Hartford
Seminary Faculty in the News
At the 2007 conference of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature in San Diego, one session focused on the work of Uriah Kim, Professor of Hebrew Bible. It is unusual for an entire session to focus on a single scholar's work. The 90-minute program was titled "Asian and Asian-American Hermeneutics." The theme was "Panel Review of Uriah Kim's Decolonizing Josiah: Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Deuteronomisitc History (Sheffield Phoenix, 2006)." Panelists were: Lai Ling E. Ngan, Baylor University, Presiding; Gina Hens-Piazza, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley; Frank Yamada, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary; Niels Lemche, University of Copenhagen; and Jane Iwamura, University of Southern California. Dr. Kim was the respondent.
Scott Thumma and Dave Travis have just published a new book! Beyond Megachurch Myth: What We Can Learn from America's Largest Churches, explores the megachurch phenomena and the common misconceptions that follow them. On sale now at our book store!
Ingrid Mattson Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, as well as Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program, President, Islamic Society of North America was featured "On Faith". On Faith is an interactive conversation on religion moderated by Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham and Sally Quinn of The Washington Post. It is produced jointly by Newsweek and washingtonpost.com, as is PostGlobal, a conversation on international affairs.
Dr. Mattson was also featured in the January 1, 2007 Issue of Newsweek. The article discribes Ingrid's journey to becoming an ambassador for Islam in the West, preaching tolerance and understanding.
Social
Conflicts Challenge the Resilience of America’s Historic Denominations
Hartford Seminary Professors David
A. Roozen and James
R. Nieman are editors of the just released Church,
Identity, and Change: Theology and Denominational Structures in
Unsettled Times. The
book is an essential resource for those interested in the struggle of
the church in 21st century America.
Faculty Member
Edits Book on Gay Religion
Conflicts
over homosexuality and gay rights threaten to break apart
denominations. These heated theological and political debates have
obscured the fact that many gays are religiously active individuals.
Now
Scott Thumma, Professor of Sociology of Religion at Hartford Seminary,
has joined with Edward R. Gray, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Religion at Emory University, to edit a new book, “Gay
Religion,”
that is the first book to offer a straightforward presentation of the
spiritual lives, practices and expressions of gays, lesbians,
bisexuals and transgender individuals.
Faculty Members
Attend Major Nursi Symposium
Hartford
Seminary faculty and students were well represented at the 7th
International Bediuzzaman Symposium in Istanbul in October, which
focused on the work of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi.
Jane
I. Smith, Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations,
delivered one of two keynotes addresses on the opening day. Her talk
was titled “At the Heart of the Matter: Faith and Belief in the
Poetic Imagery of Said Nursi.”
Delivering
inaugural remarks at the opening session were Hadsell; Yehezkel
Landau, Faculty Associate in Interfaith Relations; and Colleen Keyes,
a Ph.D. student.
Serving
as chairs of conference sessions or delivering papers at the sessions
were: Ibrahim Abu-Rabi’, Professor of Islamic Studies and
Christian-Muslim Relations; Ian Markham, Dean of Hartford Seminary;
Hadsell, Keyes, Smith and Landau. Abu-Rabi’ chaired the closing
session.
The conference was
titled “Bringing Faith, Meaning and Peace to Life in a Multicultural
World: The Risale-I-Nur’s Approach.” The sponsor was the Istanbul
Foundation for Science and Culture. It was held from October 3 through
October 5.
Lively
Dialogue: Faculty Launch New Journal
Two faculty members at Hartford Seminary have begun a new journal, Conversations
in Religion and Theology, to shape the discourse in the fields
of theology and ethics.
Miriam Therese Winter Inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of
Fame
Miriam
Therese Winter, a Medical Mission Sister and Professor of Liturgy,
Worship, Spirituality and Feminist Studies at Hartford Seminary, was
inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame in a ceremony
on April 11th 2003.
2007-2008
Faculty Sabbatical Schedule
The following
faculty members will be on sabbatical:
| Spring
2008 |
Summer 2008 |
Fall 2008 |
| Scott Thumma |
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