Articles and Book Reviews

Sr. Rabia Harris, a Hartford Seminary Islamic Chaplaincy Program graduate (2009), has written a manual for CPE supervisors entitled, "Supporting Your Muslim Students: A Guide for Clinical Pastoral Education". This is published and available through the ACPE at $5/copy. Contact ACPE: 1549 Clairmont Road, Suite 103 Decatur, GA 30033; Phone: 404-320-1472; Email: acpe@acpe.edu

Articles by Muslim Chaplains in 2009 ACPE journal:

Several Muslim chaplains, including Hartford Seminary students and alumni, have published articles in a recent issue of "Reflective Practice: Formation & Supervision in Ministry". To obtain this journal see:  http://www.reflectivepractice.org/

See volume 29 Reflective Practice contents page: http://www.reflectivepractice.org/1573006.html

GUIDELINES FOR IMAMS ASSISTING AN ABUSIVE PERSON*

GUIDELINES FOR IMAMS ASSISTING A VICTIM/SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE*

Dignity and Patient Care: An Islamic Perspective by Ingrid Mattson in the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine

"The terminally ill Muslim: Death and dying from the Muslim perspective." Found in American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, Volume 18 No. 4, July/August 2001. By Sarhill, LeGrand, Islambouli, Davis and Walsh. 

Can Islamic Spiritual Scale Be Useful  By Nazila Isgandarova, PhD student, Muslim College, London, UK and Resident Chaplain, St. Joseph’s healthcare Setting, Hamilton, ON

Hartford Seminary Adjunct Professor Ahmed Nezar Kobeisy has published an important resource for professionals who counsel Muslims. The book Counseling American Muslims: Understanding the Faith and Helping the People is published in 2004 by Praeger in their "Contributions in Psychology" series.

 

Chaplaincy Employment Positions

Position Title: Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program and Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian Muslim Relations

Hartford Seminary invites applications for a director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program (ICP) and professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at the Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. This position is for a core member of the Hartford Seminary faculty and the appointment will be made at the junior level.

This position will focus on the daily tasks of the leadership and administration of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program, including recruitment of students for the program and oversight of student progress through the program. Tasks include liaison work with hospitals, colleges, prisons and the military, for student placement in field work and Clinical Pastoral Education programs. The director of the ICP will represent the program and the Seminary to various publics, interpreting the nature and the importance of the ICP, and contributing substantially to the formation of Islamic Chaplaincy as a new field of study.

The director of the ICP is also engaged in academic teaching and research. Teaching will be particularly focused on some of the knowledge and skills required for Muslim Chaplains. The primary discipline of the applicant may vary, but the applicant must have experience both as a religious leader and as an instructor trained in a relevant academic discipline in the general field of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations.

Like other members of Hartford Seminary faculty, the incumbent will engage in dialogue with scholars, students and constituents from other religions and disciplines. He or she will also teach as a partner in Hartford Seminary’s Building Abrahamic Partnerships program and our core course on dialogue, on a rotating basis. Collaboration with the other academic centers of the Seminary is also expected.

Qualifications include experience in religious leadership of Muslim faith communities, an earned doctorate and a vocational interest in developing this new field of study in Islamic Chaplaincy. Interested scholars should electronically submit a letter of application and curriculum vitae, along with the names of three referees to: lbrowne@hartsem.edu. Applications received by March 6 will receive first consideration. We hope to make an appointment so that the candidate will begin by September 2009. For more information on Hartford Seminary and the Macdonald Center, please visit our website at www.hartsem.edu

 

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Islamic Resources

http://www.indeed.com/ job resource

FAQ's about Islam http://macdonald.hartsem.edu/answers.htm 

Hartford Seminary Islamic web resources www.library.hartsem.edu/Islam/ 

Resources for the study of Islam 

Islamic News Portal  www.YaNabi.com 

Islamic Social Services Association http://www.issausa.org 
 


Islamic Chaplaincy Program
The Duncan Black Macdonald Center
for the study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations