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Weekly Marsh Chapel Service Feb 12
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School of Theology Back to Class Session: "The Church as Incubator/Oppressor - Motive Magazine, Methodism in the Midst of Cultural Upheaval" This "back to class" session features the Reverend B. J. Stiles, editor of Motive Magazine from 1962-1969, [...]and a panel of writers and decision-makers including Gil Caldwell, and Don Messer.
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Boston University School of Theology response to the Boston Marathon bombing.
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Wesley J. Wildman, a School of Theology associate professor of theology and ethics, discusses the science-based methods and the practical and intellectual purposes of studying religious and spiritual experiences in the first lecture in the six-part [...]series Religious Experiences: From the Mundane to the Anomalous.
Hosted by Center for the Study of Religion and Psychology at Boston University's Danielsen Institute on September 17, 2007.
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In a candid lecture piecing together instructive narratives from his lifetime of nonviolent resistance activism, Reverend James Lawson (STH'60) challenges society's pre-occupation with consumerism and compliance to an economic ethos that privileges a [...]few at the expense of many and calls for an organized resistance that would surpass all previous justice-seeking movements.
Hosted by School of Theology on October 26, 2011.
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The Anna Howard Shaw Center at Boston University School of Theology promotes structures and practices that empower women and honor diversity. The Center is named after the Reverend Doctor Anna Howard Shaw, a Methodist minister, medical doctor, and [...]suffragist. Ten years after its founding in 1978, the Shaw Center was designated as the women’s center for the Northeastern Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church.
Ecumenical in its activities, the Center’s primary goals are in the four following areas:
Research – to facilitate and initiate research on the historical roles of women in the church and on women’s past and present contributions to religious/theological studies and to the Christian ministry;
Education – to provide educational opportunities on issues and practices relating to women in ministry, mission, and religious/theological studies;
Support – to support and encourage both women and men striving for equality of opportunity in ministry, mission, and religious/theological studies;
Advocacy – to advocate for full inclusion of women in ministry, mission, and religious studies based on ethical and theological principles as they interact with analyses of personal collective experiences.
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The School of Theology weekly service of worship takes place on Wednesdays in Marsh Chapel from 11:10am to 12:00pm. On October 20, 2010, treasured alumna Reverend Elizabeth Findley Hazel (STH '90) presided.
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Mary Elizabeth Moore, dean of the School of Theology and a professor of theology and education, speaks on how practical theologians have been slow to address interreligious issues and that now is the time for them to take charge of these concerns.
[...]Hosted by Center for Practical Theology on September 23, 2009.
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