology of Anger

June 3, 2022

Photo of Martha Schick (MDiv’22) lighting a candle in Gordon Chapel. A white woman with short hair wearing a mask lights a candle with a long match in a darkened chapel

Religion

Photo Essay: What My Faith Means to Me

March 23, 2022

a group of doctors and nurses stand around a patient while a bible is being read. Photo by iStock/SDI Productions

CAS Minor

From HIV/AIDS to COVID, New Minor Probes Religion in Science and Medicine

February 23, 2022

Photo of Margarita Guillory, wearing a white face mask, red shirt and black jacket, lecturing at the front of her Religion and Hip Hop course. She extends her hand toward the class and the backs of students' heads are seen.

Classes

This Could Be the Coolest Religion Class You Ever Take

December 2, 2021

Photo of two Muslim women worshiping on prayer rugs. They kneel on the rugs that are decorated in ornate patterns.

Religion

What Does Your Faith Mean to You?

November 6, 2021

Photo of Pro-choice protesters perform outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. The protesters raise their fists and wear shirts that say "BANS OFF OUR BODIES"

Law

What the Texas Abortion Law Means for Roe v. Wade

September 2, 2021

Photo of Marsh Plaza from the west side looking towards the MLK statue with the chapel at left. The sky is blue and the trees are filled with green leaves.

University News

Marsh Chapel Reopens to In-Person Worship, Events

August 25, 2021

Photo of Shantel Miller (CFA’21) sitting on the ground and smiling. She wears a blue sweatshirt, black pants, polka-dotted socks, and yellow glasses frames. Behind her, a desk with a computer is seen and a painting that shows the back of the heads of a group of white men as two young black women walk down the street.

Fine Arts

Gauguin Had Tahiti, Shantel Miller Has Dorchester: CFA Grad Has Big Plans for $20,000 Kahn Award

May 21, 2021

Photo of an ornate metal window grate with a flower design. Marsh Chapel and CAS are reflected in the window. The sky is bright blue and has a few clouds; a tree and other greenery is also reflected.

Student Voices

Expressions of Faith from BU’s Class of 2021

May 12, 2021

Photo of a woman in a pink shirt, face mask, and black leggings doing yoga outside in a park with lots of greenery.

Wellness

Mindfulness: Why It Matters

March 31, 2021

Palm Sunday Service lead by Fr. Kevin Staley-Joyce march 28 at The Catholic center on Bay State Rd.

Campus Life

Religious Life at BU Is “Resilient and Resurgent,” despite Pandemic

March 30, 2021

Photo of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on a sunny day; a seagull flies by in the top right corner.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Vatican Decision to Remove Blessings from Same-Sex Unions Demoralizes Many Catholics

March 23, 2021

POV: Vatican Decision to Remove Blessings from Same-Sex Unions Demoralizes Many Catholics