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Dr. Bilal Ansari Invited to Join Wabash Project on Community-Engaged Learning
November 5, 2020
Bilal Ansari, Faculty Associate in Muslim Pastoral Theology, has been invited to join an exploration of community-engaged learning in Islamic Studies supported by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.
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Frederick Douglass First Edition Goes to Enoch Pratt Free Library
November 5, 2020
An important first edition pamphlet of a Frederick Douglass speech once owned by Hartford Seminary has been donated to the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, where it will be preserved as a piece of American history.
General HIU News
Hartford Institute Releases Major Report on Megachurches
October 29, 2020
Scott Thumma, Professor of Sociology of Religion and Director of the Seminary’s Hartford Institute for Religion Research, and Dr. Warren Bird, Vice President of Research and Equipping for the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, have released a major report called “Megachurch 2020: The Changing Reality in America’s Largest Churches.”
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Williams College Magazine Shares Dr. Bilal Ansari's Story of 'Harm and Healing'
October 23, 2020
Bilal Ansari, Faculty Associate in Muslim Pastoral Theology and Co-Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program, also works at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. His title there is Assistant Vice President for Campus Engagement in the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Campus Events
Christmas Gift-Giving Ministry is Back at Hartford Seminary
October 22, 2020
As we get used to the new restrictions the pandemic has given us, the annual Where Love Is Christmas Gift-Giving Ministry to Children in Need is back in a new way.
Faculty In The News
Dr. Hossein Kamaly to Speak about 'A History of Islam in 21 Women'
October 22, 2020
Hossein Kamaly, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, is the featured speaker at a virtual event put on for Islamic Heritage Month by the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, Montreal Chapter. The event is Saturday, Oct. 24, 2-3:30 p.m. EDT.
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Dr. Andrew Gardner Joins Faculty as Louisville Post Doc Research Fellow
October 22, 2020
Hartford Seminary is pleased to welcome Dr. Andrew Gardner as Visiting Faculty Associate in American Religious History and Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Hartford Institute of Religion Research.
Faculty In The News
Dr. Najib George Awad Has Two New Books Published
October 15, 2020
Najib George Awad, Professor of Christian Theology & Eastern Christian Thought, has two new books out this fall, one in Arabic and one in English.
Faculty In The News
Dr. Lucinda Mosher Featured in Video on Building Bridges SeminarOctober 13, 2020
Lucinda Mosher, Faculty Associate in Interfaith Studies, is interviewed in the video below that talks about the 18-year history of the Building Bridges Seminar, which brings together Christian and Muslim scholars for intensive study each year.
Faculty In The News
Dr. Bilal Ansari Writes Chapter for Postcolonial Critique of Spiritual CareOctober 8, 2020
Bilal Ansari, Faculty Associate in Muslim Pastoral Theology, has written a chapter for an anthology described as a “postcolonial critique of spiritual care.”