Events

Past Events

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Mar 10

9:00 am

Prayers for Peace

  Please join the HIU community online in offering prayers for peace at a time of great upheaval in the world. All are welcome. We especially encourage our international community to join us. In addition to a welcome from President Joel N. Lohr, prayers for peace will be offered from

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Feb 24

6:30 pm

Spiritual Companions Group at HIU (Online)

  Hartford International University and the Spiritual Life Center (West Hartford) invite you to be part of a Spiritual Companions Group at HIU.  Such a group consists of 6 persons who meet once a month to talk with one another about their spiritual journeys.  These groups are led by

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Feb 23

1:30 pm

Social Justice Discussion Group - Allyship

  Equality is simply not going to happen in our communities, in our places of worship, and in our organizations unless those who hold more privileged identities in terms of race, gender, socioeconomics, etc., get actively involved in the struggle for justice.  One way of doing this

Mona Siddiqui
Feb 10

12:30 pm

Does Shari'a Really Have No Place in the West?

  The UConn School of Law and Hartford International University are co-presenting this special event with Dr. Mona Siddiqui, Distinguished Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at Hartford International University and Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies at the University

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Feb 03

7:00 pm

Climate Change and Migration: Why Do People Leave the Homes They Love?

  The Interreligious Eco-Justice Network and Hartford International University for Religion and Peace will present a 90-minute webinar on the intersection of climate change and migration. We will focus on how climate change exacerbates both conflict and hunger crises, creating both internal

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Jan 25

1:00 pm

Facing the FACTs: What an Interreligious Survey of 15,000 Faith Communities Says About Congregational Health

In the fall of 2021, a special issue of Theology Today featured 12 instructive articles based on the largest study of congregations ever, the 2020 Faith Communities Today project. As a follow-up to this issue, Theology Today and the Faith Communities Today (FACT) research initiative will

Jan 13

6:30 pm

Three Modern Mystical Women

Working in collaboration, the Spiritual Life Center and Hartford International University for Religion and Peace will host a three-session program on “Three Modern Mystical Women,” one from each of the Abrahamic religious traditions (Jewish, Christian, and Muslim).  The sessions will take

Jan 11

7:00 pm

Hope for Tomorrow: Launching the Howard Thurman Center

Please join us for a Zoom webinar as we launch the Howard Thurman Center for Justice and Transformational Ministry at Hartford International University. The pioneering Black Ministries Program is now poised to expand into an exciting new center at Hartford International University for Religion and

Jan 04

6:30 pm

Social Justice Discussion Group on Gender Equality

Each month Hartford International University and Spiritual Life Center, West Hartford, offer a discussion group on issues of social justice. The next session is on 1/4/22, 6:30-8 PM and the topic is Gender Equality. We meet via Zoom and use Ted Talks as the basis for discussion.  All are

Dec 12

5:00 pm

The Nativity Narratives: A Deeper Look

Amy-Jill Levine, Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Hartford International University, and John Dominic Crossan, a New Testament scholar and historian of early Christianity, will discuss the beloved Nativity stories from the Gospels of Matthew and