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A Message from President Joel N. Lohr
January 7, 2021
The horrific and disturbing events of Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. make clear, as Senate Chaplain Rev. Dr. Barry C. Black noted in his prayer paraphrasing Proverbs 18:21, that “words matter and that the power of life and death is in the tongue.”
Faculty In The News
President Joel N. Lohr to Participate in Interfaith Education Symposium
January 5, 2021
President Joel N. Lohr will be part of a virtual symposium on Typologies of Interfaith Education funded by the Luce Foundation and hosted jointly by the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Interfaith Youth Core.
Alumni News
Guat Kwee See ’07 Helps Launch Centre For Interfaith Understanding in Singapore
December 17, 2020
The Centre for Interfaith Understanding (CIFU), an interfaith initiative providing an inclusive space and critical engagements that bridge theory and practice on interfaith issues, launched virtually on Oct. 30, with Guat Kwee See, MA ’07, proudly looking on.
Faculty In The News
HIRR Megachurch Report Continues to Make News
December 17, 2020
Our recent report on megachurches continues to make news in publications around the globe.
Faculty In The News
A Pandemic Can't Stop Dr. Miriam Therese Winter's Toy Drive
December 16, 2020
For many years, Emerita Professor Miriam Therese Winter has filled the lobby at 77 Sherman St. with hundreds of toys for area children who might not otherwise receive anything for Christmas.
Alumni News
Father Morcos Morcos '61, First Coptic Orthodox Priest in North America, Passes Away
December 15, 2020
Father Morcos Morcos, the first Coptic Orthodox priest in North America, passed away on Dec. 9 in Ontario, Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid tribute to Father Morcos on Twitter and sent his sympathy to the Coptic community.
Alumni News
Chaplain Jawad Bayat Is 1st Afghan-American with ACPE Certification
December 15, 2020
Chaplain Jawad Bayat ’15 recently finished his spiritual care educator training and became the first Afghan-American and the fourth Muslim ACPE Certified Educator in the organization’s history.
Faculty In The News
Dr. Deena Grant to Speak on Biblical Prophets and Social Justice
December 15, 2020
Dr. Deena Grant is the first speaker in a series of virtual events organized by Aleph, The Institute of Jewish Ideas, early in 2021.
Faculty In The News
Dr. David D. Grafton Contributes to Handbook on Christianity in the Middle East
December 4, 2020
Academic Dean David D. Grafton has contributed a chapter on “Protestants,” to the Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021).
Student News
Alum Spotlight: Dr. Nisa Muhammad '17 Works Around the Pandemic Clock
December 3, 2020
Like many of us, Dr. Nisa Muhammad ‘17 finds herself on Zoom calls at all hours. As Assistant Dean of Religious Life in the Office of the Dean of the Chapel at Howard University, she is adapting to life during a pandemic with all the energy she brings to everything she does.