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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 ([e-mail])

Convener: Thomas Gaunt, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

RRA: Evangelization to People with Disabilities in Catholic Parishes

Presenter: Jonathon Holland, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: Science, Catholics, Laudato Si
RRA: "My Parents Are Catholic, But...": Why Young Catholics Leave the Faith

Presenter: Jonathon Wiggins, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Convener: Frances Kostarelos, Governors State University ([e-mail])

Discussant: Jerry Pankurst, Wittenburg University ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: The Greek-Orthodox Metropolis of Germany as Facilitator of Cultural Retention

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

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Convener: Tracy Kuperus, Calvin College ([e-mail])

Discussant: Amy Patterson, University of the South ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Tolerance and Authoritarianism: Inter-Religious Dialogue and the State in Burkina Faso and Chad

Presenter: Daniel Eizenga, University of Florida ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: Muslim-Christian relations, West Africa, tolerance and authoritarianism
SSSR: Explaining Divergence in Church-State Relations in East Africa

Presenter: Timothy Longman, Boston University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Convener: Jeffrey Cox, University of Iowa ([e-mail])

Discussant: Daniel Loss, Harvard University ([e-mail] )
Papers:

SSSR: Interfusing Sacrality into Secularity in Contemporary Japanese Society

Presenter: Steven Heine, Florida International University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Sacred, Secularity, Japan

SSSR: The Invisibility of Liberal Christianity: Religious Education in German and British State Schools

Presenter: Jeffrey Cox, University of Iowa ([e-mail])

Keywords: Secularism, Germany, Textbooks
SSSR: Explaining Czech Secularism

Presenter: Mary Heimann, Cardiff University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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

Discussant:
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RRA: Pastor attrition: myths, realities, and preventions

Presenter: Scott McConnell, LifeWay Research ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Convener: Glen Moran, Newman University ([e-mail])

Discussant: Fern Elsdon-Baker, Newman University ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Public perceptions of evolutionary science and religion: preliminary results of a new poll

Presenter: Fern Elsdon-Baker, Newman University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Convener: Kevin Dougherty, Baylor University ([e-mail])

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

SSSR: Revisiting church attendance trends in Canada

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

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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:
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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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: Education, Religion, Pluralism
SSSR: The Organizational Politics of Religious Education: A Case Study

Presenter: Matty Lichtenstein, UC Berkeley ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious schools, Organizational Theory, Education
A-9. SSSR: Exploring the Paranormal

Room: Hope 1

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
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SSSR: Close Encounters in the Ozarks: The Exploration of Anomalous Experiences and Socialization in Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Presenter: Thomas Kersen, Jackson State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: anomalous experience, UFOs, Ozarks
SSSR: Religious Priming and Belief in the Paranormal, Fantastic Creatures, and Superstitions

Presenter: Doug Krull, Northern Kentucky University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: spectrality, ghosts, GIS
SSSR: Genres and the Ordinary/Non-Ordinary Distinction

Presenter: Nathan Fredrickson, University of California Santa Barbara ([e-mail])

Keywords: specialness, genre, categorization
A-10. SSSR: Responses to Immigration

Room: Hope 2

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: Syrian Refugees And Evangelicals: A Sentiment Analysis

Presenter: Randall Reed, Appalachian State University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: Immigration, Unemployment, Europe
SSSR: Young Muslims interact with local institutions: best practices from Southern Europe

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

Keywords: Muslim, Institution, Europe
SSSR: Religious Congregational Diversity and Immigrant Incorporation

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

Keywords: immigrant religion, social networks, civic incorporation
A-11. SSSR: Religion, Health and Stress

Room: Hope 3

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
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SSSR: Risk, Religion, Stress: Using cortisol to explain gender differences

Presenter: Amanda Friesen, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis ([e-mail])

Keywords: gender, cortisol, personality

SSSR: Goal Striving Stress and the Buffering Effects Of Perceived Divine Control

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

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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:
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SSSR: A Cognitive anthropological approach to rituals: A multi-national test of Ritual Form Theory

Presenter: Justin L Barrett, Fuller Theological Seminary ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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:
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SSSR: Mapping Christian Outreach: A Multiple Correspondence Analysis of Centrifugal U.S.-based Protestant Mission Agency Activities

Presenter: Jared Bok, Emory University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: church giving, generosity, church members
A-14. RRA: Effects of Religion

Room: Venetian III

Organizer: Conrad Hackett

Convener:

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RRA: Commitment and Equality Mediation Effects from Religiousness on Marital Happiness

Presenter: ILYA OKHOTNIKOV, 2019 ([e-mail])

Keywords: Marital Happiness, Religiousness, Mediation

RRA: Comparing Religion and Homelessness in Taiwan and the United States

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

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religiosity, Muslim, Americans

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9:40-10:20am

SSSR Presentation of Awards and Welcome to First Time Attenders

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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 ([e-mail])

Convener: Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University ([e-mail])

Discussant: Heather White, University oi Puget Sound ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Critic 1

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

Keywords: sexuality, Protestants, author meets critics

SSSR: Critic 2

Presenter: R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois-Chicago ([e-mail])

Keywords: sexuality, Protestants, author meets critics
SSSR: Critic 3

Presenter: Kristy Slominski, Georgia State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: sexuality, Protestants, author meets critics
SSSR: Critic 4

Presenter: Monique Moultrie, George State University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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

Discussant:
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RRA: Atheism and Nonreligion: Definitions and Global Trends

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

Keywords: atheism, nonreligion, global trends

RRA: New Alignments: Politics, Class and American Secularists

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

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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

Discussant:
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SSSR: Appalachian serpent handling and its community dynamics

Presenter: W. Paul Williamson, Department of Psychology Henderson State University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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

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SSSR: MORMON SISTER MISSIONARIES: Contributions and Challenges in the Field

Presenter: Robert Lively, Dean Emeritus, University of Maine at Farmington ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholicism, Missions, Conversions
SSSR: CONVERSION, EVANGELISM, AND COMMUNITY LIFE: A Story of Alleluia

Presenter: Don Swenson, Mount Royal University ([e-mail])

Keywords: charismatic conversion, covenant, covenant
SSSR: WHAT HELPS CHRISTIANS GROW? An exploratory study distinguishing among four distinctive pathways

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

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 ([e-mail])

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

Discussant:
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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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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.) ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Convener: Alexander Hall, Newman University ([e-mail])

Discussant: Fern Elsdon-Baker, Newman University ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Encountering the secular in contemporary Britain: a qualitative, sociological approach

Presenter: Rebecca Catto, Kent State University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Discussant: Besheer Mohamed ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Black Lives Matter and Muslims in the US

Presenter: Christine Sheikh, MSU-Denver ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Presenting Oneself as a Muslim in Public in a Climate of Potential Harassment

Presenter: John O'Brien, New York University ([e-mail])

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SSSR: The Implications of Anti-Shari'a Discourses for Muslim Americans

Presenter: Kathleen Moore, University of California Santa Barbara ([e-mail])

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SSSR: Public Perceptions of Muslims in the United States

Presenter: Gabriel Acevedo, University of Texas, San Antonio ([e-mail])

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B-8. SSSR: Religion and Urban Life

Room: Venetian VI

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: Joining Jerusalem and Judea: Do Megachurches Shape Support for Regional Reforms to Metropolitan Governance?

Presenter: Joshua Ambrosius, University of Dayton ([e-mail])

Keywords: congregations, religion and politics, urban

SSSR: Religions Organizations in a Stable Bronx Neighborhood

Presenter: Dana Fenton, Lehman College CUNY ([e-mail])

Keywords: Urban, Ethnic succession, Religious change
SSSR: Measuring the Social Impact of Faith-based Community Organizations

Presenter: Brad Christerson, Biola University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Rebecca Sager, Loyola Marymount University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Impact, Measurement, Community

SSSR: Urban Ministry and Re-Neighboring in Three Cities

Presenter: Kristin Geraty, North Central College ([e-mail])

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

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SSSR: Religious Context and Generalized Social Trust in the United States

Presenter: Joey Marshall, Purdue University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: Civic engagement, Cultural settings, Eastern Europe
SSSR: Individual and National Variations in Trust of Religious Outgroups

Presenter: Robert Martin, Southeastern Louisiana University ([e-mail])

Keywords: trust, cross-national, religious others
SSSR: Does Economic Development Foster Religious Tolerance in Contemporary China

Presenter: Xiuhua Wang, graduate student ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious tolerance, Economic Development, Government Trust
B-10. SSSR: Religion, Healing and Death

Room: Windsor B

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: "Is Suicide a Sin?" In-depth Interview with American Christian and Japanese Buddhist Clergy

Presenter: Tatsushi Hirono, Austin Peay State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Christian, Buddhist, suicide

SSSR: Overcoming Death in New Religious Movements: The Quest for Physical Immortality

Presenter: Susan Palmer, McGill University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: Divine healing, Fundamentalism, Identity
B-11. SSSR: Religion and National Identity

Room: Hope 2

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Civil Religion, American National Identity, and the Cultural Politics of Immigration.

Presenter: Rhys H Williams, Loyola University Chicago ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: Consumption, Evangelicals, Lifestlye

SSSR: Does County Religious Composition Affect the Growth and Decline of Denominations?

Presenter: Daniel V A Olson, Purdue University ([e-mail])

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 ([e-mail])

Keywords: culture wars, social change, privatization of religion