About Hartford Seminary

Hartford Seminary’s influence reaches far beyond the walls of churches, mosques and synagogues. Its work strengthens the moral character of society. By developing the leadership capacities of religious leaders and the wider public, the Seminary directly affects the cities, towns and rural areas where these leaders live. Armed with renewed vigor and dedication to their work, Hartford Seminary students and program participants return to their communities with a new wholeness, a new sense of the possibility of a humane world, and the practical skills to bring about that vision. Hartford Seminary nurtures and matures individual spiritual growth.

Beyond the individual, Hartford Seminary also strengthens religious communities through its programs of research and education. By studying and sharing information, it enables local faith communities to remain strong.

The Hartford Seminary library is widely known for its depth and breadth of content. The library, whose reading room and stacks occupy the lower floors of the Seminary’s main building, contains more than 92,000 volumes and 300 periodicals. Computers provide online access to international databases containing more than several million titles.

Academically, Hartford Seminary is organized around its three academic centers: The Center for Faith in Practice, the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, and The Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. Full descriptions of the centers are below.
 
The Seminary is also committed to providing leadership education to marginalized communities through the Black Ministries Program, the Hispanic Ministries program and the Women’s Leadership Institute.