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Religion

Faculty

Scholar of Religion Nancy Ammerman to Retire

April 25, 2018

Boston University School of Theology students in Arizona during a study abroad trip to the US-Mexico border to learn about immigrant ministry

Religion

STH Students Travel to US-Mexico Border to Learn Migrant Ministry

March 1, 2018

Race

Checking Your (White) Privilege at the Door

February 27, 2018

Martin Luther King, Jr., receiving an honorary degree from BU

Diversity

BU, City of Boston to Celebrate MLK on Monday

January 12, 2018

Joshua Pederson designed a multi-disciplinary school on trauma after watching several academic fields take up the topic for study.

Academics

How Many Profs Does It Take to Teach Trauma?

November 15, 2017

Spotlight lawyer Mitchell Garabedian working in his Boston office

Law

Mitchell Garabedian vs. the Catholic Church

November 13, 2017

The Attachment of Luther’s 95 Theses painting by Julius Hubner, which depicts the opening salvo of the Protestant Reformation

Marsh Chapel

Marsh Chapel to Commemorate Protestantism’s Start

October 27, 2017

Jevin Eagle, BU Hillel’s new executive director

Hillel

BU Hillel’s New Executive Director Follows His Dream

June 5, 2017

With “the Beast,” as Wesley Wildman calls his research team’s custom-made computer, questions in religion studies become testable via simulation.

Research

What Computer Modeling Can Tell Us about Religion

June 1, 2017

Dana Robert, Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission at Boston University School of Theology, and member elected to the American Academy of Sciences

Theology

STH’s Dana Robert Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

May 9, 2017

Portrait of terrorism expert Jessica Stern, a research professor at the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies

Social Sciences

Why Terrorists Kill

April 13, 2017

Harassment of minorities, including Muslims, is reportedly on the rise under Donald Trump, who seems to have a darker view of Islam than his Oval Office predecessors.

Religion

Muslim Students in the Age of Trump

March 16, 2017

Marsh Chapel

Marsh Chapel

STH Hymn Writing Contest Open to BU Community

February 28, 2017

science vs religion themed graphic image showing a boston university student contemplating conflicting tenets of science and faith

Students

Science vs. Religion

January 30, 2017

Pastor Brandon Thomas Crowley in church

Higher Education

The Energy of Ancestors

December 20, 2016

Photo of Kyna Hamill sitting on a chair

Holiday

“Jingle Bells” History Takes Surprising Turn

December 8, 2016

Photo of Ibrahim Rashid wearing a sign the says "I'm not scared"

University News

Muslim Student Ibrahim Rashid: “I’m Not Scared”

November 30, 2016

Photo of Rev. Karen Coleman

Marsh Chapel

BU’s New Episcopal Chaplain Seeks Postelection Healing

November 28, 2016

Vincent Machozi in the Congo

Global

Machozi’s Calling

November 14, 2016

Egyptologist Ava Forte Vitali speaking with a family with a mummy on the table

Religion

Archaeologists Reenact 19th-Century Mummy Ritual

October 31, 2016

Archaeologists Reenact 19th-Century Mummy Ritual