What does RE contribute to education?
This year’s program chair, Bert Roebben, offers a brief glimpse of why he thinks religious education is an important part of education more generally:
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Spiritual Formation, LSTC Chicago
The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) welcomes applications and nominations for a tenure-eligible position with primary teaching responsibilities in the area of Spiritual Formation and complementary expertise in another critical area, such as Leadership/Congregational Development, New Testament, Black Studies, Latino/a/Hispanic Ministry, or Multicultural Competency. For position description see http://www.lstc.edu/about/resources/employment. Application deadline is November
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Pastoral Care and Counseling, Boston College
Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry (STM) seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor in Pastoral Care and Counseling. In exceptional cases, a higher level appointment may be considered. This appointment will be within the STM’s Department of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry (DREPM), to begin Fall 2017. Candidates should have a PhD in
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Hotel block about to close
Please note: the block of rooms we’ve reserved at the conference hotel will expire on October 4th. You must make your reservation prior to that date to assure yourself of a room at the rate we have negotiated. After this date you will need to contact Lucinda Huffaker, our executive secretary, to determine if any
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Digital Badging workshop
Spread the news! The REA tech committee is sponsoring a free, public workshop on the morning of November 6th entitled “Making Learning Visible: Digital Badging in Faith Contexts.” A panel of three experienced religious educators — Liron Lipinsky, Director of the Joint Jewish Education Program in Pittsburgh, Lisa Brown, Director of Digital Ministry at Membership
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Religious and Theological Education, Villanova
The Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Religious and Theological Education at the rank of assistant professor, to begin in fall 2017. The successful candidate will have expertise in the field of religious/theological education, including outcomes and evidence-based educational practices, curriculum development, and assessment
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Allen Joe Moore, 18 September 2016
Long time leader and member of REA, died on September 18, 2016. Born September 7, 1927, Allen Joe Moore was named after his two grandfathers, whom he liked to call the “heretic” and the “preacher.” He inherited the free-thinking of Pa Crider and the preaching enthusiasm of his Grandfather Moore. As an undergraduate at Southwestern University,
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Early bird pricing about to end
Early Bird pricing for REA2016 provides a significant discount on regular conference prices. This early price ENDS THURSDAY (9/15). Anyone registering on Friday through the end of October will have to pay the regular conference price. Don’t miss the savings — register today.
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Orthodox icons in Pittsburgh
Starting to look forward to our meeting? Here’s an article that describes one of the local painters from the Ukrainian community, and her work painting icons. Pittsburgh has a rich variety of religious communities, and Orthodox Christians form one of them. We will start posting items here that point towards Pittsburgh — let us know
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Research on Retreats for Young People
Graham Rossiter, a recent plenary speaker at REA, sent us the following announcement: Online availability of the Report The Research on Retreats publication 2016 reports a study of the views of teachers and senior students about retreats in Australian Catholic secondary schools. The Report is available for free download as a pdf file on the Retreats Research
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