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In recent years, REA’s online annual gatherings have emphasized its global membership and the global impact of our guild. Part of how we continue to lean into making global perspectives the place from which we operate, is to explore and implement language accessibility when we gather. Many of our members speak more than one language, […]

As an extension of our conference theme, “Whose Children Are They?” the REA will share children’s art on our conference webpage. You are invited to share your own artwork or the artwork of children known to you, from whom you can obtain permission. If you have personal art you would like to share, or if

Given the range of issues associated with moving entirely online, we are pushing the deadline to receive proposals for REA2023 to February 28th. Notification of acceptance will be by March 31st, and final papers will be due May 31st.

Lakisha Lockhart reminds us all that proposals are due January 31.

Many discussions of children’s religious education focus on the ‘nuts and bolts’ of children’s ministry approaches and practices or the intersections of development and faith formation. However, there’s another area that needs our attention: the historical and continuing malformation of children’s lives by religious institutions because of intentional or implicit bias. An example of such

Happy New Year! Whether you typically make new year’s resolutions or not, I hope you will resolve this year to propose a paper, collaborative session, or poster that explores some aspect of the conference theme “Whose Children Are They? Responsibilities for religious formation of a new generation”. Proposals are accepted online (REA 2023 Proposal Submissions)