Convener: Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame

John Simpson, University of Toronto

Analyzing the Relationship between National Identity and State Secularization in

Roman R. Williams, Boston University

Convener and discussant: Stephen Vaisey, University of California–Berkeley

Education, Religiosity, and Religious Prejudice

Friends at Church: Religious Participation and Identification

Samuel Stroope, Baylor University

Convener and discussant: Michele Dillon, University of New Hampshire

Ontological Rebellion: The Otherkin Community and the Struggle for Reality

An Examination of Factors Affecting Religious and Spiritual Identities

Donavan Bowers and David A. Gay, University of Central Florida

James William Coleman, California Polytechnic State University

Convener and discussant: Barbara Walters, Kingsborough College, CUNY

Joy Tong Kooi Chin, National University of Singapore

Falun Gong and Its Human-Rights Campaign

Weishan Huang, New School for Social Research

Alison Denton Jones, Harvard University

Convener and discussant: Randal Collins, University of Pennsylvania

Convener and discussant: Michael Hout, University of California – Berkeley

Convener: Richard McCarthy, University of Wisconsin System (retired)

Isaiah Wilson III, United States Military Academy

Convener and discussant: Cihan Tugal, University of California – Berkeley

Organizer and convener: Tanice G. Foltz, Indiana University Northwest

Drum Circles and "Rhythm Evangelism": Responding to the Call

Tanice G. Foltz, Indiana University Northwest

Religion and Rap Music: An Analysis of Black Church Usage

Sandra L. Barnes, Vanderbilt University

Convener and discussant: Wade Clark Roof, University of California – Santa Barbara

Religious Certainty and Doubt

Bradly Nabors, University of Southern California

Convener and discussant: Margarita Mooney, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Explaining Scandinavian Irreligiosity: Why Are Danes and Swedes So Secular?

Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College

Organizer and convener: R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois – Chicago

Panel: Pawan Dhingra, Oberlin College

Pyong Gap Min, Queens College

Rhys H. Williams, Loyola University Chicago

Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University

Respondent: Prema Kurien, Syracuse University

Organizer: Anthony J. Blasi, Tennessee State University

Convener and discussant: Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University-Purdue University –

Indianapolis

Stephen Zavestoski, University of San Francisco

Organizer and convener: Christel Manning, Sacred Heart University

A Portrait of Secular Group Affiliates

Frank Pasquale, ISSSC

Sexuality and the Secular

Thomas Linneman, College of William and Mary

Christel Manning, Sacred Heart University

Atheism and Secularity in the former Soviet Union

Leontina Hormel, University of Idaho

Convener: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri

Michele Dillon, University of New Hampshire

Saturday, August 8, 6:00-8:00 p.m.*

The Presidential Reception is co-sponsored by Oxford University Press/Oxford Journals, publisher of Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review, the official journal of the Association for the Sociology of Religion.

*Time approximate: reception to open upon the conclusion of the address.

Organizer, convener, and discussant: Michele Dillon, University of New Hampshire

The Politics of Religious Identity in the United States

Michael Hout and Claude Fischer, University of California – Berkeley

Using Religious Symbols to Redefine the Nation: Evidence from Poland and Québec

Geneviève Zubrzycki, University of Michigan

Politics and Religion in the Production of Civil Society in Southeast Asia

Bryan Turner, National University of Singapore

Organizer and convener: Matthew Lee, University of Akron

Panel: Robin Perrin, Pepperdine University

Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado

Richard Flory, University of Southern California

Respondent: Margaret Poloma, University of Akron

Convener and discussant: William H. Swatos, Jr., Augustana College (Illinois)

William W. Holland, Georgia State University

Convener and discussant: Dawne Moon, Marquette University

Lynne Gerber, University of California – Berkeley

Convener and discussant: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri

Rachel Kraus, Ball State University

Cohabitation, Gender and Religiosity

Convener and discussant: Jen’nan Read, Duke University

Convener and discussant: Jerry Park, Baylor University

Convener and discussant: Susan B. Prager, Brooklyn College/CUNY

Yael Israel-Cohen, Tel Aviv University

Through the Lens of Bar/Bat Mitzvah: Different Perspectives on Judaism as

Patricia Munro, University of California – Berkeley

Organizer and convener: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri

Panel: Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont

Genevieve Zubrzycki, University of Michigan

Marion S. Goldman, University of Oregon

Respondent: John Hall, University of California – Davis

Convener and discussant: Robert Woodberry, University of Texas – Austin

The Phenomenon of Corruption and Its Likelihood to Disappear

Stanley L. Kasun, University of Texas – Austin

Richard McCarthy, Appleton, Wisconsin

Janel K. Bakker, Catholic University of America

Organizer, convener, and discussant: Mary Ellen Konieczny, University of Notre Dame

Rebecca Sager, Loyola Marymount University

Kari Christoffersen, University of Notre Dame

Convener: William H. Swatos, Jr., Augustana College (Illinois)

Brad Fulton, Duke University

Tatsushi Hirono, State University of New York – Stony Brook

Return of the Sacred: What African Chiefs Teach Us About Secularization

Ann Swidler, University of California – Berkeley

Presiding: Michele Dillon, University of New Hampshire, and Rhys H. Williams, University of Cincinnati

Organizer and convener: Phillip Connor, Princeton University

Panel: Nancy Ammerman, Boston University

Omar McRoberts, University of Chicago

Solange Lefebvre, Université de Montréal

Respondent: Margarita Mooney

Convener and discussant: Michael Young, University of Texas at Austin

Sabrina Danielsen, University of Pennsylvania

Laurel Kearns, Drew University

Convener: Barbara Walters, Kingsborough College, CUNY

Daniel L. Jasper, Moravian College

Giuseppe Giordan, University of Padua

Convener and discussant: Richard McCarthy, University of Wisconsin System (retired)

Organizer and convener: Rhys H. Williams, Loyola University Chicago

Whose Religion Counts: Religious Repertoires and Boundaries in American Life

Penny Edgell and Douglas Hartmann, University of Minnesota

Managing Diversity and Inequality in Multiracial Congregations

Michael O. Emerson, Rice University

Difficult Dialogues: The Emotions and Politics of Reconciliation

Dawne Moon, Marquette University

Establishing an "Ethnic" Christianity: The Challenges Facing the Marthoma Indian

Prema A. Kurien, Syracuse University

Discussant: R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois – Chicago

Organizers and co-conveners: Harriet Hartman, Rowan University, and Arnold Dashefsky, University of Connecticut

Tobin Belzer, University of Southern California

Good Husbands: Men, Intermarriage, and Jewish Identity Politics

Keren R. McGinity, University of Michigan

Discussant: Harriet Hartman, Rowan University

Organizer and convener: Afe Adogame, University of Edinburgh

Erupting Songs of Praise and Protest: African Women Fighting for Space

Lilian Dube, University of San Francisco

Religion in Private and Public Spheres in Africa

Kwasi Kwakye-Nuako, Howard University

Discussant: Ann Swidler, University of California – Berkeley

Convener and discussant: Mary Ellen Konieczny, University of Notre Dame

Convener: Peter Kivisto, Augustana College (Illinois)

Editor of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Editor of Sociology of Religion

Former Editor of Review of Religious Research

Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University-Purdue University – Indianapolis

Convener and discussant: Melissa Wilcox, Whitman College

Convener and discussant: William H. Swatos, Jr., Augustana College (Illinois)

The Black Mega Church: Traditional and Non-Traditional Forms of Political Activism

Sandra L. Barnes, Vanderbilt University

Michael S. Evans, University of California – San Diego

Organizer and convener: Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University

To Have and to Hold: Non-recruitment and Retention of Children in NRMs

Janja Lalich, California State University – Chico

Convener and discussant: Brian Starks, Florida State University

The Concept of "Community" in Catholic Parishes

Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University-Purdue University – Indianapolis

Organizer and convener: Melissa Wilde, University of Pennsylvania

Panel: Laurel Kearns, Drew University

Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University

Mary Ellen Konieczny, University of Notre Dame

Respondent: Sharon Erickson Nepstad, University of New Mexico

Organizer and convener: Matthew Lee, University of Akron

Discussant: Jong Hyun Jung, University of Southern California

Convener and discussant: Orit Avishai, Fordham University

Christopher G. Ellison and Jennifer Storch, University of Texas – Austin

Julie A. Zaloudek, University of Minnesota

Presiding: Rhys H. Williams, Loyola University Chicago