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Executive Committee Issues Statement Decrying Violence in the Name of Religion
April 15, 2015
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Hartford Seminary has watched with dismay the rising tide of violence being done around the world in the name of religion. Of especially grave concern to us is the violence directed against members of religious communities by assailants thought to adhere to other faiths.
Faculty In The News
Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub Appears on TV News Show
April 14, 2015
Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub was invited to discuss the topic “Why Does ISIS Exist?” with anchors Al Terzi and Jenn Bernstein on the FoxCT show, “The Real Story.” The show was broadcast on Sunday, April 12.
Faculty In The News
Prof. Timur Yuskaev Discusses Terrorism on WNPR's 'Where We Live'
April 6, 2015
WNPR’s “Where We Live” discussed the question “What is terrorism?” on the April 6, 2015, show, and featured, among other panelists, Prof. Timur Yuskaev.
General HIU News
Hartford Seminary Welcomes New Chief Business Officer
March 31, 2015
Hartford Seminary has a new Chief Business Officer, Michael Sandner, who is responsible for the fiscal oversight of the institution.
Student News
Two Hartford Seminary Students Chosen for Unique International Ethics Program
March 26, 2015
Jawad Bayat and Jaye Starr Boz, students at Hartford Seminary, are two of 12 seminary and divinity school students chosen by FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) to participate in a two-week program for future clergy that will take place this summer in New York, Germany, and Poland.
Faculty In The News
Faculty in the News in March
March 26, 2015
Prof. Lucinda Mosher has a new book out! The Community of Believers: Christian and Muslim Perspectives from Georgetown University Press was edited by Prof. Mosher and David Marshall (Duke Divinity School).
Campus Events
Evangelical Scholar Dr. David Gushee Advocates for Full LGBT Acceptance in the Church
March 25, 2015
For many years, Dr. David Gushee was part of an evangelical tradition that rejected full acceptance of LGBT people into the church, and he taught that tradition to others.
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Prof. Feryal Salem Appears on WNPR’s Where We Live
March 23, 2015
Prof. Feryal Salem was interviewed on WNPR’s “Where We Live” on Friday, March 20, 2015 to discuss a recent article by Greame Wood titled “What ISIS Really Wants”. The program featured Wood and Prof. Salem in a discussion of Wood’s cover story for The Atlantic in March.
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New Summer Travel Seminar Planned in Conjunction with Large Churches Survey
March 11, 2015
Prof. Scott Thumma and Warren Bird of Leadership Network have launched their 5th national survey of the largest protestant churches in the U.S.
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Prizes Awarded for Outstanding 2014 Student Papers
March 4, 2015
Hartford Seminary has awarded three prizes for outstanding papers from the calendar year 2014.