Thursday, October 23, 2003

SSSR Council Meeting

8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  

Riverview

 Early Bird Tour Option: Colonial Williamsburg Overview

12:00-6:00 p.m.

Front Lobby

 RRA Board Meeting

2:00-5:30 p.m.

Riverview

 

Joint SSSR/RRA Council Dinner

6:30-8:00 p.m.    

Aroma Café and Grill

Registration

6:00-9:00 p.m.     

Kickoff Reception and Welcome

8:00-10:00 p.m.  

Riverwalk

Friday, October 24, 2003

 Registration

8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

 Book Exhibit

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

York

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A1 - SSSR Session

Friday, 8:30-10:00                          Riverview

The National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR): A Report on Research Methods and Preliminary Findings

 Organizer and Convener: Christian Smith, University

 of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, cssmith@email.unc.edu

  The Purpose and Goals of the NSYR . Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, cssmith@email.unc.edu                                                              

Survey and Interviews Research Methodology of the NSYR., Melinda Lundquist Denton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, mlund@email.unc.edu

 

Preliminary Youth Religion Findings of the NSYR Survey. Darci Powell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, dapowell@email.unc.edu ; Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, cssmith@email.unc.edu  

 

Preliminary Adolescent Outcome Findings of the NSYR . Mark Regnerus, University of Texas at Austin, regnerus@prc.utexas.edu ; and Lisa Pearce, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ldpearce@email.unc.edu  

 

A2 - RRA Session

Friday, 8:30-10:00                          Merrimac

Faith Communities Today Study (FACT): A Report on Findings about Engaged Congregations

 

Organizer: Craig This, United Methodist Church, cthis@gcom-umc.org

 

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

 

Faith-Group Surprises and Confirmations in Faith-based Community Ministries Carl S. Dudley, Hartford Seminary, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, cdudley@hartsem.edu  

 

The Congregation Engaged in Social Activism.  Paul Light, Light Consultants, light@unidial.com  

 

The Congregation Engaged in Conflict. Carl Dudley, Hartford Seminary, cdudley@hartsem.edu  

 

The Congregation Engaged in Youth Involvement and Growth.  David Roozen, Hartford Seminary, droozen@hartsem.edu  

 

The Mega-Church Engaged.  Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, sthumma@hartsem.edu  

 (Refreshments will be served to Faith Communities Today session participants between this session and session B2.)

 

A3 - SSSR Session

Friday, 8:30-10:00                          Montpelier

Cult Awareness Groups and NRM Scholars:

Toward Constructive Dialogue

 

Organizer/ Convener: Eileen Barker, London School of Economics, e.barker@lse.ac.uk

 

Introduction: Classifying Cult Watching Groups. Eileen Barker, London School of Economics, e.barker@lse.ac.uk

 

Cult Awareness Groups and NRM Scholars: Toward Depolarization of Key Issues.  Michael Langone, American Family Foundation, aff@csj.org

 

Discussant: Eileen Barker, London School of Economics.

                                               

A4 - SSSR Session

Friday, 8:30-10:00                          Greenway

New Methods for the Study of Religion

 

Convener and Discussant: Carmel U. Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago, cchis@uic.edu

 

The Accidental Atheist: An “Agent-Based” Model of Mobility, Conformity, and Religious Regionalism.  Laurence R. Iannaccone, George Mason University, Larry@EconZone.com.

 

Religious Ritual and Cooperation: Testing for a Relationship on Israeli Religious and Secular Kibbutzim.  Richard Sosis, University of Connecticut, richard.sosis@uconn.edu, Bradley Ruffle, bradley@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

 

The UK 2001 Census of Religion and the American Religious Identification Survey 2001: A Comparative Analysis of Methodology and the Use of Religious CategoriesBarry A. Kosmin, Ariela Keysar and Egon Mayer, University of Southampton, UK; CUNY Graduate Center; and Brooklyn College, CUNY, kosmin.jpr@jpr.org.uk.

 

Religious Research Online: The National Geographic Surveys.  William S. Bainbridge, National Science Foundation, wbainbri@nsf.gov

A5 - SSSR Session

Friday, 8:30-10:00                          Brandon B

Religious Identity and Spirituality in a Secular Society

 

Organizer/ Convener: Gary D. Bouma, Monash University, gary.bouma@adm.monash.edu .au

 

Religious Identification and the 2001 Australian National Census. Gary D. Bouma, Monash University, gary.bouma@adm.monash.edu .au

 

Implications of the Expansion Strategy upon Religious Coherency and Change, Zehavit Gross, Bar-Ilan University, grossz@mail.biu.ac.il

 

After the New Age: Parareligion and Pseudoscience. William S. Bainbridge, National Science Foundation, wbainbri@nsf.gov

 

Spirituality as a Revised Form of Religiosity,   Zehavit Gross, Bar-Ilan University, grossz@mail.biu.ac.il

 

A6 - SSSR Session

Friday, 8:30-10:00                          Eppington

Religion and Popular Culture I: The Christian Popular Culture Industry

 

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

 

Enemy at the Gate: Gatekeeping and Censorship in the Christian Popular Culture Industry. Charles M. Brown, Albright College, cbrown@alb.edu

 

“Selling Sidelines”: Christian Bookstores and Popular Culture. Anne Borden, Emory University, alborde@emory.edu

 

Spiritual Shopping: The Effects of State-Level Demographics and Religious Economies Upon the Locations of Psychics, Astrologers, and Christian Bookstores. William Lockhart, Baylor University, william_lockhart@baylor.edu

 

Markets, Media, and Masses: The Veggie Tale Journey of the Mediated Evangelical Message. Warren Hillary, Otterbein College, hwarren@otterbein.edu

  

A7 - SSSR Session

Friday, 8:30-10:00                           Brandon A

Psychology and Religion

 

Convener:  David M. Wulff, Wheaton College, dwulff@wheatonma.edu

 

“Objects to Think With”: Jungian Symbolism, Psychoanalytic Politics, and the Origins of the Human Potential MovementAndrea Coukos, University of Oregon, acoukos@juno.com

 

The Lexical Structure of Social Attitudes in Romania: Religious Implications.  Stephen W. Krauss, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, stephenkrauss@hotmail.com

 

Prayer and Personal Character.  Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University South Bend, kladd@iusb.edu

 

A Second Attempt to Replicate the Altered States of Consciousness Induction Device.  Michael E. Nielsen, Georgia Southern University, mnielsen@gasou.edu ,  Brandon Randolph-Seng, brzeng@hotmail.com ,  Jennifer Kujawski, ariel305@aol.com  , and Amanda Winger

 

A8 - SSSR Session

Friday, 8:30-10:00                          Claremont

Immigrant Experiences of Religion

 

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

 

How Religion Matters for Chicago's New Immigrants, Fred Kniss, Loyola University Chicago, FKNISS@wpo.it.luc.edu

 

Belonging:  Immigrants and the Australian Catholic Church, Mary Noseda, Australian Catholic University, mjnose001@student.patrick.acu.edu.au

 

Migration and Religious Change in the Spanish-speaking Population of Santa Barbara County, California.  Mary I. O'Connor, University of California, Santa Barbara, moconnor@isber.ucsb.edu         

 

Leaving the Ethnic Church: The Spiritual Pursuits of Armenians in the Mainstream.  Tim Fisher, University of Southern California, tnf@usc.edu

 

Local Religious Transformation: The Consequences of Immigration to the Local Religious Scene in the City of Turku, FinlandTuomas Martikainen, Åbo Akademi University, tuomas.martikainen@abo.fi

 

A9 - SSSR Session

Friday, 8:30-10:00                          Stratford

Islam in America: Preliminary Reports and Findings

Organizer and Convener:  Lawrence Mamiya, Vassar College, mamiya@vassar.edu

Muslim Attitudes Towards Accomodation in America and the Discussion of Religious Outsiders.  Ihsan Bagby, University of Kentucky at Lexington, Iabagb2@uky.edu

From Periphery to Center: Mainstreaming of an Ethno-religious Movement:  the Case of the Nation of Islam.  Nuri Tinaz, University of Warwick, England, tinaz_nuri@hotmail.com

Islam in American Prisons: Change and Transformation in Prison and Beyond the Walls.  Lawrence Mamiya, Vassar College, mamiya@vassar.edu

With My Face to the Rising Sun: Islam and the Construction of Afro-Christian Tradition in the United States.  Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College, ctgilkes@colby.edu

 

A10 - SSSR Session

Friday, 8:30-10:00                          Wilton

Apostacy, Disaffection, and Religious Switching

Convener: Dana Fenton, New York, NY, ddfen@juno.com

Church Leaders’ Perceptions of the Causes of Apostasy. Suzanne Fournier, Cascade College, sfournier@cascade.edu  and Brian Simmons, Cascade College, bsimmons@cascade.edu

People Make the Place: Identity and Conflict in Religious Congregations. Reinard Nauta, Tilburg Faculty of Theology, r.nauta@uvt.nl

Educational Differences and Similarities: An Analysis of Parents and Children's Educational Attainment on Change in Protestant Religious Preferences.  Amy Adamczyk, Pennsylvania State University, ala169@psu.edu

Developing A New Model of Religious Conversion Careers. Henri Gooren, IIMO, Utrecht University NWO, MAGW, gooren@nwo.nl

 

A11 - SSSR Session

Friday, 8:30-10:00                          Providence

New Approaches to Classical Theories

Convener: William H. Swatos, Jr.,  ASR and RRA, bill4329@hotmail.com

The Economic Effects of Christian Moralities. Benito Arrunada, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, benito.arrunada@econ.upf.es

Weber on Usury: New Inquiries into an Old Topic. Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont, lutz.kaelber@uvm.edu

Rethinking the Class-Sect Link.   Sam Reimer, Atlantic Baptist University, sam.reimer@abu.nb.ca

A Disestablished Establishment Does Not Give In to Change: The Church of Sweden after the Turn of the Millennium, Jørgen Straarup, Umeå University, Sweden, Jorgen.Straarup@religion.umu.se

Charisma and Routinization in Trinidadian Religions. Stephen D. Glazier. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, sglaz1234@aol.com

             

B1 - SSSR Session

Friday, 10:15-11:45                         Riverview

Issues in Qualitative Research Design and Methodology For Studies of Youth Religion and Spirituality

Organizer: Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, cssmith@email.unc.edu

Convener: Lisa Pearce, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ldpearce@email.unc.edu

 Supernatural or Spiritual Beliefs? Cultivating and Analyzing Qualitative Data from Interviews with Teens. Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Colorado, clarkl@ucsu.edu

Sitting on the Floor, Eating Too Much Pizza, Being "Josie Grossy" Again: Conducting Ethnographic Research with Teenagers. Carol Lytch, Fund for Theological Education and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, carol.lytch@mindspring.com

Conducting Nationally Representative In-Depth Interviews with Teens Around the Country. Melinda Lundquist Denton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, mlund@email.unc.edu; Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, cssmith@email.unc.edu

Going Digital: Utilizing New Technology in Researching Youth Religion. Richard Flory, Biola University, richard.flory@biola.edu , and  Don Miller, University of Southern California, demiller@usc.edu

 

B2 - RRA Session

Friday, 10:15-11:45                         Merrimac

Faith Communities Today Study (FACT): Congregations Engaged in Growth

Organizer: Craig This, United Methodist Church, cthis@gcom-umc.org

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

Seventh-Day Adventist Congregations in the Light of FACT.  Roger L. Dudley, Andrews University, dudley@andrews.edu

Sources of Growth and Decline in Episcopal Congregations.  C. Kirk Hadaway, The Episcopal Church,khadaway@episcopalchurch.org

Do You Know What Growing United Methodist Congregations Do?  Craig This, The United Methodist Church, cthis@gcom-umc.org

 

B3 - SSSR Session

Friday, 10:15-11:45                         Montpelier

Twenty-Five Years After Jonestown

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

The Peoples Temple Story: What the Documents Tell. Fielding M. McGehee, III, The Jonestown Report, fieldingmcgehee@yahoo.com

Guyanese Responses and Reactions to Jonestown. Khaleel Mohammed, San Diego State University, khaleel.mohammed@sdsu.edu

Jim Jones and Black Worship Traditions. Milmon F. Harrison, University of California-Davis, mfharrison@ucdavis.edu

Peoples Temple and the Continuing Dilemma of Religious Typologies. Mary R. Sawyer, Iowa State University, sawyerm@iastate.edu

 

Response:  Catherine Wessinger, Loyola University New Orleans, wessing@loyno.edu

 

B4 - SSSR Session

Friday, 10:15-11:45                         Greenway

Religious Extremism: The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly

Convener: Carmel U. Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago, cchis@uic.edu

Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism. Ira Gang, Rutgers University, gang@economics.rutgers.edu and Gil Epstein, Bar Ilan University, epsteig@mail.biu.ac.il

Fertility and Education in Radical Islamic Sects: Evidence from Asia and Africa.  Eli Berman and Ara Stepanyan, Rice University, eli@rice.edu

The Political Economy of Hatred.  Edward Glaeser, Harvard University, eglaeser@harvard.edu.

 

B5 - RRA Session

Friday, 10:15-11:45                          Brandon B

Ethnography on Edge: A Symposium on Investigating American Spiritualities

Organizer/Convener: Jim Spickard, University of Redlands, jim_spickard@redlands.edu  

Rethinking Religions and Spiritualities Through an Ethnographic Lens. Meredith McGuire, Trinity University, mmcguire@trinity.edu

Exploitation, Academic Honesty, and the Ethnography of Tibetan Buddhism in the United States. Dan Capper, University of Southern Mississippi, u312788@usm.edu

Fieldwork and worship among Eastern Orthodox Christians. Frances Kostarelos, Governor's State University, f-kostarelos@govst.edu

 

Self-as-Instrument: Understanding the Churched and the Unchurched in Post-Rural Places. Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, neitzm@missouri.edu

Spirituality and Social Action. Jim Spickard, University of Redlands, jim_spickard@redlands.edu

 

B6 - SSSR Session

Friday, 10:15-11:45                         Eppington

Religion and Popular Culture II

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

Shifting Roles of Religion and Science in Popular Self-help Literature. Louise Woodstock, Cornell University, mlw48@cornell.edu

Theodicy, Soteriology, and Assessing the Blame: The 700 Club’s Worldview in a Post-9-11 World. Eric Gormly, University of North Texas, gormly@unt.edu

 

B7 - SSSR/NAASR   Session

Friday, 10:15-11:45                         Brandon A

Cognitive Science and the Evolution of Religion: In Gods We Trust

Organizer / Convener: Theodore M. Vial, Virginia Wesleyan College, tvial@vwc.edu

Can Religion Be Explained?  Greg Alles, McDaniel College, galles@mcdaniel.edu

The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion:  Implications for Archaeological Studies of Religion, Karen Johnson, University of Michigan, karenjj@umich.edu

Existential Causal Reasoning: The Fourth, and Forgotten, Cognitive Domain, Jesse M. Bering, University of Arkansas, jbering@uark.edu

Discussant: Paulo Sousa, University of Michigan, psousa@umich.edu

 

B8 - SSSR Session

Friday, 10:15-11:45                         Claremont

How Religious Identities Influence Attitudes toward Outgroups

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

 The Relationship Between Religious Orientation and Ethnocentrism in the United States and Romania: A comparison of Five Models.  Stephen W. Krauss, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, stephenkrauss@hotmail.com

The Problem of Race in White Fundamentalist/Evangelical Class CulturesThaddeus Coreno, Saint Vincent College, tcoreno@email.stvincent.edu

Religion, Racial Attitudes, and Anti-Semitism. Douglas Hartmann, hartm021@tc.umn.edu, and Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota,  edgell@umn.edu

Perceptions of Islam and Orthodox Christianity by Muslims and Christians in Russia.  Kimmo Kaariainen, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland, kimmo.kaariainen@evl.fi, and Vyacheslav Karpov, Western Michigan University, v.karpov@wmich.edu

 

B9 - SSSR/RRA Special Roundtable Session

Friday, 10:15-11:45                 Stratford

Opportunities for Publication and Professional Development

Organizer and Convener: James Cavendish, University of South Florida, jcavendi@cas.usf.edu  

Table I: Journal Editors Talk about Requirements for Submission

Rhys Williams, editor of  Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, rhys.williams@uc.edu

Nancy Nason-Clark, editor of Sociology of Religion, nasoncla@unb.ca

Patricia Wittberg, editor of Review of Religious Research. pwittber@iupui.edu

 Table II: Editors of Book Series Solicit Contributions

Authors wanted for a new Cambridge University Press Book Series.  Ken Wald, University of Florida, kenwald@polisci.ufl.edu  and David Leege, University of Notre Dame, leege.1@nd.edu

Other book/series editors are welcome to participate and solicit contributions from attendees.

Table III: Preparing for the Job Market and Current Job Opportunities

All members of our associations who would like to publicize job openings or offer advice for those seeking jobs are invited to lead discussion with those seeking employment.

Table IV: Grant/Funding Opportunities

Constant H. Jacquet Research Awards, Dean R. Hoge, Catholic University, hoge@cua.edu

Joseph H. Fichter Research Awards, Paula Nesbitt, University of California, Berkeley, pnesbitt@uclink.berkeley.edu

SSSR Research Awards, Laura Olson, Clemson University, laurao@clemson.edu

Louisville Institute, James Lewis, jlewis@louisville-institute.org           

United States Institute of Peace, John Crist, john_crist@usip.org

 

B10 - SSSR Session

Friday, 10:15-11:45                         Wilton

Buying and Selling: Religion and Consumerism

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

Serving God and Mammon: Religion and Consumerism in America. John Morreall, The College of William and Mary, jsmorr@wm.edu  

Celebrations, Calendars, and Consumerism in India, Bradley Hertel, Virginia Tech, hertel@vt.edu

Moving Religion Through Marketing.  Mara Einstein, Queens College, drmeinstein@hotmail.com

 

B11 - SSSR Session

Friday, 10:15-11:45                         Providence

Testing Hypotheses about Patterns of Secularization

Convener: Daniel Olson, Indiana University South Bend, dolson@iusb.edu

Degrees of Secularism in a Religious Society: New Results from the American Religious Identification Survey, 2001.  Ariela Keysar, Egon Mayer, and Barry A. Kosmin, Center for Jewish Studies, Graduate Center, CUNY, Brooklyn College, and University of Southhampton, UK, akeysar@aol.com

Is Finland Secularizing?: Religious Decline, Transformation and Revival – The Case of Finland.  Kimmo Ketola, University of Helsinki, kimmo.ketola@helsinki.fi and Kati Niemela, The Church Research Institute, kati.niemela@evl.fi

God and Surveillance in the Globalizing World. Barbara Strassberg, Aurora University, bstrass@aurora.edu

Secular Humanism After SecularizationRichard Cimino, New School University,  relwatch@msn.com

 

MSSA Business Meeting

Friday, 12:00-1:00

Brandon A

 

New Members Luncheon

Friday, 12:00-1:00

Monticello

 

Welcome to Norfolk Tour

1:00-5:00 p.m.

Front Lobby

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 C1 - SSSR/ PARAL Session

Friday, 1:15-2:45                           Riverview

Hispanic Youth on the Move: Demography, Education, and Culture as Reported in the PARAL Study

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

astevens@brooklyn.cuny.edu

The PARAL Study: Implications for Ministry with Latino Youth and Young Adults Ken Johnson-Mondragon, Instituto Fe y Vida,  Stockton, California, kjohnson@feyvida.org

Churches’ Activities and Attitudes Concerning Schooling and Culture: Catholics and Protestants Compared.  Segundo Pantoja, BMCC, New York, Spantoja@bmcc.cuny.edu

Nationalism and Catholicism: A Dilemma for Hispanic Youth.  Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Brooklyn College, CUNY, astevens@brooklyn.cuny.edu

 

C2 - RRA Session

Friday, 1:15-2:45                           Merrimac

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

Organizers/Conveners: Cynthia Woolever, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, woolever@hartsem.edu  and Deborah Bruce, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),  dbruce@ctr.pcusa.org

Members and Non-members:Profile of Worshipers in the PC(USA). John P. Marcum, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), jmarcum@ctr.pcusa.org

Profile of Excellent Congregations:Findings from a National Sample of Congregations.Deborah Bruce, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), dbruce@ctr.pcusa.org 

Profile of Numerically Growing Congregations: Findings from a National Sample of Congregations. Cynthia Woolever, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Hartford Seminary, woolever@hartsem.edu  

 

C3 - SSSR Session

Friday, 1:15-2:45                           Montpelier

The Waco Siege and Standoff: Reflections on the 10 Year Anniversary

Organizer: Stuart A. Wright, Lamar University, wrightsa@hal.lamar.edu  

Convener:  David Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University,  dbromley@mail1.vcu.edu  

From Jonestown to Waco and Beyond: Understanding Violence in the Life of New Religions.  J. Gordon Melton, Center for the Study of American Religion, jgordon@rain.org

Reassessing Failed Negotiations in the Waco Standoff.  Stuart A.Wright, Lamar University, wrightsa@hal.lamar.edu  

But the end is not yet (cf. Matt 24.6)’: Branch Davidians 1993-2003, Kenneth G.C. Newport, Liverpool Hope University College, Liverpool, UK, KNEWPORT@hope.ac.uk

 

C4 - SSSR Session

Friday, 1:15-2:45                           Greenway

Empirical Studies of Religion in America

Convener and Discussant: Giorgio Topa, New York University, giorgio.topa@nyu.edu.

Are Church and State Substitutes?: Evidence from the 1996 Welfare Reform. Dan Hungerman, Duke University, danh@econ.duke.edu

Pray or Pay?:The Impact of Charitable Subsidies on Religious Participation.  Jon Gruber, MIT, gruberj@mit.edu.

Religiosity as a Determinant of Educational Attainment: The Case of Conservative Protestants in the United States. Evelyn Lehrer, University of Illinois at Chicago, elehrer@uic.edu.

 Rational Choice and American Jews: Three Case Studies. Bruce Phillips, Hebrew Union College, bphillips@usc.edu

Congregations on the Grow: Seventh-Day Adventists in the U.S. Congregational Life Study.  Roger Dudley, Andrews University, Dudley@andrews.edu  

C5 - SSSR Session

Friday, 1:15-2:45                           Brandon B

Sex, Sexuality and the Sacred

 Convener: William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR and RRA, bill4329@hotmail.com  

 "Sex Work as Legal Work": Christian Discourses on Prostitution Law Reform. Julie Manville, University of Western Australia, julie.manville@anu.edu.au

When Jewish Tradition Met the Sexual Revolution: The Renegotiation of Jewish Sexuality. Yaakov Ariel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, yariel@mail.unc.edu

 

C6 - SSSR Session

Friday, 1:15-2:45                           Eppington

Religion and Popular Culture III

 

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

Convener:  Milmon F. Harrison, University of California-Davis, mfharrison@ucdavis.edu

Postmodern Perspectives on Religion in the Mass Media. John Heeren, California State University-San Bernardino, jheeren@csusb.edu

Fandom as “Religious Modernity”: A Case Study of Religiously-Themed Television Drama. Steve Zifirau, University of Southern California, zafirau@usc.edu

Practicing Faith in Cyberspace: Conceptions and Functions of Religious Ritual on the Internet. Cheryl Casey, New York University, cac250@nyu.edu

Sports Fans: Congregants at the Altar of Religious Sport in the United States. Greg Thompson, Florida State University, gjthomps@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

 

C7 - SSSR/ NAASR Session

Friday, 1:15-2:45     Brndon A

Current Cognitive Research in Children's Development of Religious Concepts

Organizer / Convener: Justin Barrett, University of Michigan, justinlb@umich.edu

Life After Death? Children’s Reconciliation of Religious Belief and Biological Knowledge, Paul L. Harris, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Paul_Harris@gse.harvard.edu  and Marta Giménez Dasí, UNED, Cuidad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain,

God, Dad and Zog:  The Influence of Differential Input on God Concepts, Melanie Nyhof and Carl Johnson, University of Pittsburgh, men19@pitt.edu , johnson@pitt.edu

Cognitive Constraints on Religious Belief.  Nicola Knight, University of Michigan, knightn@umich.edu , and Scott Atran, University of Michigan, satran@umich.edu , and Ara Norenzayan, University of British Columbia, ara@psych.ubc.ca

Children’s Causal Reasoning about ‘Symbolic Random Events’.  Jesse Bering, University of Arkansas,  jbering@uark.edu

C8 - RRA Session              

Friday, 1:15-2:45                           Wilton

Evangelicals in Context

Convener: Lanette Ruff, University of New Brunswick, lanette_ruff@rogers.com Godly Manhood Going Wild?: Transformations in Conservative Protestant Masculinity. Sally K. Gallagher and Sabrina Wood, Oregon State University, sgallagher@orst.edu  

Religion in the Rio Grande Valley: Reflections of Social Change.  Catherine Faver, and Brian Trachte, University of Texas-Pan American, cfaver@panam.edu  

Evangelicalism in Transition: Mapping the Intersections of Religion, Politics and Change in Post-Belfast Agreement with Northern Ireland. Gladys Ganiel, University College Dublin, bangorgal@hotmail.com  

The Meaning of Church in the Lives of Evangelical Seekers.  Richard Christopherson, Azusa Pacific University, RChristophers@apu.edu

 

C9 - SSSR Session

Friday, 1:15-2:45                           Stratford

Religion and Public Activism after September 11

 

Organizer/ Convener: David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame, dsikkink@nd.edu  

The Religion and Public Activism Survey (RAPAS): Goals and Methodological Innovations.  Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, cssmith@email.unc.edu

Caring and Responding to 9/11: The Role of Religion in Volunteering for 9/11 Causes.  Kraig Beyerlein, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, kkbeyerl@email.unc.edu  

Political Climate and Religion after 9/11. Dan Myers, University of Notre Dame. daniel.j.myers.33@nd.edu

Evaluating George Bush after 9/11: The Role of Religion.  Laura R. Olson, Clemson University, laurao@clemson.edu  

Congregational Roles in Responding to September 11.  David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame, dsikkink@nd.edu

 

C10 - SSSR Session

Friday, 1:15-2:45                           Claremont

Women’s Commitment to Religion: Nature and Nurture

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

Men’s Commitment to Religion: Perceptions of Its Nature, Nurture, and Consequences Adair T. Lummis, Hartford Seminary, alummis@hartsem.edu  

Religion and Gender among Young People in Northern Ireland.  Mandy Robbins, University of Wales, Bangor, m.robbins@bangor.ac.uk

Women, Men, and Religion, Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa, benny@psy.haifa.ac.il

When Faith Has a Price Tag:  White Women’s Maintenance of American Civil Religion and the Reproduction of Inequality, Heather Kane and Quincy D. Newell

 

C11 - SSSR/ RRA Session

Friday, 1:15-2:45                           Providence

Contemporary Religion in the Pacific Northwest: Changing Patterns in Secularization, Spirituality, and Religion

Organizer / Convener: James Wellman, University of Washington, jwellman@u.washington.edu

The Churching of the Pacific Northwest: Rethinking Patterns in Church and Sect. James Wellman, University of Washington, jwellman@u.washington.edu

Earth-based Spirituality as Civil Religion in the Secular Northwest. Mark Shibley, Southern Oregon University, shibleym@sou.edu

70 and 70 – Deciphering Religious Dynamics in the Pacific Northwest. Patricia O’Connell Killen, Pacific Lutheran University, killenpo@plu.edu

Peripheries of an Uncentered Circle?: Pacific Rim Religions in the Pacific Northwest. Lance D. Laird, Evergreen State College, lairdl@evergreen.edu

 

D1- SSSR Session

Friday, 3:00-4:30                           Riverview

Youth and Religion in Cross-National Perspective

Convener and Discussant:  Susan A. Eisenhandler, University of Connecticut, eisenhan@uconnvm.uconn.edu  

Exploring Jewish Student Life on University Campuses: Applying New Methodologies in the Longitudinal Study of Young Conservative Jews. Ariela Keysar, Center for Jewish Studies, Graduate Center, CUNY,  akeysar@aol.com  and Barry A. Kosmin, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, London, UK

Does Religion affect Asian American Adolescents' Subjective Well-Being?  Elisa Jiexia Zhai, University of Texas at Austin, jzhai@mail.la.utexas.edu  and Mark Regnerus, University of Texas at Austin,  regnerus@prc.utexas.edu

Money, Faith, and American Teens. Tim Clydesdale, The College of New Jersey, clydesda@tcnj.edu  

 

D2 - RRA Session

Friday, 3:00-4:30                           Merrimac

Recent Research on Presbyterians

 

Organizer/Convener: John P. Marcum, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Native Americans in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Janice Spang, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), jspang@ctr.pcusa.org

Factors in Successful New Church Developments: Comparing the PC(USA) with Other Denominations. Keith Wulff, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), kwulff@ctr.pcusa.org

Growing Presbyterian Congregations:  What Makes Them Different From the Rest? Deborah Bruce, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), dbruce@ctr.pcusa.org

Reproducing the Faith: Church Involvement of Presbyterians and Their Adult Children. John P. Marcum, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), jmarcum@ctr.pcusa.org

 

D3 - SSSR Session

Friday, 3:00-4:30                           Montpelier

Methodological Issues in Research on New Religious Movements

 Organizer/ Convener: Benjamin D. Zablocki, Rutgers University, zablocki@sociology.rutgers.edu

 Access to NRMS: Methodological Challenges. J. Anna Looney, Rutgers University, looney@sociology.rutgers.edu

Is Falun Gong a Destructive Cult?: A Problem of Definition. Thomas Robbins, Animist Seminary, tomrobbins427@aol.com

Methodological Fallacies in Anthony’s Critique of Exit Cost Analysis. Benjamin D. Zablocki, Rutgers University, zablocki@sociology.rutgers.edu

Conversion to NRM: Psychosocial Motives and Consequences, Sebastian Murken, University of Trier.

D4 - SSSR Session

Friday, 3:00-4:30                           Greenway

Religion and the Free-Rider Problem

Organizer / Convener: Laurence R. Iannaccone, George Mason University, Larry@EconZone.com

Do Religious Free Riders Prefer Popular Denominations? Stephanie M. Brewer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, smjozef@iup.edu, James J. Jozefowicz, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, jimjozef@iup.edu, and Robert J. Stonebraker, Winthrop University, stonebrakerr@winthrop.edu

Compassionate Free-Riding:  How Church Organization Structure Affects the Development of Civic Skills. Michelle Chin, Arizona State University, michelle.chin@asu.edu, Adam Warber, Clemson University, awarber@clemson.edu, and Phillip Hardy, Arizona State University, phillip_hardy@hotmail.com

Coming Late and Leaving Early: Opportunity Costs in Mainstream Religion.  Mark Broski, Benedictine College, mbroski@benedictine.edu 

Salvation as a Selective Incentive: An Olsonian Analysis of the Faith vs. Works Cleavage. Jonathan Klick, George Mason University, jklick@gmu.edu.

 

D5 - RRA Session:  Author-Meets-Critics

Friday, 3:00-4:30                           Brandon A

Robert E. Beckley and Jerome R.Koch, The Continuing Challenge of AIDS: Clergy Responses to Patients, Families and Friends, Auburn House, 2002.

Organizer/Convener: D. Paul Johnson, Texas Tech University, d.paul.johnson@ttu.edu  

Panelists:

Jerome Baggett, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, jbaggett@jstb.edu  

Dana Fenton, New York, NY, ddfen@juno.com  

Ronald L. Lawson, Queens College, rlawson@cloud9.net

 

 D6 - SSSR/RRA Session:  Author-Meets-Critics

Friday, 3:00-4:30                           Eppington

James A. Beckford, Religion and Social Theory, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Organizers: Lori Beaman, Concordia University, beaman@alcor.concordia.ca and James Cavendish, University of South Florida, jcavendi@cas.usf.edu  

Convener: Lori Beaman, Concordia University, beaman@alcor.concordia.ca

Panelists:

Rhys Williams, University of Cincinnati, rhys.williams@uc.edu

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

Meredith McGuire, Trinity University, mmcguire@trinity.edu  

 

D7 - SSSR Session: Author-Meets-Critics

Friday, 3:00-4:30                           Brandon B

Robert N. McCauley and E. Thomas Lawson, Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms, Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Organizer / Convener: Jason Slone, University of Findlay, slone@findlay.edu 

Panelists:

Harvey Whitehouse, Queen's University Belfast, h.whitehouse@qub.ac.uk

Joel Mort, Western Michigan University, joel.mort@wmich.edu  

Robert McCauley, Emory University, philrnm@emory.edu

E. Thomas Lawson, Western Michigan University, lawson@wmich.edu

 

D8 - SSSR/PARAL Session

Friday, 3:00-4:30                           Wilton

Religious Agency and Racial Awareness Among Latinas: Analysis of the PARAL Study

Organizer/ Convener: Anneris Goris, RISC, Brooklyn College, agoris@brooklyn.cuny.edu  

The Routes to Leadership for Latinas in the Churches.  Ana Maria Diaz-Stevens, Union Theological Seminary, dstevens@uts.columbia.edu

Gender and Racial Issues Within the Faith Community. Christina Gomez, Dartmouth University, christina.gomez@dartmouth.edu

Perceptions and Deceptions of Gender Roles in Latino/a Faith Communities.  Milagros Pena, University of Florida, mpena@soc.ufl.edu

Latinas in Ministry: Issues and Challenges.  Maria Perez y Gonzalez, Brooklyn College, CUNY, mariapg@brooklyn.cuny.edu

 

D9 - SSSR/RRA Session

Friday, 3:00-4:30                           Stratford

Competing Claims following September 11

                                               

Convener and Discussant: Charles Selengut, Drew University, cselengu@drew.edu

The Clash of Civilizationists Impulse: The American Ben Ladins. Abdullahi A. Gallab, Brigham Young University, abdullahi_gallab@byu.edu

American Evangelical Discourse on Islam After 9/11. Richard Cimino, New School University, relwatch@msn.com

The War Online: Pro- and Anti-War Web Sites and E-mails as Religious Experience.  Jon P. Bloch, blochj1@southernct.edu

 

D10 - SSSR Session

Friday, 3:00-4:30                           Claremont

Thinking about Gender

 

Convener: Georgie Weatherby, Gonzaga University, weatherb@gonzaga.edu  

 Gender Ideologies and Gendered Practices: Two Case Studies of American Catholics.  Mary Ellen Konieczny, University of Chicago, mchwedyk@midway.uchicago.edu

Based on a True Story: Popular Imaginings of Gender in Ultra-Orthodox Society among American Jews. Nora Rubel-Nipe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, nlrubel@email.unc.edu

Religious Variations in Support for Gender-based Affirmative Action: Evidence from the General Social Survey.  John P. Bartkowski, Mississippi State University, bartkowski@soc.msstate.edu  and Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas at Austin, cellison@mail.la.utexas.edu

The Young Feminist Network: Future of Women-Church, Susan A. Farrell, Kingsborough Community College, sfarrell@prodigy.net

Gendered Religious Organizations: The Case of Theravada Buddhism in America.  Wendy Cadge, Princeton University, wcadge@bowdoin.edu

 

D11 - SSSR/RRA Session

Friday, 3:00-4:30                           Providence

Divergent Theological Paths

Convener: James Cavendish, University of South Florida, jcavendi@cas.usf.edu

“Looking Across the Divide”: Mormons and the 1998 Southern Baptist Convention. Reid L. Neilson, University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill, reidneilson@hotmail.com  

Divergent Paths in Theological Economics: A Comparison of the Religio-Economic Origins of the United States and Pakistan. Charles McDaniel, Baylor University, Charles_McDaniel@baylor.edu  

Love Thy (Unwanted) Neighbor: Religious Market and Conflict in Romania.   Mihnea Vasilescu, University of Pittsburgh, miv4@pitt.edu  

RRA H. Paul Douglass Lecture

Friday, 5:00-6:30                Stratford

Otto Maduro , Drew University, omaduro@drew.edu

“‘Religion’ a Neutral Term?  A Post-Colonial Critique and a Proposal”

Reception and Cash Bar  

Friday, 6:30

Monticello

Co-sponsored by Regent University

Saturday, October 25, 2003

Registration

8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

 

SSSR Business Meeting

Saturday, 7:30-8:30

Brandon A

                                   

RRX Breakfast   

Saturday, 7:30-8:30  

Wilton

Book Exhibit

York

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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E1 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 8:30-10:00                        Wilton

God Images: Theoretical Issues

Organizer/ Convener: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@panther.adelphi.edu

Using Aesthetic Narrative to Assess Transcendent Imagination. Donna M. Chirico, York College - CUNY, DCRYork@aol.com  

Object Relations Theory and Formation of the God Image. Stephen E Parker, Regent University, steppar@regent.edu  

Faces in the Dark: God-images in Adult Female Prostitutes. Sandy Varley, svarley@viawest.net

 Family Template, Parental Template or Oedipal Template? Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa, Israel, benny@psy.haifa.ac.il

 

E2 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 8:30-10:00                        Riverview

Religion and Deviance

 

Convener: Sam Reimer, Atlantic Baptist University,  sam.reimer@abu.nb.ca

The Negative Effects of Religion-Related Child Abuse: A Statistical Summary.  Michael E. Nielsen, Georgia Southern University, mnielsen@gasou.edu ,  Bette Bottoms, University of Illinois-Chicago, bbottoms@uic.edu ,  Rebecca Murray, Georgia Southern University, rmurray@gasou.edu  , and Henrietta Filipas, University of Illinois-Chicago

Curbing the Deviant.  Amy Adamczyk, Pennsylvania State University, ala169@psu.edu , and Jacob Felson, jlf360@psu.edu   Presenter: Jacob Felson

Ego and Altar:  Religion, Social Networks, and Adolescent Marijuana UseRobert Faris and Sara Haviland, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, faris@email.unc.edu  

Religion and the Casual Sexual Behavior of College Women. Amy Burdette, University of Texas at Austin, Christopher Ellison, University of Texas at Austin, and Norval Glenn, University of Texas at Austin, burdamy@prc.utesas.edu

 

Tattoos, Piercings, and Religious "Bodies" in a First Amendment Parlor." Jay Demerath, University of Massachussets, demerath@soc.umass.edu

E3 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 8:30-10:00                       Montpelier

Teaching New Religious Movements

Organizer and Convener: David G. Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University,  dbromley@mail1.vcu.edu  

What is an NRM?: Defining the Area of Study.  J. Gordon Melton, Institute for the Study of American Religion, jgordon@rain.org

The Dynamics of Movement Membership: Joining and Leaving NRMs, Stuart Wright, Lamar University, wrightsa@hal.lamar.edu

The Dark Side of Utopia: Exploitation and Abuse in NRMs.  Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado at Boulder, jacobsjl@stripe.Colorado.edu  

Movements and the Media: The Public Image of New Religious Movements.  James Richardson, University of Nevada at Reno, jtr@unr.edu  

 

E4 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 8:30-10:00                        Greenway

How Geographic Religious Context Affects Religious Behavior:  Qualitative and Quantitative Tests 

Organizer / Convener: Daniel Olson, Indiana University South Bend, dolson@iusb.edu

Discussant:  Kraig Beyerlein, University of North Carolina  Chapel Hill, kkbeyerl@email.unc.edu.

Religious Competition vs. Faithful Remnant: Why Locally Small Denominations Have High Commitment Levels. Daniel Olson, Indiana University South Bend, dolson@iusb.edu.

Contrasting Religious Commitment Mechanisms in Large and Small Market Share Settings: The Case of U.S. Mormons. Rick Phillips, University of North Florida, rphillip@unf.edu.

They’d Rather Quit than Switch: Scots and Religion. David Voas, University of Manchester, England, voas@man.ac.uk

 

E5 - RRA Session

Saturday, 8:30-10:00                        Merrimac

Panel Discussion: Reflections on Conducting Focus Groups for the Pulpit & Pew Project, What was Done, and What Was Learned

Convener and Moderator: Jackson W. Carroll, Duke Divinity School, jcarroll@div.duke.edu

Panelists

Penny L. Marler and Kristen Curtis, Samford University, plmarler@samford.edu ktcurtis@samford.edu

Joseph Sicking, Virginia Theological Seminary, jsicking@vts.edu

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

 

E6 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 8:30-10:00                        Eppington

Cultural Constructions of Religion

Convener: Melissa Wilde, Indiana University-Bloomington, mwilde@indiana.edu

One (Multicultural) Nation Under God? A Preliminary Study of Changing Uses and Meanings of the Term “Judeo-Christian.” Douglas Hartmann, University of Minnesota, hartm021@tc.umn.edu  and Xuefeng Zhang, University of Minesota, zhan0127@umn.edu

The Murals of Free Derry Corner: A Content Analysis of the Mutual Independence and/or Reciprocal Function of Derry’s Urban Murals. Thom Kearin, Weber State University, tkearin@weber.edu

(Not) Taking People at their Word: Genre Effects in the Construction of Personal Testimonies, Mathew P. Lawson, The College of New Jersey, mlawson@tcnj.edu

How the Mouse Got Religion. Andrew Freeman, Regent University and Andrew Quicke, Regent University, andrqui@regent.edu

 

E7 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 8:30-10:00                        Claremont

Social Origins of Religious Belief and Practice

Convener: Patrick Bennett, University of Nevada, Reno , patrickb@unr.nevada.edu 

The Christianity of Liberation in Mexico. Armando Garcia Chiang, CIRAD, France,  chiang@clubinternet.fr

Otherworldly Rewards: The Belief in an Afterlife as a Compensator for the Harmful Effects of Low SES Perceptions on Mental Health.  Matt Bradshaw, University of Texas at Austin, bradshaw@mail.la.utexas.edu   and Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas at Austin

Social Inequality, Rational Choice Theory, and Religion. Walter Bower, University of Kentucky, whbowe2@uky.edu

Gender, Risk and Religiousness.  Paul Sullins, Catholic University of America, sullins@cua.edu

 

E8 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 8:30-10:00                        Stratford

Religious Organizational Responses to Diversity

Convener and Discussant: H. B. Cavalcanti, University of Richmond, hcavalca@richmond.edu

The Struggle of Racial Integration in Religious Organizations. Brad Christerson, Biola University, Korie Edwards, University of Illinois at Chicago, Michael Emerson, Rice University, moe@rice.edu

Theme Bibles and the Promotion of Religious Inclusivity: A Case Study. Hugh R. Page, Jr., University of Notre Dame, poet@hrpj.com

Eastern Christianity in North American Religious Landscape: Ethnic Traditionalism versus Social Transformation. Alexei D. Krindatch, Russian Academy of Sciences, akrindatch@aol.com

 

E9 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 8:30-10:00                        Brandon B

Religion in Contemporary Europe

Organizers/ Conveners: Loek Halman, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, loek.halman@uvt.nl; Thorleif Pettersson, University of Uppsala, Sweden, thorleif.pettersson@teol.uu.se

Multi-level Analyses of the Effects on Religious Involvement of Secularization, Postmodernization, and People’s Basic Value Orientations. Thorleif Pettersson, University of Uppsala, Sweden, thorleif.pettersson@teol.uu.se

How Secular is Europe?: Differences and Similarities in Religious Profiles of Contemporary European Countries. Loek Halman, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, loek.halman@uvt.nl

Religious and Moral Pluralism in Contemporary Europe: Evidence from the 1999/2000 European Values Study Survey. Veerle Draulans, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, V.J.R.Draulans@uvt.nl and Loek Halman, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, loek.halman@uvt.nl

Individual Changes in Religious Commitment at the End of the 20th Century. Illustrations from the Danish Panel Data 1990-1999. Ole Riis, Arhus University, Denmark, or@socsci.auc.dk

Religion versus Spirituality:  Taking a Closer Look at the Emergence of Spirituality in Germany. Brian N. Hewlett, University of Arizona, bhewlett@email.arizona.edu

 

E10 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 8:30-10:00                        Brandon A

Education and Religion I

 

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

 Fifty Years of Change While Standing Still: Schooling and Education in Roman Catholicism. Nathan Kollar, St. John Fisher College, kollar@sjfc.edu

Homeschooling Devotions: Nurturing Religious Essences in Children. Rebecca Allahyari, School of American Research, allahyari@sarsf.org

How Religion Shapes Academic Outcomes for Latino Youth. David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame, dsikkink@nd.edu ,  and Edwin Hernandez, The Pew Charitable Trusts, hernandez.77@nd.edu

Preservice Teachers at a Catholic University Comment on the Relationship between Their Spirituality and Their Teaching.  Joanne M. Marshall, Loyola University Chicago, marshajo@post.harvard.edu

 

E11 - RRA Session

Saturday, 8:30-10:00                       Providence

Panel on Religion and Policy I: New Perspectives on Theoretical Issues and Social Welfare Dilemmas

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

Topics and panelists:

Globalization and Christianity.  Otto Maduro, Drew University, omaduro@drew.edu

Policy toward Minority Religions.  James T. Richardson, University of Nevada Reno, jtr@scs.unr.edu

Religion and Prison Chaplaincy.  James Beckford, University of Warwick, syred@ice.csv.warwick.ac.uk

Islam and Women’s Rights.  Katherine Meyer, Ohio State University, meyer.23@osu.edu

Woman Abuse and Faith Communities.  Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick, nasoncla@unb.ca

 

F1 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 10:15-11:45                       Wilton

God Images: Greeley Revisited

Organizer: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@panther.adelphi.edu

Convener: Donna M. Chirico, York College

Greeley's Concept of the Religious Imagination in Research and Teaching: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. William C. McCready, Chicago, IL bmccready@knowledgenetworks.com  

Recovering the Catholic Imagination. Michael P. Carroll, University of Western Ontario, mcarroll@uwo.ca

Imagining the Unimaginable: God and the Religious Imagination. Thomas P. Rausch, SJ, Loyola Marymount University, trausch@lmu.edu  

Greeley and the Religious Imagination. A Theoretical Perspective. Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, Hegy@Adelphi.edu

 

F2 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 10:15-11:45                       Riverview

Religious Pluralism and Religious Participation

Convener:  David Voas, University of Manchester, England, voas@man.ac.uk

Religious Pluralism, Cultural Continuity, and the Expansion of Early Christianity: Stark Revisited.  Robert A. Wortham, North Carolina Central University, RAWCBW@aol.com  

The Evangelical Advantage: A Test of the Subcultural Identity Theory of Religious Strength. Jonathan Hill, University of Notre Dame, jhill3@nd.edu

Explaining the Gap: Religious Commitment in the United States and Great Britain.  D. Michael Lindsay, mlindsay@princeton.edu Princeton University

Secularization and Popular Religion in Italy. Carlo Prandi, University of Parma, Trento, Italy, carlo.prandi@katamail.com

 

 F3 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 10:15-11:45                     Montpelier

In Honor of Eileen Barker

Organizer / Convener: James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno, jtr@unr.edu

Panelists: Tom Robbins,  Animist Seminary, tomrobbins427@aol.com

Massimo Introvigne, Director CESNUR, cesnur@tin.it

J. Gordon Melton,   Center for the Study of American Religion,   jgordon@rain.org

Meredith McGuire,   Trinity University,   mmcguire@trinity.edu 

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

 

F4 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 10:15-11:45                       Stratford

Keynote Address:  Religion, Economics, and Culture

Organizer/Convener: Laurence R. Iannaccone, George Mason University, Larry@EconZone.com  

Bourgeois Virtue: The Pagan and Theological Virtues.  Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago.

 

F5 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 10:15-11:45                      Claremont

Using Digital Video in Research

Organizer/ Convener: Don Miller, University of Southern California, demiller@usc.edu

Using Digital Video in International and Global Research. Don Miller, University of Southern California, demiller@usc.edu

Gen X/Y Project. Richard Flory, Biola University, richard.flory@biola.edu

Visual Documentation. Greg Stanczak, University of Southern California, gstancza@usc.edu

 

F6 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 10:15-11:45                       Eppington

Images in Press: Religion and the Media

Convener: Lonnie Griffin, University of South Florida, lgriffin@mail.usf.edu

Postmodern Perspectives on Religion in the Mass Media. John Heeren, California State University, San Bernardino, jheeren@csusb.edu

 Religion Beat or Dead Beat? Young Canadian Journalists Report on World Youth Day 2002. Joyce Smith, Ryerson University, j1smith@ryerson.ca

Who Do They Trust About Religion in a Mediated World? An Examination of the Extent to which Media Celebrities are Shaping Religious Beliefs and Practices. J. D. Keeler, Regent University,and William Brown, Regent University,  johnkee@regent.edu  

Religious Groups as Sources: Media Coverage of Religious Groups in Political Debates. Katherine Stenger, University of Washington, kstenger@u.washington.edu

Media Coverage of President Bush’s Faith Based Initiative. Kimberly Mealy, Indiana University, kimealy@indiana.edu

 

F7 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 10:15-11:45                       Merrimac

Religion as a Source of Social Change

Convener: James Cavendish, University of South Florida, jcavendi@cas.usf.edu

Religion as a Source of Social Change in the historical case of the abolition of slavery in North America.  John A. Auping, Universidad Ileroamericana, Mexico, jauping@data.net.mx

Civic Activism Among U.S. Religious Traditions: What They Do and Why They Do It. Kraig Beyerlein, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,  and John R. Hipp, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, kkbeyerl@email.unc.edu

Religious Influences on Giving and Volunteering Among U.S. Adults. Christopher Ellison, University of Texas at Austin,  and Bryan Shepherd, University of Texas at Austin, cellison@mail.la.utexas.edu

 American Catholic Attitudes on Poverty and Welfare: Distinctiveness or Convergence?, J. Matthew Wilson, Southern Methodist University, jmwilson@mail.smu.edu  

F8 - RRA Session

Saturday, 10:15-11:45                       Greenway

The Role of Congregations in Racial/Ethnic Communities

 Convener: Catherine Fobes, Alma College, fobes@alma.edu  

Latino Congregations: The Philadelphia Landscape. Edwin Hernandez, Notre Dame University, Hernandez.77@nd.edu, Ran A. Cnaan, University of Pennsylvania, and Charlene C. McGrew, University of Pennsylvania

The Role of Religion in Civic Participation among Asian Americans.  Elaine Howard Ecklund, Cornell University, emh5@cornell.edu  and Jerry Z. Park, University of Notre Dame, jpark@nd.edu

Religion and Korean American Political Practices. Elaine Howard Ecklund, Cornell University, emh5@cornell.edu

 

F9 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 10:15-11:45                      Brandon B

Health and Well-Being

Convener: Elizabeth Pullen, Drew University, epullen@drew.edu

Religion, Body Image, and Dieting. Karen Kim, Cornell University, khk4@cornell.edu

Religious Attributions made by Child Abuse Victims. Michael Nielsen, Georgia Southern University, mnielsen@gasou.edu  Raymond Paloutzian, Westmont College, paloutz@westmont.edu and Bette Bottoms, University of Illinois-Chicago, bbottoms@uic.edu

Gender and Religiosity: Are Mexican American Women more Protected from the Development of Manic Symptoms?  Jennifer J. Tovar, University of Texas at Austin, jtovar@prc.utexas.edu

Religion and Adolescent Family Well-Being.  Amy Burdette, University of Texas at Austin,  burdamy@prc.utexas.edu and Mark Regnerus, University of Texas at Austin, regnerus@prc.utexas.edu

Religion, Race and Fertility: Does Religion Impact Racial Differences in Family Size Ideals?, George J. Lara, University of Texas at Austin, glara@prc.utexas.edu

 

F10 - RRA Session

Saturday, 10:15-11:45                      Brandon A

Education and Religion II

Convener: Steven Lyle Jones, University of Virginia, slj4e@mail.virgia.edu

Standing at the Intersection Where Religious Education and the Research on Teaching and Learning Meet.  Darcelle D. White, Eastern Michigan University, dwhite@emich.edu

How do Reflective Teachers Affect Their Students’"Religious Reasoning?"  Zehavit Gross, Bar-Ilan University

 Faculty Hiring and the Future of Religious Colleges and Universities. Rusty Parker, Baylor University, rusty_parker@baylor.edu  

Secularization and Academic Reputation: Evaluating the Dilemma Facing Religious Universities. Larry Lyon, Baylor University, larry_lyon@baylor.edu , Michael Beaty, Baylor University, Michael_Beaty@baylor.edu.

Religion and Education: The Jewish Connection. Bruce Phillips, Hebrew Union College, bphillip@usc.edu  

F11 - RRA Session            

Saturday, 10:15-11:45                   Providence

Panel on Religion and Policy II: New Perspectives on Racial, Ethnic, Sexual, and Denomination/Tradition Diversity

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

Topics and panelists:

African American Churches, Economics, and Civil Rights. Katie Day, Luther Theological Seminary, kday@ltsp.edu

Immigrant Congregations and Social Services. Paula Pipes, University of Houston, paula.pipes@mail.uh.ed

Regional Judicatories and Advocacy.  Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary, alummis@hartsem.edu

Sexual Orientation and Globalization.  Paula Nesbitt, University of California, pnesbitt@uclink.berkley.edu

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TANSTAAFL Lunch for Religion, Economics, and Culture

Saturday, 12:00-1:00            

Poplar

RRA Business Meeting

12:00-1:00

Wilton

Norfolk Naval Base Tour and Mariner’s Museum

12:00 – 5:00 p.m.

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G1 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 1:15-2:45                         Wilton

God Images: Christian Imageries

Organizer: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@panther.adelphi.edu

Convener: Michael P. Carroll, University of Western Ontario, mcarroll@uwo.ca

Ordinary Religion and The God Image. James F. Moore, Valparaiso University, James.Moore@valpo.edu

A Priest is a Priest is a Priest?: Racial and Other Views of Catholics in Southeastern Wisconsin. Yanick St. Jean, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, stjean@uwp.edu

The Fiesta de Moros y Cristianos in Spain. Jerry T. Farmer, Xavier University of Louisiana, jfarmer@xula.edu  

The Magician Christ. Kristi Upson-Saia, Duke University, upson_saia@yahoo.com

 

G2 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 1:15-2:45                         Riverview

Culture Wars

Convener: Mary Sawyer, Iowa State University, sawyerm@iastate.edu  

"I Love My Town and Country/ No I Do”: Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, as a Microcosm of Culture Wars.  Jon P. Bloch, Southern CCT State University,  blochj1@southernct.edu

Feminist Theology and Backlash Fundamentalism:  Re-Imagining Ten Years After, Lauve H. Steenhuisen, Georgetown University, Steenhul@georgetown.edu

After It Went to Press, Julie Ingersoll, University of North Florida, jingerso@unf.edu

Culture Wars and Ultimate Sacred Postulates: Case Study of Conservative Christian Schools,  A Paper in Honor of Roy A. Rappaport. Melinda Bollar Wagner, Radford University, mwagner@radford.edu  

 

G3 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 1:15-2:45                         Montpelier

The Internal and External Impact of Belief System Changes in New Religious Movements

Organizer/ Convener: Janja Lalich, California State University, Chico, jlalich@csuchico.edu

From Exclusivity to Inclusivity: How Doctrinal Shifts Saved a Movement. Marion Goldman, University of Oregon, mgoldman@oregon.uoregon.edu

Succession, Organizational Crisis, and Redefining the Guru Institution in the Hare Krishna. E. Burke Rochford, Jr., Middlebury College, rochford@middlebury.edu

Gender Differences in Religiosity 25 Years After Initial Cult Stimulus. Benjamin D. Zablocki, Rutgers University, zablocki@sociology.rutgers.edu

Substantive Belief Changes and Their Impact on Organizational Life: A Case Study of Heaven’s Gate. Janja Lalich, California State University, Chico, jlalich@csuchico.edu

The Ecology of Fear: The Impact of External Events on the “Sullivanian” Belief System. Amy Siskind, Brooklyn College CUNY, asiskind@bellatlantic.net

 

G4 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 1:15-2:45                         Greenway

Religious Markets and Economic Incentives

Convener/Discussant: Maristella Botticini, Boston University, maristel@bu.edu

Soviet Versus Post-Soviet Changes in Ukrainian Pentecostal Practice and Communities.  Catherine Wanner, Penn State University, cew10@email.psu.edu

Replete and Desolate Markets: Poland, East Germany and the New Religious Paradigm.  Paul Froese, Baylor University, pfroese@u.washington.edu.

Taking God Overseas: Competition and Institutional Homogeneity among International Christian Private Voluntary Organizations.  Rachel McCleary, Harvard University, mccleary@cfia.harvard.edu

 Exit, Voice and Catholicism in Western Europe.  Carolyn Warner, Arizona State University, carolyn.warner@asu.edu

 

G5 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 1:15-2:45                         Claremont

New Data Sources on Religious Adherence: Comparing and Contrasting Data Sets

Organizer/Convener: Clifford Grammich, Co-Investigator for Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000 (RCMUS 2000), Glenmany Research Center grammich@rand.org

 Panelists:

 Dale Jones, ASARB, djones@nazarene.org

 Tom  Smith, General Social Survey (GSS), NORC, smitht@norcmail.uchicago.edu  

 Barry Kosmin and/or Ariela Keysar, the American Religion Identification Survey (ARIS), akeysar@aol.com  

 Frank Mott and/or Vivian Klaff, NJPS, mott.1@osu.edu  

 

G6 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 1:15-2:45                         Eppington

Religion in the Media of Film, Music, and Text

Convener: Rich McCarthy, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, r.mc.carthy@att.net

Transferring the Sacred: The Emerging Religious Cult of Silent American Film.  Terry Lindvall, Regent University, terrlin@regent.edu

Searching for Spiritual Realities in Contemporary Cinema; Re-examining the Phenomenological Theories of Henri Agel and Amadee Ayfre. Andrew Quicke, Regent University, andrqui@regent.edu

Orthodox Russian Americans and Liturgical Tradition in the Forging of Transnational Identity. Nina Schmit, American Theological Library Association, nschmit@atla.com

Connections: Study of Text as Spiritual Endeavor in Liberal Houses of Study  in Israel. Adina Newberg, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, new.adina@verizon.net

Meaning, Morality, Mystery and Memory.  Wendy Martin, University of Ottawa, wendymartin@yahoo.com

 

G7 - RRA Session

Saturday, 1:15-2:45                         Merrimac

Religion on the Move: Making a Difference

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

Implications of the Relationship and Commitment with God on Religious Activism: Effects on Church, Local Community and Religious Organizations’ Structures. Anna Grazia Lecca, University of Southampton, ag11@soton.ac.uk

The Relationship between Chicago Catholic Action and Call to Action: The Spillover of a Social Movement. Anthony J. Pogorelc, The Catholic University of America, pogorelc@cua.edu  

Responding to Wife Abuse in the Caribbean: Research and Resources for Shelters and Churches. Lanette Ruff,  and Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick, lanette_ruff@rogers.com nasoncla@unb.ca

 

G8 - RRA Session

Saturday, 1:15-2:45                         Stratford

Approaches to Diversity

Convener:  Eric Gormly, University of North Texas, gormly@unt.edu

The Multicultural Church: Measuring Diversity.  Kevin Dougherty, Calvin College  and Kimberly R. Huyser, Calvin College dougherty@calvin.edu

The Impact of Ethnically Diverse Leadership Upon the Culture of a Historically African American Church, Ervin Jackson, Heritage Christian University, ejackson@hcu.edu  

From Outlier to Somewhere About Center: AfroCuban Religions in Motion.  Jualynne E. Dodson and Sonya Johnson, Michigan State University, jual422002@yahoo.com

 

G9 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 1:15-2:45                         Brandon B

Global Perspectives on Religion

 

Convener: Elizabeth Pullen, Drew University, epullen@drew.edu

 

Coping with Globalization: The Adaptation and Agency of Boston’s Territorial Parishes and Voluntary Congregations. Lowell W. Livezey, Harvard Divinity School, llivezey@hds.harvard.edu

 

New Religious Movements and the Construction of a Global Identity: Civil Society and Race Relations in Two Baha i Communities. Stephen Cherry, University of Texas at Austin, and Mike McMullen, University of Houston-Clear Lake, mcmullen@cl.uh.edu

 

The Ultimate Religion in Motion: Missionaries. Robert L. Montgomery, Rmontgo914@aol.com

 

An Elementary Form of a Global Debate: Widening the Zones of Understanding. Abdullahi A. Gallab, Brigham Young University, abdullahi_gallab@byu.edu

 

 

G10 - SSSR/RRA Session

Saturday, 1:15-2:45                         Brandon A

Understandings of, and Satisfaction with, Pastoral Leadership

 

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

 

The Terms of Endearment: Context, Culture, and Clergy Satisfaction.  Penny Marler and Kristen Curtis, Samford University, plmarler@samford.edu , ktcurtis@samford.edu  

 

Experiences and Attitudes of Protestant Ministers Who Left Local Church Ministry.  Dean R. Hoge and Jacqueline E. Wenger, Catholic University of America, dhoge@cua.edu 04wenger@cua.edu  

 

Leaders and Led: A Comparison of Clergy and Lay Understandings of Pastoral Leadership.  Jackson W. Carroll and Becky R. McMillan, Duke University Divinity School, jcarroll@div.duke.edu , bmcmillan@div.duke.edu

 

G11 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 1:15-2:45                         Providence

Investigations of Contemporary Catholicism

 

Convener: Mary Gautier, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University, gautierm@georgetown.edu

 

Faith, Magic and Niche-straddling in the Catholic ChurchJohn A. Auping, jauping@data.net.mx

 

The Actors and Their Stances: National and Theological Factors Behind Bishops’ Votes at the Second Vatican Council. Melissa J. Wilde, Emily Bowman, Kristin Geraty, and Grace Yukich, Indiana University-Bloomington, mwilde@indiana.edu  

 

What Has Become of the Ex-Sisters, Brothers, and Order Priests?, Anthony J. Blasi, Tennessee State University, blasi3610@cs.com and Joseph F. Zimmerman, Quincy University, zimmejo@quincy.edu

 

Why Catholic Clergy Leave: A Multiframed Analysis.  Lluis Oviedo, Pontificio Ateneo Antonianum, Roma, Italy, loviedo@ofm.org

 Charismatic Catholics in a Quiche Speaking Village. Gil Bradshaw, Brigham Young University, gjb9@email.byu.edu

 

H1 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 3:00-4:30                         Wilton

God Images and Symbols of Change

 

Organizer: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@panther.adelphi.edu  

 

Convener: Stephen E. Parker, Regent University, steppar@regent.edu  

 

Symbols and the War on Symbols Among the Sisters of Reconciliation. Barbara Zajac, Indiana State University, bzajac@indstate.edu  

 

Mystic Realism: French Catholic Revivalism after the Great War. Stephen Schloesser, Boston College, schloess@bc.edu  

 

Religion in the Globalizing World. Barbara A. Strassberg, Aurora University, bstrass@aurora.edu  

 

H2 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 3:00-4:30                         Riverview

Religion and Violence

 

Convener and Discussant: Jon P. Bloch, Southern CCT State University, blochj1@southernct.edu  

 

Religious Morality, Religious Violence: An Evolutionary Perspective. John Teehan, Hofstra University, susjpt@hofstra.edu

 

Terrorism and a New World Order. Sara Mandell, University of South Florida, mandell@chuma1.cas.usf.edu

 

Religion-Based Hate Crimes in the United States. Paul Olson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, unlolson@yahoo.com  

 

Religion and Memorial Culture: Ritual, Representation, and the Holocaust. Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado, jacobsjl@stripe.colorado.edu            

 

H3 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 3:00-4:30                         Montpelier

Fire in Atlanta: Love, Empowerment, and Spiritual Transformation

 Organizer / Convener: Paul Williamson, Sterling College, williaw@hsu.edu  

 

Discussant: David VanCronkhite, founder of Blood-n-Fire, Atlanta, info@bloodnfire.com

 

The Construction of a Measure of Love for Use with Minimally Literate Homeless. Ralph W. Hood and R. J. Morris, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, ralph-hood@utc.edu and ron-morris@utc.edu  

 

Glossolalia, Liminality, and Empowered "Kingdom Building." Margaret M. Poloma, University of Akron, mpoloma@uakron.edu  

 

"Blood-n-Fire" as a Facilitator of Spiritual Transformation. Christopher F. Silver, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Christopher-Silver@utc.edu

 

H4 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 3:00-4:30                         Greenway

Political Economy of Freedom and Faith

 

Convener and Discussant: Alberto Bisin, New York University, alberto.bisin@nyu.edu.

 

Religious Freedom and Religious Attendance: An Individual-Level Analysis. Charles M. North, Baylor University, Charles_North@Baylor.edu, and Carl Gwin, Baylor University, Carl_Gwin@baylor.edu

 

The Political Origins of Religious Liberty in Britain & the US.  Anthony Gill, University of Washington, tgill@u.washington.edu

 

The Role of Freedom, Growth and Religion in the Taste for Revolution.  Robert MacCulloch, Princeton University,  rmaccull@Princeton.edu and Silvia Pezzini, London School of Economics, s.pezzini@lse.ac.uk

 

Religion versus Quality of Government: A Cross-National Study.  Robert Subrick, George Mason University, jsubrick@gmu.edu

 

H5 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 3:00-4:30                         Brandon A

Ritual Practice I

 

Convener: Jerry G. Pankhurst, Wittenberg University, jpankhurst@wittenberg.edu

 

How Shamanism Began: An Ethnographic Example. James McClenon, Elizabeth City State University, jmmcclenon@mail.ecsu.edu

 

Shamanism: An Evolved Psychology. Michael Winkelman, Arizona State University, michael.winkelman@asu.edu

 

Communitas and Conflict:  Rethinking and Reapplying Turner's Analysis of the Pilgrimage ProcessJacob N. Kinnard, kinnard@visi.net

 

Pilgrimage in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A New Typology. Robert W. Reynolds and Ronald L. Holt, Weber State University, rreynolds@weber.edu

 

H6 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 3:00-4:30                         Eppington

Are We Public Educators: A Discussion with Journalists of Religion

 

Organizers/Conveners:

Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, sthumma@hartsem.edu  and Kyle Cole, Associate Director Religionsource, American Academy of Religion, kcole@aarweb.org

 

Panelists:

 

Yonat Shimron, Raleigh News Observer, yshimron@newsobserver.com

 

Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service, Adelle.Banks@religionnews.com

 

Kim Lawton, Religion and Ethnics Newsweekly, klawton@religonethics.com

 

H7 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 3:00-4:30                         Merrimac

Faith Based Initiatives

 

Convener: Laura Olson, Clemson University, Lolson8274@aol.com

 

Coalition Ministries, Congregational Ties, and the Faith-Based Initiative. Paula Pipes,  and Helen Rose Ebaugh, University of Houston,  ppipes@uh.edu, ebaugh@uh.edu

 

Religious Institutions in Community Health Coalitions. Sue E. S. Crawford, Creighton University, crawford@creighton.edu

 

Catholic Church Engagement in Australian Society: A Symbiotic Relationship Between the “ Religious” and the “Secular.”  Joan Daw, Australian Catholic University, joandaw@iprimus.com .au

 

Negotiating the Sacred: Faith-Based Community Development and the State.  Scott Fitzgerald, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, scott-fitzgerald@uiowa.edu

 

The Interface Between Religious Faith and Intervention Programs for Men who Batter.  Barbara Fisher-Townsend, University of New Brunswick, btownsen@unb.ca , Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick, and Nancy Murphy, Northwest Family Life Seattle, Washington

 

H8 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 3:00-4:30                         Claremont

Religious and Ethnic Identities

 

Convener: H. B. Cavalcanti, University of Richmond, hcavalca@richmond.edu

 

Decentering the Study of Jewish Identity: Building  a Dialogue across Religious  and Ethnic communities. Harriet Hartman and Debra Kaufmann, Northeastern University, hartman@rowan.edu dkaufmann@neu.edu

 

A Glue That Holds:  American Catholic Identity in a Postmodern Context.  Bill Dinges, Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Dinges@cua.edu

 

The Holocaust as Recurring Reality: Implications of Victimization Themes in Jewish American Short Stories on Jewish American Ethnic Identity Formation.  Dana M. Greene, Wake Forest University, greenedm@wfu.edu

 

Singing from Different Hymn Sheets: Rival Evangelical Organizations and Social Change in Northern Ireland. Gladys Ganiel, University College Dublin, bangorgal@hotmail.com

 

H9 - SSSR/RRA Special Session

Saturday, 3:00-4:30                         Stratford

Religious Change in the 20th Century

 

Organizer and convener: James Cavendish, University of South Florida, jcavendi@cas.usf.edu

Convener: TBA

 

Religious Diversity in America, 1940-2000. Michael Hout, University of California-Berkeley, mikehout@uclink.berkeley.edu

 

(The draft of Religious Diversity in America may be viewed at http://ucdata.berkeley.edu /rsfcensus.)

 

Discussants:

 Mark Chaves, University of Arizona, mchaves@u.arizona.edu  

 

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

 

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

 

H10 - SSSR Session

Saturday, 3:00-4:30                         Brandon B

Reorganization of Catholic Parishes: The Impact of Changes in Leadership, Staffing and Structure

 

Organizer/Convener: Michael Cieslak, Rockford Diocese, Chair of the Catholic Research Forum, mcieslak@rockfoddiocese.org

 

Discussant: Siobhan Verbeek, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, sverbeek@nsccb.org

 

Pathways for the Church of the 21st Century: Findings from the 2000 National Study of Parish Reorganization. Jeff Rexhausen, University of Cincinnati, Economics Center for Education & Research , jeff.rexhausen@uc.edu .

 

Catholic Parishioners' Perceptions of Parish Restructuring: Past Experiences and Lessons to be Learned. Robert Miller, Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Charles Zech, Villanova University, charles.zech@villanova.edu

 

Community Building in Catholic Parishes Headed by Married Men. Ruth Wallace, George Washington University

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SSSR Presidential Plenary

Saturday,  5:00-6:30 p.m.      

Stratford

 

Introduction by Helen Rose Ebaugh

 

Robert Wuthnow “The Challenge of Diversity”

 

Reception and Cash Bar

Saturday, 6:30  p.m.   

Promenade

Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony

Saturday, 7:00 p.m.        

Poplar/Providence

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Sunday, October 26, 2003

 

Memorial Service for Jeffrey K. Hadden

Sunday, 7:30-8:15

Greenway

 

Presider:  Theodore E. Long, Elizabethtown College, longte@etown.edu  

 

Participants:

 

Ruth Wallace, George Washington University, rwallace@gwis2.circ.jwn.edu

 

Rod Stark, Baylor University, socstark@aol.com

 

William D’Antonio, Catholic University, d'antonio@cua.edu

 

Eileen Barker, London School of Economics, e.barker@lse.ac.uk

 

I1 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 8:30-10:00                          Wilton

God Images: Psychological Issues

 

Organizer: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@panther.adelphi.edu

 

Convener: William C. McCready, Chicago, IL, bmccready@knowledgenetworks.com  

 

The Psychology of Gods. Steven Reiss, Ohio State University, reiss.7@osu.edu  

 

Youth At Risk and God At Bay?:  Imago Dei in Their Own Words. Jill Witmer Sinha, University of Pennsylvania, jwsinha@ssw.upenn.edu  

 

Relationship with Parents, God Concept, Self-Esteem, And Relationship Intimacy. Winston Seegobin  and Robert Reyes, Messiah College, wseegobi@messiah.edu  

 God Images and Self Concept  a Study Among 12-16 Year Olds. L.J.Francis, University of Wales, UK, rss601@bangor.ac.uk

 

I2 - SSSR/ MSSA Session

Sunday, 8:30-10:00                          Brandon A

Contemporary Issues in Mormon Studies

 

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

 

Sister Missionaries: Gender in the LDS Missionfield. Shauna J. Sweet, Hamilton College, ssweet@hamilton.edu

 

The Origins of the Mormon Intellectual Movement. Ryan Cragun, University of Cincinnati, r.cragun@hotmail.com

 

Implications of Becoming a “New World Religion”: Redefining Mormon Identity. O. Kendall White, Jr., Washington and Lee University, whitek@wlu.edu

 

Latter-day Saints in India: A Study of Conversion and Culture, John J. Pallett and John P. Hoffmann, Brigham Young University, jjp73@email.byu.edu , John_Hoffmann@byu.edu

 

I3 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 8:30-10:00                          Merrimac

Growth and Decline of Religious Movements

 

Convener: Lonnie Griffin, University of South Florida, lgriffin@mail.usf.edu  

 

Scaling Heaven's Gate: Individualism and Salvation in a New Religious Movement. Ben Zeller, bzeller@unc.edu  

 

KABBALAH 2000 - The Emergence of a New Religious Movement, Howard Gontovnick, Concordia University, howardg@alumni.concordia.ca

 

I4 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 8:30-10:00                          Greenway

International Studies of Religion and Socio-Economic Outcomes

Convener/Discussant: S. Ramachandran, The World Bank, Sramachandran@worldbank.org

 

Religious Freedom and Religious Attendance in an International Panel.   Carl R. Gwin, and Charles M. North, Baylor University,  Carl_Gwin@Baylor.edu, Charles_North@Baylor.edu.

 

People’s Opium?:  Religion and Economic Attitudes. Luigi Guiso, University of Sassari, guiso@tin.it, Paulo Sapienza, Northwestern University, and Luigi Zinglaes, University of Chicago, luigi.zingales@gsb.uchicago.edu

 From Farmers to Merchants: An Economic Interpretation of Jewish Economic History.  Maristella Botticini, Boston University, maristel@bu.edu.

 

Vidya, Veda and Varna: The Impact of Religion and Caste on Education in Rural India. Sriya Iyer, Cambridge University, Sriya.Iyer@econ.cam.ac.uk.

 

I5 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 8:30-10:00                          Brandon B

Ritual Practice II

 

Convener: Sara Mandell, University of South Florida, mandell@chuma1.cas.usf.edu

 

Tautegorical Representations in Ritual: A Breed Apart.  Camille Wingo, University of Cambridge, caw41@cam.ac.uk

 

The Symbolic Significance of Jacob's Ladder.  Susan Schept, Stevens Institute of Technology, sschept@stevens-tech.edu  

 

Religious Ritual, Serpents and Recall; An Examination of Religious Ritual Recall and RecognitionChristopher F. Silver and Ralph W. Hood, Jr., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Christopher-Silver@utc.edu

 

I6 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 8:30-10:00                          Eppington

Religious Diversity in the Military

 

Organizer / Convener: Judith Lynn Johnson, Regent University, judijo2@regent.edu

 

Discussant: Major Eurydice Stanley, Army National Guard Headquarters, Eurydice.Stanley@ngb.army.mil

 

Military Training of Religious Diversity, Tolerance, and Equal Opportunity. Robert M. McIntyre, Old Dominion University, rmm100f@cox.net

 

Diverse Views of Religious Pluralism: Implications for the Military Chaplaincy. Olenda E. Johnson, North Carolina A & T State University, johnson@carlisle.army.mil

 

Military Religious Diversity in the Age of Terrorism: Islam and Challenges for the Chaplaincy. Judith L. Johnson, Regent University, judijo2@regent.edu

 

Case Studies in Religious Diversity. William Hathaway, Regent University , willhat@regent.edu  

 

I7 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 8:30-10:00                          Claremont

Religion and Politics

 

Convener: Jerry G. Pankhurst, Wittenberg University, jpankhurst@wittenberg.edu

 

“The Revenge of God” and the “Third Wave” of Democratization: An Essay on the Compatibility of Religion and Democracy Matt Tapie, Baylor University, matthewtapie@msn.com

 

Presidents, Political Appointments, and Religious Stratification in America, 1789-2003.  James D. Davidson, Purdue University, davidsonj@sri.soc.purdue.edu ,  Rachel Kraus, Purdue University, rachelkraus@yahoo.com  and Scott Morrissey, University of Maryland.

 

Western Faith Traditions on Capitol Hill: Social Origins of Religious Lobbies. Rachel Kraus, Purdue University, rachelkraus@yahoo.com

 

Is Religion Still a Pertinent Issue Affecting Feminism and Equality Politics in Spain?: An Examination of Historical and Current Controversies Related to Spanish Women’s Movements and Religion. Candice D. Ortbals, Indiana University, cortbals@indiana.edu

 

I8 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 8:30-10:00                          Riverview

Religious Practice I

 

Convener: Elizabeth Pullen, Drew University, epullen@drew.edu

 

The Usage of Inner Healing Prayer in the Conservative Christian Population: An Exploratory Survey. Fernando Garzon and Margaret Poloma, University of Akron, mpoloma@uakron.edu

 

Third Party Moral Enforcement: The Rise and Decline of Christian Confession. Benito Arruñada, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, benito.arrunada@econ.upf.es

 

"Devotio Postmoderna": A Survey on 'Devotees' of Saint Anthony's Shrine in Padua Giuseppe Giordan, University of Torino, Italy, giuseppe.giordan@tin.it

 

I9 - SSSR/RRA Session

Sunday, 8:30-10:00                          Montpelier

Religious Freedom

 

Convener: Lori Beaman, Concordia University, beaman@alcor.concordia.ca

 

The Attempted Transformation of a Deviant Occupation into a Therapy: Deprogramming Seeks a New Identity. Anson Shupe, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, shupe@ipfw.edu ,  and Susan E. Darnell, Portage, IN, Susaned321@aol.com

 

Trust in Church: Conceptual Ambiguities and Religious Politics in Romanian Opinion Surveys. Mihnea Vasilescu, University of Pittsburgh, miv4+@pitt.edu  

 

(Un)masking the Religious Other in Immigration and Multi-Cultural Policy. Julie Manville, University of Western Australia, Manville@cygnus.uwa.edu .au

 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Neutrality. Frank Ravitch, Michigan State University—DCL College of Law, fravitch@law.msu.edu  

 

Rights Talk: Defining Freedom of Religion.  Lori Beaman, Concordia University, beaman@alcor.concordia.ca

 

I10 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 8:30-10:00                          Stratford

Clerical Authority and Ideology: Examining Causes and Consequences

 

Convener /Discussent: Anthony J. Pogorelc, Catholic University of America, pogorelc@cua.edu  

 

Constitutional Debate in Iran: Individual Sovereignty vs. Clerical Authority in the Islamic Republic. Stephen Poulson, Washington and Lee University, poulsons@wlu.edu

 

Interpreting the Bible Today: Presbyterian Pastors and their Congregations. Christel J. Manning, Sacred Heart University, manningc@sacredheart.edu  , Timothy Page,  Center for Research & Public Policy, twp@crpp.com .

 

Challenging Orthodoxy and Authority: Gay Catholic Priests. G.J. Power and B.J. Fallon, Australian Catholic University, gjpowe001@student.patrick.acu.edu .au

 

I11 - RRA Session

Sunday, 8:30-10:00                          Providence

Getting the Message Out

 

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

 A Review of Recent Research on Southern Gospel Music. Michael Graves, Regent University, micgrav@regent.edu  and Darlene Graves, Regent University

 

A Report on a Phone Survey of North American Seventh-Day Adventists. Roger Dudley, Andrews University, Dudley@andrews.edu  

 

Religious “Gatekeeping” Influences and the Internet. J.D. Keeler, Regent University, johnkee@regent.edu  

Religion and Contemporary Culture: Exploring the Intersections of Religious Research. Norman C. Mintle, Regent University, normmin@regent.edu  

 

J1 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 10:15-11:45                         Wilton

God Images: Traditional and Non-traditional Imageries

 

Organizer/ Convener: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University, hegy@panther.adelphi.edu  

 

This Is My God: Sathya Sai Baba and Indo-Caribbean Renaissance. Leslie James, Depauw University, ljames@Depauw.edu  

 

The Authority of Mythological Imagination: Exploring the Boundaries between Witchcraft, Fantasy and Life Role Play in Contemporary Dutch Society. Martin Ramstedt, Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam, Martin.Ramstedt@Meertens.knaw.nl

Religious Imagery in Patients with Psychotic Disorders. Patricia E. Murphy, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Patricia_Murphy@rush.edu  

 

The Sources and the Role of the Image of God in the Lives of People Attached to a Threatening Image of God. Andrzej Molenda, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, molenda@if.uj.edu .pl

 

J2 - SSSR/ MSSA Session

Sunday, 10:15-11:45                        Brandon A

Armand Mauss,  All Abraham’s Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage, University of Illinois Press, 2003.

 

Organizer/ Convener: Gary Shepherd, Oakland University, shepherd@oakland.edu

 

Panelists:

 

Massimo Introvigne, Director CESNUR, cesnur@tin.it

 

Jan Shipps, emeritus, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, shipps@iupui.edu

 

Rex Cooper, LDS Research Division, Salt Lake City, Utah, cooperre@ldschurch.org

 

J3 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 10:15-11:45                         Merrimac

 

[THIS SESSION HAS BEEN DROPPED FROM THE PROGRAM.  ALL PARTICIPANTS HAVE EITHER WITHDRAWN OR BEEN REASSIGNED].

 

J4 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 10:15-11:45                         Greenway

International Studies of Religious Markets

 

Convener/Discussant: Carrie A. Miles, George Mason University, carrie@econzone.com

 

The New Moral Paradigm. Carrie A. Miles, George Mason University, c-miles@juno.com.

 

The Growth of Protestant Religions in Mexico and Central America. James W. Dow, Oakland University, dow@oakland.edu

 

Spirited Competition: Latin America's New Marketplace. Andrew Chesnut, University of Houston, andrew.chesnut@mail.uh.edu

 

Religions in Communist China: Open, Black, and Gray Markets in a Shortage Economy, Fenggang Yang, Purdue University, yang@soc.purdue.edu

 

Church, Sect, and Schism in Coalitional Games.  William Brennan, George Mason University, william.brennan@stb.dot.gov.

 

J5 - SSSR Session:  Author-Meets-Critics

Sunday, 10:15-11:45                         Brandon B

James McClenon, Wondrous Healing: Shamanism, Human Evolution, and the Origin of Religion, DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2002.

 

Convener: William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR and RRA, bill4329@hotmail.com  

 

Panelists:

 

Douglas G. Richards, Atlantic University, dgrichar@pilot.infi.net

Candace Alcorta, University of Connecticut, alcorta@worldnet.att.net

 

Jennifer Nooney, North Carolina State University, jenooney@server.sasw.ncsu.edu

 

Michael Winkelman, Arizona State University, michael.winkelman@asu.edu

 

J6 - RRA Session

Sunday, 10:15-11:45                         Eppington

Critical Intersections

 

Convener: Catherine Fobes, Alma College,  fobes@alma.edu

 

The Intersection of Religion, Race, and Gender in Episcopal Campus Ministries in the Diocese of Florida, 1927-1949. Catherine Fobes, Alma College,  fobes@alma.edu  

 

African American Civil Religion Based on a Multi-Religious Identity: A Case Study of African American Muslims. Yukie Tatta, Harvard University, ytatsuta@fas.harvard.edu  

 

A Christian Worldview and the Struggle for Immigrant Adaptation: A Comparison of Haitian Catholics in Miami, Montreal and Paris. Margarita Mooney, Princeton University, margarit@princeton.edu  

 

J7 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 10:15-11:45                         Claremont

Religious Organizations in Motion

 

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

 

The Organizational Transformation of the Parish in a Context of Religious Individualism. C.N. de Groot, Tilburg University, C.deGroot@uvt.nl

 

Religious Non-Governmental Organizations: An Exploratory Analysis.  Julia Berger, Harvard University, Julia_Berger@ksg.harvard.edu

 

Corporate Cult - Still Controversial and Still Alive: Final Results of Comparative Research in Poland. Tomasz Ochinowski, Warsaw University, Poland, ochinto@mail.wz.uw.edu .pl

 

Taking the Role of the Generalized Virtual Other: Exploring Online-Religion from a Symbolic Interactionist Perspective. Brian Conway, University of Notre Dame, bconway@nd.edu

 

J8 - RRA Session

Sunday, 10:15-11:45                         Riverview

Religious Practice II

 

Convener: Peter Kaldor, NCLS Research Australia, pk@pnc.com .au

 

Investigating Prayer Phenomena: Theoretical Intersections of Multiple Disciplines and Multiple Methods of Research Practices. E. James Baelser, Old Dominion University, jbaesler@odu.edu  

 

The Case for and against a Spiritual Intelligence. Frank MacHovec, Rappahannock Community College and the University of Virginia, fmachovec@rivnet.net

 

Ruth and Naomi: Women’s Emergence and Elderhood. Kathleen Areveson and June Hutchison, Regent University, Kathy@arveson.com  

 

History of the Married Priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church.  Bob Scanlan, Archdiocese of Miami,  bj115@execpc.com  

  

J9 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 10:15-11:45                        Montpelier

The Future of Religion

 

Convener: Patrick Bennett, University of Nevada, Reno , patrickb@unr.nevada.edu

 

Religion in the XXI Century. Marina V. Vorobjova, marina.vorobjova@upelsinka.com

 

Christianity in Postmodern Times: Conservatism and Modernism in Russian Orthodoxy as a Reaction to Social and Cultural Transformations in Contemporary World. Denys Kiryukhin, Philosophy Institute (Ukrainian Academy of Science), Ukraine, denn_krn@mail.ru

Countering Philosophical Attacks on Religion as a Force for Sustainable Civilization. James van Pelt, Yale Divinity School, james.vanpelt@yale.edu

 

Religious Postmodernism: Development or Crisis?, Lyudmyla Filipovych, Institute Kyiv, Ukraine, filip@alfacom.net

 

J10 - SSSR Session

Sunday, 10:15-1:45                     Stratford

Fallout: Catholics React to the Clergy Sexual Abuse Scandal

 

Organizer: Paul Perl, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University, pmp2@georgetown.edu

 

Convener: Mary E. Bendyna, RSM, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University, bendynam@georgetown.edu

 

Catholic Attitudes on Church Financial Accountability and Support in the Wake of the Clergy Sexual Abuse Scandal. Charles Zech, Villanova University, charles.zech@villanova.edu

 

American Catholics in the Wake of the Sex Abuse Scandal: Religious Decline, Transformation, or Revival?, Mary E. Bendyna, RSM and Mary L. Gautier, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), Georgetown University, bendynam@georgetown.edu

 

Voice of the Faithful Movement: A Study in Progress. William V. D’Antonio and Anthony J. Pogorelc, The Catholic University of America, dantonio@cua.edu , pogorelc@cua.edu

 

Attitudes of Catholic Priests Toward the Clergy Sexual Abuse Scandal. Susan Pinkus,  Los Angeles Times, susan.pinkus@latimes.com

 

A Crisis Not Only Within the Church: Responses to Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Catholic Priest.  Mark M. Gray and Paul Perl, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Georgetown University, mmg34@georgetown.edu , pmp2@georgetwon.edu

 

J11-SSSR Session

Commemorating the Contributions of Jeffrey K. Hadden

Sunday, 10:15-11:45                             Providence

               

Convener: Eileen Barker, London School of Economics, e.barker@lse.ac.uk

 

Panelists:

 

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

 

David Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University,  dbromley@mail1.vcu.edu

 

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

 

Theodore E. Long, Elizabethtown College, longte@etown.edu

 

Program Index

A

 

Adamczyk, Amy, Pennsylvania State University, A10, E2

Alcorta, Candace, University of Connecticut, J5

Allahyari, Rebecca, School of American Research, E10

Alles, Greg, McDaniel College, B7

Areveson, Kathleen, Regent University, J8

Ariel, Yaakov, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, C5

Arrunada, Benito, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, I8, A11

Atran, Scott, University of Michigan, C7

Auping, John A., Universidad Ileroamericana, Mexico, F7, G11

 

B

 

Baesler, E. James, Old Dominion University, Dept. of Communication, J8

Bagby, Ihsan, University of Kentucky at Lexington, A9

Baggett, Jerome P., Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, D5

Bainbridge, William, National Science Foundation, A4, A5

Banks, Adelle M., Religion News Service, H6

Barker, Eileen, London School of Economics, A3

Barrett, Justin, University of Michigan, C7

Bartkowski, John P., Mississippi State University, D10

Beaman, Lori, Concordia University, D6, I9

Beaty, Michael, Baylor University, F10

Beckford, James, University of Warwick, E11

Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin, University of Haifa, C10, E1

Bendyna, Mary E., Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Geo, J10

Bennett, Patrick, University of Nevada, Reno, E7, J9

Berger, Julia, Harvard University, J7

Bering, Jesse, University of Arkansas, B7, C7

Berman, Eli, Rice University, B4

Beyerlein, Kraig, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, C9, E4, F7

Bisin, Alberto, New York University, H4

Blasi, Anthony J., Tennessee State University, G11, E10

Bloch, Jon P., Southern CCT State University, G2, D9, H2

Bollar Wagner, Melinda, Radford University, G2

Bordon, Anne, Emory University, A6

Botticini, Maristella, Boston University, I4, G4

Bottoms, Bette, University of Illinois-Chicago, E2, F9

Bouma, Gary, Monash University, A5

Bower, Walter, University of Kentucky, E7

Bowman, Emily, Indiana University-Bloomington, G11

Bradshaw, Gil, Brigham Young University, G11

Bradshaw, Matt, University of Texas at Austin, E7

Brennan, William, George Mason University, J4

Brewer, Stephanie, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, D4

Bromley, David, Virginia Commonwealth University, E3, J11, C3

Broski, Mark, Benedictine College, D4

Brown, William, Regent University, F6

Brown, Charles M., Albright College, A6, B6, C6

 

 

Bruce, Deborah, Research Services, Presbyterian Church, C2, D2

Burdette, Amy, University of Texas at Austin, E2, F9

 

C

 

Cadge, Wendy, Princeton University, D10

Capper, Daniel, University of Southern Mississippi, B5

Carroll, Jackson W., Duke University Divinity School, G10, E5

Carroll, Michael, University of Western Ontario, F1, G1

Casey, Cheryl, New York University, C6

Cavalcanti, H.B., University of Richmond, E8, H8

Cavendish, James, University of South Florida, B9, D6, F7, H9

Chaves, Mark, University of Arizona, H9

Cherry, Stephen, University of Texas at Austin, G9

Chestnut, Andrew, University of Houston, J4

Chin, Michelle, Arizona State University, D4

Chirico, Donna, York College - CUNY, E1, F1

Chiswick, Carmel, University of Illinois at Chicago, A4, B4

Christerson, Brad, Biola University, E8

Christiano, Kevin, University of Notre Dame, B10, J7

Christopherson, Richard, Azusa Pacific University, C8

Cieslak, Michael, Rockford (IL) Catholic Diocese, H10

Cimino, Richard, New School University, B11, D9

Clydesdale, Tim, The College o New Jersey, D1

Cnaan, Ran A., University of Pennsylvania, F8

Cole, Kyle, American Academy of Relgion, H6

Conway, Brian, University of Notre Dame, J7

Cooper, Rex, LDS Research Division, Salt Lake City, Utah, J2

Coreno, Thaddeus, Saint Vincent College, B8

Coukos, Andrea, University of Oregon, A7

Cowan, Douglas, J11

Cragun, Ryan, University of Cincinnati, I2

Crawford, Sue E. S., Creighton University, H7

Crist, John, United States Institute of Peace, B9

Curtis, Kristen, Samford University, E5, G10

 

D

 

D' Antonio, William V., The Catholic University of America, J10

Darnell, Susan E., Portage, IN, I9

Davidson, James D., Purdue University, I7

Daw, Joan, Australian Catholic University, H7

Day, Katie, Luther Theological Seminary, F11

de Groot, C.N., Tilburg University, J7

Demerath, Jay, University of Massachusetts, E2

Denton, Melinda, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A1, B1

Diaz-Stevens, Ana Maria, Union Theological Seminary, D8

Dinges, Bill, Catholic University in Washington, DC, H8

Dodson, Jualynne E., Michigan State University, G8

Dougherty, Kevin, Calvin College, G8

Dow, James W., Oakland University, J4

Draulans, Veerle, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, E9

Dudley, Carl, Hartford Seminary, A2, B2

Dudley, Roger, Andrews University, I11, B2, C4

 

E

 

Ebaugh, Helen Rose, University of Houston, A8, H7

Edgell, Penny, University of Minnesota, B8, H9

Edwards, Korie L., University of Illinois at Chicago, E8

Einstein, Mara, Queens College, B10

Eisenhandler, Susan, University of Connecticut, D1

Ellison, Christopher, University of Texas at Austin, E2, E7, D10, F7

Emerson, Michael, Rice University, B8, E8, G7

Epstein, Gil, Bar Ilan University, B4

 

F

 

Fallon, B.J., Australian Catholic University, I10

Faris, Robert, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, E2

Farmer, Jerry T., Xavier University of Louisiana, G1

Farrell, Susan, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY, D10

Faver, Catherine A., University of Texas-Pan American, C8

Felson, Jacob, Pennsylvania State University, E2

Fenton, Dana D5, A10

Filipas, Henrietta, University of Illinois-Chicago, E2

Filipovych, Lyudmyla, Institute Kyiv, Ukraine, J9

Fisher, Timothy, University of Southern California, A8

Fisher-Townsend, Barbara, University of New Brunswick, H7

Fitzgerald, Scott, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, H7

Flory, Richard, Biola University, B1, F5

Fobes, Catherine V., Department of Socioligy, Alma College, J6, F8

Fournier, Suzanne, Cascade College, A10

Francis, L.J., University of Wales, UK, I1

Freeman, Andrew, Regent University, E6

Froese, Paul, Baylor University, G4

 

G

 

Gallab, Abdullahi A., Brigham Young University, G9, D9

Gallagher, Sally, Oregon State University, C8

Gang, Ira, Rutgers University, B4

Ganiel, Gladys, University College Dublin, C8, H8

Garcia Chiang, Armando, CIRAD, France, E7

Garzon, Fernando, University of Akron, I8

Gautier, Mary L., Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Geo, J10, G11

Geraty, Kristin, Indiana University-Bloomington, G11

Gill, Anthony, University of Washington, H4

Gimenez Dasi, Marta, UNED,Cuidad Universitaria, C7

Giordan, Guiseppe, University of Torino, Italy, I8

Glaeser, Edward, Harvard University, B4

Glazier, Stephen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, A11

Glenn, Norval, University of Texas at Austin, E2

Goldman, Marion, University of Oregon, G3

Gomez, Christina, Dartmouth University, D8

Gontovnick, Howard, Concordia University, Canada, I3

Gooren, Henri, Utrecht University, NWO, MAGW, A10

Goris, Anneris, Brooklyn College, D8

Gormly, Eric, University of North Texas, B6, G8

Grammich, Clifford, RCMUS 2000, Glenmany Research Center, G5

Gray, Mark M., Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Geo, J10

Grazia Lecca, Anna, University of Southampton, G7

Greene, Dana M., Wake Forest University, H8

Griffin, III, Lonnie F., University of South Florida, F6, I3

Gross, Zehavit, Bar-Ilan University, A5, F10

Gruber, Jon, MIT, C4

Guiso, Luigi, University of Sassari, I4

Gwin, Carl R., Baylor  University, H4, I4

 

H

 

Hadaway, C. Kirk, The Episcopal Church, B2

Halman, Loek, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, E9

Hardy, Phillip, Arizona State University, D4

Harris, Paul, Harvard Graduate School of Education, C7

Harrison, Milmon, University of California-Davis, B3, C6

Hartman, Harriet, Northeastern University, H8

Hartmann, Douglas, University of Minnesota, B8, E6

Hathaway, William, Regent University, I6

Haviland, Sara, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, E2

Heeren, John, California State University, San Bernardino, F6, C6

Hegy, Pierre, Adelphi University, E1, F1, G1, H1, I1, J1

Hernandez, Edwin, Notre Dame University, E10, F8

Hertel, Bradley, Virginia Tech, B10

Hewlett, Brian N., University of Arizona, E9

Hill, Jonathan, University of Notre Dame, F2

Hillary, Warren, Otterbein College, A6

Hipp, John R., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, F7

Hoffmann, John P., Brigham Young University, I2

Hoge, Dean R., Catholic University of America, B9, G10

Holt, Ronald L., Weber State University, H5

Hood, Jr., Ralph W., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, I5, H3

Hout, Michael, University of California-Berkeley, H9

Howard Ecklund, Elaine, Cornell University, F8

Hungerman, Dan, Duke University, C4

Hutchison, June, Regent University, J8

Huyser, Kimberly R., Calvin College, G8

 

I

 

Iannaccone, Laurence R., George Mason University, A4, D4, F4

Ingersoll, Julie, University of North Florida, G2

Introuigne, Massimo, Director CESNUR, J2, F3

Iyer, Sriya, University of Cambridge, England, I4

 

J

 

Jackson, Ervin, Heritage Christian University, G8

Jacobs, Janet, University of Colorado at Boulder, E3, H2

James, Leslie, Depauw University, J1

Johnson, Judith L., Regent University, I6

Johnson, Kathy, Acadia Divinity School, B6

Johnson, Olenda E., North Carolina A & T State University, I6

Johnson, D. Paul, Texas Tech University, D5

Johnson, Sonya, Michigan State University, G8

Johnson, Carl, University of Pittsburgh, C7

Johnson, Karen, University of Michigan, B7

Johnson-Mondragon, Ken, Institut Fe y Vida, C1

Jones, Steven Lyle, University of Virginia, F10

Jones, Dale, ASARB, G5

Jozefowicz, James, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, D4

 

 

 

K

 

Kaariainen, Kimmo, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland, B8

Kaelber, Lutz, University of Vermont, A11

Kane, Heather C10

Karpov, Vyacheslav, Western Michigan University, B8

Kaufmann, Debra, Northeastern University, H8

Kearin, Thom, Weber State University, E6

Keeler, J.D., Regent University, F6, I11

Ketola, Kimmo, University of Helsinki, B11

Keysar, Ariela, Center for Jewish Studies, Graduate Center, CUNY, A4, B11, D1

G5Kim, Karen, Unversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, F9

Kinnard, Jacob N., H5

Kiryukhin, Denys, Philosophy Institute (Ukrainian Academy of Science, J9

Klaff, Vivian, NJPS, G5

Klick, Jonathan, George Mason University, D4

Knight, Nicola, University of Michigan, C7

Kniss, Fred, Loyola University, Chicago, A8

Kollar, Nathan, St. John Fisher College, E10

Konieczny, Mary Ellen, University of Chicago, D10

Kosmin, Barry, University of Southampton, UK, A4, B11, D1, G5

Kostarelos, Frances, Governor's State University, B5

Kraus, Rachel M., Purdue University, I7

Krauss, Stephen, University of Tennesse at Chattanooga, A7, B8

Krindatch, Alexei, Russian Academy of Sciences, E8

Kujawski, Jennifer A7

 

L

 

Ladd, Kevin, Indiana University, South Bend, A7

Laird, Lance, Evergreen State College, C11

Lalich, Janja, California State University, Chico, G3

Langone, Michael, American Family Foundation, A3

Lara, George J., University of Texas at Austin, F9

Lawson, Mathew, The College of New Jersey, E6

Lawson, Ronald, Queens College, CUNY, D5

Lawson, E. Thomas, Western Michigan University, D7

Lawton, Kim, Religion and Ethnics Newsweekly, H6

Leege, David, University of Notre Dame, B9

Lehrer, Evelyn, University of Illinis at Chicago, C4

Lewis, James, Louisville Institute, B9

Light, Paul, Light Consultants, A2

Lindsay, D. Michael, Princeton University, F2

Lindvall, Terry, Regent University, G6

Livezey, Lowell, Harvard Divinity School, G9

Lockhart, William, Baylor University, A6

Long, Theodore, JII

Looney, J. Anna, Rutgers University, D3

Lummis, Adair, Hartford Seminary, C10, F11

Lyon, Larry, Baylor University, F10

Lytch, Carol, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, B1

 

M

 

MacCulloch, Robert, Princeton University, H4

MacHovec, Frank, Rappahannock Community College and University of V, J8

Maduro, Otto, Drew University, Theological School, E11

Mamiya, Lawrence H., Vassar College, A9

Mandell, Sara, University of South Florida, H2, I5

Manning, Christel J., Sacred Heart University, I10

Manville, Julie, University of Western Australia, C5, I9

Marcum, John, Research Services, Presbyterian Church, C2, D2

Marler, Penny, Samford University, E5, G10

Marshall, Joanne, Loyola University Chicago, E10

Martikainen, Tuomas, Abo Akademi University, Finland, A8

Martin, Wendy, University of Ottawa, G6

Martins, Marcus H., Brigham Young University-Hawaii, G8

Mayer, Egon, Brooklyn College, CUNY, A4, B11

McCarthy, Rich, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, G6

McCauley, Robert, Emory University, D7

McCleary, Rachel, Harvard University, G4

McClenon, James, Elizabeth City State University, H5

McCloskey, Deirdre, University of Illinois at Chicago, F4

McCready, William C., Chicago, IL, F1, I1

McDaniel, Charles, Baylor University, D11

McGehee, III, Fielding, The Jonestown Report, B3

McGrew, Charlene C., University of Pennsylvania, F8

McGuire, Meredith, Trinity University, B5, D6, F3,

McIntyre, Robert M., Old Dominion University, I6

McMillan, Becky R., Duke University Divinity School, G10, E5

McMullen, Mike, University of Houston-Clear Lake, G9

Mealy, Kimberly, Indiana University, F6

Melton, J. Gordon, Center for the Study of American Religion, C3, E3, F3

Meyer, Katherine, Ohio State University, E11

Miles, Carrie A., George Mason University, J4

Miller, Don, University of Southern California, B1, F5

Miller, Robert, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, H10

Mintle, Norman C., Regent University, I11

Mohammed, Khaleel, San Diego State University, B3

Molenda, Andrzej, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, J1

Montgomery, Robert L. G9

Mooney, Margarita, Princeton University, J6

Moore, James F., Valparaiso University, G1

Moore, Rebecca, San Diego State University, B3

Morreall, John, The College of William and Mary, B10

Morris, R.J., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, H3

Morrissey, Scott, University of Maryland, I7

Mort, Joel, Western Michigan University, D7

Mott, Frank, NJPS, G5

Moultan, Benjamin, The University of Texas at Austin, C5

Murken, Sebastian, University of Trier / Germany, D3

Murphy, Nancy, Northwest Family Life, Seattle, WA, H7

Murphy, Patricia E., Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, J1

Murray, Rebecca, Georgia Southern University, E2

Myers, Dan, University of Notre Dame, C9

 

N

 

Nason-Clark, Nancy, University of New Brunswick, B9, E11, F3, G7, H7

Nauta, Reinard, Tilburg Faculty of Theology, A10

Neilson, Reid, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, D11

Neitz, Mary Jo, University of Missouri, B5, D6

Nesbitt, Paula, University of California, Berkeley, E11, F11, B9

Newberg, Adina, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, G6

Newell, Quincy C10

Newport, Kenneth G.C., Liverpool Hope University College, C3

Nielsen, Michael E., Georgia Southern University, A7, E2, F9,

Niemela, Kati, The Church Research Insitute, B11

Nooney, Jennifer, North Carolina State University, J5

Norenzayan, Ara, University of British Columbia, C7

North, Charles M., Baylor University, H4, I4

Noseda, Mary, Australian Catholic University, A8

Nyhof, Melanie, University of Pittsburgh, C7

 

O

 

Ochinowski, Tomasz, Warsaw University, Poland, J7

O'Connell Killen, Patricia, Pacific Lutheran University, C11

O'Connor, Mary I., University of California, Santa Barbara, A8

Olson, Paul, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, H2

Olson, Laura R., Clemson University, C9, B9, H7,

Olson, Daniel, Indiana University South Bend, B11, E4

Ortbals, Candice D., Indiana University, I7

Oviedo, Lluis, Pontificio Ateneo Antonianum, Roma, Italy, G11

 

P

 

Page, Timothy, Center for Research & Public Policy, I10

Page, Jr., Hugh R., University of Nortre Dame, E8

Pallett, John J., Brigham Young University, I2

Paloutzian, Raymond, Westmont College, F9

Pankhurst, Jerry, Wittenberg University, H5, I7

Park, Jerry Z., University of Notre Dame, F8

Parker, Rusty, Baylor University, F10

Parker, Stephen, Regent University, E1, H1

Pearce, Lisa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A1, B1

Pena, Milagros, University of Florida, D8

Perl, Paul, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Geo, J10

Perz y Gonzalez, Maria, Brooklyn College, D8

Pettersson, Thorleif, University of Uppsala, Sweden, E9

Pezzini, Silvia, London School of Economics, H4

Phillips, Bruce, Hebrew Union College, C4, F10

Phillips, Rick, University of North Florida, E4

Pinkus, Susan, Los Angeles Times, J10

Pipes, Paula, University of Houston, F11, H7

Pogorelc, Anthony J., The Catholic University of America, G7, J10, I10

Poloma, Margaret M., University of Akron, H3, I8

Poulson, Stephen, Washington and Lee University, I10

Powell, Darci, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A1

Power, G.J., Australian Catholic University, I10

Prandi, Carlo, University of Parma, Trento, Italy, F2

Pullen, Elizabeth, Drew University, F9, G9, I8,

 

Q

 

Quicke, Andrew, Regent University, E6, G6

 

R

 

Ramachandran, S., The World Bank, I4

Ramstedt, Martin, Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam, J1

Randolph-Seng, Brandon A7

Rausch, Thomas P., Loyola Marymount University, F1

Ravitch, Frank, Michigan State University - DCL College of Law, I9

Regnerus, Mark, Population Research Ctr., University of Texas at Austin, A1, D1, F9

Reimer, Sam, Atlantic Baptist University, A11, E2

Reiss, Steven, Ohio State University, I1

Rexhausen, Jeff, University of Cincinnati, Economics Center for Edu, H10

Reynolds, Robert W., Weber State University, H5

Richards, Douglas G., Atlantic University, J5

Richardson, James T., University of Nevada, Reno, F3, E11, E3

Riis, Ole, Arhus University, Denmark, E9

Robbins, Thomas, Animist Seminary, D3, F3

Robbins, Mandy, University of Wales, C10

Rochford, Jr., E. Burke, Middlebury College, G3

Roozen, David, Hartford Seminary, A2

Rubel-Nipe, Nora, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, D10

Ruff, Lanette, University of New Brunswick, C8, G7

Ruffle, Bradley A4

 

S

 

Sapienza, Paulo, Northwestern University, I4

Sawyer, Mary R., Iowa State University, B3, G2

Scanlan, Bob, Archdiocese of Miami, J8

Schept, Susan, Stevens Institute of Technology, I5

Schloesser, Stephen, Boston College, H1

Schmit, Nina, American Theological Library Association, G6

Schofield Clark, Lynn, University of Colorado, B1

Seegobin, Winston, Messiah College, I1

Selengut, Charles, Drew University, D9

Shepherd, Bryan, University of Texas at Austin, F7

Shepherd, Gary, Oakland University, J2

Shibley, Mark, Southern Oregon University, C11

Shimron, Yonat, Raleigh News Observer, H6

Shipps, Jan, Emeritus, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, J2

Shupe, Anson, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, I9

Sicking, Joseph, Virginia Theological Seminary, E5

Sikkink, David, University of Notre Dame, C9, E10

Silver, Christopher F., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, H3, I5

Simmons, Brian, Cascade College, A10

Siskind, Amy, Brooklyn College CUNY, G3

Slone, Jason, University of Findlay, D7

Smith, Tom, General Social Survey (GSS), NORC, G5

Smith, Joyce, Ryerson University, F6

Smith, Christian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A1, B1, C9

Sosis, Richard, University of Connecticut, A4

Sousa, Paulo, University of Michigan, B7

Spang, Janice, Research Services, Presbyterian Church, D2

Spickard, Jim, University of Redlands, B5

St. Jean, Yanick, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, G1

Stanczak, Greg, University of Southern California, F5

Stanley, Eurydice, Army National Guard Headquarters, I6

Stark, Rodney, J11

Steenhuisen, Lauve H., Georgetown University, G2

Stenger, Katherine, University of Washington, F6

Stepanyan, Ara, Rice University, B4

Stevens-Arroyo, Anthony, Brooklyn College, CUNY, C1

Stonebraker, Robert, Winthrop University, D4

Straarup, Jorgen, Umea University, Sweden, A11

Strassberg, Barbara A., Aurora University, H1, B11

Subrick, Robert, George Mason University, H4

Sullins, Paul, Catholic Univesity of America, E7

Swatos, Jr., William H., ASR and RRA, A11, C5, J5

Sweet, Shauna J., Hamilton College, I2

 

T

Tapie, Matt, Baylor University, I7

Tatta, Yukie, Harvard University, J6

Teehan, John, Hofstra University, H2

This, Craig, United Methodist Church, A2

Thompson, Greg, Floridia State University, C6

Thumma, Scott, Hartford Seminary, A2, H6, I11

Tinaz, Nuri, University of Warwick, England, A9

Topa, Giorgio, New York University, C4

Tovar, Jennifer J., University of Texas at Austin, F9

Townsend Gilkes, Cheryl, Colby College, A9

Trachte, Brian, University of Texas-Pan American, C8

 

U

 

Upson-Saia, Kristi, Duke University, G1

 

V

 

van Pelt, James, Yale Divinity School, J9

VanCronkhite, David, Founder, Blood-n-Fire, Atlanta, H3

Varley, Sandy, E1

Vasilescu, Mihnea, University of Pittsburgh, D11, I9

Verbeek, Siobhan, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, H10

Vial, Theodore, Virginia Wesleyan College, B7

Voas, David, University of Manchester, England, E4, F2

Vorobjova, Marina V. J9

 

W

 

Wald, Kenneth, University of Florida, B9

Wallace, Ruth A., Professor Emerita, George Washington University, H10,

Wanner, Catherine, Penn State University, G4

Warber, Adam, Clemson University, D4

Warner, R. Stephen, University of Illinois at Chicago, H9

Warner, Carolyn, Arizona State University, G4

Weatherby, Georgie A., Gonzaga University, D10

Wellman, James, University of Washington, C11

Wenger, Jacqueline E., Catholic University of America, G10

Wessinger, Catherine, Loyola University New Orleans, B3

White, Daryl, Spelman College, I2

White, Darcelle D., Eastern Michigan University, F10

White, Jr., Kendall, Washington and Lee University, I2

Whitehouse, Harvey, Queen's University Belfast, D7

Wilde, Melissa J., Indiana University Bloomington, E6, G11

Williams, Rhys, University of Cincinnati, B9, D6

Williamson, Paul, Sterling College, H3

Wilson, J. Matthew, Southern Methodist University, F7

Winger, Amanda A7

Wingo, Camille, University of Cambridge, I5

Winkelman, Michael, Arizona State University, H5, J5

Witmer Sinha, Jill, University of Pennsylvania, I1

Wittberg, Patricia, Editor, Review of Religious Research, B9

Wood, Sabrina, Oregon State University, C8

Woodstock, Louise, Cornell University, B6

Woolever, Cynthia A., Hartford Institute for Religion Research, C2

Wortham, Robert A., North Carolina Central University, F2

Wright, Stuart, Lamar University, C3, E3

Wulff, David, Wheaton College, A7

Wulff, Keith, Research Services, Presbyterian Church, D2

 

Y

 

Yang, Fenggang, Purdue University, J4

Yukich, Grace, Indiana University-Bloomington, G11

 

 

Z

 

Zablocki, Benjamin, Rutgers University, D3, G3

Zajac, Barbara, Indiana State University, H1

Zech, Charles, Villanova University, H10, J10

Zeller, Benjamin E., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, I3

Zhai, Elisa Jiexia, Univesity of Texas at Austin, D1

Zhang, Xuefeng, University of Minnesota, E6

Zifirau, Steve, University of Southern California, C6

Zimmerman, Joseph F., Quincy University, G11

Zinglaes, Luigi, University of Chicago, I4