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Launching a Year of Peace at Convocation 2014

September 4, 2014

Hartford Seminary kicked off a new academic year on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, with a Convocation centering on the theme of peace.

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Seminary Student Speaks at United Nations

September 3, 2014

Master of Arts student Gugun Gumilar spoke on Aug. 19, 2014, at the International Young Leader Assembly on “Moral and Innovative Leadership in the 21st Century.” Three hundred young leaders from 80 countries attended the event, held at United Nations headquarters in New York.

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Labyrinth Taking Shape at Hartford Seminary

August 29, 2014

Miriam Therese Winter (shown at left on the roller used to prepare the site) has been working with student Jeanne Pedane to organize the effort, which involves laying bricks and crushed stone in a pattern that invites people to walk and contemplate

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Seminary Co-Sponsors 'Muslim Women's Voices at Wesleyan'

August 29, 2014

Hartford Seminary and the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut are both co-sponsors for a yearlong series at Wesleyan University called “Muslim Women’s Voices.”

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Former Seminary Professor Clifford Green Honored

August 28, 2014

A former professor at Hartford Seminary, Dr. Clifford Green, was awarded a Doctor of Divinity honoris causa by the University of Aberdeen this summer.

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Muslim World Article Sheds Light on New Prime Minister of Turkey

August 28, 2014

The new Prime Minister of Turkey, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, might be poorly known to some.

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Rabbi Stephen Fuchs Has New Book with Forward by Heidi Hadsell

August 22, 2014

Rabbi Stephen Fuchs will discuss his new ground-breaking book, What’s In It For Me : Finding Ourselves in Biblical Narratives on Friday, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth Israel, 701 Farmington Ave., West Hartford.

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When Worlds Collide: Two Jersey Broads on Life, Love, and the Holy Spirit

August 19, 2014

A video is now available of John Seigenthaler hosting a conversation between Janis Ian and Prof. Miriam Therese Winter. Taped at Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville in May 2013, the program was called When Worlds Collide: Two Jersey Broads on Life, Love, and the Holy Spirit

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Seminary Issues Statement on Mideast Conflict

July 28, 2014

Because Hartford Seminary is an academic community dedicated to the study and practice of Christianity, Islam and Judaism, many have in recent weeks wondered where Hartford Seminary stands on the conflict between Israel and Gaza.

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New Issue of The Muslim World Available

July 21, 2014

The Muslim World journal, which reaches subscribers in 65 countries and has been connected with Hartford Seminary since 1938, has a new issue available. Two of the articles were written by Hartford Seminary faculty members — Profs. Yahya Michot and Feryal Salem.