The Spirit&Place Festival, an institution at IUPUI, last week held a conversation between Leah Gunning Francis (long time REA scholar and previous board member) and Robert P. Jones. The verdict in the Rittenhouse trial plunges us right back into the anguish and anger that accompanies recognizing the depth of white supremacy that is baked into
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For those of you who were not able to join in the REA2021 annual meeting, held online this year in Run The World, you can now watch the plenary sessions at our YouTube site. As you watch Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock’s plenary — “Gender and sexuality oppression and spiritual healing for moral trauma” — know
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The Wabash Center has recently released the dates, faculty, and application information for their menu of 2022 workshops. Please check it out and share widely! Maybe you know someone who would benefit from a workshop but doesn’t even know they exist.
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Prof. Dr. Martin Rothgangel at Universität Wien and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Riegel at Universität Siegen are seeking other research scholars in religious education (defined here as scholars with a PHD) who are willing to complete a research survey on the topic of the formative effects on research in religious education in the school context. More
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Thanks to Dr. Boyung Lee, REA president, for sharing Emily Wu’s module “Stop AAPI Hate Movement: History and Narratives” with us. This is a printable pdf full of useful information and links to videos, advocacy groups and other resources engaging hatred against AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) communities. Please share widely!
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Our hearts continue to break, this time in relation to the shootings in Atlanta. Here are some resources for engaging in fighting racism that are specific to Asian and Asian American communities: https://rjb.religioused.org/2021/03/resources-for-engaging-anti-asian-racism/
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The Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal (RSDR) Fellowship of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), with the support of the Fetzer Institute, aims to bring knowledge of the place of religion and spirituality into scholarly and public conversations about renewing democracy in the United States. These fellowships offer research support over a period of up
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Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Schein, the 2018 Wornom Innovation grant award winner, has recently published yet another powerful resource: Life-Long Spirituality and God Connection: A Suite of Kaplanesque Learning Resources. The notion of life-long spirituality and God connection is clear enough to most colleagues. “Kaplanesque”, however, might need a brief explanation. Mordecai Kaplan was the founder
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Did you know that “eREACH” stands for the electronic version of the “Religious Education Association Clearing House” — otherwise know as our newsletter? It comes out four times a year, and always includes free educational resources, news from members, and much more. The January issue has just been published, and it includes news about our
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The 2020 REA Fall Gathering included a powerful panel discussion of the new book edited by Anne Streaty Wimberly, Nathaniel West, and Annie Lockhart-Gilroy: From Lament to Advocacy: Black Religious Education and Public Ministry (Wesley’s Foundery Books 2020). It was an energizing discussion, and the video is now up at our video site. We made
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