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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A gift for the holidays: The Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University has put several recordings of presentations from the Interfaith Summit on Happiness up at YouTube.
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NPR Correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty will speak at the 2011 REA Conference. Hagerty is author of the New York Times best seller, Fingerprints of God: In Search of the Science of Spirituality. Hagerty writes of her book: This book has been percolating in my subconscious for years, and finally burst to the surface demanding to
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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 2 MAY 2011 2011 Annual Meeting of the Religious Education Association (An Association of Professors, Practitioners, and Researchers in Religious Education) November 4-6, 2011 Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel & Suites, Toronto, ON. THEME: Brain Matters: Neuroscience, Creativity, and Diversity From President-Elect and Program Chair Dean Blevins: Ten years after the original “Decade
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Parker Palmer received the 2010 William Rainey Harper Award at the REA 2010 Annual Meeting. You can view the award honors including Mary Hess, Boyung Lee, Thomas Groome, Lucinda Huffaker, a letter from Craig Dykstra, and a few words from Parker Palmer himself.
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