Neuroscience and Catholics Blog
The 2011 REA Annual Meeting “Brain Matters” sparked several interesting questions for religious education. This blog is dedicated to continue discussion regarding the relationship between the brain, science and the formation of Catholics. Maureen O’Brien and Bob O’Gorman invite you to join in the conversation.
- ATS Webinar on Publishing 18 April 2024View and/or forward the recorded ATS Webinar on Publishing from last month—featuring a panel of publishers in a variety of subsectors (denominational, commercial religion, and trade religion), as they draw back the curtain on the author-publisher relationship, interests their presses are currently pursuing, and concrete strategies on the submission process. Hear from: To access the webinar recording, go to: ATS ...
- Interreligious Education Webinar 18 April 2024The RE in Academic Disciplines & Institutions Committee invites members and friends of REA to participate in a Zoom webinar conversation about interreligious education. The discussion will begin with shared reflections on the significance of interreligious education for multi-cultural societies and the challenges we face when encountering interreligious education in various settings. Participants are also ...
- Cátedra Paulo Freire 2024, March 14-15, Free 26 February 2024Join us for the Cátedra Paulo Freire 2024, held in-person and online on March 14–15. In the contemporary landscape of global education, the rise of hate, greed, prejudice, and authoritarianism poses significant challenges to the principles of critical pedagogy. As we traverse the educational landscape of the 21st century, Cátedra Paulo Freire 2024, “Navigating Educational Landscape in ...
- Response to what is happening in Israel and Palestine 12 February 2024The REA Board of Directors has met several times in recent months to discern our most appropriate response as a membership organization about the happenings in Israel & Palestine. The Board followed the Protocol for Public Statements developed by the Public Life Committee in 2021. As these meetings and discussions took place, several members of ...
- Director of Formation & Recruitment, Church Divinity School of Pacific 25 January 2024CDSP is an Episcopal seminary shaped by the West Coast context. The Director of Formation and Recruitment is a full time, exempt staff position that fulfills a variety of administrative, formative, and pastoral episodic roles at the institution. Primarily this role ensures a premier experience of student life and formation from application through graduation and ...
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Practical Theology, YDS 19 January 2024Conectere is an interdisciplinary project to support secure Christian parenting and caregiving, through research and resource development. Conectere resources parents and caregivers in culturally attentive ways of relating with children, so that the sharing of faith and values is complemented by secure relational practices – a combination shown by research to make faith transmission across generations most effective. ...
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Rice Academy of Fellows 4 December 2023Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance is pleased to invite applications for sponsorship to the Rice Academy Postdoctoral Fellows Program. The two-year Rice Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to exceptional scholars who have recently earned a doctoral degree in any area and who want to pursue research with faculty at Rice ...
- Union Presbyterian Seminary to Inaugurate Rev. Dr. Rebecca L. Davis as the Sarah Belk Gambrell Professor of Christian Education 17 November 2023Charlotte, NC (November 16, 2023)—On December 2 at 11:45 a.m., Union Presbyterian Seminary will formally inaugurate Rev. Dr. Rebecca L. Davis as the Sarah Belk Gambrell Professor of Christian Education at Sharon Presbyterian Church. To read the complete press release about the Inauguration, please click this link.
- REA LGBTQ+-Allies Working Group – Fall Gathering, Dec 2 14 November 2023The LGBTQ+ – Allies Working Group will be having a Fall gathering on Dec 2(Saturday), 9.00am-11.00am (Eastern Time). Sheryl A. M. Metzgner will be sharing her research entitled ‘Homesteading’ on theJourney of LGBTQ Spirituality: Movements of Making a Home for the Self. Sherylis in our working group and she is currently a Doctoral Researcher in the Department ofTheology and Religion ...
- Networking Coordinator of the Religious Education Association 17 October 2023Networking Coordinator of the Religious Education Association – You are invited to apply for the position of Networking Coordinator. Dr. Mary Hess has retired after eight years of dedicated service in the position. We currently have the wonderful Dr. Eser Kim as our interim Networking Coordinator for one year. The primary tasks of the networking coordinator ...