7th Annual ASREC Conference
October 17-19, 2008 - Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, KY
For complete SSSR program & registration information, see www.SSSRweb.org.
Thursday, October 16
6:00-9:00p.m.
Registration
8:00-10:00 p.m.
Reception with Cash Bar
Friday, October 17
8:00am-3:00pm
Registration
9:00am-4:00pm
Book Exhibit
Saturday, October 18
SATURDAY MORNING, 8:30-10:00
E-7 New Findings from Wave 2 of the Baylor Religion Survey [ASREC/SSSR]
Organizer and Convener: Christopher Bader, Baylor University
Panelists
Paul Froese, Baylor University
Jerry Park, Baylor University
Kevin Dougherty, Baylor University
Carson Mencken, Baylor University
Chris Bader, Baylor University
E-9 Latin America and the State of Liberation Theology [ASREC/SSSR]
Convener: TBA
San Nicolas, Patron of the Prostitutes
Marten van der Meulen, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Crusaders and Good Samaritans: Evangelical and Catholic Responses to Gang Violence in Central America
Robert Brenneman, University of Notre Dame
What Ever Happened to Liberation Theology
Stephen Armet, University of Notre Dame
SATURDAY MORNING, 10:15-11:45
F-8 Religious Markets and Behavior [ASREC/SSSR]
Convener/Discussant: TBA
European Exceptionalism: Why More Freedom Does Not Lead to More Religion in the Netherlands
Erik Sengers, VU University – Amsterdam, e.sengers@fsw.vu.nl
The Effect of Religiosity on Muslim American Political Behavior
Dino Bozonelos, University of California, Riverside
Marginality in the Catholic Church: A Religious Capital Approach
Christine M. Brickman, The Catholic University of America
Financing Religion: Theory & Evidence
Feler Bose, Alma College
SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1:15-2:45
G-8 The Economics of Religious Identity and Extremism [ASREC/SSSR]
Convener/Discussant: TBA
Religious Clubs and Social Divides
Michael D. Makowsky, Towson University
‘Where is the Religion?’ Utility Functions and the Scientific Study of Religion
Ayman Reda, Grand Valley State University
G-10 Megachurches and Social Change [ASREC/SSSR]
Convener: TBA
Signaling Quality to Seekers: How Megachurches Attract Religious Refugees
Marc von der Ruhr, St. Norbert College, Joseph P. Daniel, Marquette University
Redefining Church Growth in the Southern Baptist Convention
William Day, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Megachurches and Social Change: Why Megachurches are Increasingly Becoming Forces for Philanthropic, Political, and Social Activism
Peter Mundey, University of Notre Dame
MEGA-TECH and MEGA-FAITH: Toward A More Nuanced Understanding of Technology and Megachurches
Justin Farrell, Princeton Seminary
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 3:00-4:30
H-8 Studies of Religion’s Social and Economic Consequences [ASREC/SSSR]
Convener/Discussant: TBA
Spiritual Capital and the Economic Family in Africa
Carrie A. Miles, George Mason University
U.S. Divorce Law Reform and Catholic Marital Behavior
Scott Gregoire, University of Texas
Religion and Child Health
Donka Mirtcheva, University of Illinois-Chicago
TBA
Mark Ottoni Wilhelm, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis,
H-12 Perspectives on Understanding the Global Congregation [SSSR]
Convener/Discussant: TBA
Supply and Demand. The Use of Marketing in Dutch Mainstream Churches
Erik Sengers, VU University Amsterdam
Globalization and the Eastern Orthodox Church in North America: A Spatial Perspective
Frances Kostarelos, Governors State University
Empirical Support Toward a Typology of Faith: The Adherent Driver Matrix
W.L. Martin, Trinity International University
Religious Affiliation A Rational Choice: An Ethnographic Study
Judith A. Fleck, Wayne State University
Saturday Evening Plenary Activities
5:30-6:45
SSSR Presidential Address and Award Ceremony
Dean Hoge, Catholic University
7:00-8:00
Reception and Cash Bar
Rathskeller