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Prof. Feryal Salem Launches First Book
December 9, 2016
Prof. Feryal Salem spoke about her first published book to an appreciative audience on Monday. She described Ibn al-Mubārak, the subject of her monograph, as the “Forrest Gump of the 2nd Islamic Century.”
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Board Chair: 'Nancy Butler Was a Pillar of Strength and a Guiding Force'
December 7, 2016
The Hartford Seminary community mourns the passing of Pastor Nancy Carroll Butler, who served on the Seminary’s Board of Trustees from 2006-2009. She had been diagnosed with ALS in 2015.
Faculty In The News
Wall Street Journal Article on Bridgeport Islamic Center Quotes Prof. David D. Grafton
December 6, 2016
The United Congregational Church in Bridgeport has decided to sell its 1920s-era church to the Bridgeport Islamic Cultural Center, and to work with the center on community programs including soup kitchen and a homeless shelter.
Alumni News
Alum Spotlight: Marisa Brown Ludwig
December 2, 2016
I love many aspects of pastoral ministry, but particular passions of mine are growing church that is safe and inclusive for LGBTQIA community and building a local family of interfaith communities who connect in worship and mission together. Both of these things are flourishing for me in Western Mass!
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Carpenter Foundation Donates Funds for International Peacemaking Program Scholarships
December 1, 2016
The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation has donated $75,000 to Hartford Seminary to provide scholarships to one International Peacemaking Program student each year for the next three years. The students funded by the foundation will have a commitment to international religious peacemaking and will also identify as LGBT.
Faculty In The News
Prof. Scott Thumma Quoted in Article about Free Church Websites
December 1, 2016
A South Windsor, CT-based company has been giving free websites to churches without them, according to a recent article put out by the Religion News Service called Bridging the Digital Divide, Company Gives Churches Free Websites.
Faculty In The News
Prof. Yahya Michot Visits Indonesia for International Conference
November 29, 2016
Prof. Yahya Michot is in Indonesia participating in the Jakarta Islamic International Conference organized by Majlis Ulama Indonesia. The conference runs from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.
General HIU News
Prof. MT Winter Describes Research Process for Book on Medical Mission Sisters Founder
November 29, 2016
Prof. Miriam Therese Winter met Anna Dengel, founder of the Medical Mission Sisters, when she first tried to join the Catholic order in 1955 at the age of 16.
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Student Spotlight: Father Carl Chudy Walks in World Beyond Catholicism
November 21, 2016
Father Carl Chudy has always been committed to the world outside his religious tradition. As a priest of The Xaverian Missionaries USA, an international order of the Catholic Church, he has lived and worked in Asia, Africa, and varied parts of the United States, “walking in the world beyond Catholicism and bringing that world back to the Church.”
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Leadership Greater Hartford Honors Former Dean Worth Loomis
November 16, 2016
Former Hartford Seminary Dean Worth Loomis was one of three people who received the 2016 Polaris Award from Leadership Greater Hartford at an event on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.