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Sunday, January 15, 2012
a winter event to celebrate the release of miriam therese winter's new cd: loving you
Join MT as she shares with us how and why her songs have taken a quantum leap out of the hymnals and into the midst of the world in which we live. She will tell us about some of her new friends - Janis Ian, Melba Moore, The Limeliters - and others, as she plays some tracks from this recording, the first of a five-volume set of her songs being produced by The Sacred Folk Song Project under the direction of Dan Paulos and the Saint Bernadette Institute of Sacred Art in Albuquerque, NM. Read more/ Register
Faculty in the News
Professor David Roozen is the key expert in a Religion News Service article on mainline Protestant denominations implementing reforms to reverse declines in membership. Read "Mainline Protestants Seek Reform, Stir Anger."
Professor Timur Yuskaev, Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program, is featured along with several Chaplaincy students, in an article titled "Muslim Chaplains Guide the Way" in Islamic Horizons magazine.
Professor Lucinda Mosher has published an article, “Walking Deliberately Into Difference: A Theology of Enabling Interreligious Understanding,” in the Fall 2011 issue of the Anglican Theological Review. Read article
Faculty Talks
Our Latest Podcasts
- Psychopathy and the New Manichean Challenge to Moral Agency with Andrew Flescher, Ph.D.
- The Michael R. Rion Lecture: How a Courageous Remnant Can Change the World, with Bob Edgar, President of Common Cause
- Judaism and Islam in America: Religion and Legalism
- An Arc of Hope Muslims, Interfaith Engagement and Peacebuilding After 9/11
- In the Shadow of September 11: The Faith Community Responds
- "Where Psychology and Religion Meet in the Thought of C.G. Jung" with Wayne Rollins
- Jerusalem: History, Theology and Politics with Prof. Mustafa Abu Sway
- What is "American" About American Muslims? with Dr. Timur Yuskaev
- Behind the Headlines: Unrest in the Middle East and North Africa
- Lectures from the Muslim World 100th-Anniversary Celebration:
The Future of Islam in America
Christian-Muslim Relations Today
Recent Christian-Muslim Exchange Breaks New Ground - Shi'a and Sunni Islam: Similarities and Differences
- The Christian Church and the Selling of the American Soul
- Zakat in America: The Lake Lecture by Ingrid Mattson
Faculty Publication
Changing the Way Seminaries Teach: Pedagogies for Interfaith Dialogue, Edited by David Roozen and Heidi Hadsell, with contributions from Yehezkel Landau. More Information
What's happening at Hartford Seminary?
Praxis, December 2011
A Nigerian Peacemaker's Journey Plus the Annual Report
New study examines ten years of changes in American Congregations and new Alumni/ae Council officers are among the stories in this edition. Also included is the Annual Report of donors, with a President's Message.Read more
New Study Released
if congregations can change, they can grow
Congregations that are spiritually vital and alive, have strong, permanent leadership, and enjoy joyful, innovative and inspirational worship are more likely to experience growth, a new study has found. Read more
Appointment
Scott Thumma Named Director of Doctor of Ministry Program
Dr. Thumma, Professor of Sociology of Religion, adds this post to serving also as Director of the Seminary’s Distance Education efforts, the Parish Inventory program and a member of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research. Read more
New Grant Award
seminary receives $700,000 from lilly endowment for congregational studies project
Hartford Seminary is pleased to announce that it has received a $700,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to enlarge the conversation of engaged scholars studying congregations and to develop a website that disseminates resources for and insights from congregational studies.Read more
In Memory
Seminary community mourns the death of mary coleman
The Hartford Seminary community is saddened at the passing of Mary E. Coleman, a Ph.D. student and administrator of the International Ph.D. Program at the Seminary. Mary, who taught courses in American religious history, also was Assistant Editor for the journal Reviews in Religion and Theology. Mary died peacefully on November 24, surrounded by her family, at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain, CT. On November 28, a special chapel service was held in her memory at the Seminary. President Heidi Hadsell, in informing the community, said of Mary, “I know we will miss her bright spirit among us.” Professor Yahya Michot spoke of Mary at her memorial service and provided these photos as a remembrance, which he took during a 2011 trip to Turkey. Photo Photo PhotoObituary
Faculty Search
Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins
Hartford Seminary invites applications for a faculty position in New Testament and Christian Origins that begins in fall 2012. The candidate should have expertise in any area of New Testament study, showing the ability to interpret early Christian literature in its historical and cultural contexts, with attention to and appreciation of its contemporary significance.Read more
Video
Psychopathy and the New Manichean Challenge to Moral Agency with Andrew Flescher, Ph.D.
This talk presents and evaluates the new "Manichean" challenge to standard (e.g. Kantian) accounts of evil that tend to rely, among other things, on a robust sense of personal responsibility.
Please Welcome
tina demo to head recruitment and admissions
President Heidi Hadsell has appointed Mary C. (Tina) Demo as Director of Recruitment and Admissions at Hartford Seminary.Read more
New Initiative
A pioneering Program to educate muslim community leaders
Recognizing the importance of educating Muslim leaders for leadership in the American context, Hartford Seminary is pleased to announce a Graduate Certificate in Imam and Muslim Community Leadership.
New Service
Hartford seminary offers professional speakers bureau
If you are seeking a speaker for a program or event, consult this newly developed list of Hartford Seminary graduates and doctoral students who are experts in a variety of fields.
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