REA2022

REA Annual Meeting 2022

5-8 July, Online

Becoming Good Ancestors

This is a poem written with the words of twenty-five of REA members’ six-word memoirs. These members responded to an invitation to the entire guild to co-create 2022’s theme. Pedagogically, it was crafted by taking each six-word memoir and scrambling them into a larger list of words. Teams were then asked to create a poem using only the words — representative of the very lives — of its members. The poem above is all of those individual poems pieced together. The collective lives, our words, weaved together to make art. 

What might be possible if we co-created within our guild? What bold idea, collaborative practice, or research might the guild do to advance the greater and common good? 

As a collection of religious education professionals — of some-bodies, not no-bodies — from across the globe, who are we really? What is the REA’s collective work? What could we accomplish together that might not be possible separate from each other? Who does our work serve? Why do we exist, together? These are questions of institutional purpose.

Recent Updates about REA2022

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• Wabash Center Awards Two Grants to REA
  The Religious Education Association is very pleased to announce that through the work of its Horizons book series Co-Editorial Team, two grants have been secured from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. A $5000 grant was awarded for the project, “Mentoring Authors for Public Scholarship: Exploring New Mentoring Models among Religious Education Scholars.” Through this… Read more: Wabash Center Awards Two Grants to REA
• Call for Papers _ GoNeDigiTal Annual Conference, 3-5 June 2025
  (Co-)Creator, Creativity and the Created. GoNeDigiTal Annual Conference, 3-5 June 2025 This conference, seeks to create a space for conversations that cover an array of topics related to creativity, theology, and digital technology and culture. Approached from a number of theological and disciplinary vantage points, we explore topics such as the relation between the divine… Read more: Call for Papers _ GoNeDigiTal Annual Conference, 3-5 June 2025
• Assistant Professor of RE_Meadville Lombard Theological School
  Meadville Lombard Theological School seeks applications and nominations for an assistant facultyposition in religious education. The tenure-track appointment will begin in Fall 2025. The ideal candidatedemonstrates a deep commitment to interdisciplinary, interfaith, and intersectional approaches inteaching, scholarship, and leadership, particularly emphasizing liberation and social justice. Successful applicants will have completed a Ph.D. in religious education… Read more: Assistant Professor of RE_Meadville Lombard Theological School
• REA2024 New Staff: Executive Secretary, JEDI Officer, President
  We are excited to share new staff members. September 2024 has been a time of transition for REA, with a new President as of September 1, a new Executive Secretary as of September 15, and the affirmation of a new JEDI officer, who will begin October 15. Please welcome all three as they introduce themselves… Read more: REA2024 New Staff: Executive Secretary, JEDI Officer, President
• REA2024 Fall Gathering, October 23, 7-9 pm (est)
  Join us for our informal online Fall Gathering on October 23, 7-9 pm ET. We are excited to invite our Wornom Grant Awardees as speakers. We will send you the appropriate Zoom link the day before. This event is free to anyone, so please share it widely with your networks. More information can be found… Read more: REA2024 Fall Gathering, October 23, 7-9 pm (est)