Sssr 2009 Denver Paper Session Preliminary Schedule

11:30-12:45 SSSR Lunch for Awards and First-Time Attendees (Place TBD)

Period C: 1:00pm-2:30pm
Sessions:

C-1. SSSR: Religion in Russia: Ukraine, orthodoxy, and minority religions

Room: Sapphire Cove

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SSSR: Religion in the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict: 'ambient faith' and 'bricolage'

Presenter: Marat Shterin, King's College London ([e-mail])

Keywords: Conceptualisation of Religion in Politics, Religion in Russia and Ukraine, 'Ambient Faith' and 'Bricolage '

SSSR: Russian Values, the Russian Orthodox ‘Social Doctrine’, and the Difficulty of Defining Oneself as the ‘Other’

Presenter: Jerry Pankhurst, Wittenberg University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Russian Orthodoxy, family values, Russian civilization
SSSR: Seeking Domestic Justice through International Courts: Russia's responses to the ECtHR Decisions on Its Minority Religions

Presenter: Marat Shterin, King's College London ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: James Richardson , University of Nevada, Reno

Keywords: Minority Religions and Law, Russia minority religions, European Court of Human Rights

SSSR: The «Interfaith dialogue» as a form of «minor religions» opposition to the governmental pressure in Russia

Presenter: Alexandra Filkina, Tomsk State Pedagogical University, Russia ([e-mail])

Keywords: church-state relations, Russia, New Religious Movements
C-2. SSSR/RRA Joint Session: Clinical Therapy, Counseling and Grief

Room: Mariner Cove

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SSSR: The Roles and Relationships of Negative Religious Coping to Outcomes in Psychotherapy with Believing Clients

Presenter: Timothy A Sisemore, Richmont Graduate University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Jeb Brown, ACORN

Co-Author 2: Kenneth Pargament, Bowling Green University

Keywords: religious coping, religious psychotherapy, spirituality and counseling

SSSR: Structural Implications for Clinical Interactions and the Overlooked Patient

Presenter: Aaron Franzen, Hope College ([e-mail])

Keywords: patient-physician interaction, role perceptions, spatial analysis
SSSR: The Last Pastor: Narratives of Grief and Grace

Presenter: Gail Cafferata, Center for Practical Theology, Boston University ([e-mail])

Keywords: clergy, identity, narrative
RRA: Spiritual Redemption and Personal Bereavement

Presenter: Anat Feldman, Achva Academic College ([e-mail])

Keywords: Murder Jewish prayer, religious aspects, widows
C-3. SSSR: African American Faith

Room: Treasure Cove

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SSSR: Black Pastors and Civic Engagement in Ohio: Civic Leaders' Perspectives

Presenter: Michelle Oyakawa, The Ohio State University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Korie Edwards, The Ohio State University

Keywords: politics, pastors, leadership
SSSR: Blue Bible, Red Bible: Sin or Right? Examining the Impact of Theology on Morality Based Opinions Among Faith Centered African Americans

Presenter: Dilara Uskup, University of Chicago-PhD Candidate ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Dilara Uskup, University of Chicago-PhD Candidate

Keywords: African Americans, Empirical Theology, Gay Marriage

SSSR: Post-Civil Rights Black Church Typologies: Analyzing Patterns in Social and Politically Oriented Engagement Practices Using Latent Class Analysis

Presenter: Patrick Washington, University of Illinois at Chicago ([e-mail])

Keywords: The Black Church, National Congregations Study, Latent class analysis
C-4. SSSR: Studying Greek I

Room: Copper Cove

Organizer: Kuo Cheng-Tian

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C-5. SSSR: Souls, perspectivism and animism in Latin America

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom A

Organizer: Christopher L Chiappari, ST OLAF COLLEGE ([e-mail])

Convener: Henri Gooren, Oakland University ([e-mail])

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SSSR: "Your soul got stuck there": partible souls, and issues of humanity and animality in the Andes

Presenter: David Knowlton, Utah Valley University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Viveiros de Castro, souls, Andes

SSSR: Souls and subjectivity in Maya spirituality and evangelical Protestantism in Guatemala

Presenter: Christopher Chiappari, St. Olaf College ([e-mail])

Keywords: souls, Maya spirituality, evangelical Protestantism
C-6. SSSR: Non-religious, Nones, and "Dones": Origins, identity, community, and participation

Room: Laguna

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SSSR: Individual Religious Trajectories and Civic Engagement: Separating the Never Religious from the Formerly Religious

Presenter: Michael Wood, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious Nones, Life Course, Civic Engagement

SSSR: Organized Non-Religion: Individual and Social Identity Among Nonbelievers

Presenter: Amanda Schutz, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ([e-mail])

Keywords: Non-religion, Identity, Organizations
SSSR: The Importance of Community for Disaffiliated Christians: Exploring the Link Between Diversity, Belief and Practice

Presenter: Josh Packard, University of Northern Colorado ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Ashleigh Hope, Vanderbilt University

Keywords: Dechurched, Dones, Community

SSSR: Where do youthful "nones" come from? Families and the intergenerational transmission of non-religion

Presenter: Dr Vern Bengtson, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: R. David Hayward, University of Michigan

Co-Author 2: Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College

Keywords: Youth and generations, Nones and non-religion, Social change
C-7. SSSR: Belief, Unbelief, and Spirituality

Room: Sunset

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SSSR: Believing or unbelieving? Assumptions about human nature in the sociology of religion

Presenter: Vyacheslav Karpov, Western Michigan University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Theory, Secularization, Belief and non-belief

SSSR: Can Being Spiritual But Not Religious Sustain In Time? -- The effect of spiritual practice on maintaining belief

Presenter: Yunping Tong, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Yunping Tong, Purdue University

Co-Author 2: Yun Lu, Purdue University

Keywords: spiritual but not religious, public spiritual practice, private spiritual practice
SSSR: Something Besides Monotheism: Theological Boundary Work Among the Spiritual, but Not Religious

Presenter: Paul McClure, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Keywords: spiritual, but not religious, theology, boundary work
SSSR: Investigating the relationship between multitype maltreatment and spirituality

Presenter: Megan Petra, University of Toledo ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Michael Prior, University of Toledo ([e-mail])

Keywords: Multitype maltreatment, Multidimensional spirituality, long term effects

C-8. SSSR: Religion's Effect on Health

Room: Coral Cove

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SSSR: Blood Sacrifice and the Potentiation of the Human Immune System

Presenter: Thomas B. Ellis, Appalachian State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: sacrifice, stressor, immunology

SSSR: Dialogues among Pentecostalism, indigenous tradition, "umbanda" and illness.

Presenter: Maria Alcantara, University of Sao Paulo ([e-mail])

Keywords: indigenous religiosities, Hybridism, Illness
SSSR: Effects of Religious Priming upon Disease Stigmatization

Presenter: Charles Dahan, University of Florida ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religion and Politics, Social Psychology, Experiments
SSSR: Change is Good?: The Impact of Religious Change on Health

Presenter: Andrea Henderson, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ([e-mail])

Keywords: health, religous change, race and gender
C-9. SSSR: Religion, Global Poverty & International Development

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom B

Organizer: Stephen Offutt, Asbury Theological Seminary ([e-mail])

Convener: Stephen Offutt, Asbury Theological Seminary ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Is Max Weber Alive and Living in Guatemala? Some Contrary Thoughts on Pentecostalism and Economic Development

Presenter: Richard Flory, USC ([e-mail])

Keywords: Pentecostalism, Development, Protestant Ethic

SSSR: Catholic Sisters & Community Development in Africa

Presenter: Donald Miller, USC ([e-mail])

Keywords: Pentecostalism, Development, Protestant Ethic
SSSR: Transnational Religious Forces and Development in El Salvador

Presenter: Stephen Offutt, Asbury Theological Seminary ([e-mail])

Keywords: Pentecostalism, Development, Protestant Ethic
SSSR: Jimmy Yen, World Vision, and Evangelical Transnationalism

Presenter: David Swartz, Asbury University ([e-mail])

Keywords: James Yen, World Vision, Rural Development
C-10. SSSR: Reports on the Latest Megachurch Research in US and Canada

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom E

Organizer: Scott L Thumma, HARTFORD SEMINARY HARTFORD INSTITUTE FOR RELIGION RESEARCH ([e-mail])

Convener: Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, Hartford Institute for Religion Research ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Overview and Changing Dynamics based on the 2015 U.S. Megachurch Study

Presenter: Scott Thumma, Hartford Institute for Religion Research ([e-mail])

Keywords: megachurches, national survey, social trends

SSSR: Megachurch Vitality Markers, Trends from 2015 U.S. FACT Survey

Presenter: Warren Bird, Leadership Network ([e-mail])

Keywords: megachurch, vitality, multisite
SSSR: Large churches in Canada: Initial Findings

Presenter: Sam Reimer, Crandall University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Michael Wilkinson, Trinity Western University

Co-Author 2: Reg Bibby, University of Lethbridge

Keywords: megachurches, religion in Canada, national survey
C-11. SSSR: Education: Authority, immigration and bullying

Room: Del Mar

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SSSR: Education about religion in Ontario (Canada) public education, immigration and the management of religious diversity

Presenter: Leo Van Arragon, University of Ottawa ([e-mail])

Keywords: religion, education, social diversity

SSSR: Habermas' communicative action and Gómez's critical communicative methodology: A mixed methods approach to collaborate with students, parents, teachers, and principals on religious literacy and religious bullying

Presenter: Wing Yu Alice Chan, McGill University ([e-mail])

Keywords: critical communicative methodology, communicative action, mixed methods
SSSR: Technologies of Moral Authority in Muslim and Christian Schools

Presenter: Jeffrey Guhin, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Jeffrey Guhin, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia

Keywords: authority, practices, theory

C-12. RRA: Congregations and Community Involvement

Room: Newport Coast Salon 1

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RRA: Prosocial Spillover Effects: How Involvement in Congregations and Community Organizations Shapes Attenders' Prosocial Behavior

Presenter: Jennifer McClure, Penn State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregations, Community service, Prosocial behavior

RRA: Living Missionally in the PC(USA)

Presenter: Joelle Kopacz, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA ([e-mail])

Keywords: Missional, PC(USA), Volunteering
RRA: Congregational Bonding and Bridging Capital: A National and Local Analysis

Presenter: Catherine Hoegeman, Missouri State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregations, Social Capital, Small Groups
RRA: Church Life in Evangelical Churches in the UK

Presenter: Dr. Mandy Robbins, University of Warwick ([e-mail])

Keywords: Evangelical Alliance UK, Panel survey, Perceptions of church life
C-13. SSSR/RRA Joint Session: Church Organization and Structure

Room: Newport Coast Salon 2

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SSSR: A Unique Framework for Uncovering the Tacit Knowledge Needs of Churches

Presenter: Darin Freeburg, University of South Carolina ([e-mail])

Keywords: Knowledge Management, Church Culture, Organizational Strategy

SSSR: Mapping Religious Ecologies

Presenter: Mark Killian, Whitworth University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious Ecology, Geographic Information Systems, Religious Geography
RRA: Marketing multisite megachurches: A website content analysis and case study comparison with multi-campus hospitals

Presenter: Joshua Ambrosius, University of Dayton ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Rachel Phillips, University of Dayton

Keywords: Megachurches, Multisite congregations, Religious marketing

C-14. SSSR: Spirituality, Ritual and Symbols: Making meaning

Room: Avalon

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SSSR: Capturing the spirit in religious interaction rituals

Presenter: Scott Draper, The College of Idaho ([e-mail])

Keywords: rituals, emotions, religious organizations

SSSR: Making Sense of Fasting: On the Role of Metaphorical Cognition in Processes of Meaning-Making

Presenter: Daniel Winchester, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Culture, Cognition, Metaphor
SSSR: The Sky is Falling: Individual and Communal Symbol Development During Liminal Times

Presenter: Nathan R. Kollar, St. John Fisher College ([e-mail])

Keywords: Symbols, History, Devlopment
SSSR: What Makes a Dream Seem Spiritual? : Applying Attribution Theory to the Dreams of Nepalese Christians and Hindus

Presenter: Robert Sears, Fuller Theological Seminary ([e-mail])

Keywords: dreams, attribution theory, Nepal
C-15. SSSR: Identity as the "Other"

Room: Crystal Cove

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SSSR: Managing Islam at local level. Comparing and contrasting experiences in recent European immigration countries

Presenter: Roberta Ricucci, University of Turin ([e-mail])

Keywords: Muslim, Integration, Europe

SSSR: The Religious Cultural Hybridity of Migrant Workers' Communities in Seoul

Presenter: HyungChull Jang, Induk University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious Cultural Hybridity, Migrant Worker, Seoul
SSSR: Understanding what it means to be a Catholic in Mexico City: religious leaders vs. the ICAT Index

Presenter: J. Antonio Serrano, Universidad Católica Lumen Gentium ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholic identity profile, Pastoral planning, Subjectivity

Period D: 2:45pm-4:15pm
Sessions:

D-1. SSSR: Mexico and Latin America: Pentacostalism, charismatic faith and social change

Room: Coral Cove

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SSSR: Gender Equality among Pentecostals in Guatemala: A Promising Future?

Presenter: Lindsey Huang, Fresno Pacific University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Pentecostalism, gender equality, Guatemala

SSSR: Reclaiming the Secular: A Charismatic Christian Fellowship's Interventions on Secularism in Mexico City

Presenter: Graham Hill, UC Berkeley Sociology ([e-mail])

Keywords: Secularism, Pentecostalism, Latin America
SSSR: Social Change in El Salvador: Pentecostal and Plural

Presenter: James Huff, Wheaton College ([e-mail])

Keywords: Pentecostalism, El Salvador, Social networks
SSSR: Pentecostal congregations and religious competition in rural Mexico

Presenter: Toomas Gross, University of Tartu / Helsinki ([e-mail])

Keywords: Pentecostal churches, Oaxaca, Religious competition
D-2. SSSR: Science and Religion: Creationism, "antiscience," and archaeology

Room: Mariner Cove

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SSSR: Constructing creationism: The role of social context in producing certainty

Presenter: Jonathan Hill, Calvin College ([e-mail])

Keywords: creationism, evolution, science

SSSR: Digging for the gods: The tragedy of Biblical archeology

Presenter: Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa ([e-mail])

Keywords: archeology, secularization, Bible
SSSR: When is religion antiscience?

Presenter: Michael Evans, Dartmouth College ([e-mail])

Keywords: religion, media, science
D-3. SSSR: Bridging gaps among American Jews in the 21st century

Room: Treasure Cove

Organizer: Bruce Phillips, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles ([e-mail])

Convener: Bruce Phillips, Hebrew Union College ([e-mail])

Discussant: Brie Loskota, Center for Religion & Civic Culture, USC ([e-mail])
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SSSR: Bridging the Generation Gap: The Role of Grandparents in Transmitting Jewish Identity

Presenter: Ariela Keysar, Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society ([e-mail])

Keywords: American Jews, college students, religious and secular identity

SSSR: Somewhere in-between: How Jews of mixed parentage regard themselves, other Jews, and their connection to the larger Jewish collectivity.

Presenter: Bruce Phillips, Hebrew Union College ([e-mail])

Keywords: Intermarriage, Jewish identity, Christian Jews
SSSR: Morality, Pluralism, and 21st Century Jews

Presenter: Jennifer Thompson, California State University, Northridge ([e-mail])

Keywords: Jews, morality, pluralism
D-4. SSSR: No Safe Haven on Earth? Prejudice and Microaggressions against Religious Believers

Room: Crystal Cove

Organizer: Zhen Cheng, University of Oregon ([e-mail])

Convener: Zhen Cheng, University of Oregon ([e-mail])

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SSSR: The Development and Validation of the Microaggressions Against Religious Individuals Scale (MARIS)

Presenter: Zhen Cheng, University of Oregon ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Louis Pagano, Jr, Wilford Hall Medical Center

Co-Author 2: Azim Shariff, University of Oregon

Keywords: microaggressions, depression, scale

SSSR: Audit Study of Potential Pro or Anti-Christian Media Bias

Presenter: Alicia Brunson, Kansas State University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: George Yancey, University of North Texas

Keywords: microaggressions, depression, scale

SSSR: What Do People with Anti-Christian Animosity Want?

Presenter: David Williamson, University of North Texas ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: George Yancey, University of North Texas

Keywords: microaggressions, depression, scale

D-5. SSSR: Studying Greek II

Room: Copper Cove

Organizer: Kuo Cheng-Tian

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D-6. RRA: Author Meets Critics: From Celibate Catholic Priests to Married Protestant Ministers: Shepherding in Greener Pastures

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom A

Organizer: Mary Gautier, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate ([e-mail])

Convener: Mary Gautier, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate ([e-mail])

Discussant: Matthew Price ([e-mail])
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RRA: From Celibate Catholic Priests to Married Protestant Ministers: Shepherding in Greener Pastures

Presenter: Stephen Fichter, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate ([e-mail])

Keywords: Clergy, Priests, Leadership

RRA: From Celibate Catholic Priests to Married Protestant Ministers: Shepherding in Greener Pastures

Presenter: Patricia Wittberg, NA ([e-mail])

Keywords: Clergy, Priests, Leadership
RRA: From Celibate Catholic Priests to Married Protestant Ministers: Shepherding in Greener Pastures

Presenter: Leslie Francis, NA ([e-mail])

Keywords: Clergy, Priests, Leadership
D-7. SSSR: New Perspectives on Religious Conversion in China and the Chinese Diaspora

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom B

Organizer: Jin Lu, Purdue University Calumet ([e-mail])

Convener: Mark Larrimore, The New School ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Tolle Lege? Conversion Theologies in Conversion Theories

Presenter: Henry Kuo, Graduate Theological Union/University of California at Berkeley ([e-mail])

Keywords: Chinese Christian conversion, theological, social scientific inquiry

SSSR: Chinese Confessions: Catholic Conversion Narratives in an Intercultural Context

Presenter: Jin Lu, Purdue University Calumet ([e-mail])

Keywords: Conversion narrative, Catholic conversion, Chinese Catholicism
SSSR: Conversions and Reconversions in the Shanghai Catholic Church Today

Presenter: Liang Zhang, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences ([e-mail])

Keywords: Chinese Catholic conversion, Conversion and personal transformation, Conversion and institutional transformation
SSSR: Mapping Shanghai: Conversions and Territories in a Global City

Presenter: Benoît Vermander, Fudan University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Liz Hingley, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Keywords: conversion and globalization, territories, civil society

D-8. SSSR: Islam, Gender, and Sexuality

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom F

Organizer: Rachel Rinaldo, University of Virginia ([e-mail])

Convener: Rachel Rinaldo, University of Virginia ([e-mail])

Discussant: Christine Sheikh, Metropolitan State University of Denver ([e-mail])
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SSSR: Performing Femininity, Rupturing "Moderate" Islam: Case Studies from Pakistan and Malaysia

Presenter: Azza Basaruddin, UCLA ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Khanum Shaikh, California State University, Northridge

Keywords: Islam, Malaysia, Pakistan
SSSR: More harm than good? - Negotiating international human rights discourses within Islamic Feminism in Southeast Asia

Presenter: Saskia Schaefer, Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life ([e-mail])

Keywords: Islam, Malaysia, Pakistan
SSSR: "Constructing Ethnic Boundaries within American Islam"

Presenter: Pamela Prickett, Department of Sociology ([e-mail])

Keywords: Islam, Malaysia, Pakistan
D-9. SSSR: Religion Emplaced: Practicing Religion Locally

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom E

Organizer: Richard Flory, University of Southern California ([e-mail])

Convener: Richard Flory, University of Southern California ([e-mail])

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SSSR: A New Mix in LA: Multiracial Churches with Few or any Whites

Presenter: Andrew Johnson, University of Southern California ([e-mail])

Keywords: Multiracial Churches, Race, Los Angeles

SSSR: From Margin to Mainstream: Indian American Hindu Immigrants and the Changing Face of the Hare Krishna Movement in the 21st Century

Presenter: Nalika Gajaweera, University of Southern California ([e-mail])

Keywords: Hinduism, Immigrant Religion, Hare Krishna
SSSR: Innovation Incubator: The Pico-Union Project and the Importance of Place in Nurturing Religious Renewal

Presenter: Nick Street, University of Southern California ([e-mail])

Keywords: Place, Diversity, Innovation
SSSR: Local Matters: Evangelical Churches In, and Of, Their Communities

Presenter: Richard Flory, University of Southern California ([e-mail])

Keywords: Evangelicals, Communities, Place
D-10. SSSR: Empirical Study of Sermons

Room: Del Mar

Organizer: Pierre Hegy, ADELPHI UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Convener: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Constructing Motherhood from the Pulpit: An Analysis of How Clergy Preach about Moms

Presenter: Darin Freeburg, University of South Carolina ([e-mail])

Keywords: Sermons, Motherhood, religious Feminism

SSSR: "Grief and grace: An analysis of sermons preached at churches that closed

Presenter: Gail Cafferata, Boston University Center for Practical Theology ([e-mail])

Keywords: Agency, Grief, Narrative Analysis
SSSR: An assessment of homiletic courses in Ontario's Catholic and Protestant Seminaries

Presenter: D. Millard Haskell, Wilfrid Laurier University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Homiletics instruction, Catholic seminaries, Protestant seminaries
SSSR: Quantitative analysis of Joyce Meyer's sermons

Presenter: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University ([e-mail])

Keywords: sermons, Joyce Meyer, sermon exegesis
D-11. SSSR/RRA Joint Session: Religious Engagement, the Church and Mental Health

Room: Newport Coast Salon 1

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RRA: Prayer and spirituality among military with psychological conditions

Presenter: Margot Davis, Brandeis University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Norah Mulvaney-Day, Abt Associates

Co-Author 2: Mary Jo Larson, Brandeis University

Keywords: military, prayer, mental health

SSSR: Comparative-Theological Study of Chaplain's 'Living-scripture' and a Biblical narrative using 'empathy' as an exegetical tool: A Psychiatrist's attempt to Bridge Theology, Chaplaincy and Neuro-Sciences

Presenter: Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Empathy, Exegetic-tool, Neuroscience-Theology-Interface
SSSR: Mental hazards and key resources of work for the church

Presenter: Harri Palmu, Church Research Institute, Finland ([e-mail])

Keywords: Burnout, Job engagement, Leadership
SSSR: Non-Linear Attachment to God and Psychological Distress

Presenter: Matt Henderson, Baylor University - Sociology of Religion ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Matt Bradshaw, Baylor University

Co-Author 2: Blake Victor Kent, Baylor University

Keywords: Mental Health, Attachment to God, Psychological Distress
D-12. RRA: Denominations and Congregations

Room: Laguna

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RRA: Church Planting and the Reproduction of Evangelical and Mainline Protestant Identity

Presenter: Richard Cimino, University of Richmond ([e-mail])

Keywords: church planting, denominations, religious identity

RRA: Does Denominational Identity Matter for New Church Development?

Presenter: Marjorie Royle, Clay Pots Research ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Richard Cimino, Religion Watch

Keywords: Denominational identity, New church starts, young adults

RRA: Membership Change in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 1983-2013

Presenter: Jack Marcum, None ([e-mail])

Keywords: Mainline Protestants, Membership Trends, Components of Membership Change
RRA: Impact of middle judicatory interventions on congregations

Presenter: Linda Bobbitt, ELCA ([e-mail])

Keywords: middle judicatory, vital congregation, healthy congregation
D-13. SSSR: Sincerity of Belief as a Problem for the Law

Room: Avalon

Organizer: Joseph Blankholm, Columbia University, Department of Religion ([e-mail])

Convener: Joseph Blankholm, Columbia University, Department of Religion ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Secrets That Reside in the Hearts of Men: Sincerity Analysis in Religious Exemption Law

Presenter: Kara Loewentheil, Columbia University Law School ([e-mail])

Keywords: religion, sincerity, law

SSSR: The Crime of Insincerity: The Prosecution and Conviction of the "I AM" Activity

Presenter: Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand, Middle Tennessee State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: law, crime, "I AM" Activity
SSSR: Avoiding Sincerity: The Universal Life Church and the Troublesome Turn to Defining Religion

Presenter: Dusty Hoesly, University of California-Santa Barbara, Department of Religious Studies ([e-mail])

Keywords: sincerity, definitions of religion, Universal Life Church
SSSR: The Public and Private Beliefs of Nonbelievers

Presenter: Joseph Blankhkolm, Columbia University, Department of Religion ([e-mail])

Keywords: religion, law, nonbelievers
D-14. SSSR: Religion in the Public Sphere of American Society

Room: Sunset

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SSSR: "Religious Activism, Cultural Populism, and the Making of American 'Exceptionalism'"

Presenter: Rhys H Williams, Loyola University Chicago ([e-mail])

Keywords: Populism, Activism, Civil Religion

SSSR: Government and the Faith Community Collaboration: Network Governance and Behavioral Health in Philadelphia

Presenter: Ram Cnaan, University of Pennsylvania ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Seongho An, University of Pennsylvania

Keywords: Government & Faith community collaboration, Network government, Faith based social care

SSSR: Invoking the Founders: American Civil Religion and Public Opinion

Presenter: Stephen T Mockabee, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Stephen Mockabee, University of Cincinnati

Co-Author 2: Quin Monson, Brigham Young University

Keywords: civil religion, public opinion, survey experiment
SSSR: Social Reflexivity, Ethical Democracy, and Public Religion in America

Presenter: Wes Markofski, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Sociology ([e-mail])

Keywords: diversity and democracy, public religion, evangelicalism
D-15. SSSR: Religion and Politics: State religion, tax resistance, and regime effects on tolerance

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SSSR: Render unto Caesar? Tax resistance, government power, and higher powers

Presenter: Ruth Braunstein, University of Connecticut ([e-mail])

Keywords: Protest, Authority, Taxes

SSSR: The Consequences of Religious Markets and Regimes on Religious-Political Socialization

Presenter: Ted G Jelen, UNLV ([e-mail])

Keywords: church-state relations, socialization, religious markets
SSSR: The Making of State Religion: Political Economy and Historical Evidence

Presenter: Roland Vaubel, University of Mannheim ([e-mail])

Keywords: state religion, political economy, history of religion
D-16. SSSR: Young Adults' Religion and Social Relationships

Room: Newport Coast Salon 2

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SSSR: Religious friends, relationship status, and substance use among emerging adults

Presenter: John Hoffmann, BYU ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious friends, Substance use, Cohabitation

SSSR: The Effect of Sex, Religiosity and Fundamentalism on Perception and Attitude towards the Islamic State among Young Muslims in Indonesia

Presenter: Ibnu Hadjar, UIN Walisongo Semarang ([e-mail])

Keywords: ISIS, Perception, Attitude
SSSR: The Hypocrisy Factor: Cognitive Dissonance, Religion, Sex, Drinking, and Suicide Attempts Among Students at an American Christian and Public University.

Presenter: Jerome Koch, Texas Tech University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Alden Roberts, Texas Tech University

Co-Author 2: Myrna Armstrong, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Keywords: Religion, Deviance, Cognitive dissonance
SSSR: Youth & Emerging Adult Religious Participation: Facebook Social Network Structures & Experiences of Belonging

Presenter: Patricia Snell Herzog, Univ Arkansas Fayetteville ([e-mail])

Keywords: congregations, youth & emerging adults, social networks