Sssr 2009 Denver Paper Session Preliminary Schedule

SSSR Presidential Panel

5:30-6:30pm
SSSR Presidential Reception

6:30-7:30pm

Period I: Sunday, October 30, 8:00-9:30am
I-1. RRA: Religion and Spirituality in Latin America

Room: Venetian II

Organizer: Henri Gooren, OAKLAND UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Convener: Christopher Chiappari, St. Olaf College ([e-mail])

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RRA: Theorizing the Social with Other-than-Human-Beings among the Highland Maya in Guatemala

Presenter: Christopher Chiappari, St. Olaf College ([e-mail])

Keywords: Guatemala, Maya Religion, Animism

RRA: Political Pentecostalism and Political Islam: Comparing and Theorizing Latin America and the Middle-East

Presenter: Henri Gooren, OAKLAND UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Keywords: Pentecostalism, Islam, Politics
RRA: Native Pastor Radio Hours: The Dynamics of Indigenous Language Preaching in Guatemala and Alaska

Presenter: Robin Shoaps, University of Alaska ([e-mail])

Keywords: Guatemala, Alaska, Native Americans
RRA: Orthodox Christianity as a Strategy of Maya Inculturation and Modernization in Guatemala

Presenter: Jakob Thorsen, Aarhus University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Guatemala, Maya, Christianity
I-2. SSSR: Religion, Global Poverty & International Development

Room: Venetian VI

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

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

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SSSR: How Pastors Talk About Migrants That Aren't There

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

Keywords: immigration, congregations, framing

SSSR: Churches as capable development actors? Evidence from El Salvador

Presenter: James Huff, Wheaton College ([e-mail])

Keywords: NGOs, Pentecostalism, Latin America
SSSR: Understanding Family and Religious Collapse Worldwide

Presenter: Carrie Miles, Empower International Ministries, Chapman University, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Keywords: family, single parent households, religious institutions
I-3. RRA: Congregations, psychology and politics

Room: Venetian I

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

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

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RRA: Religious experience and religious motivation among Catholic and Mainstream Protestant churchgoers in Australia: Drawing on theories from the psychology of religion

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

Co-Author 1: Ruth Powell, NCLS Research / Australian Catholic University

Keywords: psychology of religion, Australian National Church Life Survey, mystical experience
RRA: Mental Health in Congregations: a 10-year evaluation

Presenter: Kenneth Van Wyk, Institute for Christian Studies ([e-mail])

Keywords: Congregational Assistance Plan, counselling, mental health
RRA: Psychological type, rejection of evolution, and attitude toward the environment: A study from the UK

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

Co-Author 1: Sylvia Baker, Glyndwr University

Keywords: Environment, evolution, psychological type

RRA: Climate change, politics and religion: Australian churchgoers' beliefs about climate change

Presenter: Miriam Pepper, NCLS Research / Australian Catholic University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Rosemary Leonard, Western Sydney University

Co-Author 2: Ruth Powell, NCLS Research / Australian Catholic University

Keywords: churchgoers, climate change, religion
I-4. SSSR: THE CHANGING RELATIONSHIP OF SOCIETY, STATE AND RELIGION AND NEW STATE RELIGIOUS POLICIES IN WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN COMPARISON

Room: Windsor A

Organizer: ANTONIUS LIEDHEGENER, Prof. at University of Lucerne ([e-mail])

Convener: ANTONIUS LIEDHEGENER, Prof. at University of Lucerne ([e-mail])

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SSSR: COMPARING THE NEW STATE RELIGIOUS POLICIES. THE CASES OF GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND

Presenter: ANTONIUS LIEDHEGENER, Prof. at University of Lucerne ([e-mail])

Keywords: state religious policies, political systems analysis, state-religion relationship

SSSR: STATE, CHURCH, MINORITIES: THE POLITICS OF RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES

Presenter: MICHAEL MINKENBERG, Prof. at Europe-University Viadrina ([e-mail])

Keywords: religious diversity, state-church-regulations, religious minorities
SSSR: CHALLENGES OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND THE THREAT OF A CLASH OF RELIGIOUS CIVILIZATIONS? EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF A RISING PROBLEM

Presenter: GERT PICKEL, Prof. at University of Leipzig ([e-mail])

Keywords: religious pluralization, social identities, threat perception and conflict
SSSR: RELIGION, MIGRATION, AND GENDER: INCLUSIVE POLITICS REVISITED

Presenter: SIEGLINDE ROSENBERGER, Prof. at University of Vienna ([e-mail])

Keywords: state-religion relationship, inclusive politics, anti-Muslim claims
I-5. SSSR: The Amish

Room: Venetian IV

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

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

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SSSR: 'What happens in Pinecraft stays in Pinecraft': Ethnological reflections on the Florida Amish settlement

Presenter: Andrea Borella, Independent ([e-mail])

Keywords: Amish, Orduning, Pinecraft

SSSR: Forecasting potential sites of new Amish settlement using GIS

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

Co-Author 1: Rachel Bacon, Pennsylvania State University

Keywords: Amish, Orduning, Pinecraft

SSSR: Constructing a Multi-Settlement Database of Amish Demographic Information

Presenter: Elizabeth Cooksey, Ohio State University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Corey Colyer, West Virginia University

Co-Author 2: Cory Anderson, Truman State University

Keywords: Amish, Orduning, Pinecraft
I-6. SSSR: Author Meets Critics: Wood and Fulton's "A Shared Future: Faith-Based OrganizÂing for Racial Equity and Ethical Democracy"

Room: Venetian V

Organizer: Richard Wood, University of New Mexico ([e-mail])

Convener: Richard Wood, University of New Mexico ([e-mail])

Discussant: Richard Wood, University of New Mexico ([e-mail])
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I-7. SSSR: Measuring Religious Complexity

Room: Trippe 1

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: Spiritual Practices in America Today

Presenter: Brian Steensland, IUPUI ([e-mail])

Keywords: spirituality, America, practice/behavior

SSSR: The Development and Psychometric Properties of the God-Complexity Task

Presenter: Karisha George, Newman University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Zhen Cheng, University of Oregon

Co-Author 2: Carissa Sharp, Newman University

Keywords: Scale development, God representations, religiosity
SSSR: Measuring the Complexity of American Religion

Presenter: Patricia Tevington, University of Pennsylvania ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Melissa Wilde, University of Pennsylvania

Co-Author 2: Wensong Shen, University of Pennsylvania

Keywords: inequality, methodology, denomination
SSSR: Five Distinct Types of Young Adult Religious Engagement and Their Impact on Personal Theologies

Presenter: David Gortner, VIRGINIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ([e-mail])

Keywords: Young Adult, Religious Innovation, Personal Theology
I-8. SSSR: Perspectives on Religion and Youth

Room: Trippe 2

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: An Investigation of the Relationship between Religion and Well-Being in Emerging Adults

Presenter: Tommy Phillips, Mississippi State University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Alice Long, Mississippi State University

Keywords: emerging adults, well-being, religion
SSSR: Opposition in All Things: Cultural Paradoxes and Cautionary Lessons from Latter-day Saint Youth Programs

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

Keywords: Latter-day Saint, Mormon, Youth
SSSR: Childhood Abuse and Chronic Illness Later in Life: The Role of Religion as a Moderator

Presenter: Andrea L. Ruiz , Penn State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: health, life-course, childhood trauma
SSSR: Religious socialization and children with autism

Presenter: Susan Sullivan, College of the Holy Cross ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Victoria Aramini,

Keywords: children, families, disability

I-9. SSSR: Spirituality and New Religious Movements

Room: Hope 3

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Perfect Children - Growing Up on the Religious Fringe

Presenter: Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist, Inform, LSE ([e-mail])

Keywords: New Religious Movements, Children, Socialisation

SSSR: Serving the Circle: Drum Circle Facilitators and the Global Movement to Spread "Rhythm Evangelism"

Presenter: Tanice G Foltz, INDIANA UNIV NORTHWEST ([e-mail])

Keywords: NRM, engaged spirituality, rhythm evangelism
SSSR: Can new religious movements demonstrate public benefit?

Presenter: Eileen Barker, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ([e-mail])

Keywords: Public benefit, New religious movements, denominationalisation
SSSR: The Transnational phenomenon of 'transformational festivals'

Presenter: Flore MUGUET, Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes, Paris - Freibourg University, Switzerland ([e-mail])

Keywords: festival, self-transformation, transnationalization
I-10. SSSR: Islam, Youth and Public Life

Room: Hope 1

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: New Imaginations of Youth Agency: Boko Haram and the Innovative Gospel of Terror in Nigeria

Presenter: Edlyne Anugwom, Department of Sociology/Anthropology ([e-mail])

Keywords: Boko Haram, Nigeria, Insurgence

SSSR: ISIS and the Young Hyphenated Muslims of the Diaspora

Presenter: Abdullahi Gallab, Arizona State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: ISIS, Hyphenated Muslims, Diaspora
SSSR: Beyond musallas and the veil. Muslims in these hard times

Presenter: Roberta Ricucci, University of Turin ([e-mail])

Keywords: Muslim, Young people, Identity
SSSR: Post-Islamism and the Nature of Youth Religion in Egypt

Presenter: Jared Szuba, University of Chicago ([e-mail])

Keywords: Islam, Youth, Revolution
I-11. SSSR: Islam, Secularism and Identity

Room: Hope 2

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Sexuality in Post-Revolutionary Iran: Suppression, Promotion, or Control

Presenter: Bashir Tofangsazi, The Ohio State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Sexuality in Iran, Sexuality and Islam, critical discourse analysis

SSSR: Complex blasphemy law and Minorities in Pakistan

Presenter: Asif Iqbal, none right now ([e-mail])

Keywords: blasphemy, Minorities, exploitation of belief
SSSR: Islamic Creationism in Europe: Biological evolution in service of the "Clash of Civilizations" narrative

Presenter: Salman Hameed, Hampshire College ([e-mail])

Keywords: Muslims, Identity, Evolution
I-12. SSSR: Religion and State Power

Room: Trippe 3

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Religious Diversity, Religious Freedom and Religious Equality in Muslim Countries

Presenter: Shaheen Mozaffar, Bridgewater State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious Diversity, Religious Freedom, Religious Equality

SSSR: A Spatial Analysis of Governmental Restrictions on Religion

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

Keywords: religious restrictions, spatial analysis, international
SSSR: Understanding Orthodox Religious Monopolies: Unraveling Pakistan's Relationship with Blasphemy

Presenter: Sahar Khan, University of California, Irvine ([e-mail])

Keywords: Pakistan, blasphemy, constitutions
SSSR: Explaining Patterns of Government Raids on New or Nontraditional Religions: Strategic Framing, Countermobilization, and Expanded State Co

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

Co-Author 1: Susan J. Palmer, McGill University

Keywords: Government raids, new or nontraditional religions, state control

I-13. RRA: Clergy Well-being and Congregational Pride

Room: Venetian III

Organizer: Conrad Hackett

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RRA: Vocational Well-Being Among North Carolina United Methodist Clergy: Survey Findings

Presenter: John James, Duke Divinity School ([e-mail])

Keywords: clergy, congregations, denominations

RRA: Arrogant or Authentic: Church Pride in Striving for Change

Presenter: Adair T Lummis, HARTFORD SEMINARY ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: David Roozen, Hartford Seminary

Keywords: congregations, pride, change

RRA: "How do you really feel about being a pastor?"

Presenter: Jeff Woods, ABC ([e-mail])

Keywords: Clergy, Attrition, ABC
I-14. SSSR: Spirituality- do we need it?

Room: Windsor B

Organizer: Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, UNIV OF HAIFA ([e-mail])

Convener: Ariela Keysar, Trinity College ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Lived Distinctions of Religion and Spirituality Observed During a 20-year Ongoing Project to Improve Mental Health Care through Clergy Outreach & Professional Engagement (COPE)

Presenter: Glen Milstein, CCNY ([e-mail])

Keywords: spirituality, religion, psychology of religion

SSSR: "I think for myself": American Millennials' Religious and Spiritual Life

Presenter: Ariela Keysar, Trinity College ([e-mail])

Keywords: spirituality, religion, psychology of religion
SSSR: The Religion/Spirituality mantra

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

Keywords: spirituality, definitions, academic research

Period J: Sunday, October 30, 9:45-11:15am
J-1. SSSR: New Directions in Research on Secularism

Room: Venetian III

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

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

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SSSR: The Growing Impact of Religiosity on Attitudes and Behavior in Contexts of Advanced Secularization

Presenter: Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, University of Waterloo ([e-mail])

Keywords: Secularization, Religiosity, Politics and religion

SSSR: Sacred Science, Secular Faith: The Paradox of the Atheist Movement

Presenter: Stephen LeDrew, Uppsala University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Atheism, Science, Sacred
SSSR: "I Want to be an Atheist at Some Point": Quest as an Orientation to Non-religiosity

Presenter: Jacqueline Frost, University of Minnesota ([e-mail])

Keywords: Nonreligion, Seekers, Sunday Assembly
SSSR: Anxious Atheists of Relaxed Rationalists? Mental Wellbeing among Different Types of Secular Americans

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

Co-Author 1: Samuel Stroope, Louisiana State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Nones, Atheism, Mental health

J-2. RRA: Congregations and Society

Room: Venetian I

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

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

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RRA: Ministering on their own turf: The possibilities of sports chaplaincy in local church ministry within the Australian context

Presenter: Stephen Reid, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Pastoral Research Office ([e-mail])

Keywords: Chaplaincy, sport, Christian ministry

RRA: Creating a place of prayer for the 'other': An experimental study exploring the effects of re-shaping congregational space in a cathedral in Wales

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

Keywords: Congregation studies, personal prayer, prayer requests
RRA: Listening to churchgoers in their twenties: Drawing on a congregational survey in South London

Presenter: David W Lankshear, University of Warwick, UK ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Leslie J. Francis, University of Warwick

Keywords: Congregation studies, young adults, congregational satisfaction

RRA: Reconfiguring Religious Identity through Church Planting

Presenter: Richard Cimino, University of Richmond ([e-mail])

Keywords: Church Planting, Denominations, Church Growth
J-3. SSSR: Religions in South Korea, RCCI Project-Seoul #2

Room: Venetian IV

Organizer: SUNG-GUN Kim, Seowon University ([e-mail])

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

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SSSR: The New Face of Large Congregations: Creative Innovations in Four Megachurches in the Seoul Metropolitan Area

Presenter: SUNG-GUN Kim, Seowon University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Innovations, Megachurches, Seoul

SSSR: Practicing Filipino Catholicism in Korea: Characterizing the Filipino Catholic Community in Hyehwadong, Seoul

Presenter: Hyung Chull Jang, Induk University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Innovations, Megachurches, Seoul
SSSR: Managing Buddhism in Christian Universities in South Korea

Presenter: Siyoon Lee, Sogang University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Seil Oh, Sogang University

Keywords: Innovations, Megachurches, Seoul

J-4. SSSR: Religion and Change in Mexico

Room: Hope 3

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Institutional change in catholic religious life. Mexico, 1992-2010

Presenter: LUIS FERNANDO FALCO P, UNAM Mexico ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholic, congregations, organizational

SSSR: New forms of believing of youth people in Mexico City

Presenter: J. Antonio Serrano Sanchez, UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA LUMEN GENTIUM ([e-mail])

Keywords: culture, values, beliefs
SSSR: Testimonial Practice: The Narrative Blending of Self and Other, Mundane and Supernatural

Presenter: Graham Hill, UC Berkeley Sociology ([e-mail])

Keywords: Testimony, Charismatic Christianity, Narrative
SSSR: Social Impact of the Visit of Pope Francis to Mexico

Presenter: Carlos Garma, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana ([e-mail])

Keywords: Pope Francis, Mexico, catholic church
J-5. SSSR: Islam and Identity

Room: Hope 2

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Intersectional identities of Muslim American youth

Presenter: Hasina Mohyuddin, Vanderbilt University ([e-mail])

Keywords: intersectionality, religious identity, Muslim American youth

SSSR: Religious/American Identity Negotiation of Young Muslims in the Pursuit of Marriage

Presenter: Amy Poppinga, RRA ([e-mail])

Keywords: Identity, Islam, Marriage
SSSR: Hyphenization: the Impact of a Racialized Religious Identity

Presenter: Iman Sediqe, Northwestern University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Muslim, racialization, race
SSSR: Being Muslim in Contemporary United States: Fear and Social Identity

Presenter: Servet Tas, Texas Tech University, Department of Sociology ([e-mail])

Keywords: Muslims, Social Identity, U.S
J-6. SSSR: Religion in India

Room: Windsor B

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Globalization and religious lived Tradition of Varanasi.

Presenter: vivek kumar, BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Keywords: public sociology of religion, little and great tradition, globalization

SSSR: The De/Religionization of Yoga: Nation Building Through Body & Spirit

Presenter: Roopa Singh, Arizona State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Yoga, Religionization, Nation Building
SSSR: "It's Got Nothing to do with Religion": The Emergence of Religion in Indian Universities

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

Co-Author 1: Elaine H. Ecklund, Rice University

Keywords: Religion, Science, India

J-7. SSSR: Spirituality, Mysticism and Wonder

Room: Venetian V

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Identifying the Common Core of Vertical Mysticism: A Naturalistic Explanation for Text-Triggered Revelations, Testimonies, and Healings

Presenter: JOEL INBODY, SUNY BUFFALO ([e-mail])

Keywords: Mysticism, Social psychology, Pentecostalism

SSSR: Wonder, sensation, and relation: An unfolding triad?

Presenter: Patricia Schoenrade, WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Patricia Schoenrade, William Jewell College

Co-Author 2: Yutong Liu, William Jewell College

Keywords: wonder, sensory, relationship
SSSR: Spirituality on the Camino de Santiago: considering spirituality well-being, religiosity, and quest

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

Co-Author 1: Larry Bates, University of North Alabama

Co-Author 2: Thomas Kersen, Jackson State University

Keywords: Spirituality, Pilgrimage, Quest
SSSR: CATHOLIC PYRAMID? LOCATING THE PHENOMENON OF PYRAMID OF MERKIN? WITHIN GLOBAL FIELD OF RELIGIONS

Presenter: Milda Alisauskiene, Dept. of Sociology, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholicism, New Age, Spirituality
J-8. SSSR: Sources and Consequences of Atheism and Nonaffiliation

Room: Venetian VI

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: From Existential to Social Understandings of Risk: Examining Gender Differences in Non-religion

Presenter: Jacqui Frost, University of Minnesota ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota

Co-Author 2: Evan Stewart, University of Minnesota

Keywords: gender, religion, nonreligion

SSSR: From A.A. to SBNR: The Role of Addiction Recovery Programs in the Production of the Spiritual, but Not Religious

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

Keywords: spiritual, but not religious, addiction, substance abuse
SSSR: Does Atheism matter? - Atheism's influence on homophobia in Europe

Presenter: Jara Kampmann, GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences ([e-mail])

Keywords: Atheism, Europe, Homophobia
SSSR: The "secular but not superficial": An overlooked nonreligious/nonspiritual identity

Presenter: Dan Delaney, University of Louisille ([e-mail])

Keywords: nonreligious/nonspiritual identity, religious-secular divide, secularism
J-9. SSSR: Religion, Health and Wellness

Room: Windsor A

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Forgiveness, Attachment to God, and Mental Health Outcomes in Older U.S. Adults

Presenter: Blake Kent, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Jeremy Uecker, Baylor University

Co-Author 2: Matt Bradshaw, Baylor University

Keywords: Attachment to God, Mental Health, Forgiveness

SSSR: Discovering Grace at the Table?: Prayers at Mealtime, Social Stratification, and Mental Health in Later Life

Presenter: Jong Hyun Jung, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Keywords: religion, mental health, social stratification
SSSR: Religion, Financial Strain, and 'Deviant' Behavior: Do Religious Factors Buffer the Effects of Financial Strain on Substance Abuse?

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

Co-Author 1: Christopher Ellison, University of Texas at San Antonio

Co-Author 2: Reed DeAngelis, University of Texas at San Antonio

Keywords: Religious Salience, Financial Strain, Substance Abuse
SSSR: Race, Religion, and Psychological Distress: Are There Offsetting Effects of Religious Coping and Salience?

Presenter: Metin Guven, The University of Texas at San Antonio ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Christopher Ellison, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Co-Author 2: Reed DeAngelis, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Keywords: Race, Religious Coping and Salience, Psychological Distress
J-10. SSSR: Religion and Gender in Comparative Perspective

Room: Hope 1

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: More Religious, Less Dogmatic: A New Account for Gender Differences in Religion

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

Keywords: Gender, Attitudes, Politics

SSSR: Cultural models of religion in UN treaty body sessions: mapping understandings of religion and efforts to foster shared conceptions of women's rights

Presenter: Shanna Corner, University of Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: human rights, gender, global norms
SSSR: Faith and the Fisheries: Religion and Foreign Workers

Presenter: Cathy Holtmann, University of New Brunswick ([e-mail])

Keywords: Filipina women, foreign workers, lived religion
J-11. RRA: Innovative Perspectives

Room: Venetian II

Organizer: Conrad Hackett

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RRA: Introducing Jesus' Social Network: Support, Conflict, and Compassion

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

Keywords: Social networks, Jesus, Biblical studies

RRA: Awakenings as Phases of American Religious Life

Presenter: Chris Miller, St Mary's University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Great Awakenings, American Religion, New Religious Movements
RRA: Correlates of African American Dialect and Ambivalence: Paul Laurence Dunbar on Antebellum Religion

Presenter: Stephen D. Glazier, UNIV OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN ([e-mail])

Keywords: African American Religion, dialect, Paul Laurence Dunbar
RRA: Genealogy, Genetics, and the Geopolitics of Ethnoreligious Membership

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

Keywords: genealogy and genetics, ethnoracial membership, global citizenship