General HIU News
Dr. Bilal Ansari, Other Hartford Seminary Community Members, Join Fast Against Police Brutality
June 9, 2020
Bilal Ansari, Faculty Associate for Muslim Pastoral Theology, was pictured on the front page of the printed version of The Hartford Courant on Tuesday, June 9, his head bowed. Also pictured were his wife, Colleen Keyes, a Hartford Seminary corporator and adjunct faculty member, and Rabbi Herb Brockman, a former Hartford Seminary Trustee.
Alumni News
Recent Graduate Writes Book on Alaska Pipeline, Religious Right
June 8, 2020
A recent graduate who is now a Ph.D. candidate abroad has a new book out from Resource Publications called Faith and Oil: How the Alaska Pipeline Shaped America’s Religious Right.
Alumni News, General HIU News
Dr. Hans Harmakaputra '13 to Return as Visiting Assistant Professor
June 8, 2020
Hartford Seminary welcomes the return of Dr. Hans Harmakaputra as Visiting Assistant Professor in Comparative Theology and Muslim-Christian Relations through The Louisville Institute’s post-doctoral program. He will start July 1.
Alumni News
Remembrance of 2008-2009 IPP Alumnus Radko Popov
June 7, 2020
Radko S. Popov of Bulgaria was an early participant in Hartford Seminary’s International Peacemaking Program. He died in March. We are pleased to share this remembrance by one of his friends and teachers, Davide Tacchini.
Faculty In The News
President Lohr Co-Writes Article for Interfaith Youth Core
June 5, 2020
President Joel N. Lohr and Dr. Joel S. Kaminsky of Smith College have co-written an article, “Complaint as Spiritual Act,” for the Interfaith Youth Core website.
General HIU News
Hartford Seminary Community Members Respond to Racial Injustice
June 4, 2020
Bilal Ansari, Faculty Associate in Muslim Pastoral Theology, was one of many Hartford Seminary community members who have taken action against racial injustice as the country and the world respond to violence against people of color in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis.
Faculty In The News
Professor Shanell T. Smith to Speak at Online Womanist Dialogue
June 1, 2020
Shanell T. Smith, Associate Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, will present on “The Book of Revelation/Apocalypse: A Critical Discussion in Light of COVID 19” during an online Zoom dialogue starting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 18.
General HIU News
A Message from President Lohr on Racism and Injustice
June 1, 2020
Earlier this morning, President Joel N. Lohr shared the following message:
Faculty In The News
Professor Najib George Awad Presents Paper at Online Conference
June 1, 2020
Between May 26 and 29, Professor Najib George Awad participated virtually in the online conference “Communities and the Individual: Beyond the Liberal-Communitarian Divide” organized by Da’Foscari University, Venice, Italy.
General HIU News
Seminary Mourns the Loss of Corporator Lowell Fewster
May 31, 2020
Lowell Hart Fewster, 81, passed away on May 28, 2020, at his home at Seabury, a retirement community in Bloomfield, CT. A minister with a passion for peace and justice issues, he was a longtime corporator at Hartford Seminary.
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