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Religion Communicators Congress to address changes in technology,
society and the place of religion in society

More than 1,000 communications professionals from different from
different faiths, different countries, and different areas of faith
communication will gather under the theme "Embracing Change:
Communicating Faith in Today's World" April 7-10, 2010 at the Chicago
Marriott Downtown.  The congress will feature keynote presentations,
panel discussions, roundtables, performances, exhibitions and
skills-building workshops focusing on the changes in technology,
society and the place of religion in society.

Professionals at the very top of their fields will participate
to share their expertise and make this an enriching experience for the
variety of faith communicators who will be attending the RCCongress
2010 from all over the world.

Best-selling "Tuesdays with Morrie" author Mitch Albom will speak at the
opening banquet.  Albom's new book, "Have a Little Faith", debuted at
the top of the October 16 New York Times nonfiction best-sellers list.
The book describes Albom's journey of faith, influenced by a Jewish
rabbi and a Christian pastor.

Other presenters include Diana Eck, founder of Harvard University's
pluralism project; columnist and distinguished authority on American
religion, Martin Marty; Ingrid Mattson, first female president of the
Islamic Society of North America; Otis Moss III, pastor of Chicago
Trinity Church; musician, composer and storyteller Ken Medema, and
Barbara Bradley Hagerty, religion correspondent for National Public Radio.

Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), the movement that teaches young leaders
to look beyond diversity and build relationships of mutual respect and
shared values will be at the closing banquet.

A pre-congress seminar, "Global Media, Global Religion: Research in
Popular Media and the Remaking of Religions" will be led by Stewart
Hoover and Nabil Echchaibi, from the Center for Media, Religion and
Culture, University of Colorado at Boulder.

For more information and registration, visit the RCCongress 2010 web
site at:

<http://www.rccongress2010.org/>www.RCCongress2010.org