Culture that
Matters:
Intercultural
Explorations in
Religious
Educations
November 2-4,
2007
Hyatt Harborside
Hotel - Boston,
Massachusetts
Dale
P. Andrews
serves on the faculty of Boston University, School of
Theology as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Homiletics and
Pastoral Theology. He was a visiting research fellow at Oxford
University and has conducted two international study tours in
Guatemala and Brazil. An ordained minister in the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church, Dr. Andrews has served AME Zion churches in
Connecticut and New Jersey.
Dr. Andrews has received numerous
fellowships and awards for his studies. In addition to many journal
articles and chapters in several edited volumes, he is the author of
Practical Theology for Black Churches: Bridging
Black Theology and African American Folk Religion, published
by Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. Dr. Andrews also serves as
co-editor of the journal Family Ministry.
He is currently studying the experience of international students in
theological education classrooms.
Diane
L. Moore
is Professor of
the Practice in
Religious
Studies and
Education and
Director of the
Program in
Religion and
Secondary
Education. Dr.
Moore pursues
research
interests in
religion,
democracy, and
public education
with a special
emphasis on the
intersections of
critical theory
and teaching
about religion
in the schools
from a
multicultural
perspective. She
is the director
of the
Program in
Religion and
Secondary
Education
and serves on
the editorial
board of the
journal
Religion and
Education.
Her book
Overcoming
Religious
Illiteracy: A
Cultural Studies
Approach to the
Study of
Religion in
Secondary
Education
will be
published by
Palgrave in
2007. She was
one of two
professors
chosen by
Harvard Divinity
School students
as 2005-06 HDS
Outstanding
Teacher of the
Year.
The mission of
True Story Theater
is to promote social healing by listening deeply to people's stories
and transforming them spontaneously into theater. Our events create
a respectful atmosphere where every voice can be heard and any story
told -- however ordinary or extraordinary, difficult or joyful. True
Story Theater offers audiences fresh perspectives, deeper
connections, and a renewed appreciation for our common humanity.
To accomplish this goal True Story uses playback theater.
Playback began in
1975 by Jonathan Fox, influenced by Moreno's psychodrama and the
power of traditional forms of storytelling.
Playback theater is a
powerful, creative form that allows different voices to be heard and
respected. Around the world, Playback has reached disenfranchised
people, and used to build understanding where conflict had driven
people apart.
Questions
and comments about the theme and offers to assist in the design of
the meeting may be directed to President-Elect, Dr. Jose Irizarry.
Email:
JIrizarr@mccormick.edu