Annual Meeting October 23-25, 2009 3

Society for the Scientiﬁc
Study of Religion

SSSR

and

RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

Annual Meeting

2009

October 23-25

Westin Tabor Center
Denver, CO

Westin Tabor Center Meeting Facilities Map

Mezzanine Level, Third Floor

Lobby Level, Second Floor

SSSR/RRA Annual Meeting October 23-25, 2009

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2009
Program Schedule

THURSDAY

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

SSSR Council Meeting

Blake
1:30 PM-5:00 PM

RRA Board Meeting

Blake
6:00 PM

Joint SSSR Council/RRA Board Dinner

Molly Brown 6:00-9:00 PM

Registration

Continental Ballroom Foyer
8:00-10:00 PM

Reception with Cash Bar

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FRIDAY

4:30-5:30 PM SSSR New Book Reception Continental Ballroom A 5:30-6:30 PM RRA H. Paul Douglass Lecture Continental Ballroom C
8:00 AM-3:00 PM

Registration

11:30 AM-12:45 PM

New Member and Awards Lunch

Continental Ballroom C

Robert Wuthnow, “Heaven is a Wonderful Place: The Role of Reasonableness in Religious Discourse”

9:00 AM-4:00 PM

Book Exhibit
6:30-7:30 PM RRA H. Paul Douglass Lecture Reception

Continental Ballroom A

8:00 PM Scholars interested in the study of Catholicism

Lawrence B

Friday, October 23, 8:00-9:30 AM

A-1

Theorizing the Growth of Mormons, Adventists, and

Witnesses (MSSA) Room: Tabor Auditorium

A-3

Northern Indiana Congregation Study (NICS): A

Mixed-Methods Approach to Studying Finan cial Giving, Involvement, and Youth Participation in Religious Congregations

Organizer: Henri Gooren, Oakland University ([email protected]) Convener: Henri Gooren, Oakland University ([email protected])

Room: Horace Tabor

Organizer: Patricia Snell, University of Notre Dame ([email protected]) Convener:ChristianSmith, UniversityofNotreDame([email protected])

Mormon s i n t h e A RIS : W ha t C a n S tat e L eve l D at a T e l l U s a bou t M ormons?

Presenter:RyanT. Cragun, UniversityofTampa([email protected]) Co-Author 1: Rick Phillips, University of North Florida

Facing T o ugh Times: Congregational Responses to the Economic Crisis

Comparing Mormons and Adventists in Latin America

Presenter: Henri Gooren, Oakland University ([email protected])
Presenter: Peter Mundey, University of Notre Dame ([email protected]) Co-Author1:KatieSpencer, UniversityofNotreDame([email protected]) Co-Author 2: Brandon R. Vaidyanathan, University of Notre Dame ([email protected])

“Supply vs. Demand” or Sociology?: Why Context Matters

Presenter: Ronald L. Lawson, CUNY New York ([email protected])

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism in Religious Youth Group

Co-Author 1: Rick Phillips, University of North Florida Co-Author 2: Ryan T. Cragun, University of Tampa
Presenter: Brad Vermurlen, University of Notre Dame ([email protected]) Co-Author1:HilaryDavidson,UniversityofNotreDame([email protected])

Making the Convert: Conversions in the LDS Community Today

Presenter: Sophie-Hélène Trigeaud, Ph.D. - ATER in sociology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS Paris, France) ([email protected])

Implications of Who’s Deﬁning: A Qualitative Approach to Insider and Outsider Perceptions of Their Participation in a Religious

Youth Group

Presenter: Robert Wedow, University of Notre Dame ([email protected])

A-2

Computational Simulation in the Study of Religion

Room: Auditorium Foyer A

A-4

Change and Continuity in the Political Engagement

of Clergy Room: Curtis

Organizer: Donald Braxton, Juniata College ([email protected]) Convener: Robert McCauley, Emory University ([email protected])
Organizer: Corwin Smidt, Calvin College ([email protected]) Convener: Corwin Smidt, Calvin College ([email protected])

Why Won’t Religion Emerge Out of My Simulation?

Presenter: Afzal Upal, Defence Research and Development Canada ([email protected])

The Cooperative Clergy Studies of 2001 and 2009

Presenter: Corwin Smidt, Calvin College ([email protected]) Co-Author 1: Neil Carlson, Calvin College

Modeling Triggers for Religiously Motivated Violence

Presenter: Donald Braxton, Juniata college ([email protected])

Change and Continuity in the Theological Orientations of Protes - tant Clergy

Presenter: Lyman Kellstedt, Wheaton College (emeritus) ([email protected])

Exploring Religion, Cognition, and Culture—Introducing a Synthetic Approach to Religious and Ritualistic Phenomena

Presenter: Kristoffer Nielbo, University ofAarhus ([email protected]) Discussant: Joseph Bulbulia, Victoria University of Wellington ([email protected])

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A-4, cont.

A-7, cont.

Change and Continuity in the Political Norms of Protestant Clergy

Presenter: James Penning, Calvin College ([email protected])

The Election of 2008 as Seen by Seventh-day Adventist University Students

Presenter: Roger L. Dudley,Andrews University ([email protected])

Change and Continuity in the Political Activity of Protestant Clergy

Presenter: Laura Olson, Clemson University ([email protected]) Born to Pieces: Pro-life Imagery in Christian Metal

Co-Author 1: Sue Crawford, Creighton University

Presenter: Eric S. Strother, University of Kentucky ([email protected])

A-5

Phenomena and Methods: Innovative Research

Designs for the Study of Religion Room: Teller

The Secular Personality: A Preliminary Demographic Proﬁle

Presenter: T.L. Brink, Crafton Hills College ([email protected])

A-8

Religion in Africa

Room: Larimer

Organizer: Raymond F. Paloutzian, Westmont College ([email protected]) Convener: Raymond F. Paloutzian, Westmont College ([email protected])
Convener: Nicolette Manglos, University of Texas at Austin ([email protected])

Special Things as Building-Blocks of Religions

Presenter:AnnTaves, UCSB Religious Studies ([email protected])

Deﬁning the Domain Where Spirituality and Governmentality T a n - go: Implications of Spiritual Imperialism’s Inﬂuence on Political Be - lief and Behavior in Contemporary Kenya
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Religious Studies: The No - mothetic-Idiographic Opposition and a Proposal of Building Bridges

Presenter: Heinz Streib, Universitaet Bielefeld ([email protected])
Presenter: Steve Lichty, University of Florida ([email protected])

Measuring and Reducing Inter-religious Biases: Results from a Field Experiment in Cote d’Ivoire

Presenter: John McCauley, University of California, Los Angeles ([email protected])

Fleshing out a Multi-level Interdisciplinary Paradigm for the Study

of Religion

Presenter: Raymond F. Paloutzian, Westmont College (paloutz@ westmont.edu)

Religious Bodies, Gender Relations and Politics in Kenya: The Prospects for Peace-Building and Democratization in Africa

Presenter: Virginia Beard, Hope College ([email protected])

A-6

The Legacy of Carl Dudley: Reﬂections on the Once

and Future State of Congregational Studies (RRA) Room: Continental Ballroom B

Impact of Islam on Culture of Governance in Algeria

Presenter: Mustapha Radji, University of Mostanganem ([email protected])
Organizer: Deborah Kapp, McCormick Theological Seminary (dkapp@

mccormick.edu)
Co-Author 1: Mourad Moulay Hadj, University of Oran-Algeria
Convener: Deborah Kapp, McCormick Theological Seminary (dkapp@ mccormick.edu)

A-9

Religion in Asia - I

Room: Gilpin

Panelist: Deborah Kapp, McCormick Theological Seminary (dkapp@ mccormick.edu)
Convener: Eric Y. Liu, Baylor University ([email protected])

Church/ T e mple Attendance in Korea: Does Socio-economic Status Matter?

Presenter: Jibum Kim, NORC ([email protected]) Co-Author 1: Min-Woong Sohn, Northwestern University Co-Author 2: Hee-Choon Shin, NORC
Panelist: Jackson Carroll, Duke Divinity School ([email protected]) Panelist: Katie Day, Lutheran Theological Seminary ([email protected]) Panelist: David Roozen, Hartford Seminary Institute for Religion Research ([email protected] )

Fatalistic Voluntarism and Life Satisfaction in China’s Marxist-Athe - ist Monopoly

Presenter: Eric Y. Liu, Baylor University ([email protected]) Co-Author 1: Carson Mencken, Baylor University
Panelist: James Wellman, University of Washington (jwellman@u. washington.edu)

A-7

Religion in Contemporary America (RRA)

Room: Molly Brown

Conceptualization of Religion in Global Society: The Re-formation of Public Notion of Religion in South Korean Legal System

Presenter: Kyuhoon Cho, University of Ottawa ([email protected])
Convener: Ida Smith-Williams, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (ida. [email protected])

Do Religions Bring More Conﬂict Than Peace? Attitudes of Americans

Presenter: Mehmet Balkanlioglu, University of North Texas ([email protected])

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A-12, cont.

A-10

Immigrants and Religious Issues

Room: McCourt

The Efﬁcacy of the Political Involvement of Religious Groups

Presenter: PaulA. Djupe, Denison University ([email protected]) Co-Author 1: Jacob Neiheisel, University of Wisconsin-Madison Co-Author 2: Franklyn Niles, John Brown University
Convener: Helen Rose Ebaugh, University of Houston (ebaugh@ uh.edu)

Do Clergy Matter?: The Inﬂuence of Clergy on Political Activism in 2008 Presidential Election in America

Presenter: Jong Hyun Jung, University of Southern California ([email protected])

There is an Elephant in the Haitian Studies Room and it is Protes - tant: Addressing Cultural Identity and Scholarly Bias from Survey and Ethnographic Data In a Florida Haitian Baptist Congregation

Presenter: J. Jeff Fugitt, University of Missouri-Kansas City ([email protected])

Prophets & Protest: Preliminary Findings from the American Chris - tian Activism Database

Presenter: Chris Pieper, University of Texas at Austin (cpieper@ earthlink.net)

Politicization of Religious Life of Eritreans in Diaspora

Presenter: Tekle Woldemikael, Chapman University (woldemik@ chapman.edu)

A-13

Intersections of Religion and Family - I

Room: Lawrence A

Filipino-Americans, Catholicism, and Civic Participation: Exploring Another Case of the Semi-Involuntary Institution Thesis?

Presenter: Stephen M. Cherry, University of Houston Clear Lake

(scherry@ﬂash.net)

Convener: Donald Swenson, Mount Royal College (dswenson@ mtroyal.ca)

African Christianity in North America: Case studies of Ghanaians in Colorado

Presenter: Kimberly Eberhardt Casteline, University of Colorado at Boulder ([email protected])

Family Revolution and American Religious Change

Presenter: Conrad Hackett, University of Texas at Austin ([email protected]) Co-Author 1: Charles Stokes, University of Texas at Austin Co-Author 2: W. Bradford Wilcox, University of Virginia

A-11

Religion, Health, and Well-Being - I

Room: Lawrence B

Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother? Religion and Attitudes toward the Provision of Care to Aging Parents

Presenter: Jennifer Barrett, Loyola University, Chicago ( jbarrett@ luc.edu)
Convener: Matt Bradshaw, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ([email protected])

Co-Author 1: Zubeyir Nisanci, Loyola University, Chicago Co-Author 2: Amy Burdette, Mississippi State University Co-Author 3: Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas, Austin

Neopagan Religious Involvement and Health Correlates

Presenter: Emily Stevenson, Pennsylvania State University (eas295@ psu.edu)

Intergenerational Transmission of Religion: Patterns in Religious and Non-religious Families
The Relationship of Religious Involvement with Latino Immigrant

Health

Presenter: Joy Lam, University of Southern California ([email protected]) Co-Author 1: Norella Putney, University of Southern California Co-Author 2: Vern Bengtson, University of Southern California
Presenter: Ephraim Shapiro, Columbia University ([email protected])

A Phenomenological Study of Spirit Baptism as an Agent of Spiri -

tual Transformation

Presenter: W. Paul Williamson, Henderson State University ([email protected])

To H ell with Spanking: The Relationship between Corporal Punish - ment and Belief in Religious Evil

Presenter: Shanna Granstra, Baylor University (Shanna_Granstra@ baylor.edu)
Co-Author 1: Ralph W. Hood, Jr., University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

A-14

World Youth Day: Strategies for the Retention of

Catholic youth. Room: Welton

Do I have to Go to Church to be Sober? Examining Functional Equivalents to Adolescent Religious Engagement

Presenter: Valerie Lykes, University of Nevada, Reno (vallykes@ yahoo.com)
Organizer: Michael C. Mason, Australian Catholic University ([email protected]) Convener: Gary Bouma, Monash University (Gary.Bouma@arts. monash.edu.au)
Co-Author 1: Morgan Green, University of Nevada, Reno Co-Author 2: Shane Moulton, University of Nevada, Reno Co-Author 3: Marta Elliott, University of Nevada, Reno

A-12

Political Involvement of Religious Groups

Room: Blake

The Impact of World Youth Day on Belief and Behavior

Presenter: Andrew Singleton, Monash University (Andrew.Single-

[email protected])

Convener:RhysH.Williams,LoyolaUniversityChicago([email protected]

Evangelical Elites & the 1976 Presidential Campaign

Presenter: Jared Farley, Ohio University- Zanesville (jaredmuskie@ aol.com)

The Underlying Dynamics of World Youth Day

Presenter: Michael C. Mason, Australian Catholic University ([email protected])

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A-14, cont.

Religious Involvement and Civic Engagement of World Youth Day Attendees

NOTES

Presenter: Ruth Webber, Australian Catholic University ([email protected])

The Two Faces of Catholic Youth

Presenter: Catherine O’Brien, Australian Catholic University ([email protected])

A-15

Peace and Conﬂict in the Muslim Context

Room: Cook

Convener: Kari Christoffersen, Notre Dame ([email protected])

“Not At All Religious”: A Look at Social Deviance in a Majority Mus - lim Context

Presenter: Alessandra Gonzales, Baylor University (alessandra_ [email protected])

Measuring the World Muslim Population

Presenter: Brian J. Grim, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life ([email protected])

Without Calvin or Marx: Moslim Brotherhood and Emergence of Capitalism Presenter: Abdullahi Gallab, Arizona State University (abdullahi. [email protected])

Insurgents and Resurgence: The Divergent Roles of Village Ulama in the Aceh Conﬂict

Presenter: Shane Barter, PhD Candidate (shanejb@interchange. ubc.ca)

B-1

Feminist Contributions to Discoveries in the

B-1, cont.

Scientiﬁc Study of Religion

Room: Curtis

Other Voices, Other Listeners: How Feminist Methodologies Changed the Sociology of Religion

Presenter: Marion Goldman, Department of Sociology University of Oregon ([email protected])
Organizer: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick ([email protected])

Convener: Milagros Pena, University of Florida ([email protected]ﬂ.edu)

B-2

Rethinking Conversion: Perspectives from Anthro-

pology, Psychology, and Sociology Room: Blake

Location and Researching Religion: Standpoint as an Epistemol - ogy for the 21st Century

Presenter: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri ([email protected])
Organizer: Henri Gooren, Oakland University ([email protected])

Convener: Lewis R. Rambo, San Francisco Theological Seminary ([email protected])

Visual Narratives in the Public Imagination: Feminist Readings of Religious Culture and Holocaust Memorialization

Presenter: Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado ([email protected])

The Anthropology of Conversion

Presenter: Henri Gooren, Oakland University ([email protected])

Violence in Families of Faith: Web-Based Strategies to Build Re - search and Social Action Partnerships

Presenter: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick ([email protected])

Deﬁning and Theorizing Conversion: Explorations in Interdisciplin - ary Scholarship: Editing the Oxford Handbook of Religious Conver -

sion

Presenter: Lewis R. Rambo, San Francisco Theological Seminary ([email protected])

T a lking from our Guts: Feminist Ethnographic Methods

Presenter: Lynn Davidman, University of Kansas ([email protected])

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B-4, cont.

Where Have All the Young People Gone? An Insiders View on LDS Megachurches and the Organization of Small Groups: Evidence Conversion Careers in Michigan

Presenter: Richard Stamps, Oakland University ([email protected])

from the 2008 Megachurch Attender Study

Presenter: Nancy Martin, California State University, Long Beach ([email protected])

The Sociology of Conversion at the Start of the 21st Century

Presenter: Fenggang Yang, Purdue University ([email protected]) Co-Author 1: Andrew Abel, Keene State College

B-5

Author meets the Critics: John R. Hall, Apocalypse:

From Antiquity to the Empire of Modernity

Room: Horace Tabor

B-3

NSYR Findings: Youth Religious Choices, Atten-

dance, and Memberships