E-5 Global Growth of Mormons, Witnesses, and Adventists [SSSR/MSSA]
Garrison II
Organizers and Conveners
Henri Gooren, Utrecht University, h.p.p.gooren@theo.uu.nl
Rick Phillips, University of North Florida, richard.phillips@unf.edu
‘International Stagnation: Declining Mormon Growth Rates and Secularization’
Ryan Cragun, University of Tampa ryantcragun@gmail.com
‘Mormon Dilemmas in Nicaragua’
Henri Gooren, Utrecht University, h.p.p.gooren@theo.uu.nl
‘On the Political Economy of Mormon Growth’
David C. Knowlton, Utah Valley State College, knowltda@uvsc.edu
‘Comparing Further the Global Growth-Rates and Distributions of Adventists, Mormons, and Witnesses’
Ronald Lawson, Queens College CUNY, ronaldlawson1@verizon.net
E-6 Psychological Types [SSSR]
Garrison III
Convener
Scott Forrest Grover, Fuller Theological Seminary, sf_grover@cp.fuller.edu
‘Mystical orientation and psychological type: an empirical study among guests staying at a Benedictine Abbey’
Leslie J. Francis, University of Wales, l.j.francis@bangor.ac.uk
‘Psychological profiling of Anglican clergy in England: employing Jungian typology to interpret diversity, strengths, and potential weaknesses in ministry’
Mandy Robbins, University of Wales, m.robbins@bangor.ac.uk
‘Church tradition and psychological type preferences among Anglicans in England’
Andrew Village, University of Wales, a.village@bangor.ac.uk
E-7 Religion and Rational Choice # 2 [SSSR/ASREC]
Esplanade I
‘Greek Blood Sacrifice as Economic Regulation Hunt’
John Rundin, University of California - Davis, jsrundin@ucdavis.edu
‘Religious Cognition, Prisoner’s Dilemmas and The Stag Hunt’
Joseph Bulbulia,Victoria University of Wellington, joseph.bulbulia@vuw.ac.nz
‘Ambiguity and Religious Markets (or Religious Market Structure with Endogenous Beliefs)’
Zsolt Becsi, Southern Illinois University, becsi@siu.edu
‘TBA’
Azim Shariff, University of British Columbia, azim@psych.ubc.ca
E-8 Religious Firms and Markets [ASREC]
Esplanade II
‘Market Size, Market Structure, and Competition: Local Religious Markets in Nineteenth Century Scotland’
Robert I. Mochrie,Heriot-Watt University, r.I.mochrie@hw.ac.uk
John W. Sawkins, Heriot-Watt University,
Alexander U. Naumov, Heriot-Watt University
‘Free Riding, Market Structure, and Member Commitment in South Carolina Churches’
Brooks B. Hull,University of Michigan-Dearborn, bhull@umd.umich.edu
Jody Lipford, Presbyterian College, jlipford@mail.presby.edu
‘Performance Incentives and Contracts for Clergy Labor’
Becky Rosalius Haney,Oklahoma City University, bhaney@okcu.edu
‘A Model of Religious Investment to Explain the Success of “Megachurches”’
Marc von der Ruhr,St. Norbert College, marc.von-der-ruhr@snc.edu
Joseph P. Daniels, Marquette University,
E-9 Religion, History, and Economic Development [ASREC]
Esplanade III
‘How the Medieval Church Fostered Cooperation, Built Institutions, and Contributed to the Economic Ascent of Western Europe’
Charles North, Baylor University, charles_North@baylor.edu
Carl Gwin, Pepperdine University, carl.gwin@pepperdine.edu
‘The Afterlife as a Disciplinary Device: On Purgatory and the Credibility of Postmortem Prayers in Chantries’
Michael McBride, University of California-Irvine, mcbride@uci.edu
Gary Richardson, University of California-Irvine, garyr@uci.edu
‘Religion and Economic Development: Weber was Right!’
Robert Subrick, James Madison University, jsubrick@gmu.edu
‘Cultural Transformations and “Islamic Capitalism” in Malaysia from 1971 to the Present’
Ermin Sinanovic,United States Naval Academy, sinanovi@usna.edu
E-10 The New Organizational Ties that Bind [RRA]
Regency V
‘Networking Across Denominations in the Multicultural/Multiethnic Church Movement’
Kathleen Garces-Foley, Marymount University, garces.foley@marymount.edu
‘Multi-Site Church Overview: The Movement of Becoming One Church in Many Locations’
Warren Bird, Leadership Network, Warren.Bird@leadnet.org
‘Nondenominational Meets the “New Paradigm”: Black and White Church Characteristics’
Jacqueline Wenger, The Catholic University of America, jackie_w@comcast.net
‘Growing Up and Leaving Home: Megachurches That Depart Denominations’ Scott Thumma, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, sthumma@hartsem.edu
Adair Lummis, Hartford Institute for Religion Research, alummis@hartsem.edu
E-11 Denomination Identity Issues [RRA]
Regency VII
‘Congregational Types and Pentecostal Identity within the Assemblies of God’
Margaret M. Poloma, The University of Akron, mpoloma@uakron.edu
John C. Green, The University of Akron, green@uakron.edu
‘Archetypes and the American Baptist Churches’
C. Jeff Woods, Associate General Secretary, ABCUSA, Jeff.Woods@abc-usa.org
‘Continuity and change in a historic Anabaptist denomination: Church Member Profile 2006’
Ronald Burwell, Department of Sociology, Messiah College, rburwell@messiah.edu
‘Denominational Identity in the Church of the Nazarene’
Mark Mountain, Executive Pastor, West Flint Church of the Nazarene, themountains@comcast.net
SATURDAY MORNING, 10:15-11:45
F-1 Special Thematic Session: Comparative Studies of Religion and Immigrant Incorporation [SSSR]
Regency V
Organizer and Chair
R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois at Chicago, rswarner@uic.edu
‘Reconstructing Religions, Constructing Religious Pluralism: Evidence from Recent Second Generation Immigrants to Canada’
Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, pbeyer@uottowa.ca
‘Islam and Immigration in Europe and in the United States: Discussion of the Congregational Model’
Jocelyne Cesari, Harvard University, jcesari@fas.harvard.edu
‘Faith Makes Us Live but Misery Divides Us: Haitian Catholics in Miami, Montreal and Paris,’
Margarita Mooney, University of North Carolina, margarita7@unc.edu
‘Immigrant Religions in New York: A Comparative-Historical Perspective’
José Casanova, New School for Social Research, Casanova@newschool.edu
F-2 Author Meets Critics [SSSR]
Regency VI
Faith in the Halls of Power by Michael Lindsay, OUP, Sept 2007
Organizer and Chair
Elaine Howard Ecklund, University at Buffalo, ehe@buffalo.edu
Panel Critics
W. Bradford Wilcox, University of Virginia, wbw7q@virginia.edu
Don Miller, University of Southern California, demiller@usc.edu
John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State University, jschmalzbauer@missouristate.edu
Nancy Ammerman, Boston University, nta@bu.edu
Response
Michael Lindsay, Rice University, mlindsay@rice.edu
F-3 Reviews of Theory and Research [SSSR]
Garrison I
Convener
Kevin Christiano, University of Notre Dame, Kevin.J.Christiano.1@nd.edu
‘The Work of Rodney Stark: An Updated Review of Research over the Last Two Decades’
William R. Garrett, Saint Michael’s College, wgarrett@smcvt.edu
‘Faith Development Theory: A Review of the Empirical Research’
Stephen Parker, Ph.D., Regent University, steppar@regent.edu
‘Church-Sect Theory: A Dialectical Conflict Approach’
Warren S. Goldstein, University of Central Florida, wgoldste@mail.ucf.edu
‘The theological bases of the sociology of religion: Max Weber and the Hebrew roots of western rationalism’
Renan Springer de Freitas, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, springer@netuno.lcc.ufmg.br
F-4 Religion and Social Movements [SSSR]
Garrison II
Convener
Steve Offutt, Boston University soffut_1999@yahoo.com
‘Prophetic Leaders and How They Empower Their Congregations’
Kristeen L. Black., Drew University, Kblack@drew.edu
‘The Great Catholic Awakening: Rerum Novarum and the Origins of Catholic Social Action’
Christopher Pieper, University of Texas, Austin, cpieper@earthlink.net
‘Mahavira, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.: An Examination of the Jaina Influence on the United States’ Civil Rights Movement’
Tim Helton, Drew University, tim@timhelton.com
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