THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF CONTEMPORARY MORALITIES
RAMADA PLAZA INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
13-15 AUGUST
We shift the agenda, at least briefly, from religion to morality. Today there is no moral consensus. Why? What are the consequences? The tie between religion and morality has been weakening. Why? What are the consequences? Some believe the United States is experiencing moral decline. Is this an accurate assessment? Some believe that morality plays only a minor role in the political-economic arena. Is this true? If it is true, why is this the case, and what are the consequences?
OVERVIEW*
Thursday, August 12
5:00-8:45 p.m.
“Old” Council Meeting — Lombard
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Registration — Lobby
9:00-10:00 pm.
Welcoming Reception — Whitcomb Mezzanine
Friday, August 13
7:00-8:15 a.m.
Sociology of Religion Editorial Board Breakfast — Whitcomb Mezzanine
8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Registration — Lobby
8:30-10:15 a.m.
A1. Sex, Age, Race, and Ethnicity: Demographic Dimensions of the U.S. Catholic Population
A2. Religion as a Paradigm of Conflict, Competition and Cooperation I: The Political Dimension (Joint with ISA RC22)
A3. Thematic Session: Moral Traditions and Religious Inventions in Chinese Societies
A4. Moral Dilemmas and Ideological Commitments
A5. Religion and Homosexuality
10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
B1. Thematic Session: Competing Moralities in the Catholic Church
B2. Religion as a Paradigm of Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation II: Participants in the Debate (Joint with ISA RC22)
B3. Religious Change in China: Places of Worship
B4. Race/Ethnicity and Religious Diversity
B5. New Religious Movements
12:15-5:00 p.m.
Book Exhibit — Ghiradelli
*Full ASR session listings begin on page 7.
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 4
1:00-2:45 p.m.
C1. Author Meets Critics: Ruth Wallace’s They Call Him Pastor
C2. Globalization and Global Ethics: A Panel Discussion
C3. Thematic Session: Moral Decline in North America
C4. Author Meets Critics: Omar M.McRoberts’s Streets of Glory: Church and Community in a Black Urban Neighborhood
C5. Spiritualities
3:00-4:45 p.m.
D1. Thematic Session: Will Christian Values Lose Significance?
D2. Religion and Family
D3. Clergy Life Issues
D4. African-American Churches
D5. Pagan Ethics
5:00 p.m.
Presidential Address — Whitcomb
6:00 p.m.
Presidential Reception — Mezzanine
8:00 p.m.
Memorial Session for Marie Augusta Neal, S.N.D. — Union Square
Saturday, August 14
7:15-8:25 a.m.
New Attendees Welcoming Breakfast — Mezzanine
8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Registration — Lobby
8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Book Exhibit — Ghiradelli
8:30-10:15 a.m.
E1. ASA/ASR Joint Thematic Session: Religious Discourse in Liberal Societies
E2. Chinese Conversion to Christianity I: North America
E3. Moral Issues in the Sociology of Religion
E4. Neo-Weberian Issues in Religion and Society
E5. Religion, Flesh, and Blood
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 5
10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
F1. ASR/ASA Joint Thematic Session: The Clash of Civilizations: How Deep? How Enduring? How Real?
F2. Chinese Conversion to Christianity II: Mainland China and Taiwan
F3. The Role of Music in Spiritual Ritual and Healing
F4. Religion in Immigrant Communities
F5. Religion and Popular Culture
12:30-2:15 p.m.
G1: Identities, Beliefs, and Practices: Findings from the U.S. Congregational Life Survey
G2: Authority, Sexuality and Moral Coherence in the Anglican Communion
G3: Religious Competition, Conflict, and Commitment in China
G4: Thematic Session: Learning Moralities
G5: Retrospective on Niklas Luhmann’s Theses on the Sociology of Religion
2:30-4:15 p.m.
H1. Religious Freedom
H2. Islam
H3. Thematic Session: Globalization and Morality
H4. Asian-American Religion
H5. Secularization and Postmodernism
4:30-5:45 p.m.
ASR Business Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Paul Hanly Furfey Lecture — Whitcomb
7:00 p.m.
Paul Hanly Furfey Reception — Mezzanine
Sunday, August 15
8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Registration — Lobby
8:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Final book sale — Ghiradelli
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 6
8:30-10:15 a.m.
I1. Thematic Session: Author Meets Critics: Christian Smith’s Moral, Believing Animals: Human Personhood and Culture
I2. Religious Adaptations to Political Restrictions in China
I3. Religion and Gender
I4. Religious Giving and Missions
I5. The Efficacy of Liberal Moralities
10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
J1. ASR/ASA Joint Thematic Session: Deepening Democracy through Faith-Based Citizen Activism: Strengths, Critiques, Alternatives
J2. Protestant Expansion in Latin America
J3. Tips for Graduate Students I: Publishing in Journals
J4. Judaism
12:30-2:15 p.m.
K1. Testing Economic Models of Religious Change
K2. Thematic Session: Morality in Post-Communist Societies
K3. Religion, Healing, Welfare and Well-being: Policies and Praxis in Comparative Perspective (Joint with ISA RC22)
K4. Teenagers, Spirituality, and Freedom of Religion
2:30-4:15 p.m.
L1. ASR/ASA Joint Thematic Session: Conscience: Sociological Reconstruction and Deconstruction
L2. Tips for Graduate Students II: Working as a Sociologist of Religion
L3. Religion, Advocacy, and Social Services
L4. Civil Religion and Moral Dialogues
5:00 p.m.
“New” Council Meeting
SESSIONS
Friday, August 13, 8:30-10:15 a.m.
Session A1: Sex, Age, Race, and Ethnicity: Demographic Dimensions of the U.S. Catholic Population
Organizer: Paul Perl, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
Convener: Jonathon L. Wiggins, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
v Generating Catholic Generations: The Distinctiveness of Catholic Generational Formation
Mark M. Gray, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
v Engendered Gender? Gender Differences in Religious Belief and Practice Among Catholics
Mary E. Bendyna, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
v Racial Variation in Religiosity and Parish Satisfaction Among Catholic Parishioners
James C. Cavendish, University of South Florida, & Paul Perl, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
v How Many Hispanics are Catholic? Reviewing the Evidence
Paul Perl & Jennifer Z. Greely, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
Session A2: Religion as a Paradigm of Conflict, Competition and Cooperation I: The Political Dimension (Joint with ISA RC22)
Organizers: Grace Davie, University of Exeter, and Ivan Varga, Queens University, Kingston
Convener: Grace Davie, University of Exeter
v Religion as a Paradigm of Conflict, Competition and Cooperation
Ivan Varga, Queens University, Kingston
v Is Islam in the Global Era Only a Cause of Conflict?
Jocelyn Cesari, CNRS-Paris
v Rethinking the Relations Between Religion, State and Politics: A Feminist Perspective
Hanna Herzog, Tel-Aviv University
v The WREP Project: Examining Church State Cooperation in Welfare
Grace Davie, University of Exeter
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 8
Session A3: Thematic Session: Moral Traditions and Religious Inventions in Chinese Societies
Convener: Shun-Hing Chan, Hong Kong Baptist University
v Inventing Morality: Christianity and Local Religions in Modern Fuzhou Region
Feng Zhu, Fujian Normal University
v Demonstration of Religiosity and Its Impact on Morality in Modern Society: The Case of Shenzhen since Economic Reform
Lizhu Fan, Fudan Univeristy
v The Morality in the “Morality Books” in Taiwan
Chi-Shiang Ling, Utah Valley State College
v How Did Confucianism Become a World Religion? The Legacy of British Colonialism and the Rise of Comparative Religion as a Discipline
Anna Xiao Dong Sun, Princeton University
Session A4: Moral Dilemmas and Ideological Commitments
Organizer and convener: J. Anna Looney, Rutgers University
v Religion, Family and Homosexuality: Conflict in the Lives of Gay and Lesbian Jehovah’s Witnesses
Janja Lalich, California State University, Chico
v The Collision between Faith and Personal Desires as Reported by Members of NRMs
J. Anna Looney, Rutgers University
v The Aging of Discipline Relationships
Benjamin Zablocki, Rutgers University
v The Right Fight? Competing Discourses in the Campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment
Martha Bradley, University of Utah
Session A5: Religion and Homosexuality
Convener: David Yamane, University of Notre Dame
v Queer Seekers: Religion and Identity Negotiation in Los Angeles
Melissa M. Wilcox, Whitman College
v “Tell It to Me Straight”: What's Immoral about Gay Commitment?
Gayle Baldwin, University of North Dakota
v For and Against: Comparing Denominational Position Statements Regarding Persons With AIDS and Statements Regarding Gay and Lesbian Leadership, 1980-2004
Robert E. Beckley, West Texas A&M University & Jerome R. Koch, Texas Tech University
v Science and the Liberal vs. Evangelical Protestant Debate over Homosexuality
Antony W. Alumkal, Iliff School of Theology
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 9
Friday, August 13, 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Session B1: Thematic Session: Competing Moralities in the Catholic Church
Convener: James D. Davidson, Purdue University
v Catholicism as Contested Terrain: The Emergence of a Catholic Pro-Change Organization
Laura M. Leming, University of Dayton
v Murmurs from the Pew: Postconciliar Lay Movements in the Catholic Church
Tricia Mein, University of California, Santa Barbara
v The Emergence and Expression of Competing Moralities in the Contemporary American Catholic Church: The Case of the Divorced Catholics’ Movement
Anna Bruzzese, State University of New York at Stony Brook
v Monastic Spirituality Beyond the Cloister: A Preliminary Look at Lay Cistercians
William L. Smith, Georgia Southern University
Session B2: Religion as a Paradigm of Conflict, Competition and Cooperation II: Participants in the Debate (Joint with ISA RC22)
Organizers: Grace Davie, University of Exeter, and Ivan Varga, Queens University, Kingston
Chair: Ivan Varga, Queens University, Kingston
v The Role of the Intellectual in the Study of Religion: Conflict, Competition and Cooperation
Adam Possamai, University of Western Sydney
v The Octagon Model of Volunteer Motivation: Results from a Phenomenological Analysis
Anne Yeung, Helsinki University
v Long and Short Term Values: The Different Functions of Long-term Church Relationships and One-off Experiences
Per Pettersson, Karlstad University
v Beyond Parochialism: Catholicism Rediscovered
Kees de Groot, Tilburg University
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 10
Session B3: Religious Change in China: Places of Worship
Organizer and convener: Richard O’Leary, Queens University, Belfast
Discussant: Richard Madsen, University of California, San Diego
v The Growth in Centers of Christian Worship in Contemporary China
Richard O’Leary, Queens University, Belfast, and Parig Digan, London, England
v Places of Worship in China - The Case of Christianity in Taian Region of Shandong Province PRC
Peter Tze Ming Ng, Chinese University of Hong Kong
v Temples as Enterprises
Graeme Lang, City University of Hong Kong, Salina Ching Chan, National University of Singapore, & Lars Ragvald, Lund University
Session B4: Race/Ethnicity and Religious Diversity
Convener and discussant: H.B. Cavalcanti, James Madison University
v Church Selection among Racial Ethnic Minorities
Walter H. Bower, University of Kentucky
v All God’s Children: Race, Religion and the Changing Face of Race Relations in a Southern Metropolis
Andrea Henderson, Richard Phillips, & Jeffry A. Will, University of North Florida
v Faith on the Avenue
Katie Day, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
Session B5: New Religious Movements
Convener: Helen A. Berger, West Chester University
v Almost Heaven: The Decline of New Vrindaban as a Religious Community
E. Burke Rochford Jr. & Kendra Bailey, Middlebury College
v New Religious Movement Leaders on Fictional Network Television
Brooke Pillifant, Xavier University of Louisiana
v Indoctrination: Mind Control Without Brainwashing in Religious Sects and Cults
William Torry, West Virginia University
v Cults, New Religious Movements, and New Christian Churches: A Study of the Importance of Terminology in the Sociology of Religion
Paul
Olson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Friday, August 13, 12:15-5:00 p.m.
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 11
Friday, August 13, 1:00-2:45 p.m.
Session C1: Author Meets Critics: Ruth Wallace’s They Call Him Pastor
Organizer and convener: John A. Coleman, Loyola Marymount University
Respondent: Ruth Wallace, George Washington University
v Jerome Baggett, Jesuit School of Theology-GTU
v David Yamane, University of Notre Dame
v Melissa Wilde, University of Indiana, Bloomington
v John A. Coleman, Loyola Marymount University
Session C2: Globalization and Global Ethics: A Panel Discussion
Organizer: William R. Garrett, St. Michael’s College
Convener: Theodore E. Long, Elizabethtown College
v Roland Robertson, University of Aberdeen
v John H. Simpson, University of Toronto
v William R. Garrett, St. Michael’s College
v Theodore E. Long, Elizabethtown College
Session C3: Thematic Session: Moral Decline in North America
Convener: Patricia M.Y. Chang, Boston College
Discussant: Richard McCarthy, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
v Is America Really in Moral Decline? Evidence from the World Values Survey
Wayne Baker, University of Michigan
v Does “Moral Decline” Mean the “End of the World”?
Daniel Johnson, Gordon College
v Gnostic Christianity, Jungian Psychoanalysis, and Libertarian Politics: A Discursive Bricolage and Challenge to American Liberalism and Social Gospel Protestantism (1950-1990)
Andrea Coukos, University of Oregon
Session C4: Author Meets Critics: Omar M. McRoberts’s Streets of Glory: Church and Community in a Black Urban Neighborhood
Organizer: Nancy L. Eiesland, Emory University
Convener: Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota
Respondent: Omar McRoberts, University of Chicago
v Rhys Williams, University of Cincinnati
v Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College
v Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 12
Session C5: Spiritualities
Convener: Dana Fenton, Lehman College, CUNY
v Research on Contemporary Forms of “Spirituality”: Methodological Issues
Michael Mason, Australian Catholic University
v On the Usage of “Spirituality” in the Context of Japanese Media
Kenta Kasai, Center for Information on Religion, Japan
v Regaining God’s Grace: The Soteriology of the 700 Club Following the September 11th Attacks
Eric Gormly, University of North Texas
Friday, August 13, 3:00-4:45 p.m.
Session D1: Thematic Session: Will Christian Values Lose Significance?
Organizer and convener: Joseph Tamney, Ball State University
v The Fate of Christian Values in the Western World
Robin Gill, University of Kent
Respondents: N.J. Demerath III, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
James A. Beckford, University of Warwick
Session D2: Religion and Family
Convener: Richard McCarthy, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
v Family Matters: Religious Inheritance in Catholic and Protestant Families
Patricia M.Y. Chang & Carrie Alexandrowicz, Boston College
v Contemplative Parenting: Homeschooling as Practice-Oriented Spirituality
Rebecca Allahyari, School of American Research
v The Childhood of an Abuser: Examining Childhood Experiences of Men in a Faith-Based Batterer Intervention Program
Lanette Ruff, Nancy Nason-Clark, Barbara Fisher-Townsend, University of New Brunswick, & Nancy Murphy, Mars Hill Graduate School
v God-given Talents: Direct Sales and Family Values
Barbara J. Denison, Shippensburg University
Session D3: Clergy Life Issues
Convener: Anthony W. Alumkal, Iliff School of Theology
Discussant: William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR/RRA Executive Office
v Differing Perceptions of Local Clergy as Public Figures: How Community Residents View Clergy and How Clergy View Themselves
William A. Mirola, Marian College
v Organizational Context and the Harassment and Abuse of Clergy
Elaine McDuff, Truman State University
ASR
2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 13
v “Preachers Kids are the Worst”: Results of a Survey among Sons and Daughters of Dutch Protestant Ministers
Hijme Stoffels, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Session D4: African-American Churches
Convener: Omar McRoberts, University of Chicago
v Race, Religion, and Morality: An Historical Study of an Episcopal African-American Campus Ministry
Catherine Fobes, Alma College
v Family Relations and the Cultural Preservation of Religiousness Among African Americans
Vanessa Jones, James Bryant, Edward H. Thompson, & Michael Nigro, College of the Holy Cross
v Leaving the Faith: Apostasy among African Americans
Brian Coleman & Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas at Austin
v Church Culture as a Strategy of Action: An Empirical Test Among Black Congregations
Sandra Barnes, Purdue University
Session D5: Pagan Ethics
Organizer: Michael York, Bath Spa University College
Convener and discussant: Tanice Foltz, Indiana University, Northwest
v Self and Desire: Radical Partiality as a Path to Moral Virtue
Barbara A. McGraw, Saint Mary’s College of California
v The Ethical Implications of Idolatry
Michael York, Bath Spa University College
v Morality, Ethics, and Teenage Witches
Helen A. Berger, West Chester University, and Douglas Ezzy, University of Tasmania
Friday, August 13, 5:00 p.m.
Convener: Grace Davie, University of Exeter
v The Failure of Liberal Morality
Joseph B. Tamney, Ball State University
ASR Annual Meeting Program, p. 14
Friday, August 13, 6:00 p.m.
The Reception is cosponsored by Joan and Ralph Lane, the Department of Sociology of Ball State University, and the ASR
Friday, August 13, 8:00 p.m.
Memorial Session for Marie Augusta Neal, S.N.D. — Union Square
Organizer and convener: Madeleine Cousineau, Mt. Ida College
v Ruth Wallace, George Washington University
v Otto Maduro, Drew University
v N.J. Demerath III, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
v Madeleine Cousineau, Mt. Ida College
Saturday, August 14, 7:15-8:25 a.m.
Saturday, August 14, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 14, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 14, 8:30-10:15 a.m.
Session E1: ASA/ASR Joint Thematic Session: Religious Discourse in Liberal Societies
Organizer and convener: John Evans, University of California at San Diego
v Beyond Beliefs: Religious Identity in American Civic Life
Paul Lichterman, University of Southern California
v Public Religions in Asia
Richard Madsen, University of California, San Diego
v The Shaping Power of American Culture: Liberalism, Religion, and Non-Christian Immigrants
Rhys Williams, University of Cincinnati
v Speaking in Different Tongues? Religious Discourse about Abortion in Germany and the U.S.
Myra Marx Ferree, University of Wisconsin, Madison
ASR 2004
Annual Meeting Program, p. 15
Session E2: Chinese Conversion to Christianity I: North America
Convener: Hsing-Kuang Chao, Tunghai University
v Helpful Hunters and Punch-Bowl Christians: Ritual and Conversion in a Chinese Protestant Church
Andrew Abel, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
v The Impact of Institutional Factors on Chinese Conversion to Evangelical Protestantism in the United States
Xuefeng Zhang, University of Minnesota
v Religious Conversion to Christianity Among Students from the Peoples Republic of China: A Comparative Study
Yuting Wang, University of Notre Dame
v Chinese American College Students and their Growing Interest in Christianity
Brian Hall, Rutgers University
Session E3: Moral Issues in the Sociology of Religion
Convener: Dana Fenton, Lehman College, CUNY
v Value-Free No More? Ethical, Political, and Epistemological Implications of Doing Sociology of Religions under Imperial Duress
Otto Maduro, Drew University
v We do it, Good - You do it, Bad: An Essay in Double Standards and other Nefarious Moralities
Eileen Barker, London School of Economics
v Sociability and the Transmission of Traditions: A Criticism of Giddens and Habermas
Xavier Costa, University of Valencia
v How Sociology Changed the Basis and Method of Moral Choice
Robert Mahoney, Rockhurst University
Session E4: Neo-Weberian Issues in Religion and Society
Convener: Warren Goldsetin: University of Central Florida
v Sectarianism in New Immigrant Religions
Fred Kniss, Loyola University Chicago
v The “Minority Jurisprudence” Debate among Western Muslims: From Immigrant to Resident Islam
Kamel Ghozzi, Central Missouri State University
v Benjamin Nelson and Max Weber on Religion, Usury, and Capitalism: A Comparison
Lutz Kaelber, University of Vermont
v Psychiatrists’ and Psychologists’ Professional Practice and Religious and Spiritual Beliefs
Ellen Wagenfeld-Heintz, University of Michigan
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 16
Session E5: Religion, Flesh, and Blood
Convener and discussant: Barbara J. Denison, Shippensburg University
v Lydia Meets Leviticus in the Wake of the American Tattoo Renaissance: A Qualitative Overview of Spirituality and Body Art from Client, Artist, and Media Perspectives
Marti Blose, Rutgers University
v “I Know it When I See it”: The Moral Economy of Pornography
Douglas E. Cowan, University of Missouri-Kansas City
v Homophobia, Hypermasculinity, and the Black Church
Elijah Ward, University of Illinois at Chicago
v The Oppositional Church in the Era of HIV/AIDS
Pamela Leong, University of Southern California
Saturday, August 14, 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Session F1: ASR/ASA Joint Thematic Session: The Clash of Civilizations: How Deep? How Enduring? How Real?
Organizer and convener: Jerry Pankhurst, Wittenberg University
v Said Arjomand, State University of New York, Stony Brook
v Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara
v Craig Jenkins, Ohio State University
v Roland Robertson, University of Aberdeen
Session F2: Chinese Conversion to Christianity II: Mainland China and Taiwan
Convener: Evan Hsu, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
v “Religious Choice” and “Religious Capital”: Christian Conversions in Tai-an Region, PRC
Peter Tze Ming Ng, Chinese University of Hong Kong
v A Comparative Study of the Conversion Factors of Rural vs Urban Christians in China
Ming-fu Hsu, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
v Identity Tensions Among Chinese Intellectual Converts to Christianity
Huang Jianbo, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
v Seeking for Solutions: Conversion to Conservative Protestantism Among Urban Immigrants in Taiwan
Hsing-Kuang Chao, Tunghai University
Session F3: The Role of Music in Spiritual Ritual and Healing
Organizer and convener: Tanice Foltz, Indiana University, Northwest
v Refracting Congregational Song
Deborah Kapp, McCormick Theological Seminary
v Drums Along the Mainline: Churched Women in Drumming Circles
Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary
ASR Annual
Meeting Program, p. 17
v Women’s Spirituality, Drumming, and Healing
Tanice Foltz, Indiana University, Northwest
Session F4: Religion in Immigrant Communities
Organizer and convener: Jen’nan Ghazal Read, University of California, Irvine
Discussant: Helen Rose Ebaugh, University of Houston
v The Religious Participation of U.S. Immigrants: Integrating Explanations from Ethnic Community and Rational Actor Theories
Darren Sherkat and Fawaz Alanezi, Southern Illinois University
v Religion, Gender, and Well-Being among Arab-American Elders
Kristine Ajrouch, Eastern Michigan University
v Ethnic and Religious Components of Arab-American Family Role Attitudes
Jen’nan Ghazal Read, University of California, Irvine
Session F5: Religion and Popular Culture
Convener and discussant: Dana Fenton, Lehman College, CUNY
v “Beware of What you Wish for”: Religion and the Moral Discourse of B-Grade Horror Cinema
Douglas E. Cowan, University of Missouri, Kansas City
v Morality, Meaning, Mystery, and Memory: Decoding Audience Perceptions of Television and New Religiosity
Wendy Martin, University of Ottawa
v Music and Moral Boundaries: Extending Michel Lamonts Work on Symbolic Boundaries to the Study of Religion
Kevin McElmurry, University of Missouri, Columbia
v Do We Follow the Prince of Peace or the Prince of Darkness?: Evangelical Morality and Its Impact on American Popular Culture
Yaakov Ariel, University of North Carolina
Saturday, August 14, 12:30-2:15 p.m.
Session G1: Identities, Beliefs, and Practices: Findings from the U.S. Congregational Life Survey
Organizer and convener: Deborah Bruce, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
v Responsive Congregational Identity: Identity Strength and Diversity as Correlates of Vitality
Cynthia A. Woolever, Hartford Institute for Religion Research
v Comparing Personal Religious Practices Across the Generations
Deborah A. Bruce, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
v Leadership Practices Across Denominational Families
Reginald A. Bruce, University of Louisville
v Correlates of Belief in Reincarnation among Christian Worshipers
John P. Marcum, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
ASR 2004
Annual Meeting Program, p. 18
Session G2: Authority, Sexuality and Moral Coherence in the Anglican Communion
Organizer and convener: Martyn Percy, University of Manchester
v Joking Apart - The Serious Purposes of Humor in the Quest for Unity: Anglicanism as “Comedy”
Martyn Percy, University of Manchester
v Gay Inclusion in Mission and Ministry: Affiliations that Divide Clergy and Laity
Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary
v Sexual Orientation and Strange Bedfellows Anglican-Style: A Sociology of Theological Ethics
Paula Nesbitt, University of California, Berkeley
v The Fruits of Persistent Localism: How Global Anglicanism Came to Play Peoria
William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR/RRA Executive Office
Session G3: Religious Competition, Conflict, and Commitment in China
Convener: Graeme Lang, City University of Hong Kong
v Competing Moralities in Shanghai’s Taoist Economy
Der-Ruey Yang, National University of Singapore
v Catholicism and Intergroup Conflicts in a North China Village
Xiao-Qing Wang, California Institute of Technology
v Manage to Educate: Religious Commitment in Yiguan Dao
Yunfeng Lu, City University of Hong Kong
v Cultural Revolutions: The Unintended Consequences of Communism in China
Richard McCarthy, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Session G4: Thematic Session: Learning Moralities
Convener: Bryan Froehle, Dominican University
v When Bedrock Socialization Erodes, Ideas about Morality Change: Some Observations Made by Older Adults
Susan A. Eisenhandler, University of Connecticut
v Predicting Moral Relativism Among American Adolescents
Youn Ok Lee, University of North Carolina
v History and Metaphor, Spirituality and Feminism in the Formation of Peace and Justice Activists
Celia Winkler, University of Montana, Lynne Isaacson, Concordia College, and Kristeen Black, University of Montana
v Factors Affecting Peoples Attitudes Toward Some Moral Issues
Hui-Tzu Grace Chou, Utah Valley State College
ASR 2004
Annual Meeting Program, p. 19
Session G5: Retrospective on Niklas Luhmann’s Theses on the Sociology of Religion
Organizer and convener: Detlef Pollack, University of Frankfurt (Oder)
Discussant: D. Paul Johnson, Texas Tech University
v Basic Elements of Niklas Luhmann’s Theory of Religion and Secularization
Detlef Pollack, University of Frankfurt (Oder)
v Observing Religion without Foundations: Distinguishing Communication and Consciousness in the Sociology of Religion
Günter Thomas, University of Heidelberg
v Niklas Luhmann’s Theory of Religion and Empirical Research on Religion
Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, University of Leipzig
Saturday, August 14, 2:30-4:15 p.m.
Session H1: Religious Freedom
Organizers: Lori G. Beaman, Concordia University, and James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno
Convener: Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University
v The Sociology of Religious Freedom
James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno
v In Whose Service is Perfect Freedom
Eileen Barker, London School of Economics
v Freedom of Religion and Freedom from Religion: The Prisoners Dilemma
James A. Beckford, University of Warwick
v Moral Codes and Religious Freedom
Lori G. Beaman, Concordia University
Session H2: Islam
Convener: Said Arjomand, State University of New York, Stony Brook
v On Being Religious: Patterns of Religious Commitment in Muslim Societies
Riaz Hassan, Flinders University
v Dress and Discipline: A Foucauldian Analysis of the Hijab Controversy
Christine Soriea Sheikh, University of Arizona
v The Politics of the Martyrdom in Muslim World
Enzo Pace, University of Padova
v Martyrdom and Morality: The Islamic Concept of Self-Sacrifice and its Moral Implications
Babak Rahimi, European University Institute at Florence
ASR 2004
Annual Meeting Program, p. 20
Session H3: Thematic Session: Globalization and Morality
Convener: H.B. Cavalcanti, James Madison University
v Religious Organizations and Globalization: A Study of Mennonite World Conference
David Lind, University of Missouri
v Identity through Religious Narratives: Being Mennonite in a Global Era
Kendra Yoder, University of Missouri
v Truth Commissions and Moral Globalization: Theologies of Reconciliation in the Transnational Public Sphere
Jonathan VanAntwerpen, University of California, Berkeley
v Everything You Know is Wrong: How Globalization Undermines Moral Consensus
George Van Pelt Campbell, Grove City College
Session H4: Asian-American Religion
Convener: Carolyn Chen, Northwestern University
Discussant: Peter Kivisto, Augustana College
v
Voices of Change:
Different Institutional Approaches to Politics
among Korean American Evangelicals
Eliaine Howard Ecklund, Cornell University
v Bound by Denominational Ties? Asian-American Ministry in a Mainline Protestant Church
Pui-Yan Lam, Eastern Washington University
v Singing, Sewing and Dancing Worship: Multicultural Catholics and New Filipino Immigrants in a Chicago Parish
Kersten Bayt Priest, Loyola University of Chicago
Session H5: Secularization and Postmodernism
Convener: Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame
Discussant: Anthony J. Blasi, Tennessee State University
v Models of Secularization and Religious Rationalization in Emile Durkheim and Max Weber: The Unilinear, the Dialectical, and the Paradoxical
Warren Goldstein, University of Central Florida
v Moral Values and Moral Density: A Postmodern Durkheimian Perspective
Swati Shirwadkar, University of Pune, Robert F. Szafran, & Tom Segady, Stephen F. Austin State University
v Ministry, Structure, and Networks: Building Catholic Communities of Faith within the Social and Ecclesial Environment of the Contemporary United States Since 1960
Bryan Froehle, Dominican University
ASR Annual Meeting Program, p. 21
Saturday, August 14, 4:30 p.m.
ASR Business Meeting
Saturday, August 14, 6:00 p.m.
Paul Hanly Furfey Lecture
Convener: Joseph B. Tamney, Ball State University
v Render Unto Caesar? The Dilemmas of a Multicultural World
Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University
Saturday, August 14, 7:00 p.m.
The reception is cosponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Science of the University of San Francisco and the ASR.
Sunday, August 15, 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 15, 8:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 15, 8:30-10:15 a.m.
Session I1: Thematic Session: Author Meets Critics: Christian Smith’s Moral, Believing Animals: Human Personhood and Culture
Organizer and convener: David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame
Respondent: Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
v Jose Casanova, New School for Social Research
v Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania
v Nancy Ammerman, Boston University
v Paul Lichterman, University of Southern California
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 22
Session I2: Religious Adaptations to Political Restrictions in China
Convener: Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
v Urban Buddhism in China Today: A Case Study of The Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai
Xiangping Li, Shanghai University
v A New Method of Outreach in Chinese Buddhism: The Example of the Bailin Temple Chan Summer Camp
Dedong Wei, Renmin University of China
v Sources of Religious Freedom in China: The Case of the Catholic Church
Shun-hing Chan, Hong Kong Baptist University
v Outreach in an Authoritarian State: Novel Forms of Christian Organization in Reform Era China
Carsten Vala, University of California, Berkeley
Session I3 Religion and Gender
Convener: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri
v Women of Value and the Devaluation of Women
Nancy Ramsey Tosh, University of Phoenix
v Work, Family, and Depression Among Married Women: Does Religion Make a Difference
Christopher G. Ellison & Margaret L. Vaaler, University of Texas at Austin
v Hyper-Masculinities, Hyper-Christianity & Hyper-Technology: Promise Keepers’ Use of Technology to Empower Masculine Spirituality
James A. Fenimore, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
v Religion and Gender, an Attempted Overview
Inger Furseth, University of Southern California
Session I4 Religious Giving and Missions
Convener: Anthony E. Healy, Visions-Decisions, Inc., Atlanta
v Pre-Post 2002 Boston Scandal Effects on Financial Support for Religious Ministries
Anson Shupe, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne & Susan E. Darnell, Portage, Indiana
v Religion, Empathy, and Altruism
Matt Bradshaw & Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas at Austin
v Way to Give: Tithing Practices of Low-Income Churches
Stephanie Boddie, Washington University
v Short-Term Missions as Civic Service: A New Ethic
Stephanie Boddie & Elizabeth Johnson, Washington University
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 23
Session I5: The Efficacy of Liberal Moralities
Organizer and convener: Donna Chirico, York College
Discussant: Katie Day, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
v Where Lies the Wisdom: The Question of Moral Creativity
Donna Chirico, York College
v Judging From and For the Dominant: Religious Objects as Legal Subjects
Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University
v Interrogating the Relationship of Religion, Spirituality, and Environmentalism
Evan Berry, University of California, Santa Barbara
Sunday, August 15, 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Session J1: ASR/ASA Joint Thematic Session: Deepening Democracy through Faith-Based Citizen Activism: Strengths, Critiques, Alternatives
Organizer and convener: Richard L. Wood, University of New Mexico
v Omar M. McRoberts, University of Chicago
v Scott Reed, Pacific Institute for Community Organization
v Marshall Ganz, Harvard University
v Janice Fine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Session J2: Protestant Expansion in Latin America
Convener and discussant: Otto Maduro, Drew University
v The Limits of Instrumentality: The Logic of Gift Exchange in Venezuelan Pentecostalism
David Smilde, University of Georgia
v Religious Diffusion and the Political and Social Consequences of Missionary Style
H.B. Cavalcanti, James Madison University
v Religious Discourse: An Attempt to Produce Cultural Dialogue
Maria de Lourdes Beldi de Alcântara, University of Sao Paulo
Session J3: Tips for Graduate Students I: Publishing in Journals
Organizer: Suzanne Fournier, Purdue University
v Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick
v Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis
v Rhys Williams, University of Cincinatti
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 24
Session J4: Judaism
Convener: Rachel Kraus, Purdue University
Discussant: Dana Fenton, Lehman College, CUNY
v Jewish Diversity on Capitol Hill: A Comparative Analysis of Reform and Orthodox Washington Offices
Rachel Kraus, Purdue University
v Intermarriage and American Jewish Identity
Robert Liebman & Joshua Bass, Portland State University
v Conservadox: The New Denomination in Judaism
Jessica Greenberg, Middlebury College
Sunday, August 15, 12:30-2:15 p.m.
Session K1: Testing Economic Models of Religious Change
Convener: José Casanova, New School for Social Research
v A New Map of Social Distance and Religious Competition among U.S. Denominations
Daniel V.A. Olson, Indiana University, South Bend
v Understanding Church Growth and Decline: A Test of the Market Based Approach
Laurie Cooper Stoll & Larry R. Peterson, University of Memphis
v Rewards and Rational Choice: Examining the Potentially Undermining Effects of Reward Structures at Church-affiliated Colleges and Universities
Robin D. Perrin, Pepperdine University
v Can Durkheim Account for Conversion and Reaffiliation? A Comparison between a Structural Functional Research Program and Stark and Finke’s Rational Choice Theory
Durk H. Hak, University of Groningen
Session K2: Thematic Session: Morality in Post-Communist Societies
Convener: Jerry Pankhurst, Wittenberg University
v Moral Values in Post-Communist Slovenia,
Vinko Potocnik, University of Ljublijana
v Political Transformation, Religion, and Morality: An Examination of Post-Communist Nations
Tim Bower, Western Michigan University
v Why, at all, Do We Need Religion? Religion and Morality in Post-Communist Europe
Sinisa Zrinščak, University of Zagreb, Croatia
v The Globalized Beginnings of Evangelical Understandings of Morality on Post-Communist Transitions
Catherine Wanner, Pennsylvania State University
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 25
Session K3: Religion, Healing, Welfare and Well-Being: Policies and Praxis in Comparative Perspective (Joint with ISA RC22)
Organizers: Grace Davie, University of Exeter, and Ivan Varga, Queens University, Kingston
Convener: Adam Possamai, University of Western Sydney
Discussant: Grace Davie, University of Exeter
v Is the New Age a Religion of Well-being or Something More?
Martin Geoffroy, Fordham University
v Healing, Religion and Well-being
Régis Dericquebourg, Université de Lille III
v Anxious Moments: The Calming Role of Religious Faith and Practice Among U.S. Adults
Christopher G. Ellison, Amy Burdette, & Terrence Hill, University of Texas at Austin
Convener: Richard McCarthy, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
v What Do You Believe ? A Documentary Screening and Dialogue
Sarah Feinbloom, Sarafina Productions
Sunday, August 15, 2:30-4:15 p.m.
Session L1: ASR/ASA Joint Thematic Session: Conscience: Sociological Reconstruction and Deconstruction
Organizer and convener: William H. Swatos, Jr., ASR/RRA Executive Office
Discussant: Edward A. Tiryakian, Duke University
v Conscience, Individual and Collective, in Contemporary America
Robert Bellah, University of California, Berkeley
v Sociology’s Bearing on the Problem of Conscience and Western Religions
Anthony Blasi, Tennessee State University
v Conscience and Its Contexts in Late Modernity
John Simpson, University of Toronto
Session L2: Tips for Graduate Students II: Working as a Sociologist of Religion
Organizer and convener: Paul Y. Chang, Stanford University
Panelists:
v Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
v John H. Evans, University of California, San Diego
v Roger Finke, Pennsylvania State University
v Grace Davie, University of Exeter
ASR 2004 Annual Meeting Program, p. 26
Session L3: Religion, Advocacy, and Social Services
Convener and discussant: Anthony E. Healy, Visions-Decisions, Inc., Atlanta
v Proximity Matters: Understanding Congregations through an Ecological Framework
Jill Witmer Sinha, Amy Hillier, & Charlene C. McGrew, University of Pennsylvania
v The Non-sacred Use of Congregational Space: The Moral Imperative and the Dissemination of Morality
Ram Cnaan, Charlene C. McGrew, & Beverly Frazier, University of Pennsylvania
v “Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of Thy God in Vain”: National Religious Advocacy Groups’ Use of “God Talk”
Rachel Kraus, Purdue University
Session L4: Civil Religion and Moral Dialogues
Convener and discussant: Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame
v Rally ’Round the Flag? A Continuance of Discussion on Civil Religion
Michael H. Montgomery, Chicago Theological Seminary
v A Consistent Ethic of Life: Prudential Judgment or Moral Judgments
William V. D’Antonio, Catholic University of America
v Escape From Morality
William A. Stahl, Luther College, University of Regina