The Belief in Dialogue conference of the AULRE will be held on 1 – 3 September 2015, at Mary’s University Twickenham. The full details are listed on the new Association of University Lecturers in Religion and Education website including the link to book http://aulre.org/conference/. The conference is open to all, academics, researchers, teachers, education professionals, advisors, students […]
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In a recent conversation with Gabriel Moran he noted that his wife Maria Harris would have been delighted by the new information technologies available today for use in teaching/learning environments. Gabe noted that Maria used to spend hours putting materials on slides and making slide show presentations to use in her teaching. For those of
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We do not usually publish press releases, but this one came across our desktop this week and it is pertinent to our membership. On Friday, May 1st, Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA), the youth organization of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, brought 150 young Muslim leaders from across the country to Capitol Hill for its second
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The Youth Ministry Initiative at Yale will be featuring our member and past president, Dr. Anne Wimberly, in a presentation on May 6th at 12:30 pm eastern time. It will be live-streamed, so even if you aren’t in New Haven, you will be able to hear her lecture. The session will include an overview of meanings
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Plans continue for our next annual meeting in November, to be held the 6-8th in Atlanta. We now have two versions of a flyer that you can download and print, or send to friends and colleagues electronically. Color version of REA2015 flyer, best if you are sharing electronically or printing in color. Black and white
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Plans continue for our next annual meeting in November, to be held the 6-8th in Atlanta. We now have two versions of a flyer that you can download and print, or send to friends and colleagues electronically. Color version of REA2015 flyer, best if you are sharing electronically or printing in color. Black and white
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In Releasing the Imagination, Maxine Greene points out that aesthetic experience requires us to move consciously beyond ourselves to notice what a work of art has to offer, that is, to notice how a work of art stirs our thoughts and feelings and can invite us to experience something new (124). In this way aesthetic
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The submission process to propose a RIG paper, workshop, colloquy or poster session for our 2015 annual meeting in Atlanta is now live at the 2015 conference site. Please spread the word widely! This year’s focus on imagination provides lots of room for submissions from multiple fields. The deadline is 1 May 2015.
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The AAR group on secularism and secularity has published a CFP seeking proposals on “the secular’s complicated relationship with race and sex/gender. What new spaces has the secular opened up for women and people of color, and what new barriers has it created? What forms of activism does the secular enable that are not available
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The primary theme for the November REA Annual Meeting 2015 is “Connecting, Disrupting, Transforming: Imagination’s Power as the Heart of Religious Education.” I invite you to think of this theme in relation to your own life and ministry. Specifically, I ask you to consider: Within your areas of work and academic interests (focusing on religious education
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