RELIGION

CROSSING

BOUNDARIES

　

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

　

ASSOCIATION FOR THE

SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

70TH ANNUAL MEETING

31 JULY - 2 AUGUST 2008

　

　

Boston Park Plaza Hotel

Boston, Massachusetts

NB: The Preliminary Program is indeed just that, Preliminary. Changes may be necessary between this posting and the actual meeting. If you find errors in this document (e.g., misspellings or incorrect affiliations) report them to the Executive Office (bill4329@hotmail.com).

Please do not ask for changes to be made in scheduling. Every change involves a minimum of eight people.

Last updated:  7 July

　

　

OVERVIEW*

*Full ASR session listings begin after this listing.

　

Wednesday, July 30

5:00 – 8:45 p.m.

Executive Council Meeting –

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Registration –

9:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Welcoming Reception –

The reception is co-sponsored by ASR and Brill in celebration of the publication of the fifth and sixth volumes of the renewed "Religion and the Social Order" series, North American Buddhists in Social Context, edited by Paul David Numrich, & Religion and Diversity in Canada, edited by Lori G. Beaman and Peter Beyer.

　

Thursday, July 31

8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

    Registration –

8:30 – 10:15 a.m.

A1. Twenty Years of Theory Revisited –

A2. Religion and Immigration –

A3. Religion, Gender, and Identity –

A4. New Survey Results –

 

10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

B1. Religion, Community Organizing, and Development –

B2. Jewish Boundaries and Boundary Crossing –

B3. Asian American Religions –

B4. Historical Episodes, Contemporary Relevance –

 

12:15 – 5:00 p.m., ASR Book Exhibit –

 　

1:00 – 2:45 p.m.

C1. Catholic Reflections and Developments I –

C2. New Dynamics of Religious Expansion in a Globalizing World I –

C3. Religion in the City –

C4. Clio Goes to Church (Again): History, Time, Meaning, and Memory in the

      Study of Religion –

 

3:00 – 4:45 p.m.

D1. Catholic Reflections and Developments II –

D2. New Dynamics of Religious Expansion in a Globalizing World II –

D3. Exploring Religious Dynamics –

D4. New Theory in the Sociology of Religion –

 

5:00 p.m.

    ASR Presidential Address –

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.*

    ASR Presidential Reception –

        *Time approximate: Reception opens at the conclusion of the address.

　

Friday, August 1

7:15 – 8:30 a.m.

    New Attendees’ Welcoming Breakfast –

        Attendance by preregistration only

8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

    Registration –

8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

    ASR Book Exhibit –

 

8:30 – 10:15 a.m.

E1. ASR/ASA Joint Session: Religious Practices in a Secular World –

E2. Religious Transformations –

E3. Religion in Colleges and Universities –

E4. The Impact of Social Change on Religious Boundaries in Contemporary

      Taiwan –

 

10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

F1. ASR/ASA Joint Session: Partnering for Change: How Researchers are

      Helping Shelter Workers and Religious Leaders Create a Shared Discourse

      about Domestic Violence –

F2. Putting Emotions Back into the Sociology of Religion –

F3. Religion, Spirituality, and Generations –

F4. Religion in Asia –

 

12:30 – 2:15 p.m.

G1. Mary in the Geranium and Some Guy in a Tree: Religion in Unlikely Places –

G2. New Methods in the Sociology of Religion –

G3. Current Trends in European Religion –

G4. Seeking and Finding: Alternate Religious Forms and Developments –

 

2:30 – 4:45 p.m.

H1. Probing the Boundaries between Religion and Spirituality –

H2. After Secularization: The New Religious Diversity in Quebec –

H3. Alt.Religion: Religion in Post-Modern and Cyber Spaces –

H4. Professional Development Workshop: Outlets and Audiences for Sociology of

       Religion –

 

5:00 p.m.

    The Paul Hanly Furfey Lecture –

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.*

    The Paul Hanly Furfey Reception –

        *Time approximate: Reception opens at the conclusion of the lecture.

 

Saturday, August 2

7:15 – 8:15 a.m.

    ASR Business Meeting –

8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

    Registration –

8:15 – 10:25 a.m.

    Reserve Book Pick-up –

 

8:30 – 10:15 a.m.

I1. Congregations –

I2. Religion, State, and Nation –

I3. Godly Love in Theory and Praxis –

I4. Author Meets Critics: David Smilde’s Reason to Believe: Cultural Agency in

    Latin American Evangelicalism –

 

10:25 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.

    Final Book Sale –

 

10:30 – 12:15 p.m.

J1. From Hand to Mouth: Assessments of Where We Stand and Where We’re Headed from the Editors

       of and Contributors to The Sage Handbook of the Sociology of Religion –

J2. Insights from African American Religions –

J3. Professional Development Workshop: Teaching the Hidden Curriculum

       — What Students Really Learn in Our Courses –

J4. Religion and Popular Culture –

 

12:30 – 2:15 p.m.

K1. Religion Rethinking Race –

K2. Mentoring Session for Graduate Students and Young Professionals –

    Attendance by preregistration only. For information, contact Kevin McElmurry klm143@mizzou.edu

K3. Religion, Sexuality, Homosexuality –

K4. The Sociology of Medieval Religion –

 

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

L1. Religions, Ideologies, and Social Conflicts –

L2. Author Meets Critics — Carolyn Chen’s Getting Saved in America: Taiwanese Immigration and

    Religious Experience –

L3. Professional Development Workshop: Assessment of Teaching in the Sociology of Religion

      — Issues of Learning, Accreditation, and Performance-Based Funding –

L4. Author Meets Critics: Randal Balmer’s God in the White House –

L5. ASA/ASR Joint Thematic Session: Religion and Labor –

 

5:00 p.m.

      ASR Executive Council –

　

SESSIONS

Thursday, July 31, 8:30-10:15 a.m.

Session A1: Twenty Years of Theory Revisited

Convener: Ole Riis, Adger University    

On Reconceptualizing Types of Religious Groups: Churches, Sects, Cults, Ethnic

Churches

          David Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University, and J. Gordon Melton,

                     Institute for the Study of American Religion

New Paradigm: Progress or Retreat?

           Steve McMullin, University of New Brunswick

         Gender and Supply-Side Theories of Religious Transformation: A Human Rights

          Critique

           Evelyn Bush, Fordham University

                Crossing Boundaries to Spread the Faith: What Makes Missionary Religions

           Robert L. Montgomery, Swannanoa, North Carolina

Session A2: Religion and Immigration

Convener: Danielle Koning, VU University

         Immigrant Religiosity in Canada: The Impact of Religious Context

           Phillip Connor, Princeton University

         Second-Generation Indian Hindus’ Embrace of Elements of Hinduism

   Pyong Gap Min, Queens College/CUNY Graduate Center

Religious Communities and Immigrant Health: Overcoming Borders and Creating Opportunities

   Ephraim Shapiro, Columbia University

The Construction of Religious Agency in the Transnational Religious Institution: The Case of   Korean Military Brides in a Korean Ethnic Church

   Daehoon Han, University of Missouri

Session A3: Religion, Gender, and Identity

Convener: Andrew Yip, University of Nottingham

         Gender and Conversion Narratives: A Follow-Up Study

                  Ines W. Jindra, Spring Arbor University, Robert H. Woods, Spring Arbor University, and Jenell

                  Paris, Messiah College

Tough Faith: An Ethnographic Study of Identity Imposition Strategies at a

Pentecostal Church

          Sean Elliott Currie, University of South Florida

Contributions of Early 20th Century North American Baha’i Women to Promoting

Gender Equality in Iran

  Hoda Mahmoudi, Baha’i World Centre

"They Saw Me Cry": Conversion and Emotional Rules among Former Members of Central    American Gangs

  Robert Brenneman, University of Notre Dame

Session A4: New Survey Results

Convener: David Yamane, Wake Forest University

Religion and Attitudes toward the Spanking of Children: Evidence from the Survey of Texas Adults

 Adrienne Celaya, University of Miami

Analyzing Trends in and Explaining the Growth of the "No Religion" Category, 1872-2006

 Mazen Elfakhani, University of Texas

Stranger Danger? Private Prayer and Trust in Strangers

 Matthew T. Loveland, LeMoyne College

Religious and Spiritual Responses to 9/11: Evidence from the Add Health Study

 Jeremy E. Uecker, University of Texas

Spiritual Transformation and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Effects of Spiritual Experiences, Compassionate Love, and Altruistic Behavior

  Nicholas Vargas and Monika Ardelt, University of Florida

Thursday, July 31, 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Session B1: Religion, Community Organizing, and Development

Convener: William Mirola, Marion College

Faith as a Political Resource: Investigating Congregational Motivations for Engagement in Faith-Based Community Organizing

 Kristin Geraty, Indiana University

Religion Crossing Boundaries? The Churches and the Challenges of Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

 Gladys Ganiel, Trinity College Dublin

Faith and Development: Changing Perspectives on the Relations between Religion and Social, Political, and Economic Development in the Global South

 James A. Beckford, University of Warwick

Session B2: Jewish Boundaries and Boundary Crossing (co-sponsored by the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry)

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

Convener: Harriet Hartman

         Geographic Isolation and Subjective Jewish Identity

                 Becka Alper, Purdue University

Jewish-Gentile Intermarriage: Intermarried Couples, Judaism, and the Jewish Community

 Arnold Dashefsky, University of Connecticut

Reconstructing the Meaning of Jewish Identity: Crossing Ethnic and Religious Boundaries

 Debra Kaufman, Northeastern University

Redefining Boundaries: New Identity’s Referents and Institutional Borders — The Mexican Case

                 Judit Bokser Liwerant, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and Daniel Fainstein,

                  Universidad Hebraica

Session B3: Asian American Religions

Convener: Paul D. Numrich, Theological Consortium of Greater Columbus

The Model Minority in the Episcopal Church: Race and the Experience of Asian Americans in the Denominational Context

                  Pui-Yan Lam, Eastern Washington University

Creating a Religiously and Culturally Safe Space: The Korean Religious Enclave in Flushing, Queens

  K. Christine Pae, New York Theological Seminary

Patterns of Conversion among Chinese Protestants in New England

          Andrew S. Abel, University of Massachusetts

Religious Responses to Neighborhood Ethnic Diversity: The Case of Flushing, Queens

  Weishan Huang, New York Theological Seminary

Session B4: Historical Episodes, Contemporary Relevance

Convener: Richard McCarthy,  University of Wisconsin Rock County

Religious Fictions, Promotional Endeavors, and Consumers of Fantasy: Lucian (120-200) on the Cult of Alexander and Accounts of the Supernatural

  Robert Prus, University of Waterloo

Connections or Boundaries? Prehistoric Research and Faith in the French Catholic Scientific Community, 1859-1962

  Fanny DeFrance-Jublot, École Pratique des Hautes Études

The Chemistry of Capitalism and the Protestants: Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the

Attractions of Elective Affinity

  Andrew McKinnon, University of Aberdeen

Ferdinand Buisson and the Unitarian Influence on French Public Elementary Schools

  Mireille Gueissaz, Groupe Sociétés Religions Laïcités

　

Thursday, July 31, 12:15-5:00 p.m.

Book Exhibit

Thursday, July 31, 1:00-2:45 p.m.

Session C1: Catholic Reflections and Developments I

Convener: Jerome Baggett, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley

Early Social Science Research on American Catholics: Setting Benchmarks and Prefiguring Contemporary Social Science Themes and Theories

          William Dinges, Catholic University of America

         Catholic without the Roman: Catholic Identity in Spiritus Christi Church

                  Jody L. Caldwell, Drew University

Catholicism at the Margins: Emerging "Indie" Communities

          Laura Leming, University of Dayton

My Sister—My Self: Women Religious at Work

                  Cathy Holtmann, University of New Brunswick

Session C2: New Dynamics of Religious Expansion in a Globalizing World I

Organizers: Afe Adogame, University of Edinburgh, and Shobana Shankar, Bard High School Early College

Convener: Shobana Shankar

The Rhetoric of Reverse Mission: African Christianity and the Changing Dynamics of Religious Expansion

  Afe Adogame

Local Relevance and Global Appeal: Gender, Power, Identity, and Nigerian Religious Leaders with Missions at Home and in London

                  Bolaji Bateye, Obafemi Awolowo University

         Recruitment by and Conversion within Immigrant Churches in the Netherlands

  Danielle Koning, VU University

Migrants and the Roles of Christian Missionaries in Ireland: A Cultural Perspective

  Stephen Onakuse and Eamon Lenihan, University College Cork

Session C3: Religion in the City

Convener: Weishan Huang, New School for Social Research

Revelations of Community: Personal Providence in an Orthodox Jewish Neighborhood

  Iddo Tavory, University of California Los Angeles

         Crossing the Great Divide: Religious Institutions and Real Estate Development

          Nadia Mian, Ecologies of Learning Project

         God and the Growth Machine: Religion and Development in West Harlem, New York

          Max Arthur Herman, Rutgers University

         Hurricane Katrina and a Tale of Three Churches

          William H. Day, Jr., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

Session C4: Clio Goes to Church (Again): History, Time, Meaning, and Memory in the Study of Religion

Organizer and convener: John H. Simpson, University of Toronto

Panel: Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa

           Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame

           Philip Gorski, Yale University

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

Thursday, July 31, 3:00-4:45 p.m.

Session D1: Catholic Reflections and Developments II

Convener: William Dinges, Catholic University of America

         Religious Reflexivity and Its Limitations: The Case of American Catholics

          Jerome Baggett, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley

On Consensus and the Constitution of Social Movements: The Case of the Catholic Worker

  Paul V. Stock, Colorado State University

Social Movement Bricolage: The Relationship between Catholic Action and Call to Action

  Anthony J. Pogorelc, Catholic University of America

Catholic Master Identities on College Campuses

  Morgan Gist MacDonald, Vanderbilt University

Session D2: New Dynamics of Religious Expansion in a Globalizing World II

Organizers: Afe Adogame, University of Edinburgh, and Shobana Shankar, Bard High School Early College

Convener: Afe Adogame

Dislocating Patriarchy, Contesting Public Space: Pentecostal Female Leaders and their Growing Influence in Public Life in Kenya

                  Damaris S. Parsitau, Egerton University

New Religious Movements as Salvage Religions for Youth in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya

                  Susan M. Kilonzo, Maseno University

         Dynamics of Islamic Religious Movements in Nigeria: A Case Study of Nasrul-Lahil- Faith

         Society of Nigeria (NASFAT)

          Musa Adeniyi, Obafemi Awolowo University

From Widow’s Mite to Busines Empire: New Generation Churches and the Politics of Revenue Generation and Remittance in Nigeria

  A.O. Olaniyan, University of Ado Ekiti

Islam in English: Indian Ahmadiyya Publishing in Colonial Africa and Visions of a Global Umma

  Shobana Shankar, Bard High School Early College

Session D3: Exploring Religious Dynamics

Convener: Christine Woodman, Virginia Commonwealth University

         Manufacturing Moral Fear in Religion: The Case of Christian Divorce Rates

                 Bradley Wright, University of Connecticut, Christina Zozula, University of

                   Connecticut, W. Bradford Wlcox, University of Virginia

Dissecting the Effects of Religiosity on Medical Helpseeking: The Case of Infertility

                  Arthur L. Greil, Alfred University, Julia McQuillan, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, David

                     R. Burch, Pennsylvania State University, Andrea Burch, Alfred University

         Giving and Receiving in Religious Organizations

  Karen Monique Gregg, University of Notre Dame

 Boundaries between Religious Groups Based on the Type of Social Capital They Produce

  Gábor Dániel Nagy, University of Szeged

         Church Renewal in Theoretical Perspective: A Protestant Case Study

          Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University

Session D4: New Theory in the Sociology of Religion

Convener: James A. Beckford, University of Warwick

        Toward a Theoretical Framework for the Sociological Study of Religious Subjectivity

         Daniel A. Winchester, University of Minnesota

        Conversion as a Redirection of Foundational Trust

         Anthony J. Blasi, Tennessee State University

        Religion in Liquid Modernity

               C. N. de Groot, Tilburg University

        Conceptualizing the Notions of "Boundary" and "Frontier" in the "2-B Theory" Frame

         Olga Breskaya, University of Brest

        Salvation Goods, the Gift Economy, and Charismatic Concern

                Enzo Pace, University of Padova

Thursday, July 31, 5:00 p.m.

ASR Presidential Address

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

Presiding: James D. Davidson, Purdue University

              Encounters in the Heartland: What Studying Rural Congregations Taught Me about Working across

            Differences

                        Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri

Thursday, July 31, 6:00-8:00 p.m.*

ASR Presidential Reception

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

　

*

　

Friday, August 1, 7:15-8:30 a.m.

New Attendees’ Welcoming Breakfast

 Attendance by preregistration only.

Friday, August 1, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Registration

Friday, August 1, 8:15 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

ASR Book Exhibit

Friday, August 1, 8:30-10:15 a.m.

Session E1: Religious Practices in a Secular World (Joint ASR/ASA Session)

Organizer, convener, and discussant: Nancy Ammerman, Boston University

         Religion on the Ground: The Practice of Religious Environmentalism

          Rebecca Kneale Gould, Middlebury College

         Priests in the Temples of Medicine: The Existing Institutional Arrangements of Hospital Chaplains

  Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University

Space for God: Exploring the Boundaries of Sacred Space in Everyday Life

  Roman Williams, Boston University

Session E2: Religious Transformations

Organizer and convener: Lynn Davidman, Brown University

        American Muslim Women and the Process of Unveiling

         Farha Ternikar, LeMoyne College

        Religious Disaffiliation and the Transformation of Bodily Practices

                Lynn Davidman

        Divorce and Religious Transformation of the Self

         Kathleen Jenkins, College of William and Mary

        Transformations of Piety in the Fundamentalist World

                Nurit Stadler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Session E3: Religion in Colleges and Universities

Convener: Dana Fenton, Lehman College, CUNY

Religious Service Attendance during College: Do Religious Schools Make a Difference?

          Jonathan P. Hill, University of Notre Dame

Facebookismanity, St. Tupac Shakur, and Lucid Dreaming: What College Students Want from Religion

          Kevin M. Taylor, Boston University

Privately Questioning their Faith: How Students and Professors Negotiate the Religion and Society Debate in a University Setting

                  Kristopher H. Morgan, Purdue University

Session E4: The Impact of Social Change on Religious Boundaries in Contemporary Taiwan

Organizer and convener: Hsing-Kuang Chao, Tung Hai University

        Reincarnation Faith among Contemporary Taiwanese Christians

                Hsing-Kuang Chao

        The Change of Ancestor Worship in Taiwan

                Hsinchih Chen, Tamkang University

        Religious Mobility and Geographical Mobility in Taiwan, 1999-2004

         Pen-Hsuan Lin, National United University

        The Crossing Boundaries of New Agers in Taiwan

                Chialuen Chen, Hungkung University

Friday, August 1, 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Session F1: Partnering for Change: How Researchers are Helping Shelter Workers and Religious Leaders Create a Shared Discourse about Domestic Violence (Joint ASR/ASA Session)

Organizer: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick

Convener: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri

Panel: Nancy Nason-Clark

           Catherine Clark Kroeger, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary

           Steve McMullin, University of New Brunswick

           Julie Owens, Survivor/Advocate RAVE Project, Charlotte (NC) Coordinator

           Lanette Ruff, University of New Brunswick

           Barbara Fisher-Townsend, University of New Brunswick

           Cathy Holtmann, University of New Brunswick

Session F2: Putting Emotions Back into the Sociology of Religion

Organizers: Linda Woodhead, University of Lancaster, and Ole Riis, Adger University

Convener: R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois Chicago

       Emotions in Religion

             Linda Woodhead

       A Dialectical Model for a Sociological Analysis of Religious Emotions

        Ole Riis

       Emotions in Lived Religions

               Meredith McGuire, Trinity University (Texas)

Discussant: Vincenzo Pace, University of Padova

Session F3: Religion, Spirituality, and Generations

Convener: Anthony J. Pogorelc, Catholic University of America

Not Your Grandparents’ Religion? Effects of College Students’ and Older Adults’ Spiritual Beliefs on Subjective Well-being and Fear of Death Mediated by Spiritual Activities and Purpose in Life

 Monika Ardelt, Wendy Young, and Melissa I. Bamba, University of Florida

Engaged Young Adults’ Beliefs about Religion and Spirituality

 Michelle Fugate, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, United Methodist Church

 Being Spiritual not Religious: The Younger Generation

   Solange Lefebvre, University of Montreal

 The "Common Sense" Religion

  Giuseppe Giordan, University of Valle d’Aosta

Session F4: Religion in Asia

Convener: Phillip Connor, Princeton University

Between the Mosque and the Market: How Religion Affects the Decision-making of Chinese Muslim Business People

 Yuting Wang, University of Notre Dame, and Fenggang Yang, Purdue University

         Buddhists, the Market, and the State in a Chinese City

                 Graeme Lang, City University of Hong Kong, Selina Chan, Hong Kong Shueyan

                  University, and Wai Chan, City University of Hong Kong

Mission in Our Own Backyard: Korean Churches and Migrant Workers

                  Soyoung Park, Keimyung University

         This is Not Your Grandmother’s Buddhism: Chinese Buddhists Rejecting Religion

          Alison Denton Jones, Harvard University

Friday, August 1, 12:30-2:15 p.m.

Session G1: Mary in the Geranium and Some Guy in a Tree: Religion in Unlikely Places

Organizer and convener: Lori G. Beaman, University of Ottawa

Constructing Religion in Unexpected Places

          James A. Beckford, University of Warwick

Mary in the Geranium and Other Tales of Magic

          Lori G. Beaman

"A Little Bit Buddhist": Incidental Religious Participation and the Reproduction of Religions in Global Society

          Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa

                Baby Religions, Cult Formation, and Crossing the Sacred/Secular Line

  Susan Palmer, Dawson College

Session G2: New Methods in the Sociology of Religion

Convener: Richard McCarthy, University of Wisconsin Rock County

Congregations and Membership Dispersion: A Lutheran Case Study

          Paul J. Olson, Briar Cliff University

         Seeing is Believing: Using Visual Data in the Sociology of Religion

  Geneviève Zubrzycki, University of Michigan

Liturgical Songs and the Religious Imagination: Catholicism in West Africa

 Yanick St. Jean, Institut Jean Paul II (Benin), and André Quénume, University Catholique de

  l’Afrique de l’Ouest

Visual Culture and Mass Trauma: Ethical Issues in Research and Representation

          Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado

Session G3: Current Trends in European Religion

Convener: N.J. Demerath III, University of Massachusetts

         The Role of Religion in the European Union: To What Extent Does Religion Affect EU Politics?

          Brent Garrett, Department of Homeland Security

         On Church Fusions and Schisms in the Netherlands A.D. 2004: A Re-explanation of Success

          and Failure of Two Schismatic Movements

                  Durk Hak, Groningen, Netherlands

Islam: A Cultural Heritage or a Religion? — Shifting Boundaries of Islam in Denmark

                  Lene Kühle, University of Aarhus

         No Exit? Crossing Boundaries of Religion and Ethnicity in Northern Ireland

                  Gladys Ganiel, Trinity College Dublin, Sara Templer, Trinity College Dublin, Claire

                   Mitchell, Queen’s University Belfast

         Religion without Churches? The "Believing without Belonging" Thesis Revisited

          Daniel Stegmueller, University of Frankfort

 

Session G4: Seeking and Finding: Alternate Religious Forms and Developments

Convener: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University

Seekers Church: A Thriving Example of a Progressive Christian Community without Clergy

 Pat Conover, Silver Spring, Maryland

"Death of the Author": Practicing Post-Modernism in the Production of Seeker Worship

 Kevin McElmurry, University of Missouri

Religious Retreat Centers in Rural North America: A Quiet Niche in the Spiritual Marketplace

 Janet McLellan, Wilfrid Laurier University

Innovations in Hospice/Palliative Care: An Examination of Buddhism and Its Influence on End-of-Life Care in the United States

  Lynn Eldershaw, University of Maine at Presque Isle

Friday, August 1, 2:30-4:45 p.m.

Session H1: Probing the Boundaries between Religion and Spirituality

Organizer and convener: Michele Dillon, University of New Hampshire

         How (and When) Did Spirituality Become Autonomous?

          Courtney Bender, Columbia University

Dissecting the Boundaries between Religion and Spirituality in Everyday Life

 Michele Dillon

Locating Spirituality: Self and Other in post-Boomer Faith

 Richard Flory and Donald Miller, University of Southern California

         Faith and Practice in Everyday Life

          Meredith McGuire, Trinity University (Texas)

Session H2: After Secularization: The New Religious Diversity in Quebec

Organizers: Deirdre Meintel and Géraldine Mossière, University of Montreal

Convener: James Spickard, University of Redlands

        Religion in Quebec Today: Where Have All the Catholics Gone?

         Deirdre Meintel

        A Struggle without a Fight: Managing Homosexuality in a Catholic Parish

                David Koussens, University of Quebec at Montreal

        From Official Teachings to Effective Beliefs: The Impact of Doctrinal Changes in a French-

        speaking Quebec Congregation of the Worldwide Church of God

Claude Rochon, University of Montreal

        Being a Good Christian in Montreal: How Religious Principles Regulate Behavior in the Secular

        World among Latin American Evangelicals

                 Recalde Aranzazu, University of Montreal

        Catholicism as Seen through the Eyes of Quebecois Converts to Islam

                Géraldine Mossière, University of Montreal

Session H3: Alt.Religion: Religion in Post-Modern and Cyber Spaces

Convener: Melissa Warner, University of Wisconsin Rock County

        Virtual Virtue: Exploring the Authenticity of Online Religious Expression

                Holly Thomas, Carleton University

        Faith and Fellowship Online: Using Social Network Analysis to Identify Virtual

        Religious Communities

         Katie Corcoran, University of Washington

        Alt.Monotheism: The Postmodern Convergence of Contemporary Monotheistic Faiths

         Lloyd Chia, University of Missouri

        A Denominational Typology of Church Websites

                Justin P. Farrell, Princeton Theological Seminary

Session H4: Professional Development Workshop: Outlets and Audiences for Sociology of Religion

Organizer and convener: Kevin McElmurry, University of Missouri

Panel: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick

           Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado

           Laurel Kearns, Drew University

Friday, August 1, 5:00-6:00 p.m.

The Paul Hanly Furfey Lecture

Presiding: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri

       Principle

            Allison Hedge Coke, University of Nebraska, Kearney

Friday, August 1, 6:00-8:00 p.m.*

The Paul Hanly Furfey Reception

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

*

Saturday, August 2, 7:15-8:15 a.m.

ASR Business Meeting

Presiding: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, and Michele Dillon, University of Missouri

Saturday, August 2, 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Registration

Saturday, August 2, 8:15-10:25 a.m.

Reserve Book Pick-up

Saturday, August 2, 8:30-10:15 a.m.

Session I1: Congregations

Convener: Paul J. Olson, Briarcliff University

         Communication in Congregations

          Wayne Luther Thompson, Carthage College

         Gentrification and Congregational Conflict and Competition

          Richard Cimino, New York Theological Seminary

         Testing the Strictness Thesis: Exploring Theories of Congregational and Denominational Growth

         via the U.S. Congregational Life Survey

  Jeremy Thomas, Purdue Universit

Congregations and Homosexuality

  Gary Adler, University of Arizona, and Mark Chaves, Duke University

Session I2: Religion, State, and Nation

Convener and discussant: Lene Kühle, University of Denmark

         The Debate Concerning the Exploitation of Religion in Turkish Politics

                 Okumus Ejder, Dokuz Eylul University

         The Judicial Institution in the Service of Neutrality? Reasonable Accommodation and Reasoned

         Accommodation in Canada and in France

 David Koussens, University of Quebec at Montreal

Blood and Belief: The Role of Ethnonationalism and Religious Freedom in a Globalized Political

Context

 William R. Garrett, St. Michael’s College

Session I3: Godly Love in Theory and Praxis

Organizer: Margaret Poloma, University of Akron

Convener and discussant: Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary

         Sociology, Theology, and the "Flame of Love Project"

          Margaret Poloma

         Godly Love: Theological Reflections on the Sorokin Scale

 Stephen G. Post, Case Western Reserve University

Integrating Social Science and Theology in the Study of Godly Love: Preliminary Findings from

Qualitative Interviews

          Matthew Lee, University of Akron

Session I4: Author Meets Critics: David Smilde’s Reason to Believe: Cultural Agency in Latin American Evangelicalism

Organizer and convener: Richard L. Wood, University of New Mexico

Panel: Gerardo Marti, Davidson College

           Sharon Nepstad, University of Southern Maine

           Rhys Williams, University of Cincinnati

Respondent: David Smilde, University of Georgia

Saturday, August 2, 10:25a.m.-12:25p.m.

Final Book Sale

Saturday, August 2, 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Session J1: From Hand to Mouth: Assessments of Where We Stand and Where We’re Heading from the Editors of and Contributors to The Sage Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

Organizers and conveners: James A. Beckford, University of Warwick, and N.J. Demerath III, University of Massachusetts

Panel: Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa

           Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame

           Lynn Davidman, Brown University

           Arthur L. Greil, Alfred University

           John R. Hall, University of California, Davis

           Peter Kivisto, Augustana College (Illinois)

           Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University, Indianapolis

           Fenggang Yang, Purdue University

Session J2: Insights from African American Religions

Convener: Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College

        Theological Conservatism across Racial Lines

                William Tsitos, Towson University

        The Black Mega-Church’s Response to HIV/AIDS: Big Churches Crossing Big Boundaries

         Sandra L. Barnes, Case Western Reserve University

        Dr. Malachi Z. York and the United Nation of Moors: Apocalyptic/Ritual Responses to Cultural

        Opposition

         Susan Palmer, Concordia University

        Hegemony in Christianity and African-American Slave Accounts: Crossing the Boundary

        between Phenomenological and Critical Accounts of Religion

Sarah L. MacMillen, Duquesne University

Session J3: Professional Development Workshop: Teaching the Hidden Curriculum — What Students Really Learn in Our Courses

Organizer: Kevin McElmurry, University of Missouri

Convener: Jim Spickard, University of Redlands

Panel:       Nancy Martin, California State University, Long Beach

                Joy Charlton, Swarthmore College

                Gerardo Marti, Davidson College

Session J4: Religion and Popular Culture

Convener: Dana Fenton, Lehman College, CUNY

White Buffalos and Virgin Shrines: Religious Tourism in Wisconsin

          Melissa Warner, University of Wisconsin Rock County

         Holy Hollywood! Church, Cinema, and Censorship?

          Richard McCarthy, University of Wisconsin Rock County

They Danced in the Bible: Religious Role Conflict among Belly Dancers?

          Rachel Kraus, Ball State University

         Tattooing among the Religious: To Tattoo or Not to Tattoo?

          Suzanne Fournier Macaluso, Purdue University

Saturday, August 2, 12:30-2:15 p.m.

Session K1: Religion Rethinking Race

Convener: Sarah Louise MacMillan, Duquesne University

Negotiating Identities: An Ethnographic Analysis of Black Catholics in the Archdiocese of New

York

                 Tia Noelle Pratt, Fordham University

Catholics Addressing Racial Divides

 Marian Fredal, Cardinal Stritch University

         "We Are Not These Bodies": Race and Identity in ISKCON

          Travis Van de Berg, Ithaca College

Reconceptualizing Race, Religion, and Ethnicity in the United States: The Case of Latinos and

Asian Americans

          Carolyn Chen, Northwestern University

Session K2: Mentoring Session for Graduate Students and Young Professionals

Organizer and convener: KevinMcElmurry, University of Missouri

This session is open only to preregistrants. For information, contact Kevin McElmurry klm143@mizzou.edu

Mentors: Nancy Ammerman, Boston University

               Courtney Bender, Columbia University

               Karen A. Bradley, University of Central Missouri

               Lynn Davidman, Brown University

               Arthur L. Greil, Alfred University

               Gerardo Marti, Davidson College

               Pyong Gap Min, Queens College, CUNY

               Paul Olson, Briar Cliff College

               Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary

Session K3: Religion, Sexuality, Homosexuality

Convener: Barbara J. Denison, Shippensburg University

Excluding Inclusivity: Protestant Framing of Sexuality, Homosexuality, and Sex Education

                  Daniel R. Flowers, Carolyn Kapinus, and Rachel Kraus, Ball State University

         Lay Attitudes Toward the Official Roman Catholic Stance on Homosexuality

          Britt Baumann, University of Waterloo

Social Capital, Mobilization, and Sexuality: An Exploration of Support Networks of Lesbian,

Gay, and Bisexual Muslims

 Andrew Yip, University of Nottingham

A Hyopthesis for the Typologization of Sexual Power Structures as Mediated across the Politico-

Religious Spectrum

                 Jeremy Thomas, Purdue University

Session K4: The Sociology of Medieval Religion

Organizers: Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont, and John R. Hall, University of California, Davis

Convener: Stephen J. Fichter, Rutgers University

Medieval Apocalyptic, the Church, the State, and the Reformation

          John R. Hall, University of California, Davis

"Cultures of Inquiry" in the Reconstruction of Medieval Liturgy

  Barbara R. Walters, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY

Spiritual Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages

          Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont

        The Medieval Sources of Early Modern Capitalism

          Don Swenson, Mount Royal College

Saturday, August 2, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Session L1: Religions, Ideologies, and Social Conflicts

Convener: Karen A. Bradley, University of Central Missouri

Framing Narratives in the Struggle over the Bible in Public Schools

Christopher Haynes, Drew University

Does Family Matter? How Familialism Shapes Religious Involvement

Young-Il Kim, University of Virginia

How Does Faith Go with Fear? Security Perspectives on Religious Radicalization

Mona Kanwal Sheikh, University of Copenhagen

A Common Word, Uncommon Faiths: Interfaith Bridge-Building Across Difference

Lloyd Chia, University of Missouri

Session L2: Author Meets Critics — Carolyn Chen’s Getting Saved in America: Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience

Organizer and convener: Elaine Howard Ecklund, SUNY at Buffalo

Panel: Fenggang Yang, Purdue University

R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois Chicago

Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College

Respondent: Carolyn Chen, Northwestern University

Session L3: Professional Development Workshop: Assessment of Teaching in the Sociology of Religion — Issues of Learning, Accreditation, and Performance-Based Funding

Organizer: Barbara J. Denison, Shippensburg University

Convener: Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame

Panel: Barbara J. Denison

Keith A. Roberts, Hanover College

Don Swenson, Mount Royal College

Session L4: Author Meets Critics: Randal Balmer’s God in the White House

Organizer and convener: Laura Desfor Edles, California State University, Northridge

Panel: Gene Burns, Michigan State University

Stephen Hart, State University of New York at Buffalo

TBA

Respondent: Randall Balmer, Barnard College

Session L5: ASA/ASR Joint Thematic Session: Religion and Labor

Organizers: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, and Michael O. Emerson, Rice University

Convener: Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame

Panel: William A. Mirola, Marian College

David Smilde, University of Georgia

Rhys Williams, University of Cincinnati

Saturday, August 2, 5:00 p.m.

ASR Executive Council

Presiding: Michele Dillon, University of New Hampshire