Dean's Welcome
Welcome to the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College!
Here at the STM, we are a lively and friendly community of scholars and learners with easy access to the rich resources of one of America's most respected research universities. Our community of more than 400 students and 27 full-time and 30 part-time faculty members is deeply imbued with the Jesuit tradition of rigorous academic study and the formation of the person as a whole. Both of these Jesuit traditions are embodied by the faculty of our two departments and in the school's commitment to the comprehensive academic, pastoral, and spiritual formation of all of our students.
In addition to our own offerings, the STM is a member of the Boston Theological Institute, one of America's most respected consortia of divinity schools, graduate schools, and theological centers in which our students can take courses offered by faculty of other religious and faith traditions.
Once again, thank you for interest and welcome. Please let our admissions office know if you are interested in learning more about us.
Dean, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Meet Dean Massa
Mark S. Massa, S.J. was born and raised in Ohio (a public school kid for 12 years), and educated at the University of Detroit, the University of Chicago, and Harvard. He received his M.Div. from the Weston School of Theology in 1980 and his doctorate in Church history from Harvard Divinity School in 1987. After ordination he lived for a year in North Cambridge (St. John the Evangelist). At Fordham, Fr. Massa was the Karl Rahner, S.J. Professor of Theology, and directed the American Studies Program for 12 years. In 2001 he founded and directed the Curran Center for American Catholic Studies. He currently serves as dean of the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.
Recent Publications:
The American Catholic Revolution: How the Sixties Changed the Church Forever. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice? New York: Crossroad Press, 2003.
Catholics and American Culture: Fulton Sheen, Dorothy Day, and the Notre Dame Football Team*. New York: Crossroad, 1999.
*Winner of the AJCU/Alpha Sigma Nu Award for Outstanding Work in Theology for 1999-2001.
World Religions: A Sourcebook (with Richard Viladesau). Metuchen, NJ: Paulist Press, 1993.
Foundations of Theological Study (with Richard Viladesau). Metuchen, NJ: Paulist Press, 1991.
Charles Augustus Briggs and the Crisis of Historical Criticism. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990.