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Faculty In The News, General HIU News
Historic Shi'i Chair Celebrated at Inauguration Banquet
January 22, 2016
The first academic chair dedicated to Shi’i Studies in North America had its formal debut on January 22, 2016, at an inauguration banquet at Hartford Seminary. Friends, family and supporters of the chair’s first occupant, Dr. Sayed Ammar Nakhjavani, were in attendance to mark the historic occasion, as well as students, donors and fellow academics from around the world, including the U.S. and Canada, Europe and Iran.
Campus Events
Presentations and Conversations on the Social Ethics of Peace
January 19, 2016
Three distinguished scholars from Iran participated in a wide-ranging conversation at Hartford Seminary last weekend during a conference called “The Social Ethics of Peace: An Interfaith Conversation.”
Alumni News, Campus Events
The Rev. Nancy Butler Touches Hearts and Minds
January 13, 2016
The Rev. Nancy Butler came to Hartford Seminary on January 12 to deliver a talk titled “God, a Struggling Church Plant, and ALS.”
Faculty In The News
Faculty in the News - January
January 12, 2016
Dr. David Roozen‘s Faith Communities Today report summarizing the results of a 2015 survey of American congregations continues to make the news.
General HIU News
Inauguration Banquet Planned on January 22 for Shi'i Studies Chair
January 9, 2016
In coordination with the Imam Ali Conference, Hartford Seminary will host an Inauguration Banquet for the Imam Ali Chair for Shi’i Studies and Dialogue among the Islamic Legal Schools on Jan. 22 at Hartford Seminary from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. This banquet will include invited guests who have been influential in the funding of this chair.
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Faith Communities Today: American Congregations 'Thriving and Surviving'
January 5, 2016
The Hartford Institute for Religion Research has released its first report on the national Faith Communities Today (FACT) survey conducted in 2015. In it, Dr. David Roozen, the report’s author, concludes that, “the continuing erosion of vitality and growth notwithstanding, when all is said and done, more congregations are thriving than struggling.
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Interfaith Prayer Vigil Inspires Standing-Room-Only Crowd
December 17, 2015
Many were moved to tears at a student-organized Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Peace and Unity held at Hartford Seminary on Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Faculty In The News
Faculty in the News - December 2015
December 10, 2015
The recent report on megachurches from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research continues to get press. Prof. Scott Thumma has been interviewed and quoted in these articles from the Baptist News Global, The Columbus Dispatch, the Religion News Service, and Enterprise Lifestyles, among others.
Campus Events, General HIU News
Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Peace and Unity Planned for Dec. 16
December 9, 2015
The Seminary will host an Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Peace and Unity at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 16, in the Meeting Room at 77 Sherman St.
Campus Events
Imam Khalid Latif Offers Words of Healing to Seminary Students
December 8, 2015
Imam Khalid Latif has many jobs: Executive Director and Chaplain for the Islamic Center at New York University; Chaplain for the New York City Police Department; businessman. He has been invited to speak around the world and has been featured on media outlets from BBC and CNN to the New York Times, and he is the subject of the Chelsea Clinton-produced film “Of Many” about his close relationship with an Orthodox Jewish rabbi at NYU.