Faculty In The News
HIRR Megachurch Report Continues to Make NewsDecember 17, 2020
Our recent report on megachurches continues to make news in publications around the globe.
Faculty In The News
A Pandemic Can't Stop Dr. Miriam Therese Winter's Toy DriveDecember 16, 2020
For many years, Emerita Professor Miriam Therese Winter has filled the lobby at 77 Sherman St. with hundreds of toys for area children who might not otherwise receive anything for Christmas.
Alumni News
Father Morcos Morcos '61, First Coptic Orthodox Priest in North America, Passes AwayDecember 15, 2020
Father Morcos Morcos, the first Coptic Orthodox priest in North America, passed away on Dec. 9 in Ontario, Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid tribute to Father Morcos on Twitter and sent his sympathy to the Coptic community.
Alumni News
Chaplain Jawad Bayat Is 1st Afghan-American with ACPE CertificationDecember 15, 2020
Chaplain Jawad Bayat ’15 recently finished his spiritual care educator training and became the first Afghan-American and the fourth Muslim ACPE Certified Educator in the organization’s history.
Faculty In The News
Dr. Deena Grant to Speak on Biblical Prophets and Social JusticeDecember 15, 2020
Dr. Deena Grant is the first speaker in a series of virtual events organized by Aleph, The Institute of Jewish Ideas, early in 2021.
Faculty In The News
Dr. David D. Grafton Contributes to Handbook on Christianity in the Middle EastDecember 4, 2020
Academic Dean David D. Grafton has contributed a chapter on “Protestants,” to the Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021).
Student News
Alum Spotlight: Dr. Nisa Muhammad '17 Works Around the Pandemic ClockDecember 3, 2020
Like many of us, Dr. Nisa Muhammad ‘17 finds herself on Zoom calls at all hours. As Assistant Dean of Religious Life in the Office of the Dean of the Chapel at Howard University, she is adapting to life during a pandemic with all the energy she brings to everything she does.
Faculty In The News
Christianity Today Writes about Megachurch ReportNovember 24, 2020
Christianity Today covered the release of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research’s major report on megachurches with an article titled, “U.S. Megachurches Are Getting Bigger and Thinking Smaller.”
General HIU News
The Rev. Nick Mumejian Contributes to Book on Changing the ChurchNovember 17, 2020
The Rev. Nick Mumejian, Managing Editor of The Muslim World journal, has contributed a chapter to the book Changing the Church: Transformations of Christian Belief, Practice, and Life.
Faculty In The News
Faculty Emeritus Yahya Michot Has Two New PublicationsNovember 17, 2020
Dr. Yahya Michot, Faculty Emeritus, shares these two new publications:
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