WRERU Launch

Professor Julian Stern

WRERU is the World Religions and Education Research Unit at BGU.  Julian Stern and Leslie Francis will also present Inaugural Lectures

Bishop Grosseteste University

W﻿RERU is the World Religions and Education Research Unit, at Bishop Grosseteste University. This event is its official launch. It is also the 'launch' (the inaugural professorial lectures) of both Julian Stern and Leslie Francis, and the launch of John Holdsworth's new book, Hidden in Plain Sight. WRERU is involved in collaborative research, knowledge exchange, seminars and conferences, and we also support master's and doctoral work in religion and education. There are currently 47 members, of whom 28 are visiting or honorary staff at BGU, 10 are established staff, and nine are doctoral researchers – with this number growing quickly. A number of connected organisations are led by WRERU members, including ISREV (the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values) and the BJRE (the British Journal of Religious Education). L﻿eslie Francis's Inaugural Lecture is Faith in Religions and Education: Growing a Stronger Church. This combines his research interests in religion and education and their relationship to the Church of England.J﻿ulian Stern's Inaugural Lecture is Education and Religion in a Somewhat Lonely World. This combines his research and practice interests in how schools work, in how religious education and spirituality contribute to schooling, and how schools deal with various forms of solitude and loneliness.J﻿ohn Holdsworth's book, Hidden in Plain Sight, is an account of the importance of Psalms for ordinary theology, and provides suggestions as to how their tone of faithful defiance may inform our use of them today.W﻿e welcome those in schools and universities, religious organisations, and everyone interested in these themes, to attend this free launch and celebration of one of the largest groups of education-and-religion researchers in the country.

T﻿he WRERU launch will be held in the Eliot Room at Bishop Grosseteste University, in Lincoln, UK. We would like everyone to attend in person. If you're unable to attend in person, then you can attend online, using Zoom, at <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83147493592?pwd=ZS9EZzZCeUxJUkVwQ0hVQWMvTjZrZz09" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83147493592?pwd=ZS9EZzZCeUxJUkVwQ0hVQWMvTjZrZz09</a>(meeting ID: 831 4749 3592 passcode: 7ku7LC).

Q﻿uestions about this event to Julian Stern, at julian.stern@bishopg.ac.uk

Agenda

Arrival and Welcome

Introduction by Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Scott Fleming

Launch of WRERU led by Professor Julian Stern

WRERU discussion

Leslie Francis: Faith in Religions and Education: Growing a Stronger Church

Break and Refreshments

Julian Stern: Education and Religion in a Somewhat Lonely World

Book Launch: John Holdsworth: Hidden in Plain Sight

Vote of Thanks: Professor Scott Fleming

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