ASSOCIATION FOR THE

SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

65th ANNUAL MEETING

 

OMNI HOTEL AT CNN CENTER

ATLANTA, GEORGIA

15-17 AUGUST 2003

 

THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION:

CONSTRUCTING AN AGENDA

 

Sociologists of religion have a common aim: to understand better the interrelationships between religion in all its diverse forms and the contexts of which it is part. How this aim is realized, however, has not only evolved over time, but is manifestly different in different parts of the world. The aim of this conference is to look more carefully at the agenda of the sociology of religion—it should not be taken for granted. It should, rather, be scrutinized with the aim of discovering who dictates the agenda, and how and why it has shifted over time. Is it primarily reactive or proactive, for example? Is it, should it, or can it be value free? Particular attention will be paid to the comparative nature of this task, asking why sociological communities from different parts of the world have taken up different aspects of the work, and how each might contribute more fully to the common task.

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REGISTRATION AND RECEPTIONS ARE ON THE MEZZANINE LEVEL OF THE HOTEL

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OVERVIEW

 

Thursday, August 14

5:00 p.m.

"Old" Council Meeting — CNN 4

7:00-9:00 p.m.

Registration — Atrium Foyer

9:00-10:00 p.m.

Welcoming Reception — Atrium Terrace B

Cosponsored by ASR and Darton-Longman-Todd Publishers

 

Friday, August 15

7:00-8:15 a.m.

Sociology of Religion Editorial Board Breakfast — CNN 2

8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Registration — Atrium Foyer

 

8:30-10:15 a.m.

1. Church Leadership—New Developments Among the Clergy

2. Religion in Post-Soviet Russia

3. Well-being and Healing Spiritualities

4. Immigrant and Minority Experiences

 

10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

5. Islam and the West

6. Attitudes in Catholicism

7. The Regulation of Religion and Church-State Relations in Europe

8. Religion in the Mind of the Terrorist

 

12:00-5:00 p.m.

Book Exhibit — Pine

12:15-12:45 p.m.

Authors’ Reception — Atrium Terrace A

 

1:00-2:45 p.m.

9. Generations in the Sociology of Religion (Joint ASR/ISSR)

10. Critical Theory of Religion

11. Religious Exceptionalism

12. Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. I: Pre-visit Lecture and Visit to the MLK Historic Site

 

3:00-5:00 p.m.

13. The Stained Glass Ceiling: Women and Religious Authority

14. The Relationship of Theology to Sociology

15. Author Meets Critics: Ram Cnaan’s The Invisible Caring Hand–American Congregations and the Provision of Welfare

16. Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. II: Visit to the MLK Historic Site (continuation of Session 12)

 

5:30 p.m.

Presidential Address — CNN 5/6/7

6:30 p.m.

Presidential Reception — Atrium Terrace A

 

Saturday, August 16

7:15-8:25 a.m.

New Attendees Welcoming Breakfast — Atrium Terrace B

8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Registration — Atrium Foyer

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Book Exhibit — Pine

 

8:30-10:15 a.m.

17. Religion, Politics, and the Analysis of Culture I: Comparative and Historical Perspectives (Joint ASR/ASA) — Atlanta Marriott Marquis

18. Studying Catholic Institutions: Institutional Pressures and Identity Responses

19. Religion and Social Attitudes

20. Emerging Fields in the Sociology of Religion: Image and Music

 

10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

21. The "Cultural Turn" in Social Theory: Implications for the Sociological Study of Religion (Joint ASR/ASA)

22. Urban Modernities and Religion I: Religious and Ethnic Pluralism

23. Author Meets Critics—Lutz Kaelber’s translation of Max Weber’s The History of Commercial Partnerships in the Middle Ages

24. Secularization and Political Change: International Reflections

 

12:30-2:15 p.m.

25. The Softening of Christianity (Joint ASR/ASA)

26. Urban Modernities and Religion II: Comparative Approaches

27. Historical Approaches to the Sociology of Religion

28. Authors Meet Critics—Jean-Paul Willaime and Danièle Hervieu-Léger’s Sociologies et religion: Approches classiques

 

2:30-4:30 p.m.

29. Religion, Politics, and the Analysis of Culture II: Community Organizing and Local Political Culture (Joint ASR/ASA)

30. Urban Modernities and Religion III: Space and Urban Theory

31. Death in a Social Context

32. Future Directions in the Sociology of Religion: Informal Session for Graduate Students

 

5:00 p.m.

ASR Business Meeting

6:00 p.m.

Paul Hanly Furfey Lecture — CNN 5/6/7

7:00 p.m.

Paul Hanly Furfey Reception (Joint ASR/ASA Sociology of Religion section) — Atrium A

 

Sunday, August 17

8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Registration — Atrium Foyer

8:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Final book sale — Pine

 

8:30-10:15 a.m.

33. New Theoretical Approaches to the Study of New Religious Movements

34. Globalization and Christianity

35. Alternative Methodologies in the Sociology of Religion: The Use of Text as Data

 

10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

36. Remembering Jeff Hadden

37. Islam and Muslim Diasporas

38. New Geographical Areas: Mexican-American Religiosity

 

12:30-2:15 p.m.

39. Author Meets Critics—David Martin’s Christian Language and Its Mutations–Essays in Sociological Understanding

40. The Centennial of W.E.B. DuBois on the Black Church (Cosponsored by ASA History of Sociology section)

41. Religion in China

 

2:30-4:30 p.m.

42. Author Meets Critics—Jere Cohen’s Protestantism and Capitalism: The Mechanisms of Influence

43. Religion, Social Service, and Civic Engagement

44. New Religious Movements Across the World

45. Changing and Emerging Theoretical Perspectives

 

5:00 p.m.

"New" Council Meeting

 

Monday, August 18

8:30-10:15 a.m.

46. The Question of Contemporary Jewish Culture: Results from NJPS 2000 (Cosponsored ASR/ASA) — Atlanta Marriott Marquis

 

10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

47. Workshop on Teaching Sociology of Religion (Cosponsored ASR/ASA) — Atlanta Marriott Marquis

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 SESSIONS

 

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

Session 1: Church Leadership—New Developments Among the Clergy

Convener and Discussant—Nancy T. Ammerman, Boston University School of Theology

Ø The Means-End Dilemma in an Anglo Denomination: The Bias against Affirmative Action and Increasing the Proportion of Minority Clergy

Adair T. Lummis, Hartford Seminary

Ø Modernization, Commodification, and the Call to Ministry in African-American Protestant Traditions

James Bryant, College of the Holy Cross

Ø Pastoral Tenure Trends in Texas Baptist Churches

Tillman Rodabough, Jeter Basden, Baylor University, and Clay Price, Baptist General Convention of Texas

 

Session 2: Religion in Post-Soviet Russia

Organizer—Vyacheslav Karpov, Western Michigan University

Convener—Jerry Pankhurst, Wittenberg University

Ø Perceptions of Islam and Orthodox Christianity by Muslims and Christians in Russia

Kimmo Kääriäinen, Research Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and Vyacheslav Karpov, Western Michigan Univer-sity

Ø Religion and Tolerance in Russia

Vyacheslav Karpov, Western Michigan University, and Kimmo Kääriäinen, Research Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Fin-land

Ø Orthodox Christianity in Russian Schools: Political Struggles and Public Opinion

Vyacheslav Karpov, Elena Lisovskaya, Western Michigan University, and Kimmo Kääriäinen, Research Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Ø Women’s Involvement and Roles in the Russian Orthodox Church and Near-Orthodox Communities

Olga Tchepournaia, European University of St. Petersburg

 

Session 3: Well-being and Healing Spiritualities

Convener—Albert A. Herzog, Jr., Ohio State University

Ø Spiritual Profits: An Ethnographic Study on Contemporary Shamanism in Northern California

Sara C. Sutler-Cohen, University of California, Santa Cruz

Ø Religion and Emotions: Exploring the Roles of Religious Identification and Belief in an Afterlife

Christopher G. Ellison and Amy M. Burdette, University of Texas

Ø Hope for Healing: The Vitality of Traditions of Religious Healing in the Netherlands since 1850

Sipco Vellenga, University of Amsterdam

Ø Sacred Surgeons: Religio-Therapeutic Legitimation in Contemporary New Religious Movements

Kathleen E. Jenkins, Clark University

 

Session 4: Immigrant and Minority Experiences

Convener—Peter Kivisto, Augustana College

Ø Christianized Asian Immigrant Adolescents?How Immigration Background and Parental Religiosity Affect Asian Adolescents’ Religiosity in the United States

Jiexia Elisa Zhai, University of Texas

Ø Maintaining Identity: An Examination of Coptic Orthodox Young Adults

Richard Rymarz and Marian de Souza, Australian Catholic University

Ø A New World Faith? Tempering Claims of Mormon Church Growth

Rick Phillips, University of North Florida

Ø Religion and the Korean American Volunteer

Elaine Howard Ecklund, Cornell University

 

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

Session 5: Islam in the West

Organizer—John H. Simpson, University of Toronto

Convener—Grace Davie, University of Exeter

Panelists Mansoor Moaddel, Eastern Michigan University

Roland Robertson, University of Aberdeen

John H. Simpson, University of Toronto

 

Session 6: Attitudes in Catholicism

Organizer—Paul Perl, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate

Convener—Mary L. Gautier, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate

Ø Father Knows Best: Parishes, Priests, and American Catholic Parishioners’ Attitudes toward Capital Punishment

Thoroddur Bjarnason, SUNY Albany, and Michael R. Welch, University of Notre Dame

Ø Attitudes Across Borders: Shared Conceptions of Catholicism

Mark M. Gray, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate

Ø Attendance of Catholic College and Political Attitudes of U.S. Catholics

Paul Perl, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate

Ø Catholic Bishops’ Support of Married "Pastors"

Ruth A. Wallace, George Washington University

 

Session 7: The Regulation of Religion and Church-State Relations in Europe

Organizer and Convener—Fabienne Randaxhe, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–École Pratique des Hautes Études

Discussant—Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa

Ø Religion, State and Society in Germany and France

Jean-Paul Willaime, GSRL/CNRS, ÉPHÉ

Ø The Role of Religion in National-EU Relations

Effie Fokas, London School of Economics

Ø The Regulation of Religious Diversity by the Institutions of the European Union: The Emergence of a European Model

Bérengère Massignon, GSRL/CNRS, ÉPHÉ

 

Session 8: Religion in the Mind of the Terrorist

Organizer—T. Jeremy Gunn, Emory University

Convener—Joseph B. Tamney, Ball State University

Panelists: Eileen Barker, London School of Economics

T. Jeremy Gunn, Emory University

James T. Richardson and Ted Oleson, University of Nevada, Reno

Friday, August 15, 12:00-12:45 p.m.

Authors’ Reception — Atrium Terrace A

The Authors’ Reception is cosponsored by the ASR, Aldine de Gruyter, Rowman & Littlefield, the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

 

Friday, August 15, 1:00-2:45 p.m.

Session 9: Generations in the Sociology of Religion

Organizers and Co-conveners—James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno, and James A. Beckford, University of Warwick (Joint ASR/ISSR Session)

Ø Mindful Bodies: Religion and Embodiment in the Sociology of Religion

Philip A. Mellor, University of Leeds

Ø Classical Theory and Global Religion: Arguments and Evidence

Frank J. Lechner, Emory University

Ø The New Paradigm After Ten Years

R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago

Ø Problematizing Generation and Secularization

N. J. Demerath III, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

Session 10: Critical Theory of Religion

Organizers—Warren S. Goldstein, University of Central Florida, and George Lundskow, Grand Valley State University

Convener—Warren S. Goldstein, University of Central Florida

Ø The Open Dialectic between Religious and Secular Values and Norms: Their Universalization through Public Discourse

Rudolf J. Siebert, Western Michigan University

Ø Max Horkheimer's Critical Theory of Religion

Michael R. Ott, Grand Valley State University

Ø Defying the Rational: The Appeal of New Religion in Late Modernity

George Lundskow, Grand Valley State University

Ø Hegemony Lost: Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism

Lauren Langman, Loyola University Chicago

 

Session 11: Religious Exceptionalism

Organizer—Fabienne Randaxhe, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–École Pratique des Hautes Études

Convener—William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR Executive Office

Ø Exceptionalism as an Interpretive Concept: Another Look at a Controversy

Fabienne Randaxhe, GSRL (CNRS-ÉPHÉ)

Ø Europe and Religion: Toward a Less Exceptional Exception

Yves Lambert, GSRL (CNRS-ÉPHÉ)

Ø Evangelical Protestantism in France: An Example of a "Denominational" Restructuration

Sébastien Fath, GSRL (CNRS-ÉPHÉ)

Ø Why is Sociology of Religion Not Developing in Israel? A Look at the Rituals that Support Israeli-Jewish Identity

Ezra Kopelowitz, The Jewish Agency, Jerusalem, and Yael Israel, Tel Aviv University

 

Session 12: Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., I

Organizer—Lina Molokotos-Liederman, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, École Pratique des Hautes Études

Convener—Marie Friedmann Marquardt, Emory University

Ø Local Knowledge: An Introduction to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alton B. Pollard III, Emory University

Ø Visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic Site

 

Friday, August 15, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Session 13: The Stained Glass Ceiling

Organizers—Barbara R. Walters and Susan Farrell, City University of New York at Kingsborough

Convener and Discussant—James H. Mahon, William Paterson University

Ø Mysticism within the Thirteenth Century Ecclesia

Barbara R. Walters, CUNY Kingsborough

Ø Sect or Church? Franciscans, Waldensians, and Other Groups at the Fringe of Orthodoxy in the Middle Ages

Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont

Ø Women-Church Strategies for Equality in the Roman Catholic Church

Susan A. Farrell, CUNY Kingsborough

Ø Indigenous Religious Orders of Women in Mainland China: Power and Authority

Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis

 

Session 14: The Relationship of Theology to Sociology

Organizer and Convener—Ian Markham, Hartford Seminary

Ø Learning from Radical Orthodoxy: Challenging Sociological Assumptions

Ian Markham, Hartford Seminary

Ø Congregational Sociology and Theology: Making Data Work for Congregations

Cynthia Woolever, Hartford Seminary

Ø When Theology is the Causal Variable

Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary

Ø Mind the Gap: Debating Sociology and Theology in Modern Ecclesiology

Martyn Percy, University of Manchester

 

Session 15: Author Meets Critics—Ram Cnaan’s The Invisible Caring Hand–American Congregations and the Provision of Welfare

Organizer and Convener—Nancy L. Eiesland, Emory University

Panelists Michael Emerson, Rice University

Elizabeth Bounds, Emory University

Omar McRoberts, University of Chicago

 

Session 16: Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., II

Organizer—Lina Molokotos-Liederman, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, École Pratique des Hautes Études

Convener—Marie Friedmann Marquardt, Emory University

Continuation of Session 12: Visit to Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site

 

Friday, August 15, 5:30 p.m.

ASR Presidential Address — CNN 5/6/7

Convener—Eileen Barker, London School of Economics

Ø Creating an Agenda in the Sociology of Religion: Common Sources, Different Pathways

Grace Davie, University of Exeter

Friday, August 15, 6:30 p.m.

ASR Presidential Reception — Atrium Terrace A

The Reception is cosponsored by the ASR, Candler School of Theology of Emory University, the Center on Religion and Ethics of Emory University, and the Department of Sociology of the University of Georgia

 

Saturday, August 16, 7:15-8:25 a.m.

New Attendees Welcoming Breakfast — Atrium Terrace B

 

Saturday, August 16, 8:30-10:15 a.m.

Session 17: Religion, Politics, and the Analysis of Culture I: Comparative and Historical Perspectives (Joint ASR/ASA Session) — Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Organizer and Convener—Rhys H. Williams, University of Cincinnati

Ø Running the Risk of Exclusion: A Comparative Analysis of Religious Freedom

Lori G. Beaman, Concordia University, Montréal

Ø Is American Religion Politicized? Symbolic Affirmation vs Religious Hegemony

Gene Burns, Michigan State University

Ø Religion, Politics and Culture in a Global Age

José Casanova, New School for Social Research

Ø Religion’s Quiet Influence on Civic Engagement

Paul Lichterman, University of Wisconsin–Madison

 

Session 18: Studying Catholic Institutions: Institutional Pressures and Identity Responses

Organizer and Convener—John A. Coleman, Loyola Marymount University

 

Ø The Idea of a Catholic University; Institutional and Cultural Pressures on Its Realization

Michele Dillon, University of New Hampshire

Ø Congregational Studies and Catholic Parishes: Pressures for Innovation

Jerome Baggett, Jesuit School of Theology and Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

Ø Sponsoring Catholic Hospitals: An Effective Basis for Ministry

Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis

Ø Catholic Social Services and Shifts in Welfare Policy

John A. Coleman, Loyola Marymount University

 

Session 19: Religion and Social Attitudes

Convener—Barbara Denison, Shippensburg University

Ø Religious Affiliation and Attitudes toward Euthanasia: Charting the Outcomes of 23 Years of Discourse

Benjamin Moulton and Terrence Hill, University of Texas

 

O. Kendall White, Jr., Washington and Lee University, and Daryl White, Spelman College

Ø Two Faces of Faith: How Religion Promotes and Reduces Support for Punitive Crime Policies

Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas, and James D. Unnever, Radford University

Ø Delinquency and Religious Behavior: A Retrospective Self-Report

Robert E. Beckley, West Texas A&M University, and Dustin P. Johnson, University of North Texas

 

Session 20: Emerging Fields in the Sociology of Religion: Image and Music

Convener— Richard McCarthy, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

Ø Seeking the Sacred: Communion and Transcendence in the Lives of Two Artists

Sally Gradle, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ø Fandom as "Religious Modernity": A Case Study of Religiously Themed Television Drama

Steve Zafirau, University of Southern California

Ø Brazilian Movies–A "Menace" to Catholic Standards

Maria de Lourdes Beldi de Alcântara, University of São Paulo

 

Ø The "Free Monks" Musical Phenomenon

Lina Molokotos-Liederman, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, École Pratique des Hautes Études

 

Saturday, August 16, 10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Session 21: The "Cultural Turn" in Social Theory: Implications for the Sociological Study of Religion (Joint ASR/ASA Session)

Organizer and Convener—Grace Davie, University of Exeter

Discussant—Nancy T. Ammerman, Boston University

Ø Religion, Culture, and Representation in the Information Society

Philip Mellor, University of Leeds

Ø French Perspectives on the Turn to Culture

Jean-Paul Willaime, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–École Pratique des Hautes Études

Ø Gender, Sexuality, and Culture: A Feminist Approach to Religion

Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri

Ø Pentecostalism as Cultural Revolution

David Martin, University of London

 

Session 22: Urban Modernities and Religion I: Religious and Ethnic Pluralism

Organizers—Lowell W. Livezey, Harvard University, and Martin Stringer, University of Birmingham

Convener—Martin Stringer, University of Birmingham

Ø Shalom Y’all: Pluralism in the New South

Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University

Ø From Fishing Village to Ethnic Enclave: Chinese Immigrants Construct Rural to Urban Transnational Religious Networks

Kenneth Guest, Baruch College CUNY

Ø Pluralism and Urbanism: A South African Perspective

Pratap Kumar, University of Durban-Westville

Ø Global Catholicism in Chicago Neighborhoods: Ethnic Conflict and Social Integration

Elfriede Wedam, University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Ø Islamic Revival and Pluralism in the Middle Eastern Urban Context

Malika Zeghal, Centre d’Études Interdisciplinaires des Faits Religieux, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique-École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

 

Session 23: Authors Meet Critics—Lutz Kaelber’s Translation of Max Weber’s The History of Commercial Partnerships in the Middle Ages

Organizer—William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR Executive Office

Convener—David Smilde, University of Georgia

Panelists William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR Executive Office

Peter Kivisto, Augustana College

Stephen Turner, University of South Florida

 

Session 24: Secularization and Political Change: International Reflections

Convener— Jean-Paul Willaime, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–École Pratique des Hautes Études

Ø The Role of the State in the Shaping of Religious and Secular Jewish Identity in Israel

Ezra Kopelowitz, The Jewish Agency, Jerusalem

Ø Left Out: Secularization and the Structuring of the Liberation Theology Movement in Mexico and Latin America, 1920-1973

Robert S. Mackin, University of Wisconsin

Ø Hindu Revivalist Social Engineering in India: Their Concept of Secularism

Santosh Ch. Saha, Mount Union College

Ø Political Change and Secularization: An Examination of the Germanic Nations

Tim Bower, Western Michigan University

 

Saturday, August 16, 12:30-2:15 p.m.

Session 25: The Softening of Christianity (Joint ASR/ASA Session)

Organizer—Linda Woodhead, Lancaster University

Convener and Discussant—William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR Executive Office

Ø Softening in Interfaith Discourse

Kajsa Ahlstrand, Church of Sweden Research Department

 

Ø The Softening of Conservative Protestantism

Joseph B. Tamney, Ball State University

Ø How Soft is Liberal Christianity? Why Humanization is Not the Same as Subjectivization

Linda Woodhead, Lancaster University

 

Session 26: Urban Modernities and Religion II: Comparative Approaches

Organizers—Lowell W. Livezey, Harvard University, and Martin Stringer, University of Birmingham

Convener—Grace Davie, University of Exeter

Ø Comparative Perspectives on Religion and Urban Civil Society: South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam

Robert Franklin, Emory University

Ø Redefining Urban: Religions and Transnational Migrations

Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College

Ø Pentecostal Presence in the City

David Martin, University of London

 

Ø Christianity in Eight Chinese Cities: An Ethnographic Study

Fenggang Yang, Purdue University

 

Session 27: Historical Approaches to the Sociology of Religion

Convener—Barbara Denison, Shippensburg University

Ø Religions and Axial Ages: From Hunter-Gatherers to High Modernity

Yves Lambert, GSRL/CNRS, ÉPHÉ

Ø Clarity and Charisma in the Early Church

Martin Wenglinsky, Quinnipiac College

Ø Objectifying Religious Beliefs, Practices, and Representations: Dio Chrysostom (40-120), Lucian (120-180) and the Con-structionist Motif

Robert Prus, University of Waterloo

Ø Converting the Heathen ¼ On Anthony Street!

Richard McCarthy, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

 

Session 28: Authors Meet Critics—Jean-Paul Willaime and Danièle Hervieu-Léger’s Sociologies et religion: Approches classiques

Convener—Lina Molokotos-Liederman, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, École Pratique des Hautes Études

Panelists Pauline Côte, Université Laval

James A. Beckford, University of Warwick

Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame

Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa

 

Saturday, August 16, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Session 29: Religion, Politics, and the Analysis of Culture II: Community Organizing and Local

Political Culture (Joint ASR/ASA Session)

Organizer and Convener—Rhys H. Williams, University of Cincinnati

Ø Community Organizing and Public Education: Rebuilding the Foundations for Democratic Life?

Mark R. Warren, Harvard University

Ø Sustaining a Movement: Congregational Development as Cross-Institutional Flow

Richard L. Wood, Lora Stone, and Mozafar Banihashemi, University of New Mexico

Ø The Politics of Revitalization in a Religious District: The Four Corners Case

Omar McRoberts, University of Chicago

 

Session 30: Urban Modernities and Religion III: Space and Urban Theory

Organizers—Lowell W. Livezey, Harvard University, and Martin Stringer, University of Birmingham

Convener—Lowell W. Livezey, Harvard University

Ø Particular Places: Religious Response to Crisis in Three Metro-Atlanta Communities

Nancy Eiesland, Emory University

Ø The Great Urban Escape: How Religion Alters the Delinquent Behavior of At-Risk City Adolescents

Byron R. Johnson, University of Pennsylvania

Ø The City, Space and Social Practices

Anthony Orum, University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Ø Pluralism and the Recent Religious History of Leicester

Gurharpal Singh, University of Birmingham

 

Session 31: Death in a Social Context

Organizer and Convener—Curt Dahlgren, Lund University

Ø Separated by Death: Anonymity and Individualization in Death Notices, 1945-1999

Curt Dahlgren, Lund University

Ø Professionalization without the Dead Body: The Case of Swedish Funeral Directors

Anna D. Bremborg, Lund University

Ø Cremation and Disposal of Remains: Customs in Sweden in the Late 1990s

Jan Hermanson, Lund University

Ø The Function of Hymns in Funeral Services in Sweden Today

Anna J. Evertsson, Lund University

 

Session 32: Future Directions in the Sociology of Religion: An Informal Session for Graduate Students

Organizer and Convener—Marie Friedmann Marquardt, Emory University

Panelists Nancy T. Ammerman, Boston University

Eileen Barker, London School of Economics

José Casanova, New School for Social Research

R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Saturday, August 16, 5:00 p.m.

ASR Business Meeting

Saturday, August 16, 6:00 p.m.

Paul Hanly Furfey Lecture — CNN 5/6/7

Convener—Grace Davie, University of Exeter

Ø Language in Religion, the Academy, and Politics

David Martin, University of London

Saturday, August 16, 7:00 p.m.

Paul Hanly Furfey Reception — Atrium Terrace A

The Reception is cosponsored by the ASR, the ASA Sociology of Religion Section (which will present its annual awards during the reception), and the Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society, University of Pennsylvania

 

Sunday, August 17, 8:30-10:15 a.m.

Session 33: New Theoretical Approaches to the Study of New Religious Movements

Organizer and Convener—Janja Lalich, California State University, Chico

Ø The Sociology of American New Religious Movements: An Analytic Literature Review

J. Anna Looney, Rutgers University

Ø Life-Course vs Episodic Approaches to the Study of New Religious Movement Careers

Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University

Ø Bounded Choice: A New Approach to Charismatic Commitments and the True Believer Phenomenon

Janja Lalich, California State University, Chico

Ø Becoming Promiscuous: Examining the Social Reconstruction of Identity in a New Religious Movement

Miriam Williams Boeri, Emory University

 

Session 34: Globalization and Christianity

Convener and Discussant—William R. Garrett, St. Michael’s College

Ø Riches to Rags: Globalization, Moral Discourses, and Organizational Shifts in Multinational Denominationalism

Paula D. Nesbitt, University of California, Berkeley

Ø Religion and Globalization: African Christians in the United States

A. Ezekiel Olagoke, University of Denver

Ø Coming to Terms with Global Christianity

Robert L. Montgomery, Ridgewood, New Jersey

 

Session 35: Alternative Methodologies in the Sociology of Religion: The Use of Text as Data

Convener and Discussant—Richard McCarthy, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

Ø Secular Humanism’s New "Evangelical" Strategy

Richard Cimino, New School for Social Research

Ø (Mis)Representations of the Religion-Family Connection in Sociology of the Family Textbooks

Christopher G. Ellison, Gretchen Webber, University of Texas, and Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota

Ø More Meaning: New Age Books from the Readers’ Perspectives

Michallene McDaniel, Gainesville College

Ø Myth and Science in Freudo-Marxism: Religious Themes in the Writings of Wilhelm Reich, Erich Fromm, and Herbert Marcuse

Donald A. Nielsen, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

 

Sunday, August 17, 10:30a.m-12.15 p.m.

Session 36: Remembering Jeff Hadden

Organizers—Theodore E. Long, Elizabethtown College, and Eileen Barker, London School of Economics

Convener—Theodore E. Long, Elizabethtown College

Panelists Eileen Barker, London School of Economics

William R. Garrett, St. Michael’s College

 

William V. D’Antonio, Catholic University of America

Douglas E. Cowan, University of Missouri, Kansas City

 

Session 37: Islam and Muslim Diasporas

Convener—Lina Molokotos-Liederman, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, École Pratique des Hautes Études

Ø Muslims in the U.S. and in Europe: What Has Changed since September 11, 2001?

Jocelyne Cesari, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–École Pratique des Hautes Études

Ø Muslims in the Prisons of Britain and France

James A. Beckford, University of Warwick

Ø Evangelical Discourse on Islam after September 11, 2001

Richard Cimino, New School for Social Research

Ø Islam as an Organic Religion: Structural Weakness and Methodological Strength

Kamel Ghozzi, Central Missouri State University

 

Session 38: New Geographical Areas: Mexican-American Religiosity

Convener and Discussant—Robert Beckley, West Texas A&M University

Ø Latino/a Ministry: The Challenge for Its Leadership

Milagros Peña, University of Florida, Edwin Hernandez, University of Notre Dame, and Melissa Mauldin, University of Florida

Ø Spiritual Experiences at the Border: Narratives of Mexican-American Students

Catherine A Faver, University of Texas-Pan American, Mary Ellen Cox, University of Tennessee, and Brian Trachte, University of Texas-Pan American

Ø Engendering Conversion: Religious Transformation as Gender Reconfiguration for Mexicans in the U.S. South

Marie Friedmann Marquardt, Emory University

 

Sunday, 17 August, 12:30-2:15 p.m.

Session 39: Author Meets Critics—David Martin’s Christian Language and Its Mutations: Essays in Sociological Understanding

Convener—Lina Molokotos-Liederman, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, École Pratique des Hautes Études

Panelists Grace Davie, University of Exeter

Linda Woodhead, University of Lancaster

Ian Markham, Hartford Seminary

José Casanova, New School for Social Research

 

Session 40: The Centennial of W.E.B. DuBois on the Black Church (cosponsored by the ASA History of Sociology section)

Organizer—Anthony J. Blasi, Tennessee State University

Convener—Robert Wortham, North Carolina Central University

Ø W.E.B. DuBois: Toward a Sociology of the Black Church

Andrew Billingsley, University of Maryland

Ø The Gift of the Spirit: W.E.B. DuBois and a Sociology of Religious Knowledge

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College

Ø On the 100th Anniversary of DuBois’s Negro Church

Phillip J. Zuckerman, Pitzer College, and Sandra Barnes, Purdue University

Ø Meditation on DuBois’s Critical Fifty Years of Black Religion

Anthony J. Blasi, Tennessee State University

 

Session 41: Religion in China

Convener and Discussant—T. Jeremy Gunn, Emory University

Ø Confucianism, Politics, and Human Rights in the People’s Republic of China Since Tiananmen

William R. Garrett, St. Michael’s College

Ø The Uses and Limitations of the Sociology of Religion in Research on Falun Gong

Chuck Ditzler, University of Wisconsin

Ø Regulating Religion in Communist China

Fenggang Yang, Purdue University

 

Sunday, 17 August, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Session 42: Author Meets Critics—Jere Cohen’s Protestantism and Capitalism: The Mechanisms of

Influence

Organizers—Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont, and William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR Executive Office

Convener—William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR Executive Office

Panelists Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont

William R. Garrett, St. Michael’s College

Donald A. Nielsen, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

 

Session 43: Religion, Social Service, and Civic Engagement

Convener and Discussant—Nancy L. Eiesland, Emory University

Ø Women in Congregations and Social Service Provision: Findings from the Philadelphia Census

Ram A. Cnaan, Andrea L. Helzer, and Jill W. Sinha, University of Pennsylvania

Ø Fire in Atlanta: Love, Empowerment and Transformation

Margaret M. Poloma, University of Akron

Ø Interfacing Faith-based and Secular Programs: Considering American and Eastern European Strategies

Lanette Ruff, University of New Brunswick, Barbara Fisher-Townsend, St. Thomas University, and Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick

Ø Exploring the Effect of Politicized Religious Congregations on African Americans’ Participation in Low-Risk/ Cost and High-Risk/Cost Activism

Kraig Beyerlein, University of North Carolina, and David Rodgers, East Carolina University

Ø Getting a Piece of the Faith-Based Pie

Christine D. Chapman and Stephen C. Rasor, Interdenominational Theological Center

Session 44: New Religious Movements Across the World

Convener—Eileen Barker, London School of Economics

Ø Neo-Hinduism in France and in the United Kingdom: A Comparative Point of View

Véronique Altglas, Groupe de Sociologie des Religions et de la Laïcité, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique–École Pratique des Hautes Études

Ø The Raelians’ "Religion of Science": A New Response to Secularization

Susan Palmer, Dawson College

Ø Civil Religion Aspects of Neo-Paganism

Michael York, Bath Spa University College

 

Ø Religiosity, Race, and the Construction of a Global Identity: The Case of Two Bahá’í Communities

Stephen Cherry, University of Texas, and Mike McMullen, University of Houston-Clear Lake

Ø Religious Movements and Their Second Generation: Is Adaptation Sectarian Suicide?

Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist, London School of Economics

 

Session 45: Changing and Emerging Theoretical Perspectives

Convener—Warren S. Goldstein, University of Central Florida

Ø Integrating New Social Movement Theory into the Sociology of Religion: Social Movement "Framing" among Religious Reform Groups in Iran

Stephen Poulson, Washington and Lee University

Albert A. Herzog, Jr., Ohio State University

Ø An Examination of the Limitations to the Rational Choice Approach to Religion

Walter Bower, University of Kentucky

Ø Testing Berger’s Ideas: Are Analytical and Measurement Criticisms of Research on Plausibility Structures Justified?

Larry R. Petersen and Gregory V. Donnenwerth, University of Memphis

Ø Spatial and Racial Variations in North Carolina Religious Adherence Rates, 1926

Robert A. Wortham, North Carolina Central University

 

Sunday, 17 August, 5:00 p.m.

New Council Meeting

Monday, 18 August, 8:30-10:15 a.m.

Session 46: The Question of Contemporary Jewish Culture: Results from NJPS 2000 (cosponsored by

ASA) — Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Organizer and Convener—Harriet Hartman, Rowan University

Discussant—Moshe Hartman, Ben Gurion University

Ø Diverging or Converging Identities: American and Israeli Jews

Uzi Rebhun and Shlomit Levy, Hebrew University

Ø The First National Jewish Population Survey–1890 (Yes, 1890)

Barry Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago

Ø The Economics of American Jewish Family Life

Carmella Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago

Ø Gender Equality Among American Jews: An Update

Harriet Hartman, Rowan University, and Moshe Hartman, Ben Gurion University

Ø Cultural Contexts for Mixed Marriages Among American Jews

Sylvia Barack Fishman, Brandeis University

Monday, 18 August, 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Session 47: Teaching Sociology of Religion Workshop (cosponsored by ASA) — Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Co-presenters: Keith Roberts, Hanover College, and Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont