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Robert Hunt Awarded ISNA Interfaith Relations Award
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) honored Robert Hunt in September with its Excellence in Interfaith Relations Award. In bestowing the award, ISNA leaders cited his work in promoting interfaith relations through many years as a participant in international dialogue events, and in helping organize and lead Faiths in Conversation dialogue groups, engaging Perkins School…
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Presidential Visit with Perkins Students
Presidential Visit George W. Bush visits Perkins class on Presidential Rhetoric and American Political Theology Perkins students in Dallas Gingles’ classroom had a surprise visitor on September 17: former President George W. Bush. At the invitation of Gingles and the office of SMU President R. Gerald Turner, Bush participated in the “Presidential Rhetoric and American…
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Welcome, New Students!
Perkins School of Theology welcomed one of its most diverse incoming classes in recent memory with a three-day Orientation August 18-20 on the campus of Perkins in Dallas. Led by the Office of Enrollment Management (OEM), the Orientation followed an expanded format this year. The three-day program included a How to be a Grad Student 101 session…