Anastasia Kidd

Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd (’04,’18) interviewed in Sojourners article on Fat Liberation

The following is an excerpt from the Sojourners article “God loves fat people as they are. Can we?” by Greta Lapp Klassen, featuring Director of Contextual Education and lecturer Anastasia Kidd (STH’04, ’18), published on August 20, 2024.  … I’d heard of Christian weight loss programs, but I wanted to know more about the influence […]

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Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd (’04,’18) featured on PHPod Podcast about Fat Liberation

Lecturer and director of contextual education Anastasia Kidd was featured on the October 27, 2023 podcast published by Public Health Post to discuss her work in the fat liberation space and her recent publication Fat Church: Claiming a Gospel of Fat Liberation. Together with host Kara Schmidt and guest Becca Rausch, Massachusetts State Senator, the […]

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Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd (STH’04,’18) featured in Bostonia for her Work on ‘Fat Church’

The following is an excerpt from Bostonia’s article “New book by STH Lecturer, and Alum, Calls out Christianity for Stigmatizing Fat People” by Rich Barlow, featuring Director of Contextual Education Anastasia Kidd (STH’04,’18), published on September 22, 2023.  “If you care about systemic oppression, you need to start caring about fat people.” Anastasia Kidd (STH’04,’18) issues […]

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Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd (’04,’18) featured in The Provincetown Independent

The following is an excerpt from The Provincetown Independent article “Anastasia Kidd preaches fat liberation” by Georgia Hall, featuring Director of Contextual Education Anastasia Kidd (STH’04, ’18), published on August 16, 2023.  Anastasia Kidd’s new book, Fat Church: Claiming a Gospel of Fat Liberation, fearlessly tackles the American industrial diet complex and unravels the threads of structural […]

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BUSTH Announces Faculty Publications for April 2023

The School of Theology is pleased to announce the following faculty publications for April 2023: Daryl Ireland “Leaping (and Bridging) the Digital Gorge: Development, User-Experience, and the China Historical Christian Database (CHCD),” Digital Humanities 1, no. 1 (2022): 123-134. “Lessons and Gifts of Interreligious Encounters,” in Portraits of Global Christianity: Research and Reflections in Honor […]

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BUSTH Appoints Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd as Co-Director of Contextual Education

November 2021 – Boston University School of Theology (BUSTH) is pleased to announce the promotion of Rev. Dr. Anastasia Kidd as Co-Director of Contextual Education, effective immediately. Rev. Dr. Kidd has served BUSTH for the past 17 years in the admissions office, most recently as the Director of Enrollment. This new appointment will focus Rev. […]

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