Organizers seek help in shaping a new teaching tool A team of scholars, writers, graphic artists, and media producers have begun work on a project that introduces young people to the Bible and to its historical contexts in visually and narratively compelling new ways. A set of graphic novels, already in production, seeks to embed […]
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Shalom Hill Farm is looking for someone to lead their retreat and rural education ministry into its next phase of life. The call includes oversight of staff and general day to day operations, promotion of the organization at synod and other community events, fund raising, preaching and increasing the awareness of the Farm and its
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The Mentoring Institute at the University of New Mexico (UNM) is now seeking proposals for the 2015 mentoring conference: New Perspectives in Mentoring: A Quest for Leadership Excellence & Innovation. The 8th annual conference will be held on Tuesday, October 20 through Friday, October 23 at the Student Union Building, situated on UNM’s main campus
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In Releasing the Imagination, Maxine Greene points out that aesthetic experience requires us to move consciously beyond ourselves to notice what a work of art has to offer, that is, to notice how a work of art stirs our thoughts and feelings and can invite us to experience something new (124). In this way aesthetic
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The conference on ecclesiology and ethnography welcomes papers that explore the dynamic relationship between the theological and the lived in ecclesiology. This conference is part of the Ecclesiology and Ethnography network, which seeks to draw together scholars working with theological approaches to qualitative research on the Christian Church. We encourage single and multi-authored papers. All
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Given that our next annual meeting is focused on the theme of imagination, and also the fact that our call for proposals deadline is May 1st, many readers of this website should be interested in the March issue of the Interfaith Observer, which is focused on creativity and spirit.
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The Church of Sweden Research Unit, and the Church of Sweden Policy Unit, invite papers on the theme “Mending the world: Possibilities and obstacles for religion, church and theology,” to be included in a conference taking place in Uppsala, Sweden October 13-15, 2015. More information is available online.
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The Institute for Religious Studies and Religious Education at the University of Bremen is hosting a new journal, gamevironments, considering the interactions of games, religion and culture. The journal welcomes contributions applying all approaches and highlighting all fields of investigation related to video games/gaming and religion, culture, and society. The journal also explicitly seeks to acknowledge the
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Many of our webpages and papers refer to specific associations or organizations by acronyms or letters alone. That can be very confusing! We have begun a webpage on this site that is a glossary of associations we either have some involvement with, our members are also active in, or we have referred to in various papers
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The Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies has recently expanded the scope of its mission and is now developing educational programs to engage Jews, Christians, and Muslims. In the months to come, the organization will also change its name to reflect this important shift. To fulfill its expanded educational mandate, we are seeking an educator with
