The Board of Directors of the Religious Education Association has announced the selection of Rev. Dr. Joyce Ann Mercer as Editor-Elect of the journal RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, effective September 1, 2014. Dr. Mercer is Professor of Practical Theology and the Arthur Lee Kinsolving Chair in Pastoral Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia. She will work […]
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We congratulate HyeRan Kim-Cragg on her new book with EunYoung Choi in which they explore the reign of God as it is “sown and fulfilled through differences.” Translated from Korean by Lark Kim, The Encounters: Retelling the Bible from Migration and Intercultural Perspectives explores “the Biblical figures whose lives were marked by migration and crossing boundaries.”
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Hot off the press in March 2014 is a new book by Jack Seymour, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, editor of Religious Education and REA’s Horizons in Religious Education book series. Teaching the Way of Jesus: Educating Christians for Faithful Living (Abingdon) is the most recent volume from a senior scholar in religious education who makes a
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With great pride and pleasure, we announce that Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook’s book God Beyond Borders: Interreligious Learning Among Faith Communities is now available from Wipf and Stock Publishers! It is the first book to be published in Horizons in Religious Education, the new book publishing series from the Religious Education Association, in partnership with Wipf and Stock Publishers. The book
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Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrate | Leave every hope, ye that enter (Dante) I awoke today to a news alert that there has been another shooting at the military base Fort Hood in Texas, USA. The New York Times reports: “Fort Hood Gunman Was Being Treated for Depression”. Critical analytic skills went on automatic shutdown
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Youth Ministry: Now! welcomes Mark DeVries on April 2 for the ongoing lecture series on dynamic youth ministry. All are welcome to the Yale Divinity School campus for a luncheon and lecture with Mark DeVries on Wednesday, April 2. DeVries is the founder of Youth Ministry Architects and the associate pastor for youth and their
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Today it was announced that Dr. Mary Hinton has been appointed the 15th president of College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, MN, sister campus to St. John’s University in Collegeville. Mary currently serves as the vice president for academic affairs at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY, and she has just completed a
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March 12, 12:30 p.m. EST. Youth Ministry: Now!, a program of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, presents Dr. Rodger Nishioka on “Youth Ministry and Technology,” on the Yale Divinity School campus. The event includes a free lunch, beginning at noon. Dr. Nishioka will explore the best techniques for doing youth ministry in
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Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT, will host a week-long symposium June 2-6, 2014: God Power! Youth Power! Transforming the City: A Yale Symposium on Building and Sustaining Urban Youth Ministries. This week-long offering will include both morning and afternoon courses. In the mornings, there will be daily lectures and lunches by leading scholars and
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In this discussion we will explore the identity of religious educators — past, present and future. This topic allows us to tell our stories of our journeys, our present identity and what we see in the future – perhaps by way of our students. Please write a few paragraphs on this topic either initiating your own thoughts
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