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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On February 5, Youth Ministry: Now! will sponsor Dr. Evelyn Parker at Yale Divinity School speaking on “The Elephant in the Room: Conversations about Race with Youth.” Dr. Parker is the associate professor of practical theology and associate dean for academic affairs at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. Lunch is served
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Dr. Thomas H. Groome and Dr. Harold (Bud) D. Horell have worked together over the years. It was good to see them both at the REA Annual Meeting 2013 in Boston. Thank you Tom and Bud for your esteemed contributions to the field of Religious Education.
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Alan Smith is presenting a paper for a new section called “The Bible and Practical Theology” (for which he will serve on the Steering Committee) and that session is from 1:00-3:00 in the afternoon.
REA Member, Alan Smith Presenting at American Academy of Religion! Read More »
Check out the October 2013 issue of Teaching Theology and Religion to see REA member Justus Baird’s article featured as the “free sample” to entice readers to subscribe! Rabbi Justus N. Baird is Dean of Auburn Theological Seminary in New York. His article, “Multifaith Education in American Theological Schools: Looking Back, Looking Ahead,” from the
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The Board of the Religious Education Association is happy to announce that Mary Ellen Durante has accepted the position of Networking Coordinator. This new part-time position will strengthen member interactions, build relationships with other groups and organizations, and increase the visibility of REA in our larger contexts – utilizing social media, blogs, webinars, and other
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REA member Michael Waggoner (University of Northern Iowa) has edited a new book that perfectly fits this year’s meeting theme, “Coming Out Religiously: Religion, the Public Sphere, and Religious Identity Formation.” Noting that public education is one of the few places “where Americans can meet together to learn about each other and to share in
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Don’t miss the first REA session at the American Academy of Religion meeting in Baltimore! Saturday, Nov 23 – 6:30-8:00 PM Sheraton Inner Harbor-Harborview II P23-402 Religious Education and 21st-Century Intersections: Religion Identity Formation, Social Activism, and Public Imagination Three of the Religious Education Association’s leaders – past, present, and future presidents – trace the
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