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Dr. David D. Grafton Contributes to Handbook on Christianity in the Middle EastDecember 4, 2020
Academic Dean David D. Grafton has contributed a chapter on “Protestants,” to the Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021).

Student News
Alum Spotlight: Dr. Nisa Muhammad '17 Works Around the Pandemic ClockDecember 3, 2020
Like many of us, Dr. Nisa Muhammad ‘17 finds herself on Zoom calls at all hours. As Assistant Dean of Religious Life in the Office of the Dean of the Chapel at Howard University, she is adapting to life during a pandemic with all the energy she brings to everything she does.

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Christianity Today Writes about Megachurch ReportNovember 24, 2020
Christianity Today covered the release of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research’s major report on megachurches with an article titled, “U.S. Megachurches Are Getting Bigger and Thinking Smaller.”

General HIU News
The Rev. Nick Mumejian Contributes to Book on Changing the ChurchNovember 17, 2020
The Rev. Nick Mumejian, Managing Editor of The Muslim World journal, has contributed a chapter to the book Changing the Church: Transformations of Christian Belief, Practice, and Life.

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Faculty Emeritus Yahya Michot Has Two New PublicationsNovember 17, 2020
Dr. Yahya Michot, Faculty Emeritus, shares these two new publications:

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Dr. Miriam Therese Winter and Dr. David Roozen Join Emeriti FacultyNovember 16, 2020
The Hartford Seminary Board of Trustees unanimously voted on Nov. 9, 2020, to welcome Dr. Miriam Therese Winter and Dr. David Roozen to the ranks of emeriti faculty.

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Dr. Deena Grant to Speak on Panel about AntisemitismNovember 5, 2020
Deena Grant, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, will speak on a panel discussing the Past, Present & Future of Antisemitism in Commemoration of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.

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Dr. Bilal Ansari Invited to Join Wabash Project on Community-Engaged LearningNovember 5, 2020
Bilal Ansari, Faculty Associate in Muslim Pastoral Theology, has been invited to join an exploration of community-engaged learning in Islamic Studies supported by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.

General HIU News
Frederick Douglass First Edition Goes to Enoch Pratt Free LibraryNovember 5, 2020
An important first edition pamphlet of a Frederick Douglass speech once owned by Hartford Seminary has been donated to the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, where it will be preserved as a piece of American history.

General HIU News
Hartford Institute Releases Major Report on MegachurchesOctober 29, 2020
Scott Thumma, Professor of Sociology of Religion and Director of the Seminary’s Hartford Institute for Religion Research, and Dr. Warren Bird, Vice President of Research and Equipping for the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, have released a major report called “Megachurch 2020: The Changing Reality in America’s Largest Churches.”