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2007 Annual Meeting Guest Speakers/Groups

 

Culture that Matters: Intercultural Explorations in Religious Educations

November 2-4, 2007

Hyatt Harborside Hotel - Boston, Massachusetts

 


Dale P. AndrewsDale 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.


Professor Diane MooreDiane 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. 


Ukumbwa, Maria, and ChristopherThe 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


 


 
 
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