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 (benny@psy.haifa.ac.il)
Convener: Ariela Keysar, Trinity College (Ariela.keysar@trincoll.edu)
Discussant:
Papers:
RRA: Freedom of Choice: Religion and Gender in a Global Perspective
Presenter: Ariela Keysar, Trinity College (Ariela.keysar@trincoll.edu)
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 (lpschnab@indiana.edu)
Keywords: Millennials, Religious upbringing, Gender
RRA: Do labor force participation patterns explain gender gaps in religious commitment?
Presenter: David McClendon , Pew Research Center (DMcClendon@pewresearch.org)
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 (benny@psy.haifa.ac.il)
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 (m.mullins@auckland.ac.nz)
Convener: Mark R. Mullins, University of Auckland (m.mullins@auckland.ac.nz)
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: In Conflict or Confluence? The Revival of Confucianism and the Rise of Christianity in China
Presenter: Fenggang Yang, Purdue University (fyang@purdue.edu)
Keywords: religious nationalism, Confucianism, Christianity
SSSR: A New Economic Basis of Korean Religious Organizations in Rural Areas
Presenter: Kwang Suk Yoo, Kyung Hee University (ksyooii@khu.ac.kr)
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 (m.mullins@auckland.ac.nz)
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 (xander211@gmail.com)
Convener: Alex Uzdavines, Case Western Reserve University (xander211@gmail.com)
Discussant: Julie J. Exline, Case Western Reserve University (julie.exline@case.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Religious/spiritual struggles within a Muslim sample in the U.S.
Presenter: Seyma N. Saritoprak, Case Western Reserve University (sxs1653@case.edu)
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 (sjh100@case.edu)
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 (NickStauner@gmail.com)
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 (xander211@gmail.com)
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 (NEITZM@MISSOURI.EDU)
Convener: Mary Jo neitz, University of Missouri (Neitzm@missouri.edu)
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Comments
Presenter: Kathleen Jenkins, College of William and Mary (Kejenl@wm.edu)
Keywords: Trauma, Holocaust, Family
SSSR: Nicole Fox
Presenter: Nicole Fox, University of New Hampshire (Nicole.fox@unh.edu)
Keywords: Trauma, Holocaust, Family
SSSR: Comment
Presenter: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick (Nasoncla@unb.ca)
Keywords: Trauma, Holocaust, Family
SSSR: Response
Presenter: Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado (Janet.jacobs@colorado.edu)
Keywords: Trauma, Family, Descendents
G-5. SSSR: Trends in Atheism and Nonaffiliation
Room: Windsor B
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
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 (cristiano.vezzoni@unitn.it)
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 (stephen.merino@utrgv.edu)
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 (malina.voicu@gesis.org)
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 (ikasselstrand@gmail.com)
Keywords: Secularity, Nones, Atheism
G-6. SSSR: Religion, Poverty and Markets
Room: Hope 1
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: A Theology of Consensus: The Civil Religion of Occupy Wall Street
Presenter: Aaron Weinstein, Brown University (aaron_q_weinstein@brown.edu)
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 (maureen@daypalermo.com)
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 (becks944@newschool.edu)
Keywords: morality, homelessness, Taiwan
SSSR: Pentecostalism and the Spirit of Entrepreneurship in Ghana
Presenter: Edmond Akwasi Agyeman, University of Education, Winneba (kwasikyei2004@hotmail.com)
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 (mdisaacs@brandeis.edu)
Keywords: Religious violence, Civil war, Insurgency
SSSR: Religion and Terrorism in Africa: The Challenge of Traditional Counterterrorism Strategies
Presenter: Dodeye Williams, University of Calabar (williamsdodeye@yahoo.com)
Keywords: Africa, Religious Terrorism, Counterterrorism
SSSR: Violence in Islam: Perception, Propaganda, and the Jihad
Presenter: Marcos Macias, University of Arkansas (miko.macias@gmail.com)
Keywords: Islamophobia, Jihad, Terrorism
SSSR: Religion and Political Extremism in the US: Violent Action Against the Government.
Presenter: JAMES DAVIDSON, BAYLOR (james_davidson@baylor.edu)
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 (jlindsay@bu.edu)
Keywords: interfaith dialogue, social movements, religious pluralism
SSSR: Three kinds of Religion in Hungary
Presenter: Endre Nagy, Semmelweis University Budapest,Hungary (dr.nagy.endre@gmail.com)
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 (kdonnelly@abbeycolor.com)
Keywords: Northern Ireland, Evangelical Protestantism, LGBTQ
SSSR: "Beware, Religion!": Russia's Culture Wars, 1990-2015
Presenter: Rachel Schroeder, EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (rachel.l.schroeder@wmich.edu)
Keywords: desecularization, culture-wars, secularization
G-9. SSSR: Atheism and Nonreligion in Comparative Perspective
Room: Trippe 1
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Religion in Modern Korea: What Do Unbelievers Believe?
Presenter: Michael Ralston, Unaffiliated (mk_ralston@hotmail.com)
Keywords: Korea, Unbelivers, Nones
SSSR: Atheism and Antisuperstition in Chinese Media
Presenter: Jun Lu, Purdue University (lu33@purdue.edu)
Keywords: atheism, antisuperstition, contemporary China
SSSR: Case studies in late onset secularization: United States, Ireland, Italy
Presenter: David Voas, University College London (d.voas@ucl.ac.uk)
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 (hrabbia@gmail.com)
Keywords: NONRELIGIOUS, LIVED RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY, MOMENTS OF TRASCENDENCE
G-10. SSSR: Religion and Health Providers
Room: Trippe 2
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Serving God and Country: Foreign-born Healthcare Workers Caring for Veterans of Foreign War
Presenter: Stephen M Cherry, university of houston clear lake (SCHERRY@FLASH.NET)
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 (ladoludo@yahoo.fr)
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 (dan.bolger@rice.edu)
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 (Jenny-Holcombe@utc.edu)
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 (susan.barnett@pcusa.org)
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 (Kevin_Dougherty@baylor.edu)
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 (cincala@andrews.edu)
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 (tayloroyle@comcast.net)
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
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Hookup Culture and the Collapse of Religion in the West
Presenter: Carrie Miles, Chapman University (carrie@econzone.com)
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 (georgemhayward@unc.edu)
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 (timar.long@mavs.uta.edu)
Keywords: Sexuality, Christianity, Islam
SSSR: How Religion Impacts the Romantic Aspirations of Emerging Adults
Presenter: Hilary Davidson, Notre Dame (Hdavidso@nd.edu)
Keywords: NSYR, Emerging Adults, Romance and Love
G-13. SSSR: Comparative Perspectives on Evangelical Identity
Room: Venetian IV
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Separate Selves: The Religious and Political Identities of British Evangelicals
Presenter: Andrea Hatcher, The University of the South (ahatcher@sewanee.edu)
Keywords: Evangelicals, identity, focus groups
SSSR: Aural Piety: Soundscapes, Material Religion, and Christian Contemporary Music
Presenter: Courtney Tepera, Temple University (courtney.tepera@temple.edu)
Keywords: Music, Material Religion, Evangelicalism
SSSR: The Ethic of Compassion of Christian Evangelicals
Presenter: Francesca Montemaggi, St Mary's University (fesmontemaggi@gmail.com)
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:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: The use of religion by political actors in El Salvador 1989-2015
Presenter: Luis Aguilar, UCA EL SALVADOR (laguilar@uca.edu.sv)
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 (vgauthier@pucp.pe)
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 (info@pastoralurbana.info)
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 (diegode2015@u.northwestern.edu)
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 (roman.williams@calvin.edu)
Convener: Roman R. Williams, Calvin College (roman.williams@calvin.edu)
Discussant:
Papers:
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 (rbrenneman@smcvt.edu)
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 (sucoutinho@gmail.com)
Keywords: Visual Research Methods, Immigration, Brazil
SSSR: Unveiling Shanghai: Photography and Ritual as Synergetic Art Forms
Presenter: Liz Hingley, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (liz@lizhingley.com)
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 (krd33@calvin.edu)
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 (gautierm@georgetown.edu)
Convener: Thu Do, Saint Louis University (tdo10@slu.edu)
Discussant:
Papers:
RRA: International Sisters: Who, Where, Why
Presenter: Mary Gautier, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (gautierm@georgetown.edu)
Keywords: Catholics, Women Religious, International
RRA: International Sisters: Contributions and Concerns
Presenter: Patricia Wittberg, CARA at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (paw56@georgetown.edu)
Keywords: Catholics, Women Religious, International
RRA: International Sisters: Presence on U.S. Campuses
Presenter: Thu Do, LHC, Saint Louis University (tdo10@slu.edu)
Keywords: Catholics, Women Religious, Campus
RRA: International Sisters: Implications for Catholic Institutions in the U.S.
Presenter: Mary Johnson, Trinity Washington University (johnsonma@trinitydc.edu)
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 (corwin.e.smidt@gmail.com)
Discussant: Tim Clydesdale (clydesda@tcnj.edu)
Papers:
SSSR: Critic 1
Presenter: Nancy Ammerman, Boston University (nta@bu.edu)
Keywords:
SSSR: Critic 2
Presenter: Robert Dixon, Australian Catholic University (r.dixon@pro.catholic.org.au)
Keywords:
SSSR: Critic 3
Presenter: Ted Long, Elizabethtown University (longte@etown.edu)
Keywords:
SSSR: Critic 4
Presenter: Laura Olson, Clemson University (laurao@clemson.edu)
Keywords:
H-4. SSSR: Clergy and Leadership
Room: Venetian V
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Differences in social media use by religious leaders and influentials
Presenter: Paola Pascual-Ferra, Loyola University Maryland (ppascualferra@loyola.edu)
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 (Bengtson@usc.edu)
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 (FrPaul@utexas.edu)
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 (dgortner@vts.edu)
Keywords: Congregational impact, Clergy, Job competency
H-5. SSSR: Religion in the American South
Room: Windsor B
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
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 (ashlee.quosigk@gmail.com)
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 (alidadi@eth.mpg.de)
Keywords: atheism, community, multiculturalism
SSSR: The Hospitable South: Cultural Myth and Religious Practice in a Southern Community
Presenter: Betsie Garner, University of Pennsylvania (betsgarner@gmail.com)
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 (mtbjr@gsu.edu)
Keywords: heritage space, Lost Cause, memorialization
H-6. SSSR: Religion, Pluralism and Middle East Politics
Room: Venetian VI
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: The Contours of Muslim Images of the Jew: Some Findings from Morocco
Presenter: Roy Mittelman, The City College of New York (rm@bway.net)
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 (teimour2@illinois.edu)
Keywords: Messianic movement, conservatives factionalization, Iran
SSSR: Who Benefits from Consociationalism? Evidence from the Arab Barometer Survey of Lebanon
Presenter: Kenneth Vaughan, Baylor University (kenneth_vaughan@baylor.edu)
Keywords: Middle East, Politics, Church-State Relations
H-7. SSSR: Race and Religious Communities
Room: Hope 2
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
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 (tnpratt0423@gmail.com)
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 (darinf@mailbox.sc.edu)
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 (Kevin_Dougherty@baylor.edu)
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 (r.pitt@vanderbilt.edu)
Keywords: race and ethnicity, the unchurched, church planting
H-8. SSSR: Islam in the United States
Room: Hope 3
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Assimilation or alienation? The case of American Muslim religiosity and immigration
Presenter: Laila Noureldin, The University of Chicago (lhnoureldin@uchicago.edu)
Keywords: American-Muslims, Assimilation, Alienation
SSSR: Assimilation and Acceptance
Presenter: kyung hong, Union County College (ziakhong@gmail.com)
Keywords: Religion, Violence, Diaspora
SSSR: The limits of Muslim integration to U.S. Society
Presenter: Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center (bmohamed@pewresearch.org)
Keywords: Muslim Americans, Islam, polling
SSSR: Muslims Need Not Apply: Ethnic and Religious Discrimination in the Job Market
Presenter: Grace Yukich, Quinnipiac University (Grace.Yukich@quinnipiac.edu)
Keywords: Islam, religious discrimination, ethnicity
H-9. SSSR: Atheism and Nonaffiliation in the United States
Room: Trippe 2
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Twentysomething Nones
Presenter: Tim Clydesdale, The College of New Jersey (clydesda@tcnj.edu)
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 (stewa777@umn.edu)
Keywords: Public Opinion, Non-Religion, Culture
SSSR: Shifting Allegiances: Changes in Religious Affiliation (or lack thereof)
Presenter: Buster Smith, Catawba College (Bgsmith@catawba.edu)
Co-Author 1: Chris Scheitle, West Virginia University
Keywords: Secular, Longitundinal, GSS
H-10. SSSR: Religion and Science
Room: Trippe 3
Organizer: David Buckley
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Scientists' Spirituality Across the Globe
Presenter: Simranjit Khalsa, Rice University (skhalsa@rice.edu)
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 (pdrake1@lsu.edu)
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 (jph27@calvin.edu)
Keywords: science, human origins, evolution
SSSR: Esoteric Activism: Crystal Geyser vs. Sacred Water in Mt. Shasta
Presenter: Madeline Duntley, Bowling Green State University (dmadeli@bgsu.edu)
Keywords: Eco-Activism, Nature Mysticism, Alternative Spirituality
H-11. RRA: Congregations Adapting to Changing Circumstances
Room: Venetian II
Organizer: Conrad Hackett
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
RRA: Mainline Protestant Schisms In the New Millenium: Views from Congregation Leaders
Presenter: Wayne Thompson, Carthage College (wthompson@carthage.edu)
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.) (perrydchang@gmail.com)
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 (deborah.coe@pcusa.org)
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 (mkillian@whitworth.edu)
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
Convener:
Discussant:
Papers:
SSSR: Beginning with a Blessing: The Role of Prayer in Public Work and Commemorative Events
Presenter: Susan A Eisenhandler, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (susan.a.eisenhandler@uconn.edu)
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 (jlindsay@bu.edu)
Keywords: interfaith dialogue, European religion, social activism
SSSR: Feeling as Reality Testing: The Problem of Ritual in Evangelical Prayer
Presenter: Jeffrey Guhin, UCLA (guhin@soc.ucla.edu)
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 (klight19@gmail.com)
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 (gzurlo@bu.edu)
Keywords: quantitative, comparative-historical, religions
SSSR: Methodological and Practical Challenges of Measuring Religiosity Among Muslims
Presenter: Zubeyir Nisanci, Istanbul Sehir University (znisanci@gmail.com)
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 (cristiano.vezzoni@unitn.it)
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 (Chad.Briggs@JudsonU.edu)
Keywords: Religious Service Attendance, Meta-Analysis, Measurement
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