Cultural and Historical Studies of Religion

On April 5, Waqas Sajjad, Fulbright Scholar and GTU Ph.D. student in Cultural and Historical Studies of Religion, presented his paper entitled  “Christians and Muslim Minorities in Pakistan - The Missing Discourse” at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies (ACSIS) at Seton Hall University. He joined scholars from all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences. The conference covered topics relating to various Muslim societies, including those in the US, Pakistan, Egypt, Morocco, Australia, and Iran. Sajjad’s academic interest is the...

The Andover Newton Board of Trustees voted unanimously to create the school's first tenure track faculty position in Interfaith Studies and named Dr. Jennifer Howe Peace as the incumbent.

For the past five years, Peace has served Andover Newton as an instructor in the area of Interfaith Studies and a key program designer and leader for the Center for Interreligious and Communal Leadership Education (CIRCLE) at Andover Newton and Hebrew College's Rabbinical School. The inception of the position was made possible in large part through a...