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, 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 Church. John 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 Process. Jacob 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 Recognition. Christopher 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
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Woodstock, Louise, Cornell University, B6
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Wright, Stuart, Lamar University, C3, E3
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Wulff, Keith, Research Services, Presbyterian Church, D2
Y
Yang, Fenggang, Purdue University, J4
Yukich, Grace, Indiana University-Bloomington, G11
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Zablocki, Benjamin, Rutgers University, D3, G3
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Zech, Charles, Villanova University, H10, J10
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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