The Ecologies of Learning Project - a project of NEW YORK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

2007 Attendees & Papers


Franklyn Jost Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary Proposal	Albert Sundararaj Walters Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia

Nagheoung Lim SungKyul Unversity	Sung-Hun Lee SungKyul University

Christian T. Collins Winn Bethel University	Phillip E. Campbell Iliff School of Theology

John Kateeba Tumwine Uganda Christian University	Lalsangkima Bachuau Asbury Theological Seminary

George D. McClain New York Theological Seminary	John Runyon Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Center for Urban Ministerial Education

Andrew Lee New Brunswick Theological Seminary Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity	Marius Brand Cornerstone Christian College

Peter G. Heltzel New York Theological Seminary	Susan Pangerl Meadville Lombard Theological School

Samuel Meshack Gurukul Lutheran Theological College & Research Institute	Humberto Alfaro New York Theological Seminary

Group Presentations

FDI participants were divided into three teams, each studying neighborhoods the Ecologies of Learning Project researched: Harlem, the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and Flushing, Queens. Institute participants quickly became familiar with the rigor of ethnographic research. They attended lectures by sociologists of religion in the morning, performed interviews, observations, and neighborhood profiles in the afternoon, and wrote fieldnotes in the evening. Participants followed the Ecologies of Learning approach to learning how religious organizations affect “and are affected by” their neighborhoods. They learned about local congregations of different religious traditions, researched neighborhood characteristics and politics, and visited institutions, such as police departments and libraries.

At the close of the institute, the groups offered presentations on the neighborhoods they studied to a gathering of academics and community members.

Here are their presentations: