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The Program of the RRA/SSSR 2002 Meeting

Thursday, October 31, 2002

RRA Board meeting

9:00 am – 12:00 pm Meeting Room: Executive Boardroom

SSSR Council meeting

1:30 pm – 5:30 pm Meeting Room: Executive Boardroom

Joint SSSR/RRA Council Dinner

6:30 – 8:00 pm

Registration

6:00 – 9:00 pm

Kickoff Reception and Welcome

8:30 – 10:00 pm Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom A

 

Friday, November 1, 2002

A1 – SSSR

Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Salon I

Religion and Discourse

Organizer / Convener: John Bartkowski, Mississippi State University, Bartkowski@soc.msstate.edu

Tower of Babel. Susan Schept, Stevens Institute of Technology, sschept@stevens-tech.edu

Sacralization and Desacralization of Religion Language, or the New Age Challenge to Traditional Religions. I. V. Bogachevska, Institute of Philosophy, Ukrainian Academy of Science, cerif@alfacom.net

Islamic Activists' Discourse: A Framework of Inquiry. Mazen Hashem, University of California, Riverside, mhashem@citrus.ucr.edu

A2 – SSSR

Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Salon II

Religion and Race I

Convener: TBA

Differences among Presbyterians? Rebecca Farnham, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), rfarnham@ctr.pcusa.org

Armenian Evangelicals in American Context: The changing relationship between ethnicity and religion. Tim Fisher, University of Southern California, tnf@usc.edu

The Christian Origins of Black Nationalism. James Taylor, University of San Francisco, taylorj@usfca.edu

A3 – SSSR

Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Topaz

Ritual and Religious Experience

Convener: Pierre Hegy

Treading Water: The Inclusion of Women in Church Leadership, Liturgy, and Images God. Adair Lummis, Harford Seminary, alummis@hartsem.edu

Religiously-Interpreted Experience: Communication with the Divine? Jill Witmer Sinha, University of Pennsylvania, jwsinha@ssw.upenn.edu

Ritual Creativity and Sacred Humor. Alberto Groisman, alberto@cfh.ufsc.br

A4 – RRA

Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Alpine East

Church Growth and Vitality

Convener: Paula Nesbitt, University of California, Berkeley, pnesbitt@uclink.berkeley.edu

Evangelism, Preaching, Social Justice, and Community Outreach in the Faith Communities Today Seventh-Day Adventist Study. Roger L. Dudley, Andrews University, dudley@andrews.edu

A Dynamical Model of Strictness, Strength and their Effect on Church Growth

John Hayward, University of Glamorgan, jhayward@glam.ac.uk

Sources of Church and Denominational Growth in American Protestantism: An Examination of the Evidence. C. Kirk Hadaway, United Church of Christ, hadawayk@ucc.org; Penny Long Marler, Samford University, plmarler@samford.edu

A5 – SSSR

Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Salon III

Religion and Music

Convener: Charles Brown, Albright College, cbrown@alb.edu

The Power of Religious Experience through Music and Miracles in the Lives of Exemplars of Christian Virtue. Paul Kennedy, George Fox University, pkennedy@georgefox.edu

Music Communities, Moral Communities: Narrative in the Production of Moral Communities. Kevin McElmurry, University of Missouri, klm143@mizzou.edu

"Eracing" the Color Line: the Practice of Racial Reconciliation in the Christian Music Industry. Milmon Harrison, University of California, Davis, mfharrison@ucdavis.edu

Producing the Sacred Through the Secular: IX Saves and Christian Contemporary Music. Paul Yunsik Chang, Harvard University, pychang@hds.harvard.edu

A6 – SSSR

Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Seminar Theater

Boundaries and Commitments in NRM Research

Organizer / Convener: Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa, benny@psy.haifa.ac.il

Douglas E. Cowan, University of Missouri, Kansas City, cowande@umkc.edu

Bryan Rennie, Westminster College, brennie@westminster.edu

Tom Robbins, tomrobbins427@aol.com

Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa, benny@psy.haifa.ac.il

A7 – SSSR

Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Alpine West

Religious Markets- International Perspectives

Convener: Carolyn Warner, Arizona State University, carolyn.warner@asu.edu

State Welfare Spending and Religiosity: Explaining the Uruguayan Paradox in Cross-National Perspective. Anthony Gill, University of Washington, tgill@u.washington.edu

Religious Freedom and the Unintended Consequences of the Establishment of Religion. Carl R. Gwin, Baylor University, carl_gwin@balor.edu, and Charles North, Baylor University, Charles_North@baylor.edu

The Rationality of Faith: Evidence from the Soviet Union. Paul Froese, University of Washington, pfroese@u.washington.edu

Discussant: Carolyn Warner, Arizona State University, carolyn.warner@asu.edu

A8 – SSSR

Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Ballroom

The Compatibility of Social Science and Religion: A Panel Discussion

Organizer / Convener: Charles Glock, cyg@netw.com

John Coleman, Loyola Marymount University, jcoleman@lmu.edu

Charles Glock, cyg@netw.com

Kevin Christiano, University of Notre Dame, kevin.j.christiano.1@nd.edu

Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University Purdue University, pwittber@iupui.edu

Moderator: John Coleman, Loyola Marymount University, jcoleman@lmu.edu

A9 – RRA

Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Canyon III

Religion and Social Capital

Organizer / Convener: Robert E. Beckley, West Texas A&M University, rbeckley@mail.wtamu.edu

Presbyterians in Cuba: Providing Religious Social Capital in a Politically Secular Environment. Robert E. Beckley, West Texas A&M University, rbeckley@mail.wtamu.edu; Michael N. Miller, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, mmiller@mail.austinseminary.edu

Religion as a Source of Jewish Social Capital. Bruce Phillips, Hebrew Union College, BPhillips@huc.edu

AIDS/HIV Ministry Marginalized Individuals: Social Capital in a Racially Mixed Faith-Based outreach Program. Robert E. Beckley, West Texas A&M University, rbeckley@mail.wtamu.edu; Jerome R. Koch, Texas Tech University, jerome.koch@ttu.edu

A10 – SSSR

Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Suite 324

Qualitative Research and Religion

Convener: Joy Charlton, Swarthmore College, jcharlt1@swarthmore.edu

Eastern Orthodoxy and Modernity in Greece. Frances Kostarelos, Governors State University, f-kostarelos@govst.edu

The Religious Beliefs and Practices of the Homeless: Notes on the Relationship between Religion and Social Class. Laura Stephens, University of Arizona, lsstephe@u.arizona.edu, Rebecca Sager, University of Arizona, resager@hotmail.com

"What I learned back then, carries me now." Patterns of practice and religious observance among older adults. Susan Eisenhandler, University of Connecticut, susan.a.eisenhandler@uconn.edu

A11 – SSSR

Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Canyon I

Rational Choice Theory

Convener: Darren Sherkat, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, sherkat@siu.edu

Church Commitment in Western and Central Europe. Karel Dobbelaere, dobbelaere.voye@skynet.be

Beyond Rational Choice. Eric Sartain, University of Notre Dame, sartain.1@nd.edu, Matthew Loveland, University of Notre Dame, loveland.1@nd.edu

Religious Rules in Everyday Life: A Qualitative Study of Strictness in Congregations, Nancy Martin, University of Arizona, nmartin@u.arizona.edu

Higher Tension and Lower Attachment in the Dutch Catholic Church after 1970, Erik Sengers, esengers@compaqnet.nl

B1 – SSSR

Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Salon I

Religion and Adolescents

Convener: Darren Sherkat, Southern Illinois University, sherkat@siu.edu

Symbols of youth culture and the development of religious identity: the imaginative and the imaginary. Lynn New, East Texas Baptist University, lnew@etbu.edu

Incoming or Outgoing? The Impact of Religious Trajectories on Adolescent Mental Health. Brad Smith, Western Maryland College, bsmith@wmdc.edu

Adolescent Religious Participation and Sexual Behavior: A Review of Current Research. Mark D. Regnerus, University of Texas, Austin, regnerus@calvin.edu, Christopher Ellison, cellison@mail.la.utexas.edu

B2 – RRA / RRX

Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Seminar Theater

Of Mice and Members: Using the Web to Research Religious Phenomena

Organizer / Convener: Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, sthumma@hartsem.edu

Panelists:

Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, sthumma@hartsem.edu

Melinda Lundquist, National Study of Youth and Religion, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, mlund@email.unc.edu

A Representative from the American Religion Data Archive—ARDA

B3 – SSSR

Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Alpine West

How Scholarship and Advocacy Interact in Dealing with NRM and Mind Control Issues

Organizer / Convener: Herbert Rosedale, President, American Family Foundation, affrose@aol.com

Discussants: Stephen Kent; Eileen Barker

B4 – SSSR

Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Salon II

Congregational Studies

Convener: Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota, edgell@umn.edu

Mission is Why the Church Exists: Creativity, Community, and Cultural Accommodation in a Los Angeles, Multiethnic Church., Gerardo Marti, amarti@apu.edu

Religion as a Way of Life. Ana Valdes, Roxy6g@aol.com

Synthesis and Change in the Religious Practice of a Pentecostal Assembly, Malcolm Gold, Malone College, mgold@malone.edu

Throw out the Methodist Lifeline: Understanding the links between a rural church and its denomination. Karen Bradley, Central Missouri State University, kbradley@cmsu1.cmsu.edu, Robin Albee, University of Missouri-Columbia

B5 – SSSR

Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Alpine East

Locating Secularism in National Surveys of American Religion

Convener/Discussant: TBA

Barry Kosmin, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, kosmin.jpr@jpr.org.uk

Ariela Keysar, Center for Jewish Studies, akeysar@aol.com

Egon Mayer, Center for Jewish Studies, egonmayer@aol.com

Anthony Stevens-Arroyo, Brooklyn College, astevens@brooklyn.cuny.edu

B6 – SSSR

Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Topaz

Diversity in the Mormon Homeland: Minority Religion in Utah

Organizer / Convener: David Clark Knowlton, University of Utah, david.knowlton@anthro.utah.edu

Janet Bennion, Utah Valley State College, bennioja@uvsc.edu

Bonnie Lynn Mitchell-Green, Southern Utah University, mitchellgreen@suu.edu

Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Utah State University, glasscob@cc.usu.edu

Richley H. Crapo, Utah State University, rcrapo@cc.usu.edu

B7 – SSSR

Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Canyon III

Developments in Catholicism

Organizer / Convener: Mary Gautier, Georgetown University, gautierm@georgetown.edu

Jonathon Wiggins, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), Georgetown University, jlw8@georgetown.edu, Paul Perl, pmp2@georgetown.edu, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), Georgetown University

Religious Virtuosi at the proof of time: Testing survival strategies in Catholic Religious Orders. Lluis Oviedo, Antonianum University, loviedo@ofm.org

Catholic Priests as Sacramental Ministers: "Uncharted Territory". Ruth A. Wallace, George Washington University, rwallace@gwu.edu

B8 – SSSR

Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Salon III

Religion and Television

Convener: Charles Brown, Albright College, cbrown@alb.edu

Practicing Oprah. Katie Lofton, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, klofton@email.unc.edu

US-Televangelism on German TV Screens – revisited. Gerhard Schmied, Gerhard.Schmied@Uni-Mainz.De

Textual Analysis of the 700 Club Following the 9-11 Attack. Eric Gormly, University of North Texas, gormly@unt.edu

B9 – SSSR

Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Ballroom

Charting Religious Trends

Convener/Discussant: Jacques Delacroix, Santa Clara University, sdelacroix@scu.edu

Visual Analysis of Religious Trends: The Case Women’s Ordination, Sean Everton, Stanford University, severton@stanford.edu

Looking Backward: Twentieth Century Religious Trends across Thirty Nations. Laurence Iannaccone, George Mason University, larry@econzone.com

Religious Education, Conversions, and the Growth of Religious Denominations. Alberto Bisin, New York University, alberto.bisin@nyu.edu and Giorgio Topa, New York University, giorgio.topa@nyu.edu

B10 – SSSR

Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Suite 324

Religious and Racial Identity

Convener: George Yancey, yancey@scs.cmm.unt.edu

Hymnal as Therapeutic Mareria Meica and Culture Generator "The African American Heritage Humnal as Conjure Book". Hugh R. Page, University of Notre Dame, Bard4@aol.com

Chicken Soup for the Souls of Black Folk: African American Converts to Judaism and the Negotiation of Identity. Nora L. Rubel, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill nlrubel@aol.com

Cuban Catholics as Elite Facilitators of a Pan-Latina/o Movement in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Chad Seales, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, seales@email.unc.edu

B11 – SSSR

Friday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Canyon I

The Emergence of Theravada Buddhism in America

Organizer / Convener: Wendy Cadge, Princeton University, gacadge@princeton.edu, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Cornell University/Princeton University, ehoward@princeton.edu

Paul Numbrich, Loyola University, Chicago, pn@parkridgecenter.org

Todd Perreira, University of California, Santa Barbara, perreira@ix.netcom.con

Joseph Cheah, St. Mary's College High School, jpcheah@aol.com

Wendy Cadge, Princeton University, gacadge@princeton.edu

Discussant: Peter Gregory, Smith College, pgregory@email.smith.edu

 

Friday, 12:00 – 1:00 Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom A

New Members’ Lunch

 

Friday, 12:00 – 1:00 Meeting Room: Topaz

Mormon Social Science Association Business Meeting

C1 – SSSR

Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Alpine East

Author Meets Critic: People of Faith: Religious Conviction in American Journalism and Higher Education, John Schmalzbaur

Organizer / Convener: Robert Wuthnow, Pew Mentoring Group, Princeton University, wuthnow@princeton.edu

Jerry Park, University of Notre Dame, jpark@nd.edu

Elaine Howard Ecklund, Cornell University, emh5@cornell.edu

Matthew Wilson, Southern Methodist University, jmwilson@mail.smu.edu

Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University, wuthnow@princeton.edu

Respondent: John Schmalzbauer, College of the Holy Cross, jschmalz@holycross.edu

C2 – SSSR

Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Canyon I

Tales from Two Cities: New Immigrants and Religion in Chicago and Winnipeg

Organizer / Convener: Fred Kniss, Loyola University Chicago, fkniss@wpo.it.luc.edu

Social and Religious Meaning-making Practices and the Transformation of Eastern Orthodox Immigrant Institutions in Chicago. Dmitro Volkov, Loyola University Chicago

Religion and Integration in Winnipeg: Comparing Early and Late Twentieth Century Immigrants. Royden Loewen, University of Winnipeg

‘There Can Be Only One Teacher of the Bible Class’: Postwar Sectarian Immigrants and the Recovery of Religious Life in Winnipeg. Hans Werner, University of Winnipeg

New Immigration Congregations and Their Connections to Their Neighborhoods. Fred Kniss, Loyola University Chicago

C3 – SSSR

Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Salon I

New Religious Dance: The Somatic Aspects of Spirit

Organizer / Convener: Marilyn Gottschall, Whittier College, mgottschall@whittier.edu

Kahena Viale, Claremont Graduate University, vialed@cgu.edu

Marilyn Gottschall, Whittier College, mgottschall@whittier.edu

Donnalee Dox, Texas A&M University, dox@labs.tamu.edu

Discussant: Donnalee Dox, Texas A&M University, dox@labs.tamu.edu

C4 – SSSR

Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Salon III

Networking in Sub-Saharan Africa to transform religious practices

Organizer / Convener: H. Jurgens Hendriks, University of Stellenbosch, hjh@sun.ac.za

Studying congregations in Africa. H. Jurgens Hendriks, University of Stellenbosch, hjh@sun.ac.za

Religious demographic research as a resource in the fight against poverty, AIDS and crime in South Africa. Johannes C. Erasmus, egdn@sun.ac.za

The influence of cultural anthropology and cosmology on the formation of God-images and an African Spirituality. Amon E. Kasambala, Justo Mwale Theological College, amontiba@zamnet.zm

Discussant: H. Jurgens Hendriks, University of Stellenbosch, hjh@sun.ac.za

C5 – SSSR

Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Topaz

Religion, Political, and Economic Attitudes

Convener: Ted Jelen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, jelent@nevada.edu

Religion and Political Participation, James Guth, Furman University, jim.guth@furman.edu, Lyman Kellstedt, Furman University

Found: The Elusive Link between US Conservative Protestantism and Economics. Jacob Felson, Pennsylvania State University, jlf360@psu.edu

Religiosity, Denominational Cultures and Perceived Inequalities in Canada: Evidence from the 1999 ISSP Survey. Leslie S. Laczko, University of Ottawa, laczko@uottawa.ca

Political Cohesion in Churches. Paul A. Djupe, Denison University, djupe@denison.edu, Christopher P. Gilbert, Gustavus Adolphus College, cgilbert@gac.edu

C6 – SSSR

Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Canyon III

Continuity and Change in the Religious Thought and Practice of Clergy and Parishioners of the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) and the Reformed Church in America (RCA)

Organizer / Convener: Corwin Smidt, Calvin College, smid@calvin.edu

Corwin Smidt, Calvin College, smid@calvin.edu

Roger Nemeth, Hope College, nemeth@hope.edu

Donald Luidens, Hope College, luidens@hope.edu

James Penning, Calvin College, penn@calvin.edu

C7 – RRA

Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Salon II

Celebrating Catholic Parishes

Organizer / Convener:  Mary Beth Celio, Archdiocese of Seattle, marybethc@seattlearch.org

More than shaking hands: Developing Community Through Worship. Ruth Narita Doyle, Fordham University, anyoprp@aol.com

Passing on the Faith in the Contemporary American Parish: Challenges and Models. Mary Beth Celio, Archdiocese of Seattle, marybethc@seattlearch.org

Ecumenical and Interreligious Programs: Patterns and Questions. Jeffrey Gros, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

From Field to City: Commonalities and Differences. Ken Sanchagrin, Glenmary Research Center, ksanchagrin@mhc.edu

C8 – SSSR

Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Ballroom

An International Exploration of Spirituality & Unchurched Religion

Organizer: Rodney Stark, University of Washington, socstark@aol.com

Defining Spirituality and Unchurched Religion, with application to America. Rodney Stark, University of Washington, socstark@aol.com

Spirituality and Unchurched Religion in Sweden. Eva Hamberg, Lund University, eva.hamberg@teol.lu.se

Spirituality and Unchurched Religion in Japan. Alan S. Miller, Hokkaido University, amiller@letters.hokudai.ac.jp

Discussant: Laurence R. Iannaccone, George Mason University, larry@econzone.com

C9 – SSSR

Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Seminar Theater

God Images I

Convener: Pierre Hegy

Rastafari, Haile Selassie, and the Black Religious Imagination: Imago Dei and Post-Colonial Culture. Leslie James, DePauw University, ljames@depauw.edu

How Race, Gender, and Class Impact our images of God? Jason Minser, University of Cincinnati, satorijm@aol.com

The Co-Evolution of Cultures and Images of God. Michael H. Barnes, University of Dayton, Michael.Barnes@notes.udayton.edu

C10 – SSSR

Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Alpine West

Religion and the Family

Convener: Robert Stonebraker, Winthrop University, stonebrakerr@winthrop.edu

Discussant: Doug Allen, Simon Fraser University, allen@sfu.ca

Marriage and Jewish law. Shoshanna Grossbard-Schectman, San Diego State University, sg2130@columbia.edu

The Role of Religion on Entry into Cohabitation and Marriage:  An Economic Perspective. Evelyn Lehrer, University of Illinois, Chicago, elehrer@uic.edu

Does Religion Influence the Labor Supply of Women in Sweden? Bengt Haraldsson, Göteborg University, bengt.haraldsson@economics.gu.se and Per-Ola Maneschiold

C11 – SSSR

Friday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Suite 324

Understanding Religion and Violence

Organizer / Convener: Ron E. Hassner

John R. Hall, University California, Davis, jrhall@ucdavis.edu

Richard D. Hecht, University California, Santa Barbara, ariel@religion.ucsb.edu

Ron E. Hassner, Stanford University, rony@stanford.edu

 

D1 – SSSR

Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Salon I

God Images II

Convener: Pierre Hegy

The psychobiology of God: Evolution and Genetics. Bernie Spilka, bspilka@frontier.psy.du.edu

Children's Images of God: A Sociological Study. Loretta Morris, Marymount University, lmorris@lmu.edu

The Re-Invention of Animism. Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa, benny@psy.haifa.ac.il

D2 – SSSR

Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Salon III

Religion and Visual Art

Organizer / Convener: Colleen McDannell, University of Utah, colleen.mcd@utah.edu

Photographing the Religious "Other" of the Russian Empire. Nina Schmit, American Theological Library Association, nschmit@atla.com

Painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1652) Sociology of Art and biblical analysis. James McGhee, Saint Anselm College, JMcGhee@Anselm.edu

Seeing the Sacred: Religion, Spirituality and the Aesthetic Dimension. Roger O'Toole, University of Toronto, otoole@utsc.utoronto.ca

In the Image of our lady: La Virgen de Guadalupe. Julie Dowling, University of Texas at Austin, jdowling@prc.utexas.edu

D3 – SSSR

Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Topaz

Religious Practices, Young People, and Identity: Ethnographic Approaches

Organizer / Convener: Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Colorado, lynn.clark@colorado.edu

Creating Multiculturalism: Asian American Religious Organizations Negotiate Race and Religion, Pawan Dhingra, Bucknell University, pdhingra@bucknell.edu

The religious and spiritual concerns of Conservative Jewish high school seniors: Qualitative data from the longitudinal panel study, 1995-1999, Ariela Keysar, Center for Jewish Studies, Akeysar@aol.com and Barry Kosmin, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, kosmin.jpr@jpr.org.uk

'They hid Jesus in the Bulrushes': Children's Understandings of Religion in Popular Culture, Diane Alters, University of Colorado, altersdf@hotmail.com

'Not religious, not yet:' 'Secular' teen practices and identity issues at the borders of the secularization debate, Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Colorado, lynn.clark@colorado.edu

Discussant: Nancy Tatom Ammerman, Hartford Seminary, nta@hartsem.edu

D4 – SSSR

Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Suite 324

Religion and Secular Values

Organizer / Convener: Amy Adamczyk, ala169@psu.edu

Religious Orientation and Attitudes about Stem Cell Research. Michael Nielsen, Georgia Southern University, mnielsen@gasou.edu, Jennifer Williams, Georgia Southern University

Teleological Evolution and Foundationalist Liberalism: The Political Significance of the Emerging Dialogue between Religion and Science. John Wells, Carson-Newman College, jwells@cn.edu

The Christian Churches' Coming Out of Their Abusive Past: What Can We Expect From Public Apologies? Alain Durocher, Graduate Theological Union, aduroc@aol.com

D5 – SSSR

Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Alpine West

Author Meets Critics: Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American Culture Grant Wacker

Organizer / Convener: Jackson W. Carroll, Duke University Divinity School, jcarroll@div.duke.edu

Critics:

David Hackett, University of Florida, Dhackett@religion.ufl.edu

R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois, Chicago, rswarner@uic.edu

Rhys H. Williams, University of Cincinnati, Rhys.Williams@uc.edu

Respondent: Grant Wacker, Duke University Divinity School, gwacker@div.duke.edu

D6 – SSSR

Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Canyon III

Parish and Sacramental Life of the Catholic Church

Organizer / Convener: Paul Perl, Georgetown University, pmp2@georgetown.edu

James C. Cavendish, University of South Florida, jcavendi@luna.cas.usf.edu

William Dinges, Catholic University of America, dinges@cua.edu

David Yamane, University of Notre Dame, yamane.1@nd.edu

Sarah MacMillen, University of Notre Dame, MacMillen.1@nd.edu

Charles Zech, Villanova University, charles.zech@villanova.edu

Mary L. Gautier, Georgetown University, gautierm@georgetown.edu

Discussant: Mary E. Bendyna, Georgetown University, bendynam@georgetown.edu

D7 – SSSR

Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Alpine East

The Changing Practice of Latin American Religion

Organizer / Convener: Christopher Chiappari, St. Olaf College, chiappar@stolaf.edu; Henri Gooren, Utrecht University, h.gooren@compaqnet.nl

Felipe Vazquez Palacios, CIESAS-Golfo, fevaz@ciesas-golfo.edu.mx

Maria Teresa Rodriguez, CIESAS-Golfo, mtrguez@ciesas-golfo.edu.mx

Pedro Arrieta Fernandez, CIESAS-Golfo, arrietaf@ciesas-golfo.edu.mx

David Clark Knowlton, University of Utah, davidknowlton@yahoo.com

Christopher Chiappari, St. Olaf College, chiappar@stolaf.edu

Henri Gooren, Utrecht University, h.gooren@compaqnet.nl

D8 – RRA

Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Canyon I

Profiles of Denominations and Their Worshipers: Key Findings from The U.S. Congregational Life Survey

Organizers/Conveners: Cynthia Woolever and Deborah Bruce, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) cwooleve@ctr.pcusa.org and and dbruce@ctr.pcusa.org

Seventh-day Adventist Church. Roger Dudley, Andrews University, dudley@andrews.edu

The Mind Methodist Hank and Peggy. Craig This, The Office of Research, General Council on Ministries, United Methodist Church, cthis@gcom-umc.org

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Martin Smith, Research and Evaluation, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, msmith@elca.org

The Episcopal Church. Matthew Price, Episcopal Church Pension Group, mprice@cpg.org

D9 – SSSR

Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Ballroom

MSSA: The Glenn M. Vernon Lecture

Gender and Religion in Comparative Perspective: In search of a paradigm

Organizer / Convener: Daryl White, Spelman College, dwhite@spelman.edu, Dwhite7028@aol.com

Marie Cornwall, Brigham Young University, marie_cornwall@byu.edu

D10 – SSSR

Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Salon II

Testing the "New Paradigm"

Convener: Roger Finke, Pennsylvania State University, rfinke@psu.edu

Will the Jehovah's Witnesses Continue to Grow? David Voas, University of Sheffield, d.voas@shef.ac.uk

Religious Competition in Multi-Faith Societies: Religious Markets or Cultural Ecologies. Gary D. Bouma, Monash University, Gbouma@smtp.montash.edu.au

Clergy Connections: A Theoretical Model Explaining Clergy Involvement in Renewal Movements. Jennifer McKinney, Seattle Pacific University, mckinj@spu.edu

Expanding the Faith: A model of Congregational Attraction. Kevin D. Dougherty, Purdue University, doughertyk@sri.soc.purdue.edu

D11 – SSSR

Friday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Seminar Theater

Measuring Religion

Organizer / Convener: Matthew Lawson, The College of New Jersey, mlawson@tcnj.edu

An Introduction to the Commitment-Reflectivity Circumplex Model of Religious Orientation and Its Relationships to Existing Allportian Models. Stephen Krauss, stephenkrauss@hotmail.com

Aliens and Angels: Social Norms and Metaphysical Chauvinism. Kevin Ladd, Indiana University, kladd@iusb.edu, Catherine Borshuk, Indiana University, cborshuk@iusb.edu, Peter Ashbaugh, Indiana University, pasbaugh@iusb.edu, Lindie Maddox, Indiana University, lmaddox@iusb.edu

Exploring Religious Bias in the DIT and the WAIS-III. Lora D. Theiss-White, ldwhite@worldnet.att.net

The Intrinsic-Extrinsic Interaction: The Return of the Ostracize. Michael J. Donahue,

Azusa Pacific University, mdonahue@apu.edu

 

Friday, 5:00 – 6:15 Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom C

RRA Presidential Address

Introduction: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick, nasoncla@unb.ca

From Religious Markets to Religious Communities: Contrasting Implications for Applied Research.

Presidential Address: D. Paul Johnson, Texas Tech University, D.Paul.Johnson@ttu.edu

 

Friday, 6:30 Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom A

Reception

Saturday, November 2, 2002

Saturday, 7:30 – 8:30 AM Meeting Room: Canyon I

RRX Breakfast

Saturday, 7:30 – 8:30 AM Meeting Room: Topaz

SSSR Business Meeting

E1 – SSSR

Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Ballroom

Politics and Religious Practice

Organizer / Convener: Rebecca A. Allahyari, School of American Research, allahyari@sarsf.org

Religious Practice in Everyday Life, Nancy Tatom Ammerman, Hartford Seminary, nta@hartsem.edu

A Fertile Meeting Ground?: Environmental Practice and the Greening of Religious Institutions, Rebecca Kneale Gould, Middlebury College, rgould@middlebury.edu

Picturing Religious Practices: Christian Charities and the New Deal, Colleen McDannell, University of Utah, colleen.mcd@utah.edu

Discussant: Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University, wuthnow@princeton.edu

E2 – SSSR

Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Salon I

Syncretism in Contemporary Japanese Religions

Organizer / Convener: Mark Mullins, Sophia University, mmullins@tkm.att.ne.jp

Recent Studies on Eclecticism and Syncretism in Japanese Religions. Morishita Saburo, Tenri University, Smorishi@sta.tenri-u.ac.jp

Finding a Place for the Ancestors in Japanese Christianity. Mark R. Mullins, Sophia University, mmullins@tkm.att.ne.jp

Indications of Japanese Religious Eclecticism and Syncretism in Recent Survey Data. Robert Kisala, Nanzan University, kisala@ic.nanzan-u.ac.jp

Syncretism in Japanese New Religions: The Case of Aum and Aleph. Michiko Lico Maekawa, University of Tokyo, VZQ11114@nifty.ne.jp

Discussant: Eileen Barker, London School of Economics

E3 – RRA

Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Seminar Theater

Religious Congregations Membership Study

Organizer / Convener: Richard Houseal, Church of the Nazarene, Rhouseal@nazarene.org

A Review of RCMS Methods and Data Trends. Dale Jones, Church of the Nazarene, djones@nazarene.org; Richard Houseal, Church of the Nazarene, Rhouseal@nazarene.org

Trends and Changes in Catholic Data. Cliff Grammich, Glenmary Research Center, glenmary2000@aol.com; Ken Sanchagrin, Glenmary Research Center, ksanchagrin@glenmary.org

Trends and Changes in Mainline Denominations. Jack Marcum, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), jmarcum@ctr.pcusa.org

Using RCMS Data on the ARDA Web Site. Roger Finke, Pennsylvania State University, rfinke@psu.edu

E4 – SSSR

Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Salon III

Outreach and Caring in Religious Practice

Organizer / Convener: Wendy Cadge, Princeton University, gacadge@princeton.edu

Congregational Sponsorship of Health-Related Programs: Examining patterns and Correlates. Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas at Austin, cellison@mail.la.utexas.edu, Jason Boardman, University of Colorado-Boulder, jasonb@mail.la.utexas.edu

Coalition Ministries and the Provision of Social Services: Data from a National Survey. Paula Pipes, University of Houston, ppipes@uh.edu, Helen Rose Ebaugh, University of Houston

Care giving from the Recipients' Perspective: A Comparison of Mainline Protestants and Evangelicals. Joan Walling, Princeton University, jwalling@princeton.edu

Reconstructing the Protestant Work Ethic. William H. Lockhart, Baylor University, William_Lockhart@baylor.edu

E5 – SSSR

Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Alpine East

Sites and Insights: Reports from the Field Research of the NSLLPC

Organizer / Convener: Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Brooklyn College

Jason Perez, Brooklyn College CUNY, jmperez15@hotmail.com

Sarah Bronwen Horton, University of New Mexico, sbh16@unm.edu

Susan Eichenburger, University of Florida, sueich@ufl.edu

Maria Ponciano, Brooklyn College CUNY, Cubanmaja@aol.com

Discussant: Yolanda Prieto, Ramapo College, yprieto@ramapo.edu

E6 – SSSR / NAASR

Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Suite 324

The Academic Study of Religion during the Cold War

Organizer / Convener: Russell T. McCutcheon, University of Alabama, russell.mccutcheon@ua.edu

Lubos Belka, Masaryk University, belka@phil.muni.cz

Luther H. Martin, The University of Vermont, lhmartin@zoo.uvm.edu

Donald Wiebe, Trinity College, dwiebe@trinity.utoronto.ca

Discussants: Luther H. Martin, The University of Vermont, lhmartin@zoo.uvm.edu; Russell T. McCutcheon

E7 – RRA

Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Alpine West

Theorists Meet Practitioners

Convener: D. Paul Johnson, Texas Tech University, D.Paul.Johnson@ttu.edu

Panel:

William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR/RRA Executive Office, bill4329@hotmail.com

James Wellman, University of Washington, jkwamw@uswest.net

Mike McMullen, University of Houston-Clear Lake, mcmullen@cl.uh.edu

E8 – RRA

Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Canyon III

Research from "Pulpit and Pew" Duke Pastoral Leadership Project

Organizer / Convener: Jackson W. Carroll, Duke Divinity School, jcarroll@div.duke.edu

Changing Views of the Priesthood by Catholic Priests, 1970-2001. Dean R. Hoge, Catholic University, hoge@cua.edu; Jacqueline E. Wenger, Catholic University, 04wenger@cua.edu

Breaking Free of the Market: Clergy Salaries in the 21st Century.

Becky R. McMillan, Duke Divinity School, bmcmillan@div.duke.edu

‘At Ease in Zion?’ Clergy Commitment and Satisfaction. Jackson W. Carroll, Duke Divinity School, jcarroll@div.duke.edu

E9 – SSSR

Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Topaz

Syncretism in World Religions

Organizer / Convener: Jerry Pankhurst, Wittenberg College

Religious Syncretism. Liliane Voye

Religious Practice, Beliefs and Social Identity of Hidden Christians in Japan. Dorothea M. Filus, University of Tokyo, filus@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Calling Rastafari: From Regional Cult to Global Religion? Stephen D. Glazier, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, sglaz1234@aol.com

Religious Identification and Practice among "Half-Jewish" Individuals and Families in the 21st Century. Bruce Phillips, Hebrew Union College, Bphillips@huc.edu

E10 – SSSR

Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Canyon I

The Political Economy of Islam

Convener/Discussant: Guity Nashat-Becker, University of Illinois at Chicago, gnashat@uic.edu

The Economic Ascent of the Middle East's Religious Minorities: The Role of Islamic Legal Pluralism. Timur Kuran, University of Southern California, kuran@usc.edu

Hamas, Taliban, and the Jewish Underground: An Economist's View of Radical Religious Militias. Eli Berman, Rice University, eli@rice.edu

Organizing Islam for Politics in Western Europe, Carolyn M. Warner, Arizona State University, carolyn.warner@asu.edu; Manfred Wenner

E11 – SSSR

Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 Meeting Room: Salon II

Effects of Ritual on Non-Ritual Action

Convener: Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary, alummis@hartsem.edu

Deep Structures: Relationship Schemas and Ritual Practices. Matthew Lawson, The College of New Jersey, mlawson@tcnj.edu

A Ritual Reproduction of Racial and Economic Tensions. Bonnie Wright, Wayne State University, Bonwan22@aol.com

The Recovery of Ritual: The Religious Quest of the Post-Boomer Generations. Richard Flory, Biola University, richard.flory@biola.edu, Donald Miller, University of Southern California

F1 – SSSR

Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Salon I

Religion and the Work Place

Convener: Marion Goldman, University of Oregon, mgoldman@oregon.uoregon.edu

Corporate Cults- A New Face of Old Phenomenon? A Pilot Study in Poland. Tomasz Ochinowski, Warsaw University, ochinto@mail.wz.uw.edu.pl

Encounters and Dialogue in International Industrial Projects: The Role of Religion and World-View in the Everyday Life on a Site. Ruth Lillhannus, Abo Akademi University, ruth.lillhannus@abo.fi

Raging Within the Machine: Spirituality in the Workplace as Social Protest. Wendy Martin, University of Ottawa, wendymartin@yahoo.com

F2 – SSSR

Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Ballroom

Religious Practice, Lived Experience

Organizer / Convener: Merideth McGuire, Trinity University, mmcguire@trinity.edu

Robert Orsi, Harvard University, rorsi@hds.harvard.edu

Steven Glazier, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Sglaz1234@aol.com

John Bartkowski, Mississippi State University, Bartkowski@soc.msstate.edu

James Spickard, University of Redlands, Jim_Spickard@redlands.edu

Meredith McGuire, Trinity University, mmcguire@trinity.edu

Discussant: Merideth McGuire, Trinity University, mmcguire@trinity.edu

F3 – SSSR

Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Salon III

Risking a Dialogue on Religion and Race

Organizer / Convener: Elfriede Wedam, The Polis Center-IUPUI, ewedam@iupui.edu; Michael Emerson, Rice University, moe@rice.edu

Elfriede Wedam, The Polis Center-IUPUI, ewedam@iupui.edu

Tyrone Simpson, Indiana University, trsimpso@indiana.edu

Discussant: Michael Emerson, Rice University, moe@rice.edu

F4 – RRA

Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Salon II

Religious Identity and Symbol/Ritual

Convener: Katie Day, Lutheran Theological Seminary, kday@ltsp.edu

The Sociology of Religious Experience: Theory and Applied Research. Matthew T. Evans, Brigham Young University, mte3@email.byu.edu

The Spiritual Self: Toward a Theory of Spiritual Identity Development. Justin B. Poll, Brigham Young University, jbp44@email.byu.edu; Timothy B. Smith, Brigham Young University, timsmith@byu.edu

Remembering 9/11: Media, Religion and Meaning-Making in Commemorative Ritual. Stewart M. Hoover, University of Colorado at Boulder, hoover@colorado.edu; Anna Maria Russo, University of Colorado at Boulder, anamaria.russo@colorado.edu

People Make the Place: Identity and Conflict in Religious Congregations. Reinard Nauta, Tilburg Faculty of Religion, R.Nauta@kub.nl

F5 – SSSR

Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Alpine East

Religious Pluralism

Convener: Kevin Christiano, University of Notre Dame, kevin.j.christiano.1@nd.edu

Pluralism and Globalization Need New Religions. Eileen Barker, e.barker@pse.ac.uk

Results from New Methods of Studying Religious Pluralism. Daniel V. A. Olson, IUSB, dolson@iusb.edu

Competitive Spirits: Latin America's New Free Market Religious Economy. R. Andrew Chesnut, University of Houston, rchesnut@mail.uh.edu

Attitudes toward Religious Pluralism among Exemplars of Christian Virtue. Paul Kennedy, George Fox University, pkennedy@georgefox.edu

F6 – SSSR

Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Seminar Theater

Religion and Politics

Convener: Laura Olson, LOlson8274@aol.com

Something Within or Without? Black Evangelicals Revisited. Daniel D. Stratton, University of Arizona, dstratto@u.arizona.edu

The Six-Day War and Religion and Politics in Israel and Egypt. Daniel Price, Kent State University, dprice0@kent.edu

Activism and Religious Belief- Religion and Politics in the U.S. and Mexico. Matthew Loveland, University of Notre Dame, Loveland.1@nd.edu, David Ortiz, University of Notre Dame, dortiz@nd.edu

F7 – SSSR

Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Topaz

Religion, Political Economy, and Society

Organizer / Convener: Katherine Meyer, Ohio State University, Meyer.23@osu.edu

Religion and Political Economy in an International Panel. Robert Barro, Harvard University, rbarro@harvard.edu

Salvation, Damnation, and Economic Incentives. Rachel McCleary, Harvard University, mccleary@wcfia.harvard.edu

Education and Religion. Edward Glaeser, Harvard University, eglaeser@harvard.edu

Discussant: James Montgomery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, jmontgom@ssc.wisc.edu

F8 – SSSR

Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Canyon I

September 11th

Organizer / Convener: Chris Smith, University of North Carolina, cssmith@email.unc.edu

Responses to September 11th among College Students at a North Carolina Congregation. Chad Seales, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, seales@email.unc.edu

Hero Priest: Fr. Mychal Judge. Joyce Smith, Ryerson University, jlsmith@ryerson.ca

How Islamic People Discuss 9/11 on the Internet. Jon Bloch, Southern Connecticut State University, Bloch@southernct.edu

F9 – RRA

Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Alpine West

Telling "FACTS": Issues of Data Dissemination

Organizer and Convener:  Carl Dudley, Hartford Seminary, cdudley@hartsem.edu

Whose views of the Pews? Comparison of Key Informant (FACT) and Member

Survey data (USCLS), Craig This, United Methodist Church, cthis@gcom-umc.org

A Sunday Drive on the Information Superhighway: The Use of Web-based

Research by Religious Groups, Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary,

sthumma@hartsem.edu

Selective Perceptions of FACT: How Denominations Use Data Differently, Carl

Dudley, Hartford Seminary, cdudley@hartsem.edu

F10 – SSSR

Saturday, 10:15 – 11:45 Meeting Room: Canyon III

Author Meets Critic Session: Restless Gods: The Renaissance of Religion in Canada, Reginald Bibby

Convener: Armand L Mauss, almauss@cox.net

Karel Dobbelaere, dobbelaere.voye@skynet.be

Leslie S. Laczko, University of Ottawa, laczko@uottawa.ca

Roger Finke, Pennsylvania State University, rfinke@psu.edu

Respondent: Reginald Bibby, University of Lethbridge, bibby@uleth.ca

 

Saturday, 12:00 – 1:00 Meeting Room: Topaz

RRA Business Meeting

 

Saturday, 12:00 – 1:00 Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom A

TANSTAAFL Luncheon for Religion and Economics

G1 – SSSR

Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Ballroom

Theory and Method in the Work of Robert Orsi

Organizer / Convener: David G. Hackett, University of Florida, Dhackett@religion.ufl.edu

Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, Columbia, neitzm@missouri.edu

Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado, jacobsjl@stripe.colorado.edu

Rebecca Kneale Gould, Middlebury College, rgould@jaguar.middlebury.edu

Respondent: Robert A. Orsi, Harvard Divinity School, robert_orsi@harvard.edu

G2 – SSSR

Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Suite 324

Religion and Conflict

Convener: Jon P. Bloch, Southern Connecticut State University, jonpbloch@mac.com

Visions of Dixie: the "Stars and Bars" in Popular Culture. Julie Ingersoll, University of North Florida, jingerso@unf.edu

Fundamentalism, Authoritarianism, and Terror Management. Kevin Ladd, Indiana University, kladd@iusb.edu, Sarah Guthrie, Indiana University, sguthrie@iusb.edu

Religious Visions and Sacred Terror: The Case of Contemporary Islam. Charles Selengut, cselengu@drew.edu

Religion and Two Types of Aggression Attitudes, Steve Johnson, sjohnso5@bsu.edu

Discussant: Jon P. Bloch, Southern Connecticut State University, jonpbloch@mac.com

G3 – SSSR

Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Salon III

Women and Religion

Convener: Georgie Ann Weatherby, weatherb@gonzaga.edu

Discursive Spaces: Christian Women's Performances and Hidden Transcripts. Candice D. Ortbals, Indiana University, cortbals@indiana.edu

Practicing and Performing Catholicism: Three Explorations of Religious Agency. Laura Leming, leming@udayton.edu

Discussant: Georgie Ann Weatherby, weatherb@gonzaga.edu

G4 – SSSR

Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Canyon I

Religion and Race II

Convener: Katie Lofton, University of North Carolina, klofton@email.unc.edu

Race and Religion at an Evangelical College: An In-Depth Case Study. Brad Christerson, Biola University, Brad.Christerson@bubbs.biola.edu, Pete Menjares, Biola University

A Comparison of Religiosity between European-Americans, African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans. George Yancey, University of North Texas, yancey@scs.cmm.unt.edu

Congregational Climate. Keith Wulff, Presbyterian Church, kwulff@ctr.pcusa.org

Race and Family in Jonestown: What the Numbers Say. Rebecca Moore, San Diego State University, remoore@mail.sdsu.edu

G5 – SSSR

Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Salon I

Religion and Spirituality

Convener: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick, nasoncla@unb.ca

Play, Performance, and Sacred Action: Psychoanalytic Sociology and Experiential Religiosity. Andrea Coukos, acoukos@juno.com

Constructing 'Celticity': How Neo-Pagans Define Celtic Spirituality through Popular Discourse on the Internet. Monica Emerich, University of Colorado, monica.emerich@colorado.edu

Shamanistic Methods in the Martial Arts: NINPO. Ronald Holt, Weber State University, RHOLT2@weber.edu

Individual Spiritual Practice and Social Transformation: Everyday Transcendent Communion as a Cultural Resource in Social Change. Gregory C. Stanczak, gstancza@usc.edu, Donald Miller, University of Southern California

G6 – RRA

Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Topaz

Church Authority and Decision-Making

Convener: Bryan T. Froehle, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University, froehleb@georgetown.edu

Comparison of Data Forms and Church Consultants in Measuring Vital Congregations in the UMC. Craig This, United Methodist Church, cthis@gcom-umc.org

Revival or Extinction? An Application of System Dynamics to Church Attendance and Membership Data. John Hayward, University of Glamorgan, jhayward@glam.ac.uk

G7 – SSSR

Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Seminar Theater

Working with News Media: What to do when a reporter calls

Organizer / Convener: Kyle Cole, American Academy of Religion, kcole@aarweb.org

Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, sthumma@hartsem.edu

Carrie Moore, Deseret News, carrie@desnews.com

Debra Mason, Religion Newswriters Association, RNA@rna.org

Yonat Shimron, Raleigh News & Observer, yshimron@nando.com

G8 – SSSR

Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Alpine West

Stereotypes and Surveys: Revisiting Religion Among Latinos/as

Organizer / Convener: Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Brooklyn College CUNY, astevens@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Brooklyn College CUNY, astevens@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Helen Rose Ebaugh, University of Houston, ebaugh@uh.edu

Cynthia Woolever, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), cwooleve@ctr.pcusa.org

Barry L. Kosmin, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, London, kosmin.jpr@jpr.org.uk

Discussant: Anneris Goris, Brooklyn College CUNY, agoris@brookly.cuny.edu

G9 – SSSR

Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Alpine East

Contributions of Armand L. Mauss to Mormon and Other Religious Studies

(Second session MSSA) Mormon Social Science Association

Organizer / Convener: O. Kendall White, Jr., Washington and Lee University, whitek@wlu.edu

Charles Y. Glock, University of California, Berkeley, cyg@netw.com

Gary Shepherd, Oakland University, shepherd@oakland.edu

Thomas Murphy, Edmonds Community College, tmurphy@edcc.edu

Respondent: Armand L Mauss, almauss@cox.net

G10 – SSSR

Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Canyon III

Religion and Social Capital

Convener/Discussant: Jean Ensminger, California Institute of Technology, jensming@hss.caltech.edu

Religious Liberty, Education, and Economic development. Robert Woodberry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, bobwood@email.unc.edu

Social Mobility and Religion: Evidence from Lebanon. Marianne El Khoury, the World Bank, Washington, DC, Ugo Panizza, Inter-American Development Bank, UGOP@iadb.org

Religion as an Intervening Variable. Ekkehart Schlicht, University of Munich, Ekkehart.Schlicht@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Who are the Canters? Economists, Evangelicals, and Other ‘Parasites’. David Levy, George Mason University, DavidMLevy@aol.com, Sandra Peart, Baldwin-Wallace College, speart@bw.edu

G11 – SSSR

Saturday, 1:15 – 2:45 Meeting Room: Salon II

God Images III

Convener: Pierre Hegy

God images and the religious imagination: Theoretical perspective and empirical validation. Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@adelphi.edu

God images, personal wellbeing and moral values. Leslie J. Francis, University of Wales, L.J.Francis@Bangor.ac.uk

Nontraditional and Impersonal God Images and Their Correlates with Religious Orientation. Stephen Krauss, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, stephenkrauss@hotmai.com

H1 – SSSR

Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Salon I

Religion in Historical Perspective

Organizer / Convener: Chris Smith, University of North Carolina, cssmith@email.unc.edu

American Mission in the Philippines "for God and for the Nation". Reine Perreault, 

Reformation in Germany, Was it only Religion? David Brennan, University of New South Wales, dwbrennan@iprimus.com.au

H2 – RRA

Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Topaz

Religion and Leadership

Convener: William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR/RRA Executive Office, bill4329@hotmail.com

Social Movements, Deviant Religions and Religious Innovation. Veerle Draulans, Tilburg University, Veerle.Draulans@soc.kuleuven.ac.be

Leadership Formation in Ministerial Education: Assessment and Analysis of Leadership Traits in Seventh-Day Adventist Pastors in North America. Roger L. Dudley, Andrews University, dudley@andrews.edu

Moving Individualism/Autonomy to Community/Covenant: A Critical Dilemma for Regional and National Church Leaders. Adair T. Lummis, Hartford Seminary, alummis@hartsem.edu

H3 – SSSR

Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Canyon I

Religion and Health

Convener: Sue Monahan, Montana State University, smonahan@montana.edu

Spiritual Care in Terminal Palliative Care: Quality from Patient Perspective. Johan Bouwer, Theological University of Kampen, 

Gender, Marital Status, and Alcohol Behavior: The Neglected Role of Religion? Christopher Ellison, cellison@mail.la.utexas.edu, Jennifer Barrett, Benjamin B. Moulton, University of Texas, Austin

H4 – SSSR

Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Seminar Theater

Alternative Forms of Religion

Convener: Rebecca Moore, San Diego State University, remoore@mail.sdsu.edu

Constructing Secularization: Classification and Religious Decline as a Self-fulfilling Prophecy. Evelyn L. Bush, Cornell University, elb10@cornell.edu

"Welcome to Flabbergast" The Properties of Supernatural Entities in a Constructed Religion. Matti Kamppinen, University of Turku, matti.kamppinen@utu.fi

The Raelian Movement’s Cloning Project: Postmillennial Expectation and the Quest for Social Legitimacy in a UFO Religion, Susan Palmer, Dawson College, spalmer@runt.dawsoncollege.qc.ca

H5 – SSSR

Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Alpine East

Religious Research in the Classroom - Peer Learning Among New Immigrants

Organizer / Convener: Anthony Stevens Arroyo; Andras Tapolcai, Brooklyn College, a_tapolcai@hotmail.com

Andras Tapolcai, Brooklyn College, a_tapolcai@hotmail.com

Donata Blekhster, donata3282@aol.com

Ronald De Suze, trini_mix_breed@hotmail.com

Stella Domenech, sorrowcrys@aol.com

H6 – SSSR

Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Alpine West

Religion, Violence and Discourse

Organizer / Convener: Ron E. Hassner

Daniel O'Connell, Loyola University of Chicago, DOCONN1@wpo.it.luc.edu

Brenda E. Brasher, Mount Union College, brashebe@muc.edu

John Auping, Universidad Iberoamericana, jauping@data.net.mx

Melissa M. Wilcox, University of California, Santa Barbara, wilcox@religion.ucsb.edu

Discussant: Ron E. Hassner

H7 – RRA

Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Salon II

International Religious Comparisons

Convener: Dana Fenton, Lehman College, City University of New York, ddfen@juno.com

Explaining the Revivalist Concept of Secularism in India: Competing Arguments. Santosh C. Saha, Mount Union College, sahasc@muc.edu

A Translation of a Publication by the Chinese Anti-Cult Association. Bryan C. Edelman, University of Nevada-Reno, bryane@unr.nevada.edu; James T. Richardson, University of Nevada-Reno, jtr@unr.edu

Deconstruction of Identity among Catholic Priests. Michael Mason, Australian Catholic University, m.mason@patrick.acu.edu.au

H8 – SSSR

Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Ballroom

Gary Becker and the Economic Approach to the Study of Religion

Organizer / Convener: Laurence Iannaccone, George Mason University, larry@econzone.com

Panelists:

Barry Chiswick, University of Illinois, Chicago, brchis@uic.edu

Laurence Iannaccone, George Mason University, larry@econzone.com

Edward Glaeser, Harvard University, eglaeser@harvard.edu

Respondent: Gary S. Becker, University of Chicago, gbecker@midway.uchicago.edu

H9 – SSSR

Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Salon III

Religion, Power, and Trust

Convener: Anthony J. Blasi, Tennessee State University, Blasi3610@cs.com

Mapping Religion and Subdomains of Heterosexism: Tradition, Religiosity and Religious Orientation. N. Eugene Walls, walls.5@nd.edu, Eric Sartain, University of Notre Dame, sartain.1@nd.edu

Religion and Conflict: From the Celts vs. the Romans to Jerry Falwell vs. Secular America. Melinda Bollar Wagner, Radford University, mwagner@radford.edu

Trust, Religion, and the Social Environment. Alan S. Miller, Hokkaido University, amiller@let.hokudai.ac.jp, John P. Hoffmann, Brigham Young University, John_Hoffmann@byu.edu

Morality and Religiosity: The Link between the Micro and Macro Levels of Religion on Attitudes about Abortion, Homosexuality, and Cohabitation. Amy Adamczyk, ala169@psu.edu

H10 – SSSR

Saturday, 3:00 – 4:30 Meeting Room: Canyon III

Religion and Youth

Convener: Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Colorado, lynn.clark@colorado.edu

Examining Pathways between Adolescent Religiosity and Prosocial Behavior. Sam Hardy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, samhardy_unl@yahoo.com

Community Relations in Northern Ireland: The Attitudes of Children to Contact and Integration. Christopher Alan Lewis, University of Ulster at Magee College, CA.Lewis@Ulst.ac.uk

Religiosity and Denominational Affiliation as Predictors of Childrearing Attitudes. Kathy Ritchie, Indiana University South Bend, Kritchie@iusb.edu

Saturday, 5:00 – 6:15 Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom C

SSSR Special Presidential Plenary

Speaker: Is the Study of Lived Religion Relevant for the World we Live In?, Robert Orsi, Harvard University, rorsi@hds.harvard.edu

 

Saturday, 6:30 Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer

Cash Bar

Saturday, 7:00 Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom A and B

Banquet and Awards Ceremony

 

Sunday, November 2, 2002

I1 – SSSR

Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Meeting Room: Topaz

Parents, Children, and Religion

Convener: Mark D. Regnerus, University of Texas, Austin, regnerus@calvin.edu

Parental Religiosity and Behavior Problems in Young Children. Christopher Ellison, University of Texas, Austin, cellison@bertie.la.utexas.edu, Xiaohe Xu, Mississippi State, Xu@soc.Msstate.edu, John Bartkowski, Mississippi State University, Bartkowski@soc.msstate.edu, Robert Woldman, University of Texas, Austin

Is Religion Relevant for Teenagers and What Impact Does it have on

Risk Behavior. Ram A. Cnaan, Richard J. Gelles, Jill W. Sinha

Keeping God in the Classroom: A Study of Christian Home schooling Parents in Canada. Lanette Ruff, ruff@fundy.net, d3df@unb.ca

I2 – SSSR

Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Meeting Room: Salon I

Religion, Transcendence, and Humanity

Convener: John W. Traphagan, University of Texas, Austin, jtrap@mail.utexas.edu

Toward Understanding Man: A Comparative Approach. Syed Ali Mehdi, syedmehdi@sancharnet.in

Inward, Outward, and Upward: Affective Aspects of Prayer. Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University, kladd@iusb.edu

The Relationship between Individualism-Collectivism and Religious Orientation. Stacy A. Hammons, Fresno Pacific University, shammons@fresno.edu

The Critique of Modernity, Life Together and the Experience of Transcendence: The Significance of the thought of Alan Touraine for the Scientific Study of Religion. Peter J. Albano, St. John's Seminary, Palbano@sjs-sc.org

I3 – SSSR / RRA

Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Meeting Room: Seminar Theater

Religion, Media Production, and Media Consumption

Convener: Stewart Hoover, University of Colorado, hoover@colorado.edu

Religious Television in the 21st century: the future of PAX TV in an era of media consolidation. Hillary Warren, Denison University, warren@denison.edu

Faithful Evangelist or Cultural Conformer? The Problem of Producing Christian Popular Culture. Charles M. Brown, Albright College, cbrown@alb.edu

Kerry Strayer, Otterbein College, kstrayer@otterbein.edu

Old Time Religion or New Horizons? A Closer Look at How the Internet Affects Religious Beliefs and Practices of Christians, J. D. Keeler, Regent University, johnkee@regent.edu

The Circumscribed Totem: Reflections on the "Monica Affair", Anthony J. Blasi, Tennessee State University, Blasi3610@cs.com

I4 – SSSR

Sunday, 8:00 – 9:30 Meeting Room: Suite 324

Religion, Identity and Worldview

Convener: Dave Sikkink, University of Notre Dame, dsikkink@nd.edu

The Dialectics of Participating in the Sacred Canopy: A Critical Ethnography of Identity and Religion in Australia. Victoria Yew, University of Sydney, v.yew@edfac.usyd.edu.au

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