Judson Press recently released Youth Ministry in the Black Church: Centered in Hope by Anne Wimberly, Sandra Barnes and Karma Johnson — yet another important resource for professors, youth ministry leaders, and Christian education directors! An overview of the book list three areas that form the book’s frame for discussing challenges and strategies for youth […]
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Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters TV will broadcast three different programs that are presentations from the 2012 REA Annual Meeting in Atlanta last November. The three programs will be streamed on the AIB TV website for the next two weeks. Viewers in the Atlanta area can view the programs on cable TV. Find your AIB channel here.
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Father Andrew M. Greeley, priest, sociologist, journalist, and a well-known novelist, died Wednesday night in his sleep. He was 85. Fr. Greeley was among the most influential Roman Catholic thinkers and writers of our time. He was a priest, sociologist, journalist, and a well-known novelist. He was famous for his wit and his unflinching commitment
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Routledge has announced the publication of new volume in its Studies in Religion series: Theology and the Arts: Engaging Faith, by Ruth Illman and W. Alan Smith. In contrast to “the narrow emphasis of modernity on reason and the scientific method as the basis of all knowledge,” Illman and Smith focus on “discrete practices of
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The deadline for submissions of proposals for presentations at the 2013 REA Annual Meeting in Boston is this Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Contact secretary [at] religiouseducation [dot] net with any questions.
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The journal Religious Education, 2013, volume 108, no 3 that will be available in due course as E-journal issue, will have a Forum on the theme of the 2013 REA conference with five personal essays by Mualla Selçuk (Turkey), Friedrich Schweitzer (Germany), Walter Feinberg (United States), Cornelia Roux (South Africa) and Siebren Miedema (the Netherlands).
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The May issue of Teaching Links has been published. Note that the Wabash Center is now receiving nominations for its annual New Teachers Dinner at the AAR-SBL meeting this November. It’s an excellent introduction to colleagues, senior scholars committed to conversations about teaching, and the Wabash Center programs. Please nominate your past students who have
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The Religious Education Association has been accepted as a Related Scholarly Organization (RSO) by the American Academy of Religion (AAR). RSO status brings with it several benefits, including: • Recognition as an RSO on the AAR website and a link to the RSO’s website. • Recognition of the RSO in the AAR Annual Meeting Program
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The Board of Directors of the Religious Education Association has announced that Professor Robert (Bob) Jackson, PhD, DLitt, AcSS, will receive the William Rainey Harper Award at the 2013 REA Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The William Rainey Harper Award was named after the first President of the University of Chicago, who was the founder
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