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Seminary Donates 'Buddy Bench' to Hartford SchoolMay 11, 2017
Dozens of excited young students greeted Hartford Seminary staff members when they delivered a “buddy bench” to the Noah Webster Micro Society Magnet School in Hartford’s West End on May 9.
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Hartford Seminary Welcomes New Trustees, CorporatorsMay 10, 2017
Hartford Seminary welcomed four new members to the Board of Trustees on Monday, May 8, at the Annual Meeting.
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Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub and Father Patrick Ryan to Receive Honorary DegreesMay 4, 2017
Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub, a renowned scholar who taught at Hartford Seminary for many years, and Father Patrick J. Ryan, Ph.D., Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, will be recognized with honorary degrees at Hartford Seminary graduation on May 12.
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The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper Discusses Book on Her Unexpected 'Infatuation' with Pope FrancisMay 2, 2017
It all started when the Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper read Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical on the environment. In it, she saw how much they had in common. Not long after, she began following him with great hope and affection and decided to write about their imagined “affair” in a volume called “I Heart Francis: Letters from the Unlikely Admirer.”
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President Hadsell Attends Pope's Address at Peace Conference In EgyptApril 30, 2017
President Heidi Hadsell, one of the main speakers at a gathering of Muslim leaders and representatives of the World Council of Churches in Egypt, also participated in the Al-Azhar International Peace Conference on April 27 and 28 and was there to attend an address by Pope Francis that was covered by press around the world.
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Trustee Umar Moghul Introduces His Book on Islamic FinanceApril 27, 2017
Umar Moghul's new book, “A Socially Responsible Islamic Finance,” brings those worlds together as it seeks to answer questions and serve as a reference while building dialogue among different communities and stakeholders.
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President Heidi Hadsell Addresses Gathering of Muslim Council of Elders and World Council of Churches in EgyptApril 27, 2017
President Heidi Hadsell was one of the main speakers at a gathering in Cairo, Egypt, of a delegation of the Muslim Council of Elders led by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, His Eminence Professor Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, and a delegation of the World Council of Churches (WCC) led by Dr. Agnes Abuom, Moderator of the Central Committee of the WCC, and the Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary.
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Event Celebrates Special Issue of 'The Muslim World' on Hindu-Muslim RelationsApril 24, 2017
President Heidi Hadsell called it a “foray into a new conversation” as Hartford Seminary welcomed a special edition of The Muslim World journal focusing on Hindu-Muslim relations at a panel discussion on April 20.
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Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon Will Speak at GraduationApril 18, 2017
Hartford Seminary’s 2017 graduation speaker is a graduate of our Doctor of Ministry program who has gone on to become an Archbishop and an expert in Christian-Muslim relations.
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Dean Scott Thumma Quoted in Article about Indiana MegachurchApril 18, 2017
Dean Scott Thumma, an expert on megachurches, was quote in an article about a suburban church in Indiana that made the unusual move of opening a satellite location in an urban center, in this case downtown Indianapolis.