2007 PROGRAM SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1
8:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
SSSR Council Meeting
Buccaneer A
2:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
RRA Board Meeting
Buccaneer A
6:00 p.m.
Joint SSSR/RRA Council and Board
Dinner
Ybor Room
6:00-9:00p.m.
Registration in Regency Ballroom Foyer
Galleria B
8:00-10:00 p.m.
Reception with Cash Bar
Regency Ballroom Foyer, Galleria B
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A-3 Nationalism and National Identity
[SSSR]
Buccaneer A
Convener
Nadya Jaworsky, Yale University,
bernadette.jaworsky@yale.edu
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2
8:00am-3:00pm
Registration
Galleria B
9:00am-4:00pm
Book Exhibit
Buccaneer B and C
‘The Changing Dynamics of Religion and
National Identity: Greece and Ireland in a
Comparative Perspective’
Daphne Halikiopoulou, London
School of Economics and Political Science,
d.halikiopoulou@lse.ac.uk
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FRIDAY MORNING, 8:30-10:00 a.m.
__________Sessions A1-A11___________
‘Examining the role of national boundaries
on religious activism and ‘just’ economic
trade’
Amy Reynolds, Princeton
University, areyno@princeton.edu
A-1 Religion and Contemporary
Society [SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Elisa Zhai, University of Texas, Austin,
jzhai@mail.la.utexas.edu
‘Nationalism, Religion, and Secularization’
Jonathan Eastwood, Washington and
Lee University, eastwoodj@wlu.edu
Nikolas Prevelakis, Harvard
University, prevelak@fas.harvard.edu
‘The Public Sphere and the Making of
Modern Islam in Egypt’
Jeff Kenney, DePauw University,
jkenney@depauw.edu
‘Muslims in Europe and Euro-Islam’
James A. Beckford, University of
Warwick, UK, j.a.beckford@warwick.ac.uk
‘Religion in Context: Exploring Religiosity
and Well-Being in Contemporary Japan’
Michael K. Roemer, The University
of Texas at Austin,
roemermk@mail.la.utexas.edu
A-4 Religious Education and
Development [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame,
David.Sikkink.1@nd.edu
“Intersecting identities: New Teachers in
American Catholic, Jewish and Urban
Public Schools”
Bethamie Horowitz, NYC, NY,
bethamie@gmail.com
Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Brandeis
University, snemser@brandeis.edu
A-2 Issues in Denominational Research
Using Prominent National Data Sets: The
Case of the Mormons [SSSR/MSSA]
Garrison II
Session A-2 has been cancelled at the
request of the participants.
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“Walking the Walk: building universality
and particularity into religious identities of
youth”
Katie Day, Lutheran Theological
Seminary at Philadelphia, kday@ltsp.edu
‘Awe - Towards a naturalistic account’
Tom Sjöblom, University of
Helsinki, tom.sjoblom@helsinki.fi
A-6 Religious Renewal and
Traditionalism [SSSR]
Buccanneer D
Convener
Jerry Park, Baylor University,
jerry_park@baylor.edu
“Who’s in Charge of Spiritual development?
Exploring how Teens Negotiate their
Religious and Spiritual Identities Outside of
their Faith Communities.”
Josh Borkin, Teachers College,
Colombia University,
jbb2106@columbia.edu
‘Islam Needs Revival, Not Reform:
Traditional Islam and Segmented
Assimilation Among Second-Generation
Muslim Americans’
Christine Soriea Sheikh, University
of Denver, sheikh@du.edu
“The Impact of Alternative Schooling
Strategies on Adolescent Religiosity”
Jeremy E. Uecker, University of
Texas at Austin, juecker@prc.utexas.edu
‘The Vanishing Veil: Roman Catholic
Sisters and the Resurrection of the Holy
Habit’
Kara Lemma, University of Southern
California, lemma@usc.edu
A-5 Genetics and Cognitive Science
[SSSR]
Garrison III
Convener
Ann Taves, University of California, Santa
Barbara, taves@religion.ucsb.edu
‘Is There a Mormon Evangelical Christian
Rapprochement?’
O. Kendall White, Jr., Washington
and Lee University, whitek@wlu.edu
‘Genetic Influences on Religious
Involvement: Correlation with an Adaptive
Trait as a Possible Explanation’
Matt Bradshaw, The University of
Texas at Austin,
bradshaw@mail.la.utexas.edu
A-7
Spiritual Capital [ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener/Discussant
Kimon Sargeant, Templeton Foundation,
ksargeant@templeton.org
‘The Behavior Genetics of Religiosity:
Reevaluating Model Assumptions’
Jacob Felson, Penn State University,
jlfelson@pop.psu.edu
‘Death Where is Thy Sting?: Constructing
an Independent Measure of Existential
Certainty’
Aaron D. McVean, University of
Nevada, Reno, amcvean@unr.edu
R. David Hayward, University of
Nevada, Reno, david.hayward@gmail.com
‘Spirituality, Socially Referenced
Preferences, and the Afterlife’
Rowena A. Pecchenino,Michigan
State University, rowenap@msu.edu
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‘Spiritual, Human, and Physical Capital:
Are They Complementary Factors in
Economic Growth?’
Carl R. Gwin, Pepperdine
University, Gwin@pepperdine.edu
Wafa Hakim Orman, Baylor
University, Wafa_Orman@baylor.edu
Charles M. North, Baylor
University, Charles_North@baylor.edu
‘Did Religion Have Anything to Do with
Success and Failure in Post-Communist
Transition?’
Leonid Krasnozhon,George Mason
University, lkrasnoz@gmu.edu
‘From the House of Representatives to the
Houses of God: How Churches Thrive
Under Special Exemptions in the Law’
Krystal Slivinski,George Mason
University, kbrand@gmail.com
‘Religion and Economic Development:
Evidence from the Early Twentieth Century’
Robert Subrick, James Madison
University, jsubrick@gmu.edu
‘A Sacrificial Death?’
Jason Wollschleger, University of
Washington, jason.etc@gmail.com
‘Overcoming Selfishness: Religion and the
Alternatives’
William McBride, George Mason
University, wmcbride@gmu.edu
A-8 Computational Approaches to the
Study of Religious Belief, Behavior, and
Institutions [ASREC]
Esplanade II
Convener/Discussant
William Sims Banbridge, National Science
Foundation, wsbainbridge@yahoo.com
A-10 American Congregations 2005 –
The FACT2005 National Survey of
Congregations [RRA]
Regency V
Organizer and Convener
David Roozen, Director, Hartford Seminary,
Hartford Institute for Religion Research,
roozen@hartsem.edu
‘A Study of Indepdendent Church Websites’
Chris Bader, Baylor University,
Christopher_Bader@baylor.edu
‘A Model of Emergent Extermism:
Necessary Conditions and Countervailing
Policy’
Michael Makowsky, George Mason
University, mmakowsk@gmu.edu
‘American Congregations 2005: An
Overview.’
David Roozen, Hartford Seminary,
Hartford Institute for Religion
Research, roozen@hartsem.edu
‘Strategic Congregational Management’
Hernan Bejarano, Penn State
University, hbejainpenn@gmail.com
‘FACTs on Growth: A New Look at the
Dynamics of Growth and Decline.’
C. Kirk Hadaway, The Episcopal
Church
khadaway@episcopalchurch.org
A-9 Student Research #1 [ASREC]
Esplanade III
Convener/Discussant
TBA
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‘Synagogues in the FACT2005 Survey.’
J. Shawn Landres, S3K Synagogue
Studies Institute / UCLA,
shawn@landres.com
‘Catholic Identity Among Young Adult
Catholics’
Dean Hoge, Catholic University of
America, Hoge@cua.edu
‘Worship, Spiritual Identity, and Growth:
Seventh-day Adventists and FACT 2005.’
Roger L. Dudley, Andrews
University, dudley@andrews.edu
A-11 Disconnected Catholics and
Catholic Identity (Catholic Research
Forum) [RRA]
Regency VI
Convener
Mary Gautier, Center for Applied Research
in the Apostolate at Georgetown,
gautierm@georgetown.edu
Discussant
Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University/Purdue
University, Indianapolis,
pwittber@iupui.edu
‘Why Catholics Don't Attend Sunday Mass:
An Action Research Approach’
Robert Miller, Archdiocese of
Philadelphia, drmiller@adphila.org
‘Catholics Who Have Stopped Going to
Mass’
Bob Dixon, Australian, Catholic
Bishops Conference,
Bob.Dixon@ppo.catholic.org.au
Sharon Bond, LaTrobe University,
sabond@students.latrobe.edu.au
Kath Engebretson, Australian
Catholic University,
K.Engebretson@patrick.acu.edu.au
Richard Rymarz, St Joseph's
College, University of Alberta.
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FRIDAY MORNING, 10:15-11:45 a.m.
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Sessions B1-B11___________ __
B-2
The Politics and Social Relevance
of Latino Religion [SSSR/RRA]
Regency V
Organizer
Edwin I. Hernandez, University of Notre
Dame, ehernan5@nd.edu
B-1 Psychological Considerations
[SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Andrew Village, University of Wales,
a.village@bangor.ac.uk
Convener
Milagros Peña, University of Florida,
mpena@soc.ufl.edu
‘Attachment to God and Self-Conscious
Affect’
Harley Baker, California State
University Channel Islands,
harley.baker@csuci.edu
Corrin Hoglund, California State
University Channel Islands,
corrinhoglund@gmail.com
‘Latino Religion and Involvement in
Immigration Protest’
Kraig Beyerlein, University of
Arizona, kbeyerle@email.arizona.edu
David Sikkink, University of Notre
Dame, dsikkink@nd.edu
Edwin Hernandez. University of
Notre Dame, ehernan5@nd.edu
‘Conceptions of God across Muslim, Jewish
and Christian Traditions: An Empirical
Approach Using the Five Factor Model of
Personality’
Scott Forrest Grover, Fuller
Theological Seminary,
sfgrover@cp.fuller.edu
Richard Gorsuch, Fuller Theological
Seminary
Alvin Dueck, Fuller Theological
Seminary
‘The Politics of Latino Charismatics’
Norman Ruano, Loyola
University, nruano@ccc.edu
Edwin I. Hernandez, University of
Notre Dame, ehernan5@nd.edu
Milagros Peña, University of
Florida, mpena@soc.ufl.edu
‘The Role of Latino Churches in HIV/AIDS
Prevention’
Edwin I. Hernandez, University of
Notre Dame, ehernan5@nd.edu
Rebecca Burwell, University of
Notre Dame, rburwell@nd.edu
Milagros Peña, University of
Florida, mpena@soc.ufl.edu
Guillermo Grenier, Florida
International University, grenier.4@nd.edu
David Sikkink, University of Notre
Dame, dsikkink@nd.edu
‘Exploring the Relationship Between
Manipulativeness and Christian Identity’
Nena L. Kircher, Forest Institute of
Professional Psychology and Missouri State
University, nkircher@forest.edu
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‘The Social Service Provision of Latino
Churches’
Rebecca Burwell, University of
Notre Dame, rburwell@nd.edu
Edwin Hernandez, University of
Notre Dame, ehernan5@nd.edu
Milagros Peña, University of
Florida, mpena@soc.ufl.edu
Guillermo Grenier, Florida
International University, grenier.4@nd.edu
David Sikkink, University of Notre
Dame, dsikkink@nd.edu
Convener
Elizabeth Marquardt, Institute for American
Values, emarquardt70@sbcglobal.net
‘Prayers of the People: Family Metaphor in
the Liturgies of the Pro-Life and Faith
Based Labor Movements’
Rebekah Peeples Massengill,
Princeton University,
rmasseng@princeton.edu
‘There Must be a Son: Religious Influences
on Sex Preference for Children in
Uzbekistan’
Jennifer Barrett, University of Texas
at Austin, jbarrett@prc.utexas.edu
B-3 Religion and Civic Engagement
[SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
Tim Helton, Drew University,
tim@timhelton.com
‘Familial Religious Involvement, Family
Dynamics and Children’s Concentration
Difficulties’
Margaret Vaaler, University of
Texas at Austin,
mvaaler@mail.la.utexas.edu
‘Teaching Civic Skills: The Role of Religion’
James M. Penning, Calvin College penn@calvin.edu
Corwin Smidt, Calvin College,
smid@calvin.edu
‘Studying the Interrelationship Between
Religion and the Family: A Longitudinal
View’
Stacy A. Hammons, Fresno Pacific
University, shammons@fresno.edu
‘From Sect to Public Engagement: The
Evangelical Movement in El Salvador’
Steve Offutt, Boston University,
soffutt_1999@yahoo.com
B-5
Religion and the State [SSSR]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Melissa Wilde, University of Pennsylvania,
mwilde@sas.upenn.edu
‘Do Churches Make Good Neighbors? The
Effects of Congregational Context on Civic
Participation’
Edward C. Polson, Baylor
University, Clay_Polson@baylor.edu
‘Religious Restriction and Contentious
Politics in the Middle East’
Katherine Meyer, The Ohio State
University, Meyer.23@sociology.osu.edu
Lauren Pinkus, The Ohio State
University, Pinkus.4@sociology.osu.edu
‘Religion and Membership in Civic
Associations’
Corwin Smidt, Calvin College,
smid@calvin.edu
B-4
Family and Youth [SSSR]
Regency VI
7
‘Beheading the Saint, Bearing the Cross:
Reconfiguring Nation and Religion in
Quebec and Poland’
Geneviève Zubrzycki, University of
Michigan-Ann Arbor, genez@umich.edu
B-7
Religion, Values, and Economic
Development [ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener/Discussant
TBA
‘Church and State Government: From
Constantine to Charlemagne’
Alex Tokarev, The King’s
College, atokarev@tkc.edu
‘Values, Beliefs and Development’
Jeffry Jacob, College of St. Benedict,
St. John’s University, jjacob@csbsju.edu
Thomas Osang, Southern Methodist
University, tosang@mail.smu.edu
B-6 Religion and Higher Education
[SSSR]
Buccanneer D
Convener
John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State
University,
jschmalzbauer@missouristate.edu
‘Corruption, Faith, and Economic Growth’
John E. Stapleford, Eastern
University, jstaplef@eastern.edu
‘Efficiency Comparison Between
Conventional Development Aid and
Missionary Work’
Esa Mangeloja, University of
Jyvaskyla, eman@econ.jyu.fi
Tomi Ovaska, Youngstown State
University, tpovaska@ysu.edu
‘Faith and the Sciences?: How University
Scientists view the Connection of Religion to
their Particular Disciplines’
Elaine Howard Ecklund, University
at Buffalo, SUNY, ehe@buffalo.edu
‘International Christian Organizations and
the Development of Sub-Saharan Africa--A
Critical Study’
James A.P. Tiburcio, Universidade
de Brasilia, jamestiburcio@yahoo.com
‘Gender Climate Among Faculty at an
Evangelical College’
Brad Christerson, Biola University,
bradley.christerson@biola.edu
‘Thriving on the Margins: The Evangelical
Academy’
Glenn Lucke, University of Virginia,
glucke@virginia.edu
B-8
Demography, Development, and
Gender [ASREC]
Esplanade II
Convener:
Brian Grim, Pew Forum on Religion &
Public Life, bgrim@pewforum.org
‘The Effects of Education on American
Christianity’
Philip Schwadel, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, pschwadel2@unl.edu
‘Demographic Change and Religion in
Central Asia Following the Transition to a
Market Economy’
Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt
University, kathryn.anderson@vanderbilt.edu
Linda Carter, Vanderbilt University,
l.carter@vanderbilt.edu
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‘Religion, Attitudes Towards Working
Mothers and Wives’ Full-time Employment:
Evidence for Germany, Italy, and the UK’
Guido Heineck, University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg,
guido.heineck@gmx.net
B-10 Changes from within Catholicism
[RRA]
Garrison II
Convener
Mary Gautier, Center for Applied Research
in the Apostolate at Georgetown,
gautierm@georgetown.edu
‘The Church versus the Spirit: The Impact of
Christianity on the Treatment of Women in
Africa’
Carrie A. Miles, George Mason
University, carrie@econzone.com
‘Lay Movements: A New Form of Catholic
Religious Life?’
Patricia Wittberg, IUPUI,
pwittber@iupui.edu
‘The New Evangelization in the Archdiocese
of Detroit and Changing Religious
Connections’
Michael J. McCallion, Institute for
Research on the New Evangelization, Sacred
Heart Major Seminary,
mccallionm@shms.edu
‘Human Capital, Religion, and
Contraceptive Use in Ghana’
Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and
Lee University, Lexington,
blunchn@wlu.edu
‘The American Bishops at the Beginning and
End of the JP II Era: A descriptive and
social network analysis.’
Thomas Gaunt, S.J., Jesuit
Conference-USA, tgaunt@jesuit.org
Anthony Jennings, Jesuit
Conference-USA, ajennings@jesuit.org
B-9 New Book Session: “God from the
Machine” [ASREC]
Esplanade III
Convener
Laurence R. Iannaccone, George Mason
University, larry@econzone.com
Panelists
Chris Bader, Baylor University,
Christopher_Bader@baylor.edu
Michael Makowsky, George Mason
University, mmakowsk@gmu.edu
Laurence R. Iannaccone, George Mason
University, larry@econzone.com
‘Ethnic Variation in Predictors of Parish
Satisfaction Among Black Catholics Today’
James Cavendish, University of
South Florida, jcavendi@cas.usf.edu
B-11 New Book Panel Discussion --Author Meets Other Authors [RRA]
Regency VII
Author/Response
William Sims Banbridge, National Science
Foundation, wsbainbridge@yahoo.com
Faith in America [Three Volumes] Changes,
Challenges, New Directions Praeger
2006 edited by Charles Lippy
Organizer and Convener
Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary,
Hartford Institute for Religion Research
sthumma@hartsem.edu
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Presenters
‘Faith in America: How It All Came to Be’
Charles Lippy, University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga, CharlesLippy@utc.edu
‘Growth and Decline in the Mainline.’
C. Kirk Hadaway, The Episcopal
Church, khadaway@episcopalchurch.org
Penny Marler, Samford University,
plmarler@samford.edu
‘Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism: The
Changing Face of Evangelicalism
in America.’
David G. Roebuck, Lee University,
droebuck@leeuniversity.edu
‘The Shifting Role of the Latter-day Saints
as the Quintessential American Religion’.
Ethan Yorgason, Brigham Young
University Hawaii, yorgasoe@byuh.edu
‘Religion and Politics: The Impact of the
Religious Right.’
Julie Ingersoll, University of
North Florida, jingerso@unf.edu
‘New and Alternative Religions: Changes,
Issues, Trends’.
Sean McCloud, University of
North Carolina at Charlotte,
spmcclou@email.uncc.edu
12:00-1:00
Regency 2
SSSR New Members Lunch
12:00-1:00
Regency 3
MSSA Meeting
12:00-1:00
Congregational Study
meeting with Cynthia Woolever
Esplanade 4
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 1:15-2:45 p.m.
_________Sessions C1-C11____________
C-2 The Processes of Academic
Publishing [SSSR]
Regency VI
C-1 Globalization, Religion and
Culture: Theoretical and Institutional
Perspectives [SSSR]
Regency V
Convener
Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa,
pbeyer@uottawa.ca
Organizer
Rhys H. Williams, University of Cincinnati
‘Global Millennialism: A Postmortem on
Secularization’
Roland Robertson, University of
Aberdeen, soc123@abdn.ac.uk
Joy Charlton, Swarthmore College, book
review editor, Journal for the Scientific
Study of Religion,
jcharlt1@swarthmore.edu
‘Religion as Contestation and Identity in
Global Context’
John H. Simpson, University of
Toronto at Mississauga,
hermanjs@sympatico.ca
Theo Calderara, religion editor, Oxford
University Press, theo.calderara@oup.com
Panelists
Rhys H. Williams, University of Cincinnati,
editor, Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion, rhys.williams@uc.edu
Fred Kniss, Loyola University of Chicago,
Member of editorial board, Journal for the
Scientific Study of Religion
fkniss@luc.edu
‘Globalization, Migration and the Two
Types of Religious Boundary: A European
Perspective’
Margit Warburg, University of
Copenhagen, warburg@hum.ku.dk
C-3
Health and Well-Being [SSSR]
Garrisson I
Convener
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga - Ralph-Hood@utc.edu
‘Global Religious Organizations: The
Origins and Growth of RINGOS’
John Boli, Emory University,
jboli@emory.edu
David Brewington, Emory
University, david.brewington@emory.edu
‘Churches, Mosques, and Stigmatizing AIDS
in Sub-Saharan Africa’
Mark Regnerus, University of Texas,
regnerus@prc.utexas.edu
Jenny Trinitapoli, Arizona State
University, jennytrini@mail.utexas.edu
‘Religious Contextual Norms, Structural
Constraints, and Personal Religiosity for
Abortion Decisions’
Amy Adamczyk, Wayne State
University, Adamczyk@Wayne.edu
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‘Religion, Spirituality and Well-Being in
Cross-National Perspective’
Marta Elliott, Ph.D. University of
Nevada, Reno, melliott@unr.edu
R.David Hayward, M.A. University
of Nevada, Reno,
david.hayward@gmail.com
C-5
Spirituality [SSSR]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Elizabeth Williamson, Rutgers University,
ewilliamson@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘Religious Homogeneity and Life
Expectancy Around the World’
Donald J. Ebel, MA, MAG, Duke
University - debel@soc.duke.edu
‘Spiritual Experience and Private/Public
Religiosity’
Ye Jung Kim, Baylor University,
Ye_Kim@baylor.edu
Jerry Park, Baylor University
C-4
‘Creating a Spiritual Experience Through
Belly Dance’
Rachel Kraus, Ball State University,
rmkraus@bsu.edu
Religion and Gender [SSSR]
Regency VII
Convener
Georgie Weatherby, Gonzaga University,
weatherb@gonzaga.edu
‘Spiritual Practice and Social Action: The
case of drumming communities’
Tanice G. Foltz, Indiana University
Northwest, tfoltz@iun.edu
‘Religion, Media, and Masculinity: Social
Selves in Search of Meaning’
Stewart M. Hoover, Ph.D.,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
hoover@colorado.edu
Curtis D. Coats, University of
Colorado at Boulder,
curtis.coats@colorado.edu
‘Sprituality Redescribed, Self-esteem
Misrecognized’
Thomas B. Ellis, Appalachian State
University, ellistb@appstate.edu
‘Why Were They Called? An Exploration of
Catholic Nuns Autobiographies’
Susan E. Eichenberger, Seton Hill
University, eichenberger@setonhill.edu
C-6 Introducing Wave II of the
National Congregations Study [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
Mark Chaves, Duke University,
mac58@soc.duke.edu
‘Shaping Women Identities Through The
Interpretation Of The Qur’an:
Methodologies Of Interpreting Women
Issues’
Norbani binti Ismail, International
Islamic University Malaysia,
norbanis@yahoo.com
Introducing the Second Wave of the
National Congregations Study
Mark Chaves, Duke University,
mac58@soc.duke.edu
‘Congregational Conflict’
Shawna Anderson, University of
Arizona, shlander@email.arizona.edu
‘Gender and Nostalgia: The Valorization of
Medieval Judaism in European Memory’
Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado,
Jacobsjl@colorado.edu
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‘Congregational Leadership’
Catherine Hoegeman, University of
Arizona, hoegeman@email.arizona.edu
Organizations’
Michael McGinnis, Indiana
University, mcginnis@indiana.edu
‘Congregations and Politics’
Kraig Beyerlein, University of
Arizona, kbeyerle@email.arizona.edu
‘Assessing the Impact of Religion in Foreign
Policy: A Religious Economy Analysis’
Carolyn Warner, Arizona State
University, cwarner@asu.edu
‘Greedy Sects and the Jealous States: The
Political Logic of Religious Regulation’
David Smith, University of
Michigan, davidsth@umich.edu
C-7
Student Research #2 [ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener/Discussant
TBA
‘Democratic Governance and
Organizational Success: The Industrial
Organization of Religious Firms’
William R. Clark, University of
Michigan, wrclark@umich.edu
‘Religion, Altruism, and Social Capital’
Nathanael Smith, George Mason
University,
Nathan_Smith@ksg03.harvard.edu
C-9 Economics of Religion #1
[ASREC]
Esplanade III
‘Economics of Philanthropy: Evidence from
the Late-Ming and Qing Dynasties’
Yang He, George Mason University,
hyang6@gmu.edu
‘Egalitarianism and Economics: American
Jewish Families’
Carmel Chiswick, University of
Illinois at Chicago, cchis@uic.edu
‘Rational Irrationality as a Habit: A
Dynamic Approach Towards Belief
Formation’
Dalibor Rohac, George Mason
University, drohac@gmu.edu
‘Sects and Violence’
Eli Berman, University of California,
San Diego, elib@ucsd.edu
‘ “Yield Not to Temptation”: Religion as
Anti-Addictive Social Capital’
SangHo Yoon, George Mason
University, syoon@gmu.edu
‘Religious Roots of the Print Revolution:
Why Some Adopted Printing and Others
Waited 300 Years’
Robert Woodberry, University of
Texas- Austin,
bobwood@mail.la.utexas.edu
C-8
Political Economy [ASREC]
Esplanade II
Convener/Discussant
TBA
"Interest Bans and Institutions: An
Economic Theory of Inhibitive Norm
Persistence in Islam & Christianity"
Jared Rubin, Stanford University,
jrubin@stanford.edu
‘The Political Manipulation of Religion and
its Limits:Modeling How Policy Incentives
Change the Priorities of Faith-based Service
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C-10 So Much for Inclusiveness: The
Current Schismatic Impulse in Oldline
Protestantism [RRA]
Garrison II
Organizer and Convener
David Roozen, Director, Hartford Seminary,
Hartford Institute for Religion Research,
roozen@hartsem.edu
‘Ethnologies of Scriptural Readings in U.S.
Communities of Color: A Latino
Pentecostal Exemplum’
Efrain Agosto, Hartford Seminary,
eagosto@hartsem.edu
Panelists:
William H. Swatos, Jr., Diocese of
Quincy in the Anglican Communion,
bill4329@hotmail.com
C. Jeff Woods, Associate General
Secretary for Regional Ministries,
American Baptist Churches USA ,
Jeff.Woods@abc-usa.org
Keith Wulff, Coordinator of
Research Services, The Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.),
kwulff@ctr.pcusa.org
C-11 Race and Ethnicity Issues [RRA]
Garrison III
Convener
Milagros Peña, University of
Florida, mpena@soc.ufl.edu
"Black Women in Ministry: Serving a
Resistance Pew"
Ruth D. Edwards, Fielding Graduate
University, stepintoyourself@aol.com
‘Women in the African American church’
Carrie Spell-Hansson, Fielding
Graduate University, clspell@yahoo.com
‘What is the Value of the Black College
Fund?’
Michelle Fugate, Director of Research and
Data Management, General Board of Higher
Education and Ministry of The United
Methodist Church, mfugate@gbhem.org
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__________________________
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 3:00-4:30
Sessions D-1 to D-10________
D-2 Cognitive Science of Religion: The
Naturalistic Basis of Religion and
Religious Experience [NAASR/SSSR]
Garrison I
Organizers
Robert N. McCauley, Emory University,
philrnm@emory.edu
Luther H. Martin, The University of
Vermont, luther.martin@uvm.edu
D-1 Immigration and Civic
Involvement [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
Margarita Mooney, University of North
Carolina, margarita7@unc.edu
Convener
Robert N. McCauley
‘Messengers of Truth. Evangelism by a
Ghanaian Seventh-day Adventist Church in
the Netherlands’
Danielle Koning, VU University
Amsterdam, dt.koning@th.vu.nl
‘The Naturalistic Foundations of
Reincarnation Beliefs’
Claire Cooper, Queen’s University
Belfast, clairejcooper@gmail.com
‘Participation of Christian Immigrant
Congregations in Society’
Dr. Marten van der Meulen, VU
University Amsterdam,
m.van_der_meulen@th.vu.nl
‘Religious Experience and the Brain’
Ann Taves, University of California,
Santa Barbara, taves@religion.ucsb.edu
Prof.dr. H.C. Stoffels, VU University
Amsterdam, hc.stoffels@th.vu.nl
“Numerical Rituals: Metrics for Modeling
Sensory Pageantry and Arousal”
Don Braxton, Juniata College,
braxton@juniata.edu
‘City Level Spiritual Capital? Lessons from
the Immigrant Experience in Three Small
Cities’
Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University,
wcadge@brandeis.edu
B. Nadya Jaworsky, Yale University,
bernadette.jaworsky@yale.edu
Quynh-Tram H. Nguyen, University
of Washington, qthn@u.washington.edu
‘Minimal Counterintuitiveness in Religious
Concepts: Revisited, Revised, and
Vindicated?’
Justin Barrett, Oxford University,
justin.barrett@anthro.ox.ac.uk
D-3 Globalization,
Religion
and
Culture: Multi-Dimensional Perspectives
[SSSR]
Regency V
Convener
Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa,
pbeyer@uottawa.ca
‘Religious Organization and Immigrant
Governance’
Dr. Tuomas Martikainen, Abo
Akademi University,
tuomas.martikainen@abo.fi
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‘Religion, Globalization, and Ecology:
Climate Change and the Fair Trade
Movement’
Laurel Kearns, Drew University,
lkearns@drew.edu
Elizabeth Marquardt, Institute for
American Values,
emarquardt70@sbcglobal.net
Kenny Steinman, Ohio State
University, steinman.13@osu.edu
‘Latin America: The ‘Other Christendom’,
Pluralism and Globalization’
Paul Freston, Calvin College,
pcf2@calvin.edu
Response: Timothy Clydesdale, The College
of New Jersey, clydesda@tcnj.edu
Mark Regnerus, University of
Texas at Austin, regnerus@prc.utexas.edu
‘Globalization and the Conflict of Values in
Middle Eastern Societies’
Vincenzo Pace, University of Padua,
vincenzo.pace@unipd.it
D-5 Race and Religion: Socio-historical
Considerations [SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener
Sheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College,
ctgilkes@colby.edu
‘Religion, Global Flows, and Global
Pentecostalism’
Michael Wilkinson, Trinity Western
University, Michael.Wilkinson@twu.ca
‘The racial divide in a South African
church’
Kobus Schoeman, Church Mirror
Research Unit, Dutch Reformed Church,
South Africa, University of Pretoria,
wjs@mweb.co.za
D-4 Author Meets Critics Session
[SSSR]
Regency VI
Organizer
R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at
Chicago, rswarner@uic.edu
‘W.E.B. Du Bois and the Philadelphia Black
Church: An Early Sociological Study’
Robert A. Wortham, North Carolina
Central University, rawcbw@aol.com
rwortham@nccu.edu
Chair
Rhys H. Williams, University of Cincinnati,
Williary@ucmail.uc.edu
‘Signifying Emancipation: Alexander
Bedward, Norman Paul and the
Destabilization of Empire’
Leslie R. James, DePauw University,
ljames@depauw.edu
Mark Regnerus, Forbidden Fruit: Sex and
Religion in the Lives of American
Teenagers (Oxford University Press,
2007).
Timothy Clydesdale, The First Year Out:
Understanding American Teens after
High School (University of Chicago
Press, 2007)
D-6 Religion and Rational Choice # 1
[SSSR/ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener/Discussant:
Brooks B. Hull, University of MichiganDearborn, bhull@umd.umich.edu
Critics: Lynn Schofield Clark, University
of Denver, Lynn.Clark@du.edu
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‘Does Low Religious Market Share Boost
Recruitment Efforts?’
Jonathan Hill, University of Notre
Dame, jhill3@nd.edu
Daniel V. A. Olson, Purdue
University
D-8
Religious Conflict, Commitment,
and Cohesion: Evolutionary and
Economic Approaches [ASREC]
Esplanade III
Convener/Discussant
Richard Sosis,University of Connecticut,
richard.sosis@uconn.edu
‘Free riding in religious communities: Can
it be eradicated?’
Sergio Figueroa Sanz, Instituto
Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico,
sergiofigueroasanz@yahoo.com
‘Ingroups and Outgroups: How Religion has
Cohered and Cleaved’
Azim Shariff, University of British
Columbia, azim@psych.ubc.ca
‘The Marketplace of Religion: Reflections
on the Rise of the Dge lugs School in Tibet’
Rachel M. McCleary, Harvard
University, mccleary@wcfia.harvard.edu
Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp, Harvard
University, vanderk@fas.harvard.edu
‘Psalms for Safety: Magico-Religious
Responses to Threats of Terror’
Richard Sosis, University of
Connecticut, richard.sosis@uconn.edu
‘Religion and Support for Suicide Attacks’
Ara Norenzayan, University of
British Columbia, ara@psych.ubc.ca
Ian Hansen, University of British
Columbia,
Jeremy Ginges, New School for
Social Research.
D-7 Religion and Philanthropy
[ASREC]
Esplanade II
Convener/Discussant:
TBA
‘Passing the Collection Plate: An
Examination of Weekly Church Offerings’
Paul J. Olson, Briar Cliff University,
paul.olson@briarcliff.edu
‘Exploring the Relationship between
Religious Commitment and Cooperation:
Findings from Northeastern Brazil’
Montserrat Soler, Rutgers
University, carmin@eden.rutgers.edu
‘Faith, Hope, and Charity’
Thomas M. Smith, University of
Illinois at Chicago, tomsmith@uic.edu
D-9 Session: Congregations and the
Community [RRA]
Garrison III
‘Diversity and Crowd Out: A Theory of
Cold-Glow Giving’
Daniel Hungerman ,Notre Dame,
dhungerm@nd.edu
Convener
Michael McMullen, University of Houston,
Clear Lake, mcmullen@cl.uh.edu
‘Religion, Exchange, Coexistence and
Growth’
Resit Ergener, Bogazici University,
resit.ergener@boun.edu.tr
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‘Homeschooling the Enchanted Child: Civic
Lessons in Domestic Questing’
Rebecca A. Allahyari, School for
Advanced Research, allahyari@sarsf.org
‘Who Really Is a Parishioner? A Historical
Examination of Shifting Churchgoer
Priorities’
Clinton M. Jenkin, Focus on the
Family, clint.jenkin@fotf.org
Nate Mabe, Focus on the Family
‘What's Cooking?’
Deborah Kapp, McCormick
Theological Seminary,
dkapp@mccormick.edu
‘Keep Your Hands off of our Money Church:
Empirically Linking Attitudes Opposing the
Politicalization of the Church and Economic
Wealth in Europe’
Brian N. Hewlett, Department of
Sociology University of Arizona,
bhewlett@email.arizona.edu
‘How Congregations Become Involved in
and Sustain Community Ministry’
Diana Garland, Baylor University,
School of Social Work,
Diana_Garland@baylor.edu
‘Church Staffing Ratios: Research on the
Staff-to-Parishioner Ratio, Theories to
Explain the Variations’
Warren Bird, Leadership Network,
Warren.Bird@leadnet.org
‘In the Eye of the Storm: The Impact of
Hurricane Katrina on the Religious Lives of
Survivors’
Patrick Bennett, Indiana State
University; pbennett6@isugw.indstate.edu
Jamie Aten, University of Southern
Mississippi;
Peter Hill, Biola University
4:45-5:30
SSSR New Book Reception
sponsored by Oxford University Press
Buccaneer D
‘The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the
Viability of the Churches Located in the
Greater New Orleans Area’
Dr. William H. Day, Jr., New
Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary,
bday@nobts.edu
5:30-6:30
H. Paul Douglass Lecture
Regency Ballroom (5-7)
"The Four M's of Religion: Magic,
Membership, Morality, and Mysticism”
Randall Collins, Dorothy Swaine Thomas
Professor in Sociology, University of
Pennsylvania.
D-10 Internal and External Influences
on Religious Life [RRA]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Dana Fenton Lehman College, CUNY,
ddfen@juno.com
6:30-7:30
Galleria B
Reception with Cash Bar
9:00-11:00
ASREC Evening Social
Harborview Room
‘The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the
Megachurches Located in New Orleans,
Louisiana’
Dr. William H. Day, Jr., New
Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary,
bday@nobts.edu
9:00-10:00
Gathering of Researchers
Interested in Catholicism organized by
Bill D'Antonio & Dean Hoge
Regency 2
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Tony Tian-Ren Lin, University of
Virginia, ttl6c@virginia.edu
SATURDAY, November 3
7:00-8:00
JSSR Editorial Board
Meeting
Channelside 1
E-2
Women / Ethnography -- A Group
Discussion [SSSR/ RRA]
Buccanneer D
Co-Organizers and Conveners
James V. Spickard, University of Redlands,
jim_spickard@redlands.
J. Shawn Landres, S3K Synagogue Studies
Institute / UCLA, shawn@landres.com
7:45-8:30
SSSR Business Meeting
Esplanade 4
________________________________
SATURDAY MORNING , 8:30-10:00
____
Sessions E1-E11___________
Panelists:
Rebecca Allahyari, School for
American Research, allahyari@sarsf.org
Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University,
wcadge@brandeis.edu
Amy Moff, Boston University,
moff@bu.edu
Mary Jo Neitz, University of
Missouri, neitzm@missouri.edu
E-1 Immigration and Immigrant
Religious Participation [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
Danielle Koning, VU University
Amsterdam, dt.koning@th.vu.nl
“‘It is like we are in the motherland’:
Pentecostalism in an immigrant Haitian
church”
Christine McVay, Florida
International University,
Christinemcvay1@aol.com
E-3
Religious Communities and
Politics [SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Fred Kniss, Loyola University Chicago
fkniss@luc.edu
‘New Directions for Immigrant Religious
Research: The Convergence of Contextual
and Micro-Level Theories as Determinants
for Variation in Immigrant Religious
Participation Surrounding the Migratory
Event’
Phillip Connor, Princeton University,
pconnor@princeton.edu
‘Religious Identification, Friendships with
Coreligionists, and Catholics’ Political
Orientations’
Paul Perl, Georgetown University,
pmp2@georgetown.edu
‘Embattled on Both Sides: A Study of the
Evangelical Left’
Jeremy Rhodes, Baylor University,
jeremy_rhodes@baylor.edu
‘Faithfully Filipino and American- Religion
and Transnational Civic Life’
Stephen M Cherry, University of
Texas, Austin, scherry@flash.net
‘In Buddha We Trust: The Influence of
Buddhism on Politics in the United States’
Buster Smith, Baylor University,
Buster_Smith@Baylor.edu
‘Word of Faith Pentecostalism as a tool of
Assimilation and Integration for Latino
Immigrants’
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‘Religious Cues and Attitudes towards
Immigration: An Experiment’
Carin Robinson, Georgetown
University, cll23@georgetown.edu
‘International Stagnation: Declining
Mormon Growth Rates and Secularization’
Ryan Cragun, University of Tampa
ryantcragun@gmail.com
‘Mormon Dilemmas in Nicaragua’
Henri Gooren, Oakland University,
gooren@oakland.edu
E-4 Catholic Decline and Renewal
[SSSR]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University,
hegy@adelphi.edu
‘On the Political Economy of Mormon
Growth’
David C. Knowlton, Utah Valley
State College, knowltda@uvsc.edu
‘Attempts of renewal among religious
virtuosi: A Catholic experiment’
Luis Oviedo, Pontificia Universita
Antonianum, loviedo@ofm.org
‘Comparing Further the Global GrowthRates and Distributions of Adventists,
Mormons, and Witnesses’
Ronald Lawson, Queens College
CUNY, ronaldlawson1@verizon.net
’More religious or more spiritual? Youth
and religion in Aosta Valley’
Giuseppe Giordan, University of
Valle d’Aosta, g.giordan@univda.it
E-6
Psychological Types [SSSR]
Garrison III
Convener
Scott Forrest Grover, Fuller Theological
Seminary, sf_grover@cp.fuller.edu
‘Explaining Religious Growth and Decline:
The Roman Catholic Church from 19552005’
Melissa J Wilde, University of
Pennsylvania, mwilde@sas.upenn.edu
Kristin Geraty, Indiana University,
kgeraty@indiana.edu
‘Mystical orientation and psychological
type: an empirical study among guests
staying at a Benedictine Abbey’
Leslie J. Francis, University of
Wales, l.j.francis@bangor.ac.uk
‘Factors of Catholic Decline’
Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University,
hegy@adelphi.edu
‘Psychological profiling of Anglican clergy
in England: employing Jungian typology to
interpret diversity, strengths, and potential
weaknesses in ministry’
Mandy Robbins, University of
Wales, m.robbins@bangor.ac.uk
E-5 Global Growth of Mormons,
Witnesses, and Adventists [SSSR/MSSA]
Garrison II
Organizers and Conveners
Henri Gooren, Oakland University,
gooren@oakland.edu
‘Church tradition and psychological type
preferences among Anglicans in England’
Andrew Village, York St. John’s
University, a.village@yorksj.ac.uk
Rick Phillips, University of North Florida,
richard.phillips@unf.edu
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Churches’
Brooks B. Hull, University of
Michigan-Dearborn, bhull@umd.umich.edu
Jody Lipford, Presbyterian College,
jlipford@mail.presby.edu
E-7 Religion and Rational Choice # 2
[SSSR/ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener/Discussant
TBA
‘A Model of Religious Investment to
Explain the Success of “Megachurches”’
Marc von der Ruhr, St. Norbert
College, marc.von-der-ruhr@snc.edu
Joseph P. Daniels, Marquette
University.
‘Greek Blood Sacrifice as Economic
Regulation Hunt’
John Rundin, University of
California - Davis, jsrundin@ucdavis.edu
‘Religious Cognition, Prisoner’s Dilemmas
and The Stag Hunt’
Joseph Bulbulia,Victoria University
of Wellington, joseph.bulbulia@vuw.ac.nz
E-9
Religion, History, and Economic
Development [ASREC]
Esplanade III
Convener/Discussant
TBA
‘Religious Market Structure with
Endogenous Beliefs’
Zsolt Becsi, Southern Illinois
University, becsi@siu.edu
‘How the Medieval Church Fostered
Cooperation, Built Institutions, and
Contributed to the Economic Ascent of
Western Europe’
Charles North, Baylor University,
charles_North@baylor.edu
Carl Gwin, Pepperdine University,
carl.gwin@pepperdine.edu
‘Religion Trumps Race in Implicit
Prejudice’
Azim Shariff, University of British
Columbia, azim@psych.ubc.ca
E-8 Religious Firms and Markets
[ASREC]
Esplanade II
Convener/Discussant
TBA
‘The Afterlife as a Disciplinary Device: On
Purgatory and the Credibility of
Postmortem Prayers in Chantries’
Michael McBride, University of
California-Irvine, mcbride@uci.edu
Gary Richardson, University of
California-Irvine, garyr@uci.edu
‘Market Size, Market Structure, and
Competition: Local Religious Markets in
Nineteenth Century Scotland’
Robert I. Mochrie, Heriot-Watt
University, r.I.mochrie@hw.ac.uk
John W. Sawkins, Heriot-Watt
University,
Alexander U. Naumov, Heriot-Watt
University
‘Does economic development cause a
decline in religiosity? Explaining the
separation between Church and State in
France in 1905’
Raphael Franck, Bar-Ilan University,
franckr@mail.biu.ac.il
‘Free Riding, Market Structure, and
Member Commitment in South Carolina
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‘Cultural Transformations and “Islamic
Capitalism” in Malaysia from 1971 to the
Present’
Ermin Sinanovic, United States
Naval Academy, sinanovi@usna.edu
E-11 Denomination Identity Issues
[RRA]
Regency VII
Convener
David Roozen, Hartford Seminary, Hartford
Institute for Religion Research,
Roozen@hartsem.edu
E-10 The New Organizational Ties that
Bind [RRA]
Regency V
‘Congregational Types and Pentecostal
Identity within the Assemblies of God’
Margaret M. Poloma, The University
of Akron, mpoloma@uakron.edu
John C. Green, The University of
Akron, green@uakron.edu
Convener
Melinda B. Wagner, Radford University
mwagner@radford.edu
‘Archetypes and the American Baptist
Churches’
C. Jeff Woods, Associate General
Secretary, ABCUSA, Jeff.Woods@abcusa.org
‘Networking Across Denominations in the
Multicultural/Multiethnic Church
Movement’
Kathleen Garces-Foley, Marymount
University, garces.foley@marymount.edu
‘Continuity and change in a historic
Anabaptist denomination: Church Member
Profile 2006’
Ronald Burwell, Department of
Sociology, Messiah College,
rburwell@messiah.edu
‘Multi-Site Church Overview: The
Movement of Becoming One Church in
Many Locations’
Warren Bird, Leadership Network,
Warren.Bird@leadnet.org
‘Nondenominational Meets the “New
Paradigm”: Black and White Church
Characteristics’
Jacqueline Wenger, The Catholic
University of America,
jackie_w@comcast.net
‘Denominational Identity in the Church of
the Nazarene’
Mark Mountain, Executive Pastor,
West Flint Church of the Nazarene,
themountains@comcast.net
‘Growing Up and Leaving Home:
Megachurches That Depart Denominations’
Scott Thumma, Hartford Institute for
Religion Research, sthumma@hartsem.edu
Adair Lummis, Hartford Institute for
Religion Research, alummis@hartsem.edu
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Panel Critics
W. Bradford Wilcox, University of
Virginia, wbw7q@virginia.edu
Don Miller, University of Southern
California, demiller@usc.edu
John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State
University,
jschmalzbauer@missouristate.edu
Nancy Ammerman, Boston
University, nta@bu.edu
Response
Michael Lindsay, Rice University,
mlindsay@rice.edu
_________________________________
SATURDAY MORNING, 10:15-11:45
___________Sessions F1-F11__________
F-1
Special Thematic Session:
Comparative Studies of Religion and
Immigrant Incorporation [SSSR]
Regency V
Organizer and Chair
R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at
Chicago, rswarner@uic.edu
‘Reconstructing Religions, Constructing
Religious Pluralism: Evidence from Recent
Second Generation Immigrants to Canada’
Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa,
pbeyer@uottowa.ca
F-3
Reviews of Theory and Research
[SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Kevin Christiano, University of Notre
Dame, Kevin.J.Christiano.1@nd.edu
‘Islam and Immigration in Europe and in
the United States: Discussion of the
Congregational Model’
Jocelyne Cesari, Harvard
University, jcesari@fas.harvard.edu
‘The Work of Rodney Stark: An Updated
Review of Research over the Last Two
Decades’
William R. Garrett, Saint Michael’s
College, wgarrett@smcvt.edu
‘Faith Makes Us Live but Misery Divides
Us: Haitian Catholics in Miami, Montreal
and Paris,’
Margarita Mooney, University of
North Carolina, margarita7@unc.edu
‘Faith Development Theory: A Review of
the Empirical Research’
Stephen Parker, Ph.D., Regent
University, steppar@regent.edu
‘Immigrant Religions in New York: A
Comparative-Historical Perspective’
José Casanova, New School for
Social Research, Casanova@newschool.edu
F-2
‘Church-Sect Theory: A Dialectical Conflict
Approach’
Warren S. Goldstein, University of
Central Florida, wgoldste@mail.ucf.edu
Organizer and Chair
Elaine Howard Ecklund, University at
Buffalo, ehe@buffalo.edu
‘The theological bases of the sociology of
religion: Max Weber and the Hebrew roots
of western rationalism’
Renan Springer de Freitas, Federal
University of Minas Gerais, Brazil,
springer@netuno.lcc.ufmg.br
Author Meets Critics [SSSR]
Regency VI
Faith in the Halls of Power by Michael
Lindsay, OUP, Sept 2007
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F-4
Religion and Social Movements
[SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener
Steve Offutt, Boston University
soffut_1999@yahoo.com
‘Spirits and Spouses: Women’s Agency in
Brazilian Pentecostal Churches in
Mozambique’
Linda van de Kamp, Vrije
Universiteit, Amsterdam,
lj.van.de.kamp@fsw.vu.nl
‘Prophetic Leaders and How They Empower
Their Congregations’
Kristeen L. Black, Drew University,
Kblack@drew.edu
The challenges of new media and
transnational networks for the identity of
local Pentecostal churches
Miranda Klaver, Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam, m.klaver@fsw.vu.nl
‘The Great Catholic Awakening: Rerum
Novarum and the Origins of Catholic Social
Action’
Christopher Pieper, University of
Texas, Austin, cpieper@earthlink.net
‘Spiritual and social gift exchange in
African Angolan Pentecostalism’
Regien Smit, Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam, rjm.smit@fsw.vu.nl
‘Mahavira, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King
Jr.: An Examination of the Jaina Influence
on the United States’ Civil Rights
Movement’
Tim Helton, Drew University,
tim@timhelton.com
F-6
Religious Otherness and
Community Solidarity [SSSR]
Garrison III
Convener and Discussant
Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University,
zablocki@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘Impression Management and Public
Relations: A History of the Bruderhof
Movement’s Obsession with Image’
Analena Bruce, University of
Pittsburgh, analenab@yahoo.com
F-5
Global Pentecostalism:
Comparative Studies From Three
Continents [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Organizer and Convener
Henri Gooren, Oakland University,
gooren@oakland.edu
‘Donning Religion: Muslim and Sikh
Experiences’
Shruti Devgan, Rutgers University,
sdevgan@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘Global Pentecostalism: “Magical” or
“Rational-Ethical” Religion? A case study
of religious communities in Rural Malawi’
Nicolette Manglos, University of
Texas at Austin, mangolasa@yahoo.com
Andrea Henderson, University of
Texas at Austin,
andreakhenderson@yahoo.com
‘Up, down, and all around: how leaders in
the Reclaiming movement negotiate
attributions of glamour and charisma’
Elizabeth Williamson, Rutgers
University,
ewilliamson@sociology.rutgers.edu
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‘Value Change and Sustainable Moderation
of Political Islam: Theory and Evidence
from Turkey’
Murat Somer, Koc University,
musomer@ku.edu.tr
F-7
Book Session: “Who Really Cares?
America’s Charity Divide: Who Gives,
Who Doesn’t, and Why It Matters”
[ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener
David Mustard, University of Georgia,
mustard@terry.uga.edu
‘The Beloved Enemy: The Love-hate
Relationship Between the Syrian
Government and Islam’
Malda Al-Sarayji, George Mason
University, cidrah1@yahoo.com
Panelists
Thomas M. Smith, University of Illinois at
Chicago, tomsmith@uic.edu
Daniel Hungerman, Univ. of Notre Dame,
dhungerm@nd.edu
F-9
ERel-Ed: Teaching Students the
Economics of Religion [ASREC]
Esplanade III
Convener
TBA
Anthony Gill, Univerisity of Washington,
tgill@u.washington.edu
David Mustard, University of Georgia,
mustard@terry.uga.edu
‘ERel for graduate students’
Gary Richardson,University of
California-Irvine, garyr@uci.edu
F-8
Islamic Economics and the
Economics of Islam [ASREC]
Esplanade II
Convener/Discussant
TBA
‘Human capital development in social
capital matrix perspective: A case study of
Pakistan in emerging global market’
Syed Akhter Hussain Shah, Pakistan
Institute of Developmental Economics,
akhtar_hshah@yahoo.com
Eatzas Ahmed Quaid-I-Azam,
University Islamabad Pakistan,
Muslehud Din, Pakistan Institute of
Developmental Economics
‘Teaching a large undergraduate ERel
class’
Michael McBride,University of
California-Irvine, mcbride@uci.edu
‘How ‘Islamic’ are Islamic Banks?’
Feisal Khan, Hobart and William
Smith Colleges, khan@hws.edu
F-10 Research and Teaching Reports
Honoring Our Mentor, James D.
Davidson [RRA]
Regency VII
Organizer
Jerome R. Koch, Texas Tech University,
Jerome.Koch@ttu.edu
‘ERel as a topic for undergraduate
microeconomics courses’
Robert Stonebraker, Winthrop
University, stonebrakerr@winthrop.edu
‘ERel as an interdisciplinary field of study
for PhD students’
Carmel Chiswick, University of
Illinois at Chicago, cchis@uic.edu
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F-11 Train up a Child – Raising Future
Generations [RRA]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Cynthia Woolever, Hartford Institute for
Religion Research, Woolever@hartsem.edu
Discussant
James D. Davidson, Purdue University
‘Teaching Sociology in the Bible Belt,
Britain, and Beyond.’
Kevin Demmitt, Clayton State
University, kevindemmitt@clayton.edu
‘Blind Faith: The Relationship Between
Religious Socialization and Identity
Formation in Adolescents of High Tension
Religion’
Stephen Armet, Notre Dame,
sarmet@nd.edu
‘Beyond Academics: The ‘Pastoral’ Role of
the Mentor.’
Charles Hall, Pepperdine
University,.cfhall@pepperdine.edu
‘We Are Not Strippers: The Spiritual and
Empowering Experiences of Belly Dancers.’
Rachel Kraus, Ball State University,
rmkraus@bsu.edu
‘Early Childhood Education in
Congregations: Findings from a National
Study’
Diana Garland, Baylor University,
School of Social Work,
Diana_Garland@baylor.edu
Jon Singletary, Center for Family
and Community Ministires, Baylor
University, School of Social Work,
Jon_Singletary@baylor.edu
Michael Sherr, Baylor University,
School of Social Work,
Michael_Sherr@baylor.edu
‘Comfortable collegiality, enduring
encouragement, and an occasional kick in
the butt.’
Alan Mock, Lakeland College,
mocka@lakeland.edu
‘Religious Beliefs and Ethnic Prejudice.’
Ralph Pyle, Michigan State
University, pyler@msu.edu
‘What the Hell Do a Nazarene and a Roman
Catholic Have in Common?’
Mike Roberts, Eastern University,
mroberts@eastern.edu
‘Religious Asphyxia: Do Structured Youth
Programs Suffocate the Next Generation?’
Clinton M. Jenkin, Focus on the
Family, clint.jenkin@fotf.org
James L. Dye, Focus on the Family
Nate Mabe, Focus on the Family
‘Organization men, social movements, and
interviews: Living through the lens of a
sociological imagination.’
Anthony Pogorelc, Catholic
University of America,
apogorelc@theologicalcollege.org
12:00-1:00 ASREC ‘TANSTAAFL’
Luncheon
Regency 2
‘The Protestant Ethic and the Religious
Tattoo’
Jerry Koch, Texas Tech University,
Jerome.Koch@ttu.edu
12:00-1:00
RRA Business Meeting
Esplanade 4
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‘Denominational Differences in White
Christian’s Attitudes about Racial
Discrimination and Segregation’
R. Khari Brown, Wayne State
University, kharib@wayne.edu
____________________________
SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1:15-2:45
__________Sessions G-1 to G11________
G-1 Spiritual Narratives in Everyday
Life: Early Reports from the Field [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Organizer & Convener
Nancy T. Ammerman, Boston University
nta@bu.edu
‘Why we are not Segregated?: What the
Origin of Multiracial Churches Means to the
Potential of Church Growth and Corporate
Identity?’
George Yancey, The University of
North Texas, gyancey@unt.edu
“Introducing the Project”
Nancy Ammerman, Boston
University, nta@bu.edu
‘Exploring Adolescent Social Ties and
Attendance of Multiracial Congregations’
Carlos D. Tavares, University of
Notre Dame, ctavares@nd.edu
“Strong Agents, Strong Limits: Women in
Latter Day Saints Communities”
Amy Moff, Boston University,
moff@bu.edu
G-3 Religious Freedom and Tolerance
[SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Kevin R. den Dulk, Grand Valley State
University, dendulk@gvsu.edu
“Not Religious? Spiritual Narratives beyond
Organized Religion”
Melissa Scardaville, Emory
University, mscarda@emory.edu
“Times and Places: Locating Religious
Action”
Roman Williams, Boston University,
rrw@bu.edu
‘Political correctness as the political
expression of moral relativism’
Karen Cancinos, Francisco
Marroquín University, Guatemala,
karenc@ufm.edu.gt
G-2 Race and Religious Communities
[SSSR]
Regency V
Convener
Michael Emerson, Rice University,
moe@rice.edu
‘Particularism and Universalism: Elie
Wiesel and Faith Identified with Being’
Frederick L. Downing, Valdosta
State University, fldowning@valdosta.edu
‘Political Influences on Religious Freedom
of Speech in Public Spaces: From Nation, to
Court, to Community’
Elizabeth Martinez, University of
Notre Dame, lizmartinez@nd.edu
‘Religion, Race and the New Asian
Immigrants: Findings From the New
Immigrant Survey 2003’
Jerry Z. Park, Baylor University,
Jerry_park@baylor.edu
‘Religious Liberty Success in the Federal
Courts of Mainstream and Minority
Religions’
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‘A Generational Sequential Model of Family
Structure and Religious Alienation’
Gary Horlacher, University of
Southern California, ghorlach@usc.edu
Casey E. Copen, University of
Southern California, ccopen@usc.edu
Darryn Cathryn Beckstrom, UWMadison, dbeckstrom@gmail.com
G-4 Religion Across and Within
Generations [SSSR]
Regency VI
Conveners
Vern L. Bengtson, University of Southern
California, bengtson@usc.edu
Donald E. Miller, University of Southern
California, demiller@usc.edu
Norella M. Putney, University of Southern
California, putneyh@usc.edu
G-5 Intergroup Relations and Conflict
[SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener
Carin Robinson, Georgetown University,
cll123@georgetown.edu
‘Religious Change Within Families Across
Generations: Family Trajectories and Then
Generational Shift Hypothesis’
Merril Silverstein, University of
Southern California, merrils@usc.edu
Gary Horlacher, University of
Southern California, ghorlach@usc.edu
‘U.S. attitudes toward individuals of
perceived Middle Eastern religions before
and after 9/11: a longitudinal study’
Morgan N. Green, University of
Nevada, Reno
Jennifer S. Shoemaker, University of
Nevada, Reno, JShoem@gmail.com
‘Religious Transmission: A Qualitative
Study of Value Transmission Across
Generations’
Susan C. Harris, University of
Southern California, scharris@usc.edu
Norella M. Putney, University of
Southern California, putneyh@usc.edu
Petrice S. Oyama, University of
Southern California, poyama@usc.edu
Vern L. Bengtson, University of
Southern California, bengtson@usc.edu
‘Korean Christian Zionism after 9/11: The
Interface between Evangelical
Fundamentalism and Religious Nationalism’
Sung-Gun Kim, Seowon University,
Korea, sgkim@seowon.ac.kr
‘Religion, Ethnicity, and Politics:
Challenges of Conflict Prevention,
Transformation, and National
Reconciliation in Uganda’
Deusdedit R.K. Nkurunziza,
Makerere University,Uganda,
nkurunziza@hotmail.com
‘Growing Apart and Coming Together:
Similarities and Differences in Religiosity in
Parent/Adult Child Dyad Across the Life
Course’
Lindsey A. Baker, University of
Southern California, bakerl@usc.edu
Merril Silverstein, University of
Southern California, merrils@usc.edu
‘Fatwa and Violence in Indonesia’
Luthfi Assyaukanie,
www.assyaukanie.com
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G-6 Effects of Participation in New
Religious Movements [SSSR/AASNR]
Garrison III
Organizer and Convener
Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University,
Zablocki@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘Casino Development – Sin or Savior?
Situating Economic Behavior in Religious
Context’
Tracey L. Farrigan, Economic
Research Service, US Dept. of Agriculture,
tfarrigan@ers.usda.gov
‘Max Weber and Islam: The Paradox of
Economic Development in Islamic Societies’
Ayman Reda, Grand Valley State
University, redaa@gvsu.edu
‘Gender Differences in Long Term Response
to a Cult Stimulus in Early Adulthood’
Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers
University, Zablocki@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘(Mis)marketing policy: How megachurch
growth has changed American politics’
Mara Einstein, Queens College,
CUNY, mara.einstein@qc.cuny.edu
‘Psychological Abuse: Theoretical and
Measurement Issues’
Michael Langone, International
Cultic Studies Association,
mail@icsamail.com
G-8 The Religious Factor in
Contemporary American Political
Conflict [SSSR/ASREC]
Esplanade II
Convener/Discussant:
Laura Olson,Clemson University,
laurao@clemson.edu
‘An assessment of the relationship between
spiritual capital, anomalous experiences
and meditation practices’
Elizabeth Williamson, Rutgers
University,
ewilliamson@sociology.rutgers.edu
‘Changing self-perceptions of José Luis de
Jesús Miranda founder of the new religious
movement Creciendo en Gracia’
Susan M. Setta, Northeastern
University, s.setta@neu.edu
‘A ‘Sophisticated’ Prejudice: Anti-Christian
Fundamentalism in Contemporary America’
Louis Bolce, Baruch College,
Louis_Bolce@baruch.cuny.edu
Gerald De Maio, Baruch College,
Gerald_Demaio@baruch.cuny.edu
G-7 Religion and Economy
[SSSR/ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener/Discussant
Mark Chaves, Duke University,
mac58@soc.duke.edu
‘The Changing Face of Politicized AntiCatholicism’
J. Matthew Wilson, Southern
Methodist University, jmwilson@smu.edu
‘Religion in Congress Revisited’
James L. Guth, Furman University,
jim.guth@furman.edu
‘Faith-Based Organizations and Federal
Dollars: More God for your Buck?’
Molly A. Martinez, Yale University,
molly.martinez@yale.edu
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‘Religion, Liberalism and Incommensurable
Norms’
Robert T. Miller, Villanova
University School of Law,
miller@law.villanova.edu
‘Using Attender Responses from the
National Church Life Survey to Measure
Social Capital in Australian Catholic
Parishes.’
Robert Dixon, Australian Catholic
Bishops Conference,
bob.dixon@ppo.catholic.org.au
G-9 International Patterns of Religious
Affiliation and Participation [ASREC]
Esplanade III
Convener/Discussant:
TBA
‘Measuring a Match: Methodological
Challenges of Putting Worshipers in
Context’
Cynthia Woolever, Hartford Institute
for Religion Research, Hartford Seminary
woolever@hartsem.edu
‘A Terrible Beauty is Born: Exploring the
Relationship Between Changing Religious
Attributes and Emerging Social Attitudes in
Europe’
Michael J. Breen, University of
Limerick, michael.breen@mic.ul.ie
‘Inviting Others: A Profile of Those Who Do
and Those Who Don't’
Deborah Bruce, Research Services,
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),
dbruce@ctr.pcusa.org
‘Changing Religious Identification in
Australia and New Zealand’
Sarah King-Hele, University of
Manchester, Sarah.KingHele@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
David Voas, University of
Manchester, voas@man.ac.uk
‘The Episcopal Congregational Life Survey:
What 45,000 Episcopalians Are Telling Us’
C. Kirk Hadaway, The Episcopal
Church, khadaway@episcopalchurch.org
Matthew Price, Church Pension
Group, mprice@cpg.org
‘Triangulating the World’s Most Dynamic
Religious Market: Africa’
Brian J. Grim, Pew Forum on
Religion and Public Life,
bgrim@pewforum.org
‘Faith Sharing in English Congregations’
Phillip Escott, Manchester
University, phillip.escott@ntlworld.com
G-10 Religious Participation in Context:
Congregations and Their Communities
[RRA]
Regency VII
Organizers/Conveners
Deborah Bruce, Research Services,
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),
dbruce@ctr.pcusa.org
Cynthia Woolever, Hartford Institute for
Religion Research, Hartford Seminary,
woolever@hartsem.edu
G-11 Authors Meet Critics Session:
American Catholics Today: New Realities
of Their Faith and Their Church [RRA]
Buccanneer A
Convener
Dean Hoge, Catholic University of America,
Hoge@cua.edu
Authors
William D'Antonio, Catholic University of
America dantonio@cua.edu
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James Davidson, Purdue
University davidsoj@purdue.edu
Dean Hoge, Catholic University of
American hoge@cua.edu
Mary Gautier, CARA, the Center for
Applied Research in the Apostolate,
Georgetown
University gautierm@georgetown.edu
Critics
Kevin Christiano, University of Notre
Dame, Kevin.J.Christiano.1@nd.edu
Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University Purdue
University at
Indianapolis pwittber@iupui.edu
Barry Kosmin, Trinity College, Hartford,
CT Barry.Kosmin@trincoll.edu
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‘Yes, The Subaltern Can Speak! Everyday
Resistance of the Urban Poor in Latin
America’
Stephen Armet, University of Notre
Dame, sarmet@nd.edu
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 3:00-4:30
Sessions H1-H9______________
H-1 Bricks and Bridges: Developing
Inter-Disciplinary Infrastructure in the
Cognitive Science of Religion [SSSR]
Buccanneer A
Conveners
Karen Walsh Wyman, North American
Science and Religion Foundation,
kwyman@nasarf.org
‘Diversions and oddities: religion as
depicted in online news’
Joyce Smith, Ryerson University,
Canada, j1smith@ryerson.ca
Abby Goodrum, Ryerson University,
Canada
‘Keeping ‘Science’ in Cognitive Science of
Religion: Needs of the Field’
Justin Barrett, Oxford University,
justin.barrett@anthro.ox.ac.uk
‘Syncretism, “Creolization,” and
Juxtaposition: Notes on the Interpenetration
of New World Religions’
Stephen D. Glazier, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, Sglaz1234@aol.com
‘Some reflections on where (and how) we
stand: The importance of individual
differences’
Brian H. McCorkle, Boston
University, mccorkle@bu.edu
H-3
Religion in South Africa [SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Jan Bisschoff, University of Pretoria,
biskop@mweb.co.za
‘Growing the Field: Looking Forward,
Looking Back’,
E. Thomas Lawson, Queen’s
University, Belfast, Northern Ireland,
t.lawson@qub.ac.uk
‘The Congregational Life Survey in a South
African church: strengths and weaknesses’
Kobus Schoeman, University of
Pretoria, wjs@mweb.co.za
“Becoming Seriously Interdisciplinary:
Benefits and Pitfalls of the Meeting of
Academic Cultures".
Paul Wason, John Templeton
Foundation, pwason@templeton.org.
‘“Seven giants” challenges the new
democracy in South Africa: a quest for
commitment and the development of
capacity by the Dutch Reformed Church’
Jan Bisschoff, University of Pretoria,
biskop@mweb.co.za
H-2 Transnational and Global
Concerns [SSSR]
Regency V
Convener
Jocelyne Cesari, Harvard University,
jcesari@fas.harvard.edu
‘Changing perceptions of churches as
welfare agents in the new South Africa’
Johannes C. Erasmus, University of
Stellenbosch, South Africa, egdn@sun.ac.za
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‘Faith, Politics, and the Life Story’
Michelle Albaugh, Northwestern
University, m-albaugh@northwestern.edu
Dan P. McAdams, Northwestern
University, dmca@northwestern.edu.
H-4 Contemporary Faith
Organizations [SSSR/ RRA]
Ybor Room
Convener
Ryan T. Cragun, University of Tampa,
ryantcragun@gmail.com
‘American Republican Religion:
disentangling the causal link between
partisan identities and religious commitment
in US politics’
Stratos Patrikios, University of
Strathclyde, Scotland,
e.patrikios@strath.ac.uk
‘The Demography of Conservative
Protestant Congregations’
Conrad Hackett, Princeton
University, conradhackett@gmail.com
‘The Sociological Construction of
Contemporary Evangelicalism’
Kevin D. Dougherty, Baylor
University, Kevin_Dougherty@baylor.edu
Byron Johnson, Baylor University,
Byron_Johnson@baylor.edu
Jared Maier, Baylor University,
Jared_Maier@baylor.edu
‘Mormons and the State: LDS Politics and
Identity’
Michael Nielsen, Georgia Southern
University, mnielsen@georgiasouthern.edu
Barry Balleck, Georgia Southern
University, bballeck@georgiasouthern.edu
‘Small Groups on a Big Stage: The Paradox
of Conservatism in a Rock and Roll Church’
Karen Macke, Syracuse University,
kemacke@maxwell.syr.edu
H-6
Theory and Methods [SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener
Stephen Parker, Regent University,
steppar@regent.edu
‘The Challenges of Leadership Transition in
Megachurches’
Sheila Strobel Smith, Luther
Seminary, s3smith@comcast.net
‘Theologically correct survey questions’
Charles Kadushin, Brandeis
University, Kadushin@brandeis.edu
‘Understanding Religious Experience in an
Interdisciplinary and International Context’
Louis Hoffman, Colorado School of
Professional Psychology,
hoffman@cospp.edu
Glen Moriarty, Regent University,
glenmor@regent.edu
H-5 Religion, Politics, and the
Individual [SSSR]
Buccanneer D
Convener
James L. Guth, Furman University ,
jim.guth@furman.edu
‘Religion and Diffuse Support for
Government’
Kevin R. den Dulk, Grand Valley
State University, dendulkk@gvsu.edu
‘Researching religion amongst the nonreligious’
Abby Day, University of Sussex,
UK, afday@btinternet.com
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‘Giving, Getting and Religion’
Karen Monique Gregg, University of
Notre Dame, kgregg@nd.edu
H-7
ASREC Presidential Address
Esplanade I, II, III
Convener/Introduction
Anthony Gill, Univerisity of Washington,
tgill@u.washington.edu
H-9 Clergy Leadership and Theology
[RRA]
Regency VI
Convener
Paula Nesbitt University of California,
Berkeley, pnesbitt@berkeley.edu
Presidential Address
‘Faithful Measures: Toward Improving
Religion Metrics’
Roger Finke, Penn State University,
rfinke@psu.edu
‘The effects of clergy peer groups on
creativity and theological depth’
Penny Long Marler, Samford
University, plmarler@samford.edu
Charles E. Stokes, University of
Texas
H-8
Religion and Social Action [SSSR]
Garrison III
Convener
Corwin Smidt, Calvin College,
smid@calvin.edu
‘(Re)Emerging Theologies of Discernment:
Ministry Student Perceptions and Practices’
Dennis J. Horton, Baylor University,
dennis_horton@baylor.edu
‘Seventh-day Adventism and Social Action’
Dr Kenneth G.C. Newport,
Liverpool Hope University, UK,
knewport@hope.ac.uk
‘The Power of “Micro-Theology:” How
Liberal,
Moderate,
Traditional
and
Conservative Eastern Orthodox Priests
Shape the Lives of their Parishes.’
Alexei D. Krindatch, Patriarch
Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (Graduate
Theological Union), Akrindatch@aol.com
Anton C. Vrame, Religion Education
Department, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
of America, tonyvrame@mac.com
‘The Effect of Premillennialist Theology on
Attitudes toward Social and Economic
Justice’
Ashley E. Palmer-Boyes, Baylor
University, a_palmer@baylor.edu
‘Creative Mennonite Engagement of (both)
Tradition and Politics’
Christopher Morrissey, University of
Notre Dame, Cmorris1@nd.edu
‘By What Authority?: How Clergy
Understand Their Authority to Lead’
Jackson W. Carroll, Duke
University Divinity School,
jcarroll@div.duke.edu
‘Congregational Youth Mentoring:
Implications for Communities and
Professional Social Work’
Katy Tangenberg, Azusa Pacific
University, ktangenberg@apu.edu
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Saturday Evening
5:30-6:30
SSSR Presidential Plenary
Regency Ballroom (5-7)
“Singing and Solidarity”
R. Stephen Warner, President, Society for
the Scientific Study of Religion
6:30-7:15
Reception and Cash Bar
Galleria B
7:30-9:00
SSSR Banquet and Award Ceremony
Regency Ballroom (1)
9:00-11:00
ASREC Evening Social # 2
Harborview Room
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‘Secularization as Innovation: The Spread
of Religious Independence in the U.S.’
Ryan T. Cragun, University of
Tampa, ryantcragun@gmail.com
SUNDAY , November 4
7:00
RRX Breakfast
Esplanade 4
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SUNDAY MORNING, 8:30-10:00
Sessions I1-I-11__________
'Making choices to meet my needs: Religion
and the construction of personal identity
among un-churched parents in America'
Christel Manning, Sacred Heart
University, ManningC@sacredheart.edu,
Stefanie Toise, Clark University
I-1
A Roundtable on Religion in the
2006 and 2008 Elections [SSSR]
Regency V
Convener
Laura R. Olson, Clemson University,
laurao@clemson.edu
'Varieties of nonreligious experience:
Patterns of thought, attitude, and action
among secular group affiliates in the Pacific
Northwest'
Frank L. Pasquale, ISSSC, Trinity
College, flpasquale@comcast.net
Participants:
Franklyn C. Niles, John Brown University,
fniles@jbu.edu
Laura R. Olson, Clemson University,
laurao@clemson.edu
Corwin E. Smidt, Calvin College,
smid@clemson.edu
J. Matthew Wilson, Southern Methodist
University, jmwilson@mail.smu.edu
I-3
Religion and LGBTQ Concerns
[SSSR]
Regency VI
Convener
Karen Macke, Syracuse University,
kemacke@maxwell.syr.edu
I-2
Forms and challenges of
secularism and irreligion in a religious
world [SSSR]
Buccanneer A
Organizer
Frank L. Pasquale, flpasquale@comcast.net
Convener
Barry A. Kosmin, ISSSC, Trinity College,
barry.kosmin@trincoll.edu
Respondent/discussant
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., University of
Tennessee-Chattanooga RalphHood@utc.edu
‘The Dutch Reformed Church and
homosexuality: a theological and
sociological perspective’
Jan Bisschoff, University of Pretoria,
biskop@mweb.co.za
“‘No Big Jihad’: Australian Queer
Muslims’ Strategies for Acceptance”
Ibrahim Abraham, Monash
University,
Ibrahim.Abraham@arts.monash.edu.au
‘Seeking Change in Atlantic Canada: The
Attitudes of Roman Catholic Ordination
Activists on Gay and Lesbian Rights’
Britt Bauman, Acadia University,
brittbaumann@rogers.com
'The secularization of the American Sunday'
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University
of Haifa, Israel benny@psy.haifa.ac.il
Ariela Keysar, ISSSC, Trinity
College, ariela.keysar@trincoll.edu
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I-4
Russian Orthodoxy in SocioCultural Context [SSSR]
Garrison I
Organizer and Convener
Jerry G. Pankhurst, Wittenberg University,
jpankhurst@wittenberg.edu
‘Adolescence and Social Algorithms: Why
Religion Works’
Candace S. Alcorta, University of
Connecticut, candace.alcorta@uconn.edu
‘Region, Religion, Race and Adolescent
Sexual Activity’
Amy M. Burdette, University of
Texas at Austin, burdamy@prc.utexas.edu
Margaret L. Vaaler, University of
Texas at Austin
Christopher G. Ellison, University of
Texas at Austin
‘Re-reading Alaskan Church History: An
Anthropologist's Perspective.’
Nina Shultz, American
Theological Library Association,
ninashultz@comcast.net
‘Religious Intolerance towards the Jews in
Russia.’
Vyacheslav Karpov, Western
Michigan University, v.karpov@wmich.edu
Elena Lisovskaya, Western
Michigan University,
elena.lisovskaya@wmich.edu
‘Spiritual Fruit in Young Life Late
Adolescents: Evidence from Testimonies’
Justin L. Barrett, Oxford University,
Justin.barrett@anthro.ox.ac.uk
‘Teaching (about) Religion in Post-Atheist
Russian Schools: Exploring the Discord and
Intolerance among Orthodox Christians and
Muslims.’
Elena Lisovskaya, Western
Michigan University,
elena.lisovskaya@wmich.edu
I-6
Workshop: Group Evolution
[NAASR/SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener and Chair
Luther H. Martin, The University of
Vermont, luther.martin@uvm.edu
“How Religious Organizations Evolve in
Free Societies”
Presentation and Discussion with Peter J.
Richerson, Department of Environmental
Science and Policy, University of California,
Davis; co-author of Not by Genes Alone:
How Culture Transformed Human
Evolution, pjricherson@ucdavis.edu
‘Phenomenological Dimensions of Russian
Orthodox Faith and Practice’
Jerry G. Pankhurst, Wittenberg
University, jpankhurst@wittenberg.edu
I-5
Religion and Adolescence [SSSR]
Buccanneer D
Convener
Stephen Armet, University of Notre Dame,
sarmet@nd.edu
I-7
Religion and Identity [ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener/Discussant
TBA
‘Religiosity and Delinquency: Does
Religiosity Predict Change in Delinquency
over Time?’
Scott A. Desmond, Purdue
University, sdesmond@purdue.edu
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‘Hostile Territory: High-tension Religion
and the Jewish Peddler’
Colleen E.H. Berndt, San Hose State
University, colleen.berndt@sjsu.edu
I-9
Author Meets Critics: Peter
Beyer Religion in A Global
Society [SSSR/RRA]
Buccaneer C
Organizer and Convener
James V. Spickard, University of Redlands
jim_spickard@redlands.edu
‘Identity, Collective Beliefs, and the
Allocation of Resources’
Thomas D. Jeitschko, Michigan State
University, jeitschk@msu.edu
Seamus O’Connell, Maynooth
College, seamus.g.oconnell@may.ie
Rowena A. Pecchenino, Michigan
State University, rowenap@msu.edu
Critics
José Casanova, New School for
Social Research, casanova@newschool.edu
Joseph Tamney, Ball State
University, tamneyj@aol.com
Gary Bouma, Monash University,
gary.bouma@arts.monash.edu.au
Tekle Woldemikael, Chapman
University, woldemik@chapman.edu
‘Rational Choice Meets School Choice in
the Jewish Community: The Case of Jewish
Day Schools’
Bruce A. Phillips, Hebrew Union
College, bphillips@huc.edu
‘Private School Choice: The Effects of
Religious Affiliation and Participation’
Danny Cohen-Zada, Ben-Gurion
University, danoran@bgu.ac.il
William Sander, DePaul University,
1-10 Parish Transitions in the Roman
Catholic Archdiocese of Boston -[SSSR/RRA]
Regency VII
Convener
Brian McCorkle, Boston University,
mccorkle@bu.edu
I-8
Economics of Religion #2
[ASREC]
Esplanade II
Convener/Discussant
TBA
‘Historical Context of Parish Transitions in
the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston’.
James Burns, Boston University,
jpburns@bu.edu
Brian McCorkle, Boston University,
mccorkle@bu.edu
Aimee Radom, Boston University,
aradom@bu.edu
Paul Thayer, Boston University,
pthayer@wheelock.edu
‘Religion in China Under Communism: A
Political Economic Approach’
Fenggang Yang, Purdue University,
fyang@purdue.edu
‘Looking Backward: Reconstructing
Religious History with Retrospective Data’
Laurence Iannaccone, George Mason
University, larry@econzone.com
‘Public Reason as a Discursive System’
Fred Frohock,University of Miami,
ffrohock@maxwell.syr.edu
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‘Adult Parishioners Telling Their Stories’
Brian McCorkle, Boston University,
mccorkle@bu.edu
James Burns, Boston University,
jpburns@bu.edu
Aimee Radom, Boston University,
aradom@bu.edu
Paul Thayer, Boston University,
pthayer@wheelock.edu
New Data on Who Joins NRMs and Why: A
Case Study of the Order of Christ Sophia
Jim Lewis, University of WisconsinStevens Point, Jim.Lewis@uwsp.edu
From “Cult” to Church: The Maturation of
a NRM
Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary,
sthumma@hartsem.edu
In Their Own Words - Attitudes and Values
of two New Religious Movements.
Barbara Johnson, Center of Light,
Kansas City, revbarbara@gmail.com
‘Clergy Resilience and Burnout in the Face
of Adversity’
Brian McCorkle, Boston University,
mccorkle@bu.edu
James Burns, Boston University,
jpburns@bu.edu
Sarah Whitman, Boston University,
sjw@bu.edu
Intelligence, Personality, and Pathology in
Members of a New Religious Movement: A
Study of the Order of Christ Sophia
Lucille Cozzolino, California
Institute of Integral Studies,
revlucille@yahoo.com
Mary Francis Drake, Boston
University, revmaryfrancis@yahoo.com
‘How Adolescents Understand and Cope
with Parish Transitions’
Paul Thayer, Boston University,
pthayer@wheelock.edu
Brian McCorkle, Boston University,
mccorkle@bu.edu
Aimee Radom, Boston University,
aradom@bu.edu
‘How Lay Adult Parishioners Access and
Employ Positive Coping Strategies During
Parish Transitions’
Aimee Radom, Boston University,
aradom@bu.edu
Brian McCorkle, Boston University,
mccorkle@bu.edu
Paul Thayer, Boston University,
pthayer@wheelock.edu
I-11 Order of Christ Sophia, A New
Religious Movement Evolving [RRA]
Esplanade III
Organizer and Convener
Jim Lewis, University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point, Jim.Lewis@uwsp.edu
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SUNDAY MORNING, 10:15-11:45
_________Sessions J1-J-13__________
J-2
Cognitive Science of Religion:
Historical and evolutionary studies
[NAASR/SSSR]
Garrison I
Chair
Luther H. Martin, University of Vermont
J-1
Health and Well-Being: Research
on Therapeutic Religiosity [SSSR]
Ybor Room
Convener
Jenny Trinitapoli, Arizona State University,
jenny.trinitapoli@asu.edu
‘The Cognitive Basis for Divination’
Anders Lisdorf, University of
Copenhagen, andersl@hum.ku.dk
‘Modeling Religion and Well-Being: The
Role of Group Norms’
R. David Hayward, University of
Nevada, Reno, haywardr@unr.nevada.edu
Marta Elliott, University of Nevada,
Reno, melliott@unr.edu
‘Anthropomorphism, Niche Construction,
and Morality’
Joseph Bulbulia, Victoria University
of Wellington, jospeh.bulbulia@gmail.com
‘From Apes to Devils and Angels”
Comparing Scenarios on the Evolution of
Religion’
Armin Geertz, Aarhus University,
awg@teo.au.dk
‘Essential Performances: Creative
Engagement Marriage of the New Priests
and the Old’
Kathleen E. Jenkins, The College of
William and Mary, kejenk@wm.edu
‘Evolutionary Forces Acting on Religion in
the United States’
Peter Richerson, University of
California, Davis, pjricherson@ucdavis.edu
‘The Lazarus Project: The Beginning of a
Longitudinal Study of Spiritual
Transformation in a Faith-based
Rehabilitation Program’
W. Paul Williamson, Henderson
State University, williaw@hsu.edu
R. W. Hood, Jr., University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga, RalphHood@utc.edu
J-3
Religion in Latin America [SSSR]
Buccanneer A
Organizer and Convener
Henri Gooren, Oakland University,
gooren@oakland.edu
‘Dealing with mental illness in pastoral
care: clergy and their explanatory models’
Gerard Leavey Department of
Mental Health Sciences, University College
London,
Gerard.Leavey@beh-mht.nhs.uk
‘Looking for Lupe: Locating the Virgin of
Guadalupe in Mexico’s Religious Economy’
Andrew Chesnut, University of
Houston, andrew.chesnut@mail.uh.edu
‘Masculinity in Mexican evangelical
recorded music’
Carlos Garma Navarro, Universidad
Autónoma Metropolitana,
ganc@xanum.uam.mx
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‘The Churches in Nicaragua’
Henri Gooren, Oakland University,
gooren@oakland.edu
J-5
Uses of Emotion in Megachurches
[SSSR]
Regency VI
Organizer and Convener
Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri,
neitzm@missouri.edu
‘The Religion and the Car’s
Baptism: Secularism, Disenchantment and
Re-Enchantment in Copacabana, Bolivia.’
David C. Knowlton, Utah Valley
State College, knowltda@uvsc.edu
‘Understanding Emotion in Congregational
Contexts’
Mary Jo Neitz, University of
Missouri, neitzm@missouri.edu
J-4
Faith and the Internet
[SSSR/RRA]
Regency V
Convener
Lynn Clark, University of Colorado,
Lynn.Clark@Colorado.edu
‘Small Groups in Big Churches: How
Megachurches Solve the "Span-of-Care"
Problem for Their Members’
Nancy Martin, California State, Long
Beach, nmartin@csulb.edu
‘Virtual Church: Alternative or
Supplement?’
Marjorie H. Royle, Clay Pots
Research, maaemba@verizon.net
Andrew Lang, United Church of
Christ, langa@ucc.org
‘Music and Emotion in Seeker-Oriented
Ritual Practice’
Kevin McElmurry, University of
Missouri, Klm143@Mizzou.edu
‘Reflections on the Forms and Emotions of
Loss in an Evangelical Context’
Karen Bradley, University of Central
Missouri, kbradley@ucmo.edu
‘Where “Religious Tolerance” Enters the
Conversation: The Everyday Politics of
Negotiating Respect for Other People’s
Beliefs’
Alicia Juskewycz, Princeton
University, ajusk@princeton.edu
J-6
Issues of Gender Inequality
[SSSR]
Regency VII
Convener
Joy Charlton, Swarthmore College,
jcharlt1@swarthmore.edu
‘Predictors of Online Browsing by
Mormons’
Michael Nielsen, Georgia Southern
University, mnielsen@georgiasouthern.edu
Meryem Sevinc, Georgia Southern
University,
meryem_s_sevinc@georgiasouthern.edu
“Attitudes about Gender and Authority:
Catholic differentiation of religious and
secular spheres”
Farha Ternikar, Le Moyne College
Frank Ridzi, Le Moyne College
Matthew T. Loveland, Le Moyne
College, lovelam@lemoyne.edu
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“Gender Equality and Religion: Developing
a Cross-National Model”
Anne M. Price, Ohio State
University, Price.559@osu.edu
Katherine Meyer, Ohio State
University
‘“Give me that new old-time religion” Passing on the Faith at Ocean Grove’
Laura M. Leming, University of
Dayton, leming@udayton.edu
‘“You Need Not Wash My
Feet": Examining the Decline of
Footwashing and Physicality in Mennonite
Communion Rituals’
Robert Brenneman, University of
Notre Dame, rbrennem@nd.edu
“Covered Faces: Islamic Religiosity,
Gender, and Social Attitudes in
Comparative Perspective.”
Alessandra L. González, Baylor
University,
Alessandra_Gonzalez@baylor.edu
J-8
Religion and Ethnicity [SSSR]
Buccanneer B
Convener
Stephen M. Cherry, University of Texas,
Austin, scherry@flash.net
“Debates within Contemporary Movements
that Seek the Ordination of Roman Catholic
Women”
Britt Baumann, Acadia University,
brittbaumann@rogers.edu
“‘Secular Judaism?’ The Empirical
Evidence”
Bruce A. Phillips, Hebrew Union
College, BPhillips@huc.edu
J-7
Religious Practices [SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener
William Swatos, Executive Officer,
Religious Research Association,
bill4329@hotmail.com
‘The Role of Religion and Culture in the
Location of the Individual in Society: The
Case of American Jewry’
Sam Richardson, University of
Connecticut, samr@uconn.edu
‘Inward, Outward, Upward Prayer: The
Psychological Role of Artifacts in Religion’
Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University,
kladd@iusb.edu
Meleah L. Ladd, University of Notre
Dame, mladd@nd.edu
E. James Baesler. Old Dominion
University, jbaesler@odu.edu
Johan Modée, Malmö University,
Malmö, Sweden, johanmodee@yahoo.se
‘Tourist and Pilgrim, Preacher and
Teacher: The Role of Religious Tourism in
the Development of Cultural Identities’
Sarah Bill Schott, Loyola University,
sschott@luc.edu
‘Neither Greek Nor Jew Nor Korean?:
Shifting Ethnic Boundaries Within Korean
American Churches’
Sharon Kim, California State
University, Fullerton,
sharonkim@fullerton.edu
‘The Religious Life of Eritreans in the U.S.’
Tekle Woldemikael, Chapman
University, woldemik@chapman.edu
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J-9
Empirical Studies of Religious
Participation [ASREC]
Esplanade I
Convener/Discussant
TBA
‘Human Capital Accumulation and the
Inter-Denominational Mobility of American
Jews’
Christine Brickman, Catholic
University of America, cbrickma@gmu.edu
‘Moving on Over: Geographic Mobility as a
Predictor of Switching and Attendance
Frequency in American Religion’
Christopher Born, Catholic
University of America, 29born@cua.edu
‘The Life and Death Implications of
Subsidies for Spiritual Capital’
Robert Subrick, James Madison
University, jsubrick@gmu.edu
‘Local Culture and the Maintenance and
Transmission of Religious Practice’
David Voas, University of
Manchester, voas@manchester.ac.uk
Daniel V.A. Olson, Purdue
University, dolson@purdue.edu
J-11
International Issues [RRA]
Buccaneer C
Convener
Alexey Krindatch, Patriarch Athenagoras
Orthodox Institute (Graduate Theological
Union), Akrindatch@aol.com
‘Measuring Religious Commitment and
Secularization Through Time-Use Data’
Ariela Keysar, Trinity College,
ariela.keysar@trincoll.edu
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University
of Haifa.
Barry Kosmin, Trinity College.
Sources of Religious Freedom and NonFreedom
Robert L. Montgomery,
Rmontgo914@aol.com
‘Multi-Secularity Disorder: The Many Faces
of European Secularity’
Brian N. Hewlett, University of
Arizona, bhewlett@email.arizona.edu
‘Praying for a Recession: The Business
Cycle and Protestant Church Growth in the
United States’
David Beckworth, Texas State
University, db52@txstate.edu
‘The Empire Strikes Back: The Role of The
Primates and Bishops of the Global South in
the Realignment of The Episcopal Church in
the United States.’
Dana Fenton, Lehman College,
CUNY, ddfen@juno.com
J-10 Empirical Studies of Religious
Capital [ASREC]
Esplanade II
Convener
TBA
‘Subjective and objetive measures of
religiosity and fertility choices’
Alicia Adsera, Princeton University,
adsera@Princeton.edu
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J-12 Tensions within Denominations
[RRA]
Buccanneer D
Convener
Laura R. Olson, Clemson University,
laurao@clemson.edu
J-13 Changing Religious Forms and
Connections: Best Practices in Catholic
Church Advisory Councils [RRA
(Catholic Research Forum)]
Channelside 1
Convener
Michael Cieslak, Diocese of Rocford,
Mcieslak@RockfordDiocese.org
‘Reproducing the Faith: Comparing
Fertility between Mainline and Evangelical
Protestants’
Jack Marcum, Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.), jmarcum@ctr.pcusa.org
‘Best Practices in Catholic Parish Pastoral
Councils’
Mary Bendyna, Center for Applied
Research in the Apostolate at
Georgetown, bendynam@georgetown.edu
Mary Gautier, Center for
Applied Research in the Apostolate at
Georgetown,
gautierm@georgetown.edu
Robert Miller, Archdiocese of
Philadelphia, drmiller@adphila.org
Chuck Zech, Villanova University,
charles.zech@villanova.edu
‘Religiosity, Fundamentalism, Deviance,
and Body Art.’
Jerome R. Koch, Texas Tech
University, Jerome.Koch@ttu.edu
Alden E. Roberts, Texas Tech
University, alden.roberts@ttu.edu
Myrna L. Armstrong, Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center
myrna.armstrong@ttuhsc.edu
Donna C. Owen, Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center,
donna.owen@ttuhsc.edu
‘Best Practices in Catholic Parish Finance
Councils’
Robert Miller, Archdiocese of
Philadelphia, drmiller@adphila.org
Chuck Zech, Villanova University,
charles.zech@villanova.edu
Mary Bendyna, Center for Applied
Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown
bendynam@georgetown.edu
Mary Gautier, Center for Applied
Research in the Apostolate at
Georgetown
gautierm@georgetown.edu
‘Polarization or Cooperation? The Class
Basis of U.S. Religious Congregations’
Perry Chang, Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.) Research Services,
pchang@ctr.pcusa.org
Ida J. Smith-Williams, Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) Research Services,
ismithwi@ctr.pcusa.org
‘Sociocultural Influences Weakening the
Biblical Worldview of Christians: A Review
of Extant Literature and other Resources’
Raamses Rider, Focus on the Family,
raamses.rider@fotf.org
Shelby Chillion, Focus on the
Family, shelby.chillion@fotf.org
Lisa Herrera-Hodges, Focus on the
Family, lisa.hodges@fotf.org
‘Best Practices in Catholic Parish
Stewardship Councils’
Chuck Zech, Villanova University,
charles.zech@villanova.edu
‘Best Practices in Catholic Diocesan
Stewardship Departments’
Mark Gray, Center for Applied Research in
the Apostolate Georgetown
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