raxis PPNews rfroma Hartfordxis Seminary • Dec.2002•Vol.XIV•No.3

Talking thetalk What is dialogue? How should it be taught?

Chatredreator faith freedom theology profoundrejudice church secula faithr ddivinityialoguetraditio humann A Special Report on Interfaith Dialogue begins on page 6 Yale lectures, a hymnology and various one by one. Toward the end he said, Library Receives books on preaching. According to ‘Christ, I am ready’ – the nurse made him Blackburn, Post’s donations are especially comfortable and asked if he could sleep. Cynthia Woolever Generous, Rare appreciated for their content and value as He said, ‘yes’ and then in the last few research tools. minutes he laid his hand upon his heart and said, ‘I feel so—‘ (but) the last sen- Named to Faculty Donations Among the newly acquired materials are tence was never finished, for he had several that provide a treasure trove for gone…What a glorious, bright strong the religious historians among us. For Angel he is now! Everyone has been anx- tionally vital.” example, there are personal items that ious to know what I will do. It is all per- once belonged to descendents of the Since 1996, Woolever has worked in fectly clear to me. I shall stay here and Rev. Howard Arnold Walter, a Hartford the Research Services office of the will not return to America until 1920 or Seminary Class of 1909 alumnus who Presbyterian Church (USA) as associ- 1921 when the children’s education will penned the famous hymn, “My Creed,” ate for congregational research. She have to be attended to. Then I and served as associate pastor at was professor of sociology at Midway shall…eventually return to the land Asylum Hill Congregational College in Midway, Kentucky, for eight where all my heart is – and where my Church under Mark Twain friend, years, where she also was director of dearest’s body lies…” the famed Rev. Joseph Twitchell. the Center for Christian Church Sometimes the donations are more valu- Organizational Research. Prior to that, Interestingly, Walter’s mother was able than the donor anticipates. Hartford she was an associate professor in the so smitten with her son’s poem resident Mary Taylor, for example, donat- Sociology Department at Phillips (which he sent home to her from ed several hundred books that had University in Enid, Oklahoma. Japan shortly after writing it on belonged to her husband. These texts New Year’s Day, 1907), that she Woolever has a Ph.D. from Indiana include pulpit commentaries by Calvin sent it, without his knowledge, to University and a Bachelor of Science and early 20th Century religious thinker Harper’s Bazaar. The magazine from Phillips, both in sociology. accepted the piece and it became She published A Field Guide to U.S. an instant hit among churchgoers Congregations, with co-author Deborah who responded to its now well- Bruce, this year and is working on a known opening lines, “I would second book with Bruce on factors be True, for there are those who related to congregational effectiveness. By Christine Palm Trust me…” It will be accompanied by congrega- tional resources to help leaders assess In the past few months, several members Miss Sarah Pyle gave Walter’s book to the Seminary in honor of Walter’s their congregation’s strengths. of the Hartford Seminary community – Woolever’s research has focused on and a few others — have made significant grandniece, Ann M. McCormack. Walter, who was born in New Britain, three areas — voluntary organizations, and fascinating donations to the holdings sociology of religion and congregational of the Seminary Library. Connecticut in 1883, served as a mis- sionary in Lahore, India, where he died studies – and has been multi-faith. Steven Blackburn, who will become during the devastating influenza She said she sought the professorship at Interim Library Director on January 1, epidemic of 1918. Cynthia Woolever, director of the understand themselves, identify their the Seminary because, “The Hartford said the donated books, archival material, C.F.D. Moule, books by theologian G. largest profile ever taken of worshipers strengths, assess their ministries and Included in Walter’s memorabilia is a let- Institute for Religion Research has a journals and ephemera range from new, Campbell Morgan and Bible commen- in the United States, is the newest relate more effectively with their com- ter from his wife, Marguerite, who also national reputation for excellent but utilitarian religious texts and videos taries by Arthur Walkington Pink (1886- member of the faculty at Hartford munities. took sick but survived. In several moving research in the sociology of religion. to moving personal correspondence and 1952). Seminary. Woolever will be Professor of passages, Walter’s widow describes his last “I am delighted that Cynthia Woolever Through their work they demonstrate a the scholarly writings of notable figures Sociology of Religious Organizations, days: “Oh, if God had only allowed me “It was a massive collection and adds will be joining the faculty at Hartford concern for the daily life and practices such as the Rev. Lyman Beecher. effective July 1, 2003. She will join the the comfort of being with him! But I was immeasurably to the Library’s ability to Seminary,” Seminary President Heidi of religious leaders, congregations, and Seminary’s Hartford Institute for John E. Post, a Seminary alumnus, donat- very ill and could not even go to the support theological research,” Blackburn Hadsell said. “Cynthia, through her people of faith. And the Seminary also Religion Research. ed more than 1,000 books this past year, funeral. He talked about me and the chil- says. “Many of these books are classical leadership on the Congregational Life has a well-known reputation for cre- including several volumes of Beecher’s dren, saying all the children’s names over Continued on page 4 Woolever directed the U.S. Survey, has shown great skill in devel- ative approaches to making seminary Congregational Life Survey. About oping and disseminating important education critically relevant.” 300,000 worshipers in more than 2,000 information about religious life in At Hartford Seminary, she said, she On the cover: Hartford Editor: Christine Palm • Designer: James Baker congregations in the United States America today. She is an excellent looks forward to being part of a faculty Seminary students Jawad Reprint and copy information: Articles may be completed a survey during worship ser- sociologist who understands how to team that engages students and the Ashraf, left, (M.A.) talks with reprinted if full credit is given to Hartford vices in April 2001. Worshipers in apply academic skills to analyze practi- public in important conversations. the Rev. Terasa Cooley Seminary and the author, if bylined in Praxis. For Australia, England, and New Zealand cal, every-day issues.” (D.Min.) at a recent round- our records, please inform us if you plan to reprint completed similar surveys. Together, “One of the things I admire about the table discussion about or photocopy any part of Praxis. Letters to the Woolever is known for her work with the international effort included about faculty is their consistent and coura- Christian-Muslim dialogue. editor are welcomed. If you would like additional congregations. geous willingness to cross boundaries — Story on page 8. copies of this issue of Praxis or back issues, please 2 million worshipers and 17,000 con- contact Christine Palm, c/o Hartford Seminary, gregations across three continents. “Cynthia has a deep commitment to whether it’s faith groups, nations, gen- 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105. For the vitality of congregations, across der, race/ethnicity, community, acade- information about Praxis, please call 860/586- The survey included Jewish, Greek denominational lines,” Hadsell addes. mic disciplines — that normally keep 8030, or by e-mail: [email protected]. For all other Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Buddhist, “She has worked extensively to help us from seeing clearly,” she said. information concerning Hartford Seminary, call Unitarian and Protestant denomina- faith communities understand what it 860/509-9519. tions. 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2 P RAXIS P RAXIS 3 S ERMON bad and the ugly. Some Library Donations of the weeds – or what we Visiting Professor K.P. Aleaz Continued from page 2 God’s Strange and now call weeds – may Dialogical Theology, was reminded of relate it to Christianity. Many have texts which, while turn out to be beautiful once fairly common, Wonderful Garden plants in due course. Let A.J. Appasamy, who earned his B.D. already spent time learning about Islam, are out of print and from Hartford Seminary in 1918 and and have discovered that they have Editor’s Note: The Rev. Canon Dr. Martyn Percy the harvest ripen. therefore hard to went on to be the Bishop of the Church neighbors and associates who are Hindu, was a Visiting Professor of Theology at Hartford Christians are ultimately come by.” of India, and S.J. Samartha, Ph.D., ’58, and wish to learn more about them, Seminary during the summer. Director of the judged by their fruits, and who became the first Director of the too.” Other donors gave Lincoln Theological Institute at the University of not by their seeds. Christian communities World Council of Churches’ division of personal effects, Sheffield in Sheffield, England, Percy preached at Aleaz, who earned his B.D., M.Th. and need to be places that interfaith dialogue. Each wrote exten- including the pencil several churches during his stay in Hartford. Here D.Th. from the Senate of Serampore reflect the Kingdom of sively on interfaith relations and Aleaz, drawings, diaries, let- is an extract of a sermon preached at St. Luke’s College, is a specialist in Hinduism, God – that ‘open country’ who has long been familiar with their ters, journals and Episcopal Church in Glastonbury, CT. Indian philosophy (particularly Advaita that all may journey to, works, says he enjoyed following in their business ledgers of William Henry Sanders, I had been waiting for there, really, honestly, Vedanta) and Hindu-Christian relations. and find their rest in. It is K.P. Aleaz talks with Regina Wolfe of Saint footsteps – literally and figuratively. an 1880 graduate of Hartford Seminary some time. Immigration such a thing as a true He is Professor of Religions at Bishop’s not the task of the church John’s University at a conference on teaching who served as a missionary in Angola. Control is not the friend- weed – a plant nobody Aleaz, who focused especially on Hindu- College in Calcutta and the author of 14 to police the borders of dialogue in October. Several pieces in the collection make refer- liest place to loiter, but I ever wants, anywhere? I Christian relations in his course, says, books, including Religions in Christian ence to his brother Charles Sylvester God’s kingdom. Rather, it When Visiting Professor Kalarikkal was hoping that Customs doubt it. “this time in America – my first — has Theology (Kolkata: Punthi Pustak, 2001). Sanders, also an alumnus and missionary, is the place of the church Poulose Aleaz walked around the campus would eventually release been an especially interesting one, since He edited From Exclusivism to who died in an accident in Turkey in 1906. I suspect that Jesus’ story to be that soil in which this fall, he was reminded of two special our au pair. This was her relating to people of other faiths has Inclusivism: The Theological Writings of teases the church about seeds of all kinds can grow first time in the United mentors who walked those same paths Photographs, too, become part of the col- its sense of self-impor- and mature. God will do become all the more important of late. I Krishnamohan Banerjea (1813-85) States, and it wasn’t turn- decades ago. Aleaz, who this past semes- lection from time to time. Recently, the tance. Does not the the rest. have found the Hartford Seminary stu- (Delhiu, ISPCK, 1999). ing out to be a particular- ter taught Comparative Ethics and grandnephew of former Seminary Professor church have the keys to dents eager to learn about Hinduism and ly auspicious welcome. The Kingdom of God is a William Willoughby (Kennedy School of the kingdom? Do minis- Eventually she was strange country. It is one Missions, 1919-1931), sent sepia pho- ters not decide who gets allowed through; a gruel- where the justice and tographs of his great-uncle’s missionary baptized and who doesn’t? ing half-hour interview mercy of God is so com- work in China. And some objects defy cat- Don’t we get to define for a girl of 19 from East prehensive as to be utterly egorization altogether. For example, the who is a Christian and Germany was not, I unfair. God takes all Library now has a display case full of such who isn’t? But the reflected, a great adver- sorts. A thief from a ephemera as a minister’s gown and a Kingdom of God is not tisement for international cross, people of all faiths, pewter chalice from a friend of the the kind of country where relations. But still, many and sometimes people of Seminary, Margaret Boltz. the church is allowed to countries have such stric- no special faith, and puts operate like Customs or Another recent donation, from Mrs. Irene tures and operate tight them in the center of his Immigration Control. Klei, contained 300 books belonging to her border control. Fortress saving work. What is the The church has no man- deceased father, the Rev. Howard Rogers, Europe is not so very dif- point of being good when date to operate like some and Edward Kenyon, a long-time Hartford ferent from America. God seems to constantly type of border police, Seminary corporator who died earlier this welcome the bad? year, left his library to Hartford Seminary However, Jesus’ words in deciding on who is in his will. today’s Gospels of allowed in and who is But there is the rub. God Mathew should give us shut out. Rather, the opens the borders of his According to Blackburn, not all donations cause for concern if we church, as an agent of the kingdom to the apparent- are old, and many newer works still add are to ever reflect on what kingdom, is that fertile ly undeserving, because value to the Library’s holdings. For exam- kind of open communities soil in which many things his love is more than any- ple, this summer the Rev. Connie our churches are to be. – both the good and bad – one can imagine. What Sternberg, chair of the Connecticut Let me say more. Very are to flourish and sur- the church now calls Committee for Interreligious early on in our marriage, vive. And the words of ‘weeds’ God may see dif- Understanding, donated more than 100 my wife and I occasionally Jesus are a reminder to ferently over the course of PEACE POLE PLANTED AT FRONT ENTRANCE recent books and videos which greatly add disagreed about one thing, the church that it is not time. God, the gardener, to the Library’s resources, and Barbara and one thing only: the to set about the task of has the happy knack of At the recommendation of Carl Dudley and Miriam Therese Brown Zikmund, former Seminary presi- state of our garden. I am policing and purifying finding a place for every Winter, faculty members at Hartford Seminary, the Peace Pole dent, gave books and periodicals from her not a natural gardener, itself too overtly. That plant in his diverse and that has graced the Seminary’s chapel was moved outside at a personal collection, which is known for its but the weeds that grew job belongs to God, the bountiful fields. The special chapel service on October 7. The pole, which stands as a depth and breadth, especially in the areas in it would trouble her. harvester, who will sort church needs the wisdom commitment to peace here and throughout the world, contains of American church history and feminist For my part, I could barely the wheat from the chaff and the heart to be as the words “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in English, Arabic, thought. tell the difference when all is ready. open as God is, and to be Hebrew and Spanish. Former President Barbara Brown Zikmund between weeds and patient for the harvest Blackburn and Marie Rovero, library assis- The implications of this presented the pole to the Seminary at the time of her departure plants, and in any case, that is to come. tant, are always open to considering dona- are simple enough. in 2000. In photos, Dudley is carrying the pole from the chapel to would point out that the tions from friends, alumni, donors, stu- Churches should be wel- the front lawn and Winter is leading the participants in song. categories were somewhat dents, faculty, visiting scholars and others coming and hospitable Dudley said that the heightened visibility of the pole is a confir- fluid. Is a weed not sim- in the Seminary community, but ask that communities that do not mation of the Seminary as a safe place for disparate voices. ply a plant out of place? anyone considering making a donation first attempt to vet member- Is a weed simply not the call them at 860-509-9561. ship, trying to differenti- name we give to the vege- ate between the good, the tation we don’t want? Is

4 P RAXIS P RAXIS 5 ate professor of international diplomacy at For the past 25 years, Landau has lived in organized the conference. It is part of an confront difficult issues honestly. the Fletcher School of Tufts University, in Israel, promoting the cause of peace. He overall emphasis on dialogue and increas- Meet Yehezkel Landau “Real dialogue is to be who you are,” his book Holy War, Holy Peace: How co-founded Open House in 1991, to further ing interfaith understanding initiated by Wollaston said. “Minimizing differences is Religion Can Bring Peace to the Middle East. peace and coexistence among Israeli Arabs President Heidi Hadsell. Hartford Sharing the Talking very, very dangerous.” and Jews in Ramle, a city of 65,000 Seminary has an established tradition in Gopin says of Landau’s work: “This unique between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. interfaith relations and is moving toward In the closing presentation, John Clayton, divine blessing kind of peacemaking is not centered on requiring a core course in dialogue for all Chairman of the Religion Department at of shalom dialogue processes, but relationships, even Open House has two inter-related goals: to thetalk Master of Arts students as part of its Boston University, said he had heard four though dialogue is obviously an element in provide educational and social opportuni- expanded emphasis. goals for dialogue suggested. He called By David S. Barrett every encounter. It is a deeply religious ties to Arab children and their families them the four C’s: To achieve consensus, model of love or care for the human being through its Center for the Development of Throughout the weekend, the participants compromise, conversion or clarification. Soon after you meet Yehezkel Landau, you as such, but not in some abstract fashion of the Arab Child and to be a place of Embedding talked about learning, about the ways in The first three require change; either a understand his deep, foundational commit- valuing humanity through policy choices. encounter and cooperation between Jews which their role as educators can help mutual resolution of difference, splitting ment to religious peacemaking. Rather, it is through the arduous discipline and Arabs through its Center for Jewish- Dialogue as their students become more knowledge- the difference, or abandoning the differ- of perpetual personal contact with a wide Arab Coexistence. able about their own faith traditions Twenty-five years ago, he moved to Israel ence, he said. variety of people with whom you may have a Learning through exploring the traditions of others. “to put my body where my prayers were.” Landau has a Master of Theological Studies serious differences.” But, he went on, “perhaps the desirable Now he has returned to the United States from Harvard Divinity School. In 1990 he Ariarajah argued that “all religious tradi- Outcome in end is not the ending of difference but for a year “to help the Abrahamic commu- Seminary President Heidi Hadsell said received the Katzenstein Award presented tions are inadequate to deal with the clarifying difference” – that is, gaining nities look at their relations with one Landau’s appointment comes at a key time to a distinguished alumnus. He has been Theological world in which we live today, a post-mod- greater understanding. another and the issue of Israel/Palestine in the Seminary’s efforts to promote dia- program coordinator for the Israel ern, post-colonial world. We need each from a spiritual and humanitarian perspec- logue. “Hartford Seminary is strongly com- Interfaith Association in Jerusalem, a lec- Education other in order to be able to move forward. Swidler suggested that the group, and oth- tive that transcends the ideological divi- mitted to dialogue,” Hadsell said. “Yehezkel turer on Judaism and interfaith relations at What is dialogue? And how should it be sions” – with the aim that they may brings a special perspective, having prac- several institutions in Israel and executive taught at seminaries and universities? become allies and advocates for peace. ticed dialogue and promoted interfaith director of Oz veShalom-Netivot Shalom, understanding in one of the most difficult the religious Zionist peace movement in Landau, who has been named a faculty If you had been on campus at Hartford environments in the world. I am delighted Israel. associate in interfaith relations at Hartford Seminary the weekend of October 18-20, to have Yehezkel at Hartford Seminary, and Seminary for the 2002-2003 academic year, The three courses Landau will teach reflect you would have heard three days of discus- I expect he will contribute to greater will teach three courses, speak in the his commitment both to peacemaking and sion aimed at answering these seemingly understanding in our region.” simple questions. greater Hartford community and work with the development of interfaith relationships. Ibrahim Abu- They also are articulations of his compas- Experts in teaching and researching inter- Rabi, co-direc- sion toward the other. faith dialogue and understanding came tor of Hartford The week of January 13, Landau will teach together to participate in an unusual con- Seminary’s a one-week intensive course titled ference designed to arrive at “best prac- Macdonald “Religion, Conflict and Peacemaking.” tices” in the teaching of dialogue. Center for the This course will explore the paradox of reli- Study of Islam The Wabash Center For Teaching and gion as a source of division and conflict, on and Christian- Learning in Theology and Religion, a the one hand, and of peaceful aspirations Muslim program at Wabash College funded by and compassionate, sacrificial service on Relations, said, the Lilly Endowment Inc., awarded the the other. Theoretical approaches to this “Yehezkel Seminary a grant to organize the paradox, drawn from the Jewish, Christian, Listening to a presentation are, left to right, S. Wesley Ariarajah, a professor at Drew University; Landau brings conference, titled “Embedding Dialogue Akintunde Akinade, a professor at High Point University in North Carolina; Kelton Cobb, a professor and Islamic traditions, will be supplement- the as a Learning Outcome in Theological at the Seminary, and S. Mark Heim, who is on the faculty at Andover Newton Theological School. ed by practical case studies, with particular important voice Education.” attention given to the Israeli-Palestinian- Yehezkel Landau, faculty associate in interfaith relations, talks with Worth of Jewish spiri- Loomis and Ibrahim Abu-Rabi’, development director and co-director, respec- Arab dispute over the “Holy Land.” S. Wesley Ariarajah, Professor of That is why dialogue matters.” ers who are interested, might form an tuality to our tively, of the Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Ecumenical Theology at Drew University Academy for Interreligious Dialogue to interfaith During the winter/spring term, Landau will Yehezkel Landau, a faculty associate in Relations. They were participants in a conference on teaching dialogue held at in New Jersey, spoke passionately about continue the conversation. The role of work at teach “Holiness in Time and Space: A interfaith relations at the Seminary, said the Seminary in October. the importance of dialogue in the shaping educators, he said, is to think about these Hartford Jewish Approach to Spirituality” and dialogue, to be effective, requires us “to of our perceptions of other faith traditions. issues and to communicate their impor- religious and lay leaders seeking to improve Seminary. He has been on the forefront of “Engaging the Book of Genesis: The Text speak more honestly from the pain about tance to each other and to the larger com- the interfaith climate. reconciliation and healing between Arabs in the Context of Our Own Lives.” “Our memories [of other faith traditions] who we really are.” Landau has spent the munity. and Jews for many years. There is no more often are based on negative experiences,” past 25 years in Israel as a religious peace- Landau is a man described as “one of the critical time than this for his voice to be In the spirituality course, after an introduc- he said, “and we underestimate this reality. maker and talked about the difficulty of most important Israeli religious peacemak- In addition to Ariarajah, Clayton, Swidler expressed.” tion to Jewish identity and vocation, the We cannot change until we have a new even initiating an interreligious conversa- and Wollaston, participants included: ers” by Rabbi Marc Gopin, visiting associ- focus will shift to Continued on page 11 history, a new memory. Interfaith dialogue tion in Israel/Palestine. Akintunde Akinade, Associate Professor is essential to shape the new memories.” of World Religions at High Point “How we facilitate a conversation, espe- University in North Carolina; Lewis Talk/Theological Education Continued from previous page Leonard Swidler, Professor of Catholic cially an interreligious conversation, Ayres, Assistant Professor of Historical Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at where buttons aren’t pushed in the first England; Hans Ucko, Program Executive Moral Theology at Saint John’s University Professor of Religions, Bishop’s College, Theology at Candler School of Theology Temple University in Philadelphia, five minutes, that is what we have to do,” for Christian-Jewish and Interreligious in Minnesota. Calcutta, India; Kelton Cobb, Seminary in Atlanta; S. Mark Heim, Professor of described the process of dialogue as “I he said. Relations and Dialogue at the World Professor of Theology and Ethics; Hadsell; Christian Theology at Andover Newton Participants from the Seminary included: come to speak with someone who thinks Council of Churches in Switzerland and a Bela Kalumbete, a Doctor of Ministry stu- Isabel Wollaston, Senior Lecturer in the Theological School in Massachusetts; Ibrahim Abu-Rabi’ and Jane I. Smith, co- differently from me because I want to Seminary trustee; Mark I. Wallace, dent from Tanzania; Landau; Markham; Department of Theology at the University Tinu Ruparell, Lecturer and Research directors of the Macdonald Center for the learn.” Associate Professor of Religion at and Ibrahim Ozdemir, Faculty Associate of Birmingham in England, along with Fellow in Interfaith Philosophy at Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania; and and Adjunct Professor in Islamic Studies. Ian Markham, dean of Hartford Seminary, Landau, emphasized that it is important to Liverpool Hope University College in Relations, K.P. Aleaz, Visiting Scholar and Regina Wolfe, Associate Professor of Continued on next page

6 P RAXIS P RAXIS 7 Continued from previous page ence as Muslim women in a way that really important because it is a way to understand doing with the Confirmation kids is Americans are very understanding and to be somewhat reactionary because they changed the way my people viewed them; “the other,” and to avoid the human incli- (studying) different faiths. After 9/11 a offered me friendship and help. We need grew up in the streets and it is interesting they could see these students were very nation to demonize what we don’t know. colleague of mine, who is Muslim, agreed to take it outside this institution. to see that when an event like Sept. 11 self-actualized women who made choices It’s important to establish a common goal to come to my church and explain what happens – boom – there is demonization Talking freely and it undercut all those stereotypes. of a just society, which is a goal at the root it’s really like, and we’re planning to Calderone: I agree, and in our church, on both sides. So I find myself in a bal- of all religions. I came to this country from bring some of our kids to a Ramadan cel- we’ve initiated a program where as part of ancing act – trying to tell people they are Zahra, is that an assumption you Pakistan when I was five years old, so in ebration. What I realized is that although their year-long to two-year-long study, wrong with their misperceptions and still encounter often about women of your one way I have always represented “the I have Muslim colleagues in the universi- the children in our Confirmation class educate them. thetalk faith? other,” from grade school, no matter how ty, a lot of my friends and family didn’t attend different interfaith experiences. So much you try to assimilate, people pick you actually know any Muslims and so they for instance, we’ve gone to a synagogue, a How free do you all feel to speak for Boussalah: Yes, in fact, that’s what lots of out. Likewise, I see everybody else as “the had these stereotypes they got from tele- Hindu temple, a Buddhist temple, a yourselves, as opposed to all the other people think about us. That’s why we need other.” I was a pre-med student, but I vision. So I asked them how they’d Russian members of your faith community? A Christian-Muslim dialogue, I think to go out and talk about changed over to the social sciences, and feel if the TV showed a picture of a Orthodox your faith – and invite others to do the one of the reasons was to better understand member of the IRA and said, “that’s monastery. Boussalah: Yes, in such an environment, Roundtable same – is vital. Dialogue is very important faith traditions other than my own. what Irish Catholics are all like – We’ve talked I always feel as if people believe I speak for us generally, as human beings; all you’d be very unhappy about that.” On the sacred about the Islamic for all Muslim women. But I always try to Recently, Christine Palm, Praxis Editor, and belonging to the human family, we need to Calderone: On the sacred level, if you So I’ve gotten drawn into that edu- level, if you faith, and are be myself and speak, at the same time, as David Barrett, Hartford Seminary Director of interact. As far as Christian-Muslim rela- don’t look at interfaith dialogue, you in cation on a personal level. planning, actual- who I am – a Muslim woman. Public and Institutional Affairs, convened a tions are concerned, there we have some fact, limit God, because God is much more don’t look ly, on offering a roundtable discussion of Seminary students differences and we also have a lot of com- than one given faith. And what happens is That’s an apt analogy, but one of six-week course How about those of you who are not interested in Christian-Muslim dialogue. mon points. Muslims and Christians both following your own faith the Creation takes the things that makes it difficult is at interfaith that’s based on Muslim? When you espouse interfaith Participants were: Jawad Ashraf, an Islamic have the concept of God and the precedence over the Creator, and you don’t that the IRA is still part of a dialogue, one I took with dialogue, do you encounter opposition prison chaplain at the Cheshire and Webster Hereafter. We agree that God is in control allow the freedom of the Creator to be Western culture – they are not as Jane Smith over from people of your own faith? Correctional Institution who is nearing comple- of the world. As religious people, for exam- what – or who – that is. On the secular much “the other” as those from you in fact, the summer. The tion of his Master of Arts studies at Hartford ple, we know that when the victims of level, it’s important because it affords peo- Pakistan, for example. Nearly fear of the Cooley: Not me. Because respecting Seminary and plans to pursue a doctorate; Sept. 11 died, it was not the end for them. ple – including the press – to fashion our every American has a friend or a limit God, unknown is what other faiths is a basic tenet of the Barbara Beliveau, a practicing Episcopalian They were victims of something terrible own thinking and we regurgitate the hatred cousin who’s of Irish descent or has because God drives many peo- Universalist faith, people really appreci- who is a finance professor at the University of and they will be at peace in Heaven. and the prejudice and we don’t take an been to Ireland. In contrast, not a ple. And now, in ate the effort. Whether they’re willing to Connecticut in Storrs and studying for a existential stand and ask: ‘What does it lot of Americans have the same is much more a society void of go to the extent it takes to develop real Master’s degree in theology; Zahra Boussalah, Beliveau: Interfaith dialogue is important mean in the grander scheme of things – experience with Pakistan, for the Cold War, relationships, is another question. a daycare worker and a Moroccan who has because if you don’t confront something how can I use the gifts and talents I have?’ example. than one everyone looks permanent residency in the U.S. and is an given faith. for an enemy. In This leads to the question of what you M.A. student in Islamic Studies and Ashraf: That’s true, and in the media and in all perceive are the obstacles to inter- Christian-Muslim Relations; the Rev. Thomas Eastern world, there is not the overt movies, the faith encounter. What are the most V. Calderone, pastor of First Congregational secularism there is in the Western enemy becomes important issues do you see your congre- Church of East Windsor and a second-year world. So where the IRA might be the Islamic gations facing today? Doctor of Ministry student at Hartford seen primarily as a political body, nation. Pictures Seminary; and the Rev. Terasa Cooley, senior rather than a religious movement, are doctored to minister of the Unitarian Society of Hartford what people in the Eastern word are make Muslims look evil, and the only Beliveau: For all of us, change is very and a third-year Doctor of Ministry student. doing always has religious overtones. The way to overcome that is to bring it down hard, and in the Episcopal church, even The following is excerpted from their discus- great challenge for interfaith dialogue, in to a grassroots level – to bring it to the changing the order of service when a new sion. my opinion, is having to find ourselves in laity in the church and the people in the pastor comes can be hard. So at a time a secular world. It’s always in flux and street… when people are stressed, you want to be In your perception, has the need for evolving – you have modernity, then comforted, so it’s harder to reach out and Christian-Muslim dialogue intensified in post-modernity, movements which affect Cooley: For me, relationship is key. It’s be challenged. And yet in our parish, the past year or have you always felt dedi- religion, so you have, for example, libera- not just about learning about, it’s about when my friend Mohammad came and cated to it? tion theology. With all these things com- truly interacting with people. And to be gave a presentation, they said, “When ing at us, the issue is how do we, as comfortable with the fact that we are will you come back?” Cooley: As a religious person, I understand Participating in the conversation about interreligious dialogue were, from left, Terasa Cooley, Muslims, define ourselves in a world really, truly different. You can’t just that each of us is a reflection of the Divine. Zahra Boussalah, Thomas V. Calderone, Jawad Ashraf and Barbara Beliveau. which has become decontextualized? preach it from the pulpit. One of the Cooley: One of the biggest challenges is So it’s very important to me to understand This is a real challenge for religion. things we’ve instituted at the Unitarian what you, Jawad, referred to a while ago – the whole range of reflections of the Divine Universalist church is to form a sister- secularization. Even religious people in and to assume that God is seeking expres- different, it’s very hard to be sure about This was brought home clearly when, in a Boussalah: That’s true, and in fact, this is church relationship with an A.M.E. this country are so much more secularized sion through the diversity of human beings. what you believe. I think that opens your public town service immediately after Sept. why I’ve always appreciated what church in Bloomfield. Those folks come than religious people in the Middle East. If I want to understand God, I need to perspective, which is a powerful experi- 11, I prayed for the Muslim community and Hartford Seminary is doing. The here and we go there and although the We see it often as something we do one understand this diversity on earth. So, ence. My first real encounter with that was afterward a man came up to me with his Seminary is giving us examples of suc- conversations are anti-racism in focus, day a week, and it doesn’t infiltrate our interfaith dialogue is essential because it’s when I found it very difficult to deal with wife and children and thanked me. He said, cessful interfaith dialogue. What I really what has come out is a religious discus- lives to the extent that we, as religious so easy to make assumptions that everyone my own church. I was raised Roman “I’m from Pakistan and I could face grave want to believe is that if we take this dia- sion – what our beliefs mean to us on a leaders, would like it to be for ourselves thinks the same way we do…and when we Catholic and found their treatment of intolerance here if people like you didn’t logue to the common people we help day-to-day level. It’s that kind of true and our people. And so I think part of confront those assumptions, we see more of women very difficult, in contrast to Islam. come forth and say something – to try to them to understand each other. Here, at interaction that makes change. the confrontation is a recognition of that life. My most profound experience with At that point, I found the only way I could make people understand it wasn’t me – it Hartford Seminary, we have Christians essential difference. It makes Westerners this occurred when I was serving our con- worship was in a Buddhist context, which was a radical fringe.” and Muslims and Jews and they are all Ashraf: Maybe I shouldn’t speak for oth- uncomfortable, and particularly so for gregation in Detroit and we were across the was very non-doctrinal and open. That working together. We need to take the ers here, but most of us have strong acad- people who aren’t religious at all – to street from an Islamic center. We were hav- gave me the perspective to know that while So, how do you personally plan to work to talk down into the streets. I went this emic backgrounds, and I think it’s impor- confront a religion that is so all-encom- ing a course on world religions and invited Christianity was where I feel most at home, improve understanding among various summer to Morocco, I went to visit my tant that we don’t keep interfaith work in passing is completely foreign and is one students from the center. My students had I couldn’t go back to where I had been. So faiths? What’s your personal agenda? family and they asked me how I felt after the ivory tower. The idea is to get it to of the biggest obstacles to this kind of made a lot of assumptions about how Islam now I’m a member of the Episcopal Sept. 11 and how people here looked at the masses, frankly, to dumb it down. In interfaith dialogue. represses women, and yet the students who Church. Beliveau: I do Christian Education at my me and treated me. I don’t have that big prison, you have one of the most poorly came from the center were mostly women church, and one of the things we’ve been an interaction with American society as a educated populations, and many convert Calderone: I have to echo Terasa’s senti- and were able to talk about their experi- Ashraf: For me, interfaith dialogue is talking about Continued on next page whole, but I told them that here, the to Islam for political reasons. They tend ments, and I think Continued on page 10

8 P RAXIS P RAXIS 9 Talk/Roundtable Continued from page 9 Talk//Landau Continued from page 7

this phenomenon puts tremendous stress on almost wrong to force the dialogue before it’s argument, perhaps, against religion, you’re the Sabbath and other holy days in the Seminary is serving as a laboratory in and Besides, he said, “I love to teach. This the clergy itself, because the clergy has to time to do so. not looking at what the true tenets of the Jewish calendar. The metaphysical outside the classroom where differences opportunity to teach at Hartford take the lead in both the theology and the religion seek to employ. If you’re saying vio- dimension of these holy times will be can be encountered in an atmosphere of Seminary is a blessing.” instruction and everything that goes with it. Ashraf: In addition to 9/11, a really difficult lence denigrates the religion, you’ve missed examined along with the behavioral creativity and safety. It is seeking change In regard to his goal of strengthening Lots of people feel that the minister will take topic, along these lines, is the matter of the point that we live in a broken world, norms and rituals associated with the fes- among and within people whose attitudes interreligious relationships, he said that care of their spiritual life, if they take care of homosexuality. Many Muslims, and conserv- and in a broken world, people do violence tivals. The sacred dimension of and behavior are influenced by misunder- Hartford, like Ramle in Israel, is an urban everything else. That’s a particular challenge ative Christians, will be hard-pressed to sit and even people of peace are at war. We live space/place/land also will be addressed. standing, misinformation, intolerance and for the next generation, because in down with homosexuals and be asked, “How with what we are. microcosm. “It is important for American The political disputes over holy places prejudice associated with religion. Protestantism we see, increasingly, where the does your faith tradition deal with us?” In my society to create relationships of trust and and cities in Israel/Palestine will be con- nation had been initially founded on reli- personal experience, it is not wise to change Ashraf: Yes, and looking at it objectively, Landau’s year at Hartford Seminary was a cooperation among different religious sidered from a spiritual perspective linking gious precepts, there is a distancing from your disposition for somebody else, even many, many people have died in non-reli- serendipitous occurrence. In June, he met communities,” Landau said. the Jewish experience with Christian and religion. though it may hurt them, but I do think the gious wars. Hadsell at an interfaith conference out- recipe is we all need a great amount of toler- Muslim sensibilities. He went to Israel 25 years ago “to link my side Geneva and they started talking. He What is the role of the religious leader in ance and honesty. Otherwise, it’s not gen- How has Hartford Seminary affected your personal journey with the destiny of the The Book of Genesis course will examine realized that Hartford Seminary was a establishing peacemaking in this secular uine. There are always liberal and traditional thinking about other faiths and how has it people of Israel and the state of Israel and Genesis as a touchstone for understanding place that he could continue his work to society? interpretations of issues, and I tend to be on contributed to your understanding of other to work for justice, peace and reconcilia- “sacred story” as a motif in our own lives. strengthen Jewish-Christian-Muslim rela- the opposite side of whatever the mood of faiths, both before and after Sept. 11? tion in God’s holy land.” Cooley: It’s a constant dilemma of how you the nation is, to try to offset it a bit! Landau will discuss Abraham as a role tions and she realized that he would fit say the difficult things that need to be said Ashraf: I must say it’s been difficult for me model for justice- and peace-making and almost perfectly into the ethos at Hartford Landau’s wife Dalia remains in Jerusalem in a way that keeps the conversation going Cooley: Yes, and in any discussion of “dia- personally because there are some in my present a liberation theology-and-praxis Seminary as a place committed to dia- and at Open House with their son and at the same time, moves beyond the sur- logue,” we have to take into consideration faith tradition who are suspicious of my that is inclusive and compassionate rather logue and toleration. They talked over the Raphael. face level. As a minister, that’s what I do power dynamics. Dialogue presumes there is attending the Seminary. They ask, “Why are than dualistic and judgmental. summer, and reached agreement, with fac- every day. For example, two Sundays ago I equality at the table and it’s absolutely true you going to the Christians to learn about ulty consent, for him to join the Seminary Landau remains hopeful after 25 years in Since he arrived at the Seminary, Landau preached about the war and stated that I was that I and you and you (looking at Calderone Islam?” faculty for this academic year. the Middle East. In Voices from Jerusalem: opposed to war with Iraq. I did so knowing and Beliveau) are far more powerful in this also has been doing a research and writing Jews and Christians Reflect on the Holy that people in our congregation believe very culture than the two of you are (looking at How do you answer them? project for the United States Institute of Landau said that the Seminary is a place Land, which he co-edited, Landau wrote, different things. And when some more con- Ashraf and Boussalah), and that’s very unfor- Peace, interviewing Jews, Christians and where he can continue his focus on “Here on earth, our common father servative members said I was fair and some tunate. I’m sure that’s apparent to you. And Ashraf: My answer is that it has helped me Muslims in Israel and Palestine who are Jewish-Christian-Muslim mutual under- Abraham and our mother city Jerusalem social activists said it was fabulous, I began so getting back to the previous question of a lot to understand the Christian faith from religiously motivated peacemakers. He standing and mutual solidarity. “Not just make all of us sisters and brothers in the to think I hadn’t said anything at all! whether we represent our race or culture, it’s their perspective. This is a great asset. I will describe their efforts and evaluate in the head but the heart,” he said. He family of believers. If we could recognize a point of privilege to NOT have to repre- know what is said in my own tradition, and I their effectiveness. The report is due in also said spiritual conversation is more one another in that spirit, we could truly Boussalah: It’s true that we, as a society, sent anyone else. I’m someone who can can now incorporate it into a broader view. I January. difficult in the Middle East today, as the work together to sanctify God’s holy land don’t have the skills to have these trouble- speak for herself. We have to acknowledge find several points of connection, for exam- political situation, worsened by ongoing and share the divine blessing of shalom.” some conversations. But I am hopeful that if that true dialogue can only take place if we ple, the writings of Paul Tillich, because he The appointment of Landau comes at a violence and suffering on all sides, often people from different religions get together put those power dynamics on the table and speaks of social justice. I find him very con- time when the Seminary is completing a gets in the way. Hartford Seminary offers and talk, the skills will be developed. recognize the ways in which we feel both genial. revised mission statement that emphasizes a fresh opportunity for him in a less powerless and powerful. That’s one of the big dialogue as central to its mission. The Calderone: I agree, and I think you’ve both hurdles in Israel/Palestine: both sides feel Beliveau: It’s given me the chance to ask antagonistic environment. hit on the crux of the matter: in America we powerless and they don’t therefore under- troublesome questions in a safe environ- are bereft of any ability to dialogue. The stand the power they have to act in other ment. It also allowed, through my course- question presumes that dialogue can take ways. work, to make Muslim friends before Sept. place and it presumes, in a very American 11 so that prior relationship meant I didn’t trustees, and President’s Council members. co-chairs of the Faculty and Staff Appeal; context, that some good will come out of it, Right after Sept. 11 there was a lot of dis- have the same reaction (to the event) others Giving at Hartford This particular appeal was accompanied by Courtney B. Bourns and Diane Dawson- because Americans always tend to want to cussion – especially among conservative had. exciting news of a challenge pledge Brown, co-chairs of the Friends Appeal; fix things. It’s probably not the case that the Christians – about the nature of violence in Seminary: The Gift of received from an extraordinary member of King T. Hayes and Richard M. Silbereis, dialogue itself will fix things. I do believe Islam. And yet, there has also been some Boussalah: Hartford Seminary helps me a Extraordinary People the Seminary community. A donor, who co-chairs of the Synagogue/Church/Mosque that at least viewpoints are brought forth argument that all religions have a history lot as a student to be able to articulate my wishes to remain anonymous, helped to set Appeal; and Roseann Lezak Janow, chair of and ideas are shared, and while I may not of violence and even have violence written belief as a Muslim. It gives me a chance to by Mary Kalencik the pace for the year by pledging to match, the Vendors Appeal. agree with everything you say, at least I’m in their sacred texts, and that it is foolish interact here with people of other faiths. Director of Annual Giving dollar-for-dollar, all gift increases over last hearing your ideas (unfiltered) by the media to pretend otherwise. Have you heard peo- Here, there is no difference before and after We thank all of these volunteers—more This year, as we write to friends of Hartford year made by members of the three leader- that supports a president who wants to go to ple talk about that and how do you con- Sept. 11 except that the dialogue is more extraordinary people—for their very gener- Seminary requesting support for the 2002- ship groups. The maximum match is war. And at least I have an opportunity to front the issue that there is a strand of vio- intensified. ous gift of time and for helping with the 2003 Annual Fund, we are telling stories of $15,000, meaning a potential of an addi- interact with you. The problem is that we lence common to all faiths? Seminary’s fundraising efforts. We also the extraordinary people associated with tional $30,000 toward this year’s Annual are acculturated into not having dialogue; we Cooley: The interfaith nature of the school thank the 36 volunteers and more than 900 this institution. These are the stories of Fund. Many thanks to the anonymous will listen perfunctorily, but “I’ll tell you Beliveau: Violence is inherent in human is one of the primary reasons I wanted to donors who helped to raise $173,535.49 our Seminary community: remarkable stu- donor and to those who have met the chal- how it really is…” You have to really open it nature, so it’s not surprising to see its expres- attend, so it’s been very important to me to during the 2001-2002 Annual Fund. dents and alumni/ae trained here who then lenge so far. up, and as a religious leader, it’s very diffi- sion in religion. But that doesn’t mean it’s have that opportunity. My doctoral group is bring their ministry to our local, national, If you have any questions regarding cult. People often hear with the ears they right, or justified, and we can’t pick and extraordinarily diverse and it was wonderful This year’s Annual Fund chair is William J. and international communities; generous Hartford Seminary’s Annual Fund, please want to hear with… choose where we lay the blame, and say, “I to discover how much we had in common, Cronin, Jr., who also served as chair last donors who give so selflessly; and loyal vol- call our Institutional Advancement office see it in your tradition and so you’re wrong.” despite our differences. And the fact that we year. Allison Chisolm is vice chair. Both unteers who contribute their valuable time at (860) 509-9520 or send e-mail to giv- Beliveau: I think in a way this is inverted. If you’re honest, you find it in your own, too. were there to talk about our positions as reli- are members of the Seminary’s Board of and talents. Without each and every one [email protected]. You can also find more Perhaps you need to have a relationship first We have to try to acknowledge and confront gious leaders meant that the differences in Trustees. Other members of this year’s of you, Hartford Seminary could not con- information about the Annual Fund at our before you can risk a sincere dialogue. In the it. theology became less important than how Annual Fund committee are: Lynn B. tinue its important work. newly revised website, www.hartsem.edu. experience I have here, if you have a one- we, as leaders, dealt with them. Fulkerson and Gustave E. Peterson, co- week class, it gets more profound and per- Calderone: To pick up on that point, it illus- This year, we mailed our fall appeal letters chairs of the Alumni/ae Appeal; Peter B. sonal the longer you study together. So it’s trates that if you’re using violence as an during October and November. The first Atherton and Kathleen W. Kellogg, co- groups of letters were sent to members of chairs of the Corporator Appeal; Nancy the Seminary’s leadership; our corporators, Tatom Ammerman and David S. Barrett,

10 P RAXIS P RAXIS 11 Alumni/ae Notes In Memoriam Church in Hamburg, New York. He ing a guaranteed lifetime annual income who made planned gifts in memory of a was active on regional and state A Planned Gift Provides as well as benefiting a charity. Planning loved one or dear friend. Sholom S. Bloom, ’75,The committees, and his service includ- also gives us choices: for example, we can Many Solutions Hartford Seminary has benefited in recent Seminary recently learned that ed a chairmanship of the New York arrange for our gift to be outright, or pro- months from the estate planning of several Sholom S. Bloom, ’75. Ph.D., of State Conference of the United By Tom Missett portional (with other charities or benefi- generous friends. These include: Stuart C. West Hartford died in June of Church of Christ from 1968 to Executive Director of Institutional Advancement ciaries), or residual (after other beneficia- Haskins ’30, Joyce Stone, ’49, Edith F. 2001. Dr. Bloom served as First 1970. ries are provided for), or contingent Estate planning is among the more person- Preusse ’44, S. Read Chatterton ’36, and Executive Director of the State of (depending on stated circumstances). al activities we need, at some point in our Edward H. Kenyon, a Seminary corpora- Connecticut’s Department of Nancy J. Lund, ’94, died on lives, to undertake. Its importance cannot They can be trust arrangements that con- tor. The Seminary is grateful to them for Aging. Dr. Bloom, who was 82 at September 16, 2002. She recently Compiled by Robin Johnson, Alumni/ae be denied, although it frequently takes a tinue our annual giving long after we are their foresight and generosity. the time of his death, succumbed retired from Saint Joseph College Relations Coordinator back seat to so much else that consumes gone. They can be life insurance arrange- to Lou Gehrig’s Disease after a in West Hartford as an associate The Mackenzie Heritage Society, named our time. We need, at some time, to deal ments which name a charity as the benefi- Sheila Davis Harris, ’99 and ’00, has been courageous fight. Dr. Bloom was a professor and director of the for William Douglas Mackenzie, Seminary selected as chair of the Permanent with issues which might make us uncom- ciary. Gifts to endowments generally last founder of the Geriatric Center in Counseling Institute. She also had President from 1903-30, is composed of Commission on the Status of Hartford fortable, like confronting the reminders of in perpetuity, year after year. The possibili- Portland, as well as being a geron- a private practice and served as a people who have included the Seminary Women. She is serving a two-year term our mortality. ties are extensive. that began in the fall. Harris, who is a for- tologist and psychologist assisting consultant for countless communi- in their estate plans. We encourage you to mer registrar at the Seminary, currently is in the care of the aged. He founded ty and church organizations in the Here the importance of estate planning In addition to the practical reasons to join them in considering Hartford on the staff of Foodshare Inc. the Bishop’s Corner Neighborhood area of human and spiritual devel- becomes so evident. If we don’t make plan, there are as many joys to be found in Seminary and its future in your own plan- Group and was chairperson of the opment. Nancy was an active vol- these decisions, someone else will eventu- planning gifts. Completing arrangements ning. And keep in mind that the size of Frances Davies Horton, ’45, in a recent unteer for Hartford Seminary and letter informing us of the passing of her SWHAT (Senior West Hartford ally make them for us, and possibly not in for a planned gift can give an untold lift to our estate has no bearing on whether we husband Roger P. Horton, ’44, also wrote Advocacy Team).Dr. Bloom served as a member of the the manner we would have chosen. our spirits. We rest with the assurance that should plan. It is simply wise and prudent that they “are both forever grateful for the received an award from the State Alumni/ae Council. Through estate planning, we alone deter- our support will continue for something for everyone, for both practical and emo- education and opportunity to know and of Israel in the year 2000 for his mine who will receive or benefit from the (and perhaps in honor of someone) we tional reasons. live among the wonderful professors and participation as a student of Arlene Pipkin, the wife of Walker property we own, and in what proportions love and respect, and that we have acted students that Hartford Seminary offered.” When making your plans, always consult Hebrew University for his part in Pipkin, ’68, passed away on Easter it will be distributed. But without a plan, responsibly as stewards of what has been with your own trusted advisor or attorney. Agnes Lee, ’62, writes, “It is interesting to the home defense of Jerusalem. He morning, March 31, 2002, of breast such decisions will fall to someone whom entrusted to us. And we discover, too, that And feel free, too, to call me at 860/509- read of the advances since 1962. May leaves his wife, Edythe Rickel cancer. Walker, who friends will we do not know, and who is unaware of so many of our concerns were unfounded: God continue to bless the ministry of 9556. All inquiries are held in strict con- Bloom, a daughter and son and remember as H.Wayne, writes,“I the values and causes and organizations simplicity, flexibility and confidentiality Hartford Seminary.” fidence. several grandchildren. He earned a met Arlene the first day of my sec- which we hold dear. (to the extent we may wish) are all hall- ond year, her first year, September Richard T. Nolan, ’63, who served on the B.S. Degree in Agriculture at marks of planned gifts. And among the There are many practical advantages to faculty in the 1960s and 1970s, writes Cornell University, a M.S. in Social 12, 1964. We were married on June happiest givers I have known are those from West Palm Beach that he and Bob Work from Columbia University 12, 1965. Many friends and a few gift planning, such as the benefit of receiv- Pingpank, his partner of 47 years, have School of Social Work, and a Ph.D. professors from Hartford Seminary been invited to serve on the Board of Foundation were at the wedding.” Degree from Hartford Seminary in Three new staff have joined Johnson received an team is Juanita Stringer, Regents of the Cathedral Church of Saint Arlene started her theological John the Divine in New York City. the specialty “Psychology of the the Office of Institutional Associate’s Degree from who has been named education at Hartford and finished Richard and Bob, both alumni of the Aging.” He fought tirelessly for leg- Welcome Advancement and the Endicott College for Administrative Assistant to Trinity College Class of 1959, were invited her M.Div. at Associated Mennonite islation that protected and benefit- Hartford Seminary Library Women and in 1978 a Executive Director Tom by Dean James Kowalski ‘91, to serve on ed the aged and he worked to Biblical Seminary and then pas- the Board of Regents, which comprises New Staff has named a new library Bachelor’s Degree in Missett. Stringer has held increase funding from the state tored at the Manhattan Mennonite men and women of achievement who page. All are part-time Business Administration, positions with the legislature to improve “end-of-life Fellowship in New York City, where honor the cathedral by their affiliation in positions. with a marketing concen- Connecticut Attorneys this capacity. The Clergy and Trustees care.” she was serving when she died. From Hartford days to New York tration, from the University Title Insurance Co., where depend upon the Regents to strengthen Robin Johnson, who has the Cathedral’s spiritual, moral, education- City, the Pipkins spent years of of Rhode Island. She lives she worked with various Roy D. Colby, Sr., ’53, husband of been named Alumni/ae al, and cultural leadership. Regents come mission service and ministry in in Wethersfield. town clerks to track mort- Jean Colby, died on August 16, Relations Coordinator, from a variety of faiths and live in many Europe, including Moscow, and gages and titles, and the parts of the United States and abroad. In 2002, after a long illness. An comes to the Seminary Nancy Aker has been several states in the U.S. Travelers Insurance Co., addition, Richard edits www.philosophy- ordained UCC minister who from a position with Trinity named Grant and Research religion.org and where she was an adminis- served churches in North Dakota, College, where she assisted Coordinator. In her posi- www.IntegrityPalmBeach.org. and serves New Hampshire,Tennessee, Illinois, John Gorman Smith, III, ’45 and trative assistant in the sales as “Retired Priest in Residence,” at St. the Luce Professor of tion, Aker will be responsi- and New York, Roy recently ’47, died on September 3, 2002 at and marketing depart- Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Lake Health and Human Rights ble for generating develop- received the Haystack Award from the age of 85. A commital service ments. Worth, Florida. In February, he suffered a with event planning for the ment grants for the mild heart attack, and we wish him good the Massachusetts Conference of was held in Sandwich, 2001/2002 Scientific Institutional Advancement Stringer lives in East health. Congratulations to Richard on his the UCC for his lifetime work for Massachucetts, followed by a Robin Johnson Juanita Stringer Freedom and Responsibility office. Her past grant-writ- Hartford, and is active in appointment! peace and justice. During the memorial service in Barnstable. Series. This entailed a year- ing experience includes the her church, the Bible Way 1960s, he was an active participant Stephen G. Ray Jr.,’86, Assistant In addition, the following members long series of faculty/stu- United Way, the Wheeler Church Worldwide, in the Professor of Theology and Philosophy at in the Civil Rights and peace move- Louisville Presbyterian Theological ments. Roy’s brother Ralph, ’57, of the Hartford Seminary community dent panel discussions, Clinic and the Peace areas of public relations and Seminary, will be the 2003 Beacon of Life participated in his Memorial died, but no additional details films, theater productions Corps, where she was sta- dance team administration. lecturer at Muskingum College, New Service at the Federated Church of were available. and a symposium. tioned in Liberia from 1983 Concord, Ohio in January of 2003. It is Kimba “Nattiefa” Orleans, on Cape Cod. to 1985. the college’s annual lecture series given by Charles J. Bruesch, ’46. Johnson has also worked for Hernandez, the Library’s its religious studies department. The title the Greater Hartford Aker, of West Hartford, has new page, is a recent high of the series is “The End of Man: Martin Roger P. Horton, ’44, died on Ruth Miller Manter, ’37 died on Chamber of Commerce as an M.B.A. from Boston school graduate who is tak- Luther King Jr., Christian Theology and September 5, 2002. He had a long February 19, 2002. Manager of the Affiliate University, a B.S. from the ing some time off before Human Rights.” In addition, Stephen’s and distinguished ministry prior to book entitled Do No Harm: Social Sin and Chambers and Director of University of Wisconsin college. She reports to the retiring in 1984, and served as pas- Doris J. Rhodes, ’50. Christian Responsibility was just released by Membership Services. and is currently nearing Library Director and is Fortress Press. tor emeritus of St. James United Nancy Aker Kimba Hernandez Since 1995 she has owned completion of her studies in responsible for locating and operated a business, Hartford Seminary’s M.A. books for interlibrary loan Robin Johnson, Ink, offer- program, with a concentra- users, re-shelving books and ing invitations and person- tion in theology and ethics. tagging new acquisitions. alized stationery to individ- She lives in Bloomfield. Also joining the uals, corporate clients and Institutional Advancement nonprofit organizations.

12 P RAXIS P RAXIS 13 Connecticut to present the seminar. The Connecticut Humanities Council provided funding. Seminary

Similarly, the Seminary administration thought that residents of Graduation A Creating a the New York City area might be interested in learning about Festive Event the academic specialties of its faculty. So, working with the same partners, it designed a course titled, “Thinking about Hartford Seminary held its annual convocation and graduation on Religion in the 21st Century.” Connecticut October 4 at the Unitarian Society of Hartford. Nine people were awarded The course is an overview of the distinctive approach to theo- Master of Arts degrees and four logical education that is provided by Hartford Seminary. Built received Graduate Certificates. around the theme of religion in the modern world, it will pro- Eighteen people were graduated from Campus the Black Ministries Program; six vide students with a set of case studies that will facilitate their from the Hispanic Ministries Hartford Seminary has a lot to offer, but sometimes people out- thinking about these matters. Program, and 34 from the Women’s side the Hartford region have trouble coming to Hartford to Leadership Institute. In addition, four The faculty of Hartford Seminary, led by Dean Ian Markham, recipients of the Doctor of Ministry enroll in a course. They often just don’t have the time. So, this will present 10 sessions. Markham, a professor of theology and were recognized. In photo below year, Hartford Seminary is experimenting with off-site educa- ethics, will help students understand “labels” such as secularism, right, President Heidi Hadsell awards tion to address this issue. a certificate in El Programa de liberalism, and fundamentalism and present an overview of the Ministerios Hispanos to Rosalia In November, to lay a foundation, the Seminary offered a one- place of the church in society today. Other faculty will then dis- Figueroa. At right, graduates of the cuss trends and challenges facing the church, Islam and Black Ministries Program participate day program on understanding Islam in the town of Greenwich. in the ceremony. It now is offering a course on religion in the 21st century, also Judaism, globalization and civil society, ethics and the environ- in Greenwich, in the winter/spring semester. ment, concepts of God, theology and popular culture, and church in the community. The program on understanding Islam was taught by Ibrahim Abu-Rabi’, who is co-director of the Seminary’s Macdonald Because of the importance of this topic and because it under- Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. stands that people have busy schedules, the Seminary decided More than 50 people attended the program. to offer several innovative options for enrollment. One is the traditional enrollment for the full 10 weeks, either for credit or When Abu-Rabi’ offered the program at the Seminary in the as an auditor. A second option is to attend one of three mod- fall of 2001 and again last spring, more than 200 people regis- ules. This allows students to attend three of the sessions only. tered for it. It became clear that this was a timely program of The modules are: a) Issues Facing the Church Today; b) Church great importance which might attract a new audience if offered and Society; and c) Theology. This initiative may be a model elsewhere. So the Seminary entered into a partnership with for the Seminary as it considers whether to expand its off-site Round Hill Community Church, Greenwich Continuing programming. Education and the Interfaith Council of Southwestern

Steven Blackburn, currently Reference stantially to the Library’s electronic Resuming Our Indonesian Jack Ammerman and Instructional Resources Librarian and resources, including subscriptions to to Take New Post Adjunct Professor of Arabic, has been online journals. Connection named Interim Library Director for 2003. “Librarianship has lots of areas of special- Hartford Seminary President Heidi Hadsell, Dean Ian Markham and Professor Ibrahim Abu-Rabi’ traveled to Indonesia in October to meet with Jack Ammerman, “I am excited about moving back into a ization,” government, religious and educational leaders interested in partnerships who has served as university setting after time spent in a Ammerman went around interfaith relationships with the Seminary. The Seminary has a spe- Library Director at stand-alone seminary,” Ammerman said. on to say. “This cial relationship with Indonesian institutions, which brought visiting scholars to the Seminary in the mid 1990s. Now it seeks to serve as an educational Hartford Seminary means you have During his tenure, Ammerman, who also resource for Christian and Muslim scholars and students from Indonesia. since 1995, has librarians with Pictured below are: Abu-Rabi’; Alwi Shihab, a former associate faculty at served as director of educational technol- been named Head independent the Seminary and former Minister of Religious Affairs in Indonesia; ogy and was a member of the faculty, has Librarian at the areas of expertise. Hadsell; Abdurrahman Wahid, former president of Indonesia, and raised the profile of the Hartford Markham. At left, Abu-Rabi’ converses with other visitors. Boston University In my new job, Seminary Library. School of I’ll have the abili- Theology Library. “There was a widely held, and mistaken, ty to bring these skills together In his new posi- impression among academic librarians Blackburn Ammerman and build an infra- tion, which begins that the Hartford Seminary Library had structure that is much richer than a small in January, Ammerman will direct the disappeared,” says Ammerman, referring institution can manage. I want to stress, work of the library, which holds among its to a significant downsizing of its holdings however, that it has been a lot of fun many research collections many rare in the 1970’s. “I’ve worked to re-establish working with the faculty here at Hartford Bibles and hymnals, including a collec- the importance of the Library within the Seminary. Together with the staff, it is a tion of approximately 4500 Bibles from Seminary community and in the wider wonderful community and that’s probably the Massachusetts Bible Society (covering community, as well.” the most significant thing I will miss – the 1500 languages) and the nearly 2000 In addition, Ammerman is recognized for people here.” items in the Nutter-Metcalf having brought the Seminary Library into Hymnological Collection. the modern computer age, adding sub-

14 P RAXIS P RAXIS 15 Continued from previous page Upcoming Courses Faith and Reflection vals. Next, the sacred dimension of space/place/land will be addressed. Yehezkel Landau, Faculty Associate in Interfaith Hartford Seminary’s 2003 January intersession runs from Monday, January 13 through Theology Relations and Co-Founder, Open House, Ramle, Israel Friday, January 17. The winter/spring semester begins on Monday, January 27 and ends Monday, May 5. There will be no classes the week of April 14 –18. The Seminary’s courses Christian Theology: An Historical Introduction are open to members of the public on a space-available basis. Most courses carry three gradu- Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 9:20 p.m. Practices and Institutions ate level credits. Individuals who do not wish to take courses for credit may apply to take courses as an auditor. This course is an opportunity to look at the development of Arts of Ministry Many classes fill up quickly, so students are urged to register early to ensure a place in their courses of choice. For Christian doctrine. Starting with the emergence of the creeds students enrolled in a three-credit course, the cost is $1,020 plus a $35 technology/library services fee. The non- and the development of doctrine in Augustine of Hippo and Multi-Cultural Counseling Skills for Pastoral Settings credit audit fee is $480. A special audit fee of $240 for those who are age 62 and older also is available. Thomas Aquinas, the course then moves to a thematic exami- Please note this special schedule: Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m. and nation of such key ideas as the doctrine of creation, the concept Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on January 31-February 1, To register, please contact the Registrar’s Office at (860) 509-9511. Her e-mail is [email protected]. of God, Christology, Trinity and eschatology. The historical February 14-15, February 28- March 1, March 14-15 and April 4- development of the traditional doctrines is compared with cer- 5 tain contrasting contemporary approaches. Ian Markham, This course surveys ways in which the pastoral-counseling religion in the modern world the opportunity to explore a Professor of Theology and Ethics and Dean of Hartford Seminary encounter is affected when the counselor and the client are January Intersession Courses select set of themes surrounding pluralism, modernity, and con- from different cultures. Topics include: cultural “world views” Islamic Ethics in Daily Life gregational life. Ian Markham, Dean and Professor of Theology Theology of Popular Culture and their implications for counseling, ethnic and racial identity Week of January 13 – 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Ethics organized the course; members of the Hartford Seminary Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 9:20 p.m. development, practical strategies for counseling with members This course is an examination of the major principles of faculty will teach individual sessions. Auditors may opt to attend An exploration of what kind of leverage theology can provide of specific ethnic populations, cultural variations in help-seek- Islamic ethics, in particular, those principles that are most use- the full course or a module of three weeks, for the special price for interpreting cultural phenomena that are not ordinarily ing attitudes, assessment of multicultural competencies, learning ful in addressing the problems that affect American Muslims in of $99. For more information please contact Karen Rollins at thought of as religious. We will read “theologians of culture” from indigenous/traditional models of intervention, and multi- daily life. The ethical principles that will be discussed include (860) 509-9511. (Paul Tillich, Ernst Troeltsch, Margaret Miles), and examine cultural implications for assessment and diagnosis, culture and the “Goals of Islamic Law,” the “jurisprudence of priorities,” popular culture (fiction, movies, journalism, television, tourism, families, and culture and careers. Siegfried Haug, Adjunct and the “jurisprudence of minorities.” These principles will be A Dialogue Between the United States and Cuba: music, public spaces), with the intent of developing ways to dis- Professor of Arts of Ministry and Assistant Clinical Professor, applied to current case studies. Prerequisite: Introduction to Religion, Economics, Ecology & Human Rights cern longings, anxieties, and visions of good and evil that oper- Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Islamic Law or Rituals and Responsibilities of Muslim Leaders A travel seminar from March 18 through March 27, 2003 ate below the surface of our common cultural life. Kelton Cobb, Medicine in America or permission of the instructor. Muhammad Nur Aware of the critical importance of engaged and educated citi- Professor of Theology and Ethics and Seminary Academic Advisor zens in our interdependent global community, Plowshares Abdullah, Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies and Director of Evangelism and Outreach in the 21st Century Institute, in conjunction with Hartford Seminary, is sponsoring Religious Affairs and Imam of the Islamic Foundation of Greater Ethics Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on January 28, February 11, a travel seminar to Cuba. Participants will study relations St. Louis March 11, April 1 and April 29 between the United States and Cuba and give special atten- Accountability: Business and Non-Profit Ethics This course will examine evangelism and outreach models and tion to issues of religion, economics, ecology, and human Religion, Conflict and Peacemaking in a World of Globalization strategies for a variety of contexts (small, medium, and large rights. The seminar is made possible by invitations from Week of January 13 – 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. congregations). Participants will study various innovative ways Cuban religious, civic, academic, business, and political lead- This course will explore the paradox of religion as a source of This course explores practical and theological issues involved in of fulfilling the purpose of the church in their communities. ers. The cost for the trip (room, board, and airfare from division and conflict, on the one hand, and of peaceful aspira- making ethical decisions in business and daily life. We will Benjamin K. Watts, Adjunct Professor of Arts of Ministry and Miami) is $2,500. The cost for those taking it for three acade- tions and compassionate, sacrificial service on the other. open up the larger socio-economic issues in the U.S. and world Theology; Senior Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, New London; and mic credits is $3,010. Heidi Hadsell, Professor of Social Ethics, Theoretical approaches to this paradox, drawn from the political economy through reading several recent and provoca- Interim Director, Black Ministries Program Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, will be supplemented and President of Hartford Seminary tive books, while focusing on how faith and ethics can inform by practical case studies, with particular attention given to the decision-making in the day-to-day world of organizations. Case Israeli-Palestinian-Arab dispute over the “Holy Land.” Yehezkel Texts and Traditions materials, including student experiences, will be used together Islamic Studies and Landau, Faculty Associate in Interfaith Relations and Co-founder, Scripture with readings in theology, economics and ethics. Worth Loomis, Open House, Ramle, Israel Professor of Faith and Public Life Christian-Muslim Relations Engaging the Book of Genesis: Islamic Studies The Text in the Context of Our Own Lives Winter/Spring Courses Thursdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. Liturgy, Worship and Spirituality Islamic History II This course will examine the Book of Genesis as a touchstone Tuesdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. Discerning Spirit through Novels — ONE CREDIT This course continues the exploration of Islamic civilization, Special Opportunities for understanding “sacred story” as a motif in our own lives. Mondays from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on February 10, March 10, from the establishment of the pre-modern empires, through the The accounts of the Biblical patriarchs and matriarchs will be March 31 and April 28 Understanding Congregations colonization of the Islamic world by European powers, to the read as guides to our own God-wrestling challenges. Yehezkel How do characters and themes of contemporary novels invite us On-line: Please contact the registrar’s office for details or visit the struggle for independence and the creation of modern Muslim Landau, Faculty Associate in Interfaith Relations and Co-Founder, to think about spirituality and the spiritual journey? Topics distance education website at www.hartsem.edu/academic/dis- nation-states. Emphasis will be given to the variety of ways Open House, Ramle, Israel such as faith, hope, grace, and God written in novel form will tance.htm. Muslims have expressed their religious and social values in be explored in relationship to our own journeys and understand- This course is designed for lay leaders who wish to better response to the challenges of modern social and political devel- World Religions ings. Donna Manocchio, Adjunct Professor of Liturgy, Worship and understand their congregations. We will look at opments. Ibrahim Abu-Rabi, Professor of Islamic Studies and Introduction to World Religions Spirituality congregational cultures, the material and human resources that Christian-Muslim Relations sustain congregational life, and the structures of power and Wednesdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6:50 p.m., starting February 5 Holiness in Time and Space: decision-making that mobilize and constrain people in congre- Introduction to Islamic Law This course introduces students to some alternative ways of A Jewish Approach to Spirituality gations. Nancy T. Ammerman, Professor of Sociology of Religion Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 9:20 p.m., starting February 4 being religious, historically and in the contemporary world, in Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on January 28, February 11, This course is an introduction to the history and practice of the context of historical and theological development of sever- March 11, April 1 and April 29 Thinking about Religion in the 21st Century Islamic law. During the first part of this course, the sources of al of the major world religions. Readings will be in religious The Jewish people is called to consecrate both time and space, This course will be at Round Hill Community Center, Greenwich, Islamic law, the formation of Islamic jurisprudence, and the his- biography and autobiography, with background materials pro- the two pillars of a this-worldly spirituality. After an introduc- CT, Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., starting January 30. Nine tory of Islamic law in society will be examined. In the second th vided in class sessions. Jane Smith, Professor of Islamic Studies tion to Jewish identity and vocation, the focus will shift to the sessions will be at the community center and the 10 will be at part of the course, contemporary issues and developments in and Christian-Muslim Relations Sabbath and other holy days in the Jewish calendar. The meta- Hartford Seminary. Islamic law will be explored. Ingrid Mattson, Professor of Islamic physical dimension of these holy times will be examined along This course will provide anyone interested in the dynamic of Continued on next page Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations with the behavioral norms and rituals associated with the festi-

16 P RAXIS P RAXIS 17 October with Seminary President Heidi Carl Dudley spoke at Trinity Episcopal Hadsell, where they met with various Church in Hartford on October 6, dis- political, religious and educational leaders. cussing his chapter on congregations and He organized and led a conference at the Mattson Meets With President Bush the community in the book September 11: Seminary on “Best Practices for Teaching On September 10, Ingrid Mattson, Religious Perspectives on the Causes and Dialogue” the weekend of October 18-20. professor of Islamic studies and Christian- Consequences. Other speaking engage- Speaking engagements included: a talk on Muslim relations at Hartford Seminary, ments included: Pittsburgh Theological “Christian Ethics and Pluralism” at St. joined a dozen other Muslim and Arab Faculty Notes Seminary, October 14 -18, Teaching John’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford, leaders in a meeting with President George Urban Focus in the Doctor of Ministry and a sermon and eight-session course on W. Bush to discuss issues of mutual con- cern. The group met with President Bush Efrain Agosto taught the New Testament Program; Second Presbyterian Church, “Being Christian in the Modern World” at for more than an hour and thanked him portion of the Black Ministries Program’s Indianapolis, October 23-25, Teaching Trinity Episcopal Church, Hartford. for his leadership in telling the American Bible Institute in September. He is enjoy- Intern Program; Princeton Theological Markham chaired a session on people that the vast majority of American ing teaching the New Testament Seminary, October 29, Lecture on Faith “Theological Liberalism” at the American Muslims are loyal patriots, and should not Introduction course for BMP for the first Communities Today; Religious Research Academy of Religion convention in suffer undue discrimination. Mattson time this fall, which has almost 60 stu- Association and Society for the Scientific Toronto in November and delivered a urged Bush to consider the deleterious dents enrolled. In addition, besides his Study of Religion Convention, Salt Lake book manuscript for A Theology of effect continuing violence abroad has on harmonious relations among different faith regular New Testament Survey offering in City, October 31- November 3, presented Engagement to Blackwell publishers. and ethnic groups within America. She the M.A. program, Agosto has teamed two papers - “What do we know about urged him to recognize and support the with Carl Dudley to offer a doctoral-level community ministries? Comparing data Over the Labor Day weekend, Ingrid

Photo Courtesy of White House Photo Courtesy of peacemakers in all faith traditions. course titled, “New Testament Tensions sources” with Mark Chaves and Cynthia Mattson attended the 39th annual con- and the Contemporary Church.” In Woolever and “Increasing the impact of vention of the Islamic Society of North Continued from page 18 field for many Religion, in November, in Toronto. In ture on “Muslims in the United States,” November, he took time off from this busy Faith Communities Today two years later” America in Washington, D.C. As vice decades, setting between, Roozen attended the joint annu- University of California at Santa Barbara. teaching schedule to attend the Annual with Scott Thumma and Craig This - and president, Mattson was deeply involved in the stage for proper psychological al meeting of the Society for the Scientific Smith published “Similes and Metaphors Meeting of the Society for Biblical moderated a panel on “Religion and planning the convention program that hermeneutics for the next century.” In Study of Religion and Religious Research of Life and Death in the Writings of Literature in Toronto. Vocation; Trinity Church, New York City, included dozens of panels, hundreds of November, 2002, at the annual meeting of Association in Salt Lake City, at which he Bediuzzaman Said Nursi,” Proceedings of November 15 -18, taught in Clergy speakers, and about 35,000 attendees. the Society of Biblical Literature in continued his service as Treasurer of the the Fifth International Symposium on In August and September, Nancy and Leadership Program. The convention began with the interfaith Toronto, Rollins will be participating in a RRA; served as convenor and discussant Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Istanbul, 2002, Jack Ammerman spent six weeks as guests “ISNA Alliance for Peace and Justice” review of Walter Wink’s new book, The for a session on church growth; and made pp 255-66. of the Theology Faculty at the University Worth Loomis participated in banquet, where Mattson was the keynote Human Being: Jesus and the Enigma of the a presentation on the relationship of of Uppsala in Sweden. While there, September 11 ceremonies at Rensselaer speaker. Mattson gave a number of other Son of the Man (Fortress, 2002). On membership size to congregational vitality Miriam Therese Winter went on a two- Nancy Ammerman delivered a keynote Hartford and also at Riverfront lectures over the weekend, including one October 22, Rollins moderated a session found in the Faith Communities Today week speaking tour in Australia in August, address to the Nordic Sociology of Recapture’s program on the Riverfront covered by C-Span on September 1. On with five speakers from the congregation data to a group of clergy and judicatory giving keynote addresses at the third Religion conference and gave a number of Stage the evening before. On Oct. 13, September 10, Mattson, along with a at the Asylum Hill Congregational staff gathered by Nancy Ammerman as national conference of Women and the other talks. Ammerman also gave a brief he kicked off at Trinity Episcopal dozen other Muslim and Arab leaders met Church in Hartford on the theme, part of the HIRR “Learning Australian Church (WATAC) in presentation as part of a September 11 Church in Hartford a three-Sunday with President George W. Bush to discuss “AHCC Conversations: Between Iraq and Communities” grant. Finally, in Canberra and at regional WATAC gather- prayer service at the Uppsala cathedral, Adult Education Discussion on Business issues of mutual concern. Back in a Hard Place.” December, Roozen and Larry Peers con- ings in Brisbane, Sydney and Bathurst. In and stories about her post-9/11 research Ethics. An exciting new project that Connecticut, Mattson spoke at the vened a two-day, semiannual session of September, on behalf of the Women’s appeared in the Stockholm newspaper and Ibrahim Abu- Rabi,’ Yehezkel Landau, September 11 memorial service on the On September 19th David Roozen con- their Inter-denominational Executive Leadership Institute at Hartford Seminary, the newspaper of the Church of Sweden. and Loomis have given time to in the West Hartford town green. This fall, she vened a day-long meeting at the Seminary Seminar, another component of the HIRR she accepted the first annual Living Spirit For the video series, “Faith & fourth quarter would join the YMCA, has given public lectures at Trinity among fifteen international Muslim schol- “Learning Communities” grant. Award from the Spiritual Life Center of Community: The Public Role of the NCCJ and the Seminary in bringing Episcopal Church, Hartford; Islamic ars and Macdonald Center and research Bloomfield, CT. Her educational outreach Religion,” Ammerman participated with young adults from Israel and Palestine to Center of Toledo; Islamic Center of institute faculty to discuss Muslims and Jane Smith had a busy fall that included this fall included two lectures on Ludmila Martin Marty, David Daniels, and Don Hartford for a month of education and Cincinnati and Westminster School, Islamic mosques and centers in the United the following activities: September 10: Javorova, the Catholic woman priest who Miller in a roundtable discussion on reli- training in the summer of 2003. Simsbury. Mattson gave a presentation at States. Two weeks later Roozen hosted a Participant in “Daughters of Abraham: is the subject of her award-winning book, gion in American life. She participated in St. Bart’s Church in New York in con- half-day seminar at Western Seminary in Muslim, Christian & Jewish Women’s Out of the Depths — the first annual Edith and made various presentations at the Adair Lummis delivered three papers: junction with the book launch of Hartford Holland, Michigan attended by about 50 Reflections on September 11, Capital Preusse Memorial Lecture sponsored by meetings of the Association for the “Protestant Alternatives to Ordained Seminary’s September 11 book, in which students, faculty and local clergy. The Region Conference of Churches; the National Jesuit Honor Society, Alpha Sociology of Religion and American Pastors,” to the Association for the she has an article. Mattson also has an purpose was to debate three essays about September 24: “Islam in America” and Sigma Nu, at Boston College in Sociological Association (in August) and Sociology of Religion, Chicago, in article in a new Beliefnet.com book, restructuring in the Reformed Church in “Women in Islam,” presentations for September, and an event sponsored by the the Society for the Scientific Study of August; “Treading Water: the Inclusion of Reclaiming Islam. In October, she was America that will appear, along with “Dialogue with Muslims Post 9/11” at the Catholic Studies Department at La Salle Religion and Religious Research Women in Church Leadership, Liturgy, interviewed for a profile on Indonesian material from seven other denominations, Aurora University Center for Faith and University in Philadelphia in October. Association (at the end of October). and Images of God,” to the Society for the television. Along with other members of in the forthcoming, edited collection from Action, Aurora, IL; September 30: Board She also gave a daylong series of talks for Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake the faculty, Mattson met with a number of the Organizing Religious Work project Meeting of The Spears Endowment for women religious in the Hartford area in Kelton Cobb took part in a panel on City, in November; and “Moving State Department-sponsored groups of vis- titled, Denominational Identities in Unsettled Spiritual and Moral Education, Choate October to celebrate the 100th anniver- September 19 that was convened at St. Individualism/Autonomy to iting Muslim scholars from abroad. This Times: Theology, Structure and Change Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT; October sary of mission in the United States by the Bartholomew’s Church in New York City Community/Covenant: A Critical fall, Mattson began her term as faculty (Eerdmans Publishers). Later in October, 3-5: Participant in United Church of Daughters of the Holy Spirit; and talks on around the release of the book, September Dilemma for Regional and National representative on the Hartford Seminary Roozen represented the Hartford Institute Christ Interfaith Consultation, Cleveland; diversity and spirituality at the national 11: Religious Perspectives on the Causes and Church Leaders,” to the Religious Board of Trustees. for Religion Research (HIRR) at a Lilly October 15: Lecture: “The Fundamentals conference of Call to Action in Consequences. Cobb spoke on religion and Research Association, Salt Lake City, in Endowment-funded conference in of Islam,” New England Consultation of Milwaukee in November. Winter also has violence. He presented a paper on Paul November. The November issue of Pastoral Indianapolis for religious studies institutes Church Leaders, Franciscan Center, a chapter on women’s spirituality in a new Tillich and Said Nursi as part of a panel Psychology, 2002, is devoted to a discus- and centers hosted by the Center for the Andover, MA; October 29: Panel on collection of essays entitled The Church on “Common Themes in Tillich and In September, Ian Markham delivered a sion of the book, Soul and Psyche: The Study of Religion and American Culture. “Political, Religious and Social Issues in Women Want: Catholic Women in Dialogue, Islamic Theology” at the North American paper on “Rethinking Globalization: Bible in Psychological Perspective, written by As an extension of the conference, Islam,” Hartford Town and County Club; edited by Elizabeth A. Johnson and pub- Paul Tillich Society, which met in Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Risale-I Nur in Wayne G. Rollins, Adjunct Professor of Roozen again represented HIRR at a pro- November 4: Depauw University lished by Crossroad (November 2002). Toronto in November. Other presenters conversation with Empire by Hardt and Scripture. The editor of this special issue, motional reception for religious studies Mendenhall Lecture on Christian-Muslim on the panel were Seminary student Negri” in Istanbul, Turkey. The paper was Professor J. Harold Ellens, describes the institutes and centers held at the annual Relations; and November 13: The Jawad Ashraf and graduates Umeyye published in a Turkish newspaper. book as “a genuine tour de force, which meeting of the American Academy of Michaelsen Endowed Visiting Scholar lec- Yazicioglu and Dr. Basit Koshul. Markham traveled to Indonesia in will remain the definitive study in this Continued on page 19

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