Clergy Resilience and Burnout in the Face of Adversity

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SSSR/RRA Annual Meeting 2007
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Thursday, November 1
8:00-12:00
SSSR Council Meeting
2:00-5:00
RRA Board Meeting
6:00
Joint SSSR/RRA Council and Board Dinner
6:00-9:00pm
Registration in Regency Ballroom Foyer
8:00-10:00
Reception with Cash Bar in Regency Ballroom Foyer
Friday, November 2
8:00am-3:00pm
Registration in Regency Ballroom Foyer
9:00am-4:00pm
Book Exhibit Buccaneer B and C
FRIDAY MORNING, 8:30-10:00
A-1
Religion and Contemporary Society [SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Elisa Zhai, University of Texas, Austin, jzhai@mail.la.utexas.edu
‘The Public Sphere and the Making of Modern Islam in Egypt’
Jeff Kenney, DePauw University, jkenney@depauw.edu
‘Religion in Context: Exploring Religiosity and Well-Being in Contemporary Japan’
Michael K. Roemer. The University of Texas at Austin, roemermk@mail.la.utexas.edu
A-2
Issues in Denominational Research Using Prominent National Data Sets: The Case of the Mormons
[SSSR/MSSA]
Garrison II
Convener and Discussant
Rick Phillips, University of North Florida, richard.phillips@unf.edu
‘Sampling Issues for Small Populations.’
John P. Hoffman, Brigham Young University, john_hoffmann@byu.edu
‘Finding Religion in Census Data: Mormons in the Mexican Census.’
Tim B. Heaton, Brigham Young University, tim_heaton@byu.edu
‘Combining Surveys to Draw Conclusions on Mormons.’
Cardell Jacobson, Brigham Young University, cardell_jacobson@byu.edu
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A-3
Nationalism and National Identity [SSSR]
Buccaneer A
Convener
Nadya Jaworsky, Yale University, bernadette.jaworsky@yale.edu
‘The Changing Dynamics of Religion and National Identity: Greece and Ireland in a Comparative Perspective’
Daphne Halikiopoulou, London School of Economics and Political Science,
d.halikiopoulou@lse.ac.uk
‘Examining the role of national boundaries on religious activism and ‘just’ economic trade’
Amy Reynolds, Princeton University, areyno@princeton.edu
‘Nationalism, Religion, and Secularization’
Jonathan Eastwood, Washington and Lee University, eastwoodj@wlu.edu
Nikolas Prevelakis, Harvard University, prevelak@fas.harvard.edu
‘Muslims in Europe and Euro-Islam’
James A. Beckford, University of Warwick, UK, j.a.beckford@warwick.ac.uk
A-4
Religious Education and Development [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame, David.Sikkink.1@nd.edu
“Intersecting identities: New Teachers in American Catholic, Jewish and Urban Public Schools”
Bethamie Horowitz, NYC, NY, bethamie@gmail.com
Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Brandeis University, snemser@brandeis.edu
“Walking the Walk: building universality and particularity into religious identities of youth”
Katie Day, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, kday@ltsp.edu
“Who’s in Charge of Spiritual Development? Exploring how Teens Negotiate their Religious and Spiritual Identities
Outside of their Faith Communities.”
Josh Borkin, Teachers College, Colombia University, jbb2106@columbia.edu
“The Impact of Alternative Schooling Strategies on Adolescent Religiosity”
Jeremy E. Uecker, University of Texas at Austin, juecker@prc.utexas.edu
A-5
Genetics and Cognitive Science [SSSR]
Garrison III
Convener
Ann Taves, University of California, Santa Barbara, taves@religion.ucsb.edu
‘Genetic Influences on Religious Involvement: Correlation with an Adaptive Trait as a Possible Explanation’
Matt Bradshaw, The University of Texas at Austin, bradshaw@mail.la.utexas.edu
‘The Behavior Genetics of Religiosity: Reevaluating Model Assumptions’
Jacob Felson, Penn State University, jlfelson@pop.psu.edu
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‘Death Where is Thy Sting?: Constructing an Independent Measure of Existential Certainty’
Aaron D. McVean, University of Nevada, Reno, amcvean@unr.edu
R. David Hayward, University of Nevada, Reno, david.hayward@gmail.com
‘Awe - Towards a naturalistic account’
Tom Sjöblom, University of Helsinki, tom.sjoblom@helsinki.fi
A-6
Religious Renewal and Traditionalism [SSSR]
Buccanneer D
Convener
Jerry Park, Baylor University, jerry_park@baylor.edu
‘Islam Needs Revival, Not Reform: Traditional Islam and Segmented Assimilation Among Second-Generation
Muslim Americans’
Christine Soriea Sheikh, University of Denver, sheikh@email.arizona.edu
‘The Vanishing Veil: Roman Catholic Sisters and the Resurrection of the Holy Habit’
Kara Lemma, University of Southern California, lemma@usc.edu
‘Is There a Mormon Evangelical Christian Rapprochement?’
O. Kendall White, Jr., Washington and Lee University, whitek@wlu.edu
A-7
Spiritual Capital [ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener
Kimon Sargeant, Templeton Foundation, ksargeant@templeton.org
‘Spirituality, Socially Referenced Preferences, and the Afterlife’
Rowena A. Pecchenino,Michigan State University, rowenap@msu.edu
‘Risk, Religion, and Regional Development’
Brian J. Osoba,University of Texas at El Paso, bosoba@utep.edu
‘Spiritual, Human, and Physical Capital: Are They Complementary Factors in Economic Growth?’
Charles North, Baylor University, charles_North@baylor.edu
Carl Gwin, Pepperdine University, carl.gwin@pepperdine.edu
‘Religion and Economic Development: Evidence from the Early Twentieth Century’
Robert Subrick, James Madison University, jsubrick@gmu.edu
A-8
Computational Approaches to the Study of Religious Belief, Behavior, and Institutions [ASREC]
Esplanade II
Convener
Chris Bader, Baylor University, Christopher_Bader@baylor.edu
‘A Model of Emergent Extermism: Necessary Conditions and Countervailing Policy’
Michael Makowsky, George Mason University, mmakowsk@gmu.edu
‘From Rational Agents to Church and Sect’
Laurence Iannaccone, George Mason University, larry@econzone.com
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Andrew Iannaccone, UCLA, andrew.iannaccone@gmail.com
‘God from the Machine’
William S. Bainbridge, National Science Foundation, wsbainbridge@yahoo.com
A-9 [Pending] [ASREC]
Esplanade III
American Congregations 2005 – The FACT2005 National Survey of Congregations [RRA]
Regency V
Organizer and Convener
David Roozen, Director, Hartford Seminary, roozen@hrtsem.edu
A-10
‘American Congregations 2005: An Overview.’
David Roozen, Hartford Seminary, roozen@hrtsem.edu
‘FACTs on Growth: A New Look at the Dynamics of Growth and Decline.’
C. Kirk Hadaway, Director of Research for the Episcopal Church khadaway@episcopalchurch.org
‘Synagogues in the FACT2005 Survey.’
J. Shawn Landres, Director of Research, Synagogue 3000, shawn@synagogue3000.org
‘Worship, Spiritual Identity, and Growth: Seventh-day Adventists and FACT 2005.’
Roger L. Dudley, Andrews University, dudley@andrews.edu
A-11
Disconnected Catholics and Catholic Identity (Catholic Research Forum) [RRA]
Regency VI
Convener
Mary Gautier, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown, gautierm@georgetown.edu
Discussant
Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis, pwittber@iupui.edu
‘Why Catholics Don't Attend Sunday Mass: An Action Research Approach’
Robert Miller, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, drmiller@adphila.org
‘Catholics Who Have Stopped Going to Mass’
Bob Dixon, Australian, Catholic Bishops Conference, Bob.Dixon@ppo.catholic.org.au
Sharon Bond, LaTrobe University, sabond@students.latrobe.edu.au
Kath Engebretson, Australian Catholic University, K.Engebretson@patrick.acu.edu.au
Richard Rymarz, St Joseph's College, University of Alberta.
‘Catholic Identity Among Young Adult Catholics’
Dean Hoge, Catholic, University of America, Hoge@cua.edu
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FRIDAY MORNING, 10:15-11:45
B-1
Psychological Considerations [SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Andrew Village, University of Wales, a.village@bangor.ac.uk
‘Attachment to God and Self-Conscious Affect’
Harley Baker, California State University Channel Islands, harley.baker@csuci.edu
Corrin Hoglund, California State University Channel Islands, corrinhoglund@gmail.com
‘The Effects of Religiosity on Empathy and Altruism in Jordanian Muslims and U.S. Christians’
Mohamed Hadidi, University of North Florida, hadm0004@unf.edu
‘Conceptions of God across Muslim, Jewish and Christian Traditions: An Empirical Approach Using the Five
Factor Model of Personality’
Scott Forrest Grover, Fuller Theological Seminary, sfgrover@cp.fuller.edu
Richard Gorsuch, Fuller Theological Seminary
Alvin Dueck, Fuller Theological Seminary
‘Exploring the Relationship Between Manipulativeness and Christian Identity’
Nena L. Kircher, Forest Institute of Professional Psychology and Missouri State University,
nkircher@forest.edu
B-2
The Politics and Social Relevance of Latino Religion [SSSR/RRA]
Regency V
Organizer
Edwin I. Hernandez, University of Notre Dame, ehernan5@nd.edu
Convener
Milagros Peña, University of Florida, mpena@soc.ufl.edu
‘Latino Religion and Involvement in Immigration Protest’
Kraig Beyerlein, University of Phoenix, kbeyerle@email.arizona.edu
David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame, dsikkink@nd.edu
Edwin Hernandez. University of Notre Dame, ehernan5@nd.edu
‘The Politics of Latino Charismatics’
Norman Ruano, Loyola University, nruano@ccc.edu
Edwin I. Hernandez, University of Notre Dame, ehernan5@nd.edu
Milagros Peña, University of Florida, mpena@soc.ufl.edu
‘The Role of Latino Churches in HIV/AIDS Prevention’
Edwin I. Hernandez, University of Notre Dame, ehernan5@nd.edu
Rebecca Burwell, University of Notre Dame, rburwell@nd.edu
Milagros Peña, University of Florida, mpena@soc.ufl.edu
Guillermo Grenier, Florida International University, grenier.4@nd.edu
David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame, dsikkink@nd.edu
‘The Social Service Provision of Latino Churches’
Rebecca Burwell, University of Notre Dame, rburwell@nd.edu
Edwin Hernandez, University of Notre Dame, ehernan5@nd.edu
Milagros Peña, University of Florida, mpena@soc.ufl.edu
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Guillermo Grenier, Florida International University, grenier.4@nd.edu
David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame, dsikkink@nd.edu
B-3
Religion and Civic Engagement [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
Tim Helton, Drew University, tim@timhelton.com
‘Teaching Civic Skills: The Role of Religion’
James M. Penning, Calvin College - penn@calvin.edu
Corwin Smidt, Calvin College, smid@calvin.edu
‘From Sect to Public Engagement: The Evangelical Movement in El Salvador’
Steve Offutt, Boston University, soffutt_1999@yahoo.com
‘Do Churches Make Good Neighbors? The Effects of Congregational Context on Civic Participation’
Edward C. Polson, Baylor University, Clay_Polson@baylor.edu
‘Religion and Membership in Civic Associations’
Corwin Smidt, Calvin College, smid@calvin.edu
B-4
Family and Youth [SSSR]
Regency VI
Convener
Elizabeth Marquardt, Institute for American Values, emarquardt70@sbcglobal.net
‘Prayers of the People: Family Metaphor in the Liturgies of the Pro-Life and Faith Based Labor Movements’
Rebekah Peeples Massengill, Princeton University, rmasseng@princeton.edu
‘There Must be a Son: Religious Influences on Sex Preference for Children in Uzbekistan’
Jennifer Barrett, University of Texas at Austin, jbarrett@prc.utexas.edu
‘Familial Religious Involvement, Family Dynamics and Children’s Concentration Difficulties’
Margaret Vaaler, University of Texas at Austin, mvaaler@mail.la.utexas.edu
‘Studying the Interrelationship Between Religion and the Family: A Longitudinal View’
Stacy A. Hammons, Fresno Pacific University, shammons@fresno.edu
B-5
Religion and the State [SSSR]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Melissa Wilde, University of Pennsylvania, mwilde@sas.upenn.edu
‘Prayers of the State: Islamic Sermons and Prayer in Contemporary Turkey’
James Gibbon, Princeton University, jgibbon@princeton.edu
‘Religious Restriction and Contentious Politics in the Middle East’
Katherine Meyer, The Ohio State University, Meyer.23@sociology.osu.edu
Lauren Pinkus, The Ohio State University, Pinkus.4@sociology.osu.edu
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‘Beheading the Saint, Bearing the Cross: Reconfiguring Nation and Religion in Quebec and Poland’
Geneviève Zubrzycki, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, genez@umich.edu
‘Church and State Government: From Constantine to Charlemagne’
Alex Tokarev, The King’s College, atokarev@tkc.edu
B-6
Religion and Higher Education [SSSR]
Buccanneer D
Convener
John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State University, jschmalzbauer@missouristate.edu
‘Faith and the Sciences?: How University Scientists view the Connection of Religion to their Particular Disciplines’
Elaine Howard Ecklund, University at Buffalo, SUNY, ehe@buffalo.edu
‘Gender Climate Among Faculty at an Evangelical College’
Brad Christerson, Biola University, bradley.christerson@biola.edu
‘Thriving on the Margins: The Evangelical Academy’
Glenn Lucke, University of Virginia, glucke@virginia.edu
‘The Effects of Education on American Christianity’
Philip Schwadel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, pschwadel2@unl.edu
B-7
Religion, Values, and Economic Development [ASREC]
Esplanade I
‘Values, Beliefs and Development’
Jeffry Jacob, College of St. Benedict, St. John’s University, jjacob@csbsju.edu
Thomas Osang, Southern Methodist University, tosang@mail.smu.edu
‘Corruption, Faith, and Economic Growth’
John E. Stapleford, Eastern University, jstaplef@eastern.edu
‘Efficiency Comparison Between Conventional Development Aid and Missionary Work’
Esa Mangeloja, University of Jyvaskyla, eman@econ.jyu.fi
Tomi Ovaska, University of Regina, tomi.ovaska@uregina.ca
‘International Christian Organizations and the Development of Sub-Saharan Africa--A Critical Study’
James A.P. Tiburcio, Universidade de Brasilia, jamestiburcio@yahoo.com
B-8
Demography, Development, and Gender [ASREC]
Esplanade II
‘Demographic Change and Religion in Central Asia Following the Transition to a Market Economy’
Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University, kathryn.anderson@vanderbilt.edu
Linda Carter, Vanderbilt University, l.carter@vanderbilt.edu
‘Religion, Attitudes Towards Working Mothers and Wives’ Full-time Employment: Evidence for Germany, Italy, and
the UK’
Guido Heineck, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, guido.heineck@gmx.net
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‘The Church versus the Spirit: The Impact of Christianity on the Treatment of Women in Africa’
Carrie A. Miles, George Mason University, carrie@econzone.com
‘Human Capital, Religion, and Contraceptive Use in Ghana’
Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and Lee University Lexington, blunchn@wlu.edu
B-9
Mentoring Session / Student Research [ASREC]
Esplanade III
‘Rational Irrationality as a Habit: A Dynamic Approach Towards Belief Formation’
Dalibor Rohac,George Mason University, drohac@gmu.edu
‘Did Religion Have Anything to Do with Success and Failure in Post-Communist Transition?’
Leonid Krasnozhon,George Mason University, lkrasnoz@gmu.edu
‘A Sacrificial Death?’
Jason Wollschleger, University of Washington, jason.etc@gmail.com
‘Religion, Altruism, and Social Capital’
Nathanael Smith, George Mason University, Nathan_Smith@ksg03.harvard.edu
‘From the House of Representatives to the Houses of God: How Churches Thrive Under Special Exemptions in the
Law’
Krystal Slivinski,George Mason University, kbrand@gmail.com
‘Overcoming Selfishness: Religion and the Alternatives’
William McBride, George Mason University, wmcbride@gmu.edu
B-10
Changes from within Catholicism [RRA]
Garrison II
Convener
‘Lay Movements: A New Form of Catholic Religious Life?’
Patricia Wittberg, IUPUI, pwittber@iupui.edu
‘The New Evangelization in the Archdiocese of Detroit and Changing Religious Connections’
Michael J. McCallion, Institute for Research on the New Evangelization, Sacred Heart Major
Seminary, mccallionm@shms.edu
‘The American Bishops at the Beginning and End of the JP II Era: A descriptive and social network analysis.’
Thomas Gaunt, S.J., Jesuit Conference-USA, tgaunt@jesuit.org
Anthony Jennings, Jesuit Conference-USA, ajennings@jesuit.org
‘Ethnic Variation in Predictors of Parish Satisfaction Among Black Catholics Today’
James Cavendish, University of South Florida, jcavendi@cas.usf.edu
B-11
New Book Panel Discussion --- Author Meets Other Authors [RRA]
Regency VII
Faith in America [Three Volumes] Changes, Challenges, New Directions Praeger 2006 edited by Charles Lippy
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Organizer and Convener
Scott Thumma Hartford Institute for Religion Research sthumma@hartsem.edu
Presenters:
‘Faith in America: How It All Came to Be’
Charles Lippy, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Charles-Lippy@utc.edu
‘Growth and Decline in the Mainline.’
Kirk Hadaway, The Episcopal Church, khadaway@episcopalchurch.org
Penny Marler, Samford University, plmarler@samford.edu
‘Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism: The Changing Face of Evangelicalism in America.’
David G. Roebuck, Lee University, droebuck@leeuniversity.edu
‘The Shifting Role of the Latter-day Saints as the Quintessential American Religion’.
Ethan Yorgason, Brigham Young University Hawaii, yorgasoe@byuh.edu
‘Religion and Politics: The Impact of the Religious Right.’
Julie Ingersoll, University of North Florida, jingerso@unf.edu
‘New and Alternative Religions: Changes, Issues, Trends’.
Sean McCloud, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, spmcclou@email.uncc.edu
12:00-1:00
SSSR New Members Lunch (TBD)
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 1:15-2:45
C-1
Globalization, Religion and Culture: Theoretical and Institutional Perspectives [SSSR]
Regency V
Convener
Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, pbeyer@uottawa.ca
‘Global Millennialism: A Postmortem on Secularization’
Roland Robertson, University of Aberdeen, soc123@abdn.ac.uk
‘Religion as Contestation and Identity in Global Context’
John H. Simpson, University of Toronto at Mississauga, hermanjs@sympatico.ca
‘Religion, Law, and Human Rights in the Context of Globalization’
James T. Richardson, University of Nevada at Reno, jtr@unr.edu
‘Global Religious Organizations: The Origins and Growth of RINGOS’
John Boli, Emory University, jboli@emory.edu
David Brewington, Emory University, david.brewington@emory.edu
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C-2
The Processes of Academic Publishing [SSSR]
Regency VI
Organizer
Rhys H. Williams, University of Cincinnati
Panelists
Rhys H. Williams, University of Cincinnati, editor, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
rhys.williams@uc.edu
Joy Charlton, Swarthmore College, book review editor, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
jcharlt1@swarthmore.edu
Theo Calderara, religion editor, Oxford University Press, theo.calderara@oup.com
Fred Kniss, Loyola University of Chicago, member of editorial board, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
fkniss@luc.edu
C-3
Health and Well-Being [SSSR]
Garrisson I
Convener
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - Ralph-Hood@utc.edu
‘Churches, Mosques, and Stigmatizing AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa’
Mark Regnerus, University of Texas, regnerus@prc.utexas.edu
Jenny Trinitapoli, Arizona State University, jennytrini@mail.utexas.edu
‘Religious Contextual Norms, Structural Constraints, and Personal Religiosity for Abortion Decisions’
Amy Adamczyk, Wayne State University, Adamczyk@Wayne.edu
‘Religion, Spirituality and Well-Being in Cross-National Perspective’
Marta Elliott, PhD University of Nevada, Reno, melliott@unr.edu
R.David Hayward, M.A. University of Nevada, Reno, david.hayward@gmail.com
‘Religious Homogeneity and Life Expectancy Around the World’
Donald J. Ebel, MA, MAG, Duke University - debel@soc.duke.edu
C-4
Religion and Gender [SSSR]
Regency VII
Convener
Georgie Weatherby, Gonzaga University, weatherb@gonzaga.edu
‘Religion, Media, and Masculinity: Social Selves in Search of Meaning’
Stewart M. Hoover, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, hoover@colorado.edu
Curtis D. Coats, University of Colorado at Boulder, curtis.coats@colorado.edu
‘Why Were They Called? An Exploration of Catholic Nuns Autobiographies’
Susan E. Eichenberger, Seton Hill University, eichenberger@setonhill.edu
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‘Shaping Women Identities Through The Interpretation Of The Qur’an: Methodologies Of Interpreting Women
Issues’
Norbani binti Ismail, International Islamic University Malaysia, norbanis@yahoo.com
‘Gender and Nostalgia: The Valorization of Medieval Judaism in European Memory’
Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado, Jacobsjl@colorado.edu
C-5
Spirituality [SSSR]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Elizabeth Williamson, Rutgers University, ewilliamson@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘Spiritual Experience and Private/Public Religiosity’
Ye Jung Kim, Baylor University, Ye_Kim@baylor.edu
Jerry Park, Baylor University
‘Creating a Spiritual Experience Through Belly Dance’
Rachel Kraus, Ball State University, rmkraus@bsu.edu
‘Spiritual Practice and Social Action: The case of drumming communities’
Tanice G. Foltz, Indiana University Northwest, tfoltz@iun.edu
‘Sprituality Redescribed, Self-esteem Misrecognized’
Thomas B. Ellis, Appalachian State University, ellistb@appstate.edu
C-6
Introducing Wave II of the National Congregations Study [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
Mark Chaves, Duke University, mac58@soc.duke.edu
Introducing the Second Wave of the National Congregations Study’
Mark Chaves, Duke University, mac58@soc.duke.edu
‘Congregational Conflict’
Shawna Anderson, University of Arizona, shlander@email.arizona.edu
Mark Chaves, Duke University, mac58@soc.duke.edu
‘Congregational Leadership’
Catherine Hoegeman, University of Arizona, hoegeman@email.arizona.edu
Mark Chaves, Duke University, mac58@soc.duke.edu
‘Congregations and Politics’
Kraig Beyerlein, University of Arizona, kbeyerle@email.arizona.edu
Mark Chaves, Duke University, mac58@soc.duke.edu
Book Session: “The Marketplace of Christianity” [ASREC]
Esplanade I
“Comments 1”
Gary Richardson, University of California-Irvine, garyr@uci.edu
C-7
“Comments 2”
TBA
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“Comments 3”
TBA
“Response”
TBA
C-8
Political Economy [ASREC]
Esplanade II
‘The Political Manipulation of Religion and its Limits:Modeling How Policy Incentives Change the Priorities of
Faith-based Service Organizations’
Michael McGinnis, Indiana University, mcginnis@indiana.edu
‘Assessing the Impact of Religion in Foreign Policy: A Religious Economy Analysis’
Carolyn Warner, Arizona State University, cwarner@asu.edu
‘Greedy Sects and the Jealous States: The Political Logic of Religious Regulation’
David Smith, University of Michigan, davidsth@umich.edu
‘Democratic Governance and Organizational Success: The Industrial Organization of Religious Firms’
William R. Clark, University of Michigan, wrclark@umich.edu
C-9
Economics of Religion #1 [ASREC]
Esplanade III
‘Egalitarianism and Economics: American Jewish Families’
Carmel Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago, cchis@uic.edu
‘TBA’
Eli Berman,University of California, San Diego, elib@ucsd.edu
‘Overcoming Distinction: Religion and the Global Spread of Mass Printing’
Robert Woodberry,University of Texas- Austin, bobwood@mail.la.utexas.edu
C-10
So Much for Inclusiveness: The Current Schismatic Impulse in Oldline Protestantism [RRA]
Garrison II
Organizer and Convener
David Roozen, Director, Hartford Seminary, roozen@hrtsem.edu
Panelists:
William H. Swatos, Jr., Executive Officer, Religious Research Association, bill4329@hotmail.com
C. Jeff Woods, Associate General Secretary for Regional Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA ,
Jeff.Woods@abc-usa.org
Keith Wulff, Coordinator of Research Services, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), kwulff@ctr.pcusa.org
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C-11
Race and Ethnicity Issues [RRA]
Garrison III
‘Patterns of Dominance and Dependence in a Multiracial Congregation’
Mary Hickert Herring, Ph.D. Candidate, Temple University, mherring@temple.edu
‘What is the Value of the Black College Fund?’
Michelle Fugate, Director of Research and Data Management, General Board of Higher Education
and Ministry of The United Methodist Church, mfugate@gbhem.org
‘Ethnologies of Scriptural Readings in U.S. Communities of Color: A Latino Pentecostal Exemplum’
Efrain Agosto, Hartford Seminary, eagosto@hartsem.edu
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 3:00-4:30
D-1
Immigration and Civic Involvement [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
Margarita Mooney, University of North Carolina, margarita7@unc.edu
‘Social, Ethnic, and Religious Aspects in the Participation of Immigrant Churches in the Netherlands’
Danielle Koning, VU University Amsterdam, dt.koning@th.vu.nl
‘Participation of Christian Immigrant Congregations in Society’
Dr. Marten van der Meulen, VU University Amsterdam, m.van_der_meulen@th.vu.nl
‘City Level Spiritual Capital? Lessons from the Immigrant Experience in Three Small Cities’
Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University, wcadge@brandeis.edu
B. Nadya Jaworsky, Yale University, bernadette.jaworsky@yale.edu
Quynh-Tram H. Nguyen, University of Washington, qthn@u.washington.edu
‘Religious Organization and Immigrant Governance’
Dr. Tuomas Martikainen, Abo Akademi University, tuomas.martikainen@abo.fi
D-2
Cognitive Science of Religion: The Naturalistic Basis of Religion and Religious Experience
[NAASR/SSSR]
Garrison I
Organizers
Robert N. McCauley, Emory University, philrnm@emory.edu
Luther H. Martin, The University of Vermont, luther.martin@uvm.edu
Convener
Robert N. McCauley
‘The Naturalistic Foundations of Reincarnation Beliefs’
Claire Cooper, Queen’s University Belfast, clairejcooper@gmail.com
‘Religious Experience and the Brain’
Ann Taves, University of California, Santa Barbara, taves@religion.ucsb.edu
“Numerical Rituals: Metrics for Modeling Sensory Pageantry and Arousal”
Don Braxton, Juniata College, braxton@juniata.edu
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‘Minimal Counterintuitiveness in Religious Concepts: Revisited, Revised, and Vindicated?’
Justin Barrett, Oxford University, justin.barrett@anthro.ox.ac.uk
D-3
Globalization, Religion and Culture: Multi-Dimensional Perspectives [SSSR]
Regency V
Convener
Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, pbeyer@uottawa.ca
‘Religion, Globalization, and Ecology: Climate Change and the Fair Trade Movement’
Laurel Kearns, Drew University, lkearns@drew.edu
‘Latin America: The ‘Other Christendom’, Pluralism and Globalization’
Paul Freston, Calvin College, pcf2@calvin.edu
‘Globalization and the Conflict of Values in Middle Eastern Societies’
Vincenzo Pace, University of Padua, vincenzo.pace@unipd.it
‘Religion, Global Flows, and Global Pentecostalism’
Michael Wilkinson, Trinity Western University, Michael.Wilkinson@twu.ca
‘Globalization, Migration and the Two Types of Religious Boundary: A European Perspective’
Margit Warburg, University of Copenhagen, warburg@hum.ku.dk
D-4
Author Meets Critics Session [SSSR]
Regency VI
Organizer
R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago, rswarner@uic.edu
Chair
Rhys H. Williams, University of Cincinnati, Williary@ucmail.uc.edu
Mark Regnerus, Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers (Oxford University Press,
2007).
Timothy Clydesdale, The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens after High School (University of Chicago
Press, 2007)
Critics: Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Denver, Lynn.Clark@du.edu
Elizabeth Marquardt, Institute for American Values, emarquardt70@sbcglobal.net
Kenny Steinman, Ohio State University, steinman.13@osu.edu
Response: Timothy Clydesdale, The College of New Jersey, clydesda@tcnj.edu
Mark Regnerus, University of Texas at Austin, regnerus@prc.utexas.edu
D-5
Race and Religion: Socio-historical Considerations [SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener
Sheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College, ctgilkes@colby.edu
‘The racial divide in a South African church’
Dr. Kobus Schoeman, Church Mirror Research Unit, Dutch Reformed Church, South Africa,
University of Pretoria, wjs@mweb.co.za
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‘W.E.B. Du Bois and the Philadelphia Black Church: An Early Sociological Study’
Robert A. Wortham, North Carolina Central University, rawcbw@aol.com rwortham@nccu.edu
‘The Declining Significance of Religion in the Black Community?’
John P. Hoffmann, Brigham Young University, John_Hoffmann@byu.edu
Cardell K. Jacobson, Brigham Young University, Cardell_Jacobson@byu.edu
‘Signifying Emancipation: Alexander Bedward, Norman Paul and the Destabilization of Empire’
Dr. Leslie R. James, DePauw University, ljames@depauw.edu
D-6
Religion and Rational Choice # 1 [SSSR/ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener
Brooks B. Hull, University of Michigan-Dearborn, bhull@umd.umich.edu
‘Does Low Religious Market Share Boost Recruitment Efforts?’
Jonathan Hill, University of Notre Dame, jhill3@nd.edu
Daniel V. A. Olson, Purdue University
‘Market Size, Market Structure and Competition: Local Religious Markets in Nineteenth Century Scotland’
John W. Sawkins, Heriot-Watt University, U.K
Robert I. Mochrie, Heriot-Watt University, U.K, r.i.mochrie@hw.ac.uk
Alexander U. Naumov, Heriot-Watt University, U.K.
‘Free riding in religious communities: Can it be eradicated?’
Sergio Figueroa Sanz, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico,
sergiofigueroasanz@yahoo.com
‘The Marketplace of Religion: Reflections on the Rise of the Dge lugs School in Tibet’
Rachel M. McCleary, Harvard University, mccleary@wcfia.harvard.edu
Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp, Harvard University, vanderk@fas.harvard.edu
D-7
Religion and Philanthropy [ASREC]
Esplanade II
‘Passing the Collection Plate: An Examination of Weekly Church Offerings’
Paul J. Olson,Briar Cliff University, paul.olson@briarcliff.edu
‘Faith, Hope, and Charity’
Thomas M. Smith,University of Illinois at Chicago, tomsmith@uic.edu
‘Diversity and Crowd Out: A Theory of Cold-Glow Giving’
Daniel Hungerman,Notre Dame, dhungerm@nd.edu
D-8
Religious Conflict, Commitment, and Cohesion: Evolutionary and Economic Approaches [ASREC]
Esplanade III
Convener
Richard Sosis,University of Connecticut, richard.sosis@uconn.edu
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‘Ingroups and Outgroups: How religion has cohered and cleaved’
Azim Shariff,University of British Columbia, azim@psych.ubc.ca
‘Psalms for Safety: Magico-Religious Responses to Threats of Terror’
Richard Sosis,University of Connecticut, richard.sosis@uconn.edu
‘Religion and Support for Suicide Attacks’
Ara Norenzayan,University of British Columbia, ara@psych.ubc.ca
Ian Hansen, University of British Columbia,
Jeremy Ginges, New School for Social Research,
‘Exploring the Relationship between Religious Commitment and Cooperation: Findings from Northeastern Brazil’
Montserrat Soler,Rutgers University, carmin@eden.rutgers.edu
D-9
Session: Congregations and the Community [RRA]
Garrison III
‘Homeschooling the Enchanted Child: Civic Lessons in Domestic Questing’
Rebecca A. Allahyari, School for Advanced Research, allahyari@sarsf.org
‘What's Cooking?’
Deborah Kapp, McCormick Theological Seminary, dkapp@mccormick.edu
‘How Congregations Become Involved in and Sustain Community Ministry’
Diana Garland, Ph.D., Baylor University, School of Social Work, Diana_Garland@baylor.edu
‘The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Viability of the Churches Located in the Greater New Orleans Area’
Dr. William H. Day, Jr., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, bday@nobts.edu
‘In the Eye of the Storm: The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Religious Lives of Survivors’
Patrick Bennett, Indiana State University; pbennett6@isugw.indstate.edu
Jamie Aten, University of Southern Mississippi;
Peter Hill, Biola University
D-10
Internal and External Influences on Religious Life [RRA]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Dana Fenton Lehman College, CUNY, ddfen@juno.com
‘Who Really Is a Parishioner? A Historical Examination of Shifting Churchgoer Priorities’
Clinton M. Jenkin, Focus on the Family, clint.jenkin@fotf.org
Nate Mabe, Focus on the Family
‘Keep Your Hands off of our Money Church: Empirically Linking Attitudes Opposing the Politicalization of the
Church and Economic Wealth in Europe’
Brian N. Hewlett, Department of Sociology University of Arizona, bhewlett@email.arizona.edu
‘Church Staffing Ratios: Research on the Staff-to-Parishioner Ratio, Theories to Explain the Variations’
Warren Bird, Leadership Network, Warren.Bird@leadnet.org
‘The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Megachurches Located in New Orleans, Louisiana’
Dr. William H. Day, Jr., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, bday@nobts.edu
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4:45-5:30
New Book Reception:
Buccaneer D
5:30-6:30
H. Paul Douglass Lecture
Regency Ballroom
6:30-7:30
Reception with Cash Bar
Ballroom Foyer
9:00-11:00
ASREC Evening Social
TBD
SATURDAY, November 3
7:00-8:00
JSSR Editorial Board Meeting
7:45-8:30
SSSR Business Meeting
Saturday Morning, 8:30-10:00
E-1
Immigration and Immigrant Religious Participation [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
Danielle Koning, VU University Amsterdam, dt.koning@th.vu.nl
“‘It is like we are in the motherland’: Pentecostalism in an immigrant Haitian church”
Christine McVay, Florida International University, Christinemcvay1@aol.com
‘Immigrant Religious Participation in the United States: An assessment of Contextual and Individual Level Factors
Surrounding the Migratory Event’
Phillip Connor, Research Manager, North American Mission Board (SBC) pconnor@namb.net
‘Faithfully Filipino and American- Religion and Transnational Civic Life’
Stephen M Cherry, University of Texas, Austin, scherry@flash.net
‘Word of Faith Pentecostalism as a tool of Assimilation and Integration for Latino Immigrants’
Tony Tian-Ren Lin, University of Virginia, ttl6c@virginia.edu
E-2
Women / Ethnography -- A Group Discussion [SSSR/ RRA]
Buccanneer D
Co-Organizers and Conveners
James V. Spickard, University of Redlands, jim_spickard@redlands.
J. Shawn Landres, Synagogue 3000, shawn@synagogue3000.org
Panelists:
Rebecca Allahyari, School for American Research, allahyari@sarsf.org
Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University, wcadge@brandeis.edu
Amy Moff, Boston University, moff@bu.edu
Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, neitzm@missouri.edu
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E-3
Religious Communities and Politics [SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Fred Kniss, Loyola University Chicago fkniss@luc.edu
‘Religious Identification, Friendships with Coreligionists, and Catholics’ Political Orientations’
Paul Perl, Georgetown University, pmp2@georgetown.edu
‘Embattled on Both Sides: A Study of the Evangelical Left’
Jeremy Rhodes, Baylor University, jeremy_rhodes@baylor.edu
‘In Buddha We Trust: The Influence of Buddhism on Politics in the United States’
Buster Smith, Baylor University, Buster_Smith@Baylor.edu
‘Doctrine, Discussion and Disagreement: Evangelicals and Catholics Together in American Politics’
Carin Robinson, Georgetown University, cll23@georgetown.edu
E-4
Catholic Decline and Renewal [SSSR]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@adelphi.edu
‘Attempts of renewal among religious virtuosi: A Catholic experiment’
Luis Oviedo, Pontificia Universita Antonianum, loviedo@ofm.org
’More religious or more spiritual? Youth and religion in Aosta Valley’
Giuseppe Giordan, University of Valle d’Aosta, g.giordan@univda.it
‘Explaining Religious Growth and Decline: The Roman Catholic Church from 1955-2005’
Melissa J Wilde, University of Pennsylvania, mwilde@sas.upenn.edu
Kristin Geraty, Indiana University, kgeraty@indiana.edu
‘Factors of Catholic Decline’
Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@adelphi.edu
E-5
Global Growth of Mormons, Witnesses, and Adventists [SSSR/MSSA]
Garrison II
Organizers and Conveners
Henri Gooren, Utrecht University, h.p.p.gooren@theo.uu.nl
Rick Phillips, University of North Florida, richard.phillips@unf.edu
‘International Stagnation: Declining Mormon Growth Rates and Secularization’
Ryan Cragun, University of Tampa ryantcragun@gmail.com
‘Mormon Dilemmas in Nicaragua’
Henri Gooren, Utrecht University, h.p.p.gooren@theo.uu.nl
‘On the Political Economy of Mormon Growth’
David C. Knowlton, Utah Valley State College, knowltda@uvsc.edu
‘Comparing Further the Global Growth-Rates and Distributions of Adventists, Mormons, and Witnesses’
Ronald Lawson, Queens College CUNY, ronaldlawson1@verizon.net
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E-6
Psychological Types [SSSR]
Garrison III
Convener
Scott Forrest Grover, Fuller Theological Seminary, sf_grover@cp.fuller.edu
‘Mystical orientation and psychological type: an empirical study among guests staying at a Benedictine Abbey’
Leslie J. Francis, University of Wales, l.j.francis@bangor.ac.uk
‘Psychological profiling of Anglican clergy in England: employing Jungian typology to interpret diversity,
strengths, and potential weaknesses in ministry’
Mandy Robbins, University of Wales, m.robbins@bangor.ac.uk
‘Church tradition and psychological type preferences among Anglicans in England’
Andrew Village, University of Wales, a.village@bangor.ac.uk
E-7
Religion and Rational Choice # 2 [SSSR/ASREC]
Esplanade I
‘Greek Blood Sacrifice as Economic Regulation Hunt’
John Rundin, University of California - Davis, jsrundin@ucdavis.edu
‘Religious Cognition, Prisoner’s Dilemmas and The Stag Hunt’
Joseph Bulbulia,Victoria University of Wellington, joseph.bulbulia@vuw.ac.nz
‘Ambiguity and Religious Markets (or Religious Market Structure with Endogenous Beliefs)’
Zsolt Becsi, Southern Illinois University, becsi@siu.edu
‘TBA’
Azim Shariff, University of British Columbia, azim@psych.ubc.ca
E-8
Religious Firms and Markets [ASREC]
Esplanade II
‘Market Size, Market Structure, and Competition: Local Religious Markets in Nineteenth Century Scotland’
Robert I. Mochrie,Heriot-Watt University, r.I.mochrie@hw.ac.uk
John W. Sawkins, Heriot-Watt University,
Alexander U. Naumov, Heriot-Watt University
‘Free Riding, Market Structure, and Member Commitment in South Carolina Churches’
Brooks B. Hull,University of Michigan-Dearborn, bhull@umd.umich.edu
Jody Lipford, Presbyterian College, jlipford@mail.presby.edu
‘Performance Incentives and Contracts for Clergy Labor’
Becky Rosalius Haney,Oklahoma City University, bhaney@okcu.edu
‘A Model of Religious Investment to Explain the Success of “Megachurches”’
Marc von der Ruhr,St. Norbert College, marc.von-der-ruhr@snc.edu
Joseph P. Daniels, Marquette University,
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E-9
Religion, History, and Economic Development [ASREC]
Esplanade III
‘How the Medieval Church Fostered Cooperation, Built Institutions, and Contributed to the Economic Ascent of
Western Europe’
Charles North, Baylor University, charles_North@baylor.edu
Carl Gwin, Pepperdine University, carl.gwin@pepperdine.edu
‘The Afterlife as a Disciplinary Device: On Purgatory and the Credibility of Postmortem Prayers in Chantries’
Michael McBride, University of California-Irvine, mcbride@uci.edu
Gary Richardson, University of California-Irvine, garyr@uci.edu
‘Religion and Economic Development: Weber was Right!’
Robert Subrick, James Madison University, jsubrick@gmu.edu
‘Cultural Transformations and “Islamic Capitalism” in Malaysia from 1971 to the Present’
Ermin Sinanovic,United States Naval Academy, sinanovi@usna.edu
E-10
The New Organizational Ties that Bind [RRA]
Regency V
‘Networking Across Denominations in the Multicultural/Multiethnic Church Movement’
Kathleen Garces-Foley, Marymount University, garces.foley@marymount.edu
‘Multi-Site Church Overview: The Movement of Becoming One Church in Many Locations’
Warren Bird, Leadership Network, Warren.Bird@leadnet.org
‘Nondenominational Meets the “New Paradigm”: Black and White Church Characteristics’
Jacqueline Wenger, The Catholic University of America, jackie_w@comcast.net
‘Growing Up and Leaving Home: Megachurches That Depart Denominations’
Scott Thumma, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, sthumma@hartsem.edu
Adair Lummis, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, alummis@hartsem.edu
E-11
Denomination Identity Issues [RRA]
Regency VII
‘Congregational Types and Pentecostal Identity within the Assemblies of God’
Margaret M. Poloma, The University of Akron, mpoloma@uakron.edu
John C. Green, The University of Akron, green@uakron.edu
‘Archetypes and the American Baptist Churches’
C. Jeff Woods, Associate General Secretary, ABCUSA, Jeff.Woods@abc-usa.org
‘Continuity and change in a historic Anabaptist denomination: Church Member Profile 2006’
Ronald Burwell, Department of Sociology, Messiah College, rburwell@messiah.edu
‘Denominational Identity in the Church of the Nazarene’
Mark Mountain, Executive Pastor, West Flint Church of the Nazarene, themountains@comcast.net
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SATURDAY MORNING, 10:15-11:45
F-1
Special Thematic Session: Comparative Studies of Religion and Immigrant Incorporation [SSSR]
Regency V
Organizer and Chair
R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago, rswarner@uic.edu
‘Reconstructing Religions, Constructing Religious Pluralism: Evidence from Recent Second Generation Immigrants
to Canada’
Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, pbeyer@uottowa.ca
‘Islam and Immigration in Europe and in the United States: Discussion of the Congregational Model’
Jocelyne Cesari, Harvard University, jcesari@fas.harvard.edu
‘Faith Makes Us Live but Misery Divides Us: Haitian Catholics in Miami, Montreal and Paris,’
Margarita Mooney, University of North Carolina, margarita7@unc.edu
‘Immigrant Religions in New York: A Comparative-Historical Perspective’
José Casanova, New School for Social Research, Casanova@newschool.edu
F-2
Author Meets Critics [SSSR]
Regency VI
Faith in the Halls of Power by Michael Lindsay, OUP, Sept 2007
Organizer and Chair
Elaine Howard Ecklund, University at Buffalo, ehe@buffalo.edu
Panel Critics
W. Bradford Wilcox, University of Virginia, wbw7q@virginia.edu
Don Miller, University of Southern California, demiller@usc.edu
John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State University, jschmalzbauer@missouristate.edu
Nancy Ammerman, Boston University, nta@bu.edu
Response
Michael Lindsay, Rice University, mlindsay@rice.edu
F-3
Reviews of Theory and Research [SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Kevin Christiano, University of Notre Dame, Kevin.J.Christiano.1@nd.edu
‘The Work of Rodney Stark: An Updated Review of Research over the Last Two Decades’
William R. Garrett, Saint Michael’s College, wgarrett@smcvt.edu
‘Faith Development Theory: A Review of the Empirical Research’
Stephen Parker, Ph.D., Regent University, steppar@regent.edu
‘Church-Sect Theory: A Dialectical Conflict Approach’
Warren S. Goldstein, University of Central Florida, wgoldste@mail.ucf.edu
‘The theological bases of the sociology of religion: Max Weber and the Hebrew roots of western rationalism’
Renan Springer de Freitas, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil,
springer@netuno.lcc.ufmg.br
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F-4
Religion and Social Movements [SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener
Steve Offutt, Boston University soffut_1999@yahoo.com
‘Prophetic Leaders and How They Empower Their Congregations’
Kristeen L. Black., Drew University, Kblack@drew.edu
‘The Great Catholic Awakening: Rerum Novarum and the Origins of Catholic Social Action’
Christopher Pieper, University of Texas, Austin, cpieper@earthlink.net
‘Mahavira, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.: An Examination of the Jaina Influence on the United States’ Civil
Rights Movement’
Tim Helton, Drew University, tim@timhelton.com
F-5
Global Pentecostalism: Comparative Studies From Three Continents [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Organizer and Convener
Henri Gooren (Utrecht University, h.p.p.gooren@theo.uu.nl)
‘Global Pentecostalism: “Magical” or “Rational-Ethical” Religion? A case study of religious communities in Rural
Malawi’
Nicolette Manglos, University of Texas at Austin, mangolasa@yahoo.com
Andrea Henderson, University of Texas at Austin, andreakhenderson@yahoo.com
‘Spirits and Spouses: Women’s Agency in Brazilian Pentecostal Churches in Mozambique’
Linda van de Kamp, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, lj.van.de.kamp@fsw.vu.nl
The challenges of new media and transnational networks for the identity of local Pentecostal churches
Miranda Klaver, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, m.klaver@fsw.vu.nl
‘Spiritual and social gift exchange in African Angolan Pentecostalism’
Regien Smit, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, rjm.smit@fsw.vu.nl
F-6
Religious Otherness and Community Solidarity [SSSR]
Garrison III
Convener and Discussant
Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University, zablocki@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘Impression Management and Public Relations: A History of the Bruderhof Movement’s Obsession with Image’
Analena Bruce, University of Pittsburgh, analenab@yahoo.com
‘Donning Religion: Muslim and Sikh Experiences’
Shruti Devgan, Rutgers University, sdevgan@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘Up, down, and all around: how leaders in the Reclaiming movement negotiate attributions of glamour and
charisma’
Elizabeth Williamson, Rutgers University, ewilliamson@sociology.rutgers.edu
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F-7
Book Session: “Who Really Cares? America’s Charity Divide: Who Gives, Who Doesn’t, and Why It
Matters” [ASREC]
Esplanade I
“Discussant #1” - David Mustard, University of Georgia, mustard@terry.uga.edu
“Discussant #2” - Thomas M. Smith,University of Illinois at Chicago, tomsmith@uic.edu
“Discussant #3” - Daniel Hungerman,Notre Dame, dhungerm@nd.edu
“Response” - Arthur Brooks, Syracuse University, acbrooks@maxwell.syr.edu
F-8
Islamic Economics and the Economics of Islam [ASREC]
Esplanade II
‘Human capital development in social capital matrix perspective: A case study of Pakistan in emerging global
market’
Syed Akhter Hussain Shah, Pakistan Institute of Developmental Economics,
akhtar_hshah@yahoo.com
Eatzas Ahmed Quaid-I-Azam, University Islamabad Pakistan,
Muslehud Din, Pakistan Institute of Developmental Economics,
‘How ‘Islamic’ are Islamic Banks?’
Feisal Khan, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, khan@hws.edu
‘Why Are Economically Suboptimal Equilibria More Likely to Persist in the Islamic World than in the Christian
World?’
Jared Rubin,Stanford University, jrubin@stanford.edu
‘Value Change and Sustainable Moderation of Political Islam: Theory and Evidence from Turkey’
Murat Somer,Koc University, musomer@ku.edu.tr
F-9
ERel-Ed: Teaching Students the Economics of Religion [ASREC]
Esplanade III
‘ERel for graduate students’
Gary Richardson,University of California-Irvine, garyr@uci.edu
‘Teaching an large undergraduate ERel class’
Michael McBride,University of California-Irvine, mcbride@uci.edu
‘ERel as a topic for undergraduate microeconomics courses’
Robert Stonebraker, Winthrop College, stonebrakerr@winthrop.edu
‘ERel as an interdisciplinary field of study for PhD students’
Carmel Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago, cchis@uic.edu
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F-10
Research and Teaching Reports Honoring Our Mentor, James D. Davidson [RRA]
Regency VII
Organizer
Jerome R. Koch, Texas Tech University, Jerome.Koch@ttu.edu
Discussant
James D. Davidson, Purdue University
‘Teaching Sociology in the Bible Belt, Britain, and Beyond.’
Kevin Demmitt, Clayton University, kevindemmitt@clayton.edu
‘Beyond Academics: The ‘Pastoral’ Role of the Mentor.’
Charles Hall, Pepperdine University,.cfhall@pepperdine.edu
‘We Are Not Strippers: The Spiritual and Empowering Experiences of Belly Dancers.’
Rachel Kraus, Ball State University, rmkraus@bsu.edu
‘Comfortable collegiality, enduring encouragement, and an occasional kick in the butt.’
Alan Mock, Lakeland College, mocka@lakeland.edu
‘Religious Beliefs and Ethnic Prejudice.’
Ralph Pyle, Michigan State University, pyler@msu.edu
‘What the Hell Do a Nazarene and a Roman Catholic Have in Common?’
Mike Roberts, Eastern University, mroberts@eastern.edu
‘Organization men, social movements, and interviews: Living through the lens of a sociological imagination.’
Anthony Pogorelc, Catholic University of America, apogorelc@theologicalcollege.org
‘The Protestant Ethic and the Religious Tattoo’
Jerry Koch, Texas Tech University, Jerome.Koch@ttu.edu
F-11
Train up a Child – Raising Future Generations [RRA]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Asked Cynthia Woolever, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Woolever@hartsem.edu
‘Blind Faith: The Relationship Between Religious Socialization and Identity Formation in Adolescents of High
Tension Religion’
Stephen Armet, Notre Dame, sarmet@nd.edu
‘Comparison of Christian Children’s God-Concepts and Logical Thinking Ability’
Starrla Penick. Marriage Mentors, Starrla@gmail.com
Arminta Jacobson, University of North Texas, jacobson@unt.edu
‘Early Childhood Education in Congregations: Findings from a National Study’
Diana Garland, Baylor University, School of Social Work, Diana_Garland@baylor.edu
Jon Singletary, Center for Family and Community Ministires, Baylor University, School of
Social Work, Jon_Singletary@baylor.edu
Michael Sherr, Baylor University, School of Social Work, Michael_Sherr@baylor.edu
‘Religious Asphyxia: Do Structured Youth Programs Suffocate the Next Generation?’
Clinton M. Jenkin, Focus on the Family, clint.jenkin@fotf.org
James L. Dye, Focus on the Family
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Nate Mabe, Focus on the Family
12:00-1:00
ASREC ‘TANSTAAFL’ Luncheon (TBD)
12:00-1:00
RRA Business Meeting (TBD)
SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1:15-2:45
G-1
Spiritual Narratives in Everyday Life: Early Reports from the Field [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Organizer & Convener
Nancy T. Ammerman, Boston University nta@bu.edu
“Introducing the Project”
Nancy Ammerman, Boston University, nta@bu.edu
“Strong Agents, Strong Limits: Women in Latter Day Saints Communities”
Amy Moff, Boston University, moff@bu.edu
“Not Religious? Spiritual Narratives beyond Organized Religion”
Melissa Scardaville, Emory University, mscarda@emory.edu
“Times and Places: Locating Religious Action”
Roman Williams, Boston University, rrw@bu.edu
G-2
Race and Religious Communities [SSSR]
Regency V
Convener
Michael Emerson, Rice University, moe@rice.edu
‘Religion, Race and the New Asian Immigrants: Findings From the New Immigrant Survey 2003’
Jerry Z. Park, Baylor University, Jerry_park@baylor.edu
‘Denominational Differences in White Christian’s Attitudes about Racial Discrimination and Segregation’
R. Khari Brown, Wayne State University, kharib@wayne.edu
‘Why we are not Segregated?: What the Origin of Multiracial Churches Means to the Potential of Church Growth
and Corporate Identity?’
George Yancey, The University of North Texas, gyancey@unt.edu
‘Exploring Adolescent Social Ties and Attendance of Multiracial Congregations’
Carlos D. Tavares, University of Notre Dame, ctavares@nd.edu
G-3
Religious Freedom and Tolerance [SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Kevin R. den Dulk, Grand Valley State University, dendulk@gvsu.edu
‘Political correctness as the political expression of moral relativism’
Karen Cancinos, Francisco Marroquín University, Guatemala, karenc@ufm.edu.gt
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‘Particularism and Universalism: Elie Wiesel and Faith Identified with Being’
Frederick L. Downing, Valdosta State University, fldowning@valdosta.edu
‘Political Influences on Religious Freedom of Speech in Public Spaces: From Nation, to Court, to Community’
Elizabeth Martinez, University of Notre Dame, lizmartinez@nd.edu
‘Religious Liberty Success in the Federal Courts of Mainstream and Minority Religions’
Darryn Cathryn Beckstrom, UW- Madison, dbeckstrom@gmail.com
G-4
Religion Across and Within Generations [SSSR]
Regency VI
Conveners
Vern L. Bengtson, University of Southern California, bengtson@usc.edu
Donald E. Miller, University of Southern California, demiller@usc.edu
Norella M. Putney, University of Southern California, putneyh@usc.edu
‘Religious Change Within Families Across Generations: Family Trajectories and Then Generational Shift
Hypothesis’
Merril Silverstein, University of Southern California, merrils@usc.edu
Gary Horlacher, University of Southern California, ghorlach@usc.edu
‘Religious Transmission: A Qualitative Study of Value Transmission Across Generation’
Susan C. Harris, University of Southern California, scharris@usc.edu
Norella M. Putney, University of Southern California, putneyh@usc.edu
Petrice S. Oyama, University of Southern California, poyama@usc.edu
Vern L. Bengtson, University of Southern California, bengtson@usc.edu
‘Growing Apart and Coming Together: Similarities and Differences in Religiosity in Parent/Adult Child Dyad
Across the Life Course’
Lindsey A. Baker, University of Southern California, bakerl@usc.edu
Merril Silverstein, University of Southern California, merrils@usc.edu
‘A Generational Sequential Model of Family Structure and Religious Alienation’
Gary Horlacher, University of Southern California, ghorlach@usc.edu
Casey E. Copen, University of Southern California, ccopen@usc.edu
G-5
Intergroup Relations and Conflict [SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener
Carin Robinson, Georgetown University, cll123@georgetown.edu
‘U.S. attitudes toward individuals of perceived Middle Eastern religions before and after 9/11: a longitudinal study’
Morgan N. Green, University of Nevada, Reno
Jennifer S. Shoemaker, University of Nevada, Reno, JShoem@gmail.com
‘Korean Christian Zionism after 9/11: The Interface between Evangelical Fundamentalism and Religious
Nationalism’
Sung-Gun Kim, Seowon University, Korea, sgkim@seowon.ac.kr
‘Religion, Ethnicity, and Politics: Challenges of Conflict Prevention, Transformation, and National Reconciliation
in Uganda’
Deusdedit R.K. Nkurunziza PhD., Makerere University,Uganda, nkurunziza@hotmail.com
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‘Fatwa and Violence in Indonesia’
Luthfi Assyaukanie Ph.D, www.assyaukanie.com
G-6
Effects of Participation in New Religious Movements [SSSR/AASNR]
Garrison III
Organizer and Convener
Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University, Zablocki@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘Gender Differences in Long Term Response to a Cult Stimulus in Early Adulthood’
Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University, Zablocki@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘Psychological Abuse: Theoretical and Measurement Issues’
Michael Langone, International Cultic Studies Association, mail@icsamail.com
‘An assessment of the relationship between spiritual capital, anomalous experiences and meditation practices’
Elizabeth Williamson, Rutgers University, ewilliamson@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘Changing self-perceptions of José Luis de Jesús Miranda founder of the new religious movement Creciendo en
Gracia’
Susan M. Setta, Northeastern University, s.setta@neu.edu
G-7
Religion and Economy [SSSR/ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener
Mark Chaves, Duke University, mac58@soc.duke.edu
‘Faith-Based Organizations and Federal Dollars: More God for your Buck?’
Molly A. Martinez, Yale University, molly.martinez@yale.edu
‘Casino Development – Sin or Savior? Situating Economic Behavior in Religious Context’
Tracey L. Farrigan, PhD, Economic Research Service, US Dept. of Agriculture,
tfarrigan@ers.usda.gov
‘Max Weber and Islam: The Paradox of Economic Development in Islamic Societies’
Ayman Reda, Grand Valley State University, redaa@gvsu.edu
‘(Mis)marketing policy: How megachurch growth has changed American politics’
Mara Einstein, Queens College, CUNY, mara.einstein@qc.cuny.edu
G-8
The Religious Factor in Contemporary American Political Conflict [SSSR/ASREC]
Esplanade II
Convener
Laura Olson,Clemson University, laurao@clemson.edu
‘A ‘Sophisticated’ Prejudice: Anti-Christian Fundamentalism in Contemporary America’
Louis Bolce,Baruch College, Louis_Bolce@baruch.cuny.edu
Gerald De Maio, Baruch College, Gerald_Demaio@baruch.cuny.edu
‘The Changing Face of Politicized Anti-Catholicism’
J. Matthew Wilson,Southern Methodist University, jmwilson@smu.edu
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‘Religion in Congress Revisited’
James L. Guth,Furman University, jim.guth@furman.edu
‘Religion, Liberalism and Incommensurable Norms’
Robert T. Miller,Villanova University School of Law, miller@law.villanova.edu
G-9
International Patterns of Religious Affiliation and Participation [ASREC]
Esplanade III
‘A Terrible Beauty is Born: Exploring the Relationship Between Changing Religious Attributes and Emerging Social
Attitudes in Europe’
Michael J. Breen, University of Limerick, michael.breen@mic.ul.ie
‘Changing Religious Identification in Australia and New Zealand’
Sarah King-Hele, University of Manchester
David Voas, University of Manchester, voas@man.ac.uk
‘Rational Choice and its Discontents: A Latin American Case Study’
Janet Kragt Bakker, The Catholic University of America, 71bakker@cua.edu
‘Triangulating the World’s Most Dynamic Religious Market: Africa’
Brian J. Grim, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, bgrim@pewforum.org
G-10
Religious Participation in Context: Congregations and Their Communities [RRA]
Regency VII
Organizers/Conveners
Deborah Bruce, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), dbruce@ctr.pcusa.org
Cynthia Woolever, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Hartford Seminary, woolever@hartsem.edu
‘Using Attender Responses from the National Church Life Survey to Measure Social Capital in Australian Catholic
Parishes.’
Robert Dixon, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, bob.dixon@ppo.catholic.org.au
‘Measuring a Match: Methodological Challenges of Putting Worshipers in Context’
Cynthia Woolever, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Hartford Seminary
woolever@hartsem.edu
‘Inviting Others: A Profile of Those Who Do and Those Who Don't’
Deborah Bruce, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), dbruce@ctr.pcusa.org
‘The Episcopal Congregational Life Survey: What 45,000 Episcopalians Are Telling Us’
Kirk Hadaway, Episcopal Church Foundation, khadaway@episcopalchurch.org
Matthew Price, Church Pension Group, mprice@cpg.org
‘Faith Sharing in English Congregations’
Phillip Escott, Manchester University, phillip.escott@ntlworld.com
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G-11 Authors Meet Critics Session: American Catholics Today: New Realities of Their Faith and Their
Church [RRA]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Dean Hoge, Catholic University of America, Hoge@cua.edu
Authors:
William D'Antonio, Catholic University of America dantonio@cua.edu
James Davidson, Purdue University davidsoj@purdue.edu
Dean Hoge, Catholic University of American hoge@cua.edu
Mary Gautier, CARA, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University
gautierm@georgetown.edu
Critics:
Kevin Christiano, University of Notre Dame, Kevin.J.Christiano.1@nd.edu
Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis pwittber@iupui.edu
Barry Kosmin, Trinity College, Hartford, CT Barry.Kosmin@trincoll.edu
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 3:00-4:30
H-1
Bricks and Bridges: Developing Inter-Disciplinary Infrastructure in the Cognitive Science of
Religion [SSSR]
Buccanneer A
Conveners
Karen Walsh Wyman, North American Science and Religion Foundation, kwyman@nasarf.org
Brian H. McCorkle, PhD. Danielsen Institute at Boston University, mccorkle@bu.edu
‘Keeping ‘Science’ in Cognitive Science of Religion: Needs of the Field’
Justin Barrett, Ph.D., Oxford, justin.barrett@anthro.ox.ac.uk
’Some reflections on where (and how) we stand: The importance of individual differences’
Brian H. McCorkle, PhD. Danielsen Institute at Boston University, mccorkle@bu.edu
‘Growing the Field: Looking Forward, Looking Back’,
E. Thomas Lawson, Ph.D., Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, t.lawson@qub.ac.uk
Paul Wason, Science and Religion Director, John Templeton Foundation, pwason@templeton.org.
H-2
Transnational and Global Concerns [SSSR]
Regency V
Convener
Jocelyne Cesari, Harvard University, jcesari@fas.harvard.edu
‘Yes, The Subaltern Can Speak! Everyday Resistance of the Urban Poor in Latin America’
Stephen Armet, University of Notre Dame, sarmet@nd.edu
‘Diversions and oddities: religion as depicted in online news’
Joyce Smith, Ryerson University, Canada, j1smith@ryerson.ca
Abby Goodrum, Ryerson University, Canada
‘Of Manners, Morals and Modernity: Cosmopolitan Desires and the Christian Project of Self-making in
Contemporary China’
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Nanlai Cao, The Australian National University, Nanlai.cao@anu.edu.au
‘Syncretism, “Creolization,” and Juxtaposition: Notes on the Interpenetration of New World Religions’
Stephen D. Glazier, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sglaz1234@aol.com
H-3
Religion in South Africa [SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Jan Bisschoff, University of Pretoria, biskop@mweb.co.za
‘The Congregational Life Survey in a South African church: strengths and weaknesses’
Kobus Schoeman, University of Pretoria, wjs@mweb.co.za
‘“Seven giants” challenges the new democracy in South Africa: a quest for commitment and the development of
capacity by the Dutch Reformed Church’
Jan Bisschoff, University of Pretoria, biskop@mweb.co.za
‘Changing perceptions of churches as welfare agents in the new South Africa’
Johannes C Erasmus, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, egdn@sun.ac.za
H-4
Contemporary Faith Organizations [SSSR/ RRA]
Ybor Room
Convener
Ryan T. Cragun, University of Tampa, ryantcragun@gmail.com
‘The Demography of Conservative Protestant Congregations’
Conrad Hackett, Princeton University, conradhackett@gmail.com
‘The Sociological Construction of Contemporary Evangelicalism’
Kevin D. Dougherty, Baylor University, Kevin_Dougherty@baylor.edu
Byron Johnson, Baylor University, Byron_Johnson@baylor.edu
Jared Maier, Baylor University, Jared_Maier@baylor.edu
‘Small Groups on a Big Stage: The Paradox of Conservatism in a Rock and Roll Church’
Karen Macke, Syracuse University, kemacke@maxwell.syr.edu
‘The Challenges of Leadership Transition in Megachurches’
Sheila Strobel Smith, Luther Seminary, s3smith@comcast.net
H-5
Religion, Politics, and the Individual [SSSR]
Buccanneer D
Convener
James L. Guth, Furman University , jim.guth@furman.edu
‘Religion and Diffuse Support for Government’
Kevin R. den Dulk, Grand Valley State University, dendulkk@gvsu.edu
‘Faith, Politics, and the Life Story’
Michelle Albaugh, Northwestern University, m-albaugh@northwestern.edu
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‘American Republican Religion: disentangling the causal link between partisan identities and religious commitment
in US politics’
Stratos Patrikios, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, e.patrikios@strath.ac.uk
‘Mormons and the State: LDS Politics and Identity’
Michael Nielsen, Georgia Southern University, mnielsen@georgiasouthern.edu
Barry Balleck, Georgia Southern University, bballeck@georgiasouthern.edu
H-6
Theory and Methods [SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener
Stephen Parker, Regent University, steppar@regent.edu
‘Theologically correct survey questions’
Charles Kadushin, Brandeis University, Kadushin@brandeis.edu
‘Understanding Religious Experience in an Interdisciplinary and International Context’
Louis Hoffman, Colorado School of Professional Psychology, hoffman@cospp.edu
Glen Moriarty, Regent University, glenmor@regent.edu
‘Researching religion amongst the non-religious’
Abby Day, University of Sussex, UK, afday@btinternet.com
‘Giving, Getting and Religion’
Karen Monique Gregg, University of Notre Dame, kgregg@nd.edu
H-7
ASREC Presidential Address
Esplanade I, II, III
‘Introduction’
Anthony Gill, Univerisity of Washington, tgill@u.washington.edu
‘Faithful Measures: Toward Improving Religion Metrics’
Roger Finke, Penn State University, rfinke@psu.edu
H-8
Religion and Social Action [SSSR]
Garrison III
Convener
Corwin Smidt, Calvin College, smid@calvin.edu
‘Seventh-day Adventism and Social Action’
Dr Kenneth G.C. Newport, Liverpool Hope University, UK, knewport@hope.ac.uk
‘The Effect of Premillennialist Theology on Attitudes toward Social and Economic Justice’
Ashley E. Palmer-Boyes, Baylor University, a_palmer@baylor.edu
‘Creative Mennonite Engagement of (both) Tradition and Politics’
Christopher Morrissey, University of Notre Dame, Cmorris1@nd.edu
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‘Congregational Youth Mentoring: Implications for Communities and Professional Social Work’
Katy Tangenberg, Ph.D., Azusa Pacific University, ktangenberg@apu.edu
H-9
Clergy Leadership and Theology [RRA]
Regency VI
Convener
Paula Nesbitt University of California, Berkeley, pnesbitt@berkeley.edu
‘The effects of clergy peer groups on creativity and theological depth’
Penny Long Marler, Samford University, plmarler@samford.edu
Charles E. Stokes, University of Texas
‘(Re)Emerging Theologies of Discernment: Ministry Student Perceptions and Practices’
Dennis J. Horton, Baylor University, dennis_horton@baylor.edu
‘The Power of “Micro-Theology:” How Liberal, Moderate, Traditional and Conservative Eastern Orthodox Priests
Shape the Lives of their Parishes.’
Alexei D. Krindatch, Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (Graduate Theological Union),
Akrindatch@aol.com
‘By What Authority?: How Clergy Understand Their Authority to Lead’
Jackson W. Carroll, Duke University Divinity School, jcarroll@div.duke.edu
5:30-6:30
SSSR Presidential Plenary
Regency Ballroom
6:30-7:15
Reception and Cash Bar
Regency Foyer
7:30-9:00
SSSR Banquet and Award Ceremony
Regency Ballroom
9:00-11:00
ASREC Evening Social # 2
TBD
SUNDAY MORNING, November 4
7:00
RRX Breakfast
TBD
Sunday Morning, 8:30-10:00
I-1
A Roundtable on Religion in the 2006 and 2008 Elections [SSSR]
Regency V
Convener
Laura R. Olson, Clemson University, laurao@clemson.edu
Participants:
Franklyn C. Niles, John Brown University, fniles@jbu.edu
Laura R. Olson, Clemson University, laurao@clemson.edu
Corwin E. Smidt, Calvin College, smid@clemson.edu
J. Matthew Wilson, Southern Methodist University, jmwilson@mail.smu.edu
I-2
Forms and challenges of secularism and irreligion in a religious world [SSSR]
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Buccanneer A
Organizer
Frank L. Pasquale, flpasquale@comcast.net
Convener
Barry A. Kosmin, ISSSC, Trinity College, barry.kosmin@trincoll.edu
Respondent/discussant
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Ralph-Hood@utc.edu
'The secularization of the American Sunday'
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa, Israel benny@psy.haifa.ac.il
Ariela Keysar, ISSSC, Trinity College, ariela.keysar@trincoll.edu
‘Secularization as Innovation: The Spread of Religious Independence in the U.S.’
Ryan T. Cragun, University of Tampa, ryantcragun@gmail.com
'Making choices to meet my needs: Religion and the construction of personal identity among un-churched parents
in America'
Christel Manning, Sacred Heart University, ManningC@sacredheart.edu,
Stefanie Toise, Clark University
'Varieties of nonreligious experience: Patterns of thought, attitude, and action among secular group affiliates in the
Pacific Northwest'
Frank L. Pasquale, ISSSC, Trinity College, flpasquale@comcast.net
I-3
Religion and LGBTQ Concerns [SSSR]
Regency VI
Convener
Karen Macke, Syracuse University, kemacke@maxwell.syr.edu
‘The Dutch Reformed Church and homosexuality: a theological and sociological perspective’
Jan Bisschoff, University of Pretoria, biskop@mweb.co.za
‘Motivations of Straight Allies in Open and Affirming Congregations’
Jeffrey Smith, University of Notre Dame, revjeffreysmith@gmail.com
“‘No Big Jihad’: Australian Queer Muslims’ Strategies for Acceptance”
Ibrahim Abraham, Monash University, Ibrahim.Abraham@arts.monash.edu.au
‘Seeking Change in Atlantic Canada: The Attitudes of Roman Catholic Ordination Activists on Gay and Lesbian
Rights’
Britt Bauman, Acadia University, brittbauman@rogers.com
I-4
Russian Orthodoxy in Socio-Cultural Context [SSSR]
Garrison I
Organizer and Convener
Jerry G. Pankhurst, Wittenberg University, jpankhurst@wittenberg.edu
‘Re-reading Alaskan Church History: An Anthropologist's Perspective.’
Nina Shultz, American Theological Library Association, ninashultz@comcast.net
‘Religious Intolerance towards the Jews in Russia.’
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Vyacheslav Karpov, Western Michigan University, v.karpov@wmich.edu
Elena Lisovskaya, Western Michigan University, elena.lisovskaya@wmich.edu
‘Teaching (about) Religion in Post-Atheist Russian Schools: Exploring the Discord and Intolerance among
Orthodox Christians and Muslims.’
Elena Lisovskaya, Western Michigan University, elena.lisovskaya@wmich.edu
‘Phenomenological Dimensions of Russian Orthodox Faith and Practice’
Jerry G. Pankhurst, Wittenberg University, jpankhurst@wittenberg.edu
I-5
Religion and Adolescence [SSSR]
Buccanneer D
‘Religiosity and Delinquency: Does Religiosity Predict Change in Delinquency over Time?’
Scott A. Desmond, Purdue University, sdesmond@purdue.edu
‘Adolescence and Social Algorithms: Why Religion Works’
Candace S. Alcorta, Ph.D,.University of Connecticut, candace.alcorta@uconn.edu
‘Region, Religion, Race and Adolescent Sexual Activity’
Amy M. Burdette, The University of Texas at Austin, burdamy@prc.utexas.edu
Margaret L. Vaaler, The University of Texas at Austin
Christopher G. Ellison, The University of Texas at Austin
‘Spiritual Fruit in YoungLife Late Adolescents: Evidence from Testimonies’
Justin L. Barrett, University of Oxford, Justin.barrett@anthro.ox.ac.uk
I-6
Workshop: Group Evolution [NAASR/SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener and Chair
Luther H. Martin, The University of Vermont, luther.martin@uvm.edu
“How Religious Organizations Evolve in Free Societies”
Presentation and Discussion with Peter J. Richerson, Department of
Environmental Science and Policy, University of California,
Davis; co-author of Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Evolution,
pjricherson@ucdavis.edu
I-7
Religion and Identity [ASREC]
Esplanade I
‘Hostile Territory: High-tension Religion and the Jewish Peddler’
Colleen E.H. Berndt,San Hose State University, colleen.berndt@sjsu.edu
‘Identity, Collective Beliefs, and the Allocation of Resources’
Thomas D. Jeitschko,Michigan State University, jeitschk@msu.edu
Seamus O’Connell, Maynooth College, seamus.g.oconnell@may.ie
Rowena A. Pecchenino, Michigan State University, rowenap@msu.edu
‘Rational Choice Meets School Choice in the Jewish Community: The Case of Jewish Day Schools’
Bruce A. Phillips,Hebrew Union College, bphillips@huc.edu
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‘Private School Choice: The Effects of Religious Affiliation and Participation’
Danny Cohen-Zada,Ben-Gurion University, danoran@bgu.ac.il
William Sander, DePaul University,
I-8
Rational Critiques of the Rational Choice Approach [ASREC]
Esplanade II
‘Some Issues for the Normative Economic Analysis of Religion’
Scot M. Peterson,Oxford, scot.peterson@politics.ox.ac.uk
Richard A. Povey, Oxford--St. Edmund Hall, richard.povey@she.ox.ac.uk
‘Public Reason as a Discursive System’
Fred Frohock,University of Miami, ffrohock@maxwell.syr.edu
I-9
Author Meets Critics: Peter Beyer Religion in A Global Society [SSSR/RRA]
Regency VI
Organizer and Convener
James V. Spickard, University of Redlands jim_spickard@redlands.edu
Critics:
José Casanova, New School for Social Research, casanova@newschool.edu
Joseph Tamney, Ball State University, tamneyj@aol.com
Gary Bouma, Monash University, gary.bouma@arts.monash.edu.au
Tekle Woldemikael, Chapman University, woldemik@chapman.edu
1-10
Parish Transitions in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston -- [SSSR/RRA]
Regency VII
Convener
Brian McCorkle, Boston University, mccorkle@bu.edu
‘Historical Context of Parish Transitions in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston’.
James Burns, Boston University, jpburns@bu.edu
Brian McCorkle, Boston University, mccorkle@bu.edu
Aimee Radom, Boston University, aradom@bu.edu
Paul Thayer, Boston University, pthayer@wheelock.edu
‘Adult Parishioners Telling Their Stories’
Brian McCorkle, Boston University, mccorkle@bu.edu
James Burns, Boston University, jpburns@bu.edu
Aimee Radom, Boston University, aradom@bu.edu
Paul Thayer, Boston University, pthayer@wheelock.edu
‘Clergy Resilience and Burnout in the Face of Adversity’
Brian McCorkle, Boston University, mccorkle@bu.edu
James Burns, Boston University, jpburns@bu.edu
Sarah Whitman, Boston University, sjw@bu.edu
‘How Adolescents Understand and Cope with Parish Transitions’
Paul Thayer, Boston University, pthayer@wheelock.edu
Brian McCorkle, Boston University, mccorkle@bu.edu
Aimee Radom, Boston University, aradom@bu.edu
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‘How Lay Adult Parishioners Access and Employ Positive Coping Strategies During Parish Transitions’
Aimee Radom, Boston University, aradom@bu.edu
Brian McCorkle, Boston University, mccorkle@bu.edu
Paul Thayer, Boston University, pthayer@wheelock.edu
I-11
Order of Christ Sophia, A New Religious Movement Evolving [RRA]
Garrison III
Organizer and Convener
Jim Lewis, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Jim.Lewis@uwsp.edu
New Data on Who Joins NRMs and Why: A Case Study of the Order of Christ Sophia
Jim Lewis, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Jim.Lewis@uwsp.edu
From “Cult” to Church: The Maturation of a NRM
Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, sthumma@hartsem.edu
In Their Own Words - Attitudes and Values of two New Religious Movements.
Barbara Johnson, Center of Light, Kansas City, revbarbara@gmail.com
Intelligence, Personality, and Pathology in Members of a New Religious Movement: A Study of the Order of Christ
Sophia
Lucille Cozzolino, California Institute of Integral Studies, revlucille@yahoo.com
Mary Francis Drake, Boston University, revmaryfrancis@yahoo.com
SUNDAY MORNING, 10:15-11:45
J-1
Health and Well-Being: Research on Therapeutic Religiosity [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
Jenny Trinitapoli, Arizona State University, jenny.trinitapoli@asu.edu
‘Modeling Religion and Well-Being: The Role of Group Norms’
R. David Hayward, University of Nevada, Reno, haywardr@unr.nevada.edu
Marta Elliott, University of Nevada, Reno, melliott@unr.edu
‘Essential Performances: Creative Engagement Marriage of the New Priests and the Old’
Kathleen E. Jenkins, The College of William and Mary, kejenk@wm.edu
‘The Lazarus Project: The Beginning of a Longitudinal Study of Spiritual Transformation in a Faith-based
Rehabilitation Program’
W. Paul Williamson, Henderson State University, williaw@hsu.edu
R. W. Hood, Jr., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Ralph-Hood@utc.edu
‘Dealing with mental illness in pastoral care: clergy and their explanatory models’
Gerard Leavey Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London,
Gerard.Leavey@beh-mht.nhs.uk
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J-2
Cognitive Science of Religion: Historical and evolutionary studies [NAASR/SSSR]
Garrison I
Chair
Luther H. Martin, The University of Vermont
‘The Cognitive Basis for Divination’
Anders Lisdorf, University of Copenhagen, andersl@hum.ku.dk
‘Anthropomorphism, Niche Construction, and Morality’
Joseph Bulbulia, Victoria University of Wellington, jospeh.bulbulia@gmail.com
‘From Apes to Devils and Angels” Comparing Scenarios on the Evolution of Religion’
Armin Geertz, Aarhus University, awg@teo.au.dk
‘Evolutionary Forces Acting on Religion in the United States’
Peter Richerson, University of California, Davis, pjricherson@ucdavis.edu
J-3
Religion in Latin America [SSSR]
Buccanneer A
Organizer and convener
Henri Gooren, Utrecht University, h.p.p.gooren@theo.uu.nl
‘Looking for Lupe: Locating the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico’s Religious Economy’
Andrew Chesnut, University of Houston, andrew.chesnut@mail.uh.edu
‘Masculinity in Mexican evangelical recorded music’
Carlos Garma Navarro, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, ganc@xanum.uam.mx
‘The Churches in Nicaragua’
Henri Gooren, Utrecht University, h.p.p.gooren@theo.uu.nl
‘The Religion and the Car’s Baptism: Secularism, Disenchantment and Re-Enchantment in Copacabana, Bolivia.’
David C. Knowlton, Utah Valley State College, knowltda@uvsc.edu
J-4
Faith and the Internet [SSSR/RRA]
Regency V
Convener
Lynn Clark, University of Colorado, Lynn.Clark@Colorado.edu
‘Virtual Church: Alternative or Supplement?’
Marjorie H. Royle, Ph.D., Clay Pots Research, maaemba@verizon.net
Andrew Lang, United Church of Christ, langa@ucc.org
‘Where “Religious Tolerance” Enters the Conversation: The Everyday Politics of Negotiating Respect for Other
People’s Beliefs’
Alicia Juskewycz, Princeton University, ajusk@princeton.edu
‘Find a Good Christian Girl”: Exploring the Social/Demographic Characteristics of Those who are Willing to
Form Interfaith Romantic Relationships’
Kimberly Banks, The University of North Texas, kab0290@unt.edu
George Yancey, The University of North Texas, gyancey@unt.edu
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‘Predictors of Online Browsing by Mormons’
Michael Nielsen, Georgia Southern University, mnielsen@georgiasouthern.edu
Meryem Sevinc, Georgia Southern University, meryem_s_sevinc@georgiasouthern.edu
J-5
Uses of Emotion in Megachurches [SSSR]
Regency VI
Organizer and Convener
Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, neitzm@missouri.edu
‘Understanding Emotion in Congregational Contexts’
Mary Jo Neitz, neitzm@missouri.edu
‘Small Groups in Big Churches: How Megachurhes Solve the "Span-of-Care" Problem for Their Members’
Nancy Martin, University of Arizona, nmartin@email.arizona.edu
‘Music and Emotion in Seeker-Oriented Ritual Practice’
Kevin McElmurry, University of Missouri, Klm143@Mizzou.edu
‘Reflections on the Forms and Emotions of Loss in an Evangelical Context’
Karen Bradley, University of Central Missouri, kbradley@ucmo.edu
J-6
Issues of Gender Inequality [SSSR]
Regency VII
Convener
Joy Charlton, Swarthmore College, jcharlt1@swarthmore.edu
“Attitudes about Gender and Authority: Catholic differentiation of religious and secular spheres”
Farha Ternikar, PhD, Le Moyne College
Frank Ridzi PhD, Le Moyne College
Matthew T. Loveland PhD, Le Moyne College, lovelam@lemoyne.edu
“Gender Equality and Religion: Developing a Cross-National Model”
Anne M. Price, The Ohio State University, Price.559@osu.edu
Katherine Meyer, The Ohio State University
“Islamic Religiosity, Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Attitudes”
Alessandra L. González, Baylor University, Alessandra_Gonzalez@baylor.edu
“Debates within Contemporary Movements that Seek the Ordination of Roman Catholic Women”
Britt Baumann, Acadia University, brittbaumann@rogers.edu
J-7
Religious Practices [SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener
William Swatos, Executive Officer, Religious Research Association, bill4329@hotmail.com
‘Inward, Outward, Upward Prayer: The Psychological Role of Artifacts in Religion’
Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University, kladd@iusb.edu
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Meleah L. Ladd, University of Notre Dame, mladd@nd.edu
E. James Baesler. Old Dominion University, jbaesler@odu.edu
Johan Modée, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden, johanmodee@yahoo.se
‘Tourist and Pilgrim, Preacher and Teacher: The Role of Religious Tourism in the Development of Cultural
Identities’
Sarah Bill Schott, Loyola University, sschott@luc.edu
‘“Give me that new old-time religion” - Passing on the Faith at Ocean Grove’
Laura M. Leming, University of Dayton, leming@udayton.edu
‘“You Need Not Wash My Feet": Examining the Decline of Footwashing and Physicality in Mennonite Communion
Rituals’
Robert Brenneman, University of Notre Dame, rbrennem@nd.edu
J-8
Religion and Ethnicity [SSSR]
Buccanneer B
Convener
Stephen M. Cherry, University of Texas, Austin, scherry@flash.net
“‘Secular Judaism?’ The Empirical Evidence”
Bruce A. Phillips, Hebrew Union College, BPhillips@huc.edu
‘The Role of Religion and Culture in the Location of the Individual in Society: The Case of American Jewry”
Sam Richardson, University of Connecticut, samr@uconn.edu
‘Neither Greek Nor Jew Nor Korean?: Shifting Ethnic Boundaries Within Korean American Churches’
Sharon Kim, California State University, Fullerton, sharonkim@fullerton.edu
J-9
Empirical Studies of Religious Participation [ASREC]
Esplanade I
‘Moving on Over: Geographic Mobility as a Predictor of Switching and Attendance Frequency in American
Religion’
Christopher Born,The Catholic University of America, 29born@cua.edu
‘Local Culture and the Maintenance and Transmission of Religious Practice’
David Voas,University of Manchester, voas@manchester.ac.uk
Daniel V.A. Olson, Purdue University,
‘Measuring Religious Commitment and Secularization Through Time-Use Data’
Ariela Keysar,Trinity College, ariela.keysar@trincoll.edu
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa,
Barry Kosmin, Trinity College,
‘Praying for a Recession: The Business Cycle and Protestant Church Growth in the United States’
David Beckworth,Andrews University, dmb@andrews.edu
J-10
Economics of Religion 2 [ASREC]
Esplanade II
‘Subjective and objective measures of religiosity and fertility choices’
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Alicia Adsera, Princeton University, adsera@Princeton.edu
‘Looking Backward: Reconstructing Religious History with Retrospective Data’
Laurence Iannaccone, George Mason University, larry@econzone.com
‘A study of indepdendent church websites’
Chris Bader, Baylor University, Christopher_Bader@baylor.edu
J-11
International Issues [RRA]
Buccanneer C
Convener
Alexey Krindatch Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (Graduate Theological Union),
Akrindatch@aol.com
Sources of Religious Freedom and Non-Freedom
Robert L. Montgomery, Rmontgo914@aol.com www.sompsite.com
‘From standardization to consumer adaptation
The logic of service society - consequences and challenges for church management’
Per Pettersson, Karlstad University, Sweden, Per.Pettersson@kau.se
‘Multi-Secularity Disorder: The Many Faces of European Secularity’
Brian N. Hewlett, University of Arizona, bhewlett@email.arizona.edu
‘The Empire Strikes Back: The Role of The Primates and Bishops of the Global South in the Realignment of The
Episcopal Church in the United States.’
Dana Fenton, Lehman College, CUNY, ddfen@juno.com
J-12
Tensions within Denominations [RRA]
Buccanneer D
Convener
Laura R. Olson, Clemson University, laurao@clemson.edu
‘Reproducing the Faith: Comparing Fertility between Mainline and Evangelical Protestants’
Jack Marcum, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), jmarcum@ctr.pcusa.org
‘Religiosity, Fundamentalism, Deviance, and Body Art.’
Jerome R. Koch, Texas Tech University, Jerome.Koch@ttu.edu
Alden E. Roberts, Texas Tech University, alden.roberts@ttu.edu
Myrna L. Armstrong, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
myrna.armstrong@ttuhsc.edu
Donna C. Owen, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, donna.owen@ttuhsc.edu
‘Polarization or Cooperation? The Class Basis of U.S. Religious Congregations’
Perry Chang, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Research Services, pchang@ctr.pcusa.org
Ida J. Smith-Williams, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Research Services, ismithwi@ctr.pcusa.org
‘Sociocultural Influences Weakening the Biblical Worldview of Christians: A Review of Extant Literature and other
Resources’
Raamses Rider, Focus on the Family, raamses.rider@fotf.org
Shelby Chillion, Focus on the Family, shelby.chillion@fotf.org
Lisa Herrera-Hodges, Focus on the Family, lisa.hodges@fotf.org
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Meeting Adjourns at 11:45 after final sessions
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