Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network
invites members, friends, & others
to gather by Zoom
on Friday, September 24, 2021
4:00 to 6:00 pm East Coast US time*
to
celebrate the Ecclesiological Investigations past
and
to look ahead to the Ecclesiological Investigations future
Join the Zoom Meeting at
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89458834310?pwd=QnA4ckM1WUVEOC9YVEpwaDF1anIyQT09
Meeting ID: 894 5883 4310 – Passcode: 656520
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Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network (EI) was launched nearly two decades ago. Under the Gerard Mannion (1970-2019) and others, EI has grown to become a major international force for rethinking ecclesiology.
Please join us on September 24, 2021 at 4 pm Eastern Time (USA) as we celebrate EI’s past (14 international conferences, sessions at both the American Academy of Religion and the European Academy of Religion, several publication series, and a year of Zoom webinars), and as we look ahead look ahead to EI’s future.
Agenda:
1. Opening welcome & review of the afternoon (Dale Irvin)
2. Video on EIN produced by Danielle Northup & O’Meara Riley (Dale Irvin)
3. Brief reports on upcoming events for the year:
– Oct 22 Webinar on A Joint Message (Dale Irvin)
– Nov 22-19-23 AAR & SBL (Brian Flanagan)
– Nov 19 dinner in San Antonio, TX (Dale Irvin)
– Feb 2022 Philippines Webinar (Cristina L. Gomez)
– March 2022 – proposed with BRSG (Dale Irvin, Stacey Floyd-Thomas)
– June 22-25 San Juan, Puerto Rico, “Decolonizing Churches” (Dale Irvin, Oscar Cruz Cuevas, Palmira N. Ríos González4. Time for conversation (breakout groups) (Vladimir Latinovic)
– What have been the highlights for you over the last 10 years of EIN?
– What do you see EIN taking up in the coming 5 years?
– Coming back together to hear reports (Steering Committee)5. Introducing Research Assistants (Danielle Northup, O’Meara Riley)
6. Community sharing & musical selections (Cristina L. Gomez)
Please share the Zoom link for Sept 24 with others in your networks interested in EI
This will be an open access event – No prior registration is required
For questions or more information email Dale Irvin, Chair of EI, at dirvin1@gmail.com
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*those in other time zones around the globe will need to adjust as necessary
Ecclesiological Investigations brings together quality research and inspiring debates in ecclesiology worldwide from a network of international scholars, research centres, and projects in the field. The Network seeks to promote studies, research, dialogue and collaboration in ecclesiology across the broad spectrum of the Christian tradition. It seeks to promote genuinely collaborative ecclesiology in national, international, intra-ecclesial and ecumenical contexts. An abiding principle of the foundation of EI is that the church must be inclusive if it is to be of continuing relevance in the world in a positive sense. To these ends EI seeks to foster and facilitate conversation and collaboration that are both open and pluralistic in character. EI seeks to serve as a hub for such, drawing together individuals, groups, and networks, initiating research ventures and providing leadership, guidance, and administrative support as well as acting as a funding facilitator to support conversations, research, and education in the field. One of the enduring marks of the EI Network is the manner in which it intentionally facilitates friendship and collegiality among participants in all of its events.
Thanks to the support and encouragement of many willing persons, EI has achieved a great deal to date in terms of bringing together scholars, practitioners, and students in the field, with active participation from a wide range of geographical, methodological, and ecclesial backgrounds. The Ecclesiological Investigations Program Unit Group of the American academy of Religion (AAR) came into being in 2005, the year in which it was first proposed to and subsequently accepted by the American Academy of Religion Program Committee. An Ecclesiological Investigations Program Unit has more recently been launched in the European Academy of Religion. Both provide opportunities for research and collaboration in support of a more open church.
