REA Annual Meeting 2021
5-9 July 2021, Online in Run The World
As scholars and practitioners of Religious Education and as members of the Religious Education Association, we approach teaching and learning as a holistic endeavor, and that is what often sets our work apart from other theological and religious fields. Taking the etymology of Religion and Education seriously, we engage people’s wholeness beyond their cognition for gaining information.
REA2021 invites participants to critically engage gender and sexuality as a fundamental way to pursue holistic religious teaching and learning. These are topics that are uncomfortable, difficult, or not encouraged, depending on contexts. We hope to avoid taking sides and, instead, explore the issues at stake, hold space for those in need, discuss topics with human wholeness in mind, and share healing and generative religious education models and approaches with one another.
See the call for papers for more about this theme, and read about the plenary speakers. You can also see the basic version of the schedule in a public form (more details available once you register).
Recent Updates
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- REA @ AAR_Call for proposals for AAR June Online Conference 30 January 2025REA at AAR Online June Annual Meeting 2025https://papers.aarweb.org/group/15177 This call seeks to explore the interplay between religious education and freedom. Proposals exploring how religious traditions conceptualize freedom, how these conceptualizations embodied in beliefs, theologies, interpretations, and practices shape the practices of religious education, and the impact of these practices on learners and society, are welcome. In ...
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- Mary Anne Fowlkes 26 January 2025From 1987 to 2001 Mary Anne Fowlkes was Professor of Childhood Education and Director of the Josephine Newbury Demonstration Kindergarten at what was then the Presbyterian School of Christian Education and Union Theological Seminary (Union Presbyterian Seminary) in Richmond, VA. She was the author of The Church Cares For Children: A Handbook for Childcare in the ...
- Job Opening, Assistant Professor, Moravian University 22 January 2025POSITION DESCRIPTIONTITLE: Assistant Professor (Cluster Hire)CLASSIFICATION: Faculty, Tenure TrackDEPARTMENT: School of TheologyFLSA STATUS: ExemptSYSTEM JOB TITLE: Assistant Professor(s) with focus in Religious Education or Ministerial Leadership or Pastoral Care/Clinical Counseling/Chaplaincy SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Associate Dean, School of Theology POSITION SUMMARY: The School of Theology at Moravian University invites applications for three tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor rank ...
- Proposing a Regional Gathering, 2025 8 January 2025The Board of the REA determined that our 2025 annual meeting will be completely online in July, with an explicit encouragement and opportunity to plan for Regional Gatherings. Proposals for such gatherings which are complete and meet the Board’s basic requirements (below) will be put to a vote and funded. You must be a member ...