Thursday file:///C:/junk/conf2003program.htm Thursday, October 23, 2003 SSSR Council Meeting 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Riverview Early Bird Tour Option: Colonial Williamsburg Overview 12:00-6:00 p.m. Front Lobby RRA Board Meeting 2:00-5:30 p.m. Riverview Joint SSSR/RRA Council Dinner 6:30-8:00 p.m. Aroma Café and Grill Registration 6:00-9:00 p.m. Kickoff Reception and Welcome 8:00-10:00 p.m. Riverwalk Friday, October 24, 2003 Registration 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Book Exhibit 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. York ------------------------------------------------- A1 - SSSR Session Friday, 8:30-10:00 Riverview 1 of 77 8/2/2014 10:51 PM Thursday file:///C:/junk/conf2003program.htm The National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR): A Report on Research Methods and Preliminary Findings Organizer and Convener: Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [email protected] The Purpose and Goals of the NSYR . Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [email protected] Survey and Interviews Research Methodology of the NSYR., Melinda Lundquist Denton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [email protected] Preliminary Youth Religion Findings of the NSYR Survey. Darci Powell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [email protected] ; Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [email protected] Preliminary Adolescent Outcome Findings of the NSYR . Mark Regnerus, University of Texas at Austin, [email protected] ; and Lisa Pearce, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, [email protected] A2 - RRA Session Friday, 8:30-10:00 Merrimac Faith Communities Today Study (FACT): A Report on Findings about Engaged Congregations Organizer: Craig This, United Methodist Church, [email protected] Convener: Carl Dudley, Hartford Seminary, [email protected] Faith-Group Surprises and Confirmations in Faith-based Community Ministries Carl S. Dudley, Hartford Seminary, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, [email protected] The Congregation Engaged in Social Activism. Paul Light, Light Consultants, [email protected] 2 of 77 8/2/2014 10:51 PM Thursday file:///C:/junk/conf2003program.htm The Congregation Engaged in Conflict. Carl Dudley, Hartford Seminary, [email protected] The Congregation Engaged in Youth Involvement and Growth. David Roozen, Hartford Seminary, [email protected] The Mega-Church Engaged. Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, [email protected] (Refreshments will be served to Faith Communities Today session participants between this session and session B2.) A3 - SSSR Session Friday, 8:30-10:00 Montpelier Cult Awareness Groups and NRM Scholars: Toward Constructive Dialogue Organizer/ Convener: Eileen Barker, London School of Economics, [email protected] Introduction: Classifying Cult Watching Groups. Eileen Barker, London School of Economics, [email protected] Cult Awareness Groups and NRM Scholars: Toward Depolarization of Key Issues. Michael Langone, American Family Foundation, [email protected] Discussant: Eileen Barker, London School of Economics. A4 - SSSR Session Friday, 8:30-10:00 Greenway New Methods for the Study of Religion Convener and Discussant: Carmel U. Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago, 3 of 77 8/2/2014 10:51 PM Thursday file:///C:/junk/conf2003program.htm [email protected] The Accidental Atheist: An “Agent-Based” Model of Mobility, Conformity, and Religious Regionalism. Laurence R. Iannaccone, George Mason University, [email protected]. Religious Ritual and Cooperation: Testing for a Relationship on Israeli Religious and Secular Kibbutzim. Richard Sosis, University of Connecticut, [email protected], Bradley Ruffle, [email protected] The UK 2001 Census of Religion and the American Religious Identification Survey 2001: A Comparative Analysis of Methodology and the Use of Religious Categories. Barry A. Kosmin, Ariela Keysar and Egon Mayer, University of Southampton, UK; CUNY Graduate Center; and Brooklyn College, CUNY, [email protected]. Religious Research Online: The National Geographic Surveys. William S. Bainbridge, National Science Foundation, [email protected] A5 - SSSR Session Friday, 8:30-10:00 Brandon B Religious Identity and Spirituality in a Secular Society Organizer/ Convener: Gary D. Bouma, Monash University, [email protected] .au Religious Identification and the 2001 Australian National Census. Gary D. Bouma, Monash University, [email protected] .au Implications of the Expansion Strategy upon Religious Coherency and Change, Zehavit Gross, Bar-Ilan University, [email protected] After the New Age: Parareligion and Pseudoscience. William S. Bainbridge, National Science Foundation, [email protected] Spirituality as a Revised Form of Religiosity, Zehavit Gross, Bar-Ilan University, [email protected] 4 of 77 8/2/2014 10:51 PM Thursday file:///C:/junk/conf2003program.htm A6 - SSSR Session Friday, 8:30-10:00 Eppington Religion and Popular Culture I: The Christian Popular Culture Industry Organizer/ Convener: Charles M. Brown, Albright College, [email protected] Enemy at the Gate: Gatekeeping and Censorship in the Christian Popular Culture Industry. Charles M. Brown, Albright College, [email protected] “Selling Sidelines”: Christian Bookstores and Popular Culture. Anne Borden, Emory University, [email protected] Spiritual Shopping: The Effects of State-Level Demographics and Religious Economies Upon the Locations of Psychics, Astrologers, and Christian Bookstores. William Lockhart, Baylor University, [email protected] Markets, Media, and Masses: The Veggie Tale Journey of the Mediated Evangelical Message. Warren Hillary, Otterbein College, [email protected] A7 - SSSR Session Friday, 8:30-10:00 Brandon A Psychology and Religion Convener: David M. Wulff, Wheaton College, [email protected] “Objects to Think With”: Jungian Symbolism, Psychoanalytic Politics, and the Origins of the Human Potential Movement. Andrea Coukos, University of Oregon, [email protected] The Lexical Structure of Social Attitudes in Romania: Religious Implications. Stephen W. Krauss, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, [email protected] 5 of 77 8/2/2014 10:51 PM Thursday file:///C:/junk/conf2003program.htm Prayer and Personal Character. Kevin L. Ladd, Indiana University South Bend, [email protected] A Second Attempt to Replicate the Altered States of Consciousness Induction Device. Michael E. Nielsen, Georgia Southern University, [email protected] , Brandon Randolph-Seng, [email protected] , Jennifer Kujawski, [email protected] , and Amanda Winger A8 - SSSR Session Friday, 8:30-10:00 Claremont Immigrant Experiences of Religion Convener: Helen Rose Ebaugh, University of Houston, [email protected] How Religion Matters for Chicago's New Immigrants, Fred Kniss, Loyola University Chicago, [email protected] Belonging: Immigrants and the Australian Catholic Church, Mary Noseda, Australian Catholic University, [email protected] Migration and Religious Change in the Spanish-speaking Population of Santa Barbara County, California. Mary I. O'Connor, University of California, Santa Barbara, [email protected] Leaving the Ethnic Church: The Spiritual Pursuits of Armenians in the Mainstream. Tim Fisher, University of Southern California, [email protected] Local Religious Transformation: The Consequences of Immigration to the Local Religious Scene in the City of Turku, Finland. Tuomas Martikainen, Åbo Akademi University, [email protected] A9 - SSSR Session 6 of 77 8/2/2014 10:51 PM Thursday file:///C:/junk/conf2003program.htm Friday, 8:30-10:00 Stratford Islam in America: Preliminary Reports and Findings Organizer and Convener: Lawrence Mamiya, Vassar College, [email protected] Muslim Attitudes Towards Accomodation in America and the Discussion of Religious Outsiders. Ihsan Bagby, University of Kentucky at Lexington, [email protected] From Periphery to Center: Mainstreaming of an Ethno-religious Movement: the Case of the Nation of Islam. Nuri Tinaz, University of Warwick, England, [email protected] Islam in American Prisons: Change and Transformation in Prison and Beyond the Walls. Lawrence Mamiya, Vassar College, [email protected] With My Face to the Rising Sun: Islam and the Construction of Afro-Christian Tradition in the United States. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College, [email protected] A10 - SSSR Session Friday, 8:30-10:00 Wilton Apostacy, Disaffection, and Religious Switching Convener: Dana Fenton, New York, NY, [email protected] Church Leaders’ Perceptions of the Causes of Apostasy. Suzanne Fournier, Cascade College, [email protected] and Brian Simmons, Cascade College, [email protected] People Make the Place: Identity and Conflict in Religious Congregations. Reinard Nauta, Tilburg Faculty of Theology, [email protected] Educational Differences and Similarities: An Analysis of Parents and Children's Educational Attainment on Change in Protestant Religious Preferences. Amy Adamczyk, Pennsylvania State University, [email protected] Developing A New Model of Religious Conversion Careers. Henri Gooren, IIMO, Utrecht University NWO, MAGW, [email protected] A11 - SSSR Session Friday, 8:30-10:00 Providence New Approaches to Classical Theories Convener: William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR and RRA, [email protected] The Economic Effects of Christian Moralities. Benito Arrunada, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, [email protected] 7 of 77 8/2/2014 10:51 PM Thursday file:///C:/junk/conf2003program.htm Weber on Usury: New Inquiries into an Old Topic. Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont,