Sssr 2009 Denver Paper Session Preliminary Schedule

Keywords: Roman Curia, Catholic organizations, Pope Francis
RRA: Vatican II vs. NE Styles of Leadership in Religious Education

Presenter: Brian Starks, Kennesaw State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholic, Religious Education, Diocesan Leaders
J-7. SSSR: Religion, education and citizenship

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom E

Organizer: Lori G. Beaman & Christine L. Cusack, University of Ottawa ([e-mail])

Convener: Gary Bouma ([e-mail])

Discussant: Lori G. Beaman , University of Ottawa ([e-mail])
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SSSR: Education about religion: for whom and for what?

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

Keywords: Education, Indoctrination, Secularism

SSSR: Critical education about religion and worldviews in Australia: Rights, respect and recognition

Presenter: Anna Halafoff, Deakin University ([e-mail])

Keywords: education, worldviews, rights
SSSR: Religion in the classroom: Reflecting on ethics and values in 'secular' curricula

Presenter: Christine L. Cusack, University of Ottawa ([e-mail])

Keywords: Values, Religion curricula, Content analysis
SSSR: Education about religion: creating the informed, liberal religious citizen

Presenter: Lori Beaman, University of Ottawa ([e-mail])

Keywords: civic education, religion, pluralism
J-8. SSSR: Islam and Sikhism in the U.S.

Room: Del Mar

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SSSR: Sikhism in the US: Religious and Ethnic Boundaries

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

Keywords: Ethnicity, Boundaries, Sikhism

SSSR: The Impact of Religion and Discrimination on Muslim American Identification

Presenter: Dane Mataic, Penn State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious Identity, American Identity, Discrimination
SSSR: The place of Muslims in the West: How American Muslims and mainstream religious groups relate to community, country, and feelings of world citizenship

Presenter: Victoria Springer, Adobe Systems, Inc. ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Peter Martini, University of Nevada, Reno

Co-Author 2: James Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno

Keywords: Muslims, Connectedness, Mainstream values
SSSR: Who's more religious? A Quantitative Analysis on the Religiosity Between US born Muslims and Non-US Born Muslims

Presenter: Zainab Mohammed, University of Texas at San Antonio ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Ahmet Fidan, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Keywords: Islam, immigrant religiosity, acculturation

J-9. RRA: Religion, Politics and Morality

Room: Laguna

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RRA: The positions of the U.S. Christian denominations and population's attitudes toward posthumous reproduction

Presenter: ILYA OKHOTNIKOV, University of Kentucky ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Jason Hans, University of Kentucky

Keywords: posthumous, reporduction, ethics
RRA: Which Argument for Same Sex Marriage is More Persuasive?

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

Co-Author 1: J. Corona, University of California Riverside

Keywords: gay marriage, same sex marriage, LGBT

RRA: Substance Abuse and Personal Religion: Comparison of Licit, Prescription, and Illicit Drugs and Substances

Presenter: Chang-Ho Ji, La Sierra University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Yi-Chen Lu, La Sierra University

Co-Author 2: Gideon Tambunan, La Sierra University

Keywords: Substance Abuse, Personal Religiosity, Church Enforcement
J-10. SSSR: Conceptualizing and Measuring Religiosity in Adolescence

Room: Avalon

Organizer: Lisa Pearce, UNC ([e-mail])

Convener: Melinda Denton, UT SAN ANTONIO ([e-mail])

Discussant: Kraig Beyerlein, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])
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SSSR: Measuring and Clustering Religious Profiles

Presenter: Jeremy Uecker, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: jimi adams, University of Colorado Denver

Keywords: measurement, latent class analysis, adolescents
SSSR: A Multidimensional Model of Religiosity in Adolescence

Presenter: Lisa Pearce, UNC CHAPEL HILL ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: George Hayward, UNC CHAPEL HILL

Co-Author 2: Jessica Pearlman, UNC CHAPEL HILL

Keywords: measurement, structural equation models, adolescence
SSSR: Person-Centered Religious Influence and Selection in Adolescent Friendships

Presenter: jimi adams, University of Colorado Denver ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: David Schaefer, Arizona State University

Co-Author 2: Andrea Ettekal, Tufts University

Keywords: social networks, influence, adolescents
J-11. SSSR: The Religious Leadership and Diversity Project (RLDP): Methodological Lessons from the Field

Room: Sunset

Organizer: Korie Edwards, Ohio State University ([e-mail])

Convener: Jonathon Sun, Ohio State University ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Diamonds in the Rough: The Rewards and Challenges of Conducting National, Qualitative Research

Presenter: Korie Edwards, Ohio State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: qualitative research, head clergy, methodology

SSSR: Twelve Cities, How Many Churches? Finding Multiracial Churches for the RLDP

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

Co-Author 1: Janille Crockett, The Ohio State University

Keywords: recruitment, multiracial churches, methodology

SSSR: Recruiting and Interviewing Head Clergy and Demographic Matching between the Interviewer and the Interviewee

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

Keywords: recruitment, head clergy, interviewing
SSSR: Testing Technological Tools and Bridging Bureaucracies in Modern Research

Presenter: Christopher Munn, The Ohio State University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Andres Lopez, Oregon State University

Keywords: research, technology, methodology

J-12. SSSR: Author-Meets-Critics (Streib & Hood: Semantics and Psychology of Spirituality)

Room: Grand Pacific Ballroom F

Organizer: Heinz Streib, Universitaet Bielefeld ([e-mail])

Convener: Ralph Hood, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Critique

Presenter: Nancy Ammermann, Boston University ([e-mail])

Keywords: spirituality, religion and spirituality, biography

SSSR: Critique

Presenter: Peter Hill, Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University ([e-mail])

Keywords: spirituality, religion and spirituality, psychology of spirituality
SSSR: Critique

Presenter: Kevin Ladd, Indiana University South Bend ([e-mail])

Keywords: spirituality, religion and spirituality, psychology of spirituality