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The Program of the RRA/SSSR 2001 Meeting
View the Index of the 2001 program
Friday, October 19, 2001
A1 – SSSR
Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 20
Tom Robbins as NRM Researcher and NRM Research Critic
Organizer / Convener: Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa, benny@psy.haifa.ac.il
Panelists:
Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University, zablocki@durkheim.rutgers.edu
Lorne L. Dawson, University of Waterloo, ldawson@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa, benny@psy.haifa.ac.il
Respondent: Tom Robbins, c/o petersonts@aol.com
A2 – SSSR
Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 21
Religious and Moral Pluralism in Europe
Organizer / Convener: Karel Dobbelaere, Catholic University of Leuven, dobbelaere.voye@skynet.be
Church Religiosity in Western and Central Europe. Karel Dobbelaere, Catholic University of Leuven, dobbelaere.voye@skynet.be
Religious Syncretism. Lillian Voyé, Catholic University of Louvain, mailto:dobbelaere.voye@skynet.ac.be
Dimensions of Religiosity and Ethnocentrism: Cross-National Tests on a Controversial Relationship. Peer Scheepers, Catholic University of Nijmegen, p.scheepers@maw.kun.nl
A3 – RRA
Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 31
Faith-Based Charitable Programs
Convener: Dana Fenton, City University of New York, ddfen@juno.com
Food as Social Capital: Consuming Community Through Faith-Based Hunger Relief. John P. Bartkowski, Mississippi State University, bartkowski@soc.msstate.edu, Helen A. Regis, Louisiana State University, hregis1@lsu.edu, Louis H. Bluhm, Mississippi State University, bluhm@soc.msstate.edu, Neil R. White, Mississippi State University, nrw1@ra.msstate.edu, Melinda N. Chow, University of Memphis, mnchow@memphis.edu
Case Management, Faith, and Successful Service Development: The Three Languages of an African-American FBO’s Relationship to the White Social Service Community and Its Own Constituent Churches. Bob Wineburg, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, bob_wineburg@uncg.edu
Faith-Based Programs in the Future. Ram Cnaan, University of Pennsylvania, cnaan@ssw.upenn.edu
Comparing Local Congregations’ Social Outreach Activities in a Conservative Community. D. Paul Johnson, Texas Tech University, d.paul.johnson@ttu.edu
A4 – RRA
Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 32
Religious Vitality: Congregations and Larger Entities
Convener: Adair T. Lummis, Hartford Seminary, alummis@hartsem.edu
The Glow of Health: Marks of a Vital Growing Congregation. Roger L. Dudley, Andrews University, dudley@andrews.edu
Mobilizing Members: Congregational Strategies for Increasing Participation. Kevin D. Dougherty, Purdue University, doughertyk@sri.soc.purdue.edu
Perceptions of Healthy Congregations. Carol Jeunette, Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver, caroljeunnette@att.net
The Art and Science of Subtle Proactivity: Regional Leaders and Their Congregations. Adair T. Lummis, Hartford Seminary, alummis@hartsem.edu
A5 – SSSR
Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 33
Religion Through the Life Course
Convener: Duane M. Covrig, University of Akron, mailto:dcovrig@uarkon.edu
Helping Behavior in Young Children as a Function of Religious Mindfulness. Lawrence Lilliston, Oakland University, lglilliston@earthlink.net
Back to School: Rabbinical Seminaries and Second Career Students. Adina B. Newberg, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, adina_newberg@bigfoot.com
Interiority and Gerotranscendence: Dimensions of Religious and Spiritual Experience in Late Life. Susan Eisenhandler, University of Connecticut, eisenhan@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Faith Development Theory: Paradigm for Integrative Work in Psychology and Religion. Stephen E. Parker, Regent University, steppar@regent.edu
A6 – SSSR
Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 34
The Spiritual Formation of Catholic Lay Ecclesial Ministers
Organizer: Charles Zech, Villanova University, Charles.zech@villanova.edu
Convener: Mary Gautier, Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate, Georgetown University, mailto:Gautierm@gunet.gerogetown.edu
The Spirituality of Lay Ecclesial Ministers: A Descriptive Profile. James D. Davidson, Purdue University, davidsonj@sri.soc.purdue.edu
The Spirituality of Lay Ecclesial Ministers: Variations Among Lay Ministers. Katherine Meyer, Ohio State University, mailto:meyer23@osu.edu
The Spirituality of Lay Ecclesial Ministers: The Impact of Ascribed, Lifecourse, and Workplace Factors. Charles Zech, Villanova University, charles.zech@villanova.edu
Program Perspectives on the Spiritual Formation of Lay Ecclesial Ministers. Mary E. Bendyna, Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate, Georgetown University, bendynam@georgetown.edu and Mary Gautier, Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate, Georgetown University, mailto:Gautierm@gunet.gerogetown.edu
A7 – SSSR
Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 35
Religion and Civic Engagement
Convener: Ron Hassner, rony@leland.stanford.edu
Religion and Civic Participation: Attendance, Belief and Prayer. Matthew T. Loveland, University of Notre Dame, loveland.1@nd.edu
Private Religious Schools and Public Obligations: A Question with an Overlooked Answer. Steven Jones, University of Virginia, slj4e@virginia.edu
Explaining Religious Tradition Variation in Political Participation. Kraig Beyerlein, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, kkbeyerl@email.unc.edu
Politics in the Pews: Comprehending the Nature of a Black Political Church. Eric L. McDaniel, University of Illinois, emcdanie@uiuc.edu
A8 – SSSR
Friday, 8:30 –10:00 Meeting Room 30
Multi-Ethnic Congregations
Convener: Fred Kniss, Loyola University, Chicago, fkniss@luc.edu
Becoming Anabaptist: Racial and Ethnic Recruitment in an Urban Mennonite Community. Jeff Gingerich, Bluffton College, mailto:gingerich@bluffton.edu
The Costs of Ethnic Diversity in Religious Organizations: an In-Depth Case Study. Brad Christerson, Biola University, brad.christerson@bubbs.biola.edu and Michael Emerson, Rice University, moe@rice.edu
Integrated Sundays: Using Factor Analysis to Devise a Typology of Multiracial Churches. George Yancey, University of North Texas, yancey@scs.cmm.unt.edu
Discussant: Fred Kniss, Loyola University, Chicago, fkniss@luc.edu
A9 – SSSR
Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Auditorium
Religious Conflict
Convener: Ted Jelen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, mailto:tjelen@nevada.edu
It Takes Two to Tangle: Resolution of Conflict in Churches is a Relational Process, Not an Individual One. Kenneth J. Linfield, Spalding University, klinfield@spalding.edu
Gay Affirming Congregations, Local Church Autonomy, and the Remaking of the Southern Baptist Polity. Daryl White, Spelman College, dwhite@spelman.edu and O. Kendall White Jr., Washington and Lee University, White.K@wlu.edu
"A Sacudir el Petate": Origins of a Violent Schism at a Mexican Apocalyptic Colony. Miguel C. Leatham, Texas Christian University, m.leatham@tcu.edu
Conflict in Religion and in Science: A Neo-Durkheimian Theory. Jan Smith, Ohio Wesleyan University, jssmith@cc.owu.edu
B1 – SSSR
Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 20
Change in Religious Organizations
Convener: Penny Edgell Becker, Cornell University, peb4@cornell.edu
"It's Not about Civil Rights, It's about Holiness": Contradictory Institutional Logics in the United Methodist Church's Homosexuality Struggle. Amanda Udis-Kessler, Grinnell College, udiskess@grinnell.edu
Religion, Science and Legitimacy: Institutional and Contingency Influences on the Organizational Science Philosophy of Loma Linda University from 1905 to 1998. Duane M. Covrig, University of Akron, mailto:dcovrig@uarkon.edu
Reconstructing Religion: A Sociological Analysis of Vatican II. Melissa J. Wilde, University of California, Berkeley, Mwilde@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Theories of Social Change and the Sociology of Religion: From Crisis to Commonplaceness. Stephen Ellingson, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Sellingson@plts.edu
B2 – SSSR
Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 21
Cross-National Studies of Religion
Convener: Daniel Price, Kent State University – Trumbull Campus, dprice0@kent.edu
Redefining Christian Orthodox Identity: The New Social Doctrine of the Russian Church in Comparison with the Social Teachings of Western Churches. Alexander Agadjanian, Arizona State University, alex.agadjanian@asu.edu
It All Depends on How You Ask the Question: Item Wording and Self-Reported Church Attendance in Three Nations. C. Kirk Hadaway, Research Services, United Church of Christ, hadaway@ucc.org and Penny Long Marler, Samford University, pennymarler@aol.com
Religion as Subject, Source, Shaper and Implementer of Public Policy: A Cross-National Consideration. Gary D. Bouma, Monash University, Gary.Bouma@arts.monash.edu.au
Does a Strong Institution of Religion Require a Strong Family Institution? Kristen Heimdal, Ohio State University, heimdal.2@osu.edu and Sharon Houseknecht, Ohio State University, houseknecht.1@osu.edu
B3 – RRA
Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 31
Author Meets Critics: Why Our Teenagers Leave the Church: Personal Stories from a Ten Year Study, by Roger L. Dudley (Review and Herald Publishing Association, 2000)
Convener: D. Paul Johnson, Texas Tech University, d.paul.johnson@ttu.edu
Panelists:
Donald Luidens, Hope College, luidens@hope.edu
James Wellman, University of Washington, jkwamw@uswest.net
D. Paul Johnson, Texas Tech University, d.paul.johnson@ttu.edu
Respondent: Roger L. Dudley, Andrews University, dudley@andrews.edu
B4 – RRA
Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 32
Contemporary Social Issues and Religion
Convener: Jerome R. Koch, Texas Tech University, jerome.koch@ttu.edu
Religion and Gambling in the United States. Janice A. Spang, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), jaspan01@athena.louisville.edu
Spires, Wheelchairs, and National Ecumenism: An Interorganizational Analysis of the National Council of Churches’ Work with Disabilities. Albert A. Herzog, Jr., Ohio State University, herzoga@aol.com
Not Just for Sailors and Jailers: Tatoos, College Students, and Religion. 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 Science Center, armstrongml@ttu.edu, and Donna C. Owen, Texas Tech University Health Science Center
AIDS in Africa: Between Denial and Truth Telling. H. Jurgens Hendriks, Faculty of Theology, University of Stellenbosch, HJH@maties.sun.ac.za
B5 – SSSR
Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 33
The Future of Women in Mainstream Religion
Organizer / Convener: Georgie Ann Weatherby, Gonzaga University, weatherb@gonzaga.edu
Women–Church in the New Millennium: Issues of Ideology and Organization. Susan A. Farrell, Kingsborough Community College, sfarrell@prodigy.net
At the Eye of the Storm: Conflict Concerning the Ordination of Women Within the International Seventh-day Adventist Church. Ronald Lawson, Queens College, CUNY, rlawson@colud9.net
American Catholic Women: The Generations That Socialize. Katherine Meyer, Ohio State University, mailto:meyer23@osu.edu
Discussant: Georgie Ann Weatherby, Gonzaga University, weatherb@gonzaga.edu
B6 – SSSR
Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 34
The Political Activities of Religious Leaders
Organizer / Convener: Corwin Smidt, Calvin College, smid@calvin.edu
The Political Activities of Disciples of Christ Clergy in the Election of 2000. Sue Crawford, Creighton University, crawford@creighton.edu, Melissa Deckman, Washington College, melissa.deckman@washcoll.edu and Laura Olson, Clemson University, mailto:Lolsen8274@aol.com
The Political Activities of Roman Catholic Priests in the Election of 2000. Ted Jelen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, mailto:tjelen@nevada.edu and Mary Bendyna, Georgetown University, bendynam@georgetown.edu
The Political Activities of Jewish Rabbis in the Election of 2000. Paul Djupe, Denison University, djupe@denison.edu
Gender, Social Class and Sociopolitical Activities Among the Leadership in Brazilian Base Communities. Pedro A. Ribeiro de Oliveira, pedroaro@pos.ucb.br
B7 – SSSR
Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 35
Varieties of Religious Involvement
Convener: Jerome P. Baggett, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, jbaggett@jstb.edu
Disengagement Narratives of Unitarian Universalist "Come-Outers". Tiffany Niekro, Ohio University Eastern Campus, and James R. Casebolt, Ohio University Eastern Campus, casebolt@ohiou.edu
Restless Gods and Restless Churches: The Resurgence of Organized Religion in Canada. Reginald Bibby, University of Lethbridge, bibby@uleth.ca
"Do You Speak Russlish": Language Usage and Transformations in Immigrant Religious Congregations. Dmitro Volkov, dvolkov@luc.edu
Discussant: Jerome P. Baggett, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, jbaggett@jstb.edu
B8 – SSSR
Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 30
New Approaches to the Study of Religious Identity
Organizer / Convener: Nancy Ammerman, Hartford Seminary, nta@hartsem.edu
Bodies that Matter to the Faithful: The Significance of Embodiment for Religious Identity. John Bartkowski, Mississippi State University, Bartkowski@soc.msstate.edu
Authoring Religious Selves. Courtney Bender, Columbia University, cb337@columbia.edu
"Am I Still a Christian?": Reflexive Spirituality and Religious Labels. Kelly Besecke, University of Wisconsin, Madison, besecke@ssc.wisc.edu
Second Generation Korean American Campus Evangelicals: Constructing Cohesive and Shifting Boundaries. Rebecca Kim, University of California, Los Angeles, gulliver@ucla.edu
B9 – SSSR
Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Auditorium
God Images and the Religious Imagination I
Organizer / Convener: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@adelphi.edu
Imagining God’s Genes: Comparative Divine Biology in Christian Identity and Selected Afro-Centric Circles. Craig Prentiss, Rockhurst University, Craig.Prentiss@rockhurst.edu
Religious and Non-Religious Object Representation. Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa, benny@psy.haifa.ac.il and Maroun Farhat, University of Haifa
Images of Deity and Innate Schemata. Stewart Guthrie, Fordham University, mailto:gutherie@fordham.edu
Discussant: Jerry Pankhurst, Wittenberg University, jpankhurst@wittenberg.edu
Friday, 12:00 – 1:00
Meeting Room 34
Mormon Social Science Association Business Meeting
C1 – SSSR
Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 20
An Author and His Career Meet Critics: Jay Demerath
Organizer / Convener: Phillip Hammond, University of California, Santa Barbara, mailto:hammond@humanities.ucsb.edu
Panelists:
Ted Jelen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, mailto:tjelen@nevada.edu
Katherine Meyer, Ohio State University, mailto:meyer23@osu.edu
Wade Clark Roof, University of California, Santa Barbara, wcroof@humanitas.ucsb.edu
Rhys Williams, University of Cincinnati,
Respondent: Jay Demerath, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, demerath@soc.umass.edu
C2 – RRA
Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 21
Issues for Religious Institutions
Convener: Mike McMullen, University of Houston - Clear Lake, mcmullen@cl.uh.edu
No More Circled Wagons: Trends in Contemporary Mormonism. Marcus H. Martins, Brigham Young University - Hawaii, martinsm@byuh.edu
Muslim-Christian Coordination for Global Peace. Zahoor Mehdi Faisal, zahoormehdi@yahoo.com
C3 – RRA
Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 31
Pulpit and Pew: Research on Pastoral Leadership
Convener: Jackson W. Carroll, Duke Divinity School - Duke University, Jack@acpub.duke.edu
First Findings from a National Survey of Pastoral Leaders. Jackson W. Carroll, Duke Divinity School, jack@acpub.duke.edu, and Becky R. McMillan, Duke Divinity School, mailto:beckyroselius@duke.edu
Pressures Leading to Resignations among Newly-Ordained Catholic Priests. Dean R. Hoge, Catholic University of America, hoge@cua.edu
Dollars and Sins: Research on Clergy Compensations. Matthew J. Price, The Church Pension Group - Episcopal Church, Becky R. McMillan, Duke Divinity School, beckyroselius@duke.edu
Views on Leadership among Conservative Rabbis: A National Survey. Steven M. Cohen, Melton Centre for Jewish Education - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, steve34nyc@aol.com
C4 – RRA
Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 32
Religious Conflict
Convener: C. Kirk Hadaway, Research Services, United Church of Christ, hadawayk@ucc.org
Cooperation and Opposition Time and Again: The Relationship between Call to Action and Catholic Bishops. Anthony J. Pogorelc, Purdue University, pogorelc@sri.soc.purdue.edu
Conflict Resolution Applied to Congregations: Corporate or Theological Models. Mike McMullen, University of Houston - Clear Lake, mcmullen@cl.uh.edu
Waging Worship Wars: An Examination of Growth, Vitality, Changing Worship Styles, and Conflict. C. Kirk Hadaway, Research Services, United Church of Christ, hadawayk@ucc.org, Penny Long Marler, Samford University, plmarler@samford.edu, and David A. Roozen, Hartford Seminary, roozen@hartsem.edu
Inter-Confessional Relations in Ukraine: Permanent Conflicts or Usual Interaction? Laconic Portraits of the Main Participants of Inter-Religious Opposition. Andrew Yurash, Ivan Franko Lviv University, a_yurash@yahoo.com
C5 – SSSR
Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 33
Longitudinal Research on Religion Among Young People
Convener: Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Colorado, Lynn.Clark@Colorado.edu
The Evolution of Teenagers' Religious Identity. Ariela Keysar, Center for Jewish Studies, City University of New York, Akeysar@aol.com and Barry A. Kosmin, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, London, UK
Talking and Knowing about Sex: Are Religious Parents Communicating with their Adolescent Children? Mark D. Regnerus, Calvin College, mdregner@email.unc.edu
A Longitudinal Study of Religious Doubts in High School and Beyond: Relationships, Stability, and Searching for Answers. Bruce Hunsberger, Wilfrid Laurier University, bhunsber@wlu.ca with Michael Pratt, Wilfrid Laurier University, and S. Mark Pancer, Wilfrid Laurier University
Exploring Change and Continuity in the Religio-Cultural World Views of American College Freshmen: A Progress Report. Timothy T. Clydesdale, The College of New Jersey, clydesda@tcnj.edu
C6 – SSSR
Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 34
The Social Organization of Religion
Convener: Susan A. Farrell, Kingsborough Community College, sfarrell@prodigy.net
Megachurches: The New Denominalization in America's Religious Economy. Robert W. Reynolds, Weber State University, rreynolds@weber.edu
Faith-community as an Example of FOCJ in Sweden. Bengt O. Haraldsson, Goteborg University, bengt.haraldsson@economics.gu.se
Discussant: Susan A. Farrell, Kingsborough Community College, sfarrell@prodigy.net
C7 – SSSR
Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 35
Religion and Politics
Convener: Laura Olson, Clemson University, mailto:Lolsen8274@aol.com
Accommodation and Resistance-Forms of Religious Authority and Their Sociopolitical Consequences, Ezra Kopelowitz, Ruppin Institute and The Jewish Agency, ezra@kopelowitz.org
The Flow of Political Information through Churches. Paul A. Djupe, Denison University, djupe@denison.edu and Christopher P. Gilbert, Gustavus Adolphus College
The Christian Right in Middletown. Joseph B. Tamney, Ball State University, jtamney@gw.bsu.edu, George Saunders, Ball State University, and Stephen D. Johnson, Ball State University, sjohnso4@wp.bsu.edu
The Role of Religion on the Impact of the Lewinsky Affair in the 2000 Presidential Election. Stephen D. Johnson, Ball State University, sjohnso4@wp.bsu.edu and Joseph B. Tamney, Ball State University, jtamney@gw.bsu.edu
C8 – SSSR
Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 30
Religion and Higher Education: A Retrospective on the Lilly Seminar
Over a three-year period approximately 40 scholars from across the United States met periodically to consider the changing role of religion in American higher education and to produce a volume on this topic. In light of that experience, this session will consider some of the empirical and normative questions that the study of religion currently faces in higher education.
Organizer / Convener: Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University, wuthnow@princeton.edu
Panelists:
Matthew Wilson, Southern Methodist University, jmwilson@post.cis.smu.edu
Elaine Howard, Cornell University, emh5@cornell.edu
Jerry Park, University of Notre Dame, jpark@nd.edu
Nancy Ammerman, Hartford Seminary, nta@hartsem.edu
Respondent: Andrea Sterk, University of Notre Dame, andrea.sterk.1@nd.edu
C9 – SSSR
Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Auditorium
Theorizing Globalization: Shapes, Schemas, Ethics
Organizer / Convener: James Spickard, University of Redlands, spickard@mcguire-spickard.com
Panelists:
William Garrett, St. Michael’s College, wgarrett@smcvt.edu
Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, mailto:pbeyer@aix.1.uottawa.ca
John Simpson, University of Toronto, Mississauga, simpson@chass.utoronto.ca
James Spickard, University of Redlands, spickard@mcguire-spickard.com
Roland Robertston, Centre for the Study of Globalization, University of Aberdeen, kwhite1998@aol.com
C10 – SSSR
Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Woody Hayes Grand Ballroom D&E
Religion in Columbus
Convener: Jerry Pankhurst, Wittenberg University, jpankhurst@wittenberg.edu
The Central City Metropolitan Church: Ecological Opportunity and Outreach Response. William Form, Ohio State University, form.1@osu.edu
Washington Gladden and the Social Gospel Movement in Columbus. Jacob Dorn, Wright State University, jakedorn@aol.com
Reporting on Religion in Columbus. Mark Fisher, Religion Editor, Columbus Dispatch, mfisher@dispatch.com
D1 – SSSR
Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 20
Author Meets Critics: "If It Wasn't for the Women…": Black Woman's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community, by Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (Orbis Books, 2001)
Organizer / Convener: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, Neitzm@missouri.edu
Panelists:
Nancy Eiesland, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, mailto:Neiesal@emory.edu
James Spickard, University of Redlands, spickard@mcguire-spickard.com
Daphne Wiggins, The Divinity School, Duke University, Dwiggins@div.duke.edu
Respondent: Cheryl Towensend Gilkes, Colby College, ctgilkes@colby.edu
D2 – SSSR
Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 21
Religion and Youth
Convener: Lawrence Lilliston, Oakland University, lglilliston@earthlink.net
Religion and Adolescent Self-Image. Amy Adamczyk, Pennsylvania State University, mailto:aasamc1883@aol.com
The Impact of Mass Media on Degree of Religiosity Among Kuwait Youths: A Case Study. Yousef Ali, Kuwait University, yali@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw
Ambiguity and Ambivalence in Discourse over the "Generational Gap" in Religion. R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois, Chicago, rswarner@uic.edu
D3 – SSSR
Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 31
The U.S. Congregational Life Survey: The Views of Half-million Worshipers
Organizers / Conveners: Cynthia Woolever, Presbyterian Church (USA), woolever@ctr.pcusa.org and Deborah Bruce, Presbyterian Church (USA), mailto:deborahb@ctr.pcuse.org
A Field Guide to U.S. Congregations: Introduction to the Project. Cynthia Woolever, Presbyterian Church (USA), woolever@ctr.pcusa.org
Half a Million Worshipers: A Logistics Nightmare. Deborah Bruce, Presbyterian Church (USA), mailto:deborahb@ctr.pcuse.org
Preliminary Findings from a National Random Sample of Congregations. Cynthia Woolever, Presbyterian Church (USA), woolever@ctr.pcusa.org and Deborah Bruce, Presbyterian Church (USA), mailto:deborahb@ctr.pcuse.org
Which Version of English Do You Speak? International Perspectives on Congregational Life. Peter Kaldor, International Church Life Study, pk@pnc.com.au
D4 – RRA
Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 32
Churches, Mosques, and Temples of New Immigrants
Organizer: Dean R. Hoge, Catholic University of American, hoge@cua.edu
Convener / Discussant: Michael W. Foley, Catholic University of America, foley@cua.edu
The Influence of Political Identity in the Home Country on Immigrants’ Congregational Activity: A Comparative Study of Sikh and Hindu/Jain Congregations. Shanya Purushothaman, Catholic University of America
Religious Congregations as Agents of Civic and Political Incorporation: The Case of Salvadoran Immigrants in the Greater Washington, D.C. Area. Maria Eugenia Verdauguer, The American University,
Patterns of Religious Participation among Generation-X Muslim Women. Maha Alkhateeb, Catholic University of America, alkhateeb@cua.edu
Influence of Theological Orientation on Social Life in Two African Immigrant Churches. Victor Amadi, Catholic University of America, 09amadi@cua.edu
D5 – SSSR
Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 33
Religious Ideas and Identities
Convener: Stephen D. Glazier, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, sglaz1234@aol.com
Who is God? A Cultural-Developmental Study Comparing Mainline and Conservative Protestants. Lene Arnett Jensen, Catholic University of America, JensenL@cua.edu and Samantha Horsley, Catholic University of America, 31horsley@cua.edu
Some Us are more U than U: Theological Self-Descriptors Chosen by Unitarian Universalists. James R. Casebolt, Ohio University Eastern Campus, casebolt@ohiou.edu and Tiffany Niekro, Ohio University Eastern Campus, tn991396@oak.cats.ohiou.edu
The Social Sources of Religious and Ethnic Identities Among Young Asian Americans. Jerry Park, University of Notre Dame, jpark@nd.edu
Sigmund Freud's Jewish Identity: Unique or Representative? Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa, benny@psy.haifa.ac.il
D6 – NAASR
Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 34
Cognition, Culture, and Religion
Organizer: William Arnal, New York University, william.arnal@nyu.edu
Convener: E. Thomas Lawson, Western Michigan University, lawson@wmich.edu
Balance in Religious Ritual Systems. Robert N. McCauley, Emory University, philrnm@emory.edu
Cross-Cultural Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion. Justin L. Barrett, University of Michigan, justinlb@umich.edu
Reading the Mind of God. Brian Malley, University of Michigan, bmalley@umich.edu
Simulation Constraints and the Biological Bases of Afterlife Beliefs. Jesse M. Bering, Florida Atlantic University, jber4317@fau.edu
D7 – SSSR
Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 35
The Enigma of Charismatic Authority
Organizer / Convener: Janja Lalich, California State University, Chico, janja@atdial.net
A Critique of the Psychology of Charismatic Attribution. Lorne Dawson, University of Waterloo, ldawson@watarts.uwaterloo.ca
Charisma in Relational Perspective. Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University, zablocki@durkheim.rutgers.edu
To Have and to Hold: Charismatic Authority in the Heaven’s Gate Cult. Janja Lalich, California State University, Chico, janja@atdial.net
Reluctant Charismatics and Rejected Idealization. Marion S. Goldman, University of Oregon, mgoldman@oregon.uoregon.edu
D8 – SSSR
Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 30
Religion and Schools
Convener: David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame, dsikkink@nd.edu
Religion and Nationalism in Modern Greek Curricular Texts. Frances Kostarelos, Governors State University, f-kostar@govst.edu
Teaching Religion in Public Schools: The Case of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Maria Amelia Schmidt Dickie, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, masd@cfh.ufsc.br
Religious Studies in Postcommunist Countries: Theologized Atheism or Secularized Theology? Lyudmila Filipovych, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, filip@alfacom.net
About the Role of Intercollegiate Athletics on Christian College Campuses. James Mathisen, Wheaton College, james.a.mathisen@wheaton.edu and Ronald Burwell, Messiah College, rburwell@messiah.edu
D9 – RRA
Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Auditorium
Foundation Funded Religiously-Oriented Evaluation Research
Convener: Robert E. Beckley, West Texas A&M University, rbeckley@mail.wtamu.edu
Rewards and Problems in Religiously Oriented Evaluation Research. James D Griffith, West Texas A&M University, jgriffith@mail.wtamu.edu, and Sharon Delgado, West Texas A&M University, sharon61@nts.online.net
Pregnancy-Prevention Programs and Delinquents. Sharon Delgado, West Texas A&M University, sharon61@nts-online.net
Utilizing Some Factors in a Faith-Based Outreach Program to Explain Outcome Surprises. Robert E. Beckley , West Texas A&M University, rbeckley@mail.wtamu.edu, and James D. Griffith, West Texas A&M University, jgriffith@mail.wtamu.edu
Friday, 5:00 – 6:15 Woody Hayes Grand Ballroom D&E
H. Paul Douglass Lecture
Convener: D. Paul Johnson, President, Religious Research Association, d.paul.johnson@ttu.edu
10,001 Congregations: H. P. Douglass, Strictness, and Electric Guitars
H. Paul Douglass Lecturer: David Roozen, Hartford Institute for Religious Research - Hartford Seminary, roozen@hartsem.edu
Friday, 6:30
Reception
Co-sponsored by Louisville Foundation
Saturday, October 20, 2001
Saturday, 7:30 - 8:30 AM
RRX Breakfast
Meeting Room 20
Saturday, 7:30 - 8:30 AM
Auditorium
SSSR Business Meeting
E1 – SSSR
Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 20
Authors Meet Critics: American Catholics: Gender, Generation and Commitment, by William D’Antonio, James Davidson, Dean R. Hoge, and Katherine Meyer. (Alta Mira Press, 2001)
Organizer: William D’Antonio, Catholic University, dantonio@cua.edu
Convener: Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College, ctgilkes@colby.edu
Panelists:
Helen Rose Ebaugh, University of Houston, edbaugh@uh.edu
John Coleman, Loyola Marymount
Jackson Carroll, Duke University Divinity School, jcarroll@div.duke.edu
Respondents:
William D’Antonio, Catholic University, dantonio@cua.edu
Dean R. Hoge, Catholic University of America, hoge@cua.edu
Katherine Meyer, Ohio State University, meyer.23@osu.edu
E2 – SSSR
Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 21
Religion and Discourse
Convener: Milmon F. Harrison, University of California, Davis, mfharrison@ucdavis.edu
Transformative Rhetoric and Catalytic Events: Dignity and the Catholic Church. James Cavendish, University of South Florida, jcavendi@luna.cas.usf.edu,
Immanence in Arguments: The Rhetoric Surrounding the Debate on the Ordination of Women. Kathleen M. O'Neil, University of Arizona, koneil@u.arizona.edu
Moral Vocabularies and Messages: Exploring the Quasi-Religious Understandings of the Tobacco Control and the Animal Rights Movements. Brian M. Lowe, Mary Baldwin College, mailto:bm12b@cms.mail.virginia.edu
Media, Identity, and the Environment: Popular Religiosity and 'Spectacular Nature'. Joseph G. Champ, University of Colorado, champj@ucsu.colorado.edu
E3 – SSSR
Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 31
Religion, Justice, and Public Policy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Organizer / Convener: Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Colorado, lynn.clark@colorado.edu
Religious Motivation and the Fair Trade Movement. Kenneth Bedell, Forum Foundation, kbedell@dnaco.net
The Role of Religious Groups in Welfare Reform Policy. Nancy Kinney, University of Colorado, Denver, ntkinney@ouray.cudenver.edu
Access to New Media Technology: A Justice Issue? Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Colorado, lynn.clark@colorado.edu
The Role of the Church in Combatting the Digital Divide. Rod Carveth, Southern Connecticut State University, carveth@southernct.edu
Discussant: Carl Dudley, Hartford Institute for Religious Research, Hartford Seminary, cdudley@hartsem.edu
E4 – RRA
Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 32
Churches’ Outreach Ministries of Services and Evangelism: A Review of Data from the FACT Survey
Convener: Paul Light, Light Consultants, Inc., light@unidial.com
A Review of the Aggregate Data from the FACT Study Describing How Congregations Are Involved in Social Ministries and Evangelism/Recruitment. Paul Light, Light Consultants, Inc., light@unidial.com
A Review of Data from the FACT Study for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Social Outreach and Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Research. John Marcum, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), jackm@ctr.pcusa.org
A Review of Data from the FACT Study for the Church of the Nazarene on Social Ministries and Evangelism/Recruitment. Richard Housel, Church of the Nazarene,
Examples of Church Social Ministry and Evangelism from the Congregations and Communities Project in Philadelphia. Heidi Unruh, Congregations and Communities Project - Philadelphia, ccldp@erols.com
E5 – SSSR
Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 33
God Images and the Religious Imagination II
Organizer / Convener: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@adelphi.edu
Images of God and Orientations to Social Welfare: A Survey of Social Work Students. Catherine A. Faver, University of Tennessee, FAVER@swk.gw.utk.edu, Mary Ellen Cox, University of Tennessee, and Ann Callahan, University of Tennessee, acallaha@utk.edu
Holding Moonbeams in your Hand: Assessing Exoteric and Esoteric Imagination. Donna M. Chirico, City University of New York, chirico@york.cuny.edu
Coaches and Gods. Carolyn Bohler, United Theological Seminary, bohlerama@aol.com
The Religious Imagination in a Sample of Parish Leaders. Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@adelphi.edu
E6 – SSSR
Saturday, 8:30 – 9:45 Meeting Room 34
Gender and Religion
Convener: Julie Ingersoll, University of North Florida, jingerso@unf.edu
Multilevel Effects of Religious Affiliation on Women's Labor Force Participation. David A. Cotter, Union College, cotterd@union.edu
Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Descriptions of Mystical and Erotic Experiences. Michael Nielsen, Georgia Southern University, mailto:mneilsen@gasou.edu and Jim Pugh, Georgia Southern University, jpugh@gasou.edu
Women and Youth Vs. Image of Catholic Croatia. Sinisa Zrinscak, University of Zagreb, sinisa.zrinscak@zg.hinet.hr
Sociology of Religion and the Study of Gender: Updating the Theory and an Empirical Test. Marie Cornwall, Brigham Young University, Marie_cornwall@byu.edu and Mikaela Dufur, Brigham Young University, mikaela_dufur@byu.edu
E7 – PARAL
Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 35
Culture and the Functions of Leadership in Latino Parishes and Congregations: Reports from the National Survey
Organizer: Anthony Stevens-Arroyo, Brooklyn College, astevens@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Convener: Tapolcal, Andras, Brooklyn College and Graduate School, CUNY
Presenters:
Anthony Stevens-Arroyo, Brooklyn College, astevens@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Anneris Goris, Brooklyn College
Ariela Keysar, City University of New York, akeysar@aol.com
E8 – SSSR
Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room 30
Multisite / Multimethod: Challenges and Opportunities for Field Researchers and Writers
Organizer / Convener: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, Neitzm@missouri.edu
Panelists:
Christian Smith, University of North Carolina, Cssmith@email.unc.edu
Nancy Ammerman, Nancy, Hartford Seminary, nta@hartsem.edu
R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois, Chicago, rswarner@uic.edu
Karen Bradley, Central Missouri State University, mailto:Kbradley@CMSUI.CMSU.edu
E9 – RRA
Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Auditorium
Web Resources for Research and Training
Convener: Roger Finke, Pennsylvania State University, rfinke@psu.edu
Panelists:
Joseph Coalter, Resourcing Christianity, resourcingcchristianity.org
Scott Thumma, Hartford Institute for Religious Research - Hartford Seminary, sthumma@hartsem.edu
Jeffrey Hadden, Religious Movements Library - University of Virginia, religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu
Roger Finke, American Religious Data Archive, rfinke@psu.edu
F1 – SSSR
Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 20
The Social Control of Religion
Convener: Rhys Williams, University of Cincinnati,
The Entry of Christianity into China. Huilin Yang
Beautiful Bountiful: The Legal Construction of Religious Boundaries. Becky Little, University of Lethbridge, barfly@teluspalnet.net, Peter Wigand, University of Lethbridge, wigaps@uleth.ca and Lori G. Beaman, University of Lethbridge, beamlg@uleth.ca
"Dystopia" and the Reaction to New Religious Movements in France. James A. Beckford, University of Warwick, j.a.beckford@warwick.ac.uk
F2 – SSSR
Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 21
Religion and the Media
Convener: Rod Carveth, Southern Connecticut State University, carveth@southernct.edu
WWJD Revisited or Something Else Altogether? Media Coverage of Evangelical Tattooing. Richard Flory, Biola University, richard.flory@biola.edu
Mild, Moderate and Fundamentalist: How Canadian Journalism Likes its Sikhs. Joyce Smith, Ryerson University, mailto:joycesmith@globeandmail.ca
The Media and Religion in Turkey. Ahmet Uysal, Southern Illinois University, auysal@siu.edu
Bob the Tomato Meets God the Father: The Interplay of Christian Ideals and Communicative Theory in Popular Children's Media. Joshua P. DeVine, Denison University, devine_j@denison.edu
F3 – RRA
Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 31
Leadership Issues in the Catholic Church in a Time of Organizational Change: Data and Reflections of the Catholic Research Forum
Organizer / Convener: Michael Cieslak, Catholic Research Forum, mcieslak@ix.netcom.com
Diocesan Efforts at Parish Reorganization: The 1995 National Study. Michael Cieslak, Diocese of Rockford, mcieslak@ix.netcom.com
Follow-Up to Diocesan Efforts at Parish Reorganization: Methodology of the 2000 National Study. Jeff Rexhausen, Project Director of "Pastors’ and Parish Administrators’ Experience of Parish Reorganization"
The Emerging Need for Lay Leadership in Catholic Parishes: A Study of Parish Recommendations for Leadership Development. Robert Miller, Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Celebrating Catholic Parishes among National Faith Communities. Ruth Doyle, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, anyoprp@juno.com
F4 - SSSR
Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 32
The Social Theologies of American Clergy Today
Organizer: Corwin Smidt, Calvin College, smid@calvin.edu
Convener: James Penning, Calvin College, mailto:peen@calvin.edu
Faith Active in What? The Social Theology of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Clergy. Dan Hofrenning, St. Olaf College, mailto:chofrenn@stolaf.edu
The Social Theology of Missouri Synod Lutheran Clergy. Jeff Walz, Concordia University, jeff.walz@cuw.edu and Steve Montreal, Concordia University
The Social Theology of Presbyterian Church in America Clergy. Beverly Busch, Georgia Southwest University, bgb@canes.gsw.edu and Brent Nelson, Furman University, brent.nelsen@furman.edu
F5 – SSSR
Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 33
The Attractions of Religion
Convener: Susan Eisenhandler, University of Connecticut, eisenhan@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Spiritual Baptists who Become Rastafarians and then Become Spiritual Baptists Again: Notes on the Anthropology of Religious Conversion. Stephen D. Glazier, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, sglaz1234@aol.com
Theodicy, Distribution of Risk, and New Religious Movements. Robert A. Campbell, University College of Cape Breton, rcampbel@uccb.ns.ca
Theravada Buddhism in America: Immigrant and Convert Practices. Wendy Cadge, Princeton University, gacadge@princeton.edu
Religious Affiliation, Deprivation and Social Stratification. Dorothea M. Filus, University of Tokyo, filus@l.tokyo.ac.jp
F6 – SSSR
Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 34
Religion and Social Services
Convener: Heidi Rolland Unruh, Congregations, Communities and Leadership Development Project, ccldp@erols.com
The LA Dream Center: A Public Role for Religion in America. Michael Wilkinson, Nazarene University College, michael.wilkinson@nuc.edu
Religious Cultural Capital in the Production of Economic Capital: A Feature in Faith-Based Poverty-to-Work Programs. William H. Lockhart, Baylor University, william_lockhart@baylor.edu
Sacred Sources of Food: Opinions of the Homeless Regarding Faith-Based Social Services. Laura S. Stephens, University of Arizona, lsstephe@u.arizona.edu, Rebecca E. Sager, University of Arizona. resager@hotmail.com, and April E. Douet, University of Arizona, douet@u.arizona.edu
Why are Poor People Poor and on Welfare? Attitudes of Social Service Directors from Faith-Based and Secular Agencies. David Reingold, Indiana University, dreingol@indiana.edu
F7 – PARAL
Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 35
The Dynamics of Latino Religious Leadership: Field Reports from the NSLLPC
Organizer: Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Brooklyn College, astevens@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Convener: Cristina Gomez, Dartmouth College
Ritual, Religiosity, and an Argument for Cultural Citizenship. David Sandell, University of Texas, Austin, dsandell@worldnet.att.net
Fomentando lideres / Nurturing Leaders: Latinos, Spirituality and Religion in Boston, Massachusetts. Nancy Lopez, University of New Mexico, lopeznancy99@yahoo.com
Latino Congregations in Rural Indiana: Ministering to Communities in Transition. Ken Crane, Ancilla College, crane@andrews.edu
Mobilizing Faith: Churches and Community Activism on San Antonio’s West Side. Melissa Biggs Coupal, University of Texas, Austin, melissab@mail.utexas.edu
F8 – SSSR
Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room 30
The Future of Theory in the Sociology of Religion
Organizer: James Wellman, University of Washington, jkwamw@uswest.net
Convener: William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR/RRA Executive Office, bill4329@hotmail.com
Beyond Choice and Constraint: An Institutional Approach to Social Action in the Religion Field. Penny Edgell Becker, Cornell University, peb4@cornell.edu
Integrating Structuration and Rational Actor Perspectives in the Sociology of Religion. Darren Sherkat, Southern Illinois University, sherkat@siu.edu
Innovative Returns to Tradition: Using Core Beliefs as the Foundation for Innovative Accommodation. Roger Finke, The Pennsylvania State University, rfinke@psu.edu
Truth and the Sociology of Knowledge in Liberal Religion. James Wellman, University of Washington, jkwamw@uswest.net
F9 – SSSR
Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Auditorium
Enacting Religion
Convener: Julie Manville, University of Western Australia, manville@cygnus.uwa.edu.au
Audience Reception of the Faith Message in the Word of Faith Movement. Milmon F. Harrison, University of California, Davis, mfharrison@ucdavis.edu
The Old Believers in Russia and the Idea of Self-Immolation. Elzbieta Przybyl. Institute for the Study of Religion, Jagiellonian University, eprzybyl@znak.com.pl
Sociological Explorations: What is Religious Agency? Laura M. Leming, University of Dayton, laura.leming@notes.udayton.edu
Without Me Ye Can Do Nothing: The Role of Social Movements in Religious Faith. Ziad Munson, Harvard University, mailto:numson@wjh.harvard.edu
Saturday, 12:00 – 1:00
Auditorium
RRA Business Meeting
G1 – SSSR
Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 20
Religious Movements
Convener: Marat Shterin, London School of Economics and Political Science, m.s.shterin@lse.ac.uk
Globalization and the Influence of a Black Religio-Nationalist Movement in the Black Diaspora: The Case of the Nation of Islam in Britain. Nuri Tinaz, University of Warwick, tinaz_nuri@hotmail.com
Unwelcome Children of Mother Russia: New Indigenous Religions in Russia in the 1990's. Marat Shterin, London School of Economics and Political Science, m.s.shterin@lse.ac.uk
Rainbow Religion: A Comparative Study of the Syncretizing of World Religions in the Cao Dai (Vietnam) and I Guan Dao (China). Graeme Lang, City University of Hong Kong, ssgslang@cityu.edu.hk
Hindu Revivalist Cultural Movement in India: Limits of Social Organicism. Santosh C. Saha, Mount Union College, sahasc@muc.edu
G2 – SSSR
Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 21
Progress and Cumulation in the Sociology of Religion
In his 1995 article, "Progress and Cumulation in the Human Sciences After the Fall" (Sociological Forum 10:455-479), Mayer Zald argues that progress is judged differently in different subdisciplines within sociology. This session uses that article as a springboard to discuss the nature of progress within the sociology of religion.
Convener: Mark Chaves, University of Arizona, mchaves@u.arizona.edu
Panelists:
Jay Demerath, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, demerath@soc.umass.edu
Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, neitzm@missouri.edu
Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University, wuthnow@princeton.edu
Respondent: Mayer Zald, University of Michigan, mayerz@umich.edu
G3 - SSSR
Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 31
Author Meets Critics: Mormon Passage: A Missionary Chronicle, by Gary Shepherd and Gordon Shepherd (University of Illinois Press, 1998)
Organizer / Convener: Michael Nielsen, Georgia Southern University, mailto:mneilsen@gasou.edu
Panelists:
Matt Bahr, American Religion Data Archive, bahrm@purdue.edu
Margaret Poloma, mpoloma@uakron.edu
Michael Donahue, mdonahue@apu.edu
Respondents:
Gary Shepherd, Oakland University, shepherd@oakland.edu
Gordon Shepherd, University of Central Arkansas, gordons@mail.uca.edu
G4 - RRA
Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 32
Religion Interacts with Other Institutions
Convener: Dana Fenton, City University of New York, ddfen@juno.com
Religion and Social Capital in Urban Areas: Complexities in the Relationship. Philip Hughes, Edith Cowan University and Christian Research Association, phughes@cra.org.au
African-American Religious Intermarriage in the Late Twentieth Century: Trends and Cohort Comparisons. Darren E. Sherkat, Southern Illinois University, sherkat@siu.edu
Child Abuse and the Interaction with Religion, K.R. Ramakrishnan, West Texas A&M University, kramakrishnan@mail.wtamu.edu
G5 – SSSR
Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 33
Psychological Effects of Religion
Convener: Danette M. Watt, University of Illinois, Springfield, dwatt33@hotmail.com
Cognitive Aspects of Prayer Scales (CAPS): Validation and Utility. Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University, South Bend, kladd@northpark.edu, Bernard Spilka, University of Denver, bspilka@nova.psy.du.edu, and Jason Oleniczak, North Park University, oleniczakj@northpark.edu
Spiritual Confession: An Integrative Review of the Psychological Literature and Spiritual Perspectives. Aaron B. Swank, Bowling Green State University, aaron35@earthlink.net and Kenneth I. Pargament, Bowling Green State University
Validation of the Spiritual Personal Free Will Scale. Heidi Ernst, Arizona State University and Craig Nagoshi, Arizona State University, craig.nagoshi@asu.edu
Religiosity, Cynicism, and Group Boundaries Among College Students. David T. Bailey, Sam Houston State University, davidtbailey@hotmail.com
G6 – SSSR
Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 34
Religious Differences
Convener: Jerome P. Baggett, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, jbaggett@jstb.edu
The Relation Between Worldviews and Conceptions of Corporal Punishment: Conservatives and Liberals, Parents and Children. Lene Arnett Jensen, Catholic University of America, jensenl@cua.edu, and Carolyn R. H. Kraft, Catholic University of America, crekraft@erols.com
Differences Between Protestant, Orthodox, and Atheist Families in Yugoslavia. Zorica Kuburic, Filozofski Fakultet, rkp@eunet.yu
Religiosity of Buddhists and Protestants: Commonality and Distinctiveness. Okyun Kwon, Life Cycle Institute, Catholic University of America, kwon@cua.edu
Cultural and Religious Bases for Truth, Knowledge and the Question of Lying: Unionists and Nationalists in Northern Ireland. James Dingley, University of Ulster, jc.dingley@ulst.ac.uk and Michael Kirk-Smith, University of Ulster
G7 – PARAL
Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 35
Internationalism in Civic Space: The Churches in Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic
Organizer: Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Brooklyn College, astevens@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Convener: Felipe Martinez, Interamerican University, fmartinez@ns.inter.edu
Testing Casanova: The Public Role for Religion in the Caribbean Context. Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Brooklyn College, astevens@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Vieques: A Church that is Evangelized as it Evangelizes Caesar, Fr. Henry Beauchamp, CSSR: Diocese of Caguas, Puerto Rico, hbeau@coqui.net
Mental Health Treatment in the Popular Religiosity of the Dominican Republic, Carlos Andujar, Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Antropologicas
Mobilizing for Social Justice: Faith and Civic Participation in the Dominican Republic, Antonio Marcelino, Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, tonymarcelino@hotmail.com
G8 – SSSR
Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room 30
Religion and Physical Health
Convener: John Hoffmann, Brigham Young University, mailto:John_Hoffman@byu.edu
Spiritual Risk: Conceptualization, Measurement, Correlates and Prevalence. George Fitchett, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, George_Fitchett@rush.edu and Patricia Murphy, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center
Religiosity and its Relationship to Blood Pressure Among Kuwaitis. Yagoub Al-Kandari, Kuwait University, yabdullah@kuc01.kuniv.edu.kw
Religious Involvement and Mortality Risk Among a Nationally-Representative Cohort of Middle Aged Adults. Robert A. Hummer, University of Texas at Austin, rhummer@prc.utexas.edu, Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas at Austin, cellison@mail.la.utexas.edu, Dennis Donahue, University of Texas at Austin, dennis@prc.utexas.edu, Maureen Reindl, University of Texas at Austin, reindl@prc.utexas.edu and Stephanie A. Bond Huie, University of Texas at Austin, shuie@prc.utexas.edu
Discussant: John Hoffmann, Brigham Young University, mailto:John_Hoffman@byu.edu
G9 – RRA
Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Auditorium
Faith Communities Today as 40+ Windows on Utilizing Religious Research
Organizer / Convener: Carl Dudley, Hartford Institute for Religious Research - Hartford Seminary, cdudley@hartsem.edu
Dissemination Decisions: Defining and Involving Audiences in Religious Research. Carl Dudley, Hartford Institute for Religious Research - Hartford Seminary, cdudley@hartsem.edu
Internet Strategy: Design and Technology for a Web-User World. Scott Thumma, Hartford Institute for Religious Research - Hartford Seminary, shumma@hartsem.edu
Interfaith Conversations: "Act with FACT," an On-Line Workbook for Interfaith Dialogue. Rick Krivanka, Pastoral Planning Office - Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, rkrivanka@dioceseofcleveland.org
Information Distribution: "I Am the Vine, Where Are the Branches?" Using the Grapevine to Disseminate Research. Craig This, Office of Research - United Methodist Church, cthis@gcom-umc.org
H1 – SSSR
Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 20
Race and Religion: Constructions and Intersections
Organizer: Daphne C. Wiggins, The Divinity School, Duke University, dwiggins@div.duke.edu
Convener: Hugh R. Page, Jr., University of Notre Dame, page.6@nd.edu
Race, Religion and Black Nationalism. Ralph Watkins, University of Georgia, rwat134733@aol.com
African-American or Christian? Analyzing Race Consciousness among Church Women. Daphne C. Wiggins, The Divinity School, Duke University, dwiggins@div.duke.edu
Black Religion and Politics. Alton B. Pollard III, Emory University, abpolla@emory.edu
The Social Implications of Martin Luther King Jr. in Cuba. Jualyne Dodson, University of Colorado, dodsonj@spot.colorado.edu
H2 – SSSR
Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 21
New Religious Practices
Convener: Charles Brown, Ohio University, brownc4@ohio.edu
The Church of Euthanasia: "The World’s First Anti-Human Religion". Matthew Immergut, Drew University, mimmergu@drew.edu
The Searching for a 'New Self'? Religious Empiricism in Contemporary Society. Alberto Groisman, alberto@cfh.ufsc.br
H3 – SSSR
Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 31
Market Theories of Religion: Evidence and Criticism
Convener: Daniel V. A. Olson, Indiana University, South Bend, dolson@iusb.edu
The Italian Case and Religious Market Theory: Internal Competition and the 'Catholic Effect'. Luca Diotallevi, University of Roma Tre, l.diotallevi@educ.uniroma3.it
Black Market Model of Religion: Secularization and Islamic Revival in Turkey. Ahmet Uysal, Southern Illinois University, auysal@siu.edu
A Demand Model of Religious Activities. Bengt O. Haraldsson, Goteborg University, bengt.haraldsson@economics.gu.se
Discussant: Daniel V. A. Olson, Indiana University, South Bend, dolson@iusb.edu
H4 – RRA
Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 32
Marginalization Within Religious Organizations
Convener: William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR/RRA Executive Office, bill4329@hotmail.com
WomenPower in Churches: The Implications of Institutional Withdrawal. Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis, pwittber@iupui.edu
Gender Issues in Congregations and Denominations. Veerle Draulans, TFT - Tilburg University, Netherlands, v.j.r.draulans@kub.nl
Alpha: The Mainline Goes Evangelical. Dana Fenton, City University of New York, ddfen@juno.com
H5 – SSSR
Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 33
Religion, Social Services, and Community Organizing
Convener: David Reingold, Indiana University, dreingol@indiana.edu
Describing the Faith in Faith-Based Social Services. Heidi Rolland Unruh, Congregations, Communities and Leadership Development Project, ccldp@erols.com
Feeding the Future: Can Faith-Based Social Services Transform the Lives of the Homeless? Rebecca E. Sager, University of Arizona, resager@hotmail.com, Laura S. Stephens, University of Arizona, lsstephe@u.arizona.edu, and April E. Douet, University of Arizona, douet@u.arizona.edu
Charitable Choices: The Consequences of Making Religion Salient. Jessica Brown, University of Arizona, jlbrown@u.arizona.edu, Nancy Martin, University of Arizona, nmartin@u.arizona.edu, Tiffiny McKeon, University of Arizona, tiffiny@email.arizona.edu and Rebecca Sager, University of Arizona, resager@hotmail.com
On Transformation and Becoming Prophetic: Religious Leaders in Faith-Based Community Organizing. Lora L. Stone, University of New Mexico, lorstone@unm.edu
H6 – RRA
Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 34
Sectarian Groups and Social Issues
Organizer: Ronald Lawson, Queens College - City University of New York, ronald_lawson@qc.edu
Convener: Benton Johnson, University of Oregon, benjnsn@oregon.uoregon.edu
Sectarian Groups and Social Issues: Broadening Church-Sect Theory. Ronald Lawson, Queens College - City University of New York, ronald_lawson@qc.edu
Discussants:
Benton Johnson, University of Oregon, benjnsn@oregon.uoregon.edu
Marie Cornwall, Brigham Young University, marie_cornwall@byu.edu
Pauline Cote, Laval University, pauline.cote@pol.ulaval.ca
Margaret Poloma, University of Akron, mpoloma@uakron.edu
Roger Finke, Pennsylvania State University, rfinke@psu.edu
H7 – SSSR
Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 35
New Theoretical Resources for the Sociological Study of Religion
Convener: William Silverman, P O Box 584, Hicksville, NY 11802
The Illusion of a Future: An Analysis of Rizzuto and Fowler in Light of Freud's Work on Religion. Amy Adamczyk, Pennsylvania State University, mailto:aasamc1883@aol.com
Scientific 'Imperialism' and the Search for the Spiritual Dynamic. Malcolm Gold, Malone College, mgold@malone.edu
Spiral Dynamics: An All Encompassing Multidisciplinary Theoretical Model for Understanding Religion within the Context of Human and Societal Development. Caleb Rosado, Northeastern Illinois University, calebrosado@earthlink.net
Mistaken Interpretations of Religion in Evolutionary Psychology. Michael Horace Barnes, University of Dayton, barnes@udayton.edu
H8 – SSSR
Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room 30
Religion, Mental Health, and Well-being
Convener: Stephen E. Parker, Regent University, steppar@regent.edu
Cultural Stereotype of the Effects of Religion on Mental Health. Christopher Alan Lewis, University of Ulster at Magee College, mailto:ca.lewis@uls.ac.uk
Desecration: Theological Groundwork and Initial Empirical Findings. Gina M. Magyar, Bowling Green State University, gmagyar@bgnet.bgsu.edu,.
Race, Religious Involvement, and Major Depression in Detroit. Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas at Austin, cellison@mail.la.utexas.edu, Jason D. Boardman, University of Texas at Austin, jasonb@mail.la.utexas.edu David R. Williams, University of Michigan, wildavid@umich.edu and James S. Jackson, University of Michigan,
The Need for Sophistication in the Study of the Relationship between Spirituality and Wellbeing: Some Initial Australian Findings. Philip Hughes, Edith Cowan University and the Christian Research Association, p.hughes@cra.org.au
H9 – SSSR
Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Auditorium
Sociological Issues within the Roman Catholic Church
Convener: Barbara Zajac, Indiana State University, sozajac@isugw.indstate.edu
Annulments in the Catholic Church: Reasons for Petitioners Seeking an Annulment versus Respondents’ Reasons for Opposing the Annulment. Richard J. Jenks, Indiana University Southeast, rjjenks@ius.indiana.edu and Linda Christiansen, Indiana University Southeast
Toward a Definition of Catholic Fundamentalists. Thaddeus Coreno, Saint Vincent College, coreno@acad1.stvincent.edu and Tim Kelly, Saint Vincent College
Priest Burn-Out: Strategies and Interpretations. Ruth A. Wallace, George Washington University, rwallace@gwu.edu
The Collective Right of Women, the Collective Guilt of Catholic Bishops. Alain P. Durocher, Gradate Theological Union, Berkeley California, aduroc@aol.com
Saturday, 5:00 – 6:15
Ballroom D & E
SSSR Special Presidential Plenary
Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, Mark Juergensmeyer, UC Santa Barbara, juergens@soc.ucsb.edu
Saturday, 6:30
Cash Bar
Co-sponsored by Ohio State University
Saturday, 7:00 Woody Hayes Grand Ballroom B & C
Banquet
Sunday, October 21, 2001
Sunday, 7:15
Meeting Room 34
Memorial Service for Mary Curry
Organizer/Convener: Helen Berger, West Chester University, hberger@wcupa.edu
I1 – SSSR
Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Meeting Room 20
Religion in the Public Square
Convener: C. Jarrett Gray, Jr., St. Paul School of Theology, jgray@spst.edu
Moving on Common Ground: Consensus Building in Focus on the Family Magazines and the Call to Action in Dr. James Dobson's Letters. Hillary Warren, Denison University, warren@denison.edu
From Engaged Social Activists to Disengaged Academicians?: Purported Generational Shifts in Teaching Faculty at Four U.S. Mennonite Colleges. Keith Graber Miller, Goshen College, keithgm@goshen.edu
Religion and Politics in the Secular Society. Ringo Ringvee, Department of Religious Affairs, Estonia, ringo@sisemin.gov.ee
Attitudes of Croatian Citizens towards the Role of the Church in Public and Political Life: Fragments of a Socio-Religious Picture of a Decade. Neven Duvnjak, Institute of Social Research, Ivo Pilar, Split Center, ipdi-cst@st.tel.hr
I2 – SSSR
Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Meeting Room 21
Author Meets Critics: How the Millenium Comes Violently: from Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, by Catherine Wessinger (Seven Bridges Press, 2000)
Organizer / Convener: Tom Robbins, c/o petersonts@aol.com
Panelists:
Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University, zablocki@durkheim.rutgers.edu
Tom Robbins, c/o petersonts@aol.com
Respondent:
Catherine Wessinger, Loyola University, New Orleans, mailto:wesing@loyno.edu
I3 – RRA
Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Meeting Room 31
Generation v Generation: Some Religious Comparisons
Organizer / Convener: D. Paul Johnson, Texas Tech University, d.paul.johnson@ttu.edu
Baby Boomer Parents, Gen-X Kids, and Spirituality. Roger L. Dudley, Andrews University, dudley@andrews.edu, and Gabriel Kim, Andrews University, kimgy@andrews.edu
Boomers, Generation-X, and Generation-Y at the Margins of Society: Do Generational Religious Differences Hold True? Robert E. Beckley, West Texas A&M University, rbeckley@mail.wtamu.edu
Generational Continuity and Change in Religiosity. D. Paul Johnson, Texas Tech University, d.paul.johnson@ttu.edu and Alden E. Roberts, alden.roberts@ttu.edu
I4 – SSSR
Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Meeting Room 33
God Images and The Religious Imagination III
Organizer / Convener: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@adelphi.edu
Entheogens: Spores of the Religious Imagination. Thomas B. Roberts, Northern Illinois University, troberts@niu.edu
The Cosmopolitan Religious Imagination: American Theism Near the End of the Twentieth Century. William MacDonald, Ohio State University, macdonald.24@osu.edu
Hearing God’s Voice: Object Relations Theory and the Influence of Developmental History on God Image. Stephen E. Parker, Regent University, steppar@regent.edu
Experiences of the Spiritual Core: God as the Core Foundation of Life and Self. Jared Kass, Lesley University, jkass@mail.lesley.edu
I5 – SSSR
Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Meeting Room 34
Mormons at the Millenium
Organizer / Convener: Michael Nielsen, Georgia Southern University, mailto:mneilsen@gasou.edu
Mormons & Health. Ray Merrill, Brigham Young University, rmm46@email.byu.edu and Stephen J. Bahr, Brigham Young University, stephen_bahr@byu.edu
Mormon Religiosity at the Millenium. Cardell K. Jacobson, Brigham Young University, cardell_jacobson@byu.edu
Crime Victimization and Drug Use: A Comparison of Mormons and Non-Mormons. Stephen J. Bahr, Brigham Young University, stephen_bahr@byu.edu
Latter-day Saints in Japan: A Contemporary Perspective. John Hoffmann, Brigham Young University, mailto:John_Hoffman@byu.edu
I6 – SSSR
Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Meeting Room 35
Producing and Reproducing Religious Identities
Convener: Keith Wulff, keithw@ctr.pcusa.org
A Comparison of the Norms and Values of Countercultural Spirituality and Mainstream Religious Institutions. Danette M. Watt, University of Illinois, Springfield, dwatt33@hotmail.com
Brand Name Identity in a Post-Denominational Age: Regional Leaders' Perspectives on its Importance for Churches. Adair T. Lummis, Hartford Seminary, alummis@hartsem.edu
Peter, Paul, and Mary: Religious Naming among Catholic Parents. Paul Perl, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, pmp2@georgetown.edu and Jonathon L. Wiggins, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, mailto:pmp2@georgetown.edu
Early Christian Culture as Symbolic Interaction. Anthony J. Blasi, Tennessee State University, blasi3610@cs.com
I7 – SSSR
Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Meeting Room 30
Methodological Innovation in the Sociological Study of Religion
Convener: Stewart M. Hoover, University of Edinburgh, hoover@colorado.edu
The Crisis of Classical Rationality and Methodological Problems of the Study of Religion. Dennis Kirouhin, Ukraine Academy of Science, denn_krn@mail.ru
Mainstreaming and Broadening the Social Scientific Study of the Bible: An Experimental Re-reading of Ancient Israelite Spirituality through the Lens of Early Hebrew Poetry. Hugh R. Page Jr., University of Notre Dame, page.6@nd.edu
Historicizing Ethnography: Foundations, Applications, and Contributions of an Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Religious Life. Linda M. Martin, Drew University,
I8 – SSSR
Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Auditorium
Seeing and Believing: The Value of Spatial Analysis in Community Based Religious Studies
Organizer: Anthony Healy, Visions-Decisions, Inc. aeh@visions-decisions.com
Convener: Elfriede Wedam, Indiana University – Purdue University at Indianapolis, ewedam@iupui.edu
Panelists:
Anthony Healy, Visions-Decisions, Inc. aeh@visions-decisions.com
Kevin Mickey, The Polis Center, polis@iupui.edu
Mary Gautier, Center for Applied Research in the Apolstolate, Georgetown University, mailto:Gautierm@gunet.gerogetown.edu
J1 – SSSR
Sunday, 9:45 – 11:15 Meeting Room 20
Immigrants and Religion
Convener: Michael Emerson, Rice University, moe@rice.edu
Sacred Place or "Joy Luck Club"?: A Study of the Social Role of the Early Chinese Immigrant Churches: San Francisco as a Case Study. Chung-yan Joyce Chan, Baylor University, Joyce_Chan@Baylor.edu
H Richard Niebuhr Revisited: A Critical Assessment of The Social Sources of Ghanaian Immigrant Churches in the New York Metropolitan Area. E. Obiri Addo, Drew University, eaddo@drew.edu
African Immigrant Congregations: Adaptation in the United States. Kwasi Yirenkyi, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, yirenkyi@grove.iup.edu, Kobina Ofosu Donkoh, Temple University, kod@astro.temple.edu, and Baffour Takyi, University of Akron, btakyi@uakron.edu
J2 – SSSR
Sunday, 9:45 – 11:15 Meeting Room 21
Competition, Pluralism, and Participation
Convener: Mark Chaves, University of Arizona, mchaves@u.arizona.edu
Studies of Religious Pluralism and Participation: Was Everybody Wrong? David Voas, University of Sheffield, d.voas@shef.ac.uk, Daniel V. A. Olson, Indiana University, South Bend, dolson@iusb.edu, and Alasdair Crockett, University of Essex, crockett@essex.ac.uk
Resolving the Pluralism–Membership Debate. Laurence Iannaccone, Santa Clara University, liannaccone@scu.edu
How Should We Study Religious Competition? Mark Chaves, University of Arizona, mchaves@u.arizona.edu, and Helen Giesel, University of Arizona, mailto:geisel@u.arizona.edu
Discussant: Ted Jelen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, mailto:tjelen@nevada.edu
J3 – RRA
Sunday, 9:45 – 11:15 Meeting Room 31
New Religions and Their Problems
Convener: Anson Shupe, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne, shupe@ipfw.edu
New Religious Movements and Tradition. Carlo Prandi, University of Parma, carlo.prandi@katamail.com
The Myth of Cyberfaith. George Saunders, Ball State University, george.saunders@home.com, and Joseph B. Tamney, Ball State University, jtamney@gw.bsu.edu
Attempted Professionalization of a Deviant Occupation: (Some) Deprogrammers Turn into Exit Counselors. Anson Shupe, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne, shupe@ipfw.edu, and Susan E. Darnell, Portage, Indiana
J4 – SSSR
Sunday, 9:45 – 11:15 Meeting Room 32
Authors Meet Critics: Young Adult Catholics: Religion in a Culture of Choice, by Dean R. Hoge, William Dinges, Mary Johnson, and Jaun L. Gonzales (University of Notre Dame Press, 2001)
Organizer: Dean R. Hoge, Catholic University of America, hoge@cua.edu
Convener: Patrick McNamara, University of New Mexico, patmac@unm.edu
Panelists:
Benton Johnson, University of Oregon, benjnsn@oregon.uoregon.edu
Michael Cieslak, Catholic Diocese of Rockford, mcieslak@ix.netcom.com
Patrick McNamara, University of New Mexico, patmac@unm.edu
Respondents:
Dean R. Hoge, Catholic University of America, hoge@cua.edu
William Dinges, Catholic University of America, dinges@cua.edu
Mary Johnson, Emmanuel College, johnsmb@emmanuel.edu
Juan L. Gonzales Jr., California State University, Hayward, jgonzales@csuhayward.edu
J5 – SSSR
Sunday, 9:45 – 11:15 Meeting Room 33
Workshop on Teaching Social Sciences of Religion: Critical Thinking Exercises for the Wired Generation
Students today are overwhelmed by the bewildering over-abundance of information available. Without critical thinking skills, they tend to treat all information as equally true or valid, and they lack criteria and know-how necessary to (a) get the best information and (b) use limited, partly flawed or biased information properly. Each of us will share teaching exercises and pedagogical tips designed to promote critical thinking, and all participants are invited to contribute their experiences and exercises. The session will be an opportunity to discuss problems and possible solutions for promoting critical thinking in teaching sociology of religion.
Organizer / Convener: Meredith McGuire, Trinity University, mailto:mmcquire@trinity.edu
Facilitators:
Meredith McGuire, Trinity University, mailto:mmcquire@trinity.edu
Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick, nasoncla@unb.ca
Melinda Bollar Wagner, Radford University, mwagner@runet.edu
J6 – SSSR
Sunday, 9:45 – 11:15 Meeting Room 34
The American Clergy and Social Ministries Today
Organizer: Corwin Smidt, Calvin College, smid@calvin.edu
Convener: James Guth, Furman University, jim.guth@furman.edu
The Social Ministries of American Baptist Churches and Clergy. Sherrie Steiner-Aeschliman, Eastern College, ssteiner@eastern.edu and Don Gray, Eastern College, mailto:DGRAY@EASTERN.EDUdgray@eastern.edu
The Social Ministries of Nazarene Churches and Clergy. Linda Beail, Pt. Loma Nazarene University and Greg Crow, Pt. Loma Nazarene University, gregcrow@ptloma.edu
The Social Ministries of Mennonite Churches and Clergy. Lyman Kellstedt, Wheaton College, charandbudk@juno.com
The Social Ministries of CRC and RCA Churches and Clergy. James Penning, Calvin College, mailto:peen@calvin.edu and Corwin Smidt, Calvin College, smid@calvin.edu
J7 – SSSR
Sunday, 9:45 – 11:15 Meeting Room 35
Religion Around the World
Convener: Gary D. Bouma, Monash University, Gary.Bouma@arts.monash.edu.au
Immigration and Religious Change in Brazil. Rene Daniel Decol, Faculdade Escola de Comercio Alvares Penteado, rdecol@terra.com.br
Christian Conversion in Zambia Today. Brendan Carmody, The University of Zambia, mailto:Bcarmody@edu.unza.am
Looking at the Sociological Dimensions of Religion. Mary Louise Glen, University of Toledo, mary_glen@utoledo.edu
J8 – SSSR
Sunday, 9:45 – 11:15 Meeting Room 30
Varieties of Religious Experience
Convener: David Yamane, University of Notre Dame, yamane.1@nd.edu
Anger at God As a Response to Negative Life Events. Julie Juola Exline, Case Western Reserve University, jaj20@po.cwru.edu
The Virtual Gaze: Religious Tourism and the Consumption of Postmodern Religion in Cyberspace. Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont, lkaelber@zoo.uvm.edu
Scholarly Neglect of Transcendent Experience. Matthew T. Evans, Brigham Young University, mte3@email.byu.edu
J9 – RRA
Sunday, 9:45 – 11:15 Auditorium
Congregational Stories and Religious Tradition
Convener: Mike McMullen, University of Houston - Clear Lake, mcmullen@cl.uh.edu
A Case Study in Collaborative Research Practice for a Congregational Oral History Project. Julie Manville, University of Western Australia, manville@cygnus.uwa.edu.au
"No One Has Ever Asked Me This Before": The Use of Oral History Interviews in Denominational History. Lynn Japinga, Hope College, japingal@hope.edu
K1 – SSSR
Sunday, 11:30 – 1:00 Meeting Room 20
The Interplay of Ethnic and Religious Identities
Convener: Mary Louise Glen, University of Toledo, mary_glen@utoledo.edu
‘But We Aren't an Ethnic Church’: The Creation of an Australian Lutheran Identity. Julie Manville, University of Western Australia, manville@cygnus.uwa.edu.au
The Orthodox (Eastern Christian) Churches and Communities in the USA: The Relationship Between Religious Affiliation and Ethnic Identity. Alexei D. Krindatch, University of California, Santa Barbara, alkrin@online.ru
Cultural, Ethnic and Religious Identity of the Bellorussian Minority in Poland. Irena Borowick, Jagiellonian University, uzborowi@cyf-kr.edu.pl
Religion and Ethnicity in the Indian Diaspora: Murugan Worship among Tamil Hindus in Mauritius. S. Selvam, University of Mauritius, s.selvam@uom.ac.mu
K2 – SSSR
Sunday, 11:30 – 1:00 Meeting Room 21
Author Meets Critics: The Other Side of Joy: Religious Melancholy among the Bruderhof, by Julius Rubin (Oxford University Press, 2000)
Organizer / Convener: Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University, zablocki@durkheim.rutgers.edu
Panelists:
Marion Goldman, University of Oregon, mgoldman@oregon.uoregon.edu
Janja Lalich, California State University, Chico, janja@atdial.net
Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University, zablocki@durkheim.rutgers.edu
Respondent:
Julius Rubin, St. Joseph’s College, rubinj@aol.com
K3 – SSSR
Sunday, 11:30 – 1:00 Meeting Room 33
Remaking Religious Meanings and Traditions
Convener: Joyce Smith, Ryerson University, mailto:joycesmith@globeandmail.ca
Dynamics of Religious Values in Post-Communist Lithuanian Society. Ruta Ziliukaite, Lithuanian Institute of Culture and Arts and University of Vilnius, r.ziliukaite@tic.lt
"Sing It But Do Not Say It": Strategies for Working with Religious Traditions with which People Disagree. William Silverman, P O Box 584, Hicksville, NY 11802.
Worship Wouldn't be Worship without Any Singing. Deborah Kapp, Loyola University Chicago, dkapp@mccormick.edu
Religious Meaning Making in Media Households: Fieldwork on the Social-Scientific Study of Religion and the Media. Stewart M. Hoover, University of Edinburgh, hoover@colorado.edu and Anna Maria Russo, University of Colorado, Boulder , annamaria.russo@colorado.edu
K4 – SSSR
Sunday, 11:30 – 1:00 Meeting Room 34
Four Thinkers and the Sociology of Religion
Convener: Yanick St. Jean, University of Wisconsin–Parkside, stjean@uwp.edu
To the Gods with Thee: Cicero's Contributions to the Philosophy and Sociology of Divine and Human Knowing. Robert Prus, University of Waterloo, prus@uwaterloo.ca
The Orgiastic, the Tribal and the Figural: The Significance of the Thought of Michel Maffesoli for the Scientific Study of Religion. Peter J. Albano, St. John’s University, albanop@stjohns.edu
Christianizing Charisma: Augustine's Corpus of Divinely Inspired Orators. Robert Prus, University of Waterloo, prus@uwaterloo.ca
Postmodernity: The Significance of the Thought of Zygmunt Bauman for the Scientific Study of Religion. Peter J. Albano, St. John’s University, albanop@stjohns.edu
K5 – SSSR
Sunday, 11:30 – 1:00 Meeting Room 35
Religious Effects on Attitudes and Behavior
Convener: Hillary Warren, Denison University, warren@denison.edu
Religion, Religiosity and Changing Views on Homosexuality and Lesbigay Rights. John F. Connors III, La Salle University, connors@lasalle.edu
Promoting our Distinctive Concepts: The Bible, the Holy Spirit and Views toward Public Issues. James R. Wood, Indiana University, wood1@indiana.edu and Brad Smith, Western Maryland College, bsmith@wmdc.edu
Trends in Religious Influences on Political Tolerance, 1976-1998. Vyacheslav Karpov, Western Michigan University, mailto:v.karpov@emich.edu and Matthew DeMichele, Western Michigan University
Science or Sin?: Religion, Traditional Values, and Attitudes toward Biotechnology. Stephen T. Mockabee, Ohio State University, mockabee.1@osu.edu
K6 – SSSR
Sunday, 11:30 – 1:00 Meeting Room 30
Religious Experience in Theory and Practice
Convener: David Yamane, University of Notre Dame, yamane.1@nd.edu
Religious and Spiritual Themes in Clinical Psychology and Psychiatric Journals, 1985-2000. Ellen Wagenfeld-Heintz, Western Michigan University, e.wagenfeld-heintz@wmich.edu
The Role of Contemplative Practices in Psychological Maturation and Health: Raising Awareness among University Faculty and Students. Jared D. Kass, Lesley University, jkass@mail.lesley.edu
The Social Impacts of Transcendent Experience. Matthew T. Evans, Brigham Young University, mte3@email.byu.edu
A Modern Appropriation of Religion: The Relational, Metaphorizing Foundation of Religious Experience. Michael C. Mitchell, Boston University, mikemitc@bu.edu
K7 – SSSR
Sunday, 11:30 – 1:00 Auditorium
Religion as Social Control
Convener: Mark D. Regnerus, Calvin College, mdregner@email.unc.edu
Religion and Adolescent Substance Use in Franklin County, Ohio: Mediating and Moderating Effects. Kenneth J. Steinman, Ohio State University, steinman.13@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu and Timothy R. Sahr, Safe and Drug-Free Schools Consortium, sahr.6@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu
Religious Factors and Substance Use Behaviors Among a Multiracial / Ethnic Sample of Young Adults: Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Analyses. George J. Warheit, University of Miami, warheitgj@aol.com
Religion, Civil Society, and Juvenile Delinquency: Reconsidering the Moral Communities Thesis. Matthew R. Lee, Mississippi State University, lee@soc.msstate.edu and John P. Bartkowski, Mississippi State University, bartkowski@soc.msstate.edu
Why Some Churches are Strict: Measuring "Strictness" and Exploring Congregational Rules. Nancy Martin, University of Arizona, nmartin@u.arizona.edu
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