Faculty In The News

Professor Shanell T. Smith Featured in Womanist Dialogue

June 24, 2020

Shanell T. Smith, Associate Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, was a featured speaker in a June 18 womanist dialogue via Zoom hosted by Dr. Mitzi J. Smith, the J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary.

General HIU News

Organizational Changes at Hartford Seminary

June 17, 2020

As Hartford Seminary defines new strategic directions, we are also evolving organizationally, making changes to better focus our energies on the future. We are happy to announce the appointment of two talented and committed members of our community to new roles at the Seminary.

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:

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