Boston College offers unusual resources for a Catholic and ecumenical study of all the areas of theology. Not only is the Theology Department in itself one of the foremost such departments in the country, but the city of Boston is one of the richest environments in the world for the study of theology.

The Boston Theological Institute, a consortium of theology faculties primarily in the Boston-Newton-Cambridge area, has as its constituent members the following institutions: Andover Newton Theological School, the Boston College Department of Theology, Boston University School of Theology, Episcopal Divinity School, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Harvard Divinity School, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary, St. John's Seminary, and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. This consortium offers complete cross-registration in several hundred courses, the use of library facilities, and joint seminars and programs. All graduate students in any of Boston College's graduate Theology and Religious Education/Pastoral Ministry programs enjoy the privileges of full cross-registration, faculty exchange programs and library facilities in the eight other schools. The Joint Faculty for the Ph.D. Program is particularly rich due to the special cooperation of interested faculty from Boston College, Andover Newton Theological School, and Weston Jesuit School of Theology.