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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• Upcoming Regional Gatherings
  Ph.D. students and graduates successfully had their online regional gathering on April 26th from 10 am to 4 pm ET hosted by Dr. Mark Chung Hearn. Two more regional gatherings are coming up! 1. New England Regional Gathering on July 9th, 2024 hosted by Dr. Wanda Stahl @ wstahl [at] bu [dot] edu2. Greece Regional Gathering on November 7th-11th, 2024 hosted by Tony Vrame @ tonyvrame [at]… Read more: Upcoming Regional Gatherings
• ATS Webinar on Publishing
  View and/or forward the recorded ATS Webinar on Publishing from last month—featuring a panel of publishers in a variety of subsectors (denominational, commercial religion, and trade religion), as they draw back the curtain on the author-publisher relationship, interests their presses are currently pursuing, and concrete strategies on the submission process. Hear from: To access the webinar recording,… Read more: ATS Webinar on Publishing
• Interreligious Education Webinar
  The RE in Academic Disciplines & Institutions Committee invites members and friends of REA to participate in a Zoom webinar conversation about interreligious education. The discussion will begin with shared reflections on the significance of interreligious education for multi-cultural societies and the challenges we face when encountering interreligious education in various settings. Participants are also… Read more: Interreligious Education Webinar
• Cátedra Paulo Freire 2024, March 14-15, Free
  Join us for the Cátedra Paulo Freire 2024, held in-person and online on March 14–15. In the contemporary landscape of global education, the rise of hate, greed, prejudice, and authoritarianism poses significant challenges to the principles of critical pedagogy. As we traverse the educational landscape of the 21st century, Cátedra Paulo Freire 2024, “Navigating Educational Landscape… Read more: Cátedra Paulo Freire 2024, March 14-15, Free
• Response to what is happening in Israel and Palestine
  The REA Board of Directors has met several times in recent months to discern our most appropriate response as a membership organization about the happenings in Israel & Palestine. The Board followed the Protocol for Public Statements developed by the Public Life Committee in 2021. As these meetings and discussions took place, several members of… Read more: Response to what is happening in Israel and Palestine