The Board of the Religious Education Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Lakisha Lockhart, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at Chicago Theological Seminary, has agreed to be our next executive secretary starting as of July 15, 2020. Dr. Lockhart takes up this role following the retirement of Dr. Lucinda Huffaker, who has agreed to […]
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Researchers connected with Union Presbyterian Seminary are interviewing ministry leaders to listen and learn about the ways you have been connecting with children ages birth to 12 and their families since the COVID-19 pandemic began. They hope to talk with leaders from a diverse set of congregations within mainstream Protestantism. If you are interested in
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A number of religious education scholars from around the world are collaborating in an international survey seeking to learn what churches are doing in this time of pandemic. You can find more information online (in multiple languages) or by contacting Mary Hess directly.
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One of the purposes of the REA website is to share resources in the field of religious education, and now is certainly a time that we need to be made aware of good resources for transformative learning, teaching in times of crisis, and acting for justice. As a follow up to REA’s Statement On the
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The journal Religions (an open access journal by MPDI) is seeking papers for a Special Issue that will provide a look at important research in religious education that is taking place in diverse areas of the globe and from multiple perspectives. The Special Issue will allow contributors to provide a wide-angle look at critical issues
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The past few months have brought serious disruptions and challenges to all of us in our religious education efforts, in academic and practitioner settings alike. The pandemic and abrupt shifts it has caused for our teaching, communication and ministry, and more recently, the murder of George Floyd and growing urgency for antiracism efforts—all of these
[This statement was issued on June 4, 2020. It is also available as a PDF document.] REA Statement on the Murder of George FloydMinneapolis, Minnesota, USAMay 25, 2020 The Religious Education Association condemns the killings of Black men, women, and children in the United States of America by police and vigilantes. We condemn the white
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After careful consideration of all of the issues, the REA Steering Committee has decided to postpone our annual meeting to July 6-9, 2021. In doing so we realize there are many things that will have to change, but we feel very strongly that the REA community does its best work — both in scholarship and
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After careful consideration of all of the issues, and upon reaching the deadline past which the fees for cancelling a hotel contract become onerous, the REA Steering Committee has decided to postpone our annual meeting to 6-9 July 2021. In doing so we realize there are many things that will have to change, but we
Theology in Practice extends the horizons of the discipline and scholarship of practical theology. It promises to enrich the academic discourse and supply material of interest to scholars and professional graduate students. Books in the series will be in conversation with scholarship in the discipline and reflect engagement with diverse voices in the field (e.g.,
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