SSSR/RRA 2016 in Atlanta Paper Session Schedule
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Period A: Friday, October 28, 8:00-9:30am
A-1. RRA: Current Research on U.S. Catholics
Room: Venetian II
Organizer: Mary L Gautier, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (gautierm@georgetown.edu)
Convener: Thomas Gaunt, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (tpg9@georgetown.edu)
Discussant:
Papers:
RRA: Evangelization to People with Disabilities in Catholic Parishes
Presenter: Jonathon Holland, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (jch263@georgetown.edu)
Keywords: Catholics, Evangelization, Disabilities
RRA: Integration of Science and Religion among American Catholics: The Impact of Laudato Si
Presenter: Thomas Gaunt, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (tpg9@georgetown.edu)
Keywords: Science, Catholics, Laudato Si
RRA: "My Parents Are Catholic, But...": Why Young Catholics Leave the Faith
Presenter: Jonathon Wiggins, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (jlw8@georgetown.edu)
Co-Author 1: Mark Gray, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Keywords: Catholics, Young adults, Religiously unaffiliated
RRA: Profile of U.S. Catholic Bishops
Presenter: Catherine Hoegeman, Missouri State University (CHoegeman@missouristate.edu)
Co-Author 1: Stephen Fichter, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Co-Author 2: Paul Perl, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Keywords: Catholic bishops, Leadership, Evangelization
A-2. SSSR: The Eastern Orthodox Church: Global/Comparative Perspectives
Room: Trippe 3
Organizer: Frances Kostarelos, GOVERNORS STATE UNIVSERSITY (fkostarelos@govst.edu)
Convener: Frances Kostarelos, Governors State University (fkostarelos@govst.edu)
Discussant: Jerry Pankurst, Wittenburg University (jpankhurst@wittenburg.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: The Greek-Orthodox Metropolis of Germany as Facilitator of Cultural Retention
Presenter: Eleni Tseligka, Staffordshire University (etseligka@yahoo.com)
Keywords: Greek-Orthodox, Immigrants, Germany
SSSR: Homeschooling among Contemporary Orthodox Christians in the United States: New Arenas of Civic Engagement and Critique
Presenter: Dr. Amy Slagle, University of Southern Mississippi (a.slagle@usm.edu)
Keywords: Orthodox Christianity, education/homeschooling, civic participation
SSSR: The Latent, Conditional Ethnarchic model of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus (OCC)
Presenter: Dr. George Trantas, The University of Erfurt (georgios.trantas@ymail.com)
Keywords: Latent Ethnarchy, Greek-Orthodox Community, Cyprus
A-3. SSSR: The Political Influence of Religion in Africa: Select Case Studies
Room: Windsor A
Organizer: Tracy Kuperus, Calvin College (tlk5@calvin.edu)
Convener: Tracy Kuperus, Calvin College (tlk5@calvin.edu)
Discussant: Amy Patterson, University of the South (aspatter@sewanee.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Tolerance and Authoritarianism: Inter-Religious Dialogue and the State in Burkina Faso and Chad
Presenter: Daniel Eizenga, University of Florida (deisenga@ufl.edu)
Keywords: Muslim-Christian relations, West Africa, tolerance and authoritarianism
SSSR: The Political Role of Christian Councils in Ghana and South Africa
Presenter: Tracy Kuperus, Calvin College (tlk5@calvin.edu)
Keywords: Muslim-Christian relations, West Africa, tolerance and authoritarianism
SSSR: Explaining Divergence in Church-State Relations in East Africa
Presenter: Timothy Longman, Boston University (longman@bu.edu)
Keywords: Muslim-Christian relations, West Africa, tolerance and authoritarianism
A-4. SSSR: Do We Live in a Secular Age? Reports on Religion from the Heartlands of Secularity
Room: Venetian V
Organizer: Steven Heine, Florida International University (heines@fiu.edu)
Convener: Jeffrey Cox, University of Iowa (Jeffrey-cox@uiowa.edu)
Discussant: Daniel Loss, Harvard University (dloss@fas.harvard.edu )
Papers:
SSSR: Interfusing Sacrality into Secularity in Contemporary Japanese Society
Presenter: Steven Heine, Florida International University (heines@fiu.edu)
Keywords: Sacred, Secularity, Japan
SSSR: The Invisibility of Liberal Christianity: Religious Education in German and British State Schools
Presenter: Jeffrey Cox, University of Iowa (Jeffrey-cox@uiowa.edu)
Keywords: Secularism, Germany, Textbooks
SSSR: Explaining Czech Secularism
Presenter: Mary Heimann, Cardiff University (HeimannM@cardiff.ac.uk)
Keywords: Secularity, Czech Republic, Czechness
A-5. RRA: Addressing Pastoral Challenges: Strategies learned from the National Pastoral Attrition Project
Room: Venetian I
Organizer: Scott Thumma, Director, Hartford Institute for Religion Research (sthumma@hartsem.edu)
Convener: Scott Thumma, Director, Hartford Institute for Religion Research (sthumma@hartsem.edu)
Discussant:
Papers:
RRA: Pastor attrition: myths, realities, and preventions
Presenter: Scott McConnell, LifeWay Research (scott.mcconnell@lifeway.com)
Keywords: Pastor attrition, Clergy Study, Interventions
RRA: Clergy Without a Call: What We Can Learn from Lutheran Pastors Who Left the Parish
Presenter: Ryan Curnutt, Research Analyst The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (Ryan.Curnutt@lcms.org)
Keywords: Clergy attrition, Congregations, Lutheran
RRA: Southern Baptist Strategies to Address Pastoral Attrition
Presenter: Richie Stanley, Director, Center for Missional Research North American Mission Board (rstanley@namb.net)
Keywords: Clergy attrition, Congregations, Southern Baptist
A-6. SSSR: New perspectives on the public understanding of science, evolution and religion
Room: Venetian VI
Organizer: Tom Kaden, York University (tomkaden@yorku.ca)
Convener: Glen Moran, Newman University (MORA402@newman.ac.uk)
Discussant: Fern Elsdon-Baker, Newman University (F.Elsdon-Baker@staff.newman.ac.uk)
Papers:
SSSR: Public perceptions of evolutionary science and religion: preliminary results of a new poll
Presenter: Fern Elsdon-Baker, Newman University (F.Elsdon-Baker@staff.newman.ac.uk)
Co-Author 1: Carola Leicht , University of Kent
Co-Author 2: See notes ,
Keywords: public perceptions, science, religion
SSSR: Perceptions of biological evolution amongst British Muslims
Presenter: Glen Moran, Newman University (MORA402@newman.ac.uk)
Keywords: Muslims, Evolution, Creationism
SSSR: Knowledge, uncertainty and relevance in Canadian and British interview participants' views about evolution and religion
Presenter: Tom Kaden, York University (tomkaden@yorku.ca)
Keywords: evolution, science, Christianity
A-7. SSSR: Attendance dynamics, community engagement, and "flourishing" in Canadian congregations
Room: Venetian IV
Organizer: Peter Schuurman, University of Waterloo (pschuurm@icloud.com)
Convener: Kevin Dougherty, Baylor University (Kevin_Dougherty@Baylor.edu)
Discussant: Gerardo Marti, Davidson College (gemarti@davidson.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Revisiting church attendance trends in Canada
Presenter: Sam Reimer, Crandall University (Sam.Reimer@crandallu.ca)
Co-Author 1: Rick Heimstra, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Keywords: Religion in Canada, church attendance, generational change
SSSR: Flourishing congregations in Canada: preliminary observations
Presenter: Joel Thiessen, Ambrose University (JaThiessen@ambrose.edu)
Co-Author 1: Arch Wong, Ambrose University
Keywords: Congregation Studies, Religion in Canada, Sociology of Religion
SSSR: Case study of a multi-ethnic megachurch: adaptation and community engagement
Presenter: Mark Chapman, Tyndale University College and Seminary (mchapman@tyndale.ca)
Co-Author 1: James Watson, Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda
Keywords: sociology of religion, megachurch, religion in Canada
A-8. SSSR: Religion and the Classroom
Room: Windsor B
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Private Citizens or Agents of the State? Public Schoolteachers' Attitudes about the Limits of Religious Free Exercise in the Classroom
Presenter: Laura R Olson, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY (LAURAO@CLEMSON.EDU)
Co-Author 1: Daniel Frost, Clemson University
Co-Author 2: Suzanne Rosenblith, Clemson University
Keywords: Religious freedom, Public schools, Teachers
SSSR: Education about religion, beliefs and worldviews in elementary and secondary classrooms: Addressing the challenges of research project design
Presenter: Christine L. Cusack, University of Ottawa (christinelcusack@gmail.com)
Keywords: Education, Religion, Pluralism
SSSR: The Organizational Politics of Religious Education: A Case Study
Presenter: Matty Lichtenstein, UC Berkeley (mlicht@berkeley.edu)
Keywords: Religious schools, Organizational Theory, Education
A-9. SSSR: Exploring the Paranormal
Room: Hope 1
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Close Encounters in the Ozarks: The Exploration of Anomalous Experiences and Socialization in Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Presenter: Thomas Kersen, Jackson State University (thomas.m.kersen@jsums.edu)
Keywords: anomalous experience, UFOs, Ozarks
SSSR: Religious Priming and Belief in the Paranormal, Fantastic Creatures, and Superstitions
Presenter: Doug Krull, Northern Kentucky University (krull@nku.edu)
Co-Author 1: Samantha Fitzpatrick, Northern Kentucky University
Keywords: religion, paranormal, priming
SSSR: Inbetween the Living and the Dead: Using Quantitative Geographical Information Science to Measure Qualitative Data in Religious Studies
Presenter: Kate Oxx, Saint Joseph's University (koxx@sju.edu)
Keywords: spectrality, ghosts, GIS
SSSR: Genres and the Ordinary/Non-Ordinary Distinction
Presenter: Nathan Fredrickson, University of California Santa Barbara (veradico@gmail.com)
Keywords: specialness, genre, categorization
A-10. SSSR: Responses to Immigration
Room: Hope 2
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Syrian Refugees And Evangelicals: A Sentiment Analysis
Presenter: Randall Reed, Appalachian State University (reedrw@appstate.edu)
Keywords: Syrian Refugees, Sentiment Analysis, Social Media
SSSR: When does Religion matter for Attitudes to Immigration? The Role of Economic Insecurity
Presenter: Ingrid Storm, University of Manchester (ingrid.storm@manchester.ac.uk)
Keywords: Immigration, Unemployment, Europe
SSSR: Young Muslims interact with local institutions: best practices from Southern Europe
Presenter: Roberta Ricucci, University of Turin (roberta.ricucci@unito.it)
Keywords: Muslim, Institution, Europe
SSSR: Religious Congregational Diversity and Immigrant Incorporation
Presenter: Nicolette Manglos-Weber, Kansas State University (manglosweber@ksu.edu)
Keywords: immigrant religion, social networks, civic incorporation
A-11. SSSR: Religion, Health and Stress
Room: Hope 3
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Risk, Religion, Stress: Using cortisol to explain gender differences
Presenter: Amanda Friesen, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (amfriese@iupui.edu)
Keywords: gender, cortisol, personality
SSSR: Goal Striving Stress and the Buffering Effects Of Perceived Divine Control
Presenter: Reed DeAngelis, University of Texas San Antonio (reed.deangelis@utsa.edu)
Co-Author 1: Gabriel Acevedo, University of Texas San Antonio
Co-Author 2: Christopher Ellison, University of Texas San Antonio
Keywords: goal-striving stress, divine control, mental health
SSSR: Religious Context, Religious Involvement, and Self-Rated Health
Presenter: Samuel Stroope, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (sstroope@lsu.edu)
Co-Author 1: Samuel Stroope,
Co-Author 2: Joseph Baker, East Tennessee State University
Keywords: context, health, religion
SSSR: Religion in Mindfulness-Based Interventions: an Empirical Case for Pluralism
Presenter: Roman Palitsky, University of Arizona (romanp@email.arizona.edu)
Co-Author 1: Roman Palitsky, University of Arizona
Co-Author 2: Deanna Kaplan, University of Arizona
Keywords: Mindfulness-Based Intervention, Pluralism, Psychology
A-12. SSSR: Religion and Cognition
Room: Trippe 2
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: A Cognitive anthropological approach to rituals: A multi-national test of Ritual Form Theory
Presenter: Justin L Barrett, Fuller Theological Seminary (jbarrett@fuller.edu)
Co-Author 1: R. Daniel Shaw, Fuller Theological Seminary
Keywords: Cognitive Science of Religion, Ritual, cognitive anthropology
SSSR: Religious Experience, Schizophrenia, and Disownership of Self
Presenter: Robert N McCauley, EMORY UNIV (PHILRNM@EMORY.EDU)
Co-Author 1: George Graham, Department of Philosophy, Georgia State University
Keywords: religious experience, schizophrenia, cognitive science of religion
SSSR: The automatic pilot, it's deflating: Social Cognition and The MODE Model approach to Right Wing Authoritarianism.
Presenter: Christopher F Silver, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Christopher-Silver@utc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Michael A. Olson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Co-Author 2: Sally B. Swanson, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Co-Author 3: Katie Fritzlen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Keywords: Right-Wing Authoritarianism, MODE Model, Dual Process Theories
SSSR: Theory of mind, divine intimacy, and the experience of agentic evil
Presenter: Laird Edman, Northwestern College (ledman@nwciowa.edu)
Co-Author 1: Chris Sietstra, Northwestern College
Co-Author 2: Kirsten Lesage, University of California, Riverside
Keywords: Theory of Mind, Cognitive Science of Religion, Intimacy with god
A-13. SSSR: Mission, Charity and Volunteerism
Room: Trippe 1
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Mapping Christian Outreach: A Multiple Correspondence Analysis of Centrifugal U.S.-based Protestant Mission Agency Activities
Presenter: Jared Bok, Emory University (jbok@emory.edu)
Keywords: Religious Organizations, Multiple Correspondence Analysis, Missions
SSSR: Papal Volunteers: a Study of Those Who Helped with Pope Francis' Visit to Philadelphia
Presenter: Ram Cnaan, University of Pennsylvania (cnaan@sp2.upenn.edu)
Co-Author 1: Dan Heist, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Author 2: Melissa Heinlein Storti, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia
Keywords: Religious volunteering, Episodic volunteering, Pope Francis in Philadelphia
SSSR: "I give to local things": Barriers to Mission Giving in a North American Sample of Congregants
Presenter: Rene Drumm, University of Southern Mississippi (rene.drumm@usm.edu)
Co-Author 1: Petr Cincala, Andrews University
Co-Author 2: Duane McBride, Andrews University
Keywords: Philanthropy, Seventh-day Adventist, Mission giving motivations
SSSR: Some Surprising Facts about Church Members' Generosity: Giving in US Orthodox Christian Churches
Presenter: Alexei Krindatch, Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in North and Central America (akrindatch@aol.com)
Keywords: church giving, generosity, church members
A-14. RRA: Effects of Religion
Room: Venetian III
Organizer: Conrad Hackett
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
RRA: Commitment and Equality Mediation Effects from Religiousness on Marital Happiness
Presenter: ILYA OKHOTNIKOV, 2019 (ilya.ok@uky.edu)
Keywords: Marital Happiness, Religiousness, Mediation
RRA: Comparing Religion and Homelessness in Taiwan and the United States
Presenter: Scott Beck, New School for Social Research (becks944@newschool.edu)
Keywords: homelessness, Taiwan, Christianity
RRA: Being Religious and Involvement in Bullying: Evidence from a Nation-wide Survey of Protestant Adolescents
Presenter: Chang-Ho Ji, La Sierra University (cji@lasierra.edu)
Keywords: Bullying, Religious Orientation, Doctrinal Orthodoxy
RRA: "Most Religious" Muslim Americans; An Ethnographic Study of Muslim American Religiosity
Presenter: Brandon Turner, The Catholic University of America (33turner@cardinalmail.cua.edu)
Keywords: Religiosity, Muslim, Americans
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Period B: Friday, October 28, 10:30-12:00
B-1. SSSR: Author Meets Critics, Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights
Room: Venetian III
Organizer: Wendy Cadge, BRANDEIS UNIIVERSITY (wcadge@brandeis.edu)
Convener: Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University (wcadge@brandeis.edu)
Discussant: Heather White, University oi Puget Sound (hwhite@pugetsound.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Critic 1
Presenter: Lynne Gerber, Harvard University (lgerber@hds.harvard.edu)
Keywords: sexuality, Protestants, author meets critics
SSSR: Critic 2
Presenter: R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois-Chicago (rswarner@uic.edu)
Keywords: sexuality, Protestants, author meets critics
SSSR: Critic 3
Presenter: Kristy Slominski, Georgia State University (kslominski@gsu.edu)
Keywords: sexuality, Protestants, author meets critics
SSSR: Critic 4
Presenter: Monique Moultrie, George State University (mmoultrie@gsu.edu)
Keywords: sexuality, Protestants, author meets critics
B-2. RRA: Atheism and Nonreligion in Cross-cultural Perspective
Room: Venetian I
Organizer: Stephen Bullivant, St Mary's University (stephen.bullivant@stmarys.ac.uk)
Convener: Stephen Bullivant, St Mary's University (stephen.bullivant@stmarys.ac.uk)
Discussant:
Papers:
RRA: Atheism and Nonreligion: Definitions and Global Trends
Presenter: Ariela Keysar, Trinity College (akeysar@aol.com)
Keywords: atheism, nonreligion, global trends
RRA: New Alignments: Politics, Class and American Secularists
Presenter: Richard Cimino, University of Richmond (relwatch1@msn.com)
Co-Author 1: Christopher Smith, Independent Scholar
Keywords: Secularism, politics, USA
RRA: Atheists in Argentina: Towards an Understanding of Irreligion in Latin American
Presenter: Ryan T. Cragun, University of Tampa (rcragun@ut.edu)
Co-Author 1: J. E. Sumerau, University of Tampa
Keywords: atheism, nonreligion, global trends
RRA: The Diversity of British 'Nones': Disaggregating the nonreligious using British Social Attitudes data
Presenter: Stephen Bullivant, St Mary's University (stephen.bullivant@stmarys.ac.uk)
Keywords: Britiain, nones, demography
B-3. SSSR: Poison, Fire, and Venom: Multidisciplinary perspectives on "sign following believers"
Room: Venetian IV
Organizer: Thomas J. Coleman III, Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Thomas-J-Coleman@mocs.utc.edu)
Convener: Ralph W. Hood Jr., Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Ralph-Hood@utc.edu)
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Appalachian serpent handling and its community dynamics
Presenter: W. Paul Williamson, Department of Psychology Henderson State University (williaw@hsu.edu)
Keywords: serpent handling, community, qualitative
SSSR: The Appalachian "Other": Academic approaches to the study of serpent-handling sects
Presenter: Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand, Middle Tennessee State University (Jenna.Gray-Hildenbrand@mtsu.edu)
Keywords: serpent handling, community, qualitative
SSSR: Lethal Bites: Three families, four deaths
Presenter: Ralph W. Hood Jr., Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Ralph-Hood@utc.edu)
Keywords: serpent handling, community, qualitative
SSSR: Good heavens! Cognitive explanations for why on earth anyone would handle serpents.
Presenter: Thomas J. Coleman III, Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Thomas-J-Coleman@mocs.utc.edu)
Co-Author 1: Christopher F. Silver, Department of Psychology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Keywords: Cognitive science of religion, Ritual, Evolutionary psychology
B-4. SSSR: SOCIOLOGY OF EVANGELISM, MISSIONS & CONVERSIONS - I
Room: Hope 1
Organizer: Pierre Hegy, ADELPHI UNIVERSITY (pmhegy@gmail.com)
Convener: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University (pmhegy@gmail.com)
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: MORMON SISTER MISSIONARIES: Contributions and Challenges in the Field
Presenter: Robert Lively, Dean Emeritus, University of Maine at Farmington (lively@maine.edu)
Keywords: Mormon Missionaries, Female Mormon Mission, Missionary Trends in the LDS Church
SSSR: MISSIONIZING AT HOME: An ethnographic study of the Centre Afrika in Montreal (Canada)
Presenter: Geraldine Mossière, Université de Montréal (Geraldine.Mossiere@Umontreal.Ca)
Keywords: Catholicism, Missions, Conversions
SSSR: CONVERSION, EVANGELISM, AND COMMUNITY LIFE: A Story of Alleluia
Presenter: Don Swenson, Mount Royal University (dswenson@mtroyal.ca)
Keywords: charismatic conversion, covenant, covenant
SSSR: WHAT HELPS CHRISTIANS GROW? An exploratory study distinguishing among four distinctive pathways
Presenter: Leslie Francis, University of Warwick (leslie.francis@warwick.ac.uk)
Co-Author 1: David W Lankshear, University of Warwick
Keywords: Christian formation, discipleship learning, empirical theology
B-5. RRA: Fresh Insights into Congregational Functioning
Room: Venetian II
Organizer: Scott Thumma, Director, Hartford Institute for Religion Research (sthumma@hartsem.edu)
Convener: Scott Thumma, Director, Hartford Institute for Religion Research (sthumma@hartsem.edu)
Discussant:
Papers:
RRA: Young Adults and Spirituality: What Does A Transformative Church Look Like?
Presenter: Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, Director, Center for Analytics, Research and Data United Church of Christ (hajbik@ucc.org)
Keywords: Transformation, Young Adults, Spirituality
RRA: What Money got to do with it? Financial Characteristics of Vital, Healthy and Growing Churches?
Presenter: Warren Bird, Director of Research and Intellectual Capital Development, Leadership Network (Warren.Bird@leadnet.net)
Keywords: Vitality, Financial, Congregations
RRA: "They Don't Look Like Presbyterians to Me…" Reinventing New Church Development
Presenter: Angie Andriot, Research Associate Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (Angie.Andriot@pcusa.org)
Co-Author 1: Deborah Coe, Coordinator, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Keywords: New Church, Congregations, Development
RRA: The Benefits of Being Multisite No Matter What Your Size
Presenter: Scott Thumma, Director, Hartford Institute for Religion Research (sthumma@hartsem.edu)
Keywords: Multisite, Congregations, Size
B-6. SSSR: Science and religion as a way of exploring interactions between religious and secular
Room: Venetian V
Organizer: Stephen Jones, Newman University (stephen.jones@newman.ac.uk)
Convener: Alexander Hall, Newman University (alexander.hall@newman.ac.uk)
Discussant: Fern Elsdon-Baker, Newman University (F.Elsdon-Baker@staff.newman.ac.uk)
Papers:
SSSR: Encountering the secular in contemporary Britain: a qualitative, sociological approach
Presenter: Rebecca Catto, Kent State University (rcatto@kent.edu)
Keywords: Britain, public, non-religion
SSSR: Speaking for the other domain: scientific experts talking about religion and religious experts talking about science, 1945-1985
Presenter: Alexander Hall, Newman University (alexander.hall@newman.ac.uk)
Keywords: evolution, media studies, science communication
SSSR: Science, religion, identity, community: how national and political context alter our understanding of science and religion debates
Presenter: Stephen Jones, Newman University (stephen.jones@newman.ac.uk)
Keywords: science and religion, national identity, outgroups
B-7. SSSR: Presentation of Muslim Selves in Everyday Life
Room: Trippe 1
Organizer: Besheer Mohamed
Convener: Besheer Mohamed (bmohamed@pewresearch.org)
Discussant: Besheer Mohamed (bmohamed@pewresearch.org)
Papers:
SSSR: Black Lives Matter and Muslims in the US
Presenter: Christine Sheikh, MSU-Denver (christinesheikh@gmail.com)
Keywords:
SSSR: Presenting Oneself as a Muslim in Public in a Climate of Potential Harassment
Presenter: John O'Brien, New York University (jho3@nyu.edu)
Keywords:
SSSR: The Implications of Anti-Shari'a Discourses for Muslim Americans
Presenter: Kathleen Moore, University of California Santa Barbara (kmoore@religion.ucsb.edu)
Keywords:
SSSR: Public Perceptions of Muslims in the United States
Presenter: Gabriel Acevedo, University of Texas, San Antonio (Gabriel.Acevedo@utsa.edu)
Keywords:
B-8. SSSR: Religion and Urban Life
Room: Venetian VI
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Joining Jerusalem and Judea: Do Megachurches Shape Support for Regional Reforms to Metropolitan Governance?
Presenter: Joshua Ambrosius, University of Dayton (jambrosius1@udayton.edu)
Keywords: congregations, religion and politics, urban
SSSR: Religions Organizations in a Stable Bronx Neighborhood
Presenter: Dana Fenton, Lehman College CUNY (dana.fenton@lehman.cuny.edu)
Keywords: Urban, Ethnic succession, Religious change
SSSR: Measuring the Social Impact of Faith-based Community Organizations
Presenter: Brad Christerson, Biola University (bradley.christerson@biola.edu)
Co-Author 1: Rebecca Sager, Loyola Marymount University (Rebecca.Sager@lmu.edu)
Keywords: Impact, Measurement, Community
SSSR: Urban Ministry and Re-Neighboring in Three Cities
Presenter: Kristin Geraty, North Central College (kgeraty@noctrl.edu)
Co-Author 1: Evelyn M. Perry, Rhodes College
Keywords: urban, community, development
B-9. SSSR: Religion, Tolerance and Trust
Room: Windsor A
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Religious Context and Generalized Social Trust in the United States
Presenter: Joey Marshall, Purdue University (marsha58@purdue.edu)
Co-Author 1: Daniel V. A. Olson, Purdue University
Keywords: Religious ecology, Generalized trust, Religious geography
SSSR: Religious based solidarity? A comparative analysis on a European desideratum
Presenter: Adrian Schiffbeck, University of Passau / doctoral student (adrian.schiffbeck@uni-passau.de)
Keywords: Civic engagement, Cultural settings, Eastern Europe
SSSR: Individual and National Variations in Trust of Religious Outgroups
Presenter: Robert Martin, Southeastern Louisiana University (rrmartin@selu.edu)
Keywords: trust, cross-national, religious others
SSSR: Does Economic Development Foster Religious Tolerance in Contemporary China
Presenter: Xiuhua Wang, graduate student (xiuhua_wang@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Religious tolerance, Economic Development, Government Trust
B-10. SSSR: Religion, Healing and Death
Room: Windsor B
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: "Is Suicide a Sin?" In-depth Interview with American Christian and Japanese Buddhist Clergy
Presenter: Tatsushi Hirono, Austin Peay State University (hironot@apsu.edu)
Keywords: Christian, Buddhist, suicide
SSSR: Overcoming Death in New Religious Movements: The Quest for Physical Immortality
Presenter: Susan Palmer, McGill University (susan.palmer@mcgill.ca)
Keywords: NRMs, Death, Immortality
SSSR: "Get me through this": therapeutic conversations with God and the absence of appeals for supernatural intervention among women with breast cancer
Presenter: Jaime Wright, Graduate Theological Union (jwright@ses.gtu.edu)
Keywords: prayer, breast cancer, health
SSSR: "In the Lord's Hands:" Divine Healing and Sub-Cultural Identity in a Fundamentalist Christian Church
Presenter: Lindsay Glassman, University of Pennsylvania (lwglass@sas.upenn.edu)
Keywords: Divine healing, Fundamentalism, Identity
B-11. SSSR: Religion and National Identity
Room: Hope 2
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Civil Religion, American National Identity, and the Cultural Politics of Immigration.
Presenter: Rhys H Williams, Loyola University Chicago (RWilliams7@luc.edu)
Keywords: civil religion, cultural politics, immigration
SSSR: Relations of the Religiosity and the National Identity in the Contemporary Europe
Presenter: Miroslav Tižik, Institute for Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences (miroslav.tizik@savba.sk)
Keywords: Religion, National identity, Europe
SSSR: Religious identities and religious switching in Northern Ireland over a ten-year period
Presenter: Stefanie Doebler, Queen's University Belfast (s.doebler@qub.ac.uk)
Co-Author 1: Ian Shuttleworth, Queen's University Belfast
Keywords: Identities, Switching, Northern Ireland
SSSR: Religion, Immigration, and National Identity
Presenter: Grace Yukich, Quinnipiac University (Grace.Yukich@quinnipiac.edu)
Co-Author 1: Rhys Williams, Loyola University Chicago
Keywords: religion, immigration, nation
B-12. SSSR: Religion and Democracy
Room: Hope 3
Organizer: David Buckley
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SSSR: Religious pluralism, democratic values, and public role of religion in Eastern Europe and Latin America (the case of Belarus and Chile)
Presenter: Olga Breskaya, European Humanities University (olga.breskaya@ehu.lt)
Co-Author 1: Sebastián Zárate, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Keywords: religious pluralism, public religion, comparative empirical research
SSSR: Religion and Attitudes toward Democracy in Turkey
Presenter: Murat Yilmaz, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY (murat_yilmaz@baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Christopher Ellison, University of Texas at San Antonio
Co-Author 2: Metin Guven, University of Texas at San Antonio
Keywords: Democracy, Religion, Turkey
SSSR: Religious Authority In A Democratic Society: Evidence from A New Measure
Presenter: Paul A Djupe, Denison University (djupe@denison.edu)
Co-Author 1: Ryan Burge, Eastern Illinois University
Co-Author 2: Andrew Lewis, University of Cincinnati
Keywords: authority, democratic norms, tolerance
SSSR: Secularism Reconsidered: Implications of Church-State Relations in the United States and France
Presenter: Kristen Lucken, Brandeis University (kristen.lucken@gmail.com)
Keywords: secularity, public sphere, religious minority
B-13. SSSR: Historicizing Race and Religion
Room: Trippe 3
Organizer: David Buckley
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SSSR: Faithful adaptations: Protestant organizational forms and slavery theology in antebellum New York
Presenter: Kristin George, UC Berkeley (kristin.george@berkeley.edu)
Keywords: Protestant denominations, Slavery, 19th Century
SSSR: The Numbers Don't Add Up: The Role of 19th Century Structural Racism in the Experiences of 21st Century African-American Catholics
Presenter: Tia Noelle Pratt, St. Joseph's University (tnpratt0423@gmail.com)
Keywords: Roman Catholicism, African-Americans, Institutional Racism
SSSR: Thickening Descriptions of "a Vital Part of . . . American History": Revision, Reformulation, and Reintegration of W. E. B. Du Bois on African American Christianity
Presenter: Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College (ctgilkes@colby.edu)
Keywords: Black Church, W. E. B. Du Bois, Sociological Theory
B-14. SSSR: Assessing American Religiosity
Room: Trippe 2
Organizer: David Buckley
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SSSR: The Consumption of Faith and Symbolic Religious Goods in America
Presenter: LEAH DRAKEFORD, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (pdrake1@lsu.edu)
Keywords: Consumption, Evangelicals, Lifestlye
SSSR: Does County Religious Composition Affect the Growth and Decline of Denominations?
Presenter: Daniel V A Olson, Purdue University (dolson@purdue.edu)
Co-Author 1: Jong Hyun Jung, Purdue University
Keywords: Religious Diversity, Secularization, Religious Economies
SSSR: Religion and Cultural Tensions in the United States
Presenter: Wayne Thompson, Carthage College (wthompson@carthage.edu)
Keywords: culture wars, social change, privatization of religion
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