As the mastermind behind this year’s REA Program, Dean Blevins introduced the theme “Brain Matters: Neuroscience and Creativity” with interdisciplinary reflection and humor. Dean reviewed David Hogue’s presentation with “Father Guido’s Quiz,” a video clip of carton characters singing a song identifying the parts of the brain and invited us to explore new horizons of neuroscience and the implications for […]
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Mary Gordon (http://www.rootsofempathy.org/en/who-we-are/mary.html), founder of Roots of Empathy, speaks on the intersection of neuroscience and educating for violence reduction. She especially focuses on brain development in the child. Share your thoughts below.
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Please view and download the following important meeting materials for the 2011 meeting: Business Meeting Agenda 2010 Meeting Minutes for approval Slate of Nominations to the 2012 Board of Directors 2011 Annual Meeting Evaluation Form 2012 Budget
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David Hogue, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, is the author of Remembering the Future, Imagining the Past: Story, Ritual, and the Human Brain and several book chapters and journal articles exploring the intersection of ritual, liturgy, pastoral care and the neurosciences. David is our opening plenary speaker.
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STV reports ‘Baby teachers’ to give empathy lessons to Scots children with new Roots of Empathy initiative
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PBS Religion and Ethics Weekly story on Faith and the Brain: Scientists have long found an association between relaxation and health. Now there is growing evidence that spiritual practices have a beneficial and measurable effect on the brain. In his book “How God Changes Your Brain,” Andrew Newberg reports that meditation improves memory and reduces
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Andrew Newberg offers a guest editorial on Science and Religion Today on the future of Neurotheology
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MIT news release indicate a new study from MIT neuroscientists finds that brain waves shift frequency as a new task becomes routine.
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We express our sympathy to Barney Kathan, REA archivist for many years, whose son Robert Boardman Kathan died of kidney failure on October 1. He was 50. Robert and his family lived in Cohoes, NY, where Robert worked for Stewart Stores. Contributions in memory of Robert Kathan can be sent to the National Kidney Foundation,
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Many scholars of religious education have been wrestling with the influence of the ascendance of social media on religion and faith communities. How do mediated publics challenge religious assumptions about community, incarnation, congregation, and the sacraments? How do new types of publicness reconfigure identity and race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and/or nationality? CALL FOR PAPERS: Special
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