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Dr. Bilal Ansari Receives 2021 Peacemaker Award
January 19, 2021
Bilal Ansari, Faculty Associate in Muslim Pastoral Theology, has been recognized with the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Peacemaker Award by the Northern Berkshire (MA) Community Coalition.
General HIU News
Seminary Encourages Participation in Martin Luther King Jr. Day Events
January 13, 2021
The Seminary will be closed on Monday, Jan. 18, in observance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend an event honoring Dr. King.
Student News
D.Min. Student Fr. Michael J. Dolan Named President of Northwest Catholic
January 12, 2021
Father Michael J. Dolan, a student in Hartford Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry program, has been named President of Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford.
General HIU News
Special Muslim World Issue Has Historic Cover, Illustrations
January 11, 2021
The Muslim World journal is pleased to announce the publication of the special issue, “Black Muslim Portraiture in the Modern Atlantic,” edited by Zain Abdullah, an award-winning scholar, arts curator and Associate Professor of Religion & Society and Islamic Studies at Temple University.
General HIU News
Three New Degree Programs Will Launch in Fall 2021
January 11, 2021
Reinvention is a hallmark of Hartford Seminary, so it’s no surprise that this institution founded in the early 19th century has once again embarked on a quest to redefine its future.
General HIU News
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.