Sssr 2009 Denver Paper Session Preliminary Schedule

4:30pm-5:30pm SSSR New Book Reception (TBD)
5:30pm-6:30pm RRA Plenary Event (TBD)
6:30pm-7:30pm RRA Reception (TBD)
7:45pm Muslim Scholar Network Meeting (TBD)
8:30pm Catholic Research Network Meeting (TBD)


Saturday, October 24
7:00am-8:00am SSSR Business Meeting (TBD)

Period E: 8:00am-9:30am
Sessions:

E-1. SSSR: Latino Protestants and Their Churches - Ethnographic Insights

Room: Coral Cove

Organizer: Gerardo Marti, DAVIDSON COLLEGE ([e-mail])

Convener: Mark T. Mulder, CALVIN COLLEGE ([e-mail])

Discussant: Gerardo Marti, DAVIDSON COLLEGE ([e-mail] )

Papers:

SSSR: Intergenerational Transmission of Religion: Strategies for Incorporating Youth in Two Latino Protestant Congregations

Presenter: Karen Hooge Michalka, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregations, Latino, Ethnography

SSSR: What makes a "Latino Church"? Qualitative Observations from Two Texas Congregations

Presenter: Aida I. Ramos, University of Texas at San Antonio ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregations, Latino, Ethnography
SSSR: Not Segregated: Mutual Collaboration and Shared Worship among Spanish- and English-speaking Congregations of Oregon

Presenter: Deborah L. Berho, George Fox University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregations, Latino, Qualitative Research
SSSR: The Spirit World as Contested Territory among Mexican Immigrants: How Catholics and Pentecostals Seek Legitimacy via Their Beliefs of the Spirit World

Presenter: Jonathan Eli Calvillo, University of California, Irvine ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregations, Latino, Ethnography
E-2. SSSR: Clergy and the Religious in the U.S., Europe and Africa

Room: Sapphire Cove

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SSSR: Catholic in Switzerland: Who is the most conservative: the clergy or the faithful?

Presenter: Christophe Monnot, University of Lausanne ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholic Church, Organizational change, Practice

SSSR: Like Night and Day: Religious Practices Among Catholic Sisters in Kinshasa and Boston

Presenter: Casey Clevenger, Brandeis University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Transnational Organizations, Religious Practices, Catholic sisters
SSSR: Measuring Religious Pluralism in National Clergy Project on End-of-Life Care

Presenter: Michael Balboni, Harvard Medical School ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Tracy Balboni, Harvard Medical School

Keywords: Clergy, religious pluralism, survey methods

SSSR: The Value of Pastoral Residency

Presenter: Susan Barnett, PCUSA ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Rebecca Moody, PCUSA

Keywords: mentoring, first call pastors, small church

E-3. SSSR: Diversity: Changing denominations, challenging conservatism, and anchoring values

Room: Copper Cove

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SSSR: Championing Diversity, Compromising Conservatism?

Presenter: Sorcha Brophy, Yale University ([e-mail])

Keywords: diversity, conservatism, denomination

SSSR: Diversity, Mission, and Location: How New Worshiping Communities are Changing the Face of the PC(USA)

Presenter: Angie Andriot, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Deborah Coe, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Keywords: mainline renewal, new church development, Presbyterian

SSSR: Pushing Back on Emerging Adulthood: Teaching Moral Meaning-Making for Diverse Religious Workplaces

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

Co-Author 1: Daniel Harris, University of Arkansas

Co-Author 2: DeAndre Beadle, University of Arkansas

Keywords: emerging adults, religious diversity, workplaces
E-4. RRA: Congregational Studies from the UK

Room: Mariner Cove

Organizer: Andrew Village, YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Convener: Andrew Village, York St Jogn University ([e-mail])

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RRA: Employing psychological type theory to illuminate differences among different Anglican congregations

Presenter: Leslie J Francis, University of Warwick ([e-mail])

Keywords: congregation studies, psychology of religion, Church of England

RRA: Understanding the cathedral congregation: Inside Southwark Cathedral

Presenter: David Lankshear, Glynd?r University ([e-mail])

Keywords: congregation studies, psychology of religion, Church of England
RRA: Getting softer in old age or changing with the times? Changing attitudes and beliefs among readers of the Church Times

Presenter: Andrew Village, York St John University ([e-mail])

Keywords: congregation studies, psychology of religion, Church of England
RRA: Assessing the impact of a cathedral educational programme on students' appreciation of Christmas

Presenter: Tania ap Siôn, University of Warwick ([e-mail])

Keywords: congregation studies, cathedrals, Church of England
E-5. SSSR: Author-Meets-Critics: Storming Zion: Government Raids on Religious Communities (Oxford University Press, 2015) by Stuart A. Wright and Susan J. Palmer

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom A

Organizer: Stuart A Wright, LAMAR UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Convener: James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno ([e-mail] )

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SSSR: see notes

Presenter: John R Hall, University of California, Davis ([e-mail])

Keywords: Government raids, social control, new religious movements

SSSR: see notes

Presenter: Marion Goldman, University of Oregon/Portland Center for Public Humanities ([e-mail])

Keywords: Government raids, Social control, New religious movements
SSSR: see notes

Presenter: James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno ([e-mail])

Keywords: Government raids, Social control, New religious movements
E-6. SSSR: ASREC/SSSR Session #2: Religion, Politics, and History

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom B

Organizer: Laurence Iannaccone, Chapman University ([e-mail])

Convener: Jean-Paul Carvalho, UC Irvine ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Contention and the Diffusion of Urban Reform in the Holy Roman Empire, 1517-1545

Presenter: Katie Corcoran, University of West Virginia ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Steven Pfaff, University of Washington

Keywords: XXX, XXX, XXX
SSSR: Isolation, Charisma, and Christ's Return: Anabaptists and the Münster Rebellion

Presenter: Sean Everton, Naval Postgraduate School ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Heather Gregg, Naval Postgraduate School

Co-Author 2: John McLaughlin, Naval Postgraduate School

Keywords: XXX, XXX, XXX
SSSR: Endogenous Political Legitimacy: The English Reformation and the Institutional Foundations of Limited Government

Presenter: Avner Greif, Stanford University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Jared Rubin, Chapman University

Keywords: XXX, XXX, XXX

SSSR: Religious Liberty & Economic Development: Six Lessons from the Past

Presenter: Anthony Gill, University of Washington ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: John Owen, University of Virginia

Keywords: XXX, XXX, XXX

E-7. RRA: There's an App for That: A Smart Phone GIS/GPS App for Congregational Research

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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RRA: See notes below

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

Keywords: Congregations, Methods, GIS/GPS

RRA: See notes below

Presenter: Ashwini Wakchaure, University of Southern California ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregations, Methods, GIS/GPS
RRA: See notes below

Presenter: Jonathan Pettit, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregations, Methods, GIS/GPS
E-8. SSSR: Evangelism and Evangelization

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom F

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

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

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SSSR: Practices of the New Evangelization?: Devotional Prayer, Meetings, and Service

Presenter: Michael McCallion, Sacred Heart Major Seminary ([e-mail])

Keywords: New evangelization, Individual practices, communal practices

SSSR: Evangelization in parishes using the SINE plan

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

Keywords: Evangelization, Pastoral planning, SINE
SSSR: Alleluia Community: A Charismatic, Ecumenical and Covenant Community dedicated to Evangelism

Presenter: Donald Swenson, Mount Royal University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Movements of renewal, ecumenism, evangelism
E-9. SSSR: Authoritarianism and Religion in China: Overseas engagement and repression

Room: Newport Coast Salon 1

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SSSR: Make a change together--Cooperation of oversea mission, official church, government and company in volunteering in China

Presenter: Xiuhua Wang, graduate student ([e-mail])

Keywords: Christianity in China, Cooperation, Volunteering

SSSR: The Dynamic Game Model of Government-Church Conflict Process Under Totalitarian Circumstance ——An Analysis of the Church Crack-down Incident in China

Presenter: Yan Liu, Hunan Normal University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Totalitarian Circumstance, Government-church Conflict, Dynamic Gambling Model
SSSR: The Response of the North American Church to Global Persecution: A Comparison of Mainline and Evangelical Denominations

Presenter: Kevin Kevin R. den Dulk, Calvin College ([e-mail])

Keywords: religious freedom, interfaith, denominations
E-10. SSSR: Atheism: Varieties, well-being and moral decision-making

Room: Del Mar

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SSSR: "There is No Point in Being Richard Dawkins": Varieties of Atheism among UK Scientists

Presenter: Di Di, Rice University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Elaine Howard Ecklund, Department of Sociology, Rice University

Co-Author 2: Kirstin Matthews, Baker Institute, Rice University

Keywords: atheism, science, identity

SSSR: Coping with Discrimination among Atheists: The Roles of Identification, Sense of Control, and Belonging on Well-Being

Presenter: Michael Doane, University of Nevada, Reno ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Marta Elliott, University of Nevada, Reno

Keywords: Atheism, Discrimination, Well-Being

SSSR: Moral decision making in theists and non-theists: manipulations, measurements, and implications.

Presenter: Jonathon Mcphetres, University of Texas of the Permian Basin ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Jamie Hughes, University of Texas of the Permian Basin

Keywords: Morality, Atheism, Dual-processes

E-11. SSSR: Islam, Gender and Ideology

Room: Newport Coast Salon 2

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SSSR: The Dialectics of Secularism and Revivalism in Turkey: The Case of Said Nursi

Presenter: Zubeyir Nisanci, Loyola University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Secularization, Religious Movements, Revivalism

SSSR: The Manifestations of Feminism in the Middle East

Presenter: TiMar Long, University of Houston ([e-mail])

Keywords: Islam, feminism, activism
SSSR: The relationship between Images of Allah and Ideological Preferences: Turkish Case

Presenter: MURAT YILMAZ, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Image of God, Islam, Turkey
SSSR: The women's mosque movement: gender segregation and female empowerment in Islam

Presenter: Bethany Elias Jenner, Arizona State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Islam, women, gender
E-12. SSSR: Teaching Religion and Spirituality

Room: Sunset

Organizer: Rachel Kraus, Ball State University ([e-mail])

Organizer: Suzanne Fournier Macaluso

Convener: Suzanne Fournier Macaluso, Abilene Christian University ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Presenter: Robin Perrin, Pepperdine University ([e-mail])

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

SSSR: Presenter: Suzanne Fournier Macaluso, Abilene Christian University ([e-mail])

E-13. SSSR: Missionaries

Room: Avalon

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SSSR: The Accidental Syncretist: How European Missionary Teachings Fused with African Cultural Practices to Harm Women

Presenter: Carrie Miles, Chapman University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Africa, women, syncretism

SSSR: The Best Ye Breed: Explaining the Genetic Footprints of Catholic & Protestant Colonizers

Presenter: Shane Barter, Soka University of America ([e-mail])

Keywords: Colonialism, Miscegenation, Race
SSSR: The Reformation As A Catalyst To The Missionary Movement Of The Nineteenth And Twentienth Centuries: Impact On South- South Zone Of Nigeria

Presenter: Emeka Ekeke, University of Calabar-Calabar ([e-mail])

Keywords: Reformation, Christianity in South-South Nigeria, Missionary Movement in Nigeria
SSSR: The Spirit Moves West: Korean Missionaries in America

Presenter: Rebecca Kim, Pepperdine University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Christianity, South Korea, Missions
E-14. SSSR: Ordaining Women in the LDS Church: Findings from the Mormon Gender Issues Survey

Room: Crystal Cove

Organizer: Ryan T. Cragun, University of Tampa ([e-mail])

Convener: Rick Phillips, University of North Florida ([e-mail])

Discussant: Rick Phillips, University of North Florida ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: The Mormon Gender Issues Survey: A Quantitative Analysis of US Respondents

Presenter: Michael Nielsen, Georgia Southern University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Ryan Cragun, The University of Tampa

Co-Author 2: Matt Stearmer, Ohio State University

Keywords: Mormonism, women, ordination

SSSR: Predictors of Opposition to and Support for the Ordination of Women: Insights from the LDS Church

Presenter: Stephen Merino, The University of Texas-Pan American ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Brent Beal, The University of Texas-Tyler

Co-Author 2: Ryan Cragun, The University of Tampa

Keywords: Mormonism, women, priesthood
SSSR: We Want the Priesthood: Factors Predicting Women's Desire for the Priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Presenter: Ryan T. Cragun, The University of Tampa ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Stephen Merino, The University of Texas-Pan American

Co-Author 2: Michael Nielsen, Georgia Southern University

Keywords: priesthood, female ordination, mormonism
SSSR: "As revealed by HIS prophets": Justifying Religious Inequality in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Presenter: Ryan Cragun, University of Tampa ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Kristy Money, Women's Psychological Services ([e-mail])

Co-Author 2: Brent Beal, The University of Texas-Tyler

Co-Author 3: J. Edward Sumerau, The University of Tampa

Keywords: female ordination, inequality, Mormonism

E-15. SSSR: Experiences of Chinese Abroad

Room: Laguna

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SSSR: Bringing Christ back to the motherland: Chinese Canadian evangelicals' meaning-making in short-term mission trips to China

Presenter: Jonathan Tam, University of Oxford ([e-mail])

Keywords: Evangelical, Chinese Canadians, Short-term missions

SSSR: Entrepreneurial Mobility and the Rise of Transnational Chinese Christian Networks in Europe

Presenter: Nanlai Cao, Renmin University of China ([e-mail])

Keywords: Christianity, China and Chinese diaspora, Transnational migration
SSSR: From monoethnic to multiethnic: A case study of congregational transition of Canadian-born Chinese evangelicals

Presenter: Enoch Wong, Gonzaga University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religion, ethnicty, Chinese Canadian Christians
SSSR: Strangers in Both Worlds: Chinese Muslims' Struggle between Assimilation and Alienation in the Arabian Gulf

Presenter: Yuting Wang, American University of Sharjah ([e-mail])

Keywords: Chinese Muslims, Transnational Migration, Muslim societies
E-16. SSSR: Attitudes and Ethics towards Environment and Organic Farming

Room: Treasure Cove

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SSSR: Christian Nationalism and Environmental Attitudes

Presenter: Andrew Whitehead, Clemson University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Environment, Nationalism, Politics

SSSR: Hiking trail ethics behavior and religious dimensions of environmental ethics

Presenter: Richard Hudiburg, University of North Alabama ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Katie Leverenz, University of North Alabama

Co-Author 2: Katie Poole, University of North Alabama

Keywords: Hiking, Ethics, Religion
SSSR: Rural Development and Esoteric Agrarianism: Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy, Biodynamic Organic Growers, and Demeter International Networks

Presenter: Madeline Duntley, Bowling Green State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Rural Sociology, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Western Esotericism
SSSR: The Brotherhood of the Sun and the Spiritual Roots of Commercial Organic Farming

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

Keywords: New Religious Movements, Brotherhood of the Sun, Religion and Food

Period F: 9:45am-11:15am

Sessions:

F-1. SSSR: HK UMBRELLA ***PLACEHOLDER***

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom D

Organizer:

Convener: ([e-mail])

Discussant: ([e-mail])
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F-2. RRA: The Path to Publication: Advice from Journal Editors to Authors and Reviewers

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom A

Organizer: Kevin D. Dougherty, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Convener: Kevin D. Dougherty, Baylor University ([e-mail])

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RRA: Instructions from the Editor of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Presenter: Laura Olson, Clemson University ([e-mail])

Keywords: professional development, publication, peer review

RRA: Getting Published in Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals: A View from the Editor of Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Presenter: Gerardo Marti, Davidson College ([e-mail])

Keywords: professional development, publication, peer review
RRA: Review of Religious Research - Submitting, Reviewing and Responding

Presenter: Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary ([e-mail])

Keywords: professional development, publication, peer review
RRA: The New Kid on the Block: Reflections on Establishing an Upstart Peer-Reviewed Journal

Presenter: Warren S. Goldstein, Center for Critical Research on Religion ([e-mail])

Keywords: professional development, publication, peer review
F-3. SSSR: Christian Americans

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom B

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SSSR: Counting Congregations: New Data and Solutions to Account for US Congregations

Presenter: Simon G. Brauer, Duke University ([e-mail])

Keywords: congregations, religious change, nondenominational Christianity

SSSR: FACT 2015 and Presbyterian Church U.S.A.

Presenter: Susan Barnett, PCUSA ([e-mail])

Keywords: young adults, FACT, Presbyterian
SSSR: To Give or Not to Give?: Giving Trends and Attitudes in a Conservative Christian Sample

Presenter: Rene Drumm, Andrews University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Petr Cincala, Andrews University

Co-Author 2: Duane McBride, Andrews University

Keywords: Philanthropy, Giving trends, Motivation in giving
SSSR: U.S. Catholics: Examining Diverse Opinion on Social Issues

Presenter: Jessica Hamar Martinez, Pew Research Center ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Greg Smith, Pew Research Center

Keywords: Catholics, social issues, public opinion

F-4. SSSR: Individuality, Culture and Religion

Room: Del Mar

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SSSR: Cultural Taste in Congregations

Presenter: Gary Adler, UNIVERSITY OF Southern California ([e-mail])

Keywords: cultural taste, congregations, religious symbols

SSSR: Culture as a Touchstone of Shared Identity: The Meaning of Religiously Rooted Concepts for Unaffiliated Chinese Students

Presenter: Harrison Carter, University of California, San Diego ([e-mail])

Keywords: China, Belief and Practice, Culture
SSSR: Understanding Russia's culture wars

Presenter: Rachel Schroeder, Western Michigan Univeristy ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Vyacheslav Karpov, Western Michigan University

Keywords: Culture wars, Secularization and desecularization, Russia

F-5. SSSR: Religion in Pop Culture

Room: Laguna

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SSSR: "Maybe You're Here Tonight and You're Just Like 'What is Happening?'": Concert Films and Numinous Encounters

Presenter: Jim Trammell, High Point University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Praise and worship, Numinous, Media

SSSR: Righteousness and riotousness in radio bluegrass music.

Presenter: Larry Bates, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Haley Hubbert, University of North Alabama

Co-Author 2: Alexandra Priester, University of North Alabama

Keywords: music, moral, sin
SSSR: Two different gospels: Racial differences in perspectives on God within popular Christian music

Presenter: Jonathan May, Saint Augustine's University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Music, Race, American Protestantism
F-6. SSSR: Contemporary Paganism in the Global Context

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom E

Organizer: Helen A Berger, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University ([e-mail])

Organizer: Shai Feraro, University of Tel Aviv

Convener: Helen Berger, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Turning the Pentagram Around: Contemporary Pagans and Environmentalism on a Global Stage

Presenter: Sarah Pike, CSU Chico ([e-mail])

Keywords: Contemporary Paganism, religious identity, Public Sphere

SSSR: Reconnecting to Everything:" Fairies in Contemporary Paganism

Presenter: Sabina Magliocco, California State University - Northridge ([e-mail])

Keywords: Contemporary Paganism, Fairies and allied beings, folklore
SSSR: Spiritual Identity in Non-Exclusive Communities: Cafeteria Religion or Fusion Culinary Art?

Presenter: Kimberly Kirner, CSU-Northridge ([e-mail])

Keywords: Contemporary Paganism, religious identity, Public Sphere
SSSR: Contemporary Paganism Internationally: A comparison of Israeli and American Pagans

Presenter: Helen A Berger, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Shai Feraro, Tel-Aviv University

Keywords: Contemporary Paganism, National Identity Politics, Israeli/ US Paganism

F-7. SSSR: Universalizing Beliefs, Human Rights, and Urban Effects

Room: Sunset

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SSSR: Religion and Place: Religion's Impact on Urban Environments Reconsidered

Presenter: Elfriede Wedam, Loyola University Chicago ([e-mail])

Keywords: urban, space, method

SSSR: Teaching Human Rights and the its impact on improving the Saudi Youth conceptions

Presenter: Khaled Alshunyber, King Saud University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Human Rights, Saudi Arabia, Islam
SSSR: Universalizing faith as it relates to concepts from psychology, biology, sociology, and political science

Presenter: Suzanne Mallery, La Sierra University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Fowler, Faith development, altruism
F-8. SSSR: Ethnic, Religious and Spiritual Identity: State representations and personal markers

Room: Newport Coast Salon 1

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SSSR: Ethnic and Religious Minorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Presenter: Yaghoob Foroutan, The University of Waikato ([e-mail])

Keywords: Ethnic and Religious Minorities, Educational system, the Islamic Republic of Iran

SSSR: The Newest Jews? Religious, Racial and Ethnic Identities of Asian-Jewish Adult Children

Presenter: Helen Kim, Whitman College ([e-mail])

Keywords: Judaism, Asian Americans, Race
SSSR: The role of spiritual identity in the era of globalization from the perspective of the Threefold Nature of Spirituality (TNS) model

Presenter: Katarzyna Skrzypinska, University of Gdansk ([e-mail])

Keywords: spiritual identity, Threefold Nature of Spirituality, TNS model
SSSR: The Impact of Religion on Latinos' Legal Consciousness

Presenter: Melissa Guzman, UC Santa Barbara ([e-mail])

Keywords: Latina/os, legal consciousness, immigrant incorporation
F-9. SSSR: Incarceration and Faith-based Initiatives

Room: Newport Coast Salon 2

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SSSR: "God Wants Me Here": Conceptions of God among Incarcerated Women

Presenter: Rachel Ellis, University of Pennsylvania ([e-mail])

Keywords: Prison, Gender, Beliefs

SSSR: 'I Went Through It So You Don't Have To': Faith-Based Community Organizing for Ex-Offender Rights

Presenter: Edward Flores, University of California Merced ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Jennifer Cossyleon, Loyola University Chicago

Keywords: Community Organizing, Urban, Crime

SSSR: Review of existing state offices of faith-based and community initiatives: Implementation 20 years later

Presenter: Sarah Garlington, Boston University ([e-mail])

Keywords: faith-based initiatives, devolution, welfare reform
F-10. RRA: Leaving Religion

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom F

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RRA: The Dechurching of Feminist Christians: Understanding Perceptions of Institutional Sexism

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

Co-Author 1: Lucas Hanna, University of Northern Colorado

Co-Author 2: Kimberly Trevino, University of Northern Colorado

Keywords: Feminism, Dones, Dechurched

RRA: "'Tacit Disaffiliation': disaffiliation in the absence of an explicit conversion

Presenter: Masoumeh Rahmani, University of Otago ([e-mail])

Keywords: Disaffiliation, Conversion, New Religious Movements
RRA: Religiosity: a retrospective and prospective self-report

Presenter: T.L. Brink, Crafton Hills College ([e-mail])

Keywords: religiosity, lifespan, millennials
F-11. SSSR: Religiosity

Room: Avalon

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SSSR: "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition": Religion and Gun Ownership

Presenter: Scott Desmond, Indiana University South Bend ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: David Yamane, Wake Forest University

Co-Author 2: Christopher Bader, Chapman University

Keywords: Gun, Christians, Crime

SSSR: Church buildings as a proxy for religiosity: The decline of Christianity over 700 years in Denmark

Presenter: Ella Paldam, Aarhus University, Research program for the study of religion ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Martin Paldam, Aarhus University, Department of Economics

Keywords: Long time-series, The religious transition, Modernity and secularization

SSSR: Fighting your way in: fieldwork strategies and the socio-scientific study of religiosity in the Japanese Martial Arts.

Presenter: Andrea Molle, Chapman University ([e-mail])

Keywords: ethnography, fieldwork, martial arts
SSSR: The Great Decline: Aggregate Religiosity in the United States, 1950-2014

Presenter: Tobin Grant, Southern Illinois University ([e-mail])

Keywords: religious growth, economic change, religious economies