Many of our webpages and papers refer to specific associations or organizations by acronyms or letters alone. That can be very confusing! Here is a glossary of associations we either have some involvement with, our members are also active in, or we have referred to in various papers or workshops. We are not specifically endorsing any of these, but are providing this page for easy reference.
AAR: American Academy of Religion
ACUE: Association of College and University Educators
AERA: American Educational Research Association
AGPIM: Association of Graduate Programs in Ministry
AJRE: Association of Jewish Reform Educators
AJCU: Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
AKRK: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholische Religionspädagogik und Katechetik
ALLLM: Association of Leaders in Lifelong Learning for Ministry
AME: Association for Moral Education
APCE: Association of Presbyterian Church Educators
APT: Association of Practical Theology
ARL: Academy of Religious Leadership
APM: Association of Professors of Mission
ATFE: Association for Theological Field Education
ATLA: American Theological Library Association
ATS: Association of Theological Schools
AUCE-UCC: Association of United Church Educators (UCC)
AYME: Association of Youth Ministry Educators
BACE: Baptist Association of Christian Educators
CAA: Christian Adventure Association
CATFE: Catholic Association for Theological Field Education
CCJR: Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations
CEN: Christian Education Network of the ELCA
Christian Educators Fellowship of the UMC
CAUCE: Connecticut Association of United Church Educators
COGREE: The Coordinating Group for Religious Education in Europe
COMENIUS: Evangelische Arbeitsstätte für Erziehungswissenschaft e. V.
CTSA: Catholic Theological Society of America
EFTRE: European Forum for Teachers of Religious Education
EUFRES: European Forum for Religious Education in Schools
ELEA: Evangelical Lutheran Education Association
FORMA: A network for Christian formation professionals in the Episcopal Church
FTE: Forum for Theological Exploration
HTI: Hispanic Theological Initiative
IACS: International Association for Children’s Spirituality
IAPT: International Academy of Practical Theology
IASYM: International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry
ISNA: Islamic Society of North America
ISREV: International Seminar on Religious Education and Values
ISSOTL: International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
JEA: Jewish Educators Assembly
LREDA: Liberal Religious Educators Association
LEA: Lutheran Education Association
NACUC: National Association of College and University Chaplains
NAES: National Association of Episcopal Schools
NAMLE: National Association for Media Literacy Education
NCEA: National Catholic Educational Association
NCCL: National Conference for Catechetical Leadership
NewCAJE: Reimagining Jewish Education for the 21st Century
NMRDC: Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies
PANAAWTM: Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry
POD: Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
RENA: Reconstructionist Educators of North America
RSEN: Religion, Spirituality and Education Network
RUPRE: Research Unit for Public Religion and Education
SARTS: Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies
SCA: Spiritual Care Association
SDI: Spiritual Directors International
SPCE: Society of Professors in Christian Education
SPT: Society for Pastoral Theology
SSSR: Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
YMNET: ELCA Youth Ministry Network
Wabash: Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion