“Irresponsible answers” Many discussions of children’s religious education focus on the ‘nuts and bolts’ of children’s ministry approaches and practices or the intersections of development and faith formation. However, there’s another area that needs our attention: the historical and continuing malformation of children’s lives by religious institutions because of intentional or implicit bias. An example […]
Tuesday, July 11 plenary Read More »
We are less than two months away from our annual meeting! We are looking forward to exploring “Whose children are they?” with you. Did you know there was a pre-conference journal issue with this theme? If you are a member, go check out the submissions by logging into our member site and heading over to
Special journal forum available Read More »
We are less than two months away from our annual meeting! We are looking forward to exploring “Whose children are they?” with you. Did you know there was a pre-conference issue with the theme? If you are a member, go check out the submissions by logging into our member site and heading over to Taylor
Special journal forum now available Read More »
The REA Board is working to support in-person gatherings that are more regional in nature, and REA VP Anne Walker has organized one such gathering at Phillips Seminary in Tulsa, OK. The gathering will coincide with REA’s annual meeting, and along with opportunities to participate in that online portion, there are local field trips and
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The REA Board is seeking to support people gathering in person in more regional meetings, and one that will happen during our annual meeting is in Tulsa, OK. VP Anne Walker has helped to plan this event, and people are welcome from anywhere in the world to join in this gathering. Details are available online.
Tulsa regional gathering Read More »
Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles, CA is accepting applications for their next Jewish Community Learning director. From their online post: “We are a Conservative Jewish congregation in Los Angeles that takes pride in being a warm, caring, and welcoming synagogue family that deeply values both rich, deep engagement with our tradition and being accessible
Dir. of Jewish Learning Community / LA, CA Read More »
Yale Divinity School seeks a full-time instructor for its joint Divinity/Social Work degree program, operated in partnership with the University of Connecticut Graduate School of Social Work. This is a new full time, grant-funded three-year position located at the Divinity School. Qualifications include a minimum education of MDiv and MSW degrees (or equivalents); and 3+
YDS: Instructor/Coordinator for Joint Degree Program in Divinity and Social Work Read More »
Any member (or team of members) of the Religious Education Association can propose a theme for the guild’s annual meeting program. If your proposal is selected, you then work collaboratively with the REA Steering Committee and Board to develop and implement the program. To give you a feel for how the new process works, here
Thinking about proposing an annual meeting theme? Read More »
Recently pastoral theologian Eileen Campbell-Reed (Union Theological Seminary) sat down with our journal editor, Joyce Ann Mercer (Yale Divinity School), and recorded a series of conversations about loss and grief, self compassion, and mental wellbeing. The brief blogs and videos (4 to 9 minutes each) are presented in five episodes (183-187) at Three Minute Ministry Mentor.
Loss, mental well-being, and self compassion: Conversations with Joyce Ann Mercer Read More »
The first of what will be several in-person regional gatherings will be held in Boston on the 16th of March 2023.
Boston in person regional gathering planned for March 16, 2023 Read More »
