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Rabbi Stephen Fuchs Has New Book with Forward by Heidi Hadsell
August 22, 2014
Rabbi Stephen Fuchs will discuss his new ground-breaking book, What’s In It For Me : Finding Ourselves in Biblical Narratives on Friday, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth Israel, 701 Farmington Ave., West Hartford.
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When Worlds Collide: Two Jersey Broads on Life, Love, and the Holy Spirit
August 19, 2014
A video is now available of John Seigenthaler hosting a conversation between Janis Ian and Prof. Miriam Therese Winter. Taped at Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville in May 2013, the program was called When Worlds Collide: Two Jersey Broads on Life, Love, and the Holy Spirit.
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Seminary Issues Statement on Mideast Conflict
July 28, 2014
Because Hartford Seminary is an academic community dedicated to the study and practice of Christianity, Islam and Judaism, many have in recent weeks wondered where Hartford Seminary stands on the conflict between Israel and Gaza.
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New Issue of The Muslim World Available
July 21, 2014
The Muslim World journal, which reaches subscribers in 65 countries and has been connected with Hartford Seminary since 1938, has a new issue available. Two of the articles were written by Hartford Seminary faculty members — Profs. Yahya Michot and Feryal Salem.
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Hartford Seminary’s Iconic Meier Building Restored
July 17, 2014
At 77 Sherman Street in Hartford, Connecticut, a curious building stands out in a neighborhood of traditional Victorian and Colonial style houses and the Collegiate Gothic look of the UConn School of Law.
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New Research Scholar Arrives at Seminary
July 17, 2014
Hartford Seminary welcomes a new research scholar this month. Omer Ali Yildirim is Assistant Professor in Islamic Philosophy at the department of Philosophy and Religious Sciences at Sirnak University Divinity School in Turkey.
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Summer Peace Camp in the Midst of War
July 17, 2014
As rockets and bombs drop in Israel and the Palestinian territories, the organization Open House still held its Summer Peace Camp with 70 children, both Jews and Arabs, whose experience may be more important now than ever. Hartford Seminary Prof. Yehezkel Landau is one of the founders of Open House.
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Graduate Featured in Hartford Courant's Look at Religious Acceptance
June 30, 2014
Dr. Ayse K. Coskun is a research scientist at Yale who earned her Master’s degree in Islamic Studies and Christian Muslim Relations from Hartford Seminary in 2011.
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Dr. Ingrid Mattson: Lessening Consumption Both Environmentally and Spiritually Important
June 23, 2014
With all the displacement and disasters of the 21st century, both natural and man-made, people can feel disconnected from the place in which they find themselves living, Dr. Ingrid Mattson said in a lecture on June 21 at Hartford Seminary.
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Huffington Post Blog Highlights Voices of Women's Leadership Institute
June 20, 2014
The Huffington Post published a blog this week written by 2014 Women’s Leadership Institute graduate Arzu Kaya-Uranli, a freelance columnist and journalist.