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The '''Religious Education Association''' is the world’s oldest and largest association of scholars and researchers in the field of [[religious education]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=McBrien|first1=Richard|title=Encyclopedia of Catholicism|date=1995|publisher=HarperSanFrancisco|location=San Francisco, CA|pages=1096–1097}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Boys|first1=Mary|title=Educating in Faith: Maps and Visions|date=1989|publisher=Sheed & Ward|page=4}}</ref> It is a nonprofit member association, serving as a professional and learned society for scholars and researchers involved in the field of religious education. It has several hundred members, most of whom are from North America, with a scattering of members worldwide.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cully |
The '''Religious Education Association''' is the world’s oldest and largest association of scholars and researchers in the field of [[religious education]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=McBrien|first1=Richard|title=Encyclopedia of Catholicism|url=https://archive.org/details/harpercollinsenc00mcbr|url-access=registration|date=1995|publisher=HarperSanFrancisco|location=San Francisco, CA|pages=[https://archive.org/details/harpercollinsenc00mcbr/page/1096 1096–1097]|isbn=978-0-00-627931-0 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Boys|first1=Mary|title=Educating in Faith: Maps and Visions|date=1989|publisher=Sheed & Ward|page=4}}</ref> It is a nonprofit member association, serving as a professional and learned society for scholars and researchers involved in the field of religious education. It has several hundred members, most of whom are from North America, with a scattering of members worldwide.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cully |display-authors=etal |first1=Iris|title=Harper's Encyclopedia of Religious Education|url=https://archive.org/details/harpersencyclope0000cull |url-access=registration |date=1990|publisher=Harper & Row|page=[https://archive.org/details/harpersencyclope0000cull/page/545 545] ff}}</ref> REA members are university and college professors, independent scholars, secondary teachers, clergy, church educators, curriculum developers, judicatory executives, seminarians, graduate students, and interested lay-people. REA members come from multiple faith traditions, and no tradition, and study a very diverse array of religious traditions.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schmidt|first1=Stephen|title=History of the Religious Education Association|date=1983|publisher=Religious Education Press|location=Birmingham, AL|pages=192–196}}</ref> The [[Religious Education Association Presidents|REA's leaders (presidents and executive secretaries)]] are drawn from a distinguished list of educators. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The REA was founded in 1903 by [[William Rainey Harper]], the first president of the [[University of Chicago]], with the support of the Council of Seventy, a learned society of biblical scholars.<ref>"Form new organization for religious education," ''Chicago Daily Tribune'', June 20, 1903, p. 6</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Archibald|first1=Helen|title=Originating visions and visionaries of the REA|journal=Religious Education|date=Fall 2003|volume=98|issue=4|pages=413–425|doi=10.1080/00344080390244856}}</ref> The keynote speaker at its first convention was [[John Dewey]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Moran|first1=Gabriel|title=Still to come|journal=Religious Education|date=Fall 2003|volume=98|issue=4|pages=495–502|doi=10.1080/00344080390244829}}</ref> In its early years the Association was organized into several groups: Council of religious education, Universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, Churches and pastors, Sunday schools, Secondary public schools, Elementary public schools, Private schools, Teacher-training, Christian associations, Young people’s societies, the Home, Libraries, the Press, Correspondence instructions, Summer assemblies, Religious art and Music.<ref>"The Religious Education Association," in ''The Biblical World'', Vol. 25, No. 1, p. 70-72, Jan. 1905</ref> In 1906 the Association began to publish the journal ''Religious Education'' under the editorship of Henry Cope.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Moore|first1=Allen J.|title=100 years of the Religious Education Association|journal=Religious Education|date=Fall 2003|volume=98|issue=4|pages=426–436|doi=10.1080/00344080390238114}}</ref> In 1953 the Association marked its 50th anniversary with a three-day meeting at the University of Pittsburgh that brought together more than 2500 Christian and Jewish educators from the US and Canada.<ref>"Church educators to mark 50th year," New York Times, 31 October 1953, p. 9</ref> In 1973 the Association began awarding the William Harper Rainey award to distinguished educators.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Rainey Harper Award|url=http://www.religiouseducation.net/harper|website=Religious Education Association|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> In 1975, the Association held a major national colloquy on civil religion at which scholars Robert Bellah, Vine DeLoria, Jr., and Michael Novak spoke.<ref>"Educators weigh a 'civil religion,'" New York Times, 27 November 1975, p. 38</ref> In 1992 the Association began awarding the Herman E. Wornom award to distinguished institutions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Herman E. Wornom Award|url=http://www.religiouseducation.net/wornom|website=Religious Education Association|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> In 2003 the REA merged with the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education<ref>{{cite web|title=Design for a joint reorganization of REA and APRRE|url=http://www.religiouseducation.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/REA_APRRE_052003.pdf|website=Religious Education Association|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> (which was formed in 1970 from an earlier section of the [[National Council of Churches]]). Yale University holds the archives of the Religious Education Association and its predecessor bodies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guide to the Archives of the Religious Education Association (Record Group #74)|url=http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=divinity:074&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes|website=Yale University Library|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Guide to the Archives of the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education (Record Group #154)|url=http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=divinity:154&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes|website=Yale University Library|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> |
The REA was founded in 1903 by [[William Rainey Harper]], the first president of the [[University of Chicago]], with the support of the Council of Seventy, a learned society of biblical scholars.<ref>"Form new organization for religious education," ''Chicago Daily Tribune'', June 20, 1903, p. 6</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Archibald|first1=Helen|title=Originating visions and visionaries of the REA|journal=Religious Education|date=Fall 2003|volume=98|issue=4|pages=413–425|doi=10.1080/00344080390244856|citeseerx=10.1.1.630.9546}}</ref> [[George Albert Coe]] was also involved in its establishment.<ref name=setran>{{cite journal |last1=Setran |first1=David P. |title=Morality for the "Democracy of God": George Albert Coe and the Liberal Protestant Critique of American Character Education, 1917–1940 |journal=Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation |date=Winter 2005 |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=107–144 |doi=10.1525/rac.2005.15.1.107 |jstor=10.1525/rac.2005.15.1.107 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/rac.2005.15.1.107}}</ref> The keynote speaker at its first convention was [[John Dewey]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Moran|first1=Gabriel|title=Still to come|journal=Religious Education|date=Fall 2003|volume=98|issue=4|pages=495–502|doi=10.1080/00344080390244829}}</ref> In its early years the Association was organized into several groups: Council of religious education, Universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, Churches and pastors, Sunday schools, Secondary public schools, Elementary public schools, Private schools, Teacher-training, Christian associations, Young people’s societies, the Home, Libraries, the Press, Correspondence instructions, Summer assemblies, Religious art, and Music.<ref>"The Religious Education Association," in ''The Biblical World'', Vol. 25, No. 1, p. 70-72, Jan. 1905</ref> In 1906 the Association began to publish the journal ''Religious Education'' under the editorship of Henry Cope.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Moore|first1=Allen J.|title=100 years of the Religious Education Association|journal=Religious Education|date=Fall 2003|volume=98|issue=4|pages=426–436|doi=10.1080/00344080390238114}}</ref> In 1953 the Association marked its 50th anniversary with a three-day meeting at the University of Pittsburgh that brought together more than 2500 Christian and Jewish educators from the US and Canada.<ref>"Church educators to mark 50th year," New York Times, 31 October 1953, p. 9</ref> In 1973 the Association began awarding the William Harper Rainey award to distinguished educators.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Rainey Harper Award|url=http://www.religiouseducation.net/harper|website=Religious Education Association|accessdate=11 April 2015|date=2011-02-13}}</ref> In 1975, the Association held a major national colloquy on civil religion at which scholars Robert Bellah, Vine DeLoria, Jr., and Michael Novak spoke.<ref>"Educators weigh a 'civil religion,'" New York Times, 27 November 1975, p. 38</ref> In 1992 the Association began awarding the Herman E. Wornom award to distinguished institutions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Herman E. Wornom Award|url=http://www.religiouseducation.net/wornom|website=Religious Education Association|accessdate=11 April 2015|date=2011-02-14}}</ref> In 2003 the REA merged with the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education<ref>{{cite web|title=Design for a joint reorganization of REA and APRRE|url=http://www.religiouseducation.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/REA_APRRE_052003.pdf|website=Religious Education Association|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> (which was formed in 1970 from an earlier section of the [[National Council of Churches]]). Yale University holds the archives of the Religious Education Association and its predecessor bodies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guide to the Archives of the Religious Education Association (Record Group #74)|url=http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=divinity:074&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes|website=Yale University Library|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Guide to the Archives of the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education (Record Group #154)|url=http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=divinity:154&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes|website=Yale University Library|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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The REA has published the scholarly journal ''Religious Education'' continuously since 1906 (archives of which are available electronically at Taylor & Francis).<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Journal of the Religious Education Association|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/urea20#.VSlUbRPF_0o|website=Taylor & Francis Online|publisher=Taylor & Francis|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> This journal has consistently published work by scholars from multiple continents, diverse faith traditions, and various educational settings, and maintains a high level of citation in various ranking systems.<ref>{{cite web|title=Journal ranking|url=http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=29598&tip=sid&clean=0|website=SCImage Journal and Country Rank|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> In 2014 the REA began publishing a scholarly monograph series entitled ''Horizons in Religious Education'' jointly with Wipf & Stock.<ref>{{cite web|title=Horizons in Religious Education series|url=http://wipfandstock.com/catalog/category/browse/?price=-20&t_series=60456|website |
The REA has published the scholarly journal ''Religious Education'' continuously since 1906 (archives of which are available electronically at Taylor & Francis).<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Journal of the Religious Education Association|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/urea20#.VSlUbRPF_0o|website=Taylor & Francis Online|publisher=Taylor & Francis|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> This journal has consistently published work by scholars from multiple continents, diverse faith traditions, and various educational settings, and maintains a high level of citation in various ranking systems.<ref>{{cite web|title=Journal ranking|url=http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=29598&tip=sid&clean=0|website=SCImage Journal and Country Rank|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> In 2014 the REA began publishing a scholarly monograph series entitled ''Horizons in Religious Education'' jointly with Wipf & Stock.<ref>{{cite web|title=Horizons in Religious Education series|url=http://wipfandstock.com/catalog/category/browse/?price=-20&t_series=60456|website=Wipf & Stock Publishers|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> The REA also publishes a quarterly newsletter, ''eREACH'', which began as the “religious education association clearing house,” and which serves to network, resource, and connect the association members.<ref>{{cite web|title=Archives of eREACH|url=http://www.religiouseducation.net/newsletters/ereach|website=Religious Education Association|accessdate=11 April 2015|date=2012-02-06}}</ref> |
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==Annual meeting== |
==Annual meeting== |
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The REA hosts an annual meeting |
The REA hosts an annual meeting, usually in early July.<ref>{{cite web|title=REA Annual Meetings|url=http://www.religiouseducation.net/meetings|website=Religious Education Association|accessdate=11 April 2015|date=2011-02-12}}</ref> Meeting presentations occur in three formats: research interest group (a formal scholarly paper), collaborative session (engaging ideas from a number of scholars on the same theme), and poster (a typical scholarly poster presentation).<ref>{{cite web|title=Guidelines for presenters at the annual meeting|url=http://www.religiouseducation.net/meetings/guidelines|website=Religious Education Association|accessdate=11 April 2015|date=2014-06-18}}</ref> The association has a long history of commitment to collegiality, innovative learning design, and support for students.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cully |display-authors=etal |first1=Iris|title=Harper's Encyclopedia of Religious Education|url=https://archive.org/details/harpersencyclope0000cull |url-access=registration |date=1990|publisher=Harper & Row|page=[https://archive.org/details/harpersencyclope0000cull/page/545 545] ff}}</ref> In addition, the REA is a “related scholarly organization” to the [[American Academy of Religion]], and hosts one session each year at the AAR annual meeting.<ref>{{cite web|title=Partnerships|url=https://www.aarweb.org/about/partnerships|website=American Academy of Religion|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> |
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*The scholarly journal [http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/urea20/current#.VRWh-5PF_0o Religious Education] |
*The scholarly journal [http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/urea20/current#.VRWh-5PF_0o Religious Education] |
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*[http://www.religiouseducation.net/newsletters/ereach eREACH], the newsletter of the Religious Education Association |
*[http://www.religiouseducation.net/newsletters/ereach eREACH], the newsletter of the Religious Education Association |
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[[Category:Religion and education]] |
[[Category:Religion and education]] |
Latest revision as of 10:29, 19 September 2024
Abbreviation | REA |
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Formation | 1903 |
Founder | William Rainey Harper |
President | Anne Walker |
Affiliations | American Academy of Religion |
Website | http://religiouseducation.net |
The Religious Education Association is the world’s oldest and largest association of scholars and researchers in the field of religious education.[1][2] It is a nonprofit member association, serving as a professional and learned society for scholars and researchers involved in the field of religious education. It has several hundred members, most of whom are from North America, with a scattering of members worldwide.[3] REA members are university and college professors, independent scholars, secondary teachers, clergy, church educators, curriculum developers, judicatory executives, seminarians, graduate students, and interested lay-people. REA members come from multiple faith traditions, and no tradition, and study a very diverse array of religious traditions.[4] The REA's leaders (presidents and executive secretaries) are drawn from a distinguished list of educators.
History
[edit]The REA was founded in 1903 by William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University of Chicago, with the support of the Council of Seventy, a learned society of biblical scholars.[5][6] George Albert Coe was also involved in its establishment.[7] The keynote speaker at its first convention was John Dewey.[8] In its early years the Association was organized into several groups: Council of religious education, Universities and colleges, Theological seminaries, Churches and pastors, Sunday schools, Secondary public schools, Elementary public schools, Private schools, Teacher-training, Christian associations, Young people’s societies, the Home, Libraries, the Press, Correspondence instructions, Summer assemblies, Religious art, and Music.[9] In 1906 the Association began to publish the journal Religious Education under the editorship of Henry Cope.[10] In 1953 the Association marked its 50th anniversary with a three-day meeting at the University of Pittsburgh that brought together more than 2500 Christian and Jewish educators from the US and Canada.[11] In 1973 the Association began awarding the William Harper Rainey award to distinguished educators.[12] In 1975, the Association held a major national colloquy on civil religion at which scholars Robert Bellah, Vine DeLoria, Jr., and Michael Novak spoke.[13] In 1992 the Association began awarding the Herman E. Wornom award to distinguished institutions.[14] In 2003 the REA merged with the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education[15] (which was formed in 1970 from an earlier section of the National Council of Churches). Yale University holds the archives of the Religious Education Association and its predecessor bodies.[16][17]
Publications
[edit]The REA has published the scholarly journal Religious Education continuously since 1906 (archives of which are available electronically at Taylor & Francis).[18] This journal has consistently published work by scholars from multiple continents, diverse faith traditions, and various educational settings, and maintains a high level of citation in various ranking systems.[19] In 2014 the REA began publishing a scholarly monograph series entitled Horizons in Religious Education jointly with Wipf & Stock.[20] The REA also publishes a quarterly newsletter, eREACH, which began as the “religious education association clearing house,” and which serves to network, resource, and connect the association members.[21]
Annual meeting
[edit]The REA hosts an annual meeting, usually in early July.[22] Meeting presentations occur in three formats: research interest group (a formal scholarly paper), collaborative session (engaging ideas from a number of scholars on the same theme), and poster (a typical scholarly poster presentation).[23] The association has a long history of commitment to collegiality, innovative learning design, and support for students.[24] In addition, the REA is a “related scholarly organization” to the American Academy of Religion, and hosts one session each year at the AAR annual meeting.[25]
References
[edit]- ^ McBrien, Richard (1995). Encyclopedia of Catholicism. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco. pp. 1096–1097. ISBN 978-0-00-627931-0.
- ^ Boys, Mary (1989). Educating in Faith: Maps and Visions. Sheed & Ward. p. 4.
- ^ Cully, Iris; et al. (1990). Harper's Encyclopedia of Religious Education. Harper & Row. p. 545 ff.
- ^ Schmidt, Stephen (1983). History of the Religious Education Association. Birmingham, AL: Religious Education Press. pp. 192–196.
- ^ "Form new organization for religious education," Chicago Daily Tribune, June 20, 1903, p. 6
- ^ Archibald, Helen (Fall 2003). "Originating visions and visionaries of the REA". Religious Education. 98 (4): 413–425. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.630.9546. doi:10.1080/00344080390244856.
- ^ Setran, David P. (Winter 2005). "Morality for the "Democracy of God": George Albert Coe and the Liberal Protestant Critique of American Character Education, 1917–1940". Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation. 15 (1): 107–144. doi:10.1525/rac.2005.15.1.107. JSTOR 10.1525/rac.2005.15.1.107.
- ^ Moran, Gabriel (Fall 2003). "Still to come". Religious Education. 98 (4): 495–502. doi:10.1080/00344080390244829.
- ^ "The Religious Education Association," in The Biblical World, Vol. 25, No. 1, p. 70-72, Jan. 1905
- ^ Moore, Allen J. (Fall 2003). "100 years of the Religious Education Association". Religious Education. 98 (4): 426–436. doi:10.1080/00344080390238114.
- ^ "Church educators to mark 50th year," New York Times, 31 October 1953, p. 9
- ^ "William Rainey Harper Award". Religious Education Association. 2011-02-13. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Educators weigh a 'civil religion,'" New York Times, 27 November 1975, p. 38
- ^ "Herman E. Wornom Award". Religious Education Association. 2011-02-14. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Design for a joint reorganization of REA and APRRE" (PDF). Religious Education Association. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Guide to the Archives of the Religious Education Association (Record Group #74)". Yale University Library. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Guide to the Archives of the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education (Record Group #154)". Yale University Library. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Official Journal of the Religious Education Association". Taylor & Francis Online. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Journal ranking". SCImage Journal and Country Rank. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Horizons in Religious Education series". Wipf & Stock Publishers. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Archives of eREACH". Religious Education Association. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "REA Annual Meetings". Religious Education Association. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "Guidelines for presenters at the annual meeting". Religious Education Association. 2014-06-18. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ Cully, Iris; et al. (1990). Harper's Encyclopedia of Religious Education. Harper & Row. p. 545 ff.
- ^ "Partnerships". American Academy of Religion. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- The scholarly journal Religious Education
- eREACH, the newsletter of the Religious Education Association
- The books series jointly published by REA and Wipf and Stock, Horizons in Religious Education
- Significant documents from the history of the REA which have been digitized by the Hathi Trust.
- Yale University Archives for the REA
- Yale University Archives for APRRE