SSSR/RRA 2014 in Indianapolis Paper Session Schedule V4
Period A: Friday October 31, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Sessions:
A-1. SSSR: Author Meets Critic: The Deconstructed Church:
Understanding Emerging Christianity, by Gerardo Marti and Gladys Ganiel (Oxford
University Press, 2014)
Room:
Room 103
Organizer:
Mark Killian, Whitworth University
(mkillian@whitworth.edu)
Convener:
Mark Killian, Whitworth University
(mkillian@whitworth.edu)
Discussant: Gerardo Marti, Davidson College
(gemarti@davidson.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Critic
Presenter: James Bielo, Miami University
(bielojs@miamioh.edu)
Keywords: Emerging Church, Evangelicalism,
Religion in Western Europe
SSSR: Critic
Presenter: Josh Packard, University of Northern
Colorado (Josh.Packard@unco.edu)
Keywords: Emerging Church, Evangelicalism,
Religion in Western Europe
SSSR: Critic
Presenter: Jason Wollschleger, Whitworth
University (jwollschleger@whitworth.edu)
Keywords: Emerging Church, Evangelicalism,
Religion in Western Europe
SSSR: Critic
Presenter: Mathew Guest, Durham University
(m.j.guest@durham.ac.uk)
Keywords: Emerging Church, Evangelicalism,
Religion in Western Europe
A-2. RRA: A Methodology for estimating the Catholic Population: What
Have We Learned after 25 Years?
Room:
Room 104
Organizer:
(mcieslak@rockforddiocese.org)
Convener:
(stephen_fichter@hotmail.com)
Discussant:
(rcms2010@comcast.net)
Michael Cieslak, Diocese of Rockford
Stephen Fichter , CARA at Georgetown University
Clifford Grammich, Glenmary Research Center
Papers:
RRA: Estimating the Catholic population: " . . . a long
standing and complicated question"
Presenter: Michael Cieslak, Diocese of Rockford
(mcieslak@rockforddiocese.org)
Keywords: Catholicism, population, applied
research
RRA: Learning from Counting: What we wished we had
known then but know now about counting Catholics
Presenter: Mary Beth Celio, Catholic Archdiocese
of Seattle (marybethc@seattlearch.org)
Keywords: Catholics, counting, demographics
RRA: The Future of Religious Identification: Can big data
and metadata approaches help ?
Presenter: Jeff Rexhausen, Economics Center, Univ.
of Cincinnati (jeff.rexhausen@uc.edu)
Keywords: survey methods, metadata, religious
identification
RRA: What best predicts Mass attendance rates?
Presenter: Robert Dixon , Australian Catholic
Bishops Conference and Australian Catholic University (r.dixon@pro.catholic.org.au)
Keywords: Catholic Church (Australia), Mass
attendance, parishes
A-3. RRA: Changing Relationships Between Religion and Society in
Guatemala
Room:
Organizer:
Room 105
Christopher L. Chiappari, St. Olaf College
(chiappar@stolaf.edu)
Convener:
(gooren@oakland.edu)
Henri Gooren, Oakland University
Papers:
RRA: Refashioning evangelical political engagement
through religious radio in a K'iche' community
Presenter: Robin Shoaps, University of Alaska
(rashoaps@alaska.edu)
Keywords: Media, Pentecostals, Guatemala
RRA: Unless the Lord Builds: Examining Building
Vernaculars Using Religious Guatemala as a Case Study
Presenter: Robert Brenneman, St. Michael's College
(rbrenneman@smcvt.edu)
Keywords: religious buildings, religious
communities, Guatemala
RRA: Interpreting Maya Spirituality in Guatemala in Light
of the "New" Animism
Presenter: Chris Chiappari, St. Olaf College
(chiappar@stolaf.edu)
Keywords: animism, Maya spirituality, Guatemala
RRA: Trickster gods and Pentecostals in Guatemala
Presenter: Virginia Garrard-Burnett, University of
Texas, Austin (garrard@austin.utexas.edu)
Keywords: Pentecostalism, Maya religion,
vernacular hermeneutics
A-4. RRA: Research perspectives on the Church of England I
Room:
Room 108
Organizer:
Andrew Village , York St. John University
(a.village@yorksj.ac.uk)
Convener:
Mandy Robbins, Glyndwr University
(m.robbins@glyndwr.ac.uk )
Papers:
RRA: Praying on-line with the Church of England
Presenter: Tania ap Sion, University of Warwick
(t.apsion@glyndwr.ac.uk)
Keywords: Anglican Church, Clergy, Church
Growth
RRA: Who goes to Anglican Fresh Expressions of Church?
A study in psychological type theory
Presenter: Andrew Village, York St John University
(a.village@yorksj.ac.uk)
Keywords: Anglican Church, Clergy, Church
Growth
RRA: The connection between psychological type
preferences and reported religious experience among Anglican clergy and laity
Presenter: Leslie Francis, University of Warwick
(leslie.francis@warwick.ac.uk)
Keywords: Anglican Church, Psychological Type,
Religious Experience
RRA: Ministers for growth: A study of Church of England
clergy
Presenter: David Voas, University of Essex
(voas@essex.ac.uk)
Keywords: Anglican Church, Clergy, Church
Growth
A-5. SSSR: Visual Bridges I: Visual Research Methods And The Social
Scientific Study Of Religion
Room:
Room 106
Organizer:
Roman R. Williams , Calvin College
(roman.williams@calvin.edu)
Convener:
Roman R. Williams, Calvin College
(roman.williams@calvin.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Watching Family Violence: An Assessment of
Using Video in Focus Group Discussions
Presenter: Cathy Holtmann, University of New
Brunswick (cathy.holtmann@unb.ca)
Keywords: Visual Methods, Domestic Violence,
Feminist Theory
SSSR: Building a Congregation: The Effect of Architecture
on Congregational Self-Conception. A Case Study
Presenter: James V. Spickard, University of
Redlands (jim_spickard@redlands.edu)
Keywords: Visual Methods, Congregational
Studies, Identity
SSSR: Why Study Religion Visually?
Presenter: Roman R. Williams, Calvin College
(roman.williams@calvin.edu)
Keywords: Visual Sociology, Visual Ethnography,
Congregational Studies
SSSR: "Feminist Scholarship and Gendered Memory: A
Visual Study of Holocaust Memorialization"
Presenter: Janet L. Jacobs, University of Colorado
Boulder (jacobsjl@colorado.edu)
Keywords: Visual Methods, Holocaust
Memorialization, Feminist Theory
A-6. SSSR: Biological and Evolutionary Aspects of Religion (BEAR) I
Room:
Room 102
Organizer:
Jay Feierman, University of New Mexico (ret.)
(jay.feierman84@gmail.com)
Convener:
lluis Oviedo, Antonianum University
(loviedo@antonianum.eu)
Papers:
SSSR: Religion and Ecological Sustainability in SmallScale Societies
Presenter: Burgess Wilson, Rush University
Medical Center (Burgess_Wilson@rush.edu)
Co-Author 1: Thomas Ellis,
Keywords: anthropomorphism, animism,
sustainability
SSSR: "Caste Hinduism and the Geography of
Immunocompetence"
Presenter: Thomas Ellis, Appalachian State
University (ellistb@appstate.edu)
Keywords: Hinduism, Caste, Immunocompetence
SSSR: Self-image and Religion: A neuroscience view
Presenter: Michael McGuire, University of
California, Los Angeles (Emeritus) (mmcguire@snowcrest.net)
Keywords: Self-Image, Religion, Neuroscience
SSSR: The Biology of Religious Emotions
Presenter: Jay Feierman, University of New Mexico
(ret.) (jay.feierman84@gmail.com)
Keywords: Religion, Emotions, Biology
A-7. SSSR: Gender and Ideology
Room:
Room 107
Convener:
Joseph Baker, East Tennessee State University
(bakerjo@etsu.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Gender and Secularity: Solving the Riddle of
Gendered Religiosity
Presenter: Joseph Baker, East Tennessee State
Univeristy (bakerjo@etsu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Buster Smith, Catawba Coellge
Keywords: Secularism, Gender, Politics
SSSR: Gender and Family Ideals in Mormon MixedOrientation Marriages
Presenter: Catherine Jeppsen, Penn State University
(catherinejeppsen@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Anita Armstrong, Whatcom
Community College
Co-Author 2: Elizabeth Legerski, University of
North Dakota
Keywords: Mormon, LGBT, Mixed-orientation
marriage
SSSR: Gendering the Influence of Religion on Political
Activism in the Black Metropolis
Presenter: Patrick Washington, University of
Illinois at Chicago (pwashi4@uic.edu)
Keywords: Gender, African Americans, Political
Participation
A-8. RRA: Family, Gender, and Society (RRA-SSSR)
Room:
White River Ballroom A
Convener:
Courtney Irby , Loyola University Chicago
(cirby@luc.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Migration, Generational Change, and Perspectives on
"Good Christian Women": Indian American Christians
Presenter: Prema Kurien , Syracuse University
(pkurien@syr.edu)
Keywords: Immigrants, Religion and Gender,
Indian American Christians
SSSR: Is It Possible to Create a Christian-Muslim Alliance
for the Protection of Family and Marriage?
Presenter: Peter Torok, Semmelweis University,
Institute of Mental Health (torokp@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Andras Ittzes, Semmelweis
University, Institute of Mental Health
Keywords: Christian-Muslim Alliance, family,
value studies
RRA: Attitudes toward Gender Roles, the Sacred, and
Abortion:
Presenter: Ted G Jelen , UNLV
(jelent@unlv.nevada.edu)
Keywords: abortion, feminism, public opinion
RRA: How Best to Honor Sexuality?: Competing
Discourses of Sexuality as a Godly Behavior or as Embodied Spirituality in Evangelical
Premarital Counseling.
Presenter: Courtney Irby, Loyola University
Chicago (cirby@luc.edu)
Keywords: Sexuality, Relationships, Evangelicals
A-9. SSSR: Religious Development and the Educational Landscape
Room:
White River Ballroom I
Convener:
Kevin den Dulk, Calvin College
(krd33@calvin.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: The Effects of School Choice Policy on Faith-Based
Schools Enrollment
Presenter: Kevin den Dulk, Calvin College
(krd33@calvin.edu)
Co-Author 1: Mikael Pelz, Calvin College
Co-Author 2: Steve McMullen, Hope College
Keywords: religious education, school choice,
religion and politics
SSSR: Does being raised in a family that actively practices
religious faith affect the development of female gender ideology?
Presenter: Linda Behrendt, Indiana State University
(Linda.Behrendt@indstate.edu)
Keywords: Gender relations, Church culture,
Parenting
SSSR: Which God makes you happier, Image of God and
Subjective Happiness
Presenter: Xiuhua Wang, graduate student
(xiuhua_wang@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Matt Henderson, PhD Student at
Baylor University
Co-Author 2: Paul Froese, Professor at Baylor
University
Keywords: Image of God, Happiness, Personality
A-10. SSSR: Conservatism and Fundamentalism
Room:
Convener:
White River Ballroom J
William Blake, IUPUI (wdblake@iupui.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Race, Reflexivity, and Religion in Faith-Based
Urban Activism
Presenter: Wes Markofski, University of
Wisconsin-Madison (wmarkofs@ssc.wisc.edu)
Keywords: Race, Urban, Evangelical
SSSR: It Says What It Means and Means What It Says:
Biblical Fundamentalism and Originalism
Presenter: William Blake, Indiana University,
IUPUI (wdblake@iupui.edu)
Co-Author 1: Hans Hacker, Arkansas State
University
Keywords: Biblical Fundamentalism, Originalism,
Constitutional Interpretation
SSSR: Methods and Challenges in Interviewing Christian
Conservative Cause Lawyers
Presenter: Daniel Bennett, Eastern Kentucky
University (daniel.bennett@eku.edu)
Keywords: Christian Right, Interviews, Cause
lawyers
SSSR: The Rise of Testimony Evangelicalism
Presenter: John Hawthorne, Spring Arbor
University (john.hawthorne@arbor.edu)
Keywords: Evangelicalism, Millennials,
Postmodernism
A-11. SSSR: Authority, and Morals
Room:
Room 311
Convener:
Derek Lehman , Southern Illinois University
(dlehman@siu.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Opposition To Government Efforts To Improve The
Standard Of Living: The Effects Of Tea Party Discourse On The Religious
Presenter: Derek Lehman, Southern Illinois
University (dlehman@siu.edu)
Keywords: Inequality, Tea Party, partial
proportional odds modeling
SSSR: Belief Formation in the History of Ethics: 175
moralists tell us what they believe we should do.
Presenter: Christopher T Rupert SJ, independent
research (crupert@jesuits.ca)
Keywords: Moral philosophy - evolution of,
sociology of culture, Sociology of knowledge
SSSR: American Religion and the American Dream:
Implications for Economic Mobility in the U.S.
Presenter: Kirk Foster, University of South Carolina
(kfoster@mailbox.sc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Mark Rank, Washington University in
St. Louis
Keywords: American Dream, economic mobility,
political economy
A-12. RRA: Navigating 'Norms' in Society (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
Room 101
Convener:
Rhys Williams , Loyola University Chicago
(rwilliams7@luc.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Cultural Negotiation of Buddhism between Sri
Lankan Buddhist immigrant parents and their Canada-born children in Toronto
Presenter: D. Mitra Barua, Cornell University
(dmitra777@gmail.com )
Keywords: Canadian Religion, Sri Lankan
Buddhism, Immigrant Religion
SSSR: Recreating an American-Based Religious
Separatism in a Non-American Context: Beachy Amish-Mennonite Communities on
Three Continents
Presenter: Cory Anderson, Ohio State University
(dranderson@beachyam.org)
Keywords: Beachy Amish-Mennonite, Missions,
Converts
RRA: 'Dare to be Different': How Religious Groups Frame
and Enact Appropriate Gender and Sexuality Norms Among Young Adults
Presenter: Rhys H Williams, Loyola University
Chicago (RWilliams7@luc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Courtney Anne Irby, Loyola
University Chicago
Co-Author 2: R. Stephen Warner, University of
Illinois, Chicago
Keywords: Gender, Sexuality, Young Adults
A-13. SSSR: Perspectives in Nonreligion
Room:
White River Ballroom G
Convener:
Dusty Hoesly, University of California, Santa
Barbara (dusty.hoesly@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Non-Religion: An Islamic Perspective
Presenter: Kenan Sevinc, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart
University (kssevinc@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Thomas Coleman, The University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga (Thomas-J-Coleman@mocs.utc.edu )
Keywords: Non-religion, Apostasy, Islam
SSSR: For a Wedding or a Lark: The Universal Life
Church between Religion and Non-Religion
Presenter: Dusty Hoesly, University of California,
Santa Barbara (dusty.hoesly@gmail.com)
Keywords: Non-belief, New Religious Movements,
Secularism
SSSR: Faithful to Secularism?: Development, Decline and
Support for Religious Politics
Presenter: David Buckley, Department of Political
Science, University of Louisville (david.buckley@louisville.edu )
Keywords:
SSSR: La Cristiada: Secularization and countersecularization in Mexico
Presenter: Vyacheslav Karpov, Western Michigan
University (v.karpov@wmich.edu)
Keywords: secularization theory, desecularization,
Mexico
A-14. RRA: Author-Meets-Critic Session on New Generations of Catholic
Sisters: The Challenge of Diversity by Mary Johnson, Patricia Wittberg, and Mary
Gautier.
Room:
White River Ballroom H
Organizer:
James Davidson, Purdue University
(davidsonj@purdue.edu)
Convener:
James Davidson (davidsonj@purdue.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Author-Meets-Critic Session on New Generations of
Catholic Sisters: The Challenge of Diversity
Presenter: Laura Leming, University of Dayton
(lleming1@udayton.edu)
Keywords:
RRA: Author-Meets-Critic Session on New Generations of
Catholic Sisters: The Challenge of Diversity
Presenter: Katherine Meyer, The Ohio State
University (meyer.23@sociology.osu.edu)
Keywords:
RRA: Author-Meets-Critic Session on New Generations of
Catholic Sisters: The Challenge of Diversity
Presenter: Catherine Hoegeman, Missouri State
University (katie.hoegeman@gmail.com)
Keywords:
RRA: Author-Meets-Critic Session on New Generations of
Catholic Sisters: The Challenge of Diversity
Presenter: Tricia Bruce, Maryville College
(tricia.bruce@maryvillecollege.edu)
Keywords:
A-15. SSSR: Religion in Social Space
Room:
White River Ballroom B
Convener:
Stephen Merino, The University of Texas-Pan
American (merinosm@utpa.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Religious participation and status-bridging social
ties
Presenter: Stephen Merino, The University of
Texas-Pan American (merinosm@utpa.edu)
Keywords: social capital, religious participation,
intergroup contact
SSSR: Ritual Space: A Medium for the Paradoxical Nature
of 'Alterity'
Presenter: Nichole Phillips, Candler School of
Theology, Emory University (nichole.r.phillips@emory.edu)
Keywords: Alterity, Ritual, Community
SSSR: The role of religion and non-religion in social
network formation
Presenter: Brandon Sepulvado, University of Notre
Dame (bsepulva@nd.edu)
Co-Author 1: David Hachen, University of Notre
Dame
Co-Author 2: Omar Lizardo, University of Notre
Dame
Keywords: social networks, homophily, atheism
SSSR: Inter-Faith Cannibalism? The Volatile Relations
Between Salafis and the Sufis
Presenter: Steven Escalante, University of Arkansas
Fayetteville (sescalan@email.uark.edu)
Keywords: Islam, Fundamental, Sufism
A-16. SSSR: Religiosity in Poor Latin American Urban Areas
Room:
White River Ballroom E
Organizer:
Ana Suarez, Universidad Catolica Argentina
(analourdessuarez@gmail.com)
Convener:
Ana Suarez, Catholic University of Argentina Conicet (analourdessuarez@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Understanding the religious field in Buenos Aires
slums
Presenter: Juan Martin Lopez Fidanza, Catholic
University of Argentina (juanfidanza@gmail.com)
Keywords: Religiosity, Buenos Aires, Religious
Diversity
SSSR: Catholic Nuns and Priests in Buenos Aires Slums
Presenter: Ana Suarez, Catholic University of
Argentina - Conicet (analourdessuarez@gmail.com)
Keywords: Religiosity, Catholic Nuns And Priests,
Buenos Aires Poor Urban Areas
SSSR: Urban Transformation and Religious Experience in
Brazil
Presenter: Brenda Carranza, Catholic University of
Campinas (brenda_poveda@terra.com.br)
Keywords: Religiosity, Brazil, Religious Diversity
SSSR: Religious landmarks in public space: a look at every
day religion
Presenter: MarÃa Cecilia Galera, Catholic
Universtiy of Argentin-Conicet (mceciliagalera@gmail.com)
Keywords: Religious Landmarks, Public Space,
Buenos Aires Slums
Period B: Friday October 31, 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions:
B-1. SSSR: Biological and Evolutionary Aspects of Religion (BEAR) II
Room:
Room 102
Organizer:
Jay Feierman, Univ. of New Mexico (ret.)
(jay.feierman84@gmail.com)
Convener:
Thomas Ellis, Department of Philosophy and
Religion (ellistb@appstate.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: A Provisional Theory of Revelation
Presenter: John Beahrs, University of Oregon
(Emeritus) (johnbeahrs@gmail.com)
Keywords: Revelation, Suggestion, Cooperation
SSSR: Explaining "Jesus" as a "person" with special
features: Boyer applied
Presenter: Ben Bennett-Carpenter, Oakland
University (Michigan) (bennettc@oakland.edu)
Keywords: Pascal Boyer, Jesus, Cognitive
Architecture
SSSR: Does the scientific study of religion need to account
for culture?
Presenter: Lluis Oviedo, Antonianum University
(loviedo@antonianum.eu)
Keywords: biology, culture, religious evolution
SSSR: Why religion is common but saints are rare: nonaltruistic coordination as an adaptive driver for religion
Presenter: Luke Matthews, Activate Networks, Inc.,
Sr. Sci. Director (ljm244@gmail.com)
Keywords: Cooperation, Altruism, Coordination
B-2. SSSR: Institutions and Identities in American Islam
Room:
Room 103
Organizer:
Christine Sheikh, University of Denver
(christinesheikh@gmail.com)
Convener:
Christine Sheikh, University of Denver
(christinesheikh@gmail.com)
Discussant: Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center
(bmoham773@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Muslim Identity in America: Distinction with
Engagement via Prayer, Gender and the American Dream
Presenter: Jeffry Guhin, University of Virginia
(jeffguhin@gmail.com)
Keywords: Prayer, Islam, Education
SSSR: Islam is more than Halal and Haram: Fiqh as Lived
Religion among American Muslims
Presenter: Justine Howe, Case Western Reserve
University (jxc867@case.edu)
Keywords: Islam, Pluralism, Religious Authority
SSSR: Interrogating Claims of Gender Inequality in Islam:
What we can learn from the experiences of African American Muslim Women
Presenter: Pamela Prickett, University of California,
Los Angeles (prickett@ucla.edu)
Keywords: Gender, Islam, African American
SSSR: Complex Positionality: Being 'Inside' and 'Outside'
of American Islam
Presenter: Christine Sheikh, University of Denver
(christinesheikh@gmail.com)
Keywords: Positionality, Reflexivity, Islam
B-3. SSSR: Studying Religion In The African Diaspora: Cross-Cultural
Qualitative Research Methods
Room:
Room 104
Organizer:
Jualynne Dodson, African Atlantic Research Team
(jual422002@gmail.com)
Convener:
Jualynne Dodson, African Atlantic Research Team
(jual422002@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Building Bridges Through Time & Space: Palo
Monte/Mayombe Practitioners in Oriente, Cuba
Presenter: Sonya Maria Johnson , African Atlantic
Research Team (sonyamaria.johnson@gmail.com)
Keywords: Pre-research, Oriente-Eastern, Cuba,
Palo Monte/Mayombe
SSSR: Body as Center: Embodiment as Focus for Studying
African Religious Movements
Presenter: Yolanda Covington-Ward, Department
Of Africana Studies (ydc1@pitt.edu)
Keywords: Religious Embodiment, Kingunza
Movement, Democratic Republic of Congo
SSSR: Re-Membering Saint Antonia: From Site Visit to
Quest
Presenter: Jualynne Dodson, African Atlantic
Research Team (jual422002@gmail.com)
Keywords: Qualitative Research Methods, CrossCultural Research, Cuba
B-4. RRA: Research perspectives on the Church of England II
Room:
Room 108
Organizer:
Andrew Village, York St. John University
(a.village@yorksj.ac.uk)
Convener:
Andrew Village, York St. John University
(a.village@yorksj.ac.uk)
Papers:
RRA: The Cathedral alongside the parish churches:
Comparing congregations
Presenter: David Lankshear, The University of
Warwick (david.lankshear@msn.com)
Keywords: Anglican Church, Cathedral,
Churchgoers
RRA: Do Anglican women clergy see things differently?
Presenter: Mandy Robbins, Glyndwr University
(m.robbins@glyndwr.ac.uk)
Keywords: Anglican Church, Psychological Type,
Clergywomen
RRA: The religious, social and personal significance of
Anglican identities among adolescent females
Presenter: Gemma Penny, University of Warwick
(gemma.stmarys.centre.wales@gmail.com)
Keywords: Anglican Church, Young People, Values
B-5. SSSR: Visual Bridges II: Documentary Videography And The Social
Scientific Study Of Religion
Room:
Room 105
Organizer:
Roman R. Williams, Calvin College
(roman.williams@calvin.edu)
Convener:
Andrew Johnson, enter for Religion and Civic
Culture, University of Southern California (john4781@umn.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Contextualizing Christianity in Ghana: Exploring
Indigenous & Other Practical Sources of Deliverance Ministry in Ethnographic
Filmmaking
Presenter: James M. Ault, Jr., Independent Scholar
(james.m.ault@gmail.com)
Keywords: Documentary Videography, Visual
Methods, Global Christianity
SSSR: Videography of Ritual and Concept Formation in
the Anthropology of Religion
Presenter: Jens Kreinath, Wichita State University
(Jens.Kreinath@wichita.edu)
Keywords: Documentary Videography, Visual
Methods, Ritual
SSSR: Reaching Out to Those Who Don't Come In: An
Interactive Documentary Project on a Drive-In Church
Presenter: Samuel Smartt, Calvin College
(srs29@calvin.edu)
Keywords: Documentary Videography, Visual
Methods, Congregational Studies
B-6. SSSR: Author Meets Critics: Melvyn Hammarberg, the Mormon
Quest for Glory: The Religious World of the Latter-day Saints (Oxford University Press,
2013)
Room:
Room 106
Organizer:
David Knowlton , Utah Valley University
(dknowlton@uvu.edu)
Convener:
David Knowlton, Utah Valley University
(dknowlton@uvu.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Response to Hammarberg
Presenter: Charles Nuckolls, Brigham Young
University (charles_nuckolls@byu.edu)
Keywords: Hammarberg, Mormonism,
Ethnography
SSSR: Response to Hammarberg
Presenter: Rick Phillips, University of North Florida
(rphillip@unf.edu)
Keywords: Hammarberg, Mormonism,
Ethnography
SSSR: Response to Hammarberg
Presenter: Bradley H Kramer, Anthropology
(bhkramer@umich.edu)
Keywords: Hammarberg, Mormonism,
Ethnography
SSSR: Response by Hammarberg to Critics
Presenter: Melvyn Hammarberg, Anthropology
(Stirrup_Circle@yahoo.com)
Keywords: Hammarberg, Mormonism,
Ethnography
B-7. SSSR: Mental Health and Development
Room:
White River Ballroom H
Organizer:
Convener:
Stephen Krauss, University of Illinois at Chicago
(stephenkrauss@hotmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Religious Orientation as a Moderator of Terror
Management
Presenter: Stephen Krauss, University of Illinois at
Chicago (stephenkrauss@hotmail.com)
Keywords: Religious Orientation, Prejudice, Death
Anxiety
SSSR: Do Gratitude and Meaning in Life Moderate the
Effects of Stressful Life Events on Mental Health?
Presenter: Matt Bradshaw, Baylor University
(drmattbradshaw@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Christopher G. Ellison, University of
Texas at San Antonio
Co-Author 2: John P. Marcum, Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.)
Keywords: Mental Health, Stress, Meaning
SSSR: A qualitative approach to understanding differing
views on forgiveness: How do graduate-level theological students perceive divine and
human forgiveness differently?
Presenter: Jichan Kim, University of Wisconsin Madison (jichan.kim@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Robert Enright , University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Keywords: Psychology of Forgiveness, Theology of
Forgiveness, Differing views on Forgiveness
SSSR: Does Religious Nationalism Diminish Human
Development?
Presenter: Carl Mosk, University of Victoria
(mosk@uvic.ca)
Keywords: Religious Nationalism, Human
Development Index, Secularism
B-8. SSSR: Conversion, Development, and Psychology
Room:
White River Ballroom J
Convener:
Peter Schuurman, University of Waterloo
(petecrc@sympatico.ca)
Papers:
SSSR: Unpacking a Love Bomb: (Re)visiting the
Psychophysiological Approach to Conversion
Presenter: Justin Van Ness, University of Notre
Dame (jvanness@nd.edu)
Keywords: New Religious Movement, Conversion,
Ethnography
SSSR: The Social Construction of the Celebrity-Pastor:
Congregational Narratives and Ironic Negotiations in a Canadian Megachurch
Presenter: Peter Schuurman, University of Waterloo
(petecrc@sympatico.ca)
Keywords: Megachurch, Evangelicalism,
Leadership
SSSR: Contact Counts: Testing Inter-religious Contact in
the Caucasus Region
Presenter: Benjamin Gurrentz, Pennsylvania State
University (btg138@psu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Roger Finke, Pennsylvania State
University
Keywords: Cross-national, Contact Theory,
Religious Prejudice
SSSR: Learning to Be Religious: Reassessing Conversion
to Islam, Christianity and Buddhism as a Collective Learning Process
Presenter: Diego de los Rios, Northwestern
University (diegode2015@u.northwestern.edu)
Co-Author 1: Juliette Galonnier, Northwestern
University Sciences Po Paris
Keywords: Conversion, Learning, Groups
B-9. SSSR: Sociocultural, Stability, and Management (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
White River Ballroom I
Convener:
Paul Kasun, University of Texas at Austin
(FrPaul@utexas.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Liberation Theology and Its Role for Social
Mobility of the Poor in Guatemala and Latin America
Presenter: Paul Kasun, University of Texas at
Austin (FrPaul@utexas.edu)
Keywords: Liberation Theology, Indigenous,
Guatemala
SSSR: Models of "Watching" in Mormonism, Reformed
Christianity, Puritan New England and Methodism: Social Support, Social Control and
Social Networks
Presenter: David Heap, Independent Scholar
(dnheap@aol.com)
Keywords: Social Control, Support and Networks,
Mormonism and Methodism, Reformed Christianity and Puritans
SSSR: The Stabilizing Order of Amish Ideology
Presenter: Cory Anderson, Ohio State University
(dranderson@beachyam.org)
Keywords: Ideology, Amish, Flow chart
B-10. SSSR: Secular Studies and Nonbelief Research
Room:
White River Ballroom G
Convener:
Jenny Holcombe, The University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga (Jenny-Holcombe@utc.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: More Human than Human: Psychometric validation
of a short form Humanism Scale, findings and implications
Presenter: Jenny Holcombe , The University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga (jenny-holcombe@utc.edu )
Co-Author 1: Megan Sticher,
Co-Author 2: Christopher Vance ,
Co-Author 3: Thomas Coleman ,
Co-Author 4: Christopher Silver, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville
Keywords: Humanism, Social Justice, Social Value
SSSR: Intuitive Perceptions of Atheists as Not Knowing
Right from Wrong
Presenter: Maxine Najle, University of Kentucky
(maxine.najle@uky.edu)
Co-Author 1: Will Gervais , University of Kentucky
Co-Author 2: Chase Herndon, University of
Kentucky
Keywords: Atheism, Morality, Prejudice
SSSR: Secular Transcendence: Theoretical and Empirical
Considerations
Presenter: Sara Hall, The University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga (smallfury007@gmail.com )
Co-Author 1: Thomas Coleman,
Co-Author 2: Ralph Hood ,
Keywords: Secular Transcendence, Symbolic
Immortality, Horizontal Transcendence
SSSR: Experimental Theology? Testing Alvin Plantinga's
Sensus Divinitatus
Presenter: Matthew Durham, University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga (matthew-durham@utc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Christopher Silver, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville
Co-Author 2: Thomas Coleman, University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga
Keywords: Experimental, Cognitive, Plantinga
B-11. SSSR: Religion, Justice, and Honor
Room:
White River Ballroom A
Convener:
Erik Lund, University of Kentucky
(e.m.lund@uky.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Justice Seeking and "The Religious Rim": The
Influence of Pope Francis
Presenter: Laura Leming, University of Dayton
(leming@udayton.edu)
Keywords: Religious Rim, Pope Francis,
Marginalized Catholics
SSSR: The Moral of the Story: Strategic storytelling by the
Nuns on the Bus
Presenter: Ruth Braunstein, University of
Connecticut (ruth.braunstein@uconn.edu)
Keywords: Advocacy, Storytelling, Catholicism
SSSR: The Influence of Religion on Institutional
Responses to Honor Violence
Presenter: Alana Henninger, John Jay College/The
Graduate Center, CUNY (ahenninger@jjay.cuny.edu)
Keywords: Violence, Gender, Criminology
SSSR: What If? Social Media and Shifting Generational
and Political Priorities among North American Christian Women
Presenter: Katheleen Tangenberg , Azusa Pacific
University (ktangenberg@apu.edu)
Keywords: Women, Social media, Generational
B-12. SSSR: Studies in Spirituality
Room:
White River Ballroom E
Convener:
Derek Giamundo, The University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga (d.giamundo715@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Marital Quality and Religion: A Test of the
Relational Spirituality Framework
Presenter: D Greg Brooks, Abilene Christian
University (thebrookshome@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Christine Proulx, University of
Missouri-Columbia
Keywords: Marriage, Relationships, Religiousness
SSSR: Relating to Self and God: Predictors of well-being
in three religions in India
Presenter: Dimitri Putilin, Duke University
(dimitri.putilin@duke.edu)
Keywords: Religion, Well-Being, India
SSSR: Between the Personal and the Social: The
Perception of Spirituality and Its Relationship to Altruism
Presenter: Sevde Duzguner , Marmara University
(sevdeduzguner@hotmail.com)
Keywords: Spirituality, Altruism, Blood Donation
SSSR: The Harvest is Plentiful but the Laborers are Few:
How Religious Affiliation, Biblical Beliefs, and Church Attendance Affect Volunteerism
Presenter: Ryan Ceresola, Southern Illinois
University - Carbondale (rceresola@siu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Derek Lehman, Southern Illinois
University - Carbondale
Keywords: Volunteerism, Quantitative Methods,
Chuch Attendance
B-13. SSSR: Beliefs, Bible Study, and Social Networks (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
Room 312
Convener:
(sedefka.beck@valpo.edu)
Beck Sedefka, Valparaiso University
Papers:
SSSR: Wage Differentials in the United States: Does
Religious Participation Matter?
Presenter: Sedefka Beck, Valparaiso University
(sedefka.beck@valpo.edu)
Keywords: Religion, Earnings, Gender
SSSR: Using Social Network Techniques to Understand
Congregational Values
Presenter: Jennifer McClure, Penn State University
(j.m2clure@gmail.com)
Keywords: Congregations, Values, Social Networks
RRA: Bible Study: The Presbyterian Version
Presenter: Ida J Smith, Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.) (Ida.Smith@pcusa.org)
Keywords: Presbyterian, Bible, reading
SSSR: Ten biggest findings about finances, budgets, and
staffing in survey of 1,000 large Protestant churches
Presenter: Warren Bird, Leadership Network
(warren.bird@leadnet.org)
Keywords: Megachurch, Salary, Pastor
B-14. SSSR: Social Perception and Organizational Development
Room:
Room 107
Convener:
Lissa Schwander, Calvin College
(lschwand@calvin.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Gathering together: Church, family and migration in
Jamaica
Presenter: Lissa Schwander, Calvin College
(lschwand@calvin.edu)
Keywords: Church, Migration, Social Networks
SSSR: Leaders in Collars and Leaders in Jeans: How
College Chaplains and Religiously Engaged Students Approach Various Areas of
Campus Ministry
Presenter: Alexei Krindatch, Assembly of
Canonical Orthodox Bishops in North and Central America (akrindatch@aol.com)
Keywords: Campus Ministry, Religiously Engaged
College Students, Religion in US colleges
SSSR: How to explain intersocietal religious differences?
David Martin's approach reconstructed
Presenter: Michael Hainz, Institute for Social and
Develment Studies at the Munich School of Philosophy (m.hainz@hfph.de)
Keywords: Explanation, Differences, D. Martin
SSSR: The Power of Giving: Hegemonic Identities in an
Interracial Religious Network
Presenter: Christopher W. Munn, The Ohio State
University (munn.29@osu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Robert J. VandenBerg,
Keywords: Social Networks, Racial Identity, White
Hegemony
B-15. RRA: Real-Time Analyses: Exploring Gender Differences Using
UniMult with FACT 2010 Data
Room:
Room 101
Organizer:
Marjorie Royle, Clay Pots Research
(claypots@optonline.net)
Convener:
Marjorie Royle, Clay Pots Research
(claypots@optonline.net)
Papers:
RRA: Real-Time Analysis Using Unimult Software
Presenter: Richard L Gorsuch, Fuller Theological
Seminary (rgorsuch@fuller.edu)
Keywords: Real-Time Analysis, FACT2010,
Gender Differences
RRA: Women in the Pulpit: Does the Presence of a Man or
Woman in the Pulpit Matter?
Presenter: Marjorie Royle, Clay Pots Research
(claypots@optonline.net)
Keywords: Clergywomen, FACT2010, Gender
Differences
RRA: Women in the Pew: Does the Percentage of Women
in the Pew Matter?
Presenter: Richard L Gorsuch, Fuller Theological
Seminary (rgorsuch@fuller.edu)
Keywords: Real-Time Analysis, FACT2010,
Gender Differences
B-16. SSSR: The 'Nones' (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
White River Ballroom B
Convener:
(jacquifrost@gmail.com)
Jacqui Frost, University of Minnesota
Papers:
RRA: "More Religious Than Men, But Less Religious
Than Ever: Gender and Non-Affiliation"
Presenter: Carol Ann MacGregor, Loyola
University New Orleans (camacgre@loyno.edu)
Keywords: Non-Affilation, Nones, Gender
SSSR: Is Community a Priority for the Irreligious?
Attitudes Toward Civic Engagement Among the 'Nones'
Presenter: Jacqui Frost, University of Minnesota
(jacquifrost@gmail.com)
Keywords: Community, Nones, Demographics
SSSR: Searching for Social Capital? Religious Nones and
Their Use of Technology
Presenter: Paul McClure, Baylor University
(paul_mcclure@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Nones, Technology, Social Capital
B-17. SSSR: Author Meets Critics: Vern L. Bengtson with Norella Putney
and Susan Harris. 2013. "Families and Faith: How Religion is Passed Down across
Generations" (Oxford University Press).
Room:
Room 311
Organizer:
Gerardo Marti, Davidson College
(gemarti@davidson.edu)
Convener:
Gerardo Marti, Davidson College
(gemarti@davidson.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Critic
Presenter: Tim Clydesdale, The College of New
Jersey (clydesda@tcnj.edu)
Keywords: Book critic, Family, Generational
transmission
SSSR: Critic
Presenter: Michele Dillon , University of New
Hampshire (Michele.Dillon@unh.edu)
Keywords: Book critic, Family, Generational
transmission
SSSR: Critic
Presenter: Mark Regnerus, University of Texas at
Austin (regnerus@prc.utexas.edu)
Keywords: Book critic, Family, Generational
transmission
Period C: Friday October 31,1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Sessions:
C-1. SSSR: Biological and Evolutionary Aspects of Religion (BEAR) III
Room:
Room 102
Organizer:
Jay Feierman, Univ. of New Mexico (ret.)
(jay.feierman84@gmail.com)
Convener:
Jay Feierman, University of New Mexico (ret.)
(jay.feierman84@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Conversion in Religious Systems
Presenter: Malcolm Dean, Human Complex
Systems, Research Affiliate (malcolmdean@gmail.com)
Keywords: Complex Hierarchical Systems,
Information Macrodynamics, Dynamic Bayesian Ontologies
SSSR: Division through Unity from Atoms to Humans: Is it
Mathematical?
Presenter: Magnus Magnusson, Human Behavior
Laboratory (msm@hi.is)
Keywords: Religion, Clusters, Mathematics
SSSR: Cognitive Style and Conservatism: Testing the
Energy Optimization Model of Religious Ideology
Presenter: Connor Wood, Boston University
(connorpw@bu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Wesley Wildman, Boston University
Keywords: Cognitive Style, Conservatism,
Liberalism
SSSR: Supernatural agriculture? Or, why religion is
probably not an adaptation
Presenter: Stefaan Blancke, Ghent University
(stefaan.blancke@ugent.be)
Co-Author 1: Maarten Boudry, Ghent University
Keywords: Cognitive Science of Religion,
Evolution of Religion, Cultural Evolution
C-2. SSSR: Young People, Religion and Diversity I
Room:
Organizer:
(hshipley@uottawa.ca)
Convener:
(hshipley@uottawa.ca)
Room 101
Heather Shipley, University of Ottawa
Heather Shipley, University of Ottawa
Papers:
SSSR: The meaning of prayer for Young Muslim
immigrants in Quebec
Presenter: Josiane Le Gall, Universite de Montreal
(j.legall@ssss.gouv.qc.ca)
Keywords: Youth, Islam, Practice
SSSR: Religion of Young Women from Turkish Migrant
Families in Germany
Presenter: Kornelia Sammet, University of Bielefeld
(kornelia.sammet@uni-bielefeld.de)
Co-Author 1: Franz Erhard, University of Leipzig
(franz.erhard@gmail.com)
Keywords: Young Women, Migrant Families,
Religion
SSSR: Civil Society Engagement and Identity Formation:
Narrative Identities of Young Muslims Active in Voluntary Associations in Switzerland
Presenter: Amir Sheikhzadegan, University of
Fribourg (amir.sheikhzadegan@unifr.ch)
Co-Author 1: Michael Nollert, University of
Fribourg
Keywords: Identity Formation, Young Muslim,
Migrant Workers
SSSR: Religious belonging in family, school and ethnic
communities: changes in Christian-Catholic second generations in Italy
Presenter: Roberta Ricucci, University of Turin
(Roberta.ricucci@unito.it)
Keywords: Religious Identity, Diaspora, Europe
C-3. SSSR: Secularism & Nonreligion Journal - Panel on Atheism and
Secularism
Room:
White River Ballroom G
Organizer:
Thomas Coleman III, The University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga (Thomas-J-Coleman@mocs.utc.edu)
Convener:
Barry Kosmin , Trinity College, Hartford, CT
(Barry.Kosmin@trincoll.edu)
Discussant: Barry Kosmin, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
(Barry.Kosmin@trincoll.edu )
Papers:
SSSR: "Splitters!": Lessons from Monty Python on Secular
Group Fracturing in the US
Presenter: Ryan Cragun , University of Tampa
(ryantcragun@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Lori Fazzino, University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
Keywords: Atheism, Social Movements, Secularism
SSSR: Polysecularity and Rival Secularisms
Presenter: John Shook , Philosophy and Science
Education, University at Buffalo, New York (jshook@pragmatism.org)
Keywords: Polysecularity, Secularism, Ethics
SSSR: Nailed With no Cross: Exploring atheism in the
cognitive science of religion
Presenter: Thomas Coleman III, The University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga (Thomas-J-Coleman@mocs.utc.edu)
Keywords: Cognitive Science of Religion, Atheism,
Theory of Mind
SSSR: The Six Types of Nonbelief
Presenter: Christopher Silver , University of
Tennessee, Knoxville (chrisofutc@gmail.com)
Keywords: Nonbelief, Atheism, Psychology of
Religion
C-4. RRA: Sexuality Issues and Identification with Denominations
Room:
Room 104
Organizer:
Wayne Thompson, Carthage College
(wthompson@carthage.edu)
Convener:
Martin Smith, Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America (martin.smith@elca.org)
Papers:
RRA: Worship Leaders Leaving Mainline Protestant
Denominations: Evidence from Interviews
Presenter: John Augustine, Carthage College
(jaugustine@carthage.edu)
Co-Author 1: Brian Hansen, Carthage College
Keywords: Homosexuality, Congregations, Clergy
RRA: Sexuality Issues and Denominational Affiliation in
Mainline Protestant Congregations
Presenter: Wayne Thompson, Carthage College
(wthompson@carthage.edu)
Co-Author 1: Brooke Hamer, Carthage College
Co-Author 2: Brittney Frederick, Carthage College
Keywords: Homosexuality, Congregations, Clergy
RRA: Leaving the ELCA: Has Previous Denominational
Affiliation Made a Difference in Which Congregations Leave and Which Ones Stay?
Presenter: Paul Olson, Briar Cliff University
(paul.olson@briarcliff.edu)
Keywords: Homosexuality, Congregations, Clergy
RRA: Congregations Leaving the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.)
Presenter: Joelle Kopacz, Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.) (joelle.kopacz@pcusa.org)
Co-Author 1: Jack Marcum, Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.)
Co-Author 2: Ida Smith, Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.)
Keywords: PC(USA), congregations, departures
C-5. SSSR: Learning to be Muslim
Room:
Room 105
Organizer:
Louise Cainkar, Marquette University
(Louise.Cainkar@mu.edu)
Convener:
Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center
(bmohamed@pewforum.org)
Discussant: Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center
(bmohamed@pewforum.org)
Papers:
SSSR: Learning to be a Sunni Liberation Theologian:
Malcolm X in the Middle East
Presenter: Edward Curtis IV, Indiana University
School of Liberal Arts (ecurtis4@iupui.edu)
Keywords: Islam, Missionaries, African Americans
SSSR: Learning to be Muslim -Transnationally
Presenter: Louise Cainkar, Marquette University
(Louise.Cainkar@mu.edu)
Keywords: Islam, Youth, Minority/Majority
SSSR: Teaching about Gender and Sexuality: Muslim
University Chaplains Address Religious Tolerance in America
Presenter: Harvey Stark, Princeton University and
Wabash College (hstark@Princeton.EDU)
Keywords: Islam, Chaplains, Gender/Sexuality
SSSR: The Global Outreach of the Al-Risala Movement
Presenter: Irfan Omar, Marquette University
(Irfan.Omar@Marquette.edu)
Keywords: Islam, Outreach, Nonviolence
C-6. SSSR: Psychological and Therapeutic Concerns on How Latter-day
Saints interact with their Religious Society, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints
Room:
Room 106
Organizer:
David Knowlton, Utah Valley University
(dknowlton@uvu.edu)
Convener:
David Knowlton, Utah Valley University
(davidknowlton@yahoo.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Normalization of Perfectionism in Religious
Culture: A Recipe for Failure
Presenter: Cameron R. John, Utah Valley
University (cameron.john@uvu.edu)
Keywords: Depression, Perfectionism, Mormonism
SSSR: Understanding the Experiences of Early Returning
LDS Missionaries
Presenter: Kristine J Doty, Utah Valley University
(kris.doty@uvu.edu)
Keywords: Missionaries, Mormonism, Stigma
SSSR: Kinship and Self: Explorations into the Formations
of Latter-day Saint Selves in an American Context
Presenter: David C Knowlton, Utah Valley
University (dknowlton@uvu.edu)
Keywords: Mormons, Selves, Inner Life
SSSR: Psychosocial Correlates of Religious Approaches to
Same-Sex Attraction: A Mormon Perspective
Presenter: John Dehlin, Utah State University
(johndehlin@gmail.com)
Keywords: Homosexuality, Psychosocial correlates,
Mormonism
C-7. SSSR: Advances in Prayer Research
Room:
Room 107
Organizer:
Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University South Bend
Convener:
Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University South Bend
Discussant:
Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University South Bend
(kladd@iusb.edu)
(kladd@iusb.edu)
(kladd@iusb.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Prayer objects and contagion
Presenter: Jennifer Valenti, SUNY Buffalo
(sgabriel@buffalo.edu)
Co-Author 1: Shira Gabriel, SUNY New York
Co-Author 2: Anderson Blanton, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Keywords: Prayer, Cognition, Adult
SSSR: Characteristics of prayers that "worked"
Presenter: Geoff Marcum, Indiana University South
Bend (gmarcum@iusb.edu)
Co-Author 1: Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University
South Bend
Co-Author 2: Patrick Possel, University of
Louisville
Keywords: Prayer, Cognition, Adult
SSSR: Fire, wind, or "still small voice": Holy Spirit
concepts among Pentecostal and non-Pentecostal Christians
Presenter: Melanie Nyhof, Indiana University South
Bend (mnyhof@iusb.edu)
Co-Author 1: Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University
South Bend
Co-Author 2: Jasmine Webber, Indiana University
South Bend
Keywords: Prayer, Cognition, Qualitative
C-8. SSSR: Documentary film screening/discussion: African Christianity
Rising: Stories from Ghana with filmmaker & scholar Dr. James Ault (Ph.D., Sociology)
Room:
White River Ballroom A
Organizer:
James Ault, documentary filmmaker/author James
Ault Productions (contact@jamesault.com )
Convener:
James Ault, documentary filmmaker/author James
Ault Productions (contact@jamesault.com )
C-9. SSSR: Research in the Belief Landscape (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
White River Ballroom E
Convener:
Jenny Holcombe, The University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga (Jenny-Holcombe@utc.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Twenty-somethings & Congregations: Results from a
National Survey
Presenter: Timothy Clydesdale, the College of New
Jersey (clydesda@tcnj.edu)
Keywords: Young Adults, Spirituality, Survey
Results
SSSR: Religious groups' contributions to health behavior
and their longitudinal impact on subjective health in older adults
Presenter: R. David Hayward, University of
Michigan (david.hayward@gmail.com)
Keywords: Health, Health Behavior, Older adults
SSSR: The Problematic Nature of Beliefs
Presenter: John O. Beahrs, Oregon Health &
Science University (johnbeahrs@gmail.com)
Keywords: Belief, Truth-Seeking, Deceit
SSSR: The Black Church as an Epistemic Community:
Toward a [More] Grounded Theory of African American Christianity
Presenter: Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College
(ctgilkes@colby.edu)
Keywords: Black Church, African American
Religion, cultural capital
C-10. SSSR: Language, Theology, and Space
Room:
White River Ballroom H
Convener:
Nina Shultz, American Theological Library
Association (NINASHULTZ@COMCAST.NET)
Papers:
SSSR: Liturgical language and aesthetics in Native Alaskan
Orthodox singing
Presenter: Nina Shultz, American Theological
Library Association (NINASHULTZ@COMCAST.NET)
Keywords: Liturgy, Aesthetics, Orthodox
Christianity
SSSR: Neo-paganism and a cross-cultural look at other
religions' spring rites
Presenter: Myna German, Delaware State
University (mgerman@desu.edu)
Keywords: Neo-Paganism, Judiasm, Christianity
SSSR: Studying Rama's Grief in Hindu Theology Using
Neuropsychological Tools: A Chaplain-Psychiatrist's Approach towards Integrating
Theology and Neurosciences.
Presenter: Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan, Harvard
Divinity School, Harvard University (par469@mail.harvard.edu)
Keywords: Hindu-Theology, Neuro-Psychiatry,
Clinical-Chaplaincy
C-11. RRA: Masculinity and Female Authority (RRA-SSSR)
Room:
Room 108
Convener:
Marie Dallam, University of Oklahoma
(mwdallam@ou.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Masculine by Design: Gender in the Cowboy Church
Presenter: Marie Dallam, University of Oklahoma
(mwdallam@ou.edu)
Keywords: Cowboy Church, Gender, Masculinity
RRA: Our Father Who Art in Heaven: Exploring the
Gendered Language of Public Prayer
Presenter: Suzanne Macaluso, Abilene Christian
University (Suzie.Macaluso@acu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Wes Rasbury, Abilene Christian
University
Co-Author 2: Brittany Taraba, Abilene Christian
University
Keywords: Gender, Rhetoric, Prayer
SSSR: Gender differences in stress among Protestant clergy
Presenter: Stephen Fichter , CARA at Georgetown
University (stephen_fichter@hotmail.com)
Keywords: Clergy, Gender, Stress
C-12. SSSR: Religion in an Age of Science
Room:
White River Ballroom I
Convener:
Andrea Molle, Chapman University
(molle@chapman.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Anti-scientism and its impact on the relationship
between science and religion
Presenter: Mohammed Almisbkawy, The British
University in Egypt (mohammed.almisbkawy@bue.edu.eg)
Keywords: Scientism, Science, Religion
SSSR: Creationism's New Allies: Latino Views on
Evolution and Teaching Creationism in Schools
Presenter: Brandon Vaidyanathan, Rice University
(brvnathan@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Adriana Garcia, Rice University
Keywords: Latinos, Creationism, Science and
Religion
SSSR: Religion in Science: Boundary Work in a Stem Cell
Research Laboratory
Presenter: Silke Guelker, WZB Berlin Social
Science Research Center (silke.guelker@wzb.eu)
Keywords: Science and Religion, Ethnography,
Bioethics
SSSR: What the Social Brain can tell us about the
Religious Mind: death, risk, society, and the Japanese Martial Arts
Presenter: Andrea Molle, Chapman University
(molle@chapman.edu)
Co-Author 1: David H.K. Brown, Cardiff
Metropolitan University
Co-Author 2: Alexander Bennett, Kansai University
Keywords: Neurosociology, Japan, Quasi-religion
C-13. SSSR: Religion, Rationality, and Identity
Room:
White River Ballroom J
Convener:
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University Of Haifa
(benny@psy.haifa.ac.il)
Papers:
SSSR: Rational Choice Theory and Religious Choice
Presenter: Daphne Garcia, U of Texas, Pan Am
(djgarcia1@broncs.utpa.edu)
Co-Author 1: Paul Saka, U of Texas, Pan Am (paulsaka@live.com)
Keywords: Happiness, Rationality, Pascal
SSSR: Lessons from History: Defending David Koresh
Presenter: Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University Of
Haifa (benny@psy.haifa.ac.il)
Keywords: History, Advocacy, Branch Davidians
SSSR: Rising Global Attitudes linking Dominant Religion
to National Identity: An Exploratory Study
Presenter: David Barry, University of Wisconsin
Stevens Point (dbarry@uwsp.edu)
Keywords: Dominant Religion, National Identity,
Global Trends
SSSR: Identity and community within an Emerging Church
Presenter: James Skinner, CUNY Graduate Center
(jskinner@gc.cuny.edu)
Keywords: Identity, Community, Emerging
Christianity
C-14. SSSR: Order and Conflict in Religion
Room:
Room 312
Organizer:
University of Pennsylvania
Convener:
Rachel Ellis (rhellis@sas.upenn.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Maintaining Order in the Face of Conflict: A
Microinteractional Approach to Catholic Conversion
Presenter: Rachel Ellis, University of Pennsylvania
(rhellis@sas.upenn.edu)
Keywords: Microinteraction, Organizations,
Catholicism
RRA: The Discourse of Conflict and Resolution: A Case
Study of A Historic Church's Approach to Conflict
Presenter: Richard Pitt, Vanderbilt University
(r.pitt@vanderbilt.edu)
Co-Author 1: Ryon Cobb, University of Southern
California
Keywords: Church Conflict, Religious Discourse,
Congregations
SSSR: Shades of White Flight: The Historical Role of
Church Polity in Shaping Urban Neighborhoods
Presenter: Mark Mulder, Calvin College
(mmulder@calvin.edu)
Keywords: Congregations, Neighborhood Change,
Church Polity
C-15. SSSR: Religion, Policy, and Doctrine
Room:
White River Ballroom B
Convener:
Justin Tse, University of Washington
(jkhtse@uw.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: The Legal Implications of "Internal Doctrinal
Disputes": Chong v. Lee, Immigrant Congregational Fractures, and New Religious
Publics
Presenter: Justin K.H. Tse, University of
Washington (jkhtse@uw.edu)
Keywords: Immigrant Religion, Religion and Law,
Congregational ethnography
SSSR: A method to the Midrash
Presenter: David Kwa, University of Amsterdam
(d.r.kwa@student.uva.nl)
Keywords: Midrash, Hermeneutics, Deconstruction
SSSR: Religion & social welfare policy: The historical
context for devolution
Presenter: Sarah Garlington, Boston University
(sgarling@bu.edu)
Keywords: Welfare, Policy, Devolution
SSSR: 'No, That's Not Political:' Perceptions and
Interpretations of Clergy Political Talk
Presenter: Emily Wurgler, Indiana Univesrity
(ewurgler@indiana.edu)
Keywords: Congregations, Clergy, Politics
C-16. SSSR: Denominational Identity and Methodology in Religion
Room:
Room 103
Convener:
Richard Cimino , University of Richmond
(relwatch1@msn.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Fundamentalism in the Greek Orthodox Church in
North America
Presenter: Frances Kostarelos, Governors State
University (fkostarelos@govst.edu)
Keywords: Greek, Orthodox, Fundamentalism
SSSR: Social Dimension of Religiosity in Countries with
Forced Secularization Experience. The Case of Russian Orthodox Christianity
Presenter: Daria Oreshina, St. Tikhon's orthodox
university (daria.oreshina@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Elena Prutskova, St. Tikhon's
orthodox university
Co-Author 2: Ivan Zabaev, St. Tikhon's orthodox
university
Keywords: Social Networks, Religiosity
Measurement, Russian Orthodox Church
SSSR: "Personal Theology": Navigating between the
Methodological Pitfalls of "Religion" and "Spirituality"
Presenter: David Gortner, Virginia Theological
Seminary (dgortner@vts.edu)
Keywords: Personal Theology, Emerging Adults,
Mixed methodology
SSSR: Reproducing Denominational Identity in a PostDenominational America
Presenter: Richard Cimino, University of Richmond
(relwatch1@msn.com)
Keywords: Church Planting, Denominations,
Protestantism
Period D: Friday October 31, 2:45 PM to 4:15 PM
Sessions:
D-1. SSSR: Young People, Religion and Diversity II
Room:
Room 101
Organizer:
Heather Shipley, University of Ottawa
(hshipley@uottawa.ca)
Convener:
Elisabeth Arweck, University of Warwick
(elisabeth.arweck@warwick.ac.uk)
Papers:
SSSR: Bridging into Adulthood: Continuity and
Discontinuity in Religious Identity among Second Generation Canadians of Diverse
Religious Backgrounds
Presenter: Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa
(pbeyer@uottawa.ca)
Keywords: Youth, Canada, Second generation
SSSR: The 'Hidden Christians' of the UK university
campus
Presenter: Mathew Guest, Durham University
(m.j.guest@durham.ac.uk)
Keywords: University, Christianity, Faith Identities
SSSR: A cycle of religious (il)literacy beginning with
students today
Presenter: Wing Yu Alice Chan, McGill University
(alice.chan@mail.mcgill.ca)
Keywords: Education, Youth, Religious Literacy
D-2. RRA: Rethinking the Religious/Secular Binary
Room:
Room 102
Organizer:
Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri
(neitzm@missouri.edu)
Convener:
Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri
(neitzm@missouri.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Serving Up Salvation: How New Religions Have
Changes the Ways Americans Eat
Presenter: Marion S Goldman, University of
Oregon (mgoldman@uoregon.edu)
Co-Author 1: N/A ,
Keywords: New Religious Movements, Food,
American spirituality
RRA: Ritualized Commemoration: Holocaust
Remembrance Day and the Synagogue as a site of Memorialization
Presenter: Janet L. Jacobs, University of Colorado
(janet.Jacobs@colorado.edu)
Co-Author 1: N/A ,
Keywords: Secularization, Gender, Lived Religion
RRA: From Buddhist Meditation to Mindfulness as a
Secular Panacea: An Exegesis of "Lived" Contemplative Meditation's Complex
Relationship with Buddhism
Presenter: Jaime Kucinskas, Indiana University
(jlkucins@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: N/A ,
Keywords: Secularization, Gender, Lived Religion
SSSR: Sacred Values and Factors of Sacredness
Presenter: Zhuo Chen, University of Oregon
(zhuochen@uoregon.edu)
Keywords: Sacredness, Values, Tradition
D-3. SSSR: Religious change and Violence: theoretical and
methodological challenges to grasp the phenomena in Latin America
Room:
White River Ballroom A
Organizer:
Karen Ponciano, Instituto de Investigaciones del
Hecho Religioso, Universidad Rafael Landivar (kaponciano@url.edu.gt)
Convener:
Karen Ponciano, Instituto de Investigaciones del
Hecho Religioso, Universidad Rafael Landivar (kaponciano@url.edu.gt)
Papers:
SSSR: "Pure Bull***t!" On Returning to a Messy Field
Site
Presenter: Robert Brenneman, ,Department of
Sociology, St. Michael's College (rbrenneman@smcvt.edu)
Keywords: Gangs and Religion, Methodological
Challenges, Central America
SSSR: "Our life surrounded by cane plantations" The
CICM Missionaries in the Guatemalan Pacific Coast
Presenter: Karen Ponciano, IIHR, Universidad
Rafael LandÃvar (kaponciano@url.edu.gt)
Keywords: Religion and Social Movements,
Violence,War, Interviews Methodology
SSSR: Catholicism(s) and political violence in Argentina's
State Terror
Presenter: Gustavo Morello, Sociology Department
Boston College (gustavo.morello@bc.edu)
Keywords: Catholicism and State Terror,
Secularization Process, Catholic Discourse
SSSR: Religious change in postwar Guatemala. An
approach from the Maya highlands
Presenter: Maria Victoria Garcia Vettorazzi, IIHR,
Universidad Rafael Landivar (mvgarcia@url.edu.gt)
Keywords: Religious Change, Post-War
Reconfiguration, Research in Indigenous Communities
D-4. SSSR: Religion and Culture Help Define, Decide, and Prescribe
Morality
Room:
Organizer:
(Megan_Haggard@baylor.edu)
Convener:
(Wade_Rowatt@baylor.edu)
Room 104
Megan Haggard, Baylor University
Wade Rowatt, Baylor University
Papers:
SSSR: The Moral Foundations of Clergy Support for
Democratic Principles and Practice
Presenter: Amanda Friesen, IUPUI
(amfriese@iupui.edu)
Co-Author 1: Paul Djupe, Denison University
Keywords: Morality, Clergy, Politics
SSSR: The Effect of Priming Religious Agents, Secular
Agents, and Spiritual Words on Consequentialist Moral Decisions
Presenter: Linda Kang, Baylor University
(Linda_Kang@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Wade Rowatt, Baylor University
Keywords: Morality, Religion, Moral Decisions
SSSR: How to Be a Good Woman: Morality and
Prescriptive Gender Stereotypes
Presenter: Megan Haggard, Baylor University
(Megan_Haggard@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Wade Rowatt, Baylor University
Keywords: Morality, Clergy, Politics
D-5. SSSR: The Reception of Biological Evolution amongst Muslims in
Diverse Cultures and Societies
Room:
Room 105
Organizer:
Salman Hameed, Hampshire College
(shameed@hampshire.edu)
Convener:
Salman Hameed, Hampshire College
(shameed@hampshire.edu)
Discussant: Mohamed Besheer, Pew Research Center's Religion
& Public Life Project (BMohamed@PewResearch.org)
Papers:
SSSR: Creating Creationists: the influence of 'issues
framing' on our understanding of public perceptions of clash narratives between
evolutionary science and belief
Presenter: Fern Elsdon-Baker, Coventry University
(fern.elsdon-baker@coventry.ac.uk)
Keywords: Evolution, Muslims and Islam,
Creationism
SSSR: Muslims and Evolution: Reception of Biological
Evolution Amongst Muslim Physicians and Medical Students in Six Countries
Presenter: Salman Hameed, Hampshire College
(shameed@hampshire.edu)
Keywords: Evolution, Muslims and Islam,
Creationism
SSSR: How do we talk when we talk about evolution?: A
comparison between Muslim doctors
Presenter: Donald Everhart, UCSD
(deverhart@ucsd.edu)
Keywords: Science and Religion, Muslims and
Islam, Conversation Analysis
D-6. SSSR: Development and Energizing, Theories of Faith
Room:
Room 106
Convener:
Brewster Kiyona
(kiyonabrewster2008@u.northwestern.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Attitudes toward Faith and Family among African
American Evangelical Husband and Wife Dyads
Presenter: Kiyona Brewster, Northwestern
University (kiyonabrewster2008@u.northwestern.edu)
Keywords: Gender, Family, African Americans
SSSR: Religion, Paternity Leave, and Father Involvement
with Children
Presenter: Richard Petts, Ball State University
(rjpetts@bsu.edu)
Keywords: Fatherhood, Paternity Leave, Religious
Participation
SSSR: The Development of Humility in Young Children
Presenter: Julie Yonker, Calvin College
(jey2@calvin.edu)
Co-Author 1: Cassandra Wielard, Hudsonville
Christian School
Co-Author 2: Carolyn Vos, Calvin College
Keywords: Humility, Teaching, Systematic
Research
SSSR: Do parental conflict and religious heterogamy
moderate the impact of Spiritual Modeling on emerging adults' faith-identities?
Presenter: Anthony Walker, Indiana State
University (Anthony.Walker@indstate.edu)
Keywords: Religious Identity Development,
Parental Conflict, Parental Religious Heterogamy
D-7. SSSR: Religion and Social Conflict
Room:
White River Ballroom B
Convener:
Rachel Bacon , Penn State University
(rjb397@psu.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Living with Conflict along the Religious Fault Line
Between Europe and Eurasia
Presenter: Jerry G Pankhurst, Wittenberg University
(jpankhurst@wittenberg.edu)
Co-Author 1: Alar Kilp, Univ. Of Tartu, Estonia
Keywords: Russian Orthodoxy, Culture Clash,
Slavic Culture
SSSR: Denominational Growth and Immigration in the
U.S.: Geographic Clustering and Changes from 1970-2010
Presenter: Rachel Bacon, Penn State University
(rjb397@psu.edu)
Keywords: Immigration, Denominational Growth,
Spatial Analysis
SSSR: Catholicizing Girlhood: Catholic Devotion Across
Generations on Mexican-origin Women
Presenter: Maria Castaneda-Liles, Santa Clara
University (mscastanedaliles@scu.edu)
Keywords: Lived Religion, Latina Women,
Catholic Devotion
RRA: Takin' Faith to the Streets: Religion and Protest
Events in the United States
Presenter: Kraig Beyerlein, University of Notre
Dame (Kraig.Beyerlein.2@nd.edu)
Keywords: Protest Events, Social Movements,
Collective Action
D-8. SSSR: Religion and Social Issues I
Room:
White River Ballroom E
Convener:
Jorg Stolz, ORS University of Lausanne
(joerg.stolz@unil.ch)
Papers:
SSSR: "Poverty and Delinquency: God, Guitars and Games
as Coping and Capital"
Presenter: Cassady Pitt, Spring Arbor University
(Cassady.Pitt@arbor.edu)
Keywords: Poverty, Adolescent Delinquency,
Religion
SSSR: Housing Development Projects and the
Disappearance of a Religious Center
Presenter: David Gortner, Virginia Theological
Seminary (dgortner@vts.edu)
Keywords: Urban Development, Religious
Affiliation, Market Forces
SSSR: The Impact of Christian Denomination on Conflict
Resolution Approaches
Presenter: Timothy Nagy, Saint Michael's College
(tnagy@mail.smcvt.edu)
Co-Author 1: Brosh Teucher, Saint Michael's
College
Keywords: Denomination, Ethnography, Conflict
Resolution
SSSR: Religious-secular competition in Australia. Results
from NCLS 2011 leader and attender survey
Presenter: Jorg Stolz, ORS University of Lausanne
(joerg.stolz@unil.ch)
Co-Author 1: Ruth Powell, NCLS Research;
Australian Catholic University
Keywords: Religious-secular Competition,
Secularization, Religious markets
D-9. SSSR: Affiliation and Disaffiliation
Room:
White River Ballroom H
Convener:
George Yancey , University of North Texas
(george.yancey@unt.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: The Role of Racial and Religious Affinities and
Disaffinities in the Shaping of Political Attitudes
Presenter: George Yancey, University of North
Texas (george.yancey@unt.edu)
Co-Author 1: Jerry Park, Baylor University
Keywords: Political Attitudes, Racial Attitudes,
Religious Attitudes
SSSR: Secularist by Default? Piety, Impiety, and
Coexistence in the Turkish Field of Literature, 1920-1990
Presenter: Baris Buyukokutan, Bogazici University
(baris.buyukokutan@boun.edu.tr)
Keywords: Secularization, Secularity, Turkey
SSSR: Atheism in the Bible Belt: Effects of Religious
Density on Identity Disclosure
Presenter: James Foutch, Portland State University
(jfoutch@pdx.edu)
Keywords: Atheism, Identity, Disclosure
SSSR: Is the United States a Counterexample to the
Secularization Thesis?
Presenter: David Voas, University of Essex
(voas@essex.ac.uk)
Co-Author 1: Mark Chaves, Duke University
Keywords: Secularization, Surveys, Comparative
Research
D-10. SSSR: Public Dialogue in Religion
Room:
Room 107
Convener:
Anna Koers, University Hamburg, Academy or
World Religions (anna.koers@uni-hamburg.de)
Papers:
SSSR: Interreligious dialogue in practice - the case study of
Hamburg
Presenter: Anna Koers, University Hamburg,
Academy or World Religions (anna.koers@uni-hamburg.de)
Keywords: Interreligious Practice, Social Capital,
Faith Communities
SSSR: Evaluating Interreligious Peacebuilding Efforts in
Deeply-Divided Societies: Wrestling with the Critical Questions
Presenter: Catherine Orsborn, University of Denver
(catherine.orsborn@du.edu)
Keywords: Inter-religious, Peacebuidling, Theories
of Change
SSSR: Agency at the Intersection of Emotions,
Organizational Change, and Religious Experience
Presenter: Amy Lane, Kalamazoo College
(alane@kzoo.edu)
Keywords: Lived Religion, Emotions, Agency
SSSR: Religious Bodies, Gender Relations and Politics in
Kenya: The Prospects for Peace-Building and Democratization in Africa
Presenter: Virginia Beard, Hope College
(beard@hope.edu)
Keywords: Africa, Democracy, Religion, Gender
D-11. SSSR: Critical Issues in Beliefs and Spirituality
Room:
White River Ballroom J
Convener:
John O. Beahrs, Oregon Health & Science
University (johnbeahrs@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Infinite Totality as a Question for Both Science and
Religion
Presenter: John O. Beahrs, Oregon Health &
Science University (johnbeahrs@gmail.com)
Keywords: Infinity, Naturalistic, Divinity
SSSR: A Buddhist Critical Theory? Transformations of the
Asokan Model
Presenter: Robert M. Bosco, Centre College
(robert.bosco@centre.edu)
Keywords: Buddhism, Critical Theory, Asia
SSSR: "There's the gang trying to get me back and I want
to follow Jesus": English Evangelicalism, Social Class and Personal Crisis
Presenter: Joanne McKenzie, Durham University
(j.m.mckenzie@durham.ac.uk)
Keywords: Evangelicalism, Social Class,
Deprivation
D-12. SSSR: Affiliation and Growth in Contemporary Religion
Room:
White River Ballroom I
Convener:
Ram Cnaan, University of Pennsylvania
(cnaan@sp2.upenn.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: The halo effect: Congregational contribution to their
local economy
Presenter: Ram Cnaan, University of Pennsylvania
(cnaan@sp2.upenn.edu)
Co-Author 1: An Seongho, University of
Pennsylvania
Co-Author 2: Tuomi Forrest, Partners for Sacred
Places
Keywords: Congregations, Valuation, Economics
SSSR: You Cannot Serve God and Mammon: Growth,
Happiness and Believing in 16 European Countries
Presenter: Fabio Campanini, IU Sophia
(fabiocampanini@hotmail.it)
Keywords: Religiosity, Economic Growth,
Happiness
SSSR: The Growth of Islam in the UK: A System
Dynamics Perspective
Presenter: John Hayward , University of South
Wales (john.hayward@southwales.ac.uk)
Co-Author 1: Nima Ahmed, University of South
Wales
Co-Author 2: Alliah Hassan , University of South
Wales
Keywords: Growth of Islam, System Dynamics,
Church Growth
D-13. SSSR: Islam and Identity Formation in the West
Room:
Room 108
Convener:
Hadia Ghazi, The University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga (ghazi.3000@gmail.com )
Papers:
SSSR: Civil Society Engagement and Identity Formation:
Narrative Identities of Young Muslims Active in Voluntary Associations in Switzerland
Presenter: Amir Sheikhzadegan, University of
Fribourg, Section of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work
(amir.sheikhzadegan@unifr.ch)
Co-Author 1: Michael Nollert, University of
Fribourg, Section of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work
Keywords: Narrative Identity, Young Muslims,
Voluntary Associations
SSSR: Muslims Never Bomb on Stage: Audience
Perceptions of Muslim Stand-Up Comedy
Presenter: Bilal Hussain, Loyola University
Chicago (bhussain1@luc.edu)
Keywords: Muslims, Islam, Comedy
SSSR: The Show Must Go On: Impact of Performance
Theory on the Religious and Sexual Identity Formation of Muslim American Youth
Presenter: Hasina Mohyuddin, Vanderbilt
University (hasina.a.mohyuddin.1@vanderbilt.edu)
Keywords: Performance Theory, Religious Identity,
Sexual Identity
SSSR: This above all, to thine own self be true; Spiritual or
Religious identity and the path to western acculturation among Muslims.
Presenter: Hadia Ghazi, University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga (ghazi.3000@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Hadia Ghazi, University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga (ghazi.3000@gmail.com)
Co-Author 2: Ralph W. Hood Jr., University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga (Ralph-Hood@utc.edu)
Co-Author 3: Christopher Silver, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville (Christopher-Silver@utc.edu)
Keywords: Acculturation, Immigrant Islam,
Spirituality
D-14. SSSR: Crime, Poverty, and Generosity
Room:
Room 311
Convener:
Katie Corcoran, Baylor University
(katie_corcoran@baylor.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: A Double-Edged Sword: The Countervailing Effects
of Religion on Cross-National Crime
Presenter: Katie Corcoran, Baylor University
(katie_corcoran@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: David Pettinicchio, University of
Oxford
Co-Author 2: Blaine Robbins, University of
Washington
Keywords: Crime, Cross-national, Beliefs regarding
God
SSSR: The Homeschool Effect: Alcohol Use Among
Adolescents and Emerging Adults
Presenter: Robert Thomson, Baylor University
(bob_thomson@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Homeschool, Drinking/Delinquency,
Adolescents/Emerging adults
SSSR: American Generosity: The Role of Religious Calls
to Give Money
Presenter: Patricia Snell Herzog, University of
Arkansas (herzog@uark.edu)
Co-Author 1: Heather Price, University of Notre
Dame
Keywords: Giving and Philanthropy,
Congregations, National Survey
D-15. SSSR: Culture, Counseling, and Conversion
Room:
Room 312
Convener:
Christine Cusack , University of Ottawa
(christinelcusack@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Ethics and religious culture in the elementary
classroom: An innovative approach to religious literacy
Presenter: Christine L. Cusack, University of
Ottawa (christinelcusack@gmail.com)
Keywords: Religious Literacy, Youth Citizenship,
Religion and Education
SSSR: Rabbis in Spiritual Crisis
Presenter: Paul Shrell-Fox, The Schechter Institutes
(shrell_fox@schechter.ac.il)
Keywords: Rabbis, Atheists, Loss of Faith
SSSR: Does Client-Therapist Match on Religiosity Predict
Therapeutic Alliance in Christian Counseling
Presenter: Allison Willig, Ferkauf Graduate School
of Psychology (allisonwillig@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Tracy Prout, Ferkauf Graduate School
of Psychology
Co-Author 2: Elena Kim, Fordham University
Keywords: Religiosity, Therapeutic-Alliance,
Client-Therapist Match
D-16. SSSR: Atheism - Identity, Distrust, and Morality
Room:
White River Ballroom G
Convener:
Marcus Mann, Duke University
(marcus.mann@duke.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Everything is Permitted? People Intuitively Judge
Immorality as Representative of Atheists
Presenter: Will Gervais, University of Kentucky
(will.gervais@uky.edu)
Keywords: Atheism, Morality,
Stereotyping/Prejudice
SSSR: Atheists Still Others? A 10-Year Followup to the
American Mosaic Project Survey
Presenter: Penny Edgell , University of Minnesota
(edgell@umn.edu)
Co-Author 1: Evan Stewart, University of
Minnesota
Keywords: Atheists, Religious Outsiders, Symbolic
Boundaries
SSSR: Triangle Atheists: Stigma, Identity, and Community
Among Atheists in North Carolina's Triangle Region
Presenter: Marcus Mann, Duke University
(marcus.mann@duke.edu)
Keywords: Atheism, Identity, Stigma
SSSR: America's Organized Nonbelievers: A Social
Movement?
Presenter: Joseph Blankholm, Columbia University
(jlb2210@columbia.edu)
Keywords: Secularism, Atheism, Social Movements
D-17. RRA: Clergy and Congregations
Room:
Room 103
Convener:
Nicholas Baker (bryan.baker@student.hartsem.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Congregational Vitality and Clergy Excellence
Presenter: Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, United Church of
Christ (hajbik@ucc.org)
Co-Author 1: Ashleigh Hope, University of
Northern Colorado
Keywords: Congregational Vitality, Clergy
Excellence, United Church of Christ
RRA: Clergy Visionaries In The South - Yes, But In New
England?
Presenter: Adair T. Lummis, Hartford Seminary
(alummis@hartsem.edu)
Co-Author 1: David Roozen, Hartford Seminary
Keywords: Clergy, Congregational Leadership,
Survey Data for US Congregations, 2010
RRA: The role of bivocational ministers in U.S.
congregations
Presenter: Nicholas Baker, Hartford Seminary
(bryan.baker@student.hartsem.edu)
Keywords: Bivocational Ministers, Lay Leadership,
Congregational Research
RRA: Changing Places: Women in Urban Ministry
Presenter: Deborah J. Kapp, McCormick
Theological Seminary (dkapp@mccormick.edu)
Keywords: Visual Sociology, Clergy Studies,
Women and Ministry
Period E: Saturday November 1, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Sessions:
E-1. SSSR: Church Renewal and Evangelization
Room:
Room 101
Organizer:
Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University
(pmhegy@gmail.com)
Convener:
Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University
(pierre.hegy@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Practices of the New Evangelization: Devotional
Prayer, Meetings, and Service
Presenter: Michael J. McCallion, Sacred Heart
Major Seminary (Detroit) (mccallion.michael@shms.edu)
Co-Author 1: Ben Bennett-Carpenter, Oakland
University (Michigan)
Keywords: Catholic, New Evangelization, Practices
SSSR: Beliefs, attitudes and religious practices in
contemporary Argentina: A quantitative study in the land of Pope Francis
Presenter: Juan Esquivel, University of Buenos
Aires, Argentina (jesquivel@ceil-conicet.gov.ar)
Keywords: Beliefs, Religious practices, Argentina
SSSR: Factors of renewal and evangelization in a
Guatemalan parish
Presenter: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University
(pierre.hegy@gmail.com)
Keywords: Church Growth, Evangelization, Parish
Evangelization
E-2. SSSR: Religion, Global Poverty, & International Development
Room:
Room 108
Organizer:
Steve Offutt, Asbury Theological Seminary
(soffutt_1999@yahoo.com)
Convener:
Steve Offutt, Asbury Theological Seminary
(soffutt_1999@yahoo.com)
Discussant: Steve Offutt, Asbury Theological Seminary
(soffutt_1999@yahoo.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Frames for Aid: What Religion Affords Grassroots
NGOs
Presenter: Allison Schnable, Princeton University
(schnable@princeton.edu)
Keywords: International Development, NGOs,
Frames
SSSR: Empowering Women: Faith-Based NGOs, Legacies
of Apartheid, and the Role of Gender in Development
Presenter: Meredith Whitnah, University of Notre
Dame (mwhitnah@nd.edu)
Keywords: International Development, NGOs,
Frames
SSSR: The Role of Religious Identity among Evangelical
NGOs: Shaping Development Discourse and the Global Engagement of Western Donors
Presenter: David P. King, Indiana University Lilly
Family School of Philanthropy (dking@memphisseminary.edu)
Keywords: International Development, NGOs,
Frames
E-3. SSSR: The Religious and Secular Worlds of the Emerging Church
Movement
Room:
Organizer:
(josh.packard@unco.edu)
Convener:
(josh.packard@unco.edu)
Discussant:
(josh.packard@unco.edu)
Room 107
Josh Packard, University of Northern Colorado
Josh Packard, University of Northern Colorado
Josh Packard, University of Northern Colorado
Papers:
SSSR: "If I Didn't Go Here, I Wouldn't Go Anywhere":
The Appeal of the Emerging Church
Presenter: Ashleigh Hope, Vanderbilt University
(ashleighrene2835@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Josh Packard, University of Northern
Colorado
Keywords: Emerging Church Movement,
Disaffiliation, Dechurched
SSSR: The Emerging Church in Transatlantic Context
Presenter: Mathew Guest, Durham University
(m.j.guest@durham.ac.uk)
Keywords: Emerging Church Movement,
Transatlantic Christianity, Post-Evangelicalism
SSSR: Bridging the Sacred and Secular: Transcending
'Modern' Categories in the ECM
Presenter: Jason Wollschleger, Whitworth
University (jwollschleger@whitworth.edu)
Keywords: Emerging Church Movement, SacredSecular, Religious Organizations
E-4. SSSR: Getting Tenure
Room:
Room 106
Organizer:
Kevin D. Dougherty , Baylor University
(kevin_dougherty@baylor.edu)
Convener:
Kevin D. Dougherty , Baylor University
(kevin_dougherty@baylor.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Achieving Tenure in the Liberal Arts Context
Presenter: Tricia Bruce, Maryville College
(tricia.bruce@maryvillecollege.edu)
Keywords: Tenure, Employment, Professional
Development
SSSR: You Have Six Years to Get Tenure, Then You Can
Have a Life
Presenter: Ryan Cragun, University of Tampa
(rcragun@ut.edu)
Keywords: Tenure, Employment, Professional
Development
SSSR: Finding a Narrative: Managing Multiple Intellectual
Identities
Presenter: Richard Pitt, Vanderbilt University
(r.pitt@vanderbilt.edu)
Keywords: Tenure, Employment, Professional
Development
SSSR: Getting Tenure: It Gets Better
Presenter: Rebecca Sager, Loyola Marymount
University (rsager@lmu.edu)
Keywords: Tenure, Employment, Professional
Development
E-5. SSSR: Intersections Between Church and State
Room:
Room 103
Convener:
Ben Ng, University of Kentucky (ben.ng@uky.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: When Church Becomes State: Clergy as Political
Candidate
Presenter: Robert Velez, Southern Illinois
University - Carbondale (rwvelez@siu.edu)
Keywords: Clergy, Political Behavior, Candidate
Emergence
SSSR: Religiousness, Fundamentalism, and
Authoritarianism of Pakistani Muslim and Christian University Students
Presenter: Douglas E. Trimble , Eastern University
(dtrimble@eastern.edu)
Keywords: Religious orientation, Islam,
Authoritarianism
SSSR: Incorporating religion in 'phronetic' urban planning:
bridging the policy nexus between religion and development
Presenter: Yamini Narayanan, Deakin University
(y.narayanan@deakin.edu.au)
Keywords: Religion, Urban policy, Phronesis
approach
SSSR: Fast Religion and the spheres of Violence
Presenter: Abdullahi Gallab, Arizona State
University (abdullahi.gallab@asu.edu)
Keywords:
E-6. SSSR: Pluralism and the Spread of Religion
Room:
White River Ballroom A
Convener:
Eileen Barker , London School of Economics
(e.barker@lse.ac.uk)
Papers:
SSSR: Special Persons and the Spread of Universal
Religions
Presenter: Robert L. Montgomery , Retired
(rmontgo914@aol.com)
Keywords: Religions, Spread of, Special Persons,
Religious Founders
SSSR: A Bridge Too Far? Cults, Anti-Cultists and Scholars
of the Scientific Study of Religion
Presenter: Eileen Barker , London School of
Economics (e.barker@lse.ac.uk)
Keywords: New Religions, Cult Wars, Role of
Scholars
SSSR: Ham Seok-Heon's Religious Syncretism as a
Theoretical Framework of Cosmopolitanism
Presenter: Song-Chong Lee, The University of
Findlay (lee@findlay.edu)
Keywords: Cosmopolitanism, Global Community,
Religious Pluralism
SSSR: From None to Both: Multireligiousness in
Contemporary America
Presenter: Emily Sigalow, Brandeis University
(esigalow@brandeis.edu)
Co-Author 1: Emily Sigalow, Brandeis University
Keywords: Identity, Secularism, Culture
E-7. SSSR: African American Religious Landscapes
Room:
White River Ballroom E
Convener:
Joseph Sarwuan Gbenda, Benue State University
(jsphsrwn@yahoo.com)
Papers:
SSSR: The Need For A Psychological Study Of African
Indigenous Religion
Presenter: Joseph Sarwuan Gbenda , Benue State
University (jsphsrwn@yahoo.com)
Keywords: African Indigenous Religion,
Psychology of Religion, Religious Culture
SSSR: How African American Protestants Narrate Science
Presenter: Cleve V. Tinsley IV, Rice University
(cvt4@rice.edu)
Co-Author 1: Virginia Johnston White, Rice
University
Keywords: African-American, Protestants, Science
SSSR: Examining the Contemporary Structure of Black
Religious Leader Non-local Civic Engagement
Presenter: Korie Edwards , Ohio State University
(kle@sociology.osu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Michelle Oyakawa, Ohio State
University
Keywords: Mobilization, African American,
Religious Leaders
SSSR: Denominational Differences in Stratification Beliefs
Among Black Americans: The Moderating Influence of Congregational Size
Presenter: Ryon Cobb, University of Southern
California (ryoncobb@usc.edu)
Keywords: Religion, Racial Attitudes,
Congregational Size
E-8. SSSR: Religious Identity
Room:
White River Ballroom G
Convener:
Nathaniel Porter, Pennsylvania State University
(ndp135@psu.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Differentiating Irreligious Subcultures through
Cultural Consumption Networks
Presenter: Nathaniel Porter, Pennsylvania State
University (ndp135@psu.edu)
Keywords: Irreligion, Social Network Analysis,
Culture
SSSR: Searching for the Good Life: How Religious
Identities and Social Class Craft Aspirations during Times of Transition
Presenter: Hilary Davidson, University of Notre
Dame (hdavidso@nd.edu)
Keywords: Emerging Adults-NSYR, Aspirations,
Social Class
SSSR: Visualizing Changes in Dimensions of Cultural,
Religious, and Political Tension Among the American Public 1972-2012.
Presenter: Daniel V A Olson , Purdue University
(dolson@purdue.edu)
Co-Author 1: Benjamin Pratt, Purdue University
Keywords: Political Religious Alignment, Culture
Wars, American Politics
E-9. SSSR: Sex and Religion
Room:
White River Ballroom H
Convener:
Erik Lund, University of Kentucky
(e.m.lund@uky.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Be ye fruitful and multiply: Religious activation and
reproductive desire.
Presenter: Erik Lund, University of Kentucky
(e.m.lund@uky.edu)
Co-Author 1: Will Gervais, University of Kentucky
Keywords: Reproduction, Fertility, Norms
SSSR: Timing of Marriage and First Birth between Roman
Catholics and Evangelical Protestants
Presenter: Brita Andercheck, Baylor University
(Brita_Andercheck@Baylor.edu)
Keywords: Fertility, Marriage, Religion
SSSR: Religiosity and Views of Sexuality in Mormon
Mixed-Orientation Marriages
Presenter: Catherine Jeppsen, Penn State University
(catherinejeppsen@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Anita Armstrong, Whatcom
Community College
Co-Author 2: Elizabeth Legerski, University of
North Dakota
Keywords: Mormons, LGBT, Mixed-orientation
marriage
SSSR: Sanctification of Sex? Religion and Sexual
Satisfaction Among Married Couples
Presenter: Jeremy Uecker, Baylor University
(Jeremy_Uecker@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Jeffery Dew, Utah State University
Co-Author 2: Brian Willoughby, Brigham Young
University
Keywords: Sexual Behavior, Family, Marital
Sanctification
E-10. SSSR: Religion in China
Room:
Room 105
Convener:
Mark Chuanhang Shan (mark.shan@gordon.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Christianity and Civil Society in China
Presenter: Mark Chuanhang Shan,
(mark.shan@gordon.edu)
Keywords: Citizenship Rights in China, Invisible
Unstructured Church Communities, Christian Ethics
SSSR: Towards a New Approach for Exploring the Chinese
Religious Landscape
Presenter: Harrison Carter, University of California,
San Diego (hbcarter@ucsd.edu)
Keywords: Contemporary China, Chinese
Religions, Religion
SSSR: Media Representation of Christianity in China: 1978
to 2011
Presenter: Jun Lu, Purdue University
(lu33@purdue.edu)
Keywords: Christianity, media, China
E-11. SSSR: Congregational and Organizational Action (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
Room 311
Convener:
Kraig Beyerlein, University of Notre Dame
(Kraig.Beyerlein.2@nd.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Explaining Congregations' Differential Mobilization
of Action to Border and Immigration Issues
Presenter: Kraig Beyerlein, University of Notre
Dame (Kraig.Beyerlein.2@nd.edu)
Co-Author 1: Gary Alder, University of Southern
California
Keywords: Congregation-Based Mobilization,
Immigration, Civic Activity
SSSR: Exploring a new profile of America's congregations.
Presenter: Scott L. Thumma , Hartford Seminary
Hartford Institute For Religion Research (sthumma@hartsem.edu)
Keywords: Congregations, Database, US Religion
Profile
SSSR: The Suburbanization of Protestant Churches in the
Chicago Region, 1925-1969
Presenter: Brian Miller, Wheaton College
(brian.miller@wheaton.edu)
Keywords: Suburbs, Mainline Protestants, Race and
Ethnicity
RRA: Conversations shaping a mainline denomination:
American Baptists shift from a centralized program to a distributed model
Presenter: Jeff Woods, ABC (Jeff.Woods@abcusa.org)
Keywords: Conversation, Survey Topics, Ministry
E-12. SSSR: Environments - Natural and Political (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
Room 312
Convener:
Tony Walsh , National University of Ireland,
Maynooth (tony.walsh@nuim.ie)
Papers:
SSSR: ' Learning to Survive.' A Narrative exploration of
Protestant experience in the Irish Republic
Presenter: Tony Walsh, National University of
Ireland, Maynooth (tony.walsh@nuim.ie)
Keywords: Minority Status, Power and Resistance,
Silencing and Reconsruction of Identity
SSSR: The Role of Religion in Shaping Environmental
Consumption
Presenter: Simranjit Khalsa, skhalsa@rice.edu
(skhalsa@rice.edu)
Co-Author 1: Jared Peifer, Baruch College
Keywords: Environment, Religion, Consumption
RRA: Favorite Authors of African Christian Leaders, and
What This Reveals About Globalization and Religion
Presenter: Robert Priest , Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School (rpriest@tiu.edu )
Keywords: Globalization, Africa, Books
SSSR: "The Earth is the Lord's": Religious Practice and the
Environment
Presenter: Andrea Henderson, University of South
Carolina (ahenderson@sc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Jennifer McMorris , University of
Texas-Austin
Co-Author 2: Aida Ramos-Wada, University of
Texas-San Antonio
Keywords: Environment, Environmental
Sanctification, Religion
E-13. SSSR: Religion and Social Issues II
Room:
White River Ballroom J
Convener:
Patricia Tevington , University of Pennsylvania
(ptev@sas.upenn.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Religion, Social Class, and the Family: Exploring
Early Marriage and Parenthood in America
Presenter: Patricia Tevington, University of
Pennsylvania (ptev@sas.upenn.edu)
Keywords: Class, Parenthood, Marriage
SSSR: Hip-Hop and Black Identity in the (Mostly White)
New Calvinist Movement
Presenter: Brad Vermurlen, University of Notre
Dame (bvermurl@nd.edu)
Keywords: Music, Race, Evangelicalism
SSSR: New Wine Calls for New Wine Skins: Black
Megachurches Addressing Contemporary Racial Inequalities
Presenter: Kendra Barber, University of Maryland,
College Park (khbarber@umd.edu)
Keywords: Race, Megachurches, Religious Culture
SSSR: Salvation and Civil Liberties: Political Tolerance in
the American Muslim Community
Presenter: Youssef Chouhoud, University of
Southern California (chouhoud@usc.edu)
Keywords: Political Tolerance, American Muslims,
Religious minorities
E-14. SSSR: Exorcisms, Atheisms, and Secularization
Room:
White River Ballroom I
Convener:
Adam Possamai , University of Western Sydney
(A.Possamai@uws.edu.au)
Papers:
SSSR: Secular Saint Peters: Gatekeeping Around the
Atheist Label
Presenter: Caleb Schaffner, Univeristy of Illinois at
Chicago (cschaf3@uic.edu)
Keywords: Atheism, Social Construction,
Organization
SSSR: The religious and the nonreligious: What the study
of religion can gain from the study of the nonreligious and vice versa
Presenter: Petra Klug, University of Bremen,
Religionswissenschaft / Religionspadagogik (petraklug@gmx.de)
Keywords: Nonreligion, Study of Religion, Basic
Research
SSSR: The Secular Nature of Islamic Leadership
Presenter: Don Swenson, Mount Royal University
(dswenson@mtroyal.ca)
Keywords: Secular, Islamic Leadership, Power,
Control, Coercion and Conflict
SSSR: The over-policing of the devil: a sociology of
exorcism
Presenter: Adam Possamai, University of Western
Sydney (A.Possamai@uws.edu.au)
Keywords: Exorcism, Devil, Popular Culture
E-15. SSSR: The Insider/Outsider Problem
Room:
White River Ballroom B
Organizer:
Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center
(bmohamed@pewresearch.org)
Convener:
Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center
(bmohamed@pewresearch.org)
Papers:
SSSR: When you clearly don't fit in: Ethnographic
observation with college-age Muslims
Presenter: Rhys Williams , Loyola University
Chicago (rwilliams7@luc.edu)
Keywords: American Islam, Muslims, Ethnography
SSSR: On Being Kicked Out of a Field Site and the
Existence of Other Lives
Presenter: Jeffrey Guhin, University of Virginia
(jjg3z@virginia.edu)
Keywords: American Islam, Education,
Ethnography
SSSR: Sacred Ambiguity: the Reproduction of Weak
Boundaries in Religious Systems
Presenter: Peter Ryan, Notre Dame
(pryan15@nd.edu)
Keywords: Ethnography, Emotions, Humor
E-16. SSSR: Religious Experience: Understanding and Explaining
Room:
Room 102
Convener:
Christopher Silver , University of Tennessee
(Christopher-Silver@utc.edu )
Papers:
SSSR: Poison-Drinking in Obedience to the Faith: A
Phenomenological Study of the Experience
Presenter: W Paul Williamson , Henderson State
University (williaw@hsu.edu)
Co-Author 1: W. Paul Williamson, Henderson State
University
Keywords: Poison Drinking, Serpent handling,
Phenomenology
SSSR: 'That's a Really Real Feeling': Popular Music and
the Sacralization of the Self in Evangelical Worship
Presenter: April Vega, The Catholic University of
America (harpist280@gmail.com)
Keywords: Evangelicals, Secularization, Music
SSSR: Corroborative Efforts between Social Workers and
Religious Leaders in Natural Disaster Relief: A Comparative Analysis among the USA,
Philippines and Japan
Presenter: Tatsushi Hirono, Austin Peay State
University (hironot@apsu.edu)
Keywords: Christian, Buddhist, PTSD
SSSR: Against Silver Bullet Explanations for Religion:
Toward Interdisciplinary Conversations That Allow For Both Consilience and
Divergence
Presenter: Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter , Oakland
University (Michigan) (bennettc@oakland.edu)
Keywords: Interdisciplinary, Consilience,
Divergence
Period F: Saturday November 1, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Sessions:
F-1. SSSR: The Semantic Surplus of Self-attributed "Spirituality" I
Room:
Room 101
Organizer:
Barbara Keller , Bielefeld University
(barbara.keller@uni-bielefeld.de)
Convener:
Ralph W. Hood, University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga (Ralph-Hood@utc.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: "Spirituality" - Earthquake in the Semantic Field for
Religion
Presenter: Heinz Streib, Bielefeld University
(Heinz.Streib@uni-bielefeld.de)
Keywords: Spirituality, Semantics of Spirituality,
Spiritual turn
SSSR: Religion, Spirituality, and Crisis: The Case of
Nancy T.
Presenter: Matthew Durham, University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga (matthew-durham@utc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Christopher Silver , University of
Tennessee, Knoxville
Keywords: Spirituality, Crisis,
Darsan
SSSR: Growing in faith: Case studies of religious
spiritualities
Presenter: Michele Wollert, University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga (Michele-Wollert@utc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Thomas Coleman , University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga
Keywords: Spirituality, Faith development, Case
studies
SSSR: Accounting for "spiritual" developments: religious
identity narratives
Presenter: Barbara Keller, Bielefeld University
(Barbara.keller@uni-bielefeld.de)
Keywords: Spirituality, Religious Identity
Narrative, Cross-Cultural comparison
F-2. RRA: Living our Values: Formative Experiences of Young Catholics
Room:
Room 102
Organizer:
Michael Cieslak, Diocese of Rockford
(mcieslak@rockforddiocese.org)
Convener:
Michael Cieslak, Diocese of Rockford
(mcieslak@rockforddiocese.org)
Papers:
RRA: Religion and Human Rights Project: Assessing
Adolescents in Catholic Areas
Presenter: Lluis Oviedo, Antonianum University,
Rome (loviedo@antonianum.eu)
Keywords: Human rights, Catholicism, Adolescents
RRA: Let me introduce Margaret, Robert and Kylie. Life
histories and the future of Catholic schools.
Presenter: Richard Rymarz, St. Joseph's College,
University of Alberta (rymarz@ualberta.ca)
Keywords: Human Rights, Catholicism,
Adolescents
RRA: Volunteer Service and Later Engagement in Church
Life
Presenter: Thomas Gaunt, Center for Applied
Research in the Apostolate (tpg9@georgetown.edu)
Co-Author 1: James Fangmeyer, Jr.,
Keywords: Human Rights, Catholicism,
Adolescents
F-3. SSSR: The Empirical Study of Preaching
Room:
Room 104
Organizer:
Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University
(pmhegy@gmail.com)
Convener:
Pierre Hegy, Garden City (pierre.hegy@gmail.com)
Discussant: Lori Carrell, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
(carrell@uwosh.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Relationship between Homiletics Assessment and
Customer Satisfaction Studies
Presenter: Karla J. Bellinger, The Center for
Preaching, Evangelization, and Prayer (karlabellinger@gmail.com)
Keywords: Homily Assessment, Consumer
Psychology, Preaching
SSSR: Psychological type theory, biblical hermeneutics
and liturgical preaching: An empirical investigation
Presenter: Leslie Francis, University of Warwick
(leslie.francis@warwick.ac.uk)
Keywords: Preaching, Psychological Type Theory,
Anglican
SSSR: A Methodology for the quantitative analysis of
sermons
Presenter: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University
(pierre.hegy@gmail.com)
Keywords: Sermons, Quantitative Analysis, Sermon
Comparisons
SSSR: Hindu-Upanishadic and Buddhist Comparative
Theology and Understanding Concepts of "Non-Self" and "No-God" in
Neurophysiological terms: Experiences Of A Psychiatrist Ministering an Atheist Patient
Presenter: Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan, Harvard
Divinity School, Harvard University (par469@mail.harvard.edu)
Keywords: Hindu-Buddhism-Atheism,
Comparative-Theology, Neurobiology-Chaplaincy
F-4. SSSR: Religion in the Workplace
Room:
Room 103
Organizer:
Jerry Park, Baylor University
(Jerry_Park@Baylor.edu)
Convener:
Kevin Dougherty, Baylor University
(kevin_dougherty@baylor.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: God and Work: Doubly Attached
Presenter: Blake Kent, Baylor University
(blake_kent@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Attachment Theory, Affective
Commitment, Faith and Work
SSSR: Perceived advantages and disadvantages to faith at
work
Presenter: Su Jin Kang, Baylor University
(su_kang@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Attachment Theory, Affective
Commitment, Faith and Work
SSSR: The Bible in the workplace
Presenter: Jerry Park, Baylor University
(jerry_park@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Religious Cultural Capital, Sacred Text
Influence, Work and Religion
SSSR: Leave it at the door: Segmenting faith and work in
the corporate workplace
Presenter: Brandon Vaidyanathan, Rice University
(brv1@rice.edu)
Keywords: Religion, Work, Cultural Boundaries
F-5. SSSR: Contemporary Religious Diversity and Social Change in Latin
America
Room:
Organizer:
Room 105
Christopher L. Chiappari, St. Olaf College
Convener:
Christopher L. Chiappari, St. Olaf College
(chiappar@stolaf.edu)
(chiappar@stolaf.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Pentecostal Conversion Careers, Generational
Effects, and Civil Society in Latin America
Presenter: Henri Gooren, Oakland University
(gooren@oakland.edu)
Keywords: Pentecostalism, Civil Society, Latin
America
SSSR: Religious Plurality and Diversity in Mexico : recent
data
Presenter: Carlos Garma, Universidad Autonoma
Metropolitana Iztapalapa (ganc@xanum.uam.mx)
Keywords: Religious Affiliation, Mexico, Social
Change
SSSR: Fertility of the Unaffiliated in Latin America
Presenter: Juan Carlos Esparza Ochoa, Pew
Research Center (jesparzaochoa@pewforum.org)
Co-Author 1: Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center
Co-Author 2: Melisa Araceli Aguilar Quevedo,
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Keywords:
Latin America, Fertility, Unaffiliated
SSSR: The Andean, Lo Andino, as a Contemporary
Religious Form in Peru
Presenter: David Knowlton, Utah Valley Unviersity
(dknowlton@uvu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Walter Coraza Morveli, Cuzco Eats
Keywords: Andean identity, Peru, Indigenous
religion
F-6. RRA: Religion and Immigrant Social Integration: Challenges,
Perspectives, Prospects
Room:
White River Ballroom A
Organizer:
Nicolette Manglos-Weber, Notre Dame University
(nmanglos@gmail.com)
Convener:
Nicolette Manglos-Weber, Notre Dame University
(nmanglos@gmail.com)
Papers:
RRA: Churchgoing as Integrative Process? The Case of
Black Migrants to the Urban U.S.
Presenter: Nicolette Manglos-Weber, University of
Notre Dame (nmanglos@gmail.com)
Keywords: Immigration, Race/Ethnicity, Social
Capital
RRA: The Role of Ethnically Homogeneous Religious
Spaces in Immigrant Integration
Presenter: Tricia Bruce, Maryville College
(tricia.bruce@maryvillecollege.edu)
Keywords: Race/Ethnicity, Catholicism,
Immigration
RRA: Minorities and the Ideology of Pluralism within
Immigrant Congregations in Quebec : An Ambiguous Perspective on Social Integration
Presenter: Geraldine Mossiere, University of
Montreal (geraldine.mossiere@umontreal.ca)
Keywords: Pentecostals, Race and Ethnicity,
Immigration
RRA: Common Actions: Encouraging Cooperation
between New Canadian Church Planters and Canadian Denominational Leaders
Presenter: Mark Chapman, Tyndale University
College & Seminary (mchapman@tyndale.ca)
Co-Author 1: James Watson, Fuller Theological
Seminary / Salvation Army
Keywords: Immigration, Churches, Social Research
F-7. RRA: The Interplay Between Muslim Physicians and Islamic Jurists
in Bioethical Decision-Making
Room:
Room 107
Organizer:
Mohammed Ghaly, Research Center for Islamic
Legislation & Ethics (mghaly@qfis.edu.qa)
Convener:
Aasim Padela, The Initiative on Islam & Medicine,
The University of Chicago (apadela@uchicago.edu)
Papers:
RRA: When Physicians Wear the Coat of Theologians
Presenter: Mohammed Ghaly, Research Center for
Islamic Legislation & Ethics (mghaly@qfis.edu.qa)
Keywords: Islamic Bioethics, Religion and Science,
Independent Legal Reasoning (ijtihad)
RRA: Islamic Perspectives on Withdrawing or Withholding
Life Support: Ethico-Legal Responses to Moral Conundrums
Presenter: Afshan Mohiuddin, Northwestern
Memorial Hospital (afshanzm@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Aasim Padela, The Initiative on Islam
& Medicine, The University of Chicago
Keywords: Islamic Bioethics, End-of-Life,
Withdrawal of Care
RRA: How Fatwas Came to Permit Kidney Selling in Iran
Presenter: Elham Mireshghi, University of
California Irvine (emireshghi@gmail.com)
Keywords: Fatwa, Kidney sales, Medical policy
RRA: Challenges Arising from the Interplay Between
Physicians and Jurists in Islamic Bioethics
Presenter: Aasim Padela, The Initiative on Islam &
Medicine, The University of Chicago (apadela@uchicago.edu)
Keywords: Islamic Bioethics, Interdisciplinarity,
Moral Theology
F-8. RRA: Studying Religion and Spirituality: Methodologies and the
Question of Evidence
Room:
White River Ballroom B
Organizer:
Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, University of Western
Sydney (alphia.possamai@uws.edu.au)
Convener:
Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, UWS
(alphia.possamai@uws.edu.au)
Papers:
RRA: Studying Spiritualities: Is An Empirical
Phenomenology Possible?
Presenter: Jim Spickard , University of Redlands
(jim_spickard@redlands.edu)
Keywords: Spiritualities, Methodologies,
Phenomenology
RRA: Reassembling Religious Symbols
Presenter: Douglas Ezzy, University of Tasmania
(douglas.ezzy@utas.edu.au)
Keywords: Religious Symbols, Methodologies,
Ethnography
RRA: Abstracted Empiricism And Sociology Of Religion
Presenter: Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, UWS
(alphia.possamai@uws.edu.au)
Keywords: Religion, Abstracted Empiricism,
Methodologies
F-9. SSSR: Religious Orientation and Attitudes
Room:
White River Ballroom E
Convener:
Sarah Schiavone, Univ. of North Alabama
(sschiavone@una.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Searching for the nexus between religious
fundamentalism and fear of taboo: Three behavioral avoidance tests.
Presenter: Sarah Schiavone, Univ. of North
Alabama (sschiavone@una.edu)
Co-Author 1: Kayla Bales, Univ. of North Alabama
Co-Author 2: Brandon Pennington, Univ. of North
Alabama
Keywords: Religious Fundamentalism, Taboo,
Behavioral Avoidance
SSSR: Holier Than Thou: The Influence of Social Attitudes
on Religious Persecution
Presenter: Robert Brathwaite, Michigan State
University (James Madison College) (rbrathwa@alumni.nd.edu)
Keywords: Religious Violence, Religious Attitudes,
Religion-Atate Separation
SSSR: Trauma & Substance Use: The Possible Moderating
Role of Defenses and Religious Engagement
Presenter: Lindsay Gerber, Yeshiva University
(lindsay.e.gerber@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Tracy Prout, Yeshiva University
Co-Author 2: William Gottdiener, John Jay College
of Criminal Justice
Keywords: Religiousness/Spirituality (R/S),
Defense Mechanisms, Trauma and Substance Abuse
SSSR: Physician Religious/Spiritual Orientations and the
Inclusion of Religion in Patient Interactions
Presenter: Aaron Franzen, Hope College
(franzen@hope.edu)
Keywords: Medicine, Patient Interactions,
Structural Equation Modeling
F-10. SSSR: Intersections in Religious Conflict
Room:
White River Ballroom G
Convener:
Daniel Bennett, Eastern Kentucky University
(daniel.bennett@eku.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Defending Religious Freedom in Christian Right
Legal Advocacy
Presenter: Daniel Bennett, Eastern Kentucky
University (daniel.bennett@eku.edu)
Keywords: Christian Right, Legal Advocacy,
Religious Freedom
SSSR: Simmel's Writings as a Bridge Beween Religions
Presenter: Horst J Helle, Univ. of Munich, Germany
(horsthelle@hotmail.com)
Keywords: Georg Simmel, Religiousity,
Comparative Religions
SSSR: Religion Also Matters
Presenter: Aliza Luft, University of Wisconsin
Madison (alizaluft@gmail.com)
Keywords: Intersectionality, Theory, Sociology
SSSR: Christian Nationalism, Social Identity Complexity,
and Support for Same-Sex Unions
Presenter: Andrew Whitehead, Clemson University
(alw6@clemson.edu)
Co-Author 1: Samuel Perry, University of Chicago
Keywords: Christian Nationalism, Social Identity
Complexity, Same-Sex Unions
F-11. SSSR: Religious Systems and Spirituality
Room:
White River Ballroom H
Convener:
Christopher Burris, Department of Psychology, St.
Jerome's University (cburris@uwaterloo.ca)
Papers:
SSSR: The Threefold Nature of Spirituality as a key to
Well-Being
Presenter: Katarzyna Skrzypinska, University of
Gdansk (psyks@univ.gda.pl)
Keywords: Spirituality, Religiousness, Well-Being
SSSR: Welcoming Inns Along the Road: The Increasing
Role of Wonder in Life's Journey.
Presenter: Patricia Schoenrade, William Jewell
College (schoenradp@william.jewell.edu)
Co-Author 1: Kelsey Brush, William Jewell College
Co-Author 2: Kelsey Moffitt, William Jewell
College
Keywords: Wonder, Purpose, Sacredness
SSSR: The Never-ending Story?: Anomalous Experiences
May Shape Post-Mortem Beliefs
Presenter: Christopher Burris, Department of
Psychology, St. Jerome’s University (cburris@uwaterloo.ca )
Keywords:
F-12. SSSR: Religious Wellbeing, Health, and Healing
Room:
Room 312
Convener:
Gabriel Acevedo, University of Texas, San Antonio
(gabriel.acevedo@utsa.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Do Religiousness and Meaning in Life Moderate the
Associations Between Social Stressors and Sleep Quality?
Presenter: Gabriel Acevedo, University of Texas,
San Antonio (gabriel.acevedo@utsa.edu)
Co-Author 1: Christopher Ellison, University of
Texas at San Antonio
Keywords: Sleep Quality, Meaning in Life, Social
Stress
SSSR: Past Life Regression, Soul Retrieval, and Ascended
Master Healings: New Alternative Spiritual Healing for Aging Baby Boomers
Presenter: Madeline Duntley, Bowling Green State
University (dmadeli@bgsu.edu)
Keywords: Complementary and Alternative
Medicine, New Age Religion; New Religious Movements, Religion and Aging
SSSR: Religion, Demography, and Lifestyle Behaviors as
Predictors of Psychosomatic Distress: Findings From A Sample of Texas Adults
Presenter: Andrea Ruiz , Penn State University
(alr349@psu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Gabriel Acevedo , The University of
Texas at San Antonio
Keywords: Religion, Psychology, Behaviors
SSSR: Are Demons Real? Exploring the Relationship
between a Belief in the Existence of Demons and Young Adults' Psychological Wellbeing
Presenter: Fanhao Nie, Purdue University
(nief@purdue.edu)
Co-Author 1: Fanhao Nie, Purdue University
Co-Author 2: Daniel Olson, Purdue University
Keywords: Demons, Health, Youth
F-13. RRA: Gender Differences in Religious Attitudes
Room:
White River Ballroom I
Convener:
Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary Hartford
Institute For Religion Research (sthumma@hartsem.edu)
Papers:
RRA: He said, She said: Gender differences in
congregational and pastoral choice dynamics.
Presenter: Scott L. Thumma, Hartford Seminary
Hartford Institute For Religion Research (sthumma@hartsem.edu)
Keywords: Gender Attitudes, Congregations,
Worship & Clergy characteristics
RRA: Religious Leaders' and Members' Perspectives on
Gender and Ministry
Presenter: Stephen McMullin, Acadia University
(stephen.mcmullin@acadiau.ca)
Keywords: Gender, Clergy, Religious Leaders
RRA: Male/female differences in megachurch attenders
based on survey of 40,000 adults
Presenter: Warren Bird, Leadership Network
(warren.bird@leadnet.org)
Keywords: Megachurch, Gender, Young Adults
RRA: Sects and Gender: Resistance and Accomodation to
Cultural Gender Ideals
Presenter: Jennifer McKinney, Seattle Pacific
University (mckinj@spu.edu)
Keywords: Gender, Sect-Church Theory,
Christianity
F-14. SSSR: Queer Religious Young People I
Room:
White River Ballroom J
Organizer:
Heather Shipley, University of Ottawa
(hshipley@uottawa.ca)
Convener:
Heather Shipley, University of Ottawa
(hshipley@uottawa.ca)
Papers:
SSSR: Belief and Unbelief among Muslim and Christian
Homosexuals
Presenter: Zuhal Agilkaya Sahin, Bielefeld
University (zagilkayasahin@gmail.com)
Keywords: Christianity, Islam, Homosexuality,
Youth
SSSR: The Making of a Gay Muslim in Malaysia and
Britain
Presenter: Shanon Shah Mohd Sidik, King's College
London (shanon.mohd_sidik@kcl.ac.uk)
Keywords: Sexual Diversity, Islam, Maylasia and
Britain
SSSR: Toward a Model of Lesbian & Gay Christian
Spiritual Resilience
Presenter: Kirk Foster, University of South Carolina
(kfoster@mailbox.sc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Sharon Bowland, Eastern Washington
University
Co-Author 2: Anne Nancy Vosler, Washington
University in St. Louis
Keywords: Lesbian and Gay Christians, Resilience,
Sexuality
F-15. SSSR: Confucianism
Room:
Room 108
Organizer:
Jack Barbalet, Hong Kong Baptist University
(barbalet@hkbu.edu.hk)
Convener:
Jack Barbalet, Hong Kong Baptist University
(barbalet@hkbu.edu.hk)
Papers:
SSSR: Confucianism and the Ecology of Chinese Religious
Life
Presenter: Anna Sun, Kenyon College
(suna@kenyon.edu)
Keywords: Confucius Temples, Ritual, Modern
China
SSSR: Confucianism without the Confucianist?
Sociological Observations on Recent Developments Regarding Confucianism in Taiwan
Presenter: Po-Fang Tsai, National Taiwan
University (pofnag@gmail.com)
Keywords: Confucianism, Social Carriers, Taiwan
SSSR: Continuities in Chinese Filial Piety: From Confucius
to Mao to Confucius.
Presenter: Xiaoying Qi, University of Wollongong
(xiaoying_qi@uow.edu.au)
Keywords: Confucianism, Filial Piety, Modern
China
SSSR: Confucianism as a Template of Chinese 'Mentality'.
Presenter: Jack Barbalet, Hong Kong Baptist
University (barbalet@hkbu.edu.hk)
Keywords: Confucianism, Asian Value Debate,
Religion and Capitalism
F-16. SSSR: MSSA: Mormon Issues - Retention, Growth, Morality, and
Diversity
Room:
Organizer:
(ryantcragun@gmail.com)
Convener:
(ryantcragun@gmail.com)
Room 106
Ryan T. Cragun , University of Tampa
Ryan T. Cragun, University of Tampa
Papers:
SSSR: Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists, and Jehovah's
Witnesses in Latin America
Presenter: Ronald Lawson, CUNY-Emeritus
(qbrutus@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Ryan Cragun, The University of
Tampa
Co-Author 2: Kenneth Xydias, Independent
Keywords: Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists,
Jehovah's Witnesses
SSSR: The Retention of Mormon Converts in the United
States
Presenter: Rick Phillips, University of North Florida
(rphillips.rick@gmail.com)
Keywords: Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists,
Jehovah's Witnesses
SSSR: "The booby-trapped Jungle": Defining Costs of
Pornographic Consumption in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Presenter: J. Edward Sumerau, The University of
Tampa (jsumerau@ut.edu)
Co-Author 1: Ryan T. Cragun, The University of
Tampa
Keywords: Mormons, Seventh-day Adventists,
Jehovah's Witnesses
SSSR: Religiosity Among Diverse Mormon SubPopulations
Presenter: Ryan Cragun, The University of Tampa
(ryantcragun@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Bradley Jones ,
Co-Author 2: Jessica Finnigan, University of
Cambridge
Keywords: Mormons, Religiosity, Online Mormons
Period G: Saturday November 1, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Sessions:
G-1. SSSR: Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity: Religious associations and
the state in Asia
Room:
White River Ballroom A
Organizer:
Carsten Vala, Loyola University Maryland
(cvala@loyola.edu)
Convener:
Carsten Vala, Loyola University Maryland
Discussant:
Fenggang Yang, Purdue University
(cvala@loyola.edu)
(fyang@purdue.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Embedded Agency of Muslim Women's
Organization in Indonesia
Presenter: Shahirah Mahmood, University of
Wisconsin Madison, Department of Political Science (shahirah.mahmood@gmail.com)
Keywords: Islam, Gender, Social Movements
SSSR: The political economy of merit in China and
Taiwan: A comparative perspective on relations between states and Buddhist associations
Presenter: Andre Laliberte, University of Ottawa
(Andre.Laliberte@uottawa.ca)
Keywords: Buddhism, Corporatism, Institutional
Cooptation
SSSR: Protestant Associations and the Party-State in
China: Religious Activism in the Face of Local State Power
Presenter: Carsten Vala, Loyola University
Maryland (cvala@loyola.edu)
Keywords: Christianity, State-Society Relations,
Corporatism
G-2. SSSR: Discipline, Discourse, Silence, and Kin: Sociology,
Anthropology and History on Distinctive Features of Mormon LIfe.
Room:
White River Ballroom B
Organizer:
David Knowlton, Utah Valley University
(dknowlton@uvu.edu)
Convener:
David Knowlton, Utah Valley Univeristy
(dknowlton@uvu.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Models of "Watching" in Mormonism, Reformed
Christianity, Puritan New England and Methodism: Social Support, Social Control and
Social Networks
Presenter: David Heap, Fennemore Craig
(dheap@fclaw.com)
Keywords: Watching, Mormonism, Reformed
Christianity
SSSR: Ethic of Care and Feeling of Kin, Mormon Senses
of Family.
Presenter: Kristeen Black, Drew University
(kris.blk@gmail.com)
Keywords: Family, Ethic of Care, Mormonism
SSSR: Sacred not Secret: Structured Silence in the Mormon
Tradition
Presenter: Bradley H Kramer, University of
Michigan (bhkramer@umich.edu)
Keywords: Silence, Discourse, Mormonism
SSSR: Discipline, Kinship, and Silence in Mormon
Discourse and Mormon Beings
Presenter: David C Knowlton, Utah Valley
University (dknowlton@uvu.edu)
Keywords: Mormonism, Kinship, Silence
G-3. SSSR: Religion and Social Change: Case Studies of the Role of
Religion in Key U.S. Social Movements for Social Transformation
Room:
Room 105
Organizer:
Susan Woolever, Drew University
(swoolever@drew.edu)
Convener:
Dr. Laurel Kearns, Drew University
(lkearns@drew.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Saving the Creation revisited: Three decades of U.S
religious environmental activism
Presenter: Dr. Laurel Kearns, Drew University
(lkearns@drew.edu)
Keywords: Climate Change, Environmental,
Activism
SSSR: Who is welcome?: Exploring LGBT Activism
within the United Methodist Church
Presenter: Elyse Ambrose Minson, Drew University
(eambrose@drew.edu)
Keywords: Climate Change, Environmental,
Activism
SSSR: All Creatures of the Earth and Sky: Integrating
Collective Action Frames in Unitarian Universalist Food Activism
Presenter: Shelley L. Dennis, Drew University
(sdennis@drew.edu)
Keywords: Climate change, Environmental,
Activism
SSSR: Embracing Difference: Religious Ethical Needs in
Light of the U.S. Immigrant Experience
Presenter: Susan Woolever, Drew University
(swoolever@drew.edu)
Keywords: Religious Ethics, Immigration Activism,
Race and Family
G-4. SSSR: Food, Flow, and Spirituality
Room:
Room 106
Organizer:
Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University South Bend
(kladd@iusb.edu)
Convener:
Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University South Bend
(kladd@iusb.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Food and faith-based communities
Presenter: Meleah L. Ladd, University of Notre
Dame (mladd@nd.edu)
Co-Author 1: Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University
South Bend
Keywords: ritual, embodiment, spirituality
SSSR: Food, flow, and spirituality
Presenter: Annamarie Boits, Indiana University
South Bend (asboits@iusb.edu)
Keywords: Ritual, Embodiment, Spirituality
SSSR: Stories of food and spirituality
Presenter: Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University South
Bend (kladd@iusb.edu)
Keywords: Ritual, Embodiment, Spirituality
G-5. SSSR: Religious and Social Identity
Room:
White River Ballroom G
Convener:
Kevin Ward, University of Otago
(kward@knoxcollege.ac.nz)
Papers:
SSSR: Migration, culture and religion in New Zealand:
Contested identities
Presenter: Kevin Ward, University of Otago
(kward@knoxcollege.ac.nz)
Keywords: New Zealand, Migration, Religion
SSSR: Creating an American Religious-Secular Spectrum
Presenter: Ariela Keysar, Trinity College
(akeysar@aol.com)
Keywords: Secularity, Demographics, ARIS
SSSR: Compressed Secularization: The case of Ireland
Presenter: Michele Dillon, University of New
Hampshire (Michele.Dillon@unh.edu)
Keywords: Compressed Secularization, Ireland,
Catholicism
SSSR: Patterns in Spiritual Experiences across Time and
Place
Presenter: Brad Wright , U. Of Connecticut
(bradley.wright@uconn.edu)
Co-Author 1: Jeremy Pais, University of
Connecticut
Keywords: Spirituality, Experience Sampling
Method, Multilevel modeling
G-6. SSSR: Religion and Community
Room:
Room 107
Convener:
Bina Deori, Visva Bharati University
(binadeori@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Will the originality of Donyi-Polo, an indigenous
practice of the tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, India survive for long?
Presenter: Bina G. Deori, Visva Bharati University
(binadeori@gmail.com)
Keywords: Donyi-Polo, Tani, Indigenous
SSSR: Bridging Islam East and West: Turkish Suleymancis
as a Transnational Muslim Social Movement in Indonesia
Presenter: Firdaus Wajdi, University of Western
Sydney (f.wajdi@uws.edu.au)
Keywords: Religious tTransnational Movement,
Opportunity Structures, Indonesia
SSSR: Becoming a Hispanic Muslim: A New Identity?
Presenter: Victor H. Cuartas, Regent University &
University of Wales (OCMS) (victcua@regent.edu)
Keywords: Religious Conversion, Identity, Muslim
Minorities in the United States
SSSR: 'I Went Through It So You Don't Have To':
Contesting marginality through civic engagement
Presenter: Edward Flores, Loyola University
Chicago (eflores2@luc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Jennifer Cossyleon, Loyola
University Chicago
Keywords: Race, Urban, Social Movements
G-7. SSSR: New Age Beliefs, New Religious Movements, and Cults
Room:
White River Ballroom J
Convener:
Jon Stone , California State University
(jrstone@csulb.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: "NRMs and the Internet: Virtually Reaching a New
Generation of eSeekers"
Presenter: Jon R. Stone, California State University
(jrstone@csulb.edu)
Keywords: New Religious Movements, Religion
and the Internet, Religion and the Millennial Generation
SSSR: "Holy Stone Mountain": A Spatial Analysis of an
Emergent Crystal City
Presenter: Michael Bradley, Georgia Perimeter
College (Michael.Bradley@gpc.edu)
Keywords: Spatial Method, New Age, Stone
Mountain
SSSR: Charismatic Leadership and the Genesis of Extreme
Behavior: The Case of Heaven's Gate
Presenter: Robert Balch, Univ of Montana
(rob.balch@umontana.edu)
Keywords: Charismatic Leadership, Heaven's Gate,
Mass Suicide
G-8. SSSR: Religion in the Future, and After Death (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
White River Ballroom I
Convener:
Christopher Ellison, Univ of Texas-San Antonio
(christopher.ellison@utsa.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Meaning Making in the Afterlife Movements
Presenter: Michael Kinsella, University of
California, Santa Barbara (kinsella@umail.ucsb.edu)
Co-Author 1: Michael Barlev, University of
California, Santa Barbara
Keywords: Experience and Belief, Life After Death,
Combining Ethnography and Experiment
SSSR: Do Afterlife Beliefs Moderate the Association
between Recent Physical Illness and Anxiety Symptoms?
Presenter: Christopher Ellison, Univ of Texas-San
Antonio (christopher.ellison@utsa.edu)
Co-Author 1: Courtney Barrie, University of Texas
at San Antonio
Co-Author 2: Kevin Flannelly, Center for
Psychosocial Research, New York
Keywords: Afterlife, Terror management, Anxiety
RRA: Does Religion Stand in the Way of Serious Space
Exploration?
Presenter: Joshua Ambrosius, University of Dayton
(jambrosius1@udayton.edu)
Keywords: Science, Public Policy, Public Opinion
SSSR: The Future of Religion: Projecting Global Religious
Populations to 2050
Presenter: Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center
(conradhackett@gmail.com)
Keywords: Demography, Global, Spectacular
G-9. SSSR: Research on Pentecostalism
Room:
Room 108
Convener:
Shelly Isaacs, Baylor University
(ShellyAnneIsaacs@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Pentecostal Impression Management in Response to
Chronic Illness
Presenter: Shelly Isaacs, Baylor University
(ShellyAnneIsaacs@gmail.com)
Keywords: Pentecostalism, Illness, Impression
Management
SSSR: Martin Lindhardt
Presenter: Martin Lindhardt, University of Southern
Denmark (lind@sam.sdu.dk)
Keywords: Pentecostalism, Chile, Youth
SSSR: Rejecting Medicine while Raising Babies: Religion
and Family in a Pentecostal Church
Presenter: Lindsay Wood, University of
Pennsylvania (lindwood@sas.upenn.edu)
Keywords: Religion, Family, Health
SSSR: Web-based Media and the Growth of Global
Pentecostalism
Presenter: Brad Christerson, Biola University
(bradley.christerson@biola.edu)
Keywords:
G-10. SSSR: Measuring Religious Variables
Room:
Room 311
Convener:
Melissa Gomez , College of William & Mary
(magomez@email.wm.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Religious Orientation, Situational Priming, and
Attitudes Toward Wiccans
Presenter: Melissa Gomez, College of WIlliam &
Mary (magomez@email.wm.edu)
Co-Author 1: W. Larry Ventis,
Keywords: priming, Wicca, Christian
SSSR: How does Religion become Reality?: Researching
Religious Subjectivity through a Phenomenology of Emplotment
Presenter: Daniel Winchester, University of
Connecticut (daniel.winchester@uconn.edu)
Keywords: Experience/Subjectivity, Culture,
Theory
SSSR: The Effects of High and Low Religiosity on
Adolescent Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes
Presenter: George Hayward, Penn State
(gmh5077@psu.edu)
Keywords: Religion, Sexuality, Adolescence
SSSR: Using Creative Methods to Understand Community
and Political Involvement of Interfaith Groups
Presenter: Nathan Todd, University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign (ntodd2@illinois.edu)
Co-Author 1: Jaclyn Houston, DePaul University
Keywords: Interfaith Groups, Multilevel Modeling,
Affiliation social network analysis
G-11. SSSR: The Semantic Surplus of Self-attributed "Spirituality" II
Room:
Room 101
Organizer:
Constantin Klein, University of Bielefeld
Convener:
Ralph Hood, The University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga (Ralph-Hood@utc.edu )
Papers:
SSSR: Structuring the Semantic Field of "Spirituality" I:
Free Entries
Presenter: Clemens Eisenmann , Bielefeld
University (clemens.eisenmann@uni-bielefeld.de )
Co-Author 1: Heinz Streib,
Co-Author 2: Barbara Keller ,
Co-Author 3: Constantin Klein ,
Keywords: Spirituality, Semantics of Spirituality,
Content analysis
SSSR: Structuring the Semantic Field of "Spirituality" II:
Semantic Differentials
Presenter: Anne Swhajor-Biesemann, Bielefeld
University (madeup@yahoo1.com)
Co-Author 1: Heinz Streib,
Co-Author 2: Barbara Keller,
Co-Author 3: Constantin Klein,
Keywords: Spirituality, Cross-Cultural Comparison,
Semantic Differential
SSSR: Reframing Spirituality•: Mystical Experience,
Openness to Experience, and Religious Styles as Characteristics of Spiritual SelfIdentification
Presenter: Christopher Silver , University of
Tennessee, Knoxville (Cristopher-Silver@UTC.edu )
Co-Author 1: Ralph Hood, The University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga
Co-Author 2: Barbara Keller, Bielefeld University
Co-Author 3: Constantin Klein, Bielefeld
University
Co-Author 4: Thomas Coleman, The University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga
Keywords: Spirituality, Openness, Religious
Schemata
SSSR: Spirituality, Well-Being and Positive Adult
Development
Presenter: Constantin Klein, Bielefeld University
(constantin.klein@uni-bielefeld.de)
Co-Author 1: Ralph Hood, The University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga
Co-Author 2: Barbara Keller, Bielefeld University
Co-Author 3: Heinz Streib, Bielefeld University
Keywords: Spirituality, Mysticism, Well-Being
G-12. SSSR: Exploring Catholicism (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
White River Ballroom H
Convener: Jessica Hamar Martinez, Pew Research Center
(jmartinez@pewresearch.org)
Papers:
SSSR: Transformations in Argentinean Catholicism, from
the second half of the XX Century to pope Francis
Presenter: Gustavo Morello, Sociology Department
Boston College (morellog@bc.edu)
Keywords: Catholicism, Latin America,
Secularization
RRA: An Examination of the Decline of the Number of
Nuns in the United States Roman Catholic Church 1980 to Present
Presenter: Brooke Hamer, Carthage College
(bhamer@carthage.edu)
Keywords: United States Nuns, Catholic Church
Authority, Women's Roles
SSSR: Latino Religious Change and Socio-economic
Success
Presenter: Jessica Hamar Martinez, Pew Research
Center (jmartinez@pewresearch.org)
Co-Author 1: Phillip Connor , Pew Research Center
Keywords: Latinos, Immigrants, Class
G-13. RRA: Evangelicals, Feminism, and Female Leaders
Room:
Room 104
Organizer:
Amy Reynolds, Wheaton College
(amy.reynolds@wheaton.edu)
Convener:
Amy Reynolds, Wheaton College
(amy.reynolds@wheaton.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Female Chaplains in Christian Colleges
Presenter: Elizabeth Brady, Wheaton College
(elizabeth.brady@my.wheaton.edu)
Keywords: Evangelicals, College/Education,
Pastor/Religious Leaders
RRA: The stained glass ceiling and Wesleyan women's
leadership development and attainment through international care projects
Presenter: Kersten Priest, Indiana Wesleyan
University (kersten.priest@indwes.edu)
Keywords: Wesleyan, Women, Leadership
RRA: Evangelical Anti-Feminist Egalitarianism
Presenter: Lisa Weaver Swartz, University of Notre
Dame (lswartz1@nd.edu)
Keywords: Evangelical, Women, Feminism
RRA: The Varied Gender Climates of Evangelical
Institutions
Presenter: Amy Reynolds, Wheaton College
(amy.reynolds@wheaton.edu)
Keywords: Evangelical, Women, Denominations
G-14. RRA: A Conversation on Gender and Qualitative Research Methods
in Religion Research
Room:
Room 102
Organizer:
LiErin Probasco, Oklahoma City Community
College (lierin.probasco@occc.edu)
Convener:
LiErin Probasco (lierin.probasco@occc.edu )
Discussant:
Nancy Ammerman, Kelsy Burke, Andrew Johnson
G-15. SSSR: Religion, Scholarship, and Public Policy
Room:
White River Ballroom E
Convener:
Daniel McFee, Mercyhurst University
(dmcfee@mercyhurst.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: "Religious NGOs as Organizations: an Exploration
and Application of Recent Scholarship"
Presenter: Daniel McFee, Mercyhurst University
(dmcfee@mercyhurst.edu)
Keywords: Religious NGO, International NGO,
Religious organizations
SSSR: God and American Justice: The Moderating Effects
of Moral Authority on Partisan Attitudes about Government Enactment of Retributive
Justice
Presenter: Bob Thomson, Baylor University
(Bob_Thomson@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Paul Froese, Baylor University
Keywords: Moral Authority, Retributive Justice,
Image of God
SSSR: When religion returns to public schools: A
framework for comparative research
Presenter: Elena Lisovskaya, Western Michigan
University (lisovskaya@wmich.edu)
Keywords: Education, Desecularization,
Comparative Research
G-16. SSSR: The Evolving Spiritual Marketplace: Reflecting on the Work
of Wade Clark Roof
Room:
Room 103
Organizer:
Christel J. Manning, Sacred Heart University
(manningc@sacredheart.edu)
Convener:
Christel J. Manning, Sacred Heart University
(manningc@sacredheart.edu)
Discussant: Christel J. Manning, Nancy T. Ammerman, Jay
Demerath, Meredith B. McGuire, Robert Wuthnow, and Wade Clark Roof
Period H: Saturday November 1, 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM
Sessions:
H-1. SSSR: Queer Religious Young People II
Room:
Room 101
Organizer:
Heather Shipley, University of Ottawa
(hshipley@uottawa.ca)
Convener:
Elisabeth Arweck, University of Warwick
(elisabeth.arweck@warwick.ac.uk)
Papers:
SSSR: Queer Youth, Facebook, and Faith: Facebook
Methodologies and Online Identities
Presenter: Yvette Taylor, Weeks Centre for Social
and Policy Research (taylory@lsbu.ac.uk)
Keywords: Queer Youth, Social Networking,
Bridging Identity
SSSR: Religion, Youth and Queer Identities in Canada
Presenter: Heather Shipley, University of Ottawa
(hshipley@uottawa.ca)
Keywords: Queer Youth, Canada, Religion
SSSR: Queer Religious Youth Navigating the "Imagined
Future"
Presenter: Sarah-Jane Page, Aston University
(s.page1@aston.ac.uk)
Keywords: Imagined Future, Queer Youth, United
Kingdom
H-2. SSSR: A Comparison Of National Approaches To Managing
Religious Diversity
Room:
Room 102
Organizer:
Gary Bouma, Monash University
(gary.bouma@monash.edu)
Convener:
Gary Bouma, Monash University
(gary.bouma@monash.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: The Political Incorporation of Religious Minorities:
Canada and the United States
Presenter: Prema Kurien, Syracuse University
(pkurien@syr.edu)
Keywords: Immigrant Incorporation, United States,
Canada
SSSR: Canada: Between France and Britain
Presenter: Solange Lefebvre, University of
Montreal (solange.lefebvre@umontreal.ca)
Keywords: modelisation, religious diversity,
managing diversity
SSSR: Croatia: Is religious diversity an issue?
Presenter: Sinisa Zrinscak, University of Zagreb
(sinisa.zrinscak@pravo.hr)
Keywords: Diversity, Recognition, Croatia
SSSR: Challenging Catholic Monopoly: From Religious
Diversity to Religious Pluralism in Italy
Presenter: Giuseppe Giordan, University of Padua
(giuseppe.giordan@unipd.it)
Keywords: Catholic Monopoly, religious pluralism,
Religious Identity
H-3. SSSR: Jewish Spirituality and Identity
Room:
White River Ballroom I
Convener:
Nurit Novis-Deutsch, Haifa University
(nurit.novis@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: A Birthright to Belong: Hereditary Claims and
Religious Authenticity Among Converts to Judaism
Presenter: Adam Horowitz, Stanford University
(ahorowitz@stanford.edu)
Keywords: Conversion, Heredity, Authenticity
SSSR: Raising Jewish Spirits: American Jews, Religious
Emotion, and the Culture of Contemporary American Spirituality
Presenter: Arielle Levites, NYU
(ariellevites@hotmail.com)
Keywords: Spirituality, Emotion, Judaism
SSSR: Movement out of, and into, Jewish identity in the
US: The big picture
Presenter: Carly Sheridan, The University of Texasat Austin (carly.sheridan@utexas.edu)
Co-Author 1: Alex Weinreb, The University of
Texas at Austin
Keywords: Identity, Jewish, Survey Research
SSSR: Haredi Women Earning Diplomas: On the complex
interactions between fundamentalist communities and the academic world
Presenter: Nurit Novis-Deutsch, Haifa University,
the Department of Counseling and Human Development (nurit.novis@gmail.com)
Keywords:
H-4. SSSR: Author-meets-critics for "One Family Under God" by Grace
Yukich
Room:
Room 104
Organizer:
Tricia Bruce, Maryville College
(tricia.bruce@maryvillecollege.edu)
Convener:
Tricia Bruce, Maryville College
(tricia.bruce@maryvillecollege.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Critic #1
Presenter: Rebecca Sager, Loyola Marymount
University (resager@gmail.com)
Keywords: Book, Author, Critics
SSSR: Critic #2
Presenter: Rhys Williams, Loyola University
Chicago (rwilliams7@luc.edu)
Keywords: Book, Author, Critics
SSSR: Critic #3
Presenter: Gary Adler, University of Southern
California (gary.adler@usc.edu)
Keywords: Book, Author, Critics
H-5. SSSR: Religion in Europe
Room:
White River Ballroom E
Convener:
Jeremy Rhodes, Hardin-Simmons University
(Jeremy.R.Rhodes@hsutx.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Separating the Sheep from the Goats: Clustering
Religious People in Europe
Presenter: Fabio Campanini, IU Sophia
(fabiocampanini@hotmail.it)
Keywords: Religiosity, Well-Being, Cluster
Analysis
SSSR: The Making of a Gay Muslim in Malaysia and
Britain
Presenter: Shanon Shah Mohd Sidik, King's College
London (shanon.mohd_sidik@kcl.ac.uk)
Keywords: Islam, Sexuality, Identity Construction
SSSR: Declaring Identity: The Relationship between
Religiosity and National Identity across Ex-Soviet States
Presenter: David Barry, University of Wisconsin
Stevens Point (dbarry@uwsp.edu)
Keywords: Religiosity, National Identity, Ex-Soviet
States
SSSR: From ritual to daily routine: magic in everyday life
of a Polish wiccan
Presenter: Joanna Malita, Jagiellonian University,
Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations (joanna.malita@uj.edu.pl)
Keywords: Wicca, Magic, Everyday Life
H-6. RRA: Under the Steeple: Studying Belief in Congregations (RRASSSR)
Room:
Convener:
(billingt@ucc.org)
Papers:
Room 105
Taylor Billings, United Church of Christ
RRA: Ecumenical Congregations: Findings from the
United Church of Christ
Presenter: Taylor Billings, United Church of Christ
(billingt@ucc.org)
Co-Author 1: Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, United
Church of Christ
Keywords: Ecumenism, Congregations, Affiliated
RRA: Catholic Parish Organizational Structure: An
Elliptical Parish Organizational Reporting Model
Presenter: Charles Zech, Villanova University
(Charles.zech@villanova.edu)
Keywords: Parish, Organization, Structure
RRA: Half-Empty or Half-Full? Structural and Personnel
Challenges in Parish Life Compared in Australia and the United States
Presenter: Robert Dixon, Australian Catholic
Bishops Conference and Australian Catholic University (r.dixon@pro.catholic.org.au)
Co-Author 1: Mary Gautier, Center for Applied
Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University
Keywords: Catholic Church (Australia and United
States), priest shortage, parishes
SSSR: Perceived Freedom and the Public Presence of
Protestant Clergy
Presenter: Paul A Djupe, Denison University
(djupe@denison.edu)
Co-Author 1: Allison Scarlott, Denison University
Keywords: Clergy, Political Participation,
Tolerance
H-7. SSSR: Narratives in Religion
Room:
White River Ballroom G
Convener:
Chris Piro, University of Arkansas
(cjpiro@hotmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Blood in the sand: An Americans revelation of the
Quran
Presenter: Chris Piro , University of Arkansas
(cjpiro@hotmail.com)
Keywords: Quran, Revelation, Christainity
SSSR: Imagined Futures, Reiterated Present: A Queer
Reading of State and Subject-Citizens in Lebanon
Presenter: Sabiha Allouche, SOAS, University of
London (535558@soas.ac.uk)
Keywords: Sectarian Identity, Lebanon, Queer
Methodology
SSSR: Santa Muerte: Indication of Compassion or of a
Crime Wave
Presenter: Michael Meacham, Department of
Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice (mgmeacha@valdosta.edu)
Keywords: Santa Muerte, Disenchantment, Anomie
H-8. SSSR: Religion and Sociology
Room:
White River Ballroom H
Convener:
Stephen McMullin, Acadia University
(stephen.mcmullin@acadiau.ca)
Papers:
SSSR: Sociology in Seminary: Bridging Social and
Theological Perspectives
Presenter: Stephen McMullin, Acadia University
(stephen.mcmullin@acadiau.ca)
Keywords: Seminary, Teaching Sociology, Data
Collection
SSSR: Defending the sociology of religion against radical
orthodox theology and critical religious studies
Presenter: James A. Beckford , University of
Warwick (J.A.Beckford@warwick.ac.uk)
Keywords: Theory, Religion, Sociology
SSSR: Network Science, the Sociology of Religion, and the
Problem of Authority
Presenter: Ryan Williams, University of Cambridge
(rjw202@cam.ac.uk)
Keywords: Network Analysis, Theory and Method,
Authority
SSSR: Dwindling Demand: Abandoning Religious
Involvement and Affiliation in Canada
Presenter: Joel Thiessen, Ambrose University
College (jathiessen@ambrose.edu)
Keywords: Religion in Canada, Secularization,
Sociology of Religion
H-9. SSSR: Religious Development Amidst Social Conflicts
Room:
White River Ballroom J
Convener:
at Philadelphia (jimleah@aol.com)
Leah Schade, The Lutheran Theological Seminary
Papers:
SSSR: Into - and Out of - The Fiery Furnace: The Role of
Religion in Grassroots Organizing Against a Proposed Tire Incinerator
Presenter: Leah Schade, The Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Philadelphia (jimleah@aol.com)
Keywords: Religion and Environmentalism, Social
Movement Theory, Grassroots Community Organizing
SSSR: The Phenomenon of LGBT affirming Black
Churches and their Responses to the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Black America.
Presenter: Terrence Lewis, Augsburg College
(pjlewis1971@gmail.com)
Keywords: LGBT, Black, Church
SSSR: The other secularization: theorizing the suppression
of religion by modern states
Presenter: Vyacheslav Karpov , Western Michigan
University (v.karpov@wmich.edu)
Keywords: Secularization Theory, Church and
State, Secularism
SSSR: Creating Whole Selves in an Age of Authenticity
and Pluralism
Presenter: Li Kati, Princeton University
(kathrynl@princeton.edu)
Keywords: Self, Identity-Conflict, Religious
Pluralism
H-10. SSSR: Beliefs in Opposition
Room:
White River Ballroom I
Convener:
Maxine Najle, University of Kentucky
(maxine.najle@uky.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: The Self-Perceived Effects of Secular Husbands'
Pornography Viewing on Their Wives and Marriages
Presenter: Jeremy Thomas, Idaho State University
(thomjer4@isu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Lauren Crosby, Idaho State
University
Keywords: Marriage, Sexuality, Secularity
SSSR: Is Islam Compatible with Secularism: A Conceptual
Framework
Presenter: Serhan Tanriverdi, Loyola University
Chicago (stanriverdi@luc.edu)
Keywords: Islam, Secularism, Democracy
SSSR: The Colonial Legacy and New Atheism: A Case
Study of the Secular
Presenter: Ethan Fridmanski, University of Notre
Dame (efridman@nd.edu)
Keywords: New Atheism, Colonial Legacy,
Definition of Religion
SSSR: The Difficulty of Disbelief: Religiosity and
Confirmation Bias
Presenter: Jonathon McPhetres, University of Texas
of the Permian Basin (jon.mcphetres@yahoo.com)
Co-Author 1: Jamie Hughes,
Keywords: Religiosity, Confirmation Bias,
Cognitive Styles
H-11. SSSR: Religiosity and Political Attitudes I (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
Room 107
Convener:
Laura Olson, Clemson University
(laurao@clemson.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Biblical and Political Orientations among
Contemporary Americans
Presenter: Laura Olson, Clemson University
(laurao@clemson.edu)
Keywords: Bible, Politics, Knowledge
SSSR: Multisite Megachurches: Motivated from Within or
Without?
Presenter: Joshua Ambrosius, University of Dayton
(jambrosius1@udayton.edu)
Keywords: Congregations, Megachurches, Multisite
SSSR: The Politics of Hermeneutics
Presenter: Andrew Lewis, University of Cincinnati
(andrew.lewis@uc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Stephen Mockabee, University of
Cincinnati
Keywords: Bible, U.S. Constitution, Politics
SSSR: Filling Pews and Voting Booths: Congregational
Growth and Politicization
Presenter: Andre Audette, University of Notre
Dame (aaudette@nd.edu)
Co-Author 1: Christopher Weaver, University of
Notre Dame
Keywords: Politics, Congregations, Religious
Economy
H-12. SSSR: Studies in Identity and Humility
Room:
Room 311
Convener:
Peter Hill, Biola University (peter.hill@biola.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: A Humble Attempt at Measuring Dispositonal
Humility
Presenter: Peter C. Hill, Biola University
(peter.hill@biola.edu)
Co-Author 1: Elizabeth Laney, Biola University
Co-Author 2: Keith Edwards, Biola University
Keywords: Measurement, General humility,
Intellectual humility
SSSR: Clinging to Guns and Religion? Exploring the
Connection between Firearms and Faith in America
Presenter: David A. Yamane, Wake Forest
University (yamaned@wfu.edu)
Keywords: Religious Identity, Firearms, Gun
Ownership
SSSR: Constitutional change, Religious Organizations,
Civil Society and Prospects for Peaceful Democracy in sub-Saharan Africa: A Kenyan
Case Study
Presenter: Virginia Beard, Hope College
(beard@hope.edu)
Keywords: Democracy, Africa, Institutions
SSSR: Gender Ideology and Religious Affiliation: Gender
Attitudes across American Religious Group from 1977 to 2012
Presenter: Landon Schnabel, Indiana University,
Bloomington (lpschnab@indiana.edu)
Keywords: Gender Attitudes, Religious Affiliation,
American Religion
H-13. SSSR: Religion and Measurement
Room:
Room 108
Convener:
(stephenkrauss@hotmail.com)
Stephen Krauss, University of Illinois at Chicago
Papers:
SSSR: The Stability and Validity of the CommitmentReflectivity Circumplex in India
Presenter: Stephen Krauss, University of Illinois at
Chicago (stephenkrauss@hotmail.com)
Keywords: Religious Orientation, Prejudice,
Commitment-Reflectivity Circumplex
SSSR: Economic recession and authoritarian religion: The
US in 2005-2014
Presenter: Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of
Haifa (benny@psy.haifa.ac.il)
Co-Author 1: Ariela Keysar, Trinity College
Keywords: Deprivation, Authoritarian religion,
Secularization
SSSR: Religion, Sensation-Seeking, and Risky Behaviors
Presenter: Daniel Escher, University of Notre Dame
(descher@nd.edu)
Keywords: Risk-Taking, Sensation-Seeing,
Dimensions of Religion
SSSR: Canadian Christian Churches and Immigrant
Support
Presenter: Samuel Reimer, Crandall University
(sam.reimer@crandallu.ca)
Co-Author 1: Rich Janzen, Centre for Community
Based Research
Co-Author 2: Michael Wilkinson, Trinity Western
University
Keywords: Churches, Immigration, Canada
H-14. RRA: Theorizing Gender and Religion
Room:
Room 312
Organizer:
Joy Charlton, Swarthmore College
Convener:
Joy Charlton (jcharlt1@swarthmore.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Rethinking the Religious/ Secular Binary through a
Gender Lens
Presenter: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri
(neitzm@missouri.edu)
Keywords: Secularization, Gender, Lived Religion
RRA: Does this religion make me look straight? How
theories of sexuality can inform the study of religion and gender
Presenter: Kelsy Burke, St. Norbert College
(kelsy.burke@snc.edu)
Keywords:
RRA: Under the Wire: Catholic Sisters' Innovations beyond
Church Altars and Chapel Walls
Presenter: Christine Gervais, University of Ottawa
(christine.gervais@uottawa.ca)
Keywords:
SSSR: Theorizing Gender and Religion
Presenter: Orit Avishai , Fordham University
(avishai@fordham.edu )
Keywords:
H-15. RRA: Women, Power, and Conservative Institutions
Room:
White River Ballroom B
Convener:
Jeffery Guhin, Institute for Advanced Studies in
Culture (jjg3z@virginia.edu)
Papers:
RRA: The Catholic Church's Role in Public Debate on
Gender Issues in Poland: "Gender Ideology" as a Challenge to Traditional Socio-Cultural
Norms and Patterns.
Presenter: Agnieszka Szumigalska, University of
Wroclaw (a.szumigalska@gmail.com)
Keywords: Catholic Church, Gender, Poland
RRA: The feminine ideal in a fundamentalist society change or conservatism?
Presenter: Anat Feldman, Achva Academic College
(afeldman@macam.ac.il)
Keywords: Women Education, Feminine Ideal,
Ultra Orthodox Society
RRA: A Typology of Female Authority in Conservative
Religion
Presenter: Jeffrey Guhin, Institute for Advanced
Studies in Culture (jjg3z@virginia.edu)
Keywords: Gender, Authority, Agency
RRA: Gendered Battles: Iranian Power Struggles in the
20th Century
Presenter: Whitney Smitherman, Arizona State
University Graduate Student (wsmither@asu.edu)
Keywords: Iran, Gender, Power
H-16. SSSR: A Generation of Students: The Impact of Wade Clark Roof
on Research and Teaching Today and Beyond
Room:
Room 103
Organizer:
Sarah Taylor , Northwestern University
(smcftaylor@gmail.com)
Convener:
Sarah Taylor (smcftaylor@gmail.com)
Discussant: Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand, Dusty Hoesly, Julie
Ingersoll, Shawn Landres, Christel Manning, Martha Roberts, Melissa M. Wilcox, and
Wade Clark Roof (wcroof@religion.ucsb.edu)
H-17. SSSR: No Easy Answers: Exploring the complications of real-world
research on religious cognition
Room:
Room 106
Organizer:
James Cresswell, Booth University College
(james_cresswell@boothuc.ca)
Convener:
James Cresswell, Booth University College
(james_cresswell@boothuc.ca)
Papers:
SSSR: Abstract theological concepts and counter-intuitive
memory: Testing Boyer and Barrett
Presenter: Laird Edman, Northwestern College
(ledman@nwciowa.edu)
Keywords: Cognition, Memory,
Counterintuitiveness
SSSR: Analytic thought increases religious
beliefs…sometimes
Presenter: Julie Yonker, Calvin College
(jey2@calvin.edu)
Keywords: Cognitive Science of Religion, Priming,
Replication
SSSR: New Vistas from Old Theories: Working Through
the Complexities of Religious Belief Through Radical Empiricism
Presenter: James Cresswell, Booth University
College (james_cresswell@boothuc.ca)
Keywords: Radical Empiricism, Cognitive Science
of Religion, Sociocultural Context
Period I: Sunday November 2 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Sessions:
I-1. SSSR: Young People, Religion and Diversity III
Room:
Room 102
Organizer:
Heather Shipley, University of Ottawa
(hshipley@uottawa.ca)
Convener:
Heather Shipley, University of Ottawa
(hshipley@uottawa.ca)
Papers:
SSSR: Filipino Youth's Sacred Experiences
Presenter: Jeane C. Peracullo, De La Salle
University (jeane.peracullo@dlsu.edu.ph)
Keywords: Filipino Identity, Youth, Patterns of the
Sacred
SSSR: Young Nones: The Lives of Young People of 'No
Religion'
Presenter: Simeon Wallis, University of Warwick
(s.q.wallis@warwick.ac.uk)
Keywords: Religious Nones, Young People,
England
SSSR: 'I've been christened, but I don't really believe in it':
How Young People Articulate their (Non-) Religious Identities and Perceptions of (Non)Belief
Presenter: Elisabeth Arweck, University of
Warwick (elisabeth.arweck@warwick.ac.uk)
Keywords: Belief and Non-Belief, Young People,
United Kingdom
I-2. SSSR: Faith, Family, and Firearms: The 2014 Baylor Religion Survey
Room:
Room 101
Organizer:
Kevin D. Dougherty, Baylor University
(kevin_dougherty@baylor.edu)
Convener:
Kevin D. Dougherty, Baylor University
(kevin_dougherty@baylor.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: The 2014 Baylor Religion Survey: Methodology
and Content
Presenter: Kevin Dougherty, Baylor University
(kevin_dougherty@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Survey Methodology, Religion Data,
Baylor Religion Survey
SSSR: Spiritual but Not Religious: Sociodemographic,
Philosophical, and Religious Correlates
Presenter: Matt Bradshaw, Baylor University
(Matt_Bradshaw@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Spiritual, Religious, Baylor Religion
Survey
SSSR: Religion and Work-Family Conflict
Presenter: Jeremy Uecker, Baylor University
(Jeremy_Uecker@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Family, Work, Baylor Religion Survey
SSSR: In the Valley of the Gun: Evangelical Christians,
Warrior Culture, and Gun Culture in America
Presenter: Paul Froese, Baylor University
(Paul_Froese@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Carson Mencken, Baylor University
Keywords: Guns, Culture, Baylor Religion Survey
I-3. SSSR: Emerging Adults in America: Findings from Wave 4 of the
National Study of Youth and Religion
Room:
Room 108
Organizer:
Melinda L. Denton , University of Texas at San
Antonio (melinda.denton@utsa.edu)
Convener:
Melinda Denton, University of Texas at San
Antonio (melinda.denton@utsa.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Introducing the Fourth Wave of the National Study
of Youth and Religion
Presenter: Shanna Corner, University of Notre
Dame (scorner@nd.edu)
Co-Author 1: Sara Skiles, University of Notre
Dame
Keywords: Emerging Adults, NSYR, Youth
SSSR: Religion and the Romantic Relationships of
Emerging Adults
Presenter: Julian Culver, University of Texas at San
Antonio (jlctg@yaoo.com)
Co-Author 1: Melinda Denton, University of Texas
at San Antonio
Keywords: Romantic Relationships, Emerging
Adults, NSYR
SSSR: Religion and Intimate Partner Violence among
Emerging Adults
Presenter: Meredith Whitnah, University of Notre
Dame (mwhitnah@nd.edu)
Co-Author 1: Nicolette Manglos-Weber , University
of Ntre Dame
Co-Author 2: Chris Smith, University of Notre
Dame
Keywords: Emerging Adults, Interpersonal
Violence, Relationships
SSSR: Is This The Dawning of the Age of Irrelevance?
Religion, Institutions and Emerging Adults
Presenter: Richard Flory, Center for Religion and
Civic Culture, USC (rflory@dornsife.usc.edu)
Keywords: Religious Institutions, Emerging Adults,
Civic Society
I-4. SSSR: The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion: Continuing
Analyses and Debates
Room:
White River Ballroom B
Organizer:
Henri Gooren , Oakland University
(gooren@oakland.edu)
Convener:
Lewis Rambo, San Francisco Theological Seminary
(lrambo@sfts.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Demographics of Religious Conversion
Presenter: Gina Zurlo, Boston University
(gzurlo@bu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Todd Johnson, Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary
Keywords: Conversion, Deconversion,
Demographics
SSSR: Conversion and the Historic Spread of Religions
Presenter: Robert Montgomery, Independent
Scholar (rmontgo914@aol.com)
Keywords: Conversion, Deconversion, History
SSSR: Sociology of Religious Conversion
Presenter: Fenggang Yang, Purdue University
(fyang@purdue.edu)
Co-Author 1: Andrew Abel, Hastings College
Keywords: Conversion, Deconversion, Sociology
I-5. RRA: New Dimensions of Congregational and Denominational
Growth and Decline
Room:
Room 104
Organizer:
Marjorie Royle, Clay Pots Research
(claypots@optonline.net)
Convener:
Marjorie Royle, Clay Pots Research
(claypots@optonline.net)
Papers:
RRA: Searching for Enhancements to Disciples of Christ
Church Growth: FACT 2010
Presenter: Richard L Gorsuch, Fuller Theological
Seminary (rgorsuch@fuller.edu)
Co-Author 1: Carolyn Boosalis, Fuller Theological
Seminary
Keywords: Congregational Growth, Life Cycle,
Multivariate analysis
RRA: Doing a New Thing: Results from a SixDenomination Study of New Congregations and Ministries
Presenter: Marjorie Royle, Clay Pots Research
(claypots@optonline.net)
Co-Author 1: Cameron Trimble, Center for
Progressive Renewal
Co-Author 2: David Schoen, United Church of
Christ
Keywords: New Congregations, Immigrants,
Emerging Church
RRA: How (Not) to Nurture New Immigrant
Congregations: Findings from a Qualitative Study of UCC Congregations in an Eastern
State
Presenter: Marjorie Royle, Clay Pots Research
(claypots@optonline.net)
Co-Author 1: Douglas Taylor, Clay Pots Research
Co-Author 2: Hyo-Jung Kim, United Church of
Christ
Keywords: Denominational Growth, Immigrants,
Loss of Congregations
I-6. RRA: God, the Father: Influences of God Attachment and Image
Room:
Room 105
Organizer:
Megan Haggard, Baylor University
(Megan_Haggard@baylor.edu)
Convener:
Megan Haggard, Baylor University
(Megan_Haggard@baylor.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Secure Attachment to God Uniquely Predicts
Psychological Well-Being in a National, Random Sample of American Adults
Presenter: Joseph Leman, Baylor University
(Joseph_Leman@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Wade Rowatt, Baylor University
Keywords: God Attachment, Well-Being, God
Image
RRA: God Image, God Attachment and Self-Efficacy in
Undergraduate and Prison Samples
Presenter: Matt Breuninger, Baylor University
(Matt_Breuninger@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Will Hunter, Baylor University
Co-Author 2: Matthew Stanford, Baylor University
Keywords: God Attachment, Well-Being, God
Image
RRA: God Image, Attachment to God, and Religious
Coping Behavior
Presenter: Will Hunter, Baylor University
(W_Hunter@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Matt Breuninger, Baylor University
Co-Author 2: Matthew Stanford, Baylor University
Keywords: God Attachment, Well-Being, God
Image
I-7. SSSR: Religion in China
Room:
Room 106
Convener:
Kathryn Coe, Indiana University (coek@iu.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Theology as Public Discourse and Protestantism in
China
Presenter: Lap Yan Kung, Chinese University of
Hong Kong (kunglapyan@gmail.com)
Keywords: Protestantism in China, Theology and
Politics in China, Theology as Public Discourse
SSSR: Modernization, Transitional Social Institution and
the Rise of Christianity in China
Presenter: Xiuhua Wang, graduate student
(xiuhua_wang@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Modernization, Transitional Social
Structure, Christianity
SSSR: Religious Exclusivism and Political Contention in
China
Presenter: Andrew Junker, University of Chicago
(ajunker@uchicago.edu)
Keywords: China, Identity, Political Contention
SSSR: Ancestor Worship and the Longevity of Chinese
Civilization
Presenter: Kathryn Coe, Indiana University
(coek@iu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Lyle Steadman, Arizona State
University
Keywords: Religion, Ancestor Worship, Darwinian
Theory
I-8. SSSR: Religion and Scientific Theory
Room:
White River Ballroom A
Convener:
Robert Colin Blenis , Cornell University (
rcb359@cornell.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Religiosity Affects Scientific Reasoning
Presenter: Robert Colin Blenis, Cornell University
(rcb359@cornell.edu)
Co-Author 1: Barbara Koslowski, Cornell
University
Keywords: Problem Solving, Scientific Reasoning,
Cognition
SSSR: Interdisciplinary gaps as opportunities for
innovative theorizing
Presenter: Schroeder Anna-Konstanze, Leipzig
University (ak.schroeder@gmx.net)
Keywords: Interdisciplinarity, Religious Conversion
Experience, Innovative Theorizing
SSSR: Open Source Methods for Using Tablets, Phablets,
and Smart Phones for Field Data Collection in Religious Studies
Presenter: Richard Hudiburg, Univ. of North
Alabama (rahudiburg@una.edu)
Co-Author 1: Larry Bates, Univ. of North Alabama
Co-Author 2: Thomas Kersen, Jackson State Univ.
Keywords: Technology, Data Acquisition, Open
Source Software
I-9. SSSR: Religion, From the East to the West (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
White River Ballroom E
Convener:
Ryan Anningson, Wilfrid Laurier UniversityUniversity of Waterloo (anni5310@mylaurier.ca)
Papers:
SSSR: "You May Call it a Miracle, but That's Nembutsu
Doing Everything:" Newton Ishiura and the Creation of the Toronto Buddhist Church
Presenter: Ryan Anningson, Wilfrid Laurier
University-University of Waterloo (anni5310@mylaurier.ca)
Keywords: Buddhism, Immigration, Domestication
SSSR: Theologies of the State: the Meiji Restoration and
the Emergence of Religious Modernity in Japan.
Presenter: Cole Carnesecca, University of Notre
Dame (ccarnese@nd.edu)
Keywords: Japan, Secularization, Modernity
SSSR: A Mosaic of Beliefs: Multiracial Asian American
Religion
Presenter: Jennifer Le, Texas A&M University
(jennyle@tamu.edu)
Keywords: multiracial, Asian American, ethnicity
RRA: Narrating Martyrdom: Gender, Sin, and Salvation in
the Letters of Korean Catholics Killed Because of Their Faith
Presenter: Perry Chang, Jefferson Community and
Technical College (perrydchang@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Richard T. Chang, Independent
Scholar
Keywords: Martyr, Korea, Catholic
I-10. SSSR: Cooperation and Health
Room:
Room 103
Convener:
William McCready , Ministry Leadership Center
(bmccreadyMLC@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Faith and Happiness in Post-Socialist China
Presenter: Jun Lu, Purdue University
(lu33@purdue.edu)
Co-Author 1: Gao Qin, Fordam University,
Graduate School of Social Service
Co-Author 2: Sui Yang, Beijing Normal University
Keywords: Religion, Happiness, China
SSSR: Religious Diversity and Changing Interactions
between Health Care Executives
Presenter: William McCready, Ministry Leadership
Center (bmccreadyMLC@gmail.com)
Keywords: Health Care, Executives, Interactions
SSSR: Taking Radicalization Out of the Study of Political
Violence: The Overstated Role of Religious Extremism in Terrorist Attacks
Presenter: Ziad Munson, Lehigh University
(munson@lehigh.edu)
Keywords: Radicalization, Extremism, Terrorism
I-11. SSSR: Conversion
Room:
White River Ballroom G
Convener:
Ashok Kumar Mocherla, Indian Institute of
Technology Mandi (ashok@iitmandi.ac.in)
Papers:
SSSR: Governmentality of Religious Conversions and the
'Declaration of Faith': Practice against Faith among Christian Youth in South India
Presenter: Ashok Kumar Mocherla, Indian Institute
of Technology Mandi (ashok@iitmandi.ac.in)
Keywords: Governmentality, Religious
Conversions, Declaration of Faith
SSSR: Charismatic Transnationalization: Ethnographic
Journeys in the Caribbean Evangelical World
Presenter: Peter Marina, University of WisconsinLa Crosse (pmarina@uwlax.edu)
Keywords: Religious Networks, Transnational
Charisma, Caribbean
SSSR: Faith after Tiananmen: Explaining the Post-1989
Mass Conversion to Protestantism in Mainland China
Presenter: Li Ma, Calvin Theological Seminary
(lm011@calvinseminary.edu)
Co-Author 1: Jin Li, Calvin Theological Seminary
Keywords: The 1989 Tiananmen Crackdown, Mass
Conversion, Unofficial Protestantism
SSSR: Politics of a Religious Minority - a Case of Japanese
Evangelicals' Response to Fukushima
Presenter: Yutaka Osakabe, University of Aberdeen
(y.osakabe@abdn.ac.uk)
Keywords: Japanese Christianity, Fukushima,
Social Movement Theory
I-12. SSSR: Intersections in Culture and Religion
Room:
White River Ballroom H
Convener:
Aseem Hasnain, UNC Chapel Hill
(ahasnain@unc.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Differential and conflicting impact of secular and
Muslim identities on perceived seriousness of problems facing the American Muslim
community
Presenter: Peter Martini, University of Nevada,
Reno (pmartini@unr.edu)
Co-Author 1: Victoria Springer, University of
Nevada, Reno
Co-Author 2: James Richardson, University of
Nevada, Reno
Keywords: Islam, Identity, Community
SSSR: Intentional Separatism versus Assimilation:
Structure, Culture, and Ideology in a Young Generation of Amish-Mennonites
Presenter: Cory Anderson, Ohio State University
(dranderson@beachyam.org)
Keywords: Assimilation, Social Networks, Beachy
Amish-Mennonites
SSSR: Does the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement
Build or Break Bridges with the People of Other Faith?
Presenter: Reginald Alva, Nanzan University
(reginaldalva@yahoo.com)
Keywords: Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Movement, Inter-religious Dialogue, Ecumenism, Second Vatican Council
SSSR: Realpolitik and the disruption of traditional
Sectarianism: Deobandi's, Barelwi's and Shias in India
Presenter: Aseem Hasnain, Sociology, UNC Chapel
Hill (ahasnain@unc.edu)
Keywords: Shia, Sunni, Islam, Deobandi,
Sectarianism, Barelvi, India, Muslims
I-13. SSSR: Religious Health and Development
Room:
White River Ballroom J
Convener:
Zeynep Sagir, Marmara University
(zeynep.sagir@yahoo.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Religious Coping and Mental Health Among Syrian
Refugees
Presenter: Zeynep Sagir, Marmara University
(zeynep.sagir@yahoo.com)
Keywords: Syrian Refugees, Religious Coping,
Trauma Events
SSSR: Pathways to Political Power: A Comparative
Analysis of Middle Eastern Muslim Social Organization Advancing to Political Players
and Powerhouses.
Presenter: Jonathan Doc Bradley, University of
Nevada, Las Vegas (bradl132@unlv.nevada.edu)
Keywords: Social Movement, Islam, Political
Actors
SSSR: Between and Rock and a Hard Place: Navigating
Economic Disparity in Mission-Based International Partnerships
Presenter: Janel Kragt Bakker, Collegeville Institute
(jbakker@collegevilleinstitute.org)
Keywords: Mission, Inequality, Partnership
SSSR: Leaving My Religion: Understanding the
Relationship Between Religion, Social Support, and Health
Presenter: Andrew Fenelon, Brown University
(andrew_fenelon@brown.edu)
Co-Author 1: Sabrina Danielsen, University of
Pennsylvania
Keywords: Religious Switching, Social Support,
Health
I-14. RRA: Religiosity and Political Attitudes II: Abortion and Same-Sex
Marriage (RRA-SSSR)
Room:
Room 107
Convener:
Marie Eisenstein (maeisens@iun.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Issue Attitudes, Religion, and Political Tolerance:
Does Context Matter?
Presenter: Marie Eisenstein, Indiana University
Northwest (maeisens@iun.edu)
Keywords: Issue Attitudes, Political Tolerance,
Religious Context
RRA: Changing Opinions on Same-Sex Marriage in the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Presenter: Jack Marcum, None
(jpmarcum@gmail.com)
Keywords: Same-sex Marriage, Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.), Trends
RRA: Catholic Young Adults' Attitudes Towards the
Church's Pro-Life Teachings: A Bellwether for the Church's Political Strategy?
Presenter: Tia Noelle Pratt, St. Joseph's University
(tnpratt0423@gmail.com)
Keywords: Roman Catholic Church, Young Adults,
Qualitative Study
SSSR: They call it "the abominable crime": Religion and
Heterosexual Support for the Anti-Gay Legislations in the Caribbean
Presenter: Mahalia Jackman , University of
Manchester (mahalia.jackman@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk)
Keywords: Religion, Homosexual Rights,
Caribbean Sattes
I-15. SSSR: Religion and Spirituality within Hispanic Populations
Room:
Room 205
Convener:
Ariana Salazar-Newton, University of Notre Dame
(anewton3@nd.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Mapping U.S. Hispanic Identity Pathways: Religion,
Ethnicity, and Segmented Assimilation
Presenter: Ariana Salazar-Newton, University of
Notre Dame (anewton3@nd.edu)
Keywords: Latino Ethnicity, Assimilation,
Religious Affiliation
SSSR: Giving and Receiving Testimony: Self-discipline
and the Supernatural in the Case of the Hombres de Negocios
Presenter: Graham Hill, UC Berkeley Sociology
(grahamhill@berkeley.edu)
Keywords: Pentecostalism, Social Theory, Latin
America
SSSR: Renewalism and Liberal Individualism: A Study of
Economic and Social Attitudes in Guatemala
Presenter: Lindsey Johnson, University of North
Texas (lindsey.johnson2@unt.edu)
Keywords: Renewalism, Liberal Individualism,
Globalization
SSSR: "Do Latino Protestant Converts Make Better
Members?"
Presenter: Aida Ramos-Wada, University of Texas
at San Antonio (aida.ramos@utsa.edu)
Co-Author 1: Christopher Ellison , University of
Texas at San Antonio
Keywords: Latinos, Protestantism, Conversion
I-16. SSSR: Women, Authority, and Race (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
Room 204
Convener:
Kim Chunrye, CUNY: Graduate Center
(chunrye@gmail.com)
Papers:
RRA: Religious Predictors of Gender Attitudes and Family
Practices of American Catholics
Presenter: Linda Kawentel, University of Notre
Dame (lkawente@nd.edu)
Keywords: Catholicism, Gender, Family
SSSR: The Role of Religion on Intimate Partner Violence
among Chinese Immigrant Women in New York
Presenter: Chunrye Kim, CUNY: Graduate Center
(John Jay College) (chunrye@gmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Hung-En Sung, John Jay College
Keywords: Intimate Partner Violence, Religious
Affiliation, Chinese Immigrant Women
SSSR: 'What Heaven's Gonna Look Like": Racial & Ethnic
Diversity at Lakewood Church
Presenter: Matt Henderson, Baylor University Sociology of Religion (Matt_Henderson@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Race, Congregations, Joel Osteen
I-17. SSSR: Bridging the Gap: Faith Across Continents and Disciplines I
Room:
White River C
Convener:
Jenny McGill , King's College London
(jmcgill@dts.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Bridging Faith across Continents: International
Students as Return Migrants
Presenter: Jenny McGill, King's College London,
also Dallas Theological Seminary (jmcgill@dts.edu)
Keywords: religious networks, international
students, cross-cultural
SSSR: Simmel’s Writings as a Bridge between
Religions
Presenter: Horst Helle, University of Munich,
Germany (horsthelle@hotmail.com)
Keywords:
SSSR: Studying The Case of Rama's Grief Using Ancient
Scriptures And Modern Neuropsychological Tools: A Chaplain-Psychiatrist's Attempt at
Integrating Theology and Neurosciences.
Presenter: Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan, Harvard
Divinity School, Harvard University (par469@mail.harvard.edu)
Keywords: Hindu Theology, Neuro-biology,
Chaplaincy
SSSR: Accommodation and Rejection across Religious
Traditions in Africa
Presenter: Jenny Trinitapoli, Penn State University
(jennytrini@psu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Alexander Weinreb, UT Austin
Keywords:
I-18. SSSR: Mobility and Organization in Religion
Room:
White River D
Convener:
Alex Norman , University of Sydney
(Alex.Norman@sydney.edu.au)
Papers:
SSSR: "Answering the Knock at Midnight": Christian
Zionist Outreach and Activism in American Black Churches
Presenter: Roger Baumann, Yale University
(roger.baumann@yale.edu)
Keywords: Black Churches, Christian Zionism,
Ethnography
SSSR: "Movin' on Up?": Intergenerational Mobility and
Religious Involvement among Black Americans
Presenter: Andrea Henderson, University of South
Carolina (ahenderson@sc.edu)
Keywords: Intergenerational Mobility,
African/Black Americans, Stratification
SSSR: Leisure, Pilgrimage, Education, Service: Travel
Within New Religious Movements
Presenter: Alex Norman, University of Sydney
(Alex.Norman@sydney.edu.au)
Keywords: Tourism, New Religious Movements,
Pilgrimage
I-19. SSSR: Psychology and Culture of 'Nonbelief'
Room:
White River Ballroom I
Convener:
Michael Doane, University of Nevada, Reno
(mdoane@unr.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Being Nonreligious in More or Less Religious
States: Implications for Psychological Well-Being
Presenter: Michael Doane, University of Nevada,
Reno (mdoane@unr.edu)
Co-Author 1: Marta Elliott, University of Nevada,
Reno
Keywords: Nonreligion, Well-Being, United States
SSSR: Sticking it to the godless: Evidence of behavioral
aggression against atheists
Presenter: Ben Ng, University of Kentucky
(ben.ng@uky.edu)
Co-Author 1: David Chester, University of
Kentucky
Co-Author 2: Will Gervais, University of Kentucky
Keywords: Atheists, Aggression, Prejudice
SSSR: The Nones Shall Always Be with Us—Toward an
Historical Perspective on Unbelief in America
Presenter: J. Gordon Melton, Baylor University
(jgordon@linkline.com)
Keywords: Atheism, Nones, Adherents
SSSR: Monopolization of Education as a Causal
Mechanism for Irreligiosity in Uruguay
Presenter: Stephen Armet, Notre Dame
(sarmet@nd.edu)
Keywords: Secularization, Education, Causal
Mechanism
Period J: Sunday November 2 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Sessions:
J-1. SSSR: Young People, Religion and Diversity IV
Room:
Room 102
Organizer:
Heather Shipley, University of Ottawa
(hshipley@uottawa.ca)
Convener:
Elisabeth Arweck, University of Warwick
(elisabeth.arweck@warwick.ac.uk)
Papers:
SSSR: Religious Diversity in a Multi-cultural European
Capital: Personal and Social Significance
Presenter: Leslie J. Francis , University of Warwick
(leslie.francis@warwick.ac.uk)
Co-Author 1: Gemma Penny, University of
Warwick
Keywords: Religious Affiliation, Self-Assignment,
Young People
SSSR: Love, marriage and sexuality among young African
Pentecostals in Montreal: Creative ways of negotiating ethnicity
Presenter: Geraldine Mossiere, Universite de
Montreal (Geraldine.Mossiere@Umontreal.Ca)
Keywords: Marriage, Sexuality, Canada, Youth
SSSR: Experiencing Religion and Sexual Diversity in
Ontario's Schools
Presenter: Heather Shipley, University of Ottawa
(hshipley@uottawa.ca)
Keywords: Youth, Education, Religion and
Sexuality
J-2. SSSR: Religion, Education and Diversity: Exploring Religious
Literacy and Citizenship
Room:
Room 108
Organizer:
Christine L. Cusack, University of Ottawa
(christinelcusack@gmail.com)
Convener:
Christine L. Cusack, University of Ottawa
(christinelcusack@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: What sort of citizens? Religious
Instruction/Religious Education/Ethics in Australian Public Schools
Presenter: Marion Maddox, Macquarie University
(marion.maddox@mq.edu.au)
Keywords: Religious Education, Australia, Religion
and Politics
SSSR: Religion and Education in Australia: Conflicting
Agendas and Outcomes in recent policy and practice
Presenter: Gary D. Bouma, Monash University
(gary.bouma@monash.edu)
Keywords: Education and Diversity, Religious
Literacy, Church and State, Secular
SSSR: Aternative educational approches to religious
pluralism for youth
Presenter: Solange Lefebvre, Universite de
Montreal (solange.lefebvre@umontreal.ca)
Co-Author 1: Julia Martinez Arino, Universite de
Montreal
Keywords: Private Education, Religious Pluralism,
Neutrality and Confessionality
SSSR: Education about religion in Ontario public education
- Religious literacy or civic assimilation?
Presenter: Leo Van Arragon, University of Ottawa
(lvanarragon@gmail.com)
Keywords: Religion and Education, Religious
Neutrality, Canada
J-3. RRA: Aurhor Meets Critics: Men Who Batter By Nancy Nason Clark
and Barbara Fisher-Townsend
Room:
Room 103
Organizer:
Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri
(neitzm@missouri.edu)
Convener:
Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri
(neitzm@missouri.edu)
Discussant: Nancy Nason Clark, University of New Brunswick
(nasoncla@unb.ca)
Papers:
RRA: Comments on "Men who Batter"
Presenter: Meredith McGuire, Trinity university
(mmcguire@trinity.edu)
Keywords: Domestic Violence, Religion,
Coordinated Community response
RRA: Comments on "Men who Batter"
Presenter: Penny Edgell, Universityof Minnesota
(edgell@umn.edu)
Keywords: Domestic Violence, Religion,
Coordinated Community response
RRA: Comments on "Men Who Batter"
Presenter: Laurel Kearns, Drew University
(lkearns@drew.edu)
Keywords: Domestic Violence, Religion,
Coordinated Community response
RRA: Comments on Men Who Batter
Presenter: Kendra Yoder, Indiana University South
Bend (kyoder3@gmail.com),
Keywords: Domestic Violence, Religion,
Coordinated Community response
J-4. SSSR: Author meets Critics: Psychological Perspectives on Religion
and Religiosity by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
Room:
Room 101
Organizer:
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa
(benny@psy.haifa.ac.il)
Convener:
Ralph Hood, The University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga (ralph-hood@utc.edu)
Discussant: Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa
(benny@psy.haifa.ac.il)
Papers:
SSSR: Psychological Perspectives On Religion
Presenter: Michael Nielsen, Southern Georgia
University (mnielsen@georgiasouthern.edu)
Keywords: Psychology, Religion, Methods
SSSR: Psychological Perspectives On Religion
Presenter: Thomas Coleman III, University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga (Thomas-J-Coleman@mocs.utc.edu)
Keywords: Psychology, Religion, Methods
SSSR: Psychological Perspectives On Religion
Presenter: David Wulff, Wheaton College
(dwulff@wheatoncollege.edu)
Keywords: Psychology, Religion, Methods
J-5. RRA: Religion and Gender: Congregations and their Leaders
Room:
White River Ballroom A
Organizer:
Andrew Whitehead, Clemson University
(alw6@clemson.edu)
Convener:
Andrew Whitehead, Clemson University
(alw6@clemson.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Participation Rates of Men and Women in
Congregations: Organizational Consequences Over Time
Presenter: Cynthia Woolever, The Parish Paper
(cynthia@cynthiawoolever.com)
Keywords: Gender, Congregations, Leaders
RRA: Role Congruity and Female Clergy: The Context of
the Congregation
Presenter: Todd Ferguson, Baylor University
(todd_ferguson@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Gender, Congregations, Leaders
RRA: Literalist Ideology as a Gendered Resource in
American Congregations
Presenter: Andrew Whitehead, Clemson University
(alw6@clemson.edu)
Keywords: Gender, Congregations, Leaders
RRA: Where's the Pipeline? A Look at Women in
Theological Education
Presenter: Sharon Miller, Auburn Theological
Seminary (smiller@AuburnSeminary.org)
Keywords: Gender, Congregations, Leaders
J-6. SSSR: The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion: Continuing
Analyses and Debates (2)
Room:
White River Ballroom B
Organizer:
Henri Gooren, Oakland University
(gooren@oakland.edu)
Convener:
Lewis Rambo, San Francisco Theological Seminary
(lrambo@sfts.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Deconversion: Conceptualization and Research
Perspectives
Presenter: Heinz Streib, Bielefeld University
(heinz.streib@uni-bielefeld.de)
Keywords: Conversion, Deconversion, Sociology
SSSR: Disengagement and Apostasy in New Religious
Movements
Presenter: Stuart Wright, Lamar University
(stuart.wright@lamar.edu)
Keywords: Conversion, Deconversion, Sociology
SSSR: Conversion and Confucianism: To Become a
Confucian
Presenter: Anna Sun, Kenyon College
(suna@kenyon.edu)
Keywords: Conversion, Deconversion, Sociology
J-7. RRA: The United Methodist Church: Trends in Diversity and Clergy
Room:
Room 104
Organizer:
Mark McCormack, General Board of Higher
Education & Ministry (mmccormack@gbhem.org)
Convener:
Erin Kane, General Commission on the Status and
Role of Women (ekane@gcsrw.org)
Papers:
RRA: 2013 Desk Audit Results of The United Methodist
Church
Presenter: Erin Kane, General Commission on the
Status and Role of Women (ekane@gcsrw.org)
Co-Author 1: Giovanni Arroyo , General
Commission on Religion and Race
Keywords: Gender, Race, Diversity
RRA: United Methodist Clergy Health: A View Across
Multiple Health Dimensions
Presenter: Anne Borish, General Board of Pension
and Health Benefits (aborish@gbophb.org)
Keywords: Clergy Health, Vocational Setting,
Multiple Dimensions of Health
RRA: Trends in Financial Support and Debt Among United
Methodist Seminary Students
Presenter: Mark McCormack, General Board of
Higher Education & Ministry (mmccormack@gbhem.org)
Co-Author 1: HiRho Park, General Board of Higher
Education & Ministry
Keywords: Clergy, Leadership, Race and Culture
RRA: Racial Stability and Change in United Methodist
Congregations, 1989-2012
Presenter: Kevin D. Dougherty , Baylor University
(kevin_dougherty@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Gerardo Marti, Davidson College
Co-Author 2: Mark McCormack ,
(mmccormack@gbhem.org)
Keywords: Congregation, Race, Participation
J-8. SSSR: Islam, Family, and Government (SSSR-RRA)
Room:
Room 105
Convener:
Christopher Bader, Chapman University
(bader@chapman.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: The Protected Faithful?: Governmental Response to
Religious Child Abuse
Presenter: Damien Arthur, West Virginia State
University (darthur2@wvstateu.edu)
Keywords: Religion, Child-Abuse, Exemptions
SSSR: Why Get Mad? The Disconnect between Religious
Discrimination and Individual Perceptions of Government
Presenter: Christopher Bader, Chapman University
(bader@chapman.edu)
Co-Author 1: Jonathan Fox, Bar Ilan University
Keywords: Religion and State, Minority religion,
Religious persecution
SSSR: Gendering and Democratizing Shari'a: How NonMuslim Democracies Reform Islamic Family Laws?
Presenter: Yuksel Sezgin , Syracuse University
(ysezgin@maxwell.syr.edu)
Keywords: Shari'a, Human Rights, Democracy
RRA: Khadija and Mohammad: The Marriage that made
Islam
Presenter: Maxine Meilleur, Harvard Divinity
School (desertmaxine@hotmail.com)
J-9. SSSR: Civic Engagement and Interfaith Relations (RRA-SSSR)
Room:
White River Ballroom E
Convener:
Edward Polson , Baylor University
(Clay_Polson@baylor.edu)
Papers:
RRA: Building Bridges and Strengthening Bonds:
Examining the Relationship between Community Engagement and Congregational
Health
Presenter: Edward Polson , Baylor University
(Clay_Polson@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Congregations, Civic Engagement,
Social Capital
RRA: Faith Maturity and Social Justice Sensitivity
Presenter: Chang-Ho Ji, La Sierra University
(cji@lasierra.edu)
Co-Author 1: Margaret Solomon, La Sierra
University
Keywords: Faith Maturity, Social Justice
Sensitivity, Leadership
RRA: Obstacles to Interfaith Relations among Presbyterian
Congregations
Presenter: Deborah Coe, Presbyterian Research
Services (deborah.coe@pcusa.org)
Keywords: Interfaith, Attitudes, Presbyterian
SSSR: Christian College Religious Groups and Support for
Gay Marriage
Presenter: Nathan Todd, University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign (ntodd2@illinois.edu)
Co-Author 1: Elizabeth McConnell, DePaul
University
Keywords: Gay Marriage, College Religious
Groups, Religious Tradition
J-10. SSSR: Clergy and Family
Room:
White River Ballroom G
Convener:
Gail Cafferata, Center for Practical Theology,
Boston University (revgailc@gmail.com)
Papers:
SSSR: Religion, Marital Status and Charitable Giving:
Household Generosity as a Window into the Undoing of Gender
Presenter: David Eagle, Duke University
(david.eagle@duke.edu)
Co-Author 1: Jen'nan Read, Duke University
Co-Author 2: Lisa Keister, Duke University
Keywords: Gender, Marriage, Charitable Giving
SSSR: Home as Work and Work as Church: Navigating
Institutional Boundaries as a Clergy Family
Presenter: Lenore Knight Johnson, North Park
University (lmknightjohnson@northpark.edu)
Keywords: clergy, family, work
SSSR: The Last Pastor: Identity work in closing churches
Presenter: Gail Cafferata, Center for Practical
Theology, Boston University (revgailc@gmail.com)
Keywords: Clergy/Pastors, Identity Theory,
Qualitative Methods
J-11. SSSR: Religion and Social Tension
Room:
White River Ballroom H
Convener:
Landon Schnabel, Indiana University, Bloomington
(lpschnab@indiana.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Gender, Work, and Religiosity: Comparing the
Religiosity of High-Earning Women and Men
Presenter: Landon Schnabel, Indiana University,
Bloomington (lpschnab@indiana.edu)
Keywords: Gender, Religiosity, Elites
SSSR: On the Edges of The Binary and Society: Sufism's
Role in Social Tolerance of Hijras and The Transgender Community in Pakistan
Presenter: Brendan Sparks, University of Arkansas
(brsparks@uark.edu)
Keywords: Hijra, Transgender, Sufism
SSSR: The Institution of Denominational Social
Statements: Lutherans Formulate Stance on Full Inclusion of Gays and Lesbians
Presenter: Leslie Weber , Evangelical Lutheran
Church In America (l-jweber@att.net)
Keywords: Institutions, Theory, Homosexuality
J-12. SSSR: Social Environments and Politics
Room:
White River Ballroom J
Convener:
Rhys H. Williams, Loyola University Chicago
(RWilliams7@luc.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: A second tsunami of secularization for Dutch
Protestants
Presenter: Marten Van der Meulen, Protestant
Theological University in the Netherlands (m.vdmeulen@gmail.com)
Keywords: The Netherlands, Secularization,
American Religion
SSSR: Legal Depluralisation of the Religious Field in the
Central Europe - the Case of the Slovakia
Presenter: Miroslav Tizik, Institute for Sociology,
Slovak Academy of Sciences (miroslav.tizik@savba.sk)
Keywords: Desecularisation, Slovakia, Religious
Identity
SSSR: "'This is not a space for politics, this is a church':
Generational conflict among Malayalee Christian Indian Americans"
Presenter: Rhys H Williams, Loyola University
Chicago (RWilliams7@luc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Soulit Chacko, Loyola University
Chicago
Keywords: Immigrant Congregations, Second
Generation Religion, Public Sphere Discourse
SSSR: Demanding Democracy and Rejecting the
Autocracy: A Reconsideration of the the Role of Religion and Regime Experience in
Africa
Presenter: Virginia Beard, Hope College
(beard@hope.edu)
Keywords: Democracy, Religion, Political Attitudes
J-13. SSSR: International Intersections in Christianity
Room:
Room 106
Convener:
Catherine Hoegeman, Missouri State University
(CHoegeman@missouristate.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Informal Clustering of Catholic Parishes
Presenter: Catherine Hoegeman, Missouri State
University (CHoegeman@missouristate.edu)
Keywords: Catholicism, Parish Structure,
Organizations
SSSR: Finding links between value- and worldview-types
Presenter: Mika Lassander, Abo Akademi
University (mika.lassander@abo.fi)
Keywords: Schwartz Value Model, Faith Q-Sort,
Worldviews
SSSR: The Reformation as a Catalyst to the Missionary
Movement of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Impact on South- South Zone of
Nigeria
Presenter: Emeka C. Ekeke, University of CalabarCalabar (emekacekeke@gmail.com)
Keywords: Reformation, Christianity in SouthSouth Nigeria, Missionary Movement in Nigeria
J-14. SSSR: Religion Around the Globe
Room:
Convener:
(laurao@clemson.edu)
Room 107
Laura Olson, Clemson University
Papers:
SSSR: Governmentality of Religious Conversions and the
'Declaration of Faith':Practice against Faith among Christian Youth in South India
Presenter: Ashok Kumar Mocherla, Indian Institute
of Technology Mandi (ashok@iitmandi.ac.in)
Keywords: Religious Conversions, Declaration of
Faith, Caste
SSSR: digitization of Islamic legislation and history
sources in Arabic
Presenter: Khaled Al-shunyber, King Saud
University (shunyber@ksu.edu.sa)
Co-Author 1: humood bin salamah, king saud
university
Keywords: History Sources, Digitization, Islamic
Legislation
SSSR: Where You Stand Depends on Where You Live:
Religion, Geographic Location, and 2012 Presidential Vote Choice
Presenter: Laura Olson, Clemson University
(laurao@clemson.edu)
Co-Author 1: Perry Austin, Clemson University
Keywords: 2012 Presidential Election, Region,
Politics
J-15. SSSR: Politics and Religion
Room:
Room 204
Convener:
Luis Aguilar , Universidad Centroamericana
(laguilar@uca.edu.sv)
Papers:
SSSR: "The religious rhetoric in the discourses of
Presidents of El Salvador 1989-2013"
Presenter: Luis Aguilar, Universidad
Centroamericana " Jose Simeon Canas " UCA (laguilar@uca.edu.sv)
Keywords: Sociology of Religion, Politics, El
Salvador
SSSR: Charisma and Conservatism: Charismatic Catholics
in Latino Politics
Presenter: Andre Audette, University of Notre
Dame (aaudette@nd.edu)
Keywords: Catholicism, Latino, Politics
SSSR: Latino Clergy Attitudes toward AIDS:
Characteristics, Values, and Personal Ties
Presenter: Christopher Ellison, Univ of Texas-San
Antonio (christopher.ellison@utsa.edu)
Co-Author 1: Rohit Chandan, University of Texas
at San Antonio
Co-Author 2: Edwin Hernandez, Devos Family
Foundations
Keywords: Latino, Attitudes, HIV/AIDS
SSSR: Strategic Alliances: Faith-Based and Secular
Political Action Groups Working Together for the Better
Presenter: Rebecca Sager, Loyola Marymount
University (rsager@lmu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Brad Dalton, Duke University
Co-Author 2: Richard Wood, University of New
Mexico
Keywords: Faith-Based Groups, Politics, Secular
Organizations
J-16. SSSR: Research on Prayer, Praise, and Worship
Room:
Room 205
Convener:
Casey Homan, University of California, Berkeley
(caseyhoman@berkeley.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Organizational Determinants of the Use of
Contemporary-Style Worship in the United States
Presenter: Casey Homan, University of California,
Berkeley (caseyhoman@berkeley.edu)
Keywords: Organizations, Congregations, Worship
SSSR: For youth, prayer is relationship.
Presenter: Michael C. Mason, Australian Catholic
University (michael.mason@acu.edu.au)
Keywords: Prayer, Youth, Survey
SSSR: Can Inter-disciplinary (Neuro-biology And
Theology) And Comparative (Hindu-Islamic) Theological Studies Improve Our
Understanding of Quran? A Chaplain Psychiatrist's Baby-Steps In Inter-Disciplinary
Arena
Presenter: Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan, Harvard
Divinity School, Harvard University (par469@mail.harvard.edu)
Keywords: Quran-Hindu, Comparative-Theology,
Neurobiology-Chaplaincy
SSSR: Dreaming Mystical Experience amongst Christians
and Hindus: The Impact of Sociocultural Background and Religious Affiliation on
Perceptions of Mystical Phenomena
Presenter: Robert Sears, Fuller Theological
Seminary (robertsears@fuller.edu)
Keywords: Dreams, Mystical Experience, Social
Constructivism
J-17. SSSR: Bridging the Gap: Faith Across Continents and Disciplines II
Room:
White River C
Convener:
Janet Steele, George Washington University
(jesteele@gwu.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Journalism and Islam: Five approaches in Indonesia
and Malaysia
Presenter: Janet Steele, George Washington
University (jesteele@gwu.edu)
Keywords: Journalism, Malaysia, Indonesia
SSSR: Research on the American religious realities in
Romania. Between the academic interest and the social and political orchestration
Presenter: George Enache, Dunarea de Jos
University of Galati (geo.enache@gmail.com)
Keywords: Religion, United States of America,
Romania
SSSR: Between self-salvation and national liberation: the
conceptions of salvation in Polish esoteric milieu in the first decades of the 20th century.
Presenter: MalgorzataAlicja Dulska, Jagiellonian
University, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute for the Study of Religions
(malgorzatadulska@gmail.com)
Keywords: Salvation, Poland, Esotericism
SSSR: Religiosity in China
Presenter: Horst Helle, University of Munich,
Munich, Germany (horsthelle@hotmail.com)
Co-Author 1: Guihua He , Huaqiao University,
Xiamen, Fujian, China
Keywords:
J-18. SSSR: Beliefs in Culture
Room:
White River D
Convener:
Richard Pitt (r.pitt@vanderbilt.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: School Sector and Beliefs about Human Origins:
Evidence from the National Study of Religion and Human Origins,
Presenter: Jonathan Hill, Calvin College
(jph27@calvin.edu)
Keywords: Evolution, Schooling, Creationism
SSSR: "Sheila, Meet Yusuf": Rethinking Religious
Individualism in America
Presenter: John O'Brien, NYU Abu Dhabi
(jho3@nyu.edu)
Keywords: Religious Individualism, Theory,
Culture
SSSR: Founders: The Call To And Practice Of Religion
Entrepreneurship
Presenter: Richard Pitt, Vanderbilt University
(r.pitt@vanderbilt.edu)
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Church Planting,
Clergy
J-19. SSSR: Understanding The Links Between Religion and Pro-social
Behavior
Room:
Organizer:
White River Ballroom A
Eric Wesselmann, Illinois State University
Convener:
Eric Wesselmann, Illinois State University
(edwesse@ilstu.edu)
(edwesse@ilstu.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Religion, Mental Illness, and Social Support
Presenter: Eric Wesselmann, Illinois State
University (edwesse@ilstu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Diana Steakley-Freeman, Illinois
State University
Co-Author 2: Fredrick Eichler, Illinois State
University
Keywords: Religious Beliefs, Mental Illness, Social
Support
SSSR: Religion and Forgiveness and Gratitude
Presenter: Jo-Ann Tsang, Baylor University
(JoAnn_Tsang@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Forgiveness, Gratitude,
Religion/Spirituality
SSSR: Charity: The Place of the Poor in the Biblical
Tradition
Presenter: Gary Anderson, University of Notre
Dame (Gary.A.Anderson.194@nd.edu)
Keywords: Charity, Poverty, Judeo-Christian
Tradition
SSSR: Why a Scientific Understanding of Pro-Social
Behavior Should Consider Theological Approaches
Presenter: William Graziano, Purdue University
(graziano@purdue.edu)
Keywords: Pro-social Behavior, Psychology,
Theology