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Faculty in the News - March 2016

March 2, 2016

Prof. Najib Awad will present a paper on Saturday, April 2, at the annual conference of the New England Maritimes Region of the American Academy of Religion (NEMAAR) held at the Boston College School of Theology & Ministry.  His paper is titled : “Interreligiosity as a Realist Learning Engagement: Theodore Abū Qurrah, ʽAlī b. Rabbān aṭ-Ṭabarī, Two Comparative Theologians from Early Islam?”

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New York Times 'Beliefs' Column Quotes Prof. Yahya Michot

February 19, 2016

Mark Oppenheimer’s “Beliefs” column for Feb. 19, 2016, tackles a complicated subject: Facebook Post Revives Debate on Whether Monotheists Worship Same God.

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Prof. Feryal Salem Interviewed on WNPR's 'Where We Live'

February 12, 2016

“What is a caliphate?” That question began host John Dankosky’s latest interview with Prof. Feryal Salem, who educated listeners on that term and others during the WNPR radio show “Where We Live” on Feb. 12, 2016.

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Faculty in the News - February 2016

February 10, 2016

On February 22, Prof. Yahya Michot, who is on sabbatical this semester, was in Doha, at the invitation of the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, to participate in a Symposium on “Ibn Sina’s Contributions to Human Civilization.” He gave a paper titled  “Ibn Sina in the West. From Toledo and Venice to Oxford and New York.”

Campus Events

Sufi Singing Group Lifts Spirits

February 4, 2016

Hartford Seminary welcomed an internationally known singing group from Morocco on Feb. 3, 2016. Six members of the acapella group, under the direction of Dr. Mohammed Thami Alharak, performed before a full house, about half of which had never heard Sufi music before.

General HIU News

Hartford Seminary Adds Ph.D. to its Degree Offerings

January 27, 2016

For more than a century, the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations has embodied Harford Seminary’s commitment to the study of Islam and Christianity and the complex relationship between the two religions throughout history.

Faculty In The News, General HIU News

Historic Shi'i Chair Celebrated at Inauguration Banquet

January 22, 2016

The first academic chair dedicated to Shi’i Studies in North America had its formal debut on January 22, 2016, at an inauguration banquet at Hartford Seminary. Friends, family and supporters of the chair’s first occupant, Dr. Sayed Ammar Nakhjavani, were in attendance to mark the historic occasion, as well as students, donors and fellow academics from around the world, including the U.S. and Canada, Europe and Iran.

Campus Events

Presentations and Conversations on the Social Ethics of Peace

January 19, 2016

Three distinguished scholars from Iran participated in a wide-ranging conversation at Hartford Seminary last weekend during a conference called “The Social Ethics of Peace: An Interfaith Conversation.”

Alumni News, Campus Events

The Rev. Nancy Butler Touches Hearts and Minds

January 13, 2016

The Rev. Nancy Butler came to Hartford Seminary on January 12 to deliver a talk titled “God, a Struggling Church Plant, and ALS.”

Faculty In The News

January 12, 2016

Dr. David Roozen‘s Faith Communities Today report summarizing the results of a 2015 survey of American congregations continues to make the news.