Faculty Emeritus at Asbury Theological Seminary, passed away on March 28, 2011 at his home. Burgess was born to school teachers William K. and Gladys Burgess on Oct 8, 1933 in Marlette, Michigan. Harold was ordained to pastoral ministry in the Missionary Church in 1962 and served several churches throughout his lifetime. He invested his life in […]
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What is the connection between the Arts and the Brain? In this short video presentation Michael Gazzaniga (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara) discusses insights from the Dana Foundation Learning, Arts, and the Brain Consortium.
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An article in the Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s New Horizons for Learning includes an excerpt from a new book by Dr. Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, Ph.D. Director of IDEA (Instituto de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje or Teaching and Learning Institute), and Professor of Education and Neuropsychology at the of the University of San Francisco in Quito,
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Read Randall Stephens’ online article in Science and Religion Today with Patrick MacNamara who has worked on “developing an evolutionary approach to problems of brain and behavior and currently is studying the evolution of the frontal lobes, the evolution of the two mammalian sleep states (REM and NREM), and the evolution of religion in human
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David Hogue, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, will provide one of the keynote presentations at the annual meeting. Hogue is the author of Remembering the Future, Imagining the Past: Story, Ritual, and the Human Brain and several book chapters and journal articles exploring the intersection of ritual,
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Members may now submit their proposals for Research Interest Group, Colloquium, or Workshop Presentations to the REA submission site. Look for more information as well as the link the link under the Call for Papers.
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The 11th International Conference on Children’s Spirituality will be held on 1-5 August 2011 at Union Presbyterian Seminary, in Richmond, Virginia. The conference theme is “The Politics of Children’s Spirituality: Identifying & Responding to Social Practices that Put Children at Risk.”
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We’ve just launched a brand new version of our website, and we look forward to hearing your feedback on this initial version.
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British academic and author passed away January 17, 2011 at age 64. For almost all his adult life, Copley had been a member of the Society of Friends. Copley was Professor of Educational Studies (Religious Education) at the University of Oxford, England and also Emeritus Professor of Religious Education at the University of Exeter, where he served
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DJ Furnish was born August 25, 1921 in Plano, Illinois. She graduated from Merrill Junior High, Rock Falls, IL (1935); Parker High School, Chicago (1939); Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA (1943) and Garrett-Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (MA, 1945). Dorothy Jean served as Director of Christian Education (DCE) at Trinity Methodist Church, Hutchinson, KS, from 1945-52,
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