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President Heidi Hadsell Discusses Hartford Seminary on Radio Program
March 4, 2013
President Heidi Hadsell appeared on the radio program 'Rich Answers', sponsored by the Conference of Churches (Hartford, CT) and Lite 100.5 WRCH, on Sunday, March 3. Hadsell discussed Hartford Seminary its history, its programs, its multifaith community and its commitment to interfaith dialogue and understanding and to peace building.
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Study Global Ethics in Houston, TX, with President Hadsell
February 28, 2013
Hartford Seminary is offering a special one-weekcourse on Global Ethics in April in Houston, TX. President Heidi Hadsell, Professor of Social Ethics, will teach the course. It will be held from Monday, April 8 through Friday, April 12, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., at the Institute for Interfaith Dialog at the Turquoise Center in Houston.
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Former President Barbara Brown Zikmund Donates Framed Qur'an Manuscripts
February 25, 2013
Former Hartford Seminary President Barbara Brown Zikmund visited the Seminary on Monday, February 25 to donate a framed set of photographs of the Qur'an.
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Intersections International hosts International Peacemakers from Hartford Seminary
February 20, 2013
On Monday, February 11 and Tuesday, February 12, Intersections International hosted two students from Hartford Seminary's International Peacemakers Program (IPP). The IPP program is for Christians, Muslims or Jews who live in overseas areas where there is inter-religious conflict. Students in IPP spend an academic year studying interfaith dialogue and leadership skills that includes an emphasis on public engagement and public speaking.
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Ph.D. Graduate Appointed to Teach Christian Ethics and Comparative Religion
February 14, 2013
The Rev. Dr. Francis Acquah, a 2012 graduate of the International Ph.D. program at Hartford Seminary, has been appointed a full-time lecturer in Christian Ethics and Comparative Religion at the Methodist University College in Accra, Ghana.
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Hartford Seminary Cited in National Report on Shortage of Imams
February 12, 2013
National Public Radio's All Things Considered program recently reported that as Islam grows in the United States, imams are in short supply. Today, there are more than 2,100 American mosques but they have a challenge: There aren't enough imams, or spiritual leaders, to go around.
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Improving the Seminary Property Along the Park River
February 7, 2013
Hartford Seminary is partnering with the Park River Watershed Revitalization Initiative on two projects to improve the Seminary property along the Park River.
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Fulbright Scholar from Egypt Studying at Hartford Seminary
February 7, 2013
The opportunity to study Islam in a different country than his native Egypt, among different people and cultures, from different perspectives, and based on different research methodologies, has brought Mohamed Abdelfattah to Hartford Seminary as a Fulbright Scholar.
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Najib Awad Publishes New Book on the Arab Spring
February 7, 2013
Professor Najib Awad, Associate Professor of Christian Theology, recently published"And Freedom Became a Public-Square: Political, Sociological and Religious Overviews on the Arab Christians and the Arabic Spring."
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Chapel Service Starts
January 28, 2013
Hartford Seminary holds a community chapel service on Monday mornings at 9 a.m. The first service of the winter/spring semester was held on Monday, January 28. It was led by Professor Miriam Therese Winter.