Sssr 2009 Denver Paper Session Preliminary Schedule

Lunch Break (NO SSSR formal lunch this year)

12:00-1:00pm

Period C: Friday, October 28, 1:00-2:30pm
C-1. SSSR: SOCIOLOGY OF EVANGELISM, MISSIONS & CONVERSIONS - II

Room: Windsor A

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

Convener: Anthony Pogorelc, St. Patrick's Seminary and University ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: UNSPEAKABLE FAITH: A case study on "Foot Massage" in the Shanghai Catholic Church

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

Keywords: Unspeakable Faith, Foot Massage, the Shanghai Catholic Church

SSSR: WESLEYAN PRESBYTERIANS and EPISCOPAL BAPTISTS: Conversion, Affiliation, and the Liminality of the "Nones"

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

Keywords: Unspeakable Faith, Foot Massage, the Shanghai Catholic Church
SSSR: CATHOLIC SEMINARIES AND EVANGELISM: Spreading the Word to Attract Seminarians

Presenter: Anthony Pogorelc, St. Patrick's Seminary and University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Unspeakable Faith, Foot Massage, the Shanghai Catholic Church
SSSR: "HALF THE LOCAL COUNTRYSIDE WANTED TO BE AMISH": Reworking the Boundary between Amish and Outsiders in a Third World Context

Presenter: Cory Anderson, Truman State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Developing countries, Foreign mission, Community
C-2. RRA: Rethinking the Dimensions of Congregational Vitality and Health

Room: Venetian III

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

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

Discussant:
Papers:

RRA: Missional Vitality of the Evangelical Lutheran Church: A new Vision of a Thriving Church

Presenter: Linda Bobbit, Researcher, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ([e-mail])

Keywords: Vitality, Congregational, Missional

RRA: Thriving Congregations: What Are They Doing Right?

Presenter: Deborah Coe, Coordinator, Research Services, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ([e-mail])

Keywords: Thriving, Vitality, Congregations
RRA: How do you measure health? Characteristics of Vital, Thriving and Growing Congregations in the Faith Communities Today 2015 Study

Presenter: David Roozen, Hartford Institute for Religion Research ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Scott Thumma, Director, Hartford Institute for Religion Research

Keywords: Vitality, Health, Congregations

RRA: What Annual Reports from Pastors in the Church of the Nazarene Say About Growth and Vitality

Presenter: Dale Jones, Director of Research Services Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Rich Houseal, Research Services Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center

Keywords: Vitality, Growth, Congregations

C-3. SSSR: Exploring Religious and Scientific Identities

Room: Venetian I

Organizer: Carissa Sharp, Newman University ([e-mail])

Convener: Carola Leicht, University of Kent ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: A new measure to assess the perceived relationship between science and religion

Presenter: Jordan LaBouff, University of Maine ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Carissa Sharp, Newman University

Co-Author 2: Carola Leicht, University of Kent

Keywords: scale development, science and religion, conflict narrative

SSSR: The Effects of Exposure to Scientific Information on God Representations

Presenter: Kathryn Johnson, Arizona State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: God-concepts, science, self-transcendence
SSSR: Perceiving religious scientists as counter-stereotypes

Presenter: Carola Leicht, University of Kent ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Carissa Sharp, Newman University

Co-Author 2: Fern Elsdon-Baker, Newman University

Keywords: person perception, counter-stereotypes, bias
SSSR: The effects of negative stereotypes and beliefs about the religion-science relationship on Christians' scientific performance

Presenter: Kimberly Rios, Ohio University ([e-mail])

Keywords: stereotype threat, science and religion, religious identity
C-4. SSSR: Religious Politics in the Contemporary European Union

Room: Venetian IV

Organizer: James L Guth, FURMAN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Convener: Brent Nelsen, FURMAN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: European Disintegration and Religion

Presenter: Hans Vollaard, University of Leiden ([e-mail])

Keywords: European Union, religion, political disintegration

SSSR: The Diffusion of the Principle of International Religious Freedom in Europe

Presenter: Anne Jenichen, Aston University ([e-mail])

Keywords: European Union, religion, political disintegration
SSSR: Religion and EU Morality Politics: The European Citizen Initiative "One of Us"

Presenter: Emilie Mondo, Free University of Brussels (ULB) ([e-mail])

Keywords: European Union, religion, political disintegration
SSSR: The Changing Religious Foundations of European Integration

Presenter: James Guth, Furman University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Brent Nelsen, Furman University

Keywords: European Union, religion, fiscal austerity

C-5. SSSR: Faith Development and Religious Styles 1: Results from Longitudinal Research

Room: Venetian VI

Organizer: Barbara Keller, Bielefeld University ([e-mail])

Convener: Heinz Streib, Bielefeld University ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: On the Usefulness of a Normative Model of Styles for the Study of Faith Development

Presenter: Ralph. W. Hood Jr., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ([e-mail])

Keywords: Faith, Styles, Development

SSSR: Deconversion revisited: Longitudinal changes in religiosity and meaning making in autobiographical narratives

Presenter: Barbara Keller, Bielefeld University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Ramona Bullik , Bielefeld University

Co-Author 2: Heinz Streib, Bielefeld University

Keywords: Longitudinal development, deconversion, narrative
SSSR: Framing Special Experiences: A longitudinal study of nonreligious worldviews

Presenter: Thomas J. Coleman III, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Sally B. Swanson, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Co-Author 2: Carmen Guevara, University Institute for Public Opinion (IUDOP) of the "José Simeón Cañas" Universidad Centroamericana

Keywords: Nonreligion, Special Experiences, Mixed methods
SSSR: When religious worldviews collide: Longitudinal perspectives on problem solving

Presenter: Sally B. Swanson, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Michele Wollert, Chattanooga State Community College

Co-Author 2: Thomas J. Coleman III, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Keywords: Religious Conflict, Problem Solving, Faith Development
C-6. SSSR: Author Meets Critics: New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa (Cambridge University Press 2015) by Steven Offutt

Room: Venetian V

Organizer: Robert Brenneman, Saint Michael's College ([e-mail])

Convener: Robert Brenneman, Saint Michael's College ([e-mail])

Discussant: Steve Offutt, Asbury Theological Seminary ([e-mail])
Papers:

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Presenter: Juan Carlos Esparza Ochoa, Pew Research Center ([e-mail])

Keywords: Evangelicals, Globalization, Latin America

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Presenter: Nicolette Manglos-Weber, Kansas State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Evangelicals, Africa, Globalization
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Presenter: Robert Brenneman, Saint Michael's College ([e-mail])

Keywords: Evangelicals, Latin America, Globalization
C-7. RRA: How congregations are distinct in different corners of the world

Room: Venetian II

Organizer: Conrad Hackett ([e-mail])

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

Discussant:
Papers:

RRA: What's unique about congregations in the United States?

Presenter: Mark Chaves, Duke University ([e-mail])

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RRA: What's unique about congregations in Switzerland?

Presenter: Jörg Stolz, University of Lausanne ([e-mail])

Keywords:
RRA: What's unique about congregations in Australia?

Presenter: Ruth Powell, NCLS Research ([e-mail])

Keywords:
RRA: What's unique about congregations in Africa?

Presenter: Afe Adogame, Princeton Theological Seminary ([e-mail])

Keywords:
C-8. SSSR: Religion and American Everyday Life: A New Survey, in Context

Room: Windsor B

Organizer: Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center ([e-mail])

Convener: Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center ([e-mail])

Discussant: Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Religion in Everyday Life: Methods and Findings from the Pew Religious Landscape Study

Presenter: Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Reflections on Religion, Health, and Well-being

Presenter: Christopher Ellison, University of Texas, San Antonio ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Religious Prosociality across Studies

Presenter: Stephanie Kramer, University of Oregon ([e-mail])

Keywords:
SSSR: Golden Rule Christianity

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

Keywords:
C-9. SSSR: Religion and Poverty

Room: Hope 1

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: God, Party, and the Poor: How Politics and Religion Interact to Affect Economic Justice Attitudes

Presenter: Bob Thomson, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Paul Froese, Baylor University

Keywords: Economic justice, God image, Political party
SSSR: Particularities of faith-based social welfare provision: Organizational case studies

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

Keywords: faith-based, social welfare, organizations
SSSR: The Modern Day American Church's Response to the Impoverished

Presenter: Madalaine Mishler, Indiana State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Church, Impoverished, Individualism
SSSR: Oasis Foods: A Faith-based Organization Fighting Food Insecurity

Presenter: Stephanie Boddie, Carnegie Mellon University ([e-mail])

Keywords: entrepreneurship, charity, food
C-10. SSSR: Religion, Suffering and Belonging

Room: Hope 2

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: The benefit of a punitive God: Review of literature and Bible stories

Presenter: A Jerry Bruce, SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Keywords: Puntive God, Bible stories, Cooperation

SSSR: The battle belongs to the Lord: An ethnographic study of spiritual warfare in a New Apostolic Reformation congregation

Presenter: David Misal, Penn State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Protestant, ethnography, Pentecostal
SSSR: Suffering and boundary formation in Latino Protestant Congregations

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

Keywords: suffering, boundaries, Latino
SSSR: "Simply hysteria": Revivalism, Psychiatry, and the Forensics of Religious Experience in Colonial East Africa

Presenter: Jason Bruner, Arizona State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: History of medicine, Christianity, Africa
C-11. SSSR: Religion and Modernities

Room: Hope 3

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
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SSSR: Same Discourse for Opposite Ends: Islamists vs. Secularists on the Fate of Religion in Turkey (1918-1924)

Presenter: NURULLAH ARDIC, Istanbul ?ehir University, Sociology Department ([e-mail])

Keywords: Islam, secularization, Turkey

SSSR: The Rise of Islamic Modernism in the West: A Multiple Modernities Perspective

Presenter: Serhan Tanriverdi, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Keywords: Islam, Modernity, The West
SSSR: Reactions to Modernity in Islam and Christianity

Presenter: Mark Gould, Haverford College ([e-mail])

Keywords: Islam, Christianity, Theory
SSSR: The Politics of Belief: Prosthetic Citizenship and the Prosthetic Believer

Presenter: Zaheeda P Alibhai, University of Ottawa ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Zaheeda P Alibhai, University of Ottawa

Keywords: Citizenship, Lived Religion, Governmentality

C-12. SSSR: Migration and Diaspora in Comparative Perspective

Room: Trippe 1

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Hagiography as a Narrative Medium of the Greek-Orthodox Gastarbeiter German Social Experience

Presenter: Eleni Tseligka, Staffordshire University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Georgios Trantas, University of Erfurt

Keywords: Greek-Orthodox, Hagiography, Germany
SSSR: What we don't know about African descendants' religious understandings

Presenter: Jualynne E Dodson, MICHICAN STATE UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious understandings, African descendants, conceptual exploration
SSSR: Religion and dietary acculturation among new immigrants

Presenter: Rachel Bacon, Penn State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Health, Immigrants, Culture
C-13. SSSR: Gender and Religious Practice

Room: Trippe 2

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: Daughters of Christ in the D.O.C.: How Religion Matters for Incarcerated Women

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

Keywords: prison, female inmates, total institutions

SSSR: Whose Bodies? Bringing Gender Into Interaction Ritual Chain Theory

Presenter: Todd Ferguson, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Gender, Ritual, Emotions
SSSR: Four decades later: Revisiting opportunities and challenges for clergywomen in the Evangelical Covenant Church

Presenter: Lenore Knight Johnson, Trinity Christian College ([e-mail])

Keywords: gender, clergy, women's ordination
SSSR: A robe is just a robe? Symbols and symbolic actions used by clergy women to claim and demonstrate their authority

Presenter: Tammy Reedy-Strother, Anderson University ([e-mail])

Keywords: clergywomen, sociology, interactionism
C-14. SSSR: Buddhism in Comparative Perspective

Room: Trippe 3

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Denomination and attitudes in Buddhist teens

Presenter: Phra Nicholas Thanissaro, University of Warwick ([e-mail])

Keywords: Buddhism, attitudes, teenage

SSSR: Getting Enlightened: A Comparative Study of Buddhist Temples in Mainland China and the US

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

Keywords: Buddhism, identity construction, transnational comparison
SSSR: Beyond the Garudhammas: Religious Feminism in Buddhism

Presenter: McKenna LeClear, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: gender, Buddhism, inequality

Period D: Friday, October 28, 2:45-4:15pm
D-1. SSSR: Visualizing Religion and Public Life I

Room: Windsor A

Organizer: Roman R. Williams, Calvin College ([e-mail])

Convener: Roman R. Williams, Calvin College ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Seeing Religion Inside and Out: Spatial Semiotics and Group Boundaries

Presenter: Timothy Shortell, Brooklyn College CUNY ([e-mail])

Keywords: Visual Research Methods, Religious Identity, Spatial Semoitics

SSSR: Truth, Legacy, Vision: Material Culture and Identity Construction at an Evangelical Seminary

Presenter: Lisa Weaver Swartz, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: Visual Research Methods, Religious Identity, Evangelicalism
SSSR: Cultivating Character on an Urban Farm: A Case Study in Visual Intervention and Program Evaluation

Presenter: Roman R. Williams, Calvin College ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Kaitlyn Eekhoff, Calvin College

Keywords: Visual Research Methods, Youth, Engaged Scholarship

D-2. SSSR: The Sociology of Catholic Parishes: Prospects for Renewal

Room: Venetian V

Organizer: Gary Adler, Pennsylvania State University ([e-mail])

Convener: Tricia Bruce, Maryville College ([e-mail])

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

SSSR: Panelist 1

Presenter: James Cavendish, University of Florida ([e-mail])

Keywords: parishes, congregations, Catholicism

SSSR: Panelist 2

Presenter: Carol Ann MacGregor, Loyola University New Orleans ([e-mail])

Keywords: parishes, congregations, Catholicism
SSSR: Panelist 3

Presenter: Mary Ellen Konieczny, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: parishes, congregations, Catholicism
D-3. RRA: Reaching Out to Young Adults and the Unchurched

Room: Venetian II

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

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

Discussant:
Papers:

RRA: What Can We Learn from New Congregations about Attracting Young Adults and the Unchurched?

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

Keywords: Unchurched, Young Adults, Congregations

RRA: Engaging Young Adults: Findings from the 2015 FACT

Presenter: Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, Director, Center for Analytics, Research and Data United Church of Christ ([e-mail])

Keywords: Young Adults, Engagement, Congregations
RRA: A Young Adult Critique of American Baptist Churches

Presenter: C. Jeff Woods, Associate General Secretary American Baptist Churches, USA ([e-mail])

Keywords: Young Adult, American Baptist, Congregations
RRA: How the unchurched respond to church outreach methods

Presenter: Ed Stetzer, Executive Director, Lifeway Research ([e-mail])

Keywords: Unchurched, Congregations, Outreach
D-4. SSSR: Propelled by the Spirit: Pentecostalism, Innovation and Competition in sub-Saharan Africa

Room: Venetian VI

Organizer: Afe Adogame, Princeton Theological Seminary ([e-mail])

Convener: Afe Adogame, Princeton Theological Seminary ([e-mail])

Discussant: Olga Breskaya, European Humanities University ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Ambassadors for Jesus: Gender and youth agency within competitive Pentecostal landscape in Cape Town

Presenter: Henrietta M. Nyamnjoh, Africa Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town ([e-mail])

Keywords: youth agency, social media, leadership

SSSR: Between identity, mission and aspirations: Assessing the creative appropriation of new media by Pentecostal groups in Africa

Presenter: Abel Ugba, University of East London ([e-mail])

Keywords: identity, social media, mission
SSSR: Will a Man Rob God? African Pentecostal rhetoric, transnationalism and the reconfiguring of a global religious economy

Presenter: Afe Adogame, Princeton Theological Seminary ([e-mail])

Keywords: religious competition, innovation, global religious economy
D-5. SSSR: Faith Development and Religious Styles II: The Encounter with the Alien

Room: Venetian IV

Organizer: Constantin Klein, Bielefeld University ([e-mail])

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

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SSSR: Xenosophia as Religious Style. Conceptual and Methodological Considerations

Presenter: Heinz Streib, Bielefeld University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Constantin Klein, Bielefeld University

Keywords: Xenosophia, Religious Styles, Prejudice
SSSR: Inter-religious Attitudes in Context. Attitudes toward Black People, Homosexuals, and Women, and their Religious and Ideological Predictors

Presenter: Matthias Lühr, Bielefeld University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Heinz Streib, Bielefeld University

Co-Author 2: Constantin Klein, Bielefeld University

Keywords: Attitudes, Worldview, Norms of Masculinity
SSSR: From Experiences of Strangeness to Endorsing a Culture of Welcoming - the Case of Nina F.

Presenter: Ramona Bullik, Bielefeld University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Barbara Keller, Bielefeld University

Co-Author 2: Heinz Streib, Bielefeld University

Keywords: Faith Development Interview, Strangeness, Culture of Welcoming
SSSR: Spirituality and Attitudes toward the "Other": Social-psychological Effects of Spiritual Self-description

Presenter: Constantin Klein, Bielefeld University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Heinz Streib, Bielefeld University

Keywords: Social Psychology, Spirituality, Open-Mindedness

D-6. RRA: “No Religion” in cross-national perspective

Room: Venetian I

Organizer: Linda Woodhead, Lancaster University ([e-mail])

Convener: Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center ([e-mail])

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RRA: No Religion in the UK

Presenter: Linda Woodhead, Lancaster University ([e-mail])

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SSSR: No Religion in Germany

Presenter: Detlef Pollack, University of Muenster ([e-mail])

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RRA: No Religion in China

Presenter: Anna Sun, Kenyon College ([e-mail])

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RRA: No Religion in the US

Presenter: Greg Smith, Pew Research Center ([e-mail])

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D-7. SSSR: Author Meets Critics: Smidt's "Pastors & Public Life: The Changing Face of American Protestant Clergy"

Room: Hope 3

Organizer: Tim Clydesdale, The College of New Jersey ([e-mail])

Convener: Tim Clydesdale, The College of New Jersey ([e-mail])

Discussant: Tim Clydesdale, The College of New Jersey ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Critic 1

Presenter: James Guth, Furman University ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Critic 2

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

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SSSR: Critic 3

Presenter: Paul Djupe, Denison University ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Author

Presenter: Corwin Smidt, Calvin College ([e-mail])

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D-8. SSSR: Graduate Student Session: Navigating the Job Market

Room: Venetian III

Organizer: Joe Marshall, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Convener: Joe Marshall, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Discussant: Joe Marshall, Purdue University ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Presenter 1

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

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SSSR: Presenter 2

Presenter: Jeff Guhin, UCLA ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Presenter 3

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

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SSSR: Presenter 4

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

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SSSR: Presenter 5

Presenter: Jeff Tamburello, US Census Bureau ([e-mail])

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D-9. SSSR: Religion, Sexuality and Identity

Room: Windsor B

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Mormonism, Same-Sex Marriage, and Baptism: Does Uncertainty Challenge Spiritual Health?

Presenter: Megan Leverage, Florida State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religion and American Law, Mormonism, Same-Sex Marriage

SSSR: Homosexuality, AIDS, and the mainline: The National Council of Churches and the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches

Presenter: Lynne Gerber, Harvard Divinity School ([e-mail])

Keywords: Metropolitan Community Churches, National Council of Churches, Sexuality
SSSR: "Am I going to be able to call myself a Catholic?": contraceptive use and religious identity negotiation

Presenter: Brianna McCaslin, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: identity, sexuality, Catholicism
SSSR: How spirituality queers work, family, and religion

Presenter: Andres Lazaro Lopez, Oregon State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Lived Religion, Queer Theory, Intersectionality
D-10. SSSR: Religion and the US Public Sphere

Room: Hope 2

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Co-religion, Co-ethnicity or Kinship Networks? --Social Capital in Ethnic Churches for New Immigrant Entrepreneurs?

Presenter: Guangyu Tong, Duke university ([e-mail])

Keywords: Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Ethnic church, Social capital

SSSR: Religious Individualism and Attitudes toward Social Issues among US Adults

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

Co-Author 1: Paul Froese, Baylor University

Keywords: religious authority, social issues, attitudes

SSSR: Religion, politics, and female labor force participation: Explaining the effect of conservative Protestantism on the labor force participation of married, white women

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

Keywords: Evangelicals, Labor, Women
SSSR: Sacred Alters: The Effects of Ego Network Structure on Religious and Political Beliefs

Presenter: Matthew Facciani, University of South Carolina ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Matthew Brashears, University of South Carolina

Keywords: religious beliefs, political beliefs, social networks

D-11. SSSR: Religion and Childhood Development

Room: Hope 1

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Religion and Child Development among Pre-Teens: Evidence from the ECLS Eighth-Grade Cohort

Presenter: John P. Bartkowski, University of Texas at San Antonio ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Xiaohe Xu, University of Texas at San Antonio

Co-Author 2: Martin L. Levin, University of Memphis

Keywords: Child development, Parenting, Family

SSSR: The transmission of indigenous knowledge among the Orthodox Yupik

Presenter: Nina Shultz, AMERICAN THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ([e-mail])

Keywords: Orthodox Christianity, Native American, Tradition
SSSR: The Boy Scouts and Ontario's "Character Development Initiative": The elusive search for "common ground" in public education

Presenter: Leo Van Arragon, Religion and Diversity Project ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religion, public education, character development
D-12. SSSR: Gender and Clergy

Room: Trippe 3

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Clergy Gender and Judicatory Relationships: Voices of Vulnerability, Consolation and Agency

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

Keywords: clergy, ministry context, identity theory

SSSR: The Effect of Clergywomen and Female Leadership on Religious Behavior and Attitudes

Presenter: Benjamin Knoll, Centre College ([e-mail])

Keywords: female ordination, religious representation, religion and politics
SSSR: Occupational Gender Inequality among American Clergy, 1976-2014: Revisiting the Stained-Glass Ceiling

Presenter: Cyrus Schleifer, University of Oklahoma ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Amy Miller, University of Oklahoma

Keywords: Gender Inequality, Clergy, Occupations

SSSR: Writing about the Ordination of LDS Women: A textual analysis of narratives

Presenter: Michael E Nielsen, GA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Lotte Pummerer, Georgia Southern University

Co-Author 2: Ryan Cragun, University of Tampa

Keywords: Mormonism, Psychology, Narratives
D-13. SSSR: Christianity and the Market

Room: Trippe 1

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: 'Christians in the Marketplace': Australian neo-Pentecostal church planting as a reflection of transnational corporatism

Presenter: Mairead Shanahan , Macquarie University ([e-mail])

Keywords: transnational corporatism, church planting, Australian neo-Pentecostalism

SSSR: Butts, budgets, and buildings: How religion entrepreneurs frame success

Presenter: Richard Pitt, Vanderbilt University ([e-mail])

Keywords: congregations, clergy, entrepreneurship
SSSR: Are We a Church or Are We a Business? Declining Congregations and Financial Management

Presenter: Stephen Mcmullin, Acadia Divinity College ([e-mail])

Keywords: congregations, finances, decline
SSSR: The Legitimation of Entrepreneurial Evangelicalism: Analyzing the Pastoral Ministry of Robert H. Schuller

Presenter: Mark Mulder, Calvin College ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Gerardo Martí, Davidson College

Keywords: entrepreneurial evangelicalism, church leadership, congregations

D-14. SSSR: Advanced Methods in the Study of Religion

Room: Trippe 2

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Milieus and Mixed Methods. Combining Surveys and Semi-standardized Interviews in order to Investigate Large-scale Religious and Secular Groups.

Presenter: Jörg Stolz, ORS University of Lausanne ([e-mail])

Keywords: Methodology, Mixed Methods, Survey

SSSR: Field experiments for studying religion, or the advantages of teaching old dogs new tricks

Presenter: Rick Moore, University of Chicago ([e-mail])

Keywords: Methods, Field Experiments, Ethnography
SSSR: Bayesian Statistics in the Sociology of Religion

Presenter: Ethan Fridmanski, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: Definitions of Religion, Bayesian Probability, Statistics