Can I be of a different faith and still come to the Boston University School of Theology? Is it a Christian seminary?
The School of Theology is supported by the United Methodist Church, but is both ecumenical and inter-faith. There is a wide variety of theological opinion and expression represented in the student body. Though the vast majority of students are Trinitarian Christian (as would be the case at most seminaries), there are students who are of different faiths—particularly Unitarian Universalists who do not identify as Christian, but also Muslim, Buddhist, and Jewish students. Even within the Christian population there is vast diversity of theological opinion from fairly conservative to very liberal. As much as the School celebrates its theological diversity, it also celebrates an authentic sense of community through that diversity. Community life is a unique aspect of the School of Theology because, though holding very different theological opinions, students are open to one another as people. All that being true, it is important that non-Christian prospective students realize that the intro
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