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The Center for Practical Theology seeks to provide a bridge between the scholarly resources, questions, and insights of a university-based theological seminary and the wisdom, questions, and traditions of communities of faith.
In doing so, the Center provides an infrastructure for sustaining, deepening, and expanding important relationships and connections between Boston University School of Theology and local congregations, denominational offices, and religious centers so that they may be more integrally incorporated into student learning and faculty teaching and research. The Center was created in January 2005 with generous funding from the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
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FOCUS on Practical Theology |
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Wednesday, 24 December 2008 10:16 |
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FOCUS, Boston University School of Theology's alumni publication, included a special section on Practical Theology in its most recent edition (pages 15-30). The co-directors of the Center for Practical Theology (Dale Andrews, Bryan Stone, and Claire Wolfteich) wrote on the role practical theology plays in relating university and community. "Cultivating Holy Friendships" was the focus of an article about the recently published study Sabbath in the City by Stone and Wolfteich. Spiritual renewal in the life of students was the topic of an article written by Susan Forshey and Claire Wolfteich. And Xochitl Alvizo, a doctoral student in practical theology, shared her personal journey to ministry. To view these articles in their entirety along with the complete edition of FOCUS, click here. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 December 2008 10:44 |
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Bostonia article features urban pastors |
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 16:12 |
A new article in the Bostonia magazine, entitled "City of God," features the Center's new efforts to establish urban teaching sites for the School of Theology, building on the Sustaining Urban Pastoral Excellence program of recent years. The article features STH alum Rev. Tiffany Steinwert of Cambridge Welcoming Ministries as well as Rev. Kathy McAdams of Common Cathedral and Rev. Karen Fritz of Brighton Allston Congregational Church, two of the SUPE program's partners. Click here to read the article in its entirety. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 16 October 2008 16:23 |
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PhD in Practical Theology Approved |
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Saturday, 06 December 2008 10:27 |
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On December 3, Boston University approved the School of Theology's proposal to convert the ThD in Practical Theology into a PhD in Practical Theology. Admissions into the new program will begin in the fall of 2009. Concentrations will include: homiletics, liturgical studies, mission and/or evangelism, pastoral theology, spirituality, church and society, and congregational studies. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 06 December 2008 10:33 |
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Sabbath in the City: Sustaining Urban Pastoral Excellence |
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 16:30 |
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 From 2003-2007, the Center for Practical Theology offered urban pastors across the nation an opportunity to sustain excellent ministry by strengthening practices of spiritual renewal, urban study and reflection, and peer community through the Sustaining Urban Pastoral Excellence project. 96 pastors participated in the program over the five years, and the impact of the SUPE Project has been substantial. The project was designed both as a program of support to the pastors and as a research project, which sought answers to two primary questions: what constitutes pastoral excellence in the urban context, and what sustains it? Dr. Bryan Stone and Dr. Claire Wolfteich have together written a book summarizing the results of the project, and the book will be out in October 2008 entitled Sabbath in the City: Sustaining Urban Pastoral Excellence (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press). To read more about the project, click here.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 September 2008 16:16 |
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