For five years I ran a “start-up” religious education program. I wanted to test out a model of family-based learning in the Jewish community for families who were opting out of synagogue life. The methodology and pedagogy was inspired by Scouting: a system of ranks and requirements provided the framework for kids (K-12) to learn […]
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At the first of May the call for papers for the 2016 conference in Pittsburgh has come to an end. And you have been responding massively! At a first glance, the harvest looks great: interesting papers and posters from all over the world, focusing on the con-texts, texts and textures of hopeful teaching today. “Hope
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At the first of May the call for papers for the 2016 conference in Pittsburgh has come to an end. And you have been responding massively! At a first glance, the harvest looks great: interesting papers and posters from all over the world, focusing on the con-texts, texts and textures of hopeful teaching today. “Hope
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The proposal submission process closed on May 1st. We received a large batch of proposals for the conference, and people whose proposals are accepted will be notified by late June. Please remember that final papers and workshop outlines are due by September 15th.
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President emeritus of the Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE), suffered a sudden heart attack and died while at home in Florida on May 15, 2016. Dave served as president and founding director of SCUPE from 1976 – 2010. He was 73. Before coming to SCUPE Dave served as an urban pastor and adjunct seminary
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The symposium on ‘Childhood, Faith and the Media’ is a plenary of the Leverhulme Trust-funded ‘Faith on the Air: a religious educational broadcasting history’ project at the University of Worcester. This one-day conference will provide an opportunity to engage in research-informed discussion of issues in religious broadcasting for children and young people in historical and contemporary
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Harvard University’s Pluralism Project is hiring an assistant director based in Cambridge, MA. More details are available online.
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Lexington Theological Seminary is seeking adjunct faculty to teach courses during 2016-2017 in its online Master of Divinity program that integrates intellectual, spiritual and practical dimensions of congregational life and leadership. We specifically seek a person or persons to teach required and elective courses in Christian education. Ph.D. or ABD is expected; but significant experience
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Brill announces a new series — Theology in Practice — edited by Bonnie Miller McLemore and Elaine Graham, and with our own editor, Joyce Mercer, as a member of the editorial board. The series promises to: explore and reconstruct the centers and margins of practical theological discourse. The series will be marked by interdisciplinary conversations with related
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The School of Religion, Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen’s University invites applications for a Tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor with specialization in the Contemporary Religious Context, with a preferred starting date of July 1, 2016. We are seeking a specialist who uses social-scientific methods in the study of Religion
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