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Disaster Emotional and Spiritual Care Training Course - Registration Deadline April 25th

April 19, 2014

Hartford Seminary, through a training partnership with the National Disaster Interfaiths Network (NDIN), will host a Disaster Chaplain training course on the Hartford Seminary campus on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 6 & 7, 8:30 AM to 5 PM, in the Budd Interfaith Building, 60 Lorraine Street. Congregation leaders, chaplains, spiritual care providers, mental health professionals, and emergency managers are urged to enroll.

CBS - New calling

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Watch the CBS News Show Featuring Hartford Seminary

April 14, 2014

CBS News began airing its program “A New Calling: Spiritual Second Careers” on Sunday, April 13, on local CBS stations around the country. The show will also air Sunday, April 20, on New York’s WCBS station at 1 p.m. and Chicago’s WBBM station at 11:30 a.m

Role of 19th Century Missionaries in Hawaii

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Panel Discusses Role of 19th Century Missionaries in Hawaii

April 11, 2014

Were the missionaries who traveled from Connecticut to Hawaii during the 19th century products of their time with good intentions, or were they arrogant meddlers who helped dismantle the native culture?

Yehezkel Landau - Pesach Haggadah

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Special Haggadah Donated to Hartford Seminary

April 9, 2014

A very special illustrated Pesach Haggadah, the Jewish text used for the Passover Seder, has been donated to Hartford Seminary through the efforts of Yehezkel Landau, Associate Professor of Interfaith Relations.

Adventures in Oman

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Students Outline Adventures in Oman

April 3, 2014

Five Hartford Seminary students who traveled to Oman in January for a course called “Christian-Muslim Relations in Arabia: Ibadi Islam and Interfaith Theology in the Sultanate of Oman” described their experiences Wednesday in a presentation to the seminary community.

CBS Interview - March 2014

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CBS News Issues Press Release on Program Featuring Hartford Seminary

March 31, 2014

A NEW CALLING: SPIRITUAL SECOND CAREERS, a CBS Interfaith Special that explores the phenomenon of mature adults moving from successful secular careers into the world of religion, will be broadcast Sunday, April 13, on the CBS Television Network (check local listings).

Mitri Raheb

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Dr. Mitri Raheb Speaks About the Palestinian Narrative

March 26, 2014

The Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem and a leading Palestinian Christian theologian, writer, and activist, spoke at Hartford Seminary on Wednesday about his latest book, Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes.

MT Winter - Melba Moore

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Melba Moore Records One of Prof. MT Winter's Songs

March 17, 2014

Prof. Miriam Therese Winter took a trip to New York on March 13 to witness legendary performer Melba Moore and her father, keyboard artist Clement Leroy Mooreman (soon-to-be 98), record Prof. Winter’s song, “All God’s Children,” for the forthcoming CD, Breath of the Spirit.

Avinoam Patt

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Dr. Avinoam Patt Speaks on 'Jewish Theology and the Holocaust'

March 14, 2014

The University of Hartford generously sent one of its own to Hartford Seminary Friday to give a lunch talk on “Jewish Theology and the Holocaust.”

CBS Interview March 2014

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CBS Religion and Culture Desk Visits Seminary

March 11, 2014

The Religion and Culture Desk of CBS News brought a production crew to Hartford Seminary on Monday, March 10, to film a segment for a show about “second acts” in public life.