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2005 Meeting Papers

Religious Education for Peace and Justice
November 4-6, 2005
Delta Chelsea Hotel
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RESEARCH INTEREST GROUPS (RIG), COLLOQUIA (COL) AND RESOURCING WORKSHOPS (RW)

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Friday, November 4, 4:30-5:45 NEW TIME

1.1 Margaret Ann Crain – Ethnography as a Practice of Peace and Justice: Research Methodologies that Mean Something! An Annotated Bibliography (RW).

1.2 Joseph Draper, Theresa O’Keefe, and Sue Singer – Knowing What You’re Doing: The Value of Qualitative Research for Christian Religious Educators (COL)

1.3 Richelle B. WhiteA Transformative Pedagogy for Peacemaking in the Temple of Hiphop (RIG).
and
Joseph CrockettStudying Religious Practices among African-American Adolescents: An Empirical Study (RIG)

1.4 W. Alan Smith Songs of Freedom: The Music of Bob Marley as Transformative Education (RIG)
and
Felecia T. DouglassWhen All Hope Is Gone, Sad Songs Say So Much: The Importance of Jeremiah’s Laments for Energizing the Oppressed (RIG)

1.5 Katherine TurpinDisrupting the Luxury of Despair: Justice and Peace Education in Contexts of Relative Privilege (RIG)
and
Roberta Clare Putting Faith into Action: A Model for the North American Middle Class (RIG).

1.6 Janet ParachinNonviolence in Oklahoma: Uncovering Spiritual and Religious Influences (RIG)
and
Beth BruceTheological Education for Justice Ministry: approaches to Justice Education Learned from the Lives of Social Activists (RIG)

1.7 John EliasEdward Pace: Pioneer Catholic Philosopher, Psychologist and Religious Educator (RIG)
and
Ann Morrow HeekinThe Life and Work of Mary Perkins Ryan: The Interplay of Liturgy and Adult Catechesis in Whole Community Education (RIG)


Saturday, November 5, 10:00-11:15

2.1 Michael P. Horan - Justice Education as a Collaborative Effort: Effective Religious Education in the Catholic School (RW)

2.2 Harold (Bud) Horell - Teaching Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Furnishing our Spirits for Peace and Justice (COL)
and
Chuck Melchert – Can There Be Peace, Justice or Religious Education without Truth? (COL)

2.3 Dori Baker – Ride It, Bend It, Walk It: Inviting Youth to Re-Gender Vocation Through Narratives of Popular Culture (RIG)
and
Joyce Ann Mercer – Nature as Teacher: Inviting Youth to Vocational Discernment through Experiences in the Natural World (RIG)

2.4 Helen Blier – Webbing the Common Good: Virtual Environment, Incarnated Community, and Education for the Reign of God (RIG)
and
[cancelled] Mary Hess – Developing Empathy and Agency in a Mass Mediated World (RIG)

2.5 Judith Brady – Justice for the Poor in a Land of Plenty: A Place at the Table (RIG)
and
Paulette E. Isaac and Teresa Mareschal Social Justice Education among Women within the Reform Jewish Temple and the African American Church (RIG)

2.6 Lynn BridgersDisenfranchised Experience: Religious Education’s Null Curriculum on Trauma and Disability (RIG)
and
Boyung LeeTeaching Justice and Living Peace: Body, Sexuality and Religious Education in Asian-American Communities (RIG)

2.7 Claire Bischoff and Mary Elizabeth Moore Cultivating a Spirit for Peace and Justice: Teaching through Oral History (RIG)
and
Anabel Proffitt – The Role of Wonder in Educating for Peace and Justice (RIG)


Saturday, November 5, 1:15-2:30

3.1 Kathleen O’Gorman – A Methodology for Infusing Natural World Perspectives and Sensitivities into Religious Education Curricula (RW)

3.2 Roseanne McDougall Teaching the Christian Tradition and Global History: An Interdisciplinary Journey Towards Religious Literacy (COL
and
G. Alan Overstreet – Identifying Expectations in Ministry Education (COL)

3.3 Zoe BennettEcumenical Theological Education as a Practice of Peace (RIG)
and
Robert Postlethwaite – Giving Primacy to the Sacred: Some Implications for Teaching (RIG)

3.4 Peter GilmourIs Your Religion Too Small? (RIG)
and
Gabriel MoranFundamentalist, Originalist or Conservative (RIG)

3.5 Gerdien Bertram-Troost, Simone de Roos and Siebren MiedemaReligious Identity Development of Adolescents in Secondary Schools: Empirical Findings (RIG)
and
Terence Copley Religious Education Versus the Injustice of Secular Indoctrination? (RIG)

3.6 Doug BlombergWhy Existential Intelligence Doesn’t Quite Make the Grade (RIG)
and
Wayne CavalierReversing the Foundations: Emmanuel Levinas and Christian Religious Education Practice (RIG)

3.7 Norma Cook Everist Civil Religion’s Effect on Education for Peace and Justice (RIG)
and
[cancelled] Rebecca Davis – Religious Education and the Construction of Civic Life: Contemporary Lessons from Reconstructionists (RIG)


Saturday, November 5, 4:15-5:30

4.1 Thomas LeuzeThe Collective Pastorate of the Confessing Church: A Model for Ministerial Preparation (RIG)

4.2 Alan LaiBurying Anti-Jewish Christian Practices as Peace Building: A Challenge for Asian Churches (RIG)
and
Donald Miller and Russell Haitch “Watu Wa Amani”: Learning Peace in Africa (RIG)

4.3 Leona EnglishA Utilization Focused Evaluation of a Lay Ministry Education Program (RIG)
and
Catherine P. Zeph – Teaching for Facilitation: Exploring Successful Learning (RIG)

4.4 Jorge Diez -- Educating the Multicultural Adult Latino Community in the United States: An Augmentative Pedagogy (RIG)
and
Robert J. ParmachCreative Tension as Links of Meaning: Investigating Religious Literacy Justly (RIG)

4.5 Dent C. DavisDialogue of the Soul: The Phenomenon of Intrapersonal Peace and the Adult Experience of Protestant Religious Education (RIG)
and
Alison Le CornuTheological Reflection and Christian Formation (RIG)

4.6 Philip FrancoThe Traditional Italian Festa: A Theology of Communion and Catechesis (RIG)
and
Karen ScialabbaThe Educational Mission of Catholic Publishing (RIG)