William Rainey Harper Award
The William Rainey Harper Award was named after the first President of the University of Chicago, who was the founder of the REA. It is given to outstanding leaders whose work in other fields has had profound impact upon religious education.
Award Recipients
Parker J. Palmer receiving the 2010 Harper Award
- 1973 : Marshall McLuhan, Centre for Culture and Technology, Toronto
- 1975 : Elie Wiesel, City College of New York, New York
- 1977 : Margaret Mead, American Museum of Natural History, New York
- 1978 : Randolph C. Miller, Yale University Divinity School, New Haven
- 1981 : Johannes Hofinger, S.J., Archdiocese of New Orleans
- 1983 : Paulo and Elza Freire, University of Recife, Brazil
- 1992 : John M. Hull, University of Birmingham, England
- 1994 : Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago
- 2003 : Gabriel Moran and Maria Harris, New York University
- 2009 : James M. Fowler, Emory University, Atlanta
- 2010 : Parker J. Palmer, Center for Courage & Renewal, video
Harper Committee Members
- Chuck Foster (2014), Candler School of Theology, Emeritus: Chair
- Joyce Mercer (2013), Virginia Theological Seminary
- Thomas Groome (2012), Boston College
- Deborah Court (2012), Bar-Ilan University
