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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We’ve just inaugurated a new membership system that promises to help us stay more connected and networked. You can find details here. You may notice that we now send our first renewal reminder two months before your membership expires, which for many of our members means that you got a membership renewal notice today. Here
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Congratulations to our long time REA colleague and board member, Dr. Mary Dana Hinton, who was inaugurated this weekend as the 15th President of the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, MN. You can find photos of the celebration, the beautiful inaugural poem written in celebration, and Mary’s very powerful call to transformative liberal
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On May 7, Dr. Yolanda Smith will give a lecture entitled, “Exploring the Bible with Contemporary Youth,” on the Yale Divinity School campus. The event includes a free lunch, which is served at noon. Dr. Smith will explore the multiple ways to teach the Bible to technologically savvy youth. She will focus on equipping young
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The Board of Directors of the Religious Education Association has announced the selection of Rev. Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer as Editor-Elect of the journal RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, effective September 1, 2014. Dr. Mercer is Professor of Practical Theology and the Arthur Lee Kinsolving Chair in Pastoral Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia. She will work
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Hot off the press in March 2014 is a new book by Jack Seymour, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, editor of Religious Education and REA’s Horizons in Religious Education book series. Teaching the Way of Jesus: Educating Christians for Faithful Living (Abingdon) is the most recent volume from a senior scholar in religious education who makes a
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With great pride and pleasure, we announce that Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook’s book God Beyond Borders: Interreligious Learning Among Faith Communities is now available from Wipf and Stock Publishers! It is the first book to be published in Horizons in Religious Education, the new book publishing series from the Religious Education Association, in partnership with Wipf and Stock Publishers. The book
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Today it was announced that Dr. Mary Hinton has been appointed the 15th president of College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, MN, sister campus to St. John’s University in Collegeville. Mary currently serves as the vice president for academic affairs at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY, and she has just completed a
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March 12, 12:30 p.m. EST. Youth Ministry: Now!, a program of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, presents Dr. Rodger Nishioka on “Youth Ministry and Technology,” on the Yale Divinity School campus. The event includes a free lunch, beginning at noon. Dr. Nishioka will explore the best techniques for doing youth ministry in
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Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT, will host a week-long symposium June 2-6, 2014: God Power! Youth Power! Transforming the City: A Yale Symposium on Building and Sustaining Urban Youth Ministries. This week-long offering will include both morning and afternoon courses. In the mornings, there will be daily lectures and lunches by leading scholars and
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