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Kate Callahan Performs at Hartford Seminary
October 18, 2013
Singer-songwriter Kate Callahan and her band Echo Joy performed at Hartford Seminary on Oct. 17 to an enthusiastic crowd.
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Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina Speaks About Pluralism in Islam
October 11, 2013
Hartford Seminary welcomed Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina of George Mason University on Thursday, Oct. 10, to hear his presentation on the “Political Theology of Pluralism in Islam: Religious Ethics of Co-Existence.”
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Co-Directors Named for Islamic Chaplaincy Program
October 7, 2013
Prof. Feryal Salem will join Prof. Timur Yuskaev as the co-director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program, Hartford Seminary President Heidi Hadsell has announced.
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Two International Peacemakers Find Seminary Program Unique
October 2, 2013
Doaa Baumi of Egypt and Elena Dini of Italy may be from very different backgrounds, but sharing an apartment on Hartford Seminary’s campus has already broken down any walls that might have existed between them. According to them, navigating the streets of Hartford and doing laundry together play almost as big a role as their academic studies as students in the International Peacemaking Program.
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C.L. Seow Lecture Draws Standing-Room Only Crowd
October 1, 2013
A lecture by acclaimed scholar C.L. Seow drew a large crowd to Hartford Seminary on Sept. 30 to hear about “Job’s Wife in Jewish, Muslim and Christian Interpretations.”
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Seminary to Host Disaster Chaplain Training Course
September 25, 2013
Through a training partnership with the National Disaster Interfaiths Network (NDIN), Hartford Seminary will host a Disaster Chaplain training course on the Hartford Seminary campus on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 5 and 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Congregation leaders, chaplains, spiritual care providers, mental health professionals, and emergency managers are urged to enroll.
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Lecture Series to Explore East Windsor Hill Theological Seminary
September 23, 2013
East Windsor Hill Theological Seminary, the founding institution that is now Hartford Seminary, was located in South Windsor from 1834 to 1865. The Wood Memorial Library in South Windsor is conducting a series of three lectures, a walking tour and a gallery exhibit to explore the institution’s controversial beginnings and its influence on the town. Three Hartford seminary professors will participate in the series.
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Aspen Institute Webinar Features Seminary President Heidi Hadsell
September 10, 2013
Hartford Seminary President Heidi Hadsellwas a featured speaker in a Sept. 18 webinar about the Aspen Institute’s Principled Pluralism report and the Inclusive America project. Religions for Peace USA hosted the webinar with the Aspen Institute. It also featured Joseph DeMott (Aspen Institute) and Paul Raushenbush (Huffington Post).
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Seminary Makes Impressive Showing at ISNA
September 5, 2013
Hartford Seminary was well represented at the 50th annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America in Washington, DC, over Labor Day weekend. Sohaib Sultan, ’10, now Muslim Chaplain at Princeton University, was Program Committee co-chair for the convention, which drew thousands to the annual offering of lectures on religious, social and spiritual topics, opportunities for networking, and the extensive bazaar of booths populated by educational institutions, social organizations, and merchants.
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Convocation: We Have a Dream
September 5, 2013
Hartford Seminary kicked off the 2013-14 academic year with a Convocation centering on the theme “We Have a Dream.” In addition to a welcome from Academic Dean Uriah Kim and an opening prayer from Prof. Shanell Smith, Prof. Miriam Therese Winter asked those gathered to write down a dream on a piece of paper. The dreams were collected in a basket and shared.