UPDATED: State of Formation Workshop to Feature John Grimm at the AAR/SBL

State of Formation Workshop:
Writing for the Online Public Sphere
November 22, 2014 | 2-4PM | Room: Omni Gaslamp 1 |675 L St., San Diego, CA 92101

Held in conjunction with the annual meeting for the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, State of Formation is pleased to announce it will host a workshop for current and emerging religious and ethical leaders. State of Formation, a project of CIRCLE at Andover Newton Theological School and Hebrew College, is an online forum for emerging religious and ethical leaders.

The workshop will feature John Grimm, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies and Ethics at Yale, Paul Raushenbush, Senior Religion Editor for the Huffington Post, Rabbi Or Rose, Dr. Jennifer Peace, and top Contributing Scholars from State of Formation. Also helping to lead the workshop is Stepanie Varnon-Hughes (Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Inter-Religous Studies) and Esther Boyd (Communications Director).

If you are committed to interreligious understanding and in making your voice heard in a virtual public square with over 150,000 annual readers, join us for this interactive workshop. Both current and prospective Contributing Scholars are welcome to attend. At the workshop, you can engage in conversation with contributors of State of Formation, current featured bloggers, and a panel of professionals who are providing quality content about religion in the online environment. For additional information regarding this workshop contact Dr. Jennifer Peace at jpeace@ants.edu, Benjamin Barer at ben@irdialogue.org, or Esther Boyd at esther@irdialogue.org.

Related panels and events:

Interreligious Responses to Climate Change
Saturday, November 22, 4-6:30 PM
 
Interreligious Aesthestics
Sunday November 23,  3-4:30 PM
Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Group Reception sponsored by CIRCLE and IFYC
Sunday November 23,  7-9:00 PM
 
Toward a Field of Interfaith Studies: Emerging Questions and Considerations
Monday, November 249-11:30 AM
 
Theme: Dialogue among Three Strands of Dialogue Researchers
Monday, November 24th  1:00 PM – 3:30 PM