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Hartford Seminary News

2010

luce foundation awards grant


Hartford Seminary has received a $232,500 four-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation for a professorship in contemporary Islam that will augment the Seminary’s program in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations.
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scenes from summer school


Hartford Seminary's summer session is underway.  View pictures from the Building Abrahamic Partnerships program and the Readings in Hadith class held recently.
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Celebrating our 2010 graduates and our alumni


Hartford Seminary held its Graduation Ceremony on June 4, 2010 and also hosted an Alumni/ae Reunion. It was a festive two days of activities. Celebrate these events with us:

A Picnic for Class of 2010 Graduates
The Black Ministries Program Graduation Banquet
The Alumni/ae Reunion
Graduation 2010
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new board members elected


At the annual meeting of Hartford Seminary on May 24, the Corporators elected five new trustees and affirmed the appointment of Dr. Scott Thumma as a faculty trustee. Here are biographies of each of the new trustees.
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an evening of international music and poetry


Hartford Seminary hosted published poet Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore and Wesleyan University's Gamelan Ensemble along with Hartford Seminary Professor Mahmoud Ayoub on the oud and student Craig Phillips on the sitar for an evening of international music and poetry on May 12, 2010.
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end-of-semester picnic


Hartford Seminary's Student Activities staff, led by Karen Rollins, Director of Academic Services and Registrar, sponsored an end-of-semester picnic Thursday evening, May 6.  Students, faculty and staff shared in the meal in the front courtyard and enjoyed games on the Seminary front lawn.
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one great teacher


The Rev. Dr. Ralph Ahlberg, a Hartford Seminary alumnus and member of the Board of Trustees, recently delivered a reflection, titled "A New Game Plan: A Tribute to Graham Taylor," during Chapel at Hartford Seminary.  Taylor was a pastor in Hartford and Seminary professor who influenced the social gospel movement.
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dr. christine sheikh visits hartford seminary


Dr. Christine Soriea Sheikh, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Denver, has joined the Hartford Seminary community for three months as a Visiting Scholar at the Hartford Institute for Religion Research.
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Professor Edna Baxter to receive posthumous Doctor of Divinity degree


Hartford Seminary will award an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree, posthumously, to Professor Edna M. Baxter in recognition of her service and accomplishments.
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NEW PROGRAM FOR CONFIRMATION CLASSES


Hartford Seminary held an interfaith event for Connecticut United Church of Christ Confirmation Classes on Saturday, March 27. About 75 students from ten churches attended along with their advisors and teachers.
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NEW STUDY


American Congregations 2008, a new study by Faith Communities Today, provides an in-depth look at the status and health of American faith congregations today.
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FACULTY APPOINTMENT


Timur Yuskaev has been named director of Hartford Seminary's Islamic Chaplaincy Program and Professor of Contemporary Islam.
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Shrove Tuesday


Hartford Seminary's Student Activities staff served pancakes to celebrate Shrove Tuesday in advance of the season of Lent. Students and faculty shared in the meal, which took place in the lobby of the main building.
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New: GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN IMAM EDUCATION



Hartford Seminary, in cooperation with the International Institute of Islamic Thought and its Fairfax Institute in Herndon, VA, has begun a Graduate Certificate in Imam Education.

This will be a 24-credit (6 courses plus six credits of field experience) certificate program that will prepare Muslim religious leaders for service in mosques and community agencies throughout the Greater Washington, D.C. area. read more>>>


Hadsell Attends Indonesia-United States Interfaith Cooperation Forum



Religious and civic leaders from Indonesia and the United States recently met for three days at an Interfaith Cooperation Forum in Jakarta, Indonesia, and expressed a shared commitment to combat poverty, protect the environment and promote education on religious diversity and the common good.

President Heidi Hadsell gave a presentation on interfaith education at the forum, which was sponsored by the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia and the U.S. State Department and organized by Religions for Peace. read more>>>


Adkins Donates 2,000 Books to Library



Hartford Seminary is pleased to accept a donation of 2,000 books from the library of The Rev. Dr. Leslie John Adkins, Class of 1924, given by his son Dr. Winthrop Adkins, a Hartford Seminary corporator.

Leslie Adkins, who died in 1991 at the age of 92, was a Congregational minister and psychologist. According to his son Winthrop, his father was an atheist until he saw the horrors of war during World War I and became a Christian. read more>>>


Changing The Way Seminaries Teach

Pedagogies for Interfaith Dialogue



This book is about teaching, interfaith dialogue and theological education. The core of the book: six critical case studies of seminary taught, degree courses in interfaith dialogue. The cases give expression to a broad range of dialogical pedagogies and course formats, and they include the courses’ syllabi and bibliographies. By critical case we mean one that describes not only the context, content, methods and related goals and rationale of the course, but also presents an evaluation of the course and discussion of the implications of the evaluation for teaching interfaith dialogue in theological institutions. read more>>


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