Sssr 2009 Denver Paper Session Preliminary Schedule

Special Presidential Panel

11:30-12:45

Lunch Break

12:45-2:00

RRA Business Meeting

12:45-1:45

MSSA Business Meeting

12:45-1:45


Period G: Saturday, October 29, 2:00-3:30pm
G-1. RRA: Women's religiosity: Gendering or Sexing

Room: Venetian I

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

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

Discussant:
Papers:

RRA: Freedom of Choice: Religion and Gender in a Global Perspective

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

Co-Author 1: Thea Piltzecker, YARG

Keywords: Millennials, Religious upbringing, Gender
RRA: Sex Differences or Gender Differences? Why Men Are Less Religious Than Women

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

Keywords: Millennials, Religious upbringing, Gender
RRA: Do labor force participation patterns explain gender gaps in religious commitment?

Presenter: David McClendon , Pew Research Center ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center

Keywords: Millennials, Religious upbringing, Gender

RRA: Gender, Sex, and Universality

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

Keywords: Sex differences, Universality, Social context
G-2. SSSR: Religion and the Public Sphere in East Asia

Room: Venetian V

Organizer: Mark R Mullins, University of Auckland ([e-mail])

Convener: Mark R. Mullins, University of Auckland ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: In Conflict or Confluence? The Revival of Confucianism and the Rise of Christianity in China

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

Keywords: religious nationalism, Confucianism, Christianity

SSSR: A New Economic Basis of Korean Religious Organizations in Rural Areas

Presenter: Kwang Suk Yoo, Kyung Hee University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Korean religions, Korean public economy, Religion and agricultural society
SSSR: The Contemporary Movement to Restore Shinto to the Public Sphere

Presenter: Mark R. Mullins, University of Auckland ([e-mail])

Keywords: religious nationalism, Confucianism, Christianity
G-3. SSSR: Stress, struggle, and religion: Religious challenges among adolescents, adults, nonbelievers, and Muslims

Room: Venetian VI

Organizer: Alex Uzdavines, Case Western Reserve University ([e-mail])

Convener: Alex Uzdavines, Case Western Reserve University ([e-mail])

Discussant: Julie J. Exline, Case Western Reserve University ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Religious/spiritual struggles within a Muslim sample in the U.S.

Presenter: Seyma N. Saritoprak, Case Western Reserve University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Julie J. Exline, Case Western Reserve University

Keywords: Muslims, Spiritual Struggles, Islam
SSSR: Validation of religious and spiritual struggles scales for adolescents

Presenter: Steffany J. Homolka, Case Western Reserve University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Julie J. Exline, Case Western Reserve University

Keywords: Adolescents, Spiritual Struggle, Scale Development

SSSR: Religious and spiritual struggles in relation to stressful life events and religiousness

Presenter: Nick Stauner, Case Western Reserve University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Joshua Wilt, Case Western Reserve University

Co-Author 2: Julie J. Exline, Case Western Reserve University

Keywords: Spiritual Struggles, Stressful life events, Structural equation modeling
SSSR: The breaking point: Exploring the impact of stressful life events on (non)religious identity

Presenter: Alex Uzdavines, Case Western Reserve University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Julie J. Exline, Case Western Reserve University

Keywords: Stressful life events, (Non)religious identity, Structural equation modeling

G-4. SSSR: Author Meets Critics: The holocaust across generations: Trauma and it's Inheritance among Descendents of Survivors

Room: Venetian III

Organizer: Mary Jo Neitz, UNIV OF MISSOURI ([e-mail])

Convener: Mary Jo neitz, University of Missouri ([e-mail])

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Comments

Presenter: Kathleen Jenkins, College of William and Mary ([e-mail])

Keywords: Trauma, Holocaust, Family

SSSR: Nicole Fox

Presenter: Nicole Fox, University of New Hampshire ([e-mail])

Keywords: Trauma, Holocaust, Family
SSSR: Comment

Presenter: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick ([e-mail])

Keywords: Trauma, Holocaust, Family
SSSR: Response

Presenter: Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado ([e-mail])

Keywords: Trauma, Family, Descendents
G-5. SSSR: Trends in Atheism and Nonaffiliation

Room: Windsor B

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
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SSSR: Towards a common pattern of religious change. Church attendance declining trends in seventeen western European countries (1973-2013)

Presenter: Cristiano Vezzoni, University of Trento, Dep Sociology and Social Research, c.f/p.i. 00340520220 ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Ferruccio Biolcati-Rinaldi, University of Milan

Keywords: Church attendance, Western Europe, Cross-national surveys
SSSR: Irreligious socialization? Examining intergenerational transmission of nonreligion using the Longitudinal Study of Generations

Presenter: Stephen Merino, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious nones, Religious socialization, Religious transmission
SSSR: Believers, Non- believers and Atheists in Post-communist Countries

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

Keywords: post-communism, religious change, large scale surveys
SSSR: Secularity in Cross-National Context: A Non-Linear Approach

Presenter: Isabella Kasselstrand, California State University Bakersfield ([e-mail])

Keywords: Secularity, Nones, Atheism
G-6. SSSR: Religion, Poverty and Markets

Room: Hope 1

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
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SSSR: A Theology of Consensus: The Civil Religion of Occupy Wall Street

Presenter: Aaron Weinstein, Brown University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Occupy Wall Street, Civil Religion, Spirituality

SSSR: Creating a Space for Holiness in the Market: Dilemmas Among Progressive Catholics and JustFaith Ministries

Presenter: Maureen Day, Santa Clara University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Economy, Justice, Small groups
SSSR: Between Hunger and Heaven: Morality, Religion, and Homeless at a Christian Church in Taiwan

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

Keywords: morality, homelessness, Taiwan
SSSR: Pentecostalism and the Spirit of Entrepreneurship in Ghana

Presenter: Edmond Akwasi Agyeman, University of Education, Winneba ([e-mail])

Keywords: Pentecostalism, Entrepreneurship, Ghana
G-7. SSSR: Religion and Violence

Room: Hope 2

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: The strategic logic of religious violence

Presenter: Matthew Isaacs, Brandeis University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious violence, Civil war, Insurgency

SSSR: Religion and Terrorism in Africa: The Challenge of Traditional Counterterrorism Strategies

Presenter: Dodeye Williams, University of Calabar ([e-mail])

Keywords: Africa, Religious Terrorism, Counterterrorism
SSSR: Violence in Islam: Perception, Propaganda, and the Jihad

Presenter: Marcos Macias, University of Arkansas ([e-mail])

Keywords: Islamophobia, Jihad, Terrorism
SSSR: Religion and Political Extremism in the US: Violent Action Against the Government.

Presenter: JAMES DAVIDSON, BAYLOR ([e-mail])

Keywords: Extremism, Violence, Anti-Government
G-8. SSSR: Religious Divides and Bonds in Europe

Room: Hope 3

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

SSSR: Levels of Interfaith Engagement in Rome, and Their Interconnections: An Ethnographic Study

Presenter: Jennifer (Jenn) Lindsay, Boston University ([e-mail])

Keywords: interfaith dialogue, social movements, religious pluralism

SSSR: Three kinds of Religion in Hungary

Presenter: Endre Nagy, Semmelweis University Budapest,Hungary ([e-mail])

Keywords: clash, in religion, in society
SSSR: Gay Cakes and Trusting Muslims with Shopping: The Evolving Role of Public Religion in Northern Ireland

Presenter: Kristen Nielsen Donnelly, Abbey Research ([e-mail])

Keywords: Northern Ireland, Evangelical Protestantism, LGBTQ
SSSR: "Beware, Religion!": Russia's Culture Wars, 1990-2015

Presenter: Rachel Schroeder, EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Keywords: desecularization, culture-wars, secularization
G-9. SSSR: Atheism and Nonreligion in Comparative Perspective

Room: Trippe 1

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: Religion in Modern Korea: What Do Unbelievers Believe?

Presenter: Michael Ralston, Unaffiliated ([e-mail])

Keywords: Korea, Unbelivers, Nones

SSSR: Atheism and Antisuperstition in Chinese Media

Presenter: Jun Lu, Purdue University ([e-mail])

Keywords: atheism, antisuperstition, contemporary China
SSSR: Case studies in late onset secularization: United States, Ireland, Italy

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

Keywords: Secularization, Comparative research, Survey research
SSSR: An exploratory analysis of the moments of transcendence in nonreligious from Argentina

Presenter: Hugo H. Rabbia, CONICET - Universidad Católica de Córdoba ([e-mail])

Keywords: NONRELIGIOUS, LIVED RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY, MOMENTS OF TRASCENDENCE
G-10. SSSR: Religion and Health Providers

Room: Trippe 2

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
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SSSR: Serving God and Country: Foreign-born Healthcare Workers Caring for Veterans of Foreign War

Presenter: Stephen M Cherry, university of houston clear lake ([e-mail])

Keywords: immigration, religious schemas, healthcare

SSSR: Christian healers, medical practitioners and public health provision in Abidjan

Presenter: Ludovic Lado, Intitute of Human Rights and Dignity ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Jacquineau Azetsop, Gregorian University, Rome

Co-Author 2: Felicien Coulibaly, Université Félix Houphouet-Boigny

Keywords: Christian healer, Medical doctor, Public health
SSSR: Heaven and Health: Pastoral Perspectives on Faith and Medicine

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

Co-Author 1: Cleve Tinsley IV, Rice University

Co-Author 2: Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University

Keywords: Medicine, Race, Mental Health
SSSR: Religiosity and End of Life (EOL): A Survey of Nursing Students' Attitudes and Perspectives

Presenter: Jenny Holcombe, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Amy Levi, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Keywords: EOL Choices, EOL & Religion, Care of the Dying

G-11. RRA: Comparing Congregations

Room: Venetian II

Organizer: Conrad Hackett

Convener:

Discussant:
Papers:

RRA: Increasing Church Data Availability or How does my church compare to...?

Presenter: Susan Barnett, PCUSA ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Joelle Kopacz, PCUSA

Keywords: Responsiveness, congregational data, church trends
RRA: The changing complexion of American congregations

Presenter: Kevin D. Dougherty, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Michael O. Emerson, North Park University

Keywords: race, diversity, congregations

RRA: Vital or vapid?: How do Seventh-day Adventist congregations compare on vitality indicators?

Presenter: Petr Cincala, Andrews University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Rene Drumm, University of Southern Mississippi

Keywords: FACT study, Seventh-day Adventist, Church vitality

RRA: Differences between the Psychological Type Profiles of Congregants in the US and Great Britain, Canada, and Australia

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

Co-Author 1: Jon Norton, Classis of the Greater Palisades, Reformed Church in America

Co-Author 2: Tom Larkin, Abundant Life Reformed Church, Wyckoff, NJ

Keywords: psychological type, American exceptionalism, congregational studies
G-12. SSSR: Religion, Sex and Romance

Room: Trippe 3

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Hookup Culture and the Collapse of Religion in the West

Presenter: Carrie Miles, Chapman University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Family change, Growth of the Nones, Hookup culture

SSSR: Seeing is (Not) Believing: How Viewing Pornography Shapes the Religious Lives of Young Americans

Presenter: George Hayward, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Samuel Perry, University of Oklahoma

Keywords: Pornography, Religion, Youth

SSSR: Sacrilege:The Use of Religion in Porn

Presenter: TiMar Long, University of Houston ([e-mail])

Keywords: Sexuality, Christianity, Islam
SSSR: How Religion Impacts the Romantic Aspirations of Emerging Adults

Presenter: Hilary Davidson, Notre Dame ([e-mail])

Keywords: NSYR, Emerging Adults, Romance and Love
G-13. SSSR: Comparative Perspectives on Evangelical Identity

Room: Venetian IV

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: Separate Selves: The Religious and Political Identities of British Evangelicals

Presenter: Andrea Hatcher, The University of the South ([e-mail])

Keywords: Evangelicals, identity, focus groups

SSSR: Aural Piety: Soundscapes, Material Religion, and Christian Contemporary Music

Presenter: Courtney Tepera, Temple University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Music, Material Religion, Evangelicalism
SSSR: The Ethic of Compassion of Christian Evangelicals

Presenter: Francesca Montemaggi, St Mary's University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Francesca Montemaggi, St Mary's University

Keywords: Compassion, boundaries, morality

G-14. SSSR: Religion and Latin America

Room: Windsor A

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: The use of religion by political actors in El Salvador 1989-2015

Presenter: Luis Aguilar, UCA EL SALVADOR ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Luis Aguilar,

Keywords: Politics,, Political Actor,, El Salvador
SSSR: Church's success versus State's failure? A case study of college education in Northern Peru

Presenter: Véronique Lecaros, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru PUCP ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholic Church's social project, education in Peru, secularisation
SSSR: Challenging old fashion clergy: strategic planning for evangelization of periferies in Mexico City

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

Keywords: New evangelization, Pastoral planning, Paradigms
SSSR: Revisiting Migration as Theologizing: Meaning Making Among Colombian Evangelicals in Spain and the United States

Presenter: Diego de los Rios, Northwestern University ([e-mail])

Keywords: immigration, meaning, evangelicals

Period H: Saturday, October 29, 3:45-5:15pm
H-1. SSSR: VISUALIZING RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE II

Room: Windsor A

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

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

Discussant:
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SSSR: If You Build It, They Will Keep on Coming: Exploring Understandings for How Religious Buildings "Work" in Guatemala

Presenter: Robert Brenneman, St. Michael's College  ([e-mail])

Keywords: Visual Research Methods, Religious Architecture, Guatemala

SSSR: The Haitians in Brazil: Photography and Religion Shaping the Imaginary of Migration

Presenter: Suzana Coutinho, Mackenzie Presbyterian University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Visual Research Methods, Immigration, Brazil
SSSR: Unveiling Shanghai: Photography and Ritual as Synergetic Art Forms

Presenter: Liz Hingley, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Benoit Vermander, Fudan University

Keywords: Visual Research Methods, Ritual, China

SSSR: Using Mobile Apps for Visual Engagement and Research: The Visualizing Faith and Citizenship Project

Presenter: Kevin R. den Dulk, Calvin College ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Roman Williams, Calvin College

Co-Author 2: Kara Bilkert, Calvin College

Keywords: Visual Research Methods, Mobile Apps, Citizenship
H-2. RRA: Immigrant Women Religious Living and Working in the U.S.

Room: Venetian I

Organizer: Mary Gautier, CARA at Georgetown University ([e-mail])

Convener: Thu Do, Saint Louis University ([e-mail])

Discussant:
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RRA: International Sisters: Who, Where, Why

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

Keywords: Catholics, Women Religious, International

RRA: International Sisters: Contributions and Concerns

Presenter: Patricia Wittberg, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholics, Women Religious, International
RRA: International Sisters: Presence on U.S. Campuses

Presenter: Thu Do, LHC, Saint Louis University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholics, Women Religious, Campus
RRA: International Sisters: Implications for Catholic Institutions in the U.S.

Presenter: Mary Johnson, Trinity Washington University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Catholics, Women Religious, International
H-3. SSSR: Author Meets Critics: Tim Clydesdale's "The Purposeful Graduate"

Room: Venetian III

Organizer: Corwin Smidt

Convener: Corwin Smidt ([e-mail])

Discussant: Tim Clydesdale ([e-mail])
Papers:

SSSR: Critic 1

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

Keywords:

SSSR: Critic 2

Presenter: Robert Dixon, Australian Catholic University ([e-mail])

Keywords:
SSSR: Critic 3

Presenter: Ted Long, Elizabethtown University ([e-mail])

Keywords:
SSSR: Critic 4

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

Keywords:
H-4. SSSR: Clergy and Leadership

Room: Venetian V

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: Differences in social media use by religious leaders and influentials

Presenter: Paola Pascual-Ferra, Loyola University Maryland ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Katelyn Barone, Loyola University Maryland

Keywords: religious communication, social media, opinion leaders
SSSR: The demographic "Boomer Surge" and religion: Perspectives of clergy and older congregation members

Presenter: Vern Bengtson, University of Southern California ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Merril Silverstein, Syracuse University

Co-Author 2: Hannah Gruen-Bengtson, University of Southern California

Keywords: Baby boomers/aging, Intergenerational, Churches
SSSR: Catholic religious institutes may be declining in numbers, but communities of priests, brothers, and sisters show robust signs of life: an analysis of the 2009 CARA new members survey

Presenter: Paul Kasun, University of Texas at Austin ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious Institutes, Catholic Church, Vocations
SSSR: Systemic Cross-Denominational Patterns in Congregational Public Ministries and Clergy Competency Development

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

Keywords: Congregational impact, Clergy, Job competency
H-5. SSSR: Religion in the American South

Room: Windsor B

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Hellish or Heavenly: Intra-Evangelical Conflict on the Topic of Islam in the Urban Southern United States

Presenter: Ashlee Quosigk, Queen's University Belfast ([e-mail])

Keywords: Islam, Evangelical, Conflict

SSSR: Humanist Community-building in the American Bible Belt: Tackling Challenges, Building Momentum

Presenter: Katayoun Alidadi, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology ([e-mail])

Keywords: atheism, community, multiculturalism
SSSR: The Hospitable South: Cultural Myth and Religious Practice in a Southern Community

Presenter: Betsie Garner, University of Pennsylvania ([e-mail])

Keywords: community, Christianity, southern hospitality
SSSR: "Heritage, Not Hate": An Examination of Religious Contestations at Contemporary Confederate Battle Flag Rallies

Presenter: Michael Bradley, Georgia State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: heritage space, Lost Cause, memorialization
H-6. SSSR: Religion, Pluralism and Middle East Politics

Room: Venetian VI

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: The Contours of Muslim Images of the Jew: Some Findings from Morocco

Presenter: Roy Mittelman, The City College of New York ([e-mail])

Keywords: Morocco, Muslim-Jewish Relations, inter-religious relations

SSSR: Political Carrier Thesis: Messianism as a Predictor of Factionalization in Post-Reform Iran

Presenter: Amirhossein Teimouri, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ([e-mail])

Keywords: Messianic movement, conservatives factionalization, Iran
SSSR: Who Benefits from Consociationalism? Evidence from the Arab Barometer Survey of Lebanon

Presenter: Kenneth Vaughan, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Middle East, Politics, Church-State Relations
H-7. SSSR: Race and Religious Communities

Room: Hope 2

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: A Black Phoenix Rises out of White Ashes: Pastoralism and the Negotiation of Liturgical and Physical Space in an Urban Catholic Parish

Presenter: Tia Noelle Pratt, St. Joseph's University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Roman Catholicism, Race, Organizations

SSSR: Innovation for Improved Race Relations: Designed Communities of Practice as a New Organizational Genre in American Churches for Communication and Practice

Presenter: Darin Freeburg, University of South Carolina ([e-mail])

Keywords: Race Relations, Religious Communication, Communities of Practice
SSSR: Racial dynamics of congregations and communities: A longitudinal analysis of United Methodist congregations, 1990-2010

Presenter: Kevin D. Dougherty, Baylor University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Gerardo Marti, Davidson College

Co-Author 2: Todd W. Ferguson, Baylor University

Keywords: congregation, race, growth
SSSR: Converts or clients?: The impact of race in shaping church planting constituencies

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

Keywords: race and ethnicity, the unchurched, church planting
H-8. SSSR: Islam in the United States

Room: Hope 3

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

Discussant:
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SSSR: Assimilation or alienation? The case of American Muslim religiosity and immigration

Presenter: Laila Noureldin, The University of Chicago ([e-mail])

Keywords: American-Muslims, Assimilation, Alienation

SSSR: Assimilation and Acceptance

Presenter: kyung hong, Union County College ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religion, Violence, Diaspora
SSSR: The limits of Muslim integration to U.S. Society

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

Keywords: Muslim Americans, Islam, polling
SSSR: Muslims Need Not Apply: Ethnic and Religious Discrimination in the Job Market

Presenter: Grace Yukich, Quinnipiac University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Islam, religious discrimination, ethnicity
H-9. SSSR: Atheism and Nonaffiliation in the United States

Room: Trippe 2

Organizer: David Buckley

Convener:

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SSSR: Twentysomething Nones

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

Keywords: Religious Nones, American young adults, Survey results

SSSR: Cultural styles of non-religion and support for the social safety net

Presenter: Evan Stewart, University of Minnesota Department of Sociology ([e-mail])

Keywords: Public Opinion, Non-Religion, Culture
SSSR: Shifting Allegiances: Changes in Religious Affiliation (or lack thereof)

Presenter: Buster Smith, Catawba College ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Chris Scheitle, West Virginia University

Keywords: Secular, Longitundinal, GSS

H-10. SSSR: Religion and Science

Room: Trippe 3

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Scientists' Spirituality Across the Globe

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

Keywords: Science, Spirituality, Religion

SSSR: Dealing with Disaster: Turning to Religion in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster

Presenter: LEAH DRAKEFORD, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY ([e-mail])

Keywords: Disaster, Coping, Security
SSSR: Initial findings from the second wave of the National Study of Religion and Human Origins

Presenter: Jonathan Hill, Calvin College ([e-mail])

Keywords: science, human origins, evolution
SSSR: Esoteric Activism: Crystal Geyser vs. Sacred Water in Mt. Shasta

Presenter: Madeline Duntley, Bowling Green State University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Eco-Activism, Nature Mysticism, Alternative Spirituality

H-11. RRA: Congregations Adapting to Changing Circumstances

Room: Venetian II

Organizer: Conrad Hackett

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RRA: Mainline Protestant Schisms In the New Millenium: Views from Congregation Leaders

Presenter: Wayne Thompson, Carthage College ([e-mail])

Keywords: culture wars, schisms, mainline Protestants

RRA: Already Gone: Characteristics of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Congregations that Recently Left for More Conservative Denominations

Presenter: Perry Chang, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ([e-mail])

Keywords: Presbyterian, mainline, exit
RRA: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? PC(USA) Identity at Stake

Presenter: Deborah Coe, Coordinator, Presbyterian Research Services ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Angie Andriot, Research Associate, Presbyterian Research Services

Co-Author 2: Perry Chang, Research Associate, Presbyterian Research Services

Keywords: Presbyterian, progressive, identity
RRA: Networked Ecology: How congregations are stabilized in the EEKB Church Union of Estonia

Presenter: Mark Killian, Whitworth University ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Matthew Edminster, EEKB Church Union of Estonia

Keywords: Religious Ecology, Congregational Research, Eastern European

H-12. SSSR: Prayer, Ritual and Identity

Room: Trippe 1

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Beginning with a Blessing: The Role of Prayer in Public Work and Commemorative Events

Presenter: Susan A Eisenhandler, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT ([e-mail])

Keywords: religious prayer in public settings, meaning and purpose of prayers or blessings, prayer as a guide to group interaction

SSSR: "The Interfaith Society: A Durkheimian Moral Community Sharing Practices and Totems"

Presenter: Jennifer (Jenn) Lindsay, Boston University ([e-mail])

Keywords: interfaith dialogue, European religion, social activism
SSSR: Feeling as Reality Testing: The Problem of Ritual in Evangelical Prayer

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

Co-Author 1: Daniel Winchester, Purdue University

Keywords: Evangelical Protestants, prayer, theory

SSSR: Negotiating Prayer Communities and Forming the American Rabbinic Self in Jerusalem

Presenter: Katherine Light Soloway, Boston University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Judaism, Identity, Seminary
H-13. SSSR: Measurement of Religiosity

Room: Hope 1

Organizer: David Buckley

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SSSR: Quantifying Religious Adherence: A Comparative-Historical Approach

Presenter: Gina Zurlo, Boston University ([e-mail])

Keywords: quantitative, comparative-historical, religions

SSSR: Methodological and Practical Challenges of Measuring Religiosity Among Muslims

Presenter: Zubeyir Nisanci, Istanbul Sehir University ([e-mail])

Keywords: Quantitative Measures of Religiosity, Measuring Religiosity Among Muslims, Surveys of Religiosity
SSSR: Calibrating self-reported church attendance measures in online surveys. Experimental evidence from the Italian context

Presenter: Cristiano Vezzoni, University of Trento, Dep Sociology and Social Research, c.f/p.i. 00340520220 ([e-mail])

Co-Author 1: Ferruccio Biolcati-Rinaldi, University of Milan

Keywords: Church attendance, Online survey experiments, Overestimation

SSSR: Estimating Bias in Measures of Church Attendance: A Meta-Analysis

Presenter: Chad Briggs, Southern Illinois University Carbondale ([e-mail])

Keywords: Religious Service Attendance, Meta-Analysis, Measurement