Society for the Scientific SSSRStudy of Religion and RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION Annual Meeting 2011 October 28-30 Hyatt Regency Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI SSSR/RRA Annual Meeting October 28-30, 2011 3 2011 Program Schedule THURSDAY 8:30 AM-12:00 PM SSSR Council Meeting Milwaukee A/B 2:00 PM-4:00 PM RRA Board Meeting Milwaukee A/B 6:00-9:00 PM Registration Regency Ballroom Foyer 8:00-10:00 PM Reception with Cash Bar Regency Ballroom Foyer 4 SSSR/RRA Annual Meeting October 28-30, 2011 FRIDAY 4:30-5:30 PM SSSR New Book Reception Mezzanine Atrium hosted by Oxford University Press 8:00 AM-3:00 PM Registration 5:30-6:30 PM RRA H. Paul Douglass Lecture Regency Ballroom C Regency Ballroom Foyer 11:30 AM-12:45 PM New Member and Awards Lunch Grace Davie, “Thinking Sociologocally about Religion: (admission by ticket only) Implications for Faith Communities” 8:00 AM-4:00 PM Regency Ballroom B /C Book Exhibit 6:30-7:30 PM RRA Reception Mezzanine Atrium Mezzanine Atrium 8:00-10:30 PM Catholic Research Network Meeting Milwaukee A/B Friday, October 28, 8:00-9:30 AM A-1 Religion in Latin America 1 A-3 Authors Meet Critics: The Disappearing God Gap? Reli- Room: Milwaukee A gion in the 2008 Presidential Election, by Corwin Smidt and Kevin den Dulk Organizer: Henri Gooren, Oakland University (
[email protected]) Room: Executive Ballroom A Convener: Christopher Chiappari, St. Olaf College (
[email protected]) Organizer: Corwin Smidt, Calvin College (
[email protected]) Discerning Death: The Origins and Development of the Cult of Santa Convener: Laura Olson, Clemson University (
[email protected]) Muerte Andrew Chesnut, Virginia Commonwealth University (rachesnut@ The Disappearing God Gap? The Context vcu.edu) Corwin Smidt, Calvin College (
[email protected]) Modernity at Home and Online: Transnational-Local Interactions in The Disappearing God Gap? Major Contentions and Findings Three Pentecostal Churches in Guatemala Kevin den Dulk, Calvin College (
[email protected]) Christopher Chiappari, St.