NPR addresses neuroscience in its recent program Understanding The Mysterious Teenage Brain developed in response to the upcoming National Geographic (Oct 2011) cover story by David Dobbs titled Beautiful Brains
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If you are planning to attend the AAR/SBL meeting in San Francisco, don’t forget to greet our friends at the events hosted by the Wabash Center. More information here. The Wabash Center has graciously offered again to fund the breakfast for doctoral students at our own annual meeting.
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We are currently in the process of trying to create a comprehensive list of programs that offer a PhD, ThD, EdD, or DMin in religious education (or related areas). Can you help us? Here is the list that we currently have. We would very much appreciate your additions and corrections (which you can add as
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In each of the past two meetings we have scheduled times during which we have asked members to think together about the shape of our association, and the futures we might imagine together. Recently we’ve published a wordle image that distills into a visual form the many pages of notes we transcribed from each of
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Brains R Us describes a series of meetings/videos compiled on The Science Network (sponsored by UC San Diego, Vanderbilt University, The Salk Institute among others) which provides several presentations within the last ten years on brain and learning. TSN offers other challenging presentations including a series on religion and neuroscience titled Beyond Belief.
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Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary has announced that an internment service will be held for C. Ellis Nelson on August 12th. The service will take place at the Seminary’s Memorial Garden, which is located behind the Frank H. and Fannie W. Caldwell Chapel, where Dr. Nelson wished his ashes to be buried.
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The full conference schedule is now available and registration is now open for REA 2011 Toronto.
Conference Schedule and Registration Opens! Read More »
Mary Gordon details the background to Roots of Empathy in an article titled “Wisdom of Babies” in Greater Good magazine which also includes a video clip titled “Meet Baby Mei“
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Please go to the 2011 conference website and register for the annual meeting today. You will discover that we have an exciting schedule, filled with plenaries, breakout sessions, and special activities. Early registration ends October 1.
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David Tutt, in the blog Intersections, reports: Popular film and television has relied on stereotypical portrayals of Muslims and Arabs since its existence. There is, however, a quiet revolution afoot inside television and film, and the predictable box of the Muslim-as-terrorist is slowly fading. But will this shift make a difference in ending America’s growing
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