Category Archives: News 2008-2009

Project Team participants needed

Published: July 3, 2009

July 3, 2009 - Call for Participants: The Center on Religion & the Professions is forming new project teams for the upcoming academic year, to join existing teams. If you’re interested in training or research related to expanding professionals’ understanding of faith and spirituality in the lives of those they serve, please contact Center Director Debra L. Mason at MasonDL@Missouri.edu or (573) 882-9257.  The 2009-2010 academic year’s work will focus on professional development tools and training.

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Mason speaks to Kiwanis

Published: June 17, 2009

June 17, 2009 – Debra L. Mason, director of the Center on Religion & the Professions, addressed more than 80 Kiwanis members during two recent speaking engagements. Mason spoke to a Columbia Kiwanis club on April 28 and to the Fulton Kiwanis Club on June 11, both on the topic of tdebramasonbloghe Center, religious literacy and the professions.

In addition to directing the Center, Mason is a professor of journalism studies at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and executive director of the Religion Newswriters Association. She is a nationally recognized, award-winning and widely published specialist in religion journalism, with more than 25 years of professional teaching, research and reporting experience.

The Center on Religion & the Professions (CORP) was founded in 2003 with a mission of improving religious literacy among professionals, to help them serve a diverse public. It performs research and creates curriculum, resources and public programming to accomplish that goal. For more information about the Center, call (573) 882-9257.

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Online "Religious Literacy" course under way

Published: June 17, 2009

June 17, 2009 – “Religious Literacy for the Public and Professions,” a new online course offered through MU Direct: Continuing and Distance Education, is under way. The course (REL ST 3100) teaches students to engage and encounter religion in day-to-day life and in the professional workplace. Its primary goal is to examine religious diversity in private and professional contexts from a practical standpoint by examining a variety of case studies. The course is open to University of Missouri students who are absent from campus for the summer or unable to attend day classes and to nontraditional students.

The course is offered through the University of Missouri’s Department of Religious Studies. The course was created by the department and the Center on Religion & the Professions at University of Missouri. The instructor is Justin Arft. The eight-week class runs June 8-July 31.

Textbooks for the course include “Religion and the Workplace” by Douglas A. Hicks and “How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook” by Stuart M. Matlins and Arthur J. Magida.

After the course is completed and assessed, a team from the Center on Religion & the Professions (CORP) will author a chapter for a monograph about the project that will be distributed nationally through the Institute on Religion in Curriculum and Culture of Higher Education.

The Center on Religion & the Professions was founded in 2003 with a mission of improving religious literacy among professionals, to help them serve a diverse public. For more information about the Center, contact Director Debra L. Mason at (573) 882-9257 or MasonDL@missouri.edu.

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Enrollment open for religious literacy class

Published: May 28, 2009

May 28, 2009 – There are a few days left to enroll in “Religious Literacy for the Public and Professions,” a new online course offered through MU Direct: Continuing and Distance Education. The course (REL ST 3100) teaches students to engage and encounter religion in day-to-day life and in the professional workplace. Its primary goal is to examine religious diversity in private and professional contexts from a practical standpoint by examining a variety of case studies. The course is open to University of Missouri students who are absent from campus for the summer or unable to attend day classes and to nontraditional students.

Five seats remain available for the course, which is offered through the University of Missouri’s Department of Religious Studies. The course was created by the department and the Center on Religion & the Professions at University of Missouri. The instructor is Justin Arft. Students can register up to June 8 for the eight-week class, which runs June 8-July 31. MU summer registration is June 3-5. A late fee is assessed if registering June 5-8.

Textbooks for the course include “Religion and the Workplace” by Douglas A. Hicks and “How to Be a Perfect Stranger: The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook” by Stuart M. Matlins and Arthur J. Magida.

The Center on Religion & the Professions was founded in 2003 with a mission of improving religious literacy among professionals, to help them serve a diverse public. For more information about the Center, call (573) 882-9257.

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Workshop: Teen Relationship Education and Empowerment training for religious groups

Published: May 18, 2009

May 18, 2009 – A workshop to train religious groups about addressing teen relationship violence will be held Aug. 22, 2009, in Columbia.tree-logo

A faith-based initiative against teen relationship violence, the Teen Relationship Education and Empowerment (TREE) program was founded with a Missouri Foundation for Health grant to a coalition of local churches, community health professionals and MU.

Columbia’s Broadway Christian Church submitted the grant, with assistance from the MU Center on Religion & the Professions, which provides project development, outreach and administrative support.

Groups interested in building a TREE team should contact Kim Ryan at (573) 489-2729 or kkgryan@juno.com or Kendra Yoder at klyd29@mizzou.edu.

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