Author Archives: Mary
Design thinking as support for the Wornom Innovation grants
During the 2019 REA Annual Meeting, Dr. Sarah Tauber (chair of the Harper Wornom committee) offered a workshop on design thinking as support for the Wornom Innovation grant process. She has graciously made available her powerpoint slides from that workshop.
Science and Religious Education in Divided Societies
One aspect of our current social divides involves a raging debate over the possibility of “post-truth,” “alternative facts,” and “fake news.” Among other issues, this debate revolves around the proper relation between empirical evidence, on the hand, and various political, … Continue reading
Education for co-existence: Pedagogies of the sacred, of difference, and of hope
The fourth plenary from the 2019 Religious Education Association annual meeting, held in Toronto, ON from November 1-3 was scheduled to be the Presidential Address. Due to health challenges, the REA Program Chair and incoming President, Hanan Alexander of the … Continue reading
Disrupting the consequences of difficult histories through education
The third plenary from the Religious Education Association’s annual meeting, held in Toronto, ON November 1-3, 2019 was entitled “Disrupting the consequences of difficult histories through education” and featured Greer Anne Wenh-In Ng, Emerita professor of religious education, Emmanuel College … Continue reading
Hermeneutics of the Other and Theologies of Difference
The second plenary from the 2019 Religious Education Association meeting held in Toronto, ON November 1-3 was entitled “Hermeneutics of the Other and Theologies of Difference,” and involved a panel discussion amongst Elie Holzer, Ochs Chair for Teaching Jewish Religious … Continue reading
2019 Wornom Innovation Award Announced
REA is delighted to announce that the 2019 Wornom Innovation Grant has been awarded to Dr. Elliot Ginsburg for a project called “Beloved Land: Israel and Palestine Through the Kaleidoscope,” sponsored by The Aleph Ordination Israel and Palestine Program. This … Continue reading
Please share this survey for an REA PhD student
One of our long time members, Callid Keefe-Perry, is circulating a survey as part of his dissertation research. Please participate and share it widely. Here is his introduction: Colleagues in the world of Religion and Education!I’m writing with hopes that … Continue reading
GETS: Faculty position in community-based education
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary seeks to make an appointment to an open rank faculty position in Community-Based Education. The person in this position will serve as a faculty member in an area of practical theology, directing and advancing community-based education on … Continue reading
CFP: Values, Worldviews and Religions in Education
Call for papers: Values, Worldviews and Religions in Education: Changing Realities in the City, 8-11th of June 2020 in Stockholm, Sweden Over the the past decades, religion has become a globally relevant societal issue also in the educational settings. Both … Continue reading
YDS: Christian Spirituality
Yale Divinity School invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Christian Spirituality to begin July 1, 2020. The rank of the appointment may be assistant or associate professor with or without tenure. Yale Divinity School provides an ecumenical environment … Continue reading
