Events

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Acclaimed author and New York Times columnist David Brooks will the featured speaker for the Forum for Life and Meaning, a joint program of HIU and the Spiritual Life Center. PLEASE NOTE: This in-person-only event will take place at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. A reception with

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This symposium, sponsored by the Duncan Black Macdonald Center at HIU, invites select scholars and practitioners in the field of scriptural studies of the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, the Qur’an, or other sacred texts to examine and explore various facets of how the sacred languages are understood,

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Jay Williams is President and CEO of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Connecticut’s largest community foundation with a $1 billion+ endowment. The foundation is currently celebrating its Centennial Anniversary. In HIU’s biennial Rion Lecture, he will talk about his career as a calling and

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Join us for a presentation from Simon Awad, the executive director of the Environmental Education Center (EEC), Beit Jala, West Bank.This event is co-sponsored by the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at HIU, the Center for Transformative Spirituality at HIU, the

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Come enjoy a gallery opening for the Candace Low photography exhibit Dances with the Divine, which will be on display in Hartford International University's chapel from March 19 through May 15. Enjoy refreshments and hear Candace talk about her work.This event is supported by the Center for

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PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT ASYLUM HILL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHAsylum Hill Congregational Church is partnering with Hartford International University to present, “Agreeing to Disagree: How Jews and Christians Interpret the Same Scriptures Differently,” featuring renowned scholar Dr. Amy

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Professor Lucinda Mosher, senior editor of the Journal of Interreligious Studies, is a prolific author and an award-winning editor, with more than twenty books to her credit—plus numerous book chapters, journal articles, and book reviews. In this webinar, she will address frequently asked

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Join us via Zoom to learn about Tawātur in Islamic Thought, a book by Dr. Suheil Laher.From the publisher: The book traces the development of tawātur theories and explores their role in defining Islamic orthodoxy.Tawātur is the concept that information yields certainty if acquired through a

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Dr. Ilia Delio, a renowned scholar of religion and science, will present a two-session online webinar called “Old God, New God” from 7 to 9 p.m. on two Mondays, Feb. 10 and 17, 2025.At the first session, Dr. Delio will discuss how new discoveries in science, such as quantum physics, open up new

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Science is proving what ancient cultures and our inner wisdom already know: your voice can become one of the most powerful agents of transformation in every facet of your life. Sharing his own experience as a sound healer, musician, yogi, and former Hindu monk, Girish offers tools and practices to