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 Categories. Barry 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 Movement. Andrea 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, Finland. Tuomas 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 Cultures. Thaddeus 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 Secularization, Richard 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 Use. Robert 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, jlal