Sssr 2009 Denver Paper Session Preliminary Schedule

4:30-5:30pm SSSR New Book Reception
5:30-6:30pm RRA Presidential Address
6:30-7:30pm RRA Presidential Reception
7:45-8:15pm Special Session in Memory of Ruth Wallace
8:30-10:00pm Catholic Research Network Meeting
8:30-10:00pm Islam Research Network Meeting
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Saturday, October 29, 7:00-7:45am

SSSR Business Meeting
Period E: Saturday, October 29, 8:00-9:30am
E-1. SSSR: The Transgender Religion Survey

Room: Venetian V

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

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

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: What does the transgender (non)religious population look like in demographic terms?

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

Co-Author 1: Lain A.B. Mathers, University of Illinois-Chicago

Co-Author 2: J.E. Sumerau, The University of Tampa

Keywords: transgender, demographics, transgender religion

SSSR: Imagine a religious leader, what do you see? Gender and Sexualities in assumptions regarding religious leadership

Presenter: J.E. Sumerau, The University of Tampa ([e-mail])

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

Keywords: transgender, religious leaders, gender

SSSR: Transgender Religious People's Experience with Cisgender Religious People

Presenter: Lain A.B. Mathers, University of Illinois-Chicago ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: J.E. Sumerau, The University of Tampa

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

Keywords: transgender, cisgender, marginalization
E-2. SSSR: Faithful measures 1: innovative approaches to evaluating and developing survey measures

Room: Venetian VI

Organizer: Roger Finke, Penn State University ([e-mail])

Convener: Roger Finke, Penn State University ([e-mail])

Discussant: Christopher Bader, Chapman University ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Assessing measures of religion and secularity with crowdsourced data from Amazon's Mechanical Turk

Presenter: Joseph Baker, East Tennessee State University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Jonathan Hill, Calvin College

Co-Author 2: Nathaniel Porter, Penn State University

Keywords: secularity, MTurk surveys, measurement of religion

SSSR: Existing and new psychology measures on religion and spirituality

Presenter: Peter Hill , Biola University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Kenneth Pargament, Bowling Green State University

Keywords: scales of religion, surveys, alternative measures of religion

SSSR: How religious identity shapes survey responses

Presenter: Philip Brenner, University of Massachusetts Boston ([e-mail])

Keywords: measures of religious behavior, surveys, religious service attendance
SSSR: Indirect and implicit measures of religiosity

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

Co-Author 1: Jonathan Jong, Coventry University; University of Oxford

Co-Author 2: Bonnie Zahl, University of Oxford

Keywords: implicit measures of religion, indirect measures of religion, surveys
E-3. SSSR: Re-imagining the Religious Landscape of China

Room: Windsor A

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

Convener: Fenggang Yang, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Emplacement of Religion: Geographical Patterns of Religious Venues and Changing Dynamics in 21-century China

Presenter: Fenggang Yang, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Keywords: geography, secularism, China

SSSR: Locating Religious Believers in Chinese Society: Survey-based Findings

Presenter: Luke Chao, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Keywords: China, SES, trust
SSSR: Places Where Spirits Dwell: A Comparison of Four Religiously Diverse Populations in Contemporary China

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

Keywords: religious diversity, GIS, spatial analysis
SSSR: Provincial Cadres and Religious Revival: Local Approaches to the State's Reinvention of Chinese Characteristics

Presenter: Ting Guo, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious revival, local-central dynamics, political autonomy
E-4. SSSR: SOCIOLOGY OF PREACHING

Room: Windsor B

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

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

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: THE PASTOR AS POLITICIAN OR PROPHET?

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

Keywords: Race and Religion, Pastoral Rhetoric, Black

SSSR: ENGAGING A COMMUNAL ETHOS IN SERMONS PREPRATION: How an African mega church is "Turning Ordinary People into Fearless Influencers of Society"

Presenter: Gitau Wanjiru M., Center for World Christianity-Africa International University/ Asbury Theological Seminary ([e-mail])

Keywords: Mavuno, Team/ Community, Vision
SSSR: SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PREACHING: The Sad State of Research

Presenter: Dwight A Moody, Academy of Preachers ([e-mail])

Keywords: Preaching, Social Significance, Research Strategies
SSSR: JOYCE MEYER vs. FR. PFLEGER: Emotions for Salvation vs. Emotions for Action

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

Keywords: Sermons, Emotions, Social Justice
E-5. SSSR: Leadership and Multiracial Churches: Findings from the Religious Leadership and Diversity Project

Room: Venetian IV

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

Convener: Kersten Bayt Priest, Indiana Weslyan University ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Stresses and Strains of Multiracial Church Pastors

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

Keywords: Race, Role Strain, Pastors

SSSR: Pimping the Nations: Selling Racial and Ethnic Diversity to Fund Religious Organizations

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

Keywords: Social networks, Race, Leaders
SSSR: Talking out of Both Sides of Your Mouth: Leadership Differences between Racial Attitudes and Diversity Discourse

Presenter: Oneya Okuwobi, The Ohio State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: clergy/ministers/religious professionals, diversity, racial attitudes
SSSR: Racialized Tracks to Pastoral Leadership

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

Co-Author 1: Rebecca Kim, Pepperdine University

Keywords: pastors, congregations, diversity

E-6. RRA: A Changing America: Implications for Religion and Religious Congregations

Room: Venetian I

Organizer: David Eagle, Duke University ([e-mail])

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

Discussant:
Papers:

RRA: The Surprisingly Predictable Decline of Religion in America

Presenter: Simon Brauer, Department of Sociology, Duke University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Secularization, Cohort change, Religious salience

RRA: Changing U.S. Demographics and Impacts on Mainline Protestantism: The Case of the United Church of Christ

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

Keywords: United Church of Christ, Mainline Protestants, Demographic Change
RRA: How well do Megachurches Mirror their Local Environments?

Presenter: David Eagle, Duke University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Warren Bird, Leadership Network

Keywords: Megachurches, Social Composition, Census

E-7. SSSR: Author meets critics: Shades of White Flight

Room: Venetian III

Organizer: Paul Olson, University of Jamestown ([e-mail])

Convener: Paul Olson, University of Jamestown ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Critic

Presenter: Brian Miller, Wheaton College ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregations, Cities, Race

SSSR: Critic

Presenter: Jessica Barron, Duke University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregations, Cities, Race
SSSR: Critic

Presenter: Paul Olson, University of Jamestown ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregations, Cities, Race
SSSR: Author

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

Keywords: Congregations, Cities, Race
E-8. SSSR/RRA: Religion in the US Public Square

Room: Hope 1

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: The Rise (and Fall?) of Christian America

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

Co-Author 1: Christopher Scheitle, West Virginia University

Keywords: Nationalism, Christianity, United States
SSSR: Is American Society Post-Secular? Assessing Support for Religious Expression in the Public Sphere

Presenter: Jack Delehanty, University of Minnesota ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota

Co-Author 2: Evan Stewart, University of Minnesota

Keywords: American religion, Politics, Secularism
SSSR: American Laicite: A New Framework for Understanding Freedom of Religion in 21st Century America

Presenter: Troy Gibson, University of Southern Mississippi ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Mike Lavender, University of Southern Mississippi

Keywords: secularism, United States, laicite

RRA: When the Values of Nationalism and Religious Liberty Collide

Presenter: William McCorkle, Clemson University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Laura Olson , Clemson University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Nationalism, Immigration, Religious Liberty

E-9. SSSR: Religion and Intolerance

Room: Hope 2

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Religious Intolerance and Hate in a Small NW City

Presenter: Jason Wollschleger, Whitworth University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious Intolerance, Religious Hate Crime, Religious Minorities

SSSR: A Scoping Review of "intolerance and religion" in the psychology literature.

Presenter: Paul Fehrmann, Kent State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Intolerance, Religion, Scoping Review
SSSR: Rising social hostilities and the fading gloss of religious tolerance in India

Presenter: Kristina Teater, University of Cincinnati ([e-mail])

Keywords: Social Hostilities, India, Religious Freedom
SSSR: Israel and the U.S.: A Comparative Assessment of The Legal Structure of Religion and its Influence on Political Tolerance

Presenter: Marie Eisenstein, INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Maurice Eisenstein, Purdue University Northwest

Keywords: Israel, Political Tolerance, Religion

E-10. SSSR: Measuring Religious Attitudes

Room: Trippe 1

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Inerrancy Reconsidered: Parsing Out Variegated Attitudes toward Scriptural Authority

Presenter: Reed DeAngelis, University of Texas San Antonio ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: John Bartkowski,

Co-Author 2: Xiaohe Xu,

Keywords: scripture, inerrancy, structuration

SSSR: When God really is Love: Religion and Empathy

Presenter: Laura Upenieks , Department of Sociology, University of Toronto ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Scott Schieman , Department of Sociology, University of Toronto

Keywords: Empathy, Religious Activities, Divine Support

SSSR: Assurance in God: effects of social ties and personal devotion

Presenter: Cory Sugg, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Keywords: belief, personal, networks
SSSR: Christian's beliefs about the influence of God and Satan on important life events

Presenter: Shanna Ray, Lipscomb University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Sara Ioannou, Lipscomb Univerity

Co-Author 2: Alexander Price, Lipscomb University

Keywords: Christianity, Satan, God
E-11. SSSR: Dynamics of Religion in Africa

Room: Trippe 2

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: African Indigenous Churches for Africans: A critical reflection on Johane Masowe Chishanu Church in the diaspora

Presenter: Phillip Musoni, University of Pretoria ([e-mail])

Keywords: AICs,, Africanism,, spirituality

SSSR: Unity and Diversity: The role of indaba in transforming church culture

Presenter: Paula Nesbitt, Graduate Theological Union ([e-mail])

Keywords: congregation, conflict, indaba
SSSR: Voting for "God's Candidate": religion in Nigeria's 2015 presidential elections

Presenter: Hakeem Onapajo, University of Zululand, South Africa ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religion, Nigeria, Elections
SSSR: Prayers as political actions: Appropriation of religious vocabularies to engage secular states

Presenter: Serawit Bekele Debele, BIGSAS/University of Bayreuth ([e-mail])

Keywords: Prayers, Politics, Oromo
E-12. SSSR: Causes and Consequences of Marriage

Room: Trippe 3

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Is there a Recession in Marriage among Western Christians?

Presenter: Mark Regnerus, University of Texas at Austin ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Joseph Price, BYU

Keywords: Marriage, Survey data analyses, Christian practice
SSSR: Majority Rule: Religious Homogeneity and the Adoption of Minimum Age of Marriage Laws

Presenter: Zackery Butler, University of South Carolina ([e-mail])

Keywords: religious composition, adolescent fertility, minimum age of marriage laws
SSSR: Unequally yoked: Transitions to marriage and gendered patterns of religiosity

Presenter: Jane Lankes, Pennsylvania State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: marriage, religious attendance, gender
SSSR: Religion and volunteering in marital relationships

Presenter: Young-Il Kim, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Jeffrey Dew,

Keywords: religion, volunteering, marriage

E-13. RRA: Author meets Critics "Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Monasteries" Alexei Krindatch

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: Alexei Krindatch, research coordinator, Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America ([e-mail])
Papers:

RRA: Critic

Presenter: Mary Gautier, senior research associate, Center for Applied Research in Apostolate ([e-mail])

Keywords: Orthodox, Monasteries, Atlas

RRA: Critic

Presenter: Gordon Melton, Professor of Religion, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Orthodox, Monasteries, Atlas
RRA: critic

Presenter: Daniel Olson, Professor of Sociology, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Orthodox, Monasteries, Atlas
RRA: Critic

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

Keywords: Orthodox, Monasteries, Atlas
E-14. SSSR: Religion and Higher Education

Room: Hope 3

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Finding the Moral Community: Sex, Drinking, and Drug Use Among American University Students.

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

Co-Author 1: Alden Roberts, Texas Tech University

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

Keywords: Moral Community, University, Christian

SSSR: Academic Freedom in Christian Universities

Presenter: John Hawthorne, Spring Arbor University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Christian Higher Education, Faculty Issues, Academic Freedom
SSSR: Gender Studies and Religious Institutions

Presenter: Amy Reynolds, WHEATON COLLEGE ([e-mail])

Keywords: gender, higher education, conservative religion
SSSR: locating diversity: a call for religious literacy in the ESL university classroom

Presenter: Erin Reid, McGill University ([e-mail])

Keywords: religious literacy, english as a second language, democratic citizenship

Period F: Saturday, October 29, 9:45-11:15am
F-1. SSSR: Faithful measures 2: innovative measures that go beyond traditional surveys

Room: Venetian IV

Organizer: Roger Finke, Penn State University ([e-mail])

Convener: Roger Finke, Penn State University ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: From documents to data

Presenter: Christopher Scheitle, West Virginia University ([e-mail])

Keywords: measures of religion, religious organizations, coding data

SSSR: Measuring religious networks on Amazon

Presenter: Christopher Bader, Chapman University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Nathaniel Porter, The Pennsylvania State University

Keywords: religious networks, big data measures on religion, religious consumers

SSSR: Reviewing millions of books: charting cultural and religious trends with Google's Ngram Viewer

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

Co-Author 1: Roger Finke, Penn State University

Keywords: historical measures of religion, religious trends, big data measures of religion

SSSR: Lessons learned from SoulPulse, a smartphone-based experience sampling method (S-ESM) study of spirituality

Presenter: Bradley Wright, University of Connecticut ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Rick Blackmon ,

Co-Author 2: Luke Knepper, Stanford University

Co-Author 3: David Carreon, Stanford University

Keywords: experience sampling method, measuring daily religious experiences, new measures of religion

F-2. SSSR: Author Meets Critics: Perfect Children: Growing Up on the Religious Fringe

Room: Venetian I

Organizer: Marion S Goldman, UNIV OF OREGON ([e-mail])

Convener: Marion Goldman, University of Oregon ([e-mail])

Discussant: Amanda Van Eck Duymaer van Twist, London School of Economics ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: critic 1

Presenter: Simranjit Khalsa, Department of Sociology ([e-mail])

Keywords: New Religious Movements, Religious socilization, Qualitative methods

SSSR: critic 2

Presenter: Susan J Palmer, Facultyt of Religious Studies ([e-mail])

Keywords: New Religious Movements, Religious socilization, Qualitative methods
SSSR: Critic 3

Presenter: Jason M Wollschleger, Dept of Sociology ([e-mail])

Keywords: New Religious Movements, Religious socilization, Qualitative methods
SSSR: Critic 4

Presenter: Stuart A Wright, Dept of Sociology ([e-mail])

Keywords: new religious movements, religious socilaization, qualitative methods
F-3. RRA: Author meets critics session on "The gender gap in religion around the world"

Room: Venetian II

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

Convener: Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota ([e-mail])

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

RRA: response to report

Presenter: David Voas, University College London ([e-mail])

Keywords: gender, religion, global

RRA: response to report

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

Keywords: gender, religion, global
RRA: response to report

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

Keywords: gender, religion, global
RRA: response to report

Presenter: Landon Schnabel, Indiana University - Bloomington ([e-mail])

Keywords: religion, gender, global
F-4. SSSR: Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective

Room: Venetian VI

Organizer: Peter Nynäs, Åbo Akademi University ([e-mail])

Convener: Peter Nynäs, Åbo Akademi University ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Young Adults and Religion - challenges in a global study

Presenter: Peter Nynäs, Åbo Akademi University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious change, Young adults, Methodology

SSSR: "I don't know enough": Religious and Political Illiteracy Among Millennials

Presenter: Thea Piltzecker, Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective (YARG) ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Ariela Keysar, Trinity College, Hartford

Keywords: religious literacy, millennials, college students

SSSR: Religion, values, and media appropriation among young adults

Presenter: Sofia Sjö, Åbo Akademi University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Global Religion, Media, Young Adults
SSSR: Religious change in the light of discrimination and exclusion

Presenter: Karoliina Dahl, Åbo Akademi University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Peter Nynäs, Åbo Akademi University

Keywords: Discrimination, Well-being, Religiosity

F-5. SSSR: Religion, Race and Gender

Room: Hope 1

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: From the Sanctuary to the University: Devout Black Women on Spiritual Convictions about Reproductive Health and Intimacy

Presenter: Chelsea Belanger, Graduate Student ([e-mail])

Keywords: African American, Women, Behavioral Health

SSSR: "Live Experiments": Experimenting with a Womanist Bible Study Seminar

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

Keywords: Experiments, Politics, The Black Church, African American Religiosity
SSSR: Religious, Racial and Masculine Identities of Black Male Emerging Adults

Presenter: DeAndré Beadle, University of Arkansas ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Patricia Snell Herzog, University of Arkansas ([e-mail])

Keywords: life course religiosity, emerging adulthood, race and gender

F-6. SSSR: Approaches to Marriage and Relationships

Room: Windsor A

Organizer: David

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Beyond Monogamy, A Comprehensive Qualitative Investigation of Complex Social Norms and Sexuality within a Southeastern United States Swingers Community.

Presenter: Rachel Nolen, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Ralph Hood, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Co-Author 2: Christopher F Silver, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Keywords: Consensual Non-Monogamy, Grounded Theory, Ethnography

SSSR: Division of Labor and Family life among Religiously Heterogamous Parents

Presenter: Joshua Tom, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious intermarriage, family, marriage
SSSR: From Companionate to Covenant Marriage: Therapeutic Culture and Social Change in Catholic Marriage Preparation

Presenter: Courtney Irby, Loyola University Chicago ([e-mail])

Keywords: Social Change, Marriage, Catholicism
SSSR: Halal Dating and Arranged Marriage: Segmented Assimilation in Second-Generation Muslim American Mate Selection

Presenter: Christine Soriea Sheikh, Metropolitan State University of Denver ([e-mail])

Keywords: Muslim Americans, Marriage, Dating
F-7. SSSR: Clergy and Laity: Wellbeing and Conflict

Room: Windsor B

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Stuck: Exploring Alienation among Religious Professionals

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

Co-Author 1: Josh Packard, University of Northern Colorado

Keywords: Clergy, Work and Occupations, Alienation
SSSR: Coping with interpersonal conflicts in ministry among Korean immigrant pastors with implications for pastoral self-care and forgiveness

Presenter: Jichan Kim, Liberty University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Robert Enright, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Keywords: Pastoral self-care, Forgiveness, Immigrant church

SSSR: The Laity in the Greek Orthodox Church in America (GOA): Strained Relations and Calls for Reform

Presenter: Frances Kostarelos, GOVERNORS STATE UNIVSERSITY ([e-mail])

Keywords: Orthodox Church, Laity, Reform
SSSR: Flourishing in Ministry: Examining Hedonic and Eudaimonic Pastoral Wellbeing

Presenter: Linda Kawentel, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: Wellbeing at work, Clergy, Job satisfaction
F-8. SSSR: Religion, Protest and Criminal Justice

Room: Hope 2

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Latter-day Saints and Capital Punishment: Gauging Mormon Support for the Death Penalty

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

Co-Author 1: John Hoffmann, Brigham Young University

Keywords: Latter-day Saints, Mormons, Death penalty
SSSR: How Religion Affects Protesters' Costs, Causes, Targets, and Recruitment and Participation Sources

Presenter: Kraig Beyerlein, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Peter Ryan, University of Notre Dame

Keywords: Religion, Social Movements, Protest

SSSR: Religion and Protest Politics in Ferguson, Missouri

Presenter: Tyler Chance, University of Missouri- St. Louis ([e-mail])

Keywords: Protest, Civil Rights, Ferguson
SSSR: God and Guns in African American Churches

Presenter: Katie Day, LUTHERAN THEO SEMINARY ([e-mail])

Keywords: African American churches, guns, meanings of security
F-9. SSSR: Religion in East Asia

Room: Hope 3

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Religion and Academic Success, A China Case Study

Presenter: L. Luke Chao, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religion, Academic Success, China

SSSR: The Development of Religious Tourism and Its Perception among People in Taiwan

Presenter: Pen-Hsuan Lin, National United University ([e-mail])

Keywords: religious tourism, cultural tourism, religious attraction
SSSR: "When in Rome": The Sources of Social Order at a Christian Church in Taiwan

Presenter: Scott Beck, New School for Social Research ([e-mail])

Keywords: Christianity, Culture, Taiwan
SSSR: "Learning to pray:" Cultivating a Christian identity among young white-collar Protestants in urban China

Presenter: Megan Rogers, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: Chinese Christianity, Identity, Lived religion
F-10. SSSR: Religion and International Organizations

Room: Trippe 1

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Christodoulos' Byzantine Diplomacy Parallels in a Post-Westphalian Context

Presenter: Georgios Trantas, University of Erfurt ([e-mail])

Keywords: Cultural Diplomacy, Soft Power, Greek Orthodox

SSSR: The United Nations Alliance of Civilisations: Promoting Dignity, Justice and Stability for All?

Presenter: Jeffrey Haynes, London Metropolitan University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Alliance of Civilisations, Muslim world, United Nations
SSSR: The 'Faith of FBOs': Organizational Repertoires and Approaches to Humanitarian Development

Presenter: Katherine Comeau, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: faith-based organizations, humanitarian development, organizational repertoires
SSSR: Faith-Based Organization (FBO) and Social Capital in Disaster Recovery: The Case Study of Mt. Kelud Volcanic Eruption in East Java of Indonesia

Presenter: Muhammad Riza Nurdin, University of New South Wales Australia ([e-mail])

Keywords: disaster recovery, social capital, faith-based
F-11. SSSR: Discrimination and Diversity

Room: Trippe 3

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Obviousness: Conversion, passing, and the surprising benefit of phenotypic dissimilarity

Presenter: Adam Horowitz, Stanford University ([e-mail])

Keywords: conversion, race and ethnicity, Jewishness

SSSR: The Barriers to the Economic and Occupational Attainment of Black Professionals in a Predominantly White Organization: The Case of United Methodist Clergy

Presenter: David Eagle, Duke University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Duke University

Co-Author 2: Monica Corbitt-Rivers, Wake Forest University

Keywords: congregations, clergy, racial disaparities
SSSR: Religion and Perceived Racial Discrimination Among Korean Americans

Presenter: Jerry Park, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Comparative Religions, Korean Americans, Asian Americans
F-12. RRA: Issues Related to Evangelicals

Room: Venetian III

Organizer: Conrad Hackett

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

RRA: Reltrad Coding Problems and a New Repository

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

Co-Author 1: Ryan Burge ,

Keywords: evangelicalism, demography, measurement
RRA: Strange bedfellows: religion, race, and politics

Presenter: Rachel Steele, Brandeis University ([e-mail])

Keywords: race, religion, Republican
RRA: Exceptional Christian schools?: Comparing outcomes of Evangelical private schools in Canada and the U.S.

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

Co-Author 1: David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame

Keywords: Christian schools, Canada/U.S. comparisons, evangelicalism

F-13. SSSR: Graduate Student Session: Writing, Publishing, and Reviewing: Advice from Journal Editors

Room: Venetian V

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

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

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

SSSR: Sociology of Religion

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

Keywords:

SSSR: Review of Religious Research

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

Keywords:
SSSR: Politics and Religion

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

Keywords:
SSSR: Review of Religion and Chinese Society

Presenter: Fengang Yang, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Keywords:
SSSR: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

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

Keywords:
F-14. SSSR: Catholic Demographics in a Rapidly Changing World

Room: Trippe 2

Organizer: Mary L Gautier, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Convener: Mark Gray, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Catholic Demographics in Global Perspective

Presenter: Mary Gautier, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholics, Leadership, Demography

SSSR: Counting Australia's Catholics: History, Methods, and Applications

Presenter: Bob Dixon, Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholics, Leadership, Demography
SSSR: Contemporary Catholicism in England and Wales: A Summary of Recent British Social Attitudes Data

Presenter: Stephen Bullivant, St. Mary's University, UK ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholics, England and Wales, Demography
RRA: Catholic Demographics in Post-Communist European Countries

Presenter: Wojciech Sadlon, ([e-mail])

Keywords: