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|name = Boston University School of Theology |native_name = |image_name = Boston University seal.svg |image_size = 200px |caption = Seal of Boston University |latin_name = |motto = |mottoeng = |established = 1839 |type = Private |officer_in_charge = |president = |vice-president = |provost = |dean = Mary Elizabeth Moore |faculty = 39 |staff = |students = |undergrad = |postgrad = |doctoral = |city = Boston |state = Massachusetts |country = U.S. |campus = Urban |former_names = |free_label = |free = |affiliations = Boston University, Boston Theological Institute, The United Methodist Church |website = bu.edu/sth |address = 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 |logo = }} Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is the oldest theological seminary of American Methodism and the founding school of Boston University, the largest private research university in New England. It is one of thirteen theological schools maintained by the United Methodist Church. BUSTH is a member of the Boston Theological Institute consortium. HistoryOn April 24–25, 1839 a group of Methodist ministers and laymen met at the Old Bromfield Street Church in Boston and elected to establish a Methodist theological school. Following that vote, Osmon C. Baker, director of the Newbury Seminary, a high school and literary institution in Newbury, Vermont, started a biblical studies program at the seminary in 1840. It was named the Newbury Biblical Institute.[1] In 1847 a Congregational Society in Concord, New Hampshire, invited the Institute to relocate to Concord and made available a disused Congregational church building with a capacity of 1200 people. Other citizens of Concord covered the remodeling costs. One stipulation of the invitation was that the Institute remain in Concord for at least 20 years. The charter issued by New Hampshire designated the school the "Methodist General Biblical Institute," but it was commonly called the "Concord Biblical Institute." The school graduated its first class in 1850.[2] With the agreed twenty years coming to a close, the Trustees of the Concord Biblical Institute purchased {{convert|30|acre|m2}} on Aspinwall Hill in Brookline, Massachusetts as a possible relocation site. The Institute moved in 1867 to 23 Pinkney Street in Boston and received a Massachusetts Charter as the "Boston Theological Institute." In 1869, three Trustees of the Boston Theological Institute obtained from the Massachusetts Legislature a charter for a university by name of "Boston University." These three were successful Boston businessmen and Methodist laymen, with a history of involvement in educational enterprises and became the Founders of Boston University. In 1871, the Boston Theological Institute was incorporated into Boston University as its first professional school, the Boston University School of Theology.[3] Over the course of its history, the Boston University School of Theology played a central role in the development of the fields of philosophical theology (e.g. Boston Personalism), social ethics, missions and ecumenism, and pastoral psychology. Because of its roots in the egalitarianism of nineteenth-century Methodism, from its beginning the school admitted women and African-Americans for all degree programs. In 1880, Anna Howard Shaw, the second woman to graduate from the school, became the first woman ordained in the Methodist Protestant Church, one of the forerunners of the United Methodist Church.[4] As late as the 1960s, the vast majority of African-Americans with doctorates in religion were trained at Boston University. A study in 1983 showed that the largest number of doctoral dissertations in mission studies had been produced at Boston University. Centers and institutesThe following centers and institutes are affiliated with Boston University School of Theology:
ProgramsThe Boston University School of Theology includes several special academic programs, including one of only seven Master of Sacred Music (MSM) programs in the United States. The academic degrees offered are as follows: First-level masters:
Second-level masters:
Doctoral:
Additionally, the following degree programs are available within the School of Theology and in conjunction with the Boston University School of Social Work:
The PhD programs offered through the Division of Religious and Theological Studies (DRTS) at Boston University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences share many students and faculty with the School of Theology. AcademicsWhile the school has extremely strong faculty in all of these areas, BUSTH has a particularly strong reputation in several academic areas. These include religion and science; missiology and World Christianity; theology and philosophy; religion and conflict transformation; social and environmental ethics; and religion and counseling. The Boston University School of Theology is a member of the Boston Theological Institute. Students at any of the eight member schools may enroll in classes at any other school. FacultyThis faculty information is current as of Spring 2015:
Notable alumniProminent alumni of BUSTH include the following (arranged alphabetically):
Organizations and activitiesBUSTH is host to a number of student groups and hosted organizations. All student groups operate within the Boston University Theological Students' Association (BUTSA), the school's student body government.[6] Student groups include (arranged alphabetically):
See also
Notes1. ^BUSTH webpage, "Newbury Biblical Institute" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725024826/http://www.bu.edu/sth/about/history/newbury.html |date=July 25, 2008 }} 2. ^BUSTH webpage, "Methodist General Biblical Institute" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724045631/http://www.bu.edu/sth/about/history/methodist.html |date=July 24, 2008 }} 3. ^BUSTH history webpage, "Boston, Beacon Hill" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705174054/http://www.bu.edu/sth/about/history/boston.html |date=July 5, 2008 }} 4. ^Anna Howard Shaw Center webpage {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208212108/http://www.bu.edu/sth/shaw/index.htm |date=December 8, 2006 }} 5. ^http://www.bu.edu/sth/2013/12/20/sth-converts-the-thd-to-the-phd/ 6. ^{{cite web|title=BUSTH Student Associations|url=http://www.bu.edu/sth/community/student-groups/|website=Boston University School of Theology}} External links
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