Research Centers/Graduate Degree Programs
RESEARCH CENTERS Hartford Seminary is centered around two academic centers:
"From the New York Times to The Wall Street Journal to the ABC television network, when reporters need to understand religious life in the U.S., they are likely to call on faculty at the Institute. Today the World Wide Web provides creative new avenues for making research findings accessible to a broad public of religious leaders and concerned citizens. Thousands visit the Institute's web site each month. This site, established in 1997, include up-to-date survey findings, reports on national studies of religion and venues for interactive exchange of knowledge."
"The Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations is the country’s oldest center for such study. The Macdonald Center embodies Hartford Seminary’s long-term commitment — begun in 1893 — to the study of Islam and Christianity and the complex relationship between the two religions throughout history and in the modern world." |
GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
- Cooperative Master of Divinity
"Hartford Seminary has cooperative agreements with Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) and Yale Divinity School (YDS) that allow qualified Master of Arts (M.A.) students to begin their studies at Hartford Seminary and, if accepted, to proceed to either of the cooperating seminaries to pursue a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree."
- Black Ministries Program
The Seminary has a Black Ministries Program, founded in 1982. Also, in 1994, the Seminary launched a similar program called Programa de Ministerios Hispanos. This certificate program, offered in Spanish, works with the region's Hispanic churches.
- Women's Leadership Institute
In 1995, the Seminary launched the Women's Leadership Institute: A Program in Applied Spirituality. WLI is a certificate program based on feminist values and designed to prepare leaders for the 21st century world.
- Doctor of Ministry
The Doctor of Ministry degree "stresses the reflective practice of ministry, that is, ministry grounded in a practical theology that grows out of an understanding of the social context in which it occurs."
- Distance Education Certificates
The seminary has a distance education program that includes online courses, plus one and two-week intensive courses that can be taken on site.
- The Islamic Chaplaincy program
Hartford Seminary offers the only accredited Islamic chaplaincy programs in North America. Initially spearheaded by Ingrid, the Islamic chaplaincy program at Hartford Seminary aims at preparing Muslims to enter the chaplaincy field.
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