eREACH June 2013 now available
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Fr Andrew Greeley, 2008 plenary speaker, has died
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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Alan Smith’s New Book
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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Deadline for proposals approaching
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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Conference topic in Religious Education
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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Wabash Center Teaching Links – May 2013 Issue
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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REA Becomes an AAR Related Scholarly Organization
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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2013 Harper Award Announced
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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Conference: e-Formation – Faith Formation for a Connected Digital World
An ecumenical conference on the future of faith formation will be held May 31 – June 2, 2013, at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. e-Formation: Faith Formation for a Connected Digital World is intended to help participants learn how to integrate digital approaches into faith formation with all ages and generations. “More and more,
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Julie Lytle’s New Book
Morehouse Publishing has announced the release of Julie Lytle’s new book, Faith Formation 4.0: Introducing an Ecology of Faith in a Digital Age. “Framed by the Great Commission’s imperative to ‘make disciples,’ Faith Formation 4.0 shows how to reclaim the characteristics of the original oral tradition of the Early Church while using today’s tools of
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