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Dr. Alwi Shihab receives Portuguese Medal of Civil Merit
April 2, 2012
Dr. Alwi Shihab, a member of Hartford Seminary's Board of Trustees and Vice Chairman for Labor Management, Indonesian Presidential TaskForce, has been awarded the Republic of Portugal's Gr‹-Cruz da ordem do MŽrito, the highest medal of Portugal's honorary orders of civil merit.
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New Report Examines Changing Worship Practices in the United States
March 27, 2012
Congregations that have adopted innovative worship and contemporary worship styles are significantly more likely to have grown in the last five years, a new report has found. Contemporary worship seems particularly important in attracting young adults.
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News About Doctor of Ministry Graduates
March 26, 2012
In the past week two Hartford Seminary Doctor of Ministry graduates, The Rev. Dr. Peter Allen and Paster Marjorie Nunes, have been featured in the press.
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Awad Named Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Hartford Seminary
March 22, 2012
The Board of Trustees of Hartford Seminary and President Heidi Hadsell have named Dr. Najeeb G. Awad, a scholar in systematic and contextual theology, to the faculty at Hartford Seminary.
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America's Interfaith Infrastucture Includes Hartford Seminary
March 16, 2012
For twenty years, the Harvard-based Pluralism Project has followed the development of America's fast-changing religious landscape and studied new forms of civic and interfaith relationships.
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Hartford Seminary Receives Grant for Religious Diversity Leadership Workshop
March 13, 2012
Hartford Seminary has received a $30,000 grant from Shinnyo-En Foundation to support a new Religious Diversity Leadership Workshop in June.
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Hartford Seminary, Heidi Hadsell Honored For Commitment to Interreligious Understanding
March 12, 2012
Hartford Seminary and Heidi Hadsell, President of the Seminary, have been named the first recipients of the Rev. Dr. Richard B. Griffis Award, presented by the Connecticut Council for Interreligious Understanding, for their deep commitment and ongoing contributions to interreligious understanding.
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New Study Examines Technology and Internet Use in American Congregations
March 7, 2012
Internet technologies are being used by a large majority of American congregations, and those that do not use these technologies are likely to be perceived as out of sync, a new report has found. Ninety percent of congregations embrace email for communications, 69 percent have websites, and more than 40 percent use Facebook, a staggering rate of adoption since the general public use of Facebook was only four years old when the survey was conducted.
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Indonesians To Study at Hartford Seminary
March 2, 2012
Nahdlatul Ulama, which is based in Indonesia and is the world's largest independent Muslim organization, and Hartford Seminary, have signed an agreement for 10 Indonesian students per year to study at Hartford Seminary.