Roots of Empathy founder Mary Gordon to present at Annual Meeting

Canadian Mary Gordon, an internationally recognized educator, social entrepreneur, author, child advocate, and founder of the the innovative program Roots of Empathy will provide one of the plenary addresses at the annual meeting in Toronto. Gordon’s organization and its companion program, Seeds of Empathy, have gained international recognition for its work in reducing violence and […]

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NAPCE 2011 Conference: The Role of Scripture in Christian Formation & Education

The North American Professors of Christian Education (NAPCE) is hosting its annual conference October 20-22, 2011 in Seattle, Washington. The 2011 NAPCE conference will explore the role of Scripture in formation and education. We invite research papers and professional workshops that focus on the formative and transformative aspects of Scripture within the context of the

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Wornom Award Recipient in News

Check out the March 29 article in Inside Higher Education by Eboo Patel and Cassie Meyer of the Interfaith Youth Core, recipient of the REA:APPRRE 2010 Wornom Award for its outstanding support and leadership in religious education.  The article, “The Interfaith Challenge,” is about President Obama’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge.

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Harold W. Burgess, 28 March 2011

Faculty Emeritus at Asbury Theological Seminary, passed away on March 28, 2011 at his home. Burgess was born to school teachers William K. and Gladys Burgess on Oct 8, 1933 in Marlette, Michigan. Harold was ordained to pastoral ministry in the Missionary Church in 1962 and served several churches throughout his lifetime. He invested his life in

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Why Mind, Brain, and Education Science is the “New” Brain-Based Education

An article in the Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s New Horizons for Learning includes an excerpt from a new book by Dr. Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, Ph.D. Director of IDEA (Instituto de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje or Teaching and Learning Institute), and Professor of Education and Neuropsychology at the of the University of San Francisco in Quito,

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David Hogue to Present at Annual Meeting

David Hogue, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, will provide one of the keynote presentations at the annual meeting.  Hogue 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,

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ACS announces conference

The 11th International Conference on Children’s Spirituality will be held on 1-5 August 2011 at Union Presbyterian Seminary, in Richmond, Virginia. The conference theme is “The Politics of Children’s Spirituality: Identifying & Responding to Social Practices that Put Children at Risk.”

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