A Willingness to Fail: Reflections on the 2018 Religious Education Association Conference

The 2018 Religious Education Association (REA) meeting, Beyond White Normativity: Creating Brave Spaces shed light for many on the failure of the REA to effectively confront the reality of white racial bias within its systemic and structural practices. This essay reflects on four specific ways these...

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Published in:Religious education
Main Author: Henry, Tamara R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2019]
In: Religious education
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Weißsein / Normativity / Racism / Religious pedagogy / Religious Education Association / Congress / Geschichte 2018
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AH Religious education
KBQ North America
RF Christian education; catechetics
ZF Education
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Summary:The 2018 Religious Education Association (REA) meeting, Beyond White Normativity: Creating Brave Spaces shed light for many on the failure of the REA to effectively confront the reality of white racial bias within its systemic and structural practices. This essay reflects on four specific ways these challenges emerged during the 2018 session and highlights strategies for how the association might continue the effort to address explicit and implicit racism in its midst.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2019.1602492