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ASREC 2007 PROGRAM: November 2-4, 2007 - Hyatt Regency, Tampa FL
Held jointly with the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association, and funded in part by grants from the Metanexus Institute and the Templeton Foundation. See the SSSR/RRA program for a complete list of conference sessions and events: www.SSSRweb.org.
For a printed version of the program: [Program - doc]
Friday Morning (November 2), Time Slot 1
Spiritual Capital [ASREC]
Convener: Kimon Sergeant, Templeton Foundation, ksargeant@templeton.org
'Risk, Religion, and Regional Development'
Brian J. Osoba, University of Texas at El Paso, bosoba@utep.edu
'Spiritual, Human, and Physical Capital: Are They Complementary Factors in Economic Growth?'
Charles North, Baylor University, charles_north@baylor.edu
Wafa Hakim Orman, Baylor University, wafa_orman@baylor.edu
Carl Gwin, Pepperdine University, carl.gwin@pepperdine.edu
'Religion and Economic Development: Evidence from the Early Twentieth Century'
Robert Subrick, James Madison University,subricjr@jmu.edu
New Methods for the Study of Religious Belief, Behavior, and Institutions [Asrec]
Convener: Chris Bader, Baylor University
'TBA'
William Sims Banbridge, National Science Foundation, wsbainbridge@yahoo.com
'A Model of Emergent Extermism: Necessary Conditions and Countervailing Policy'
Michael Makowsky, George Mason University, mmakowsk@gmu.edu
'Strategic Congregational Management'
Hernan Bejarano, Penn State University, hbejainpenn@gmail.com
Student Research #1 [Asrec]
Convener: Robert Stonebraker, Winthrop University, stonebrakerr@winthrop.edu
'Did Religion Have Anything to Do with Success and Failure in Post-Communist Transition?'
Leonid Krasnozhon, George Mason University, lkrasnoz@gmu.edu
'A Sacrificial death?'
Jason Wollschleger, University of Washington, jason.etc@gmail.com
'Overcoming Selfishness: Religion and the Alternatives'
William McBride, George Mason University, wmcbride@gmu.edu
Friday Morning (November 2), Time Slot 2
Religion, Values, and Economic Development [ASREC]
Convener: Jared Rubin, Stanford University, jrubin@stanford.edu
'Values, Beliefs, and Development'
Jeffry Jacob, College of St. Benedict, St. John's University, jjacob@csbsju.edu
Thomas Osang, Southern Methodist University, tosang@mail.smu.edu
'Corruption, Faith, and Economic Growth'
John E. Stapleford, Eastern University, jstaplef@easter.edu
'Efficiency Comparison Between Conventional Development Aid and Missionary Work'
Esa Mangeloja, University of Jyvaskyla, eman@econ.jyu.fi
Tomi Ovaska, University of Regina, tomi.ovaska@uregina.ca
'International Christian Organizations and the Development of Sub-Saharan Africa-A Critical Study'
James A.P. Tiburcio, Universidade de Brasilia, jamestiburcio@yahoo.com
Demography, Development, and Gender [ASREC]
Convener: Brian Grim, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, bgrim@pewforum.org
'Demographic Change and Religion in Central Asia Following the Transition to a Market Economy'
Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University, kathryn.anderson@vanderbilt.edu
Linda Carta, Vanderbilt University, l.carter@vanderbilt.edu
'Religion, Attitudes Towards Working Mothers and Wives' Full-time Employment: Evidence for Germany, Italy, and the UK'
Guido Heineck, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, guido.heineck@gmx.net
'The Church versus the Spirit: The Impact of Christianity on the Treatment of Women in Africa
Carrie A. Miles, George Mason University, carrie@econzone.com
'Human Capital, Religion, and Contraceptive Use in Ghana'
Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and Lee University, blunchn@wlu.edu
New Book Session: "God from the Machine" [Asrec]
Convener: Laurence R. Iannaccone, George Mason University, larry@econzone.com
Panelists:
Chris Bader, Baylor University, christopher_bader@baylor.edu
Michael Makowsky, George Mason University, mmakowsk@gmu.edu
Laurence R. Iannaccone, George Mason University, larry@econzone.com
Author/Response:
William Sims Banbridge, National Science Foundation, wsbainbridge@yahoo.com
Friday Afternoon (November 2), Time Slot 1
Mentoring Session/Student Research [ASREC]
Convener: Michael McBride, University of California-Irvine, mcbride@uci.edu
'Religion, Altruism, and Social Capital'
Nathanael Smith, George Mason University, Nathan_Smith@ksg03.harvard.edu
'Economics of Philanthropy: Evidence from the Late-Ming and Qing Dynasties'
Yang He, George Mason University, hyang6@gmu.edu
'Rational Irrationality as a Habit: A Dynamic Approach Towards Belief Formation'
Dalibor Rohac, George Mason University, drohac@gmu.edu
'"Yield Not to Temptation": Religion as Anti-Addictive Social Capital'
SangHo Yoon, George Mason University
Political Economy [ASREC]
Convener: Robert I. Mochrie, Heriot-Watt University, U.K, r.i.mochrie@hw.ac.uk
'The Political Manipulation of Religion and its Limits: Modeling How Policy Incentives Change the Priorities of Faith-based Service Organizations'
Michael McGinnis, Indiana University, mcginnis@indiana.edu
'Assessing the Impact of Religion in Foreign Policy: A Religious Economy Analysis'
Carolyn Warner, Arizona State University, cwarner@asu.edu
'Greedy Sects and the Jealous States: The Political Logic of Religious Regulation'
David Smith, University of Michigan, davidsth@umich.edu
'Democratic Governance and Organizational Success: The Industrial Organization of Religious Firms'
William R. Clark, University of Michigan, wrclark@umich.edu
Economics of Religion #1 [ASREC]
Convener: Daniel Hungerman ,Notre Dame, dhungerm@nd.edu
'Egalitarianism and Economics: American Jewish Families'
Carmel Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago, cchis@uic.edu
'Sects and Violence'
Eli Berman, University of California, San Diego, elib@ucsd.edu
'Religious Roots of the Print Revolution: Why Some Adopted Printing and Others Waited 300 Years'
Robert Woodberry, University of Texas - Austin, bobwood@mail.la.utexas.edu
'Interest Bans and Institutions: An Economic Theory of Inhibitive Norm Persistence in Islam and Christianity'
Jared Rubin, Stanford University, jrubin@stanford.edu
Friday Afternoon (November 2), Time Slot 2
Religion and Rational Choice #1 [SSSR]
Convener: Brooks Hull, University of Michigan-Dearborn, bhull@umd.umich.edu
'Does Low Religious Market Share Boost Recruitment Efforts'
Jonathon Hill, University of Notre Dame, jhill3@nd.edu
Daniel V.A. Olson, Purdue University
'Free riding in religious congregations: Can it be eradicated?'
Sergio Figueroa Sanz, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, sergiofigueroasanz@yahoo.com
'The Marketplace of Religion: Reflections on the Rise of Dge lugs School in Tibet'
Rachel M. McCleary, Harvard University, mccleary@wcfia.harvard.edu
Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp, Harvard University, vanderk@fas.harvard.edu
Religion and Philanthropy [ASREC]
Convener: Christine Brickman, Catholic University of America, cbrickma@gmu.edu
'Passing the Collection Plate: An Examination of Weekly Church Offerings'
Paul J. Olson, Briar Cliff University, paul.olson@briarcliff.edu
'Faith, Hope, and Charity'
Thomas M. Smith, University of Illinois at Chicago, tomsmith@uic.edu
'Diversity and Crowd Out: A Theory of Cold-Glow Giving'
Daniel Hungerman, Notre Dame, dhungerm@nd.edu
'Religion, Exchange, Coexistence and Growth'
Resit Ergener, Bogazici University, resit.ergener@boun.edu.tr
Religious Conflict, Commitment, and Cohesion: Evolutionary and Economic Approaches [ASREC]
Convener: Richard Sosis, University of Connecticut, richard.sosis@uconn.edu
'Ingroups and Outgroups: How religion has conhered and cleaved'
Azim Shariff, University of British Columbia, azim@psych.ubc.ca
'Psalms for Safety: Magico-Religious Responses to Threats of Terror'
Richard Sosis, University of Connecticut, richard.sosis@uconn.edu
'Religion and Support for Suicide Attacks'
Ara Norenzayan, University of British Columbia, ara@psych.ubc.ca
Ian Hansen, University of British Columbia
Jeremy Ginges, New School for Social Research
'Exploring the Relationship between Religious Commitment and Cooperation: Findings from Northeastern Brazil'
Montserrat Soler, Rutgers University, carmin@eden.rutgers.edu
Saturday Morning (November 3), Time Slot 1
Religion and Rational Choice #2 [ASREC]
Convener: TBA
'Greek Blood Sacrifice as Economic Regulation'
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'
Zsolt Becsi, Southern Illinois University, becsi@siu.edu
'Religion Trumps Race in Implicit Prejudice'
Azim Shariff, University of British Columbia, azim@psych.ubc.ca
Religious Firms and Markets [ASREC]
Convener: Mark Regnerus, University of Texas, regnerus@prc.utexas.edu
'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
'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
Religion, History, and Economic Development [ASREC]
Convener: Carolyn Warner, Arizona State University, cwarner@asu.edu
'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
'Does economic development cause a decline in relgiosity? Explaining the separation between Church and State in France in 1905'
Raphael Franck, Bar-Ilan University, franckr@mail.biu.ac.il
'Cultural Transformations and "Islamic Capitalism" in Malaysia from 1971 to the Present'
Ermin Sinanovic, United States Naval Academy, sinanovi@usna.edu
Saturday Morning (November 3), Time Slot 2
Book Session: "Who Really Cares? America's Charity Divide: Who Gives, Who Doesn't, and Why it Matters" [ASREC]
Convener: David Mustard, University of George, mustard@terry.uga.edu
Discussant #1: David Mustard, University of Georgia, mustard@terry.uga.edu
Discussant #2: Thomas M. Smith, University of Illinois at Chicago, tomsmith@uic.edu
Discussant #3: Daniel Hungerman, Notre Dame, dhungerm@nd.edu
Discussant #4: Anthony Gill, University of Washington, tgill@u.washington.edu
Response: Arthur Brooks, Syracuse University, acbrooks@maxwell.syr.edu
Islamic Economics and the Economics of Islam
Convener: Robert Woodberry, University of Texas- Austin, bobwood@mail.la.utexas.edu
'Human capital development in social capital matrix perspective: A case study of Pakistan in emerging global market'
Syed Akhter Hussain Shah, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, akhtar_hshah@yahoo.com
Muslehud Din, Pakistan Institute of Developmental Economics
Eatzas Ahmed Quaid-I-Azam, University Islamabad Pakistan, Muslehud Din, Pakistan Institute of Developmental Economics
'How 'Islamic' are Islamic Banks?'
Feisal Khan, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, khan@hws.edu
'The Beloved Enemy'
Malda Al-Sarayji, George Mason University, cidrah1@yahoo.com
'Value Change and Sustainable Moderation of Political Islam: Theory and Evidence from Turkey'
Murat Somer, Koc University, musomer@ku.edu.tr
ERel-Ed: Teaching Students the Economics of Religion [ASREC]
Convener: Kristin Terkun, Hampden-Sydney College, kterkun@hsc.edu
'ERel for graduate students
Gary Richardson, University of California-Irvine, garyr@uci.edu
'Teaching a large undergraduate ERel class'
Michael McBride, University of California-IRvine, mcbride@uci.edu
'ERel as a topic for undergraduate microeconomics courses'
Robert Stonebraker, Winthrop University, stonebrakerr@winthrop.edu
'ERel as an interdisciplinary field of study for undergraduate students'
Carmel Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago, cchis@uic.edu
12-1pm: ASREC 'TANSTAAFL' LUNCHEON
Saturday Afternoon (November 3), Time Slot 1
Religion and Economy [SSSR]
Convener: Mark Chaves, Duke University, mac58@soc.duke.edu
'Faith-Based Oranizations and Federal Dollars: More God for your Buck?'
Molly A. Martinez, Yale University, molly.martinez@yale.edu
'Casino Development - Sin or Savior? Situating Economic Behavior in Religious Context'
Tracy L. Farrigan, PhD, Economic Research Service, US Dept. of Agriculture, tfarrigan@ers.usda.gov
'Max Weber and Islam: The Paradox of Economic Development in Islamic Societies'
Ayman Reda, Grand Valley State University, redaa@gvsu.edu
'(Mis)marketing policy: How megachurch growth has changed American politics'
Mara Einstein, Queens College, CUNY, mara.einstein@qc.cuny.edu
The Religious Factor in Contemporary American Political Conflict [ASREC]
Convener: Laura Olson, Clemson University, laurao@clemson.edu
'A 'Sophisticated' Prejudice: Anti-Christian Fundamentalism in Contemporary America'
Louis Bolce, Baruch College, Louis_Bolce@baruch.cuny.edu
Gerald De Maio, Baruch College, Gerald_Demaio@baruch.cuny.edu
'The Changing Face of Politicized Anti-Catholicism
J. Matthew Wilson, Southern Methodist University, jmwilson@smu.edu
'Religion in Congress Revisited'
James L. Guth, Furman University, jim.guth@furman.edu
'Religion, Liberalism and Incommensurable Norms'
Rober T. Miller, Villanova University School of Law, miller@law.villanova.edu
International Patterns of Religious Affiliation and Participation [ASREC]
Convener: Rachel M. McCleary, Harvard University, mccleary@wcfia.harvard.edu
'A Terrible Beauty is Born: Exploring the Relationship Between Changing Religious Attributes and Emerging Social Attitudes in Europe'
Michael J. Breen, University of Limerick, michael.breen@mic.ul.ie
'Changing Religious Identification in Australia and New Zealand'
Sarah King-Hele, University of Manchester
David Voas, University of Manchester, voas@man.ac.uk
'Triangulating the World's Most Dynamic Religious Market: Africa'
Brian J. Grim, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, bgrim@pewforum.org
Saturday Afternoon (November 3), Time Slot 2
ASREC Presidential Address
'Introduction'
Anthony Gill, University of Washington, tgill@u.washington.edu
'Faithful Measures: Toward Improving Religion Metrics'
Roger Finke, Penn State University, rfinke@psu.edu
SATURDAY NIGHT, 9-11pm: ASREC Evening Social
Sunday Morning (November 4), Time Slot 1
Religion and Identity [ASREC]
Convener: Raphael Franck, Bar-Ilan University, franckr@mail.biu.ac.il
'Hostile Territory: High-tension Religion and the Jewish Peddler'
Colleen E.H. Berndt, San Hose State University, colleen.berndt@sjsu.edu
'Identity, Collective Beliefs, and the Allocation of Resources'
Thomas D. Jeitschko, Michigan State University, jeitschk@msu.edu
Seamus O'Connell, Maynooth College, seamus.g.oconnell@may.ie
Rowena A. Pecchenino, Michigan State University, rowenap@msu.edu
'Rational Choice Meets Chool Choice in the Jewish Community: The Case of Jewish Day Schools'
Bruce A. Phillips, Hebrew Union College, bphillips@huc.edu
'Private School Choice: The Effects of Religious Affiliation and Participation'
Danny Cohen-Zada, Ben-Gurion, University, danoran@bgu.ac.il
William Sander, DePaul University
Economics of Religion 2 [ASREC]
Convener: Chuck Zech, Villanova University, charles.zech@villanova.edu
'Religion in China Under Communism: A Political Economic Approach'
Fenggang Yang, Purdue University, fyang@purdue.edu
'Human Capital Accumulation and the Inter-Denominational Mobility of American Jews'
Christine Brickman, Catholic University of America, cbrickma@gmu.edu
'Public Reason as a Discursive System'
Fred Frohock, University of Miami, ffrohock@maxwell.syr.edu
Sunday Morning (November 4), Time Slot 2
Empirical Studies of Religious Participation [ASREC]
Convener: Eli Berman, University of California, San Diego, elib@ucsd.edu
'Moving on Over: Geographic Mobility as a Predictor of Switching and Attendance Frequency in American Religion'
Christopher Born, The Catholic University of America, 29born@cua.edu
'Local Culture and the Maintenance and Transmission of Religious Practice'
David Voas, University of Manchester, voas@manchester.ac.uk
Daniel V.A. Olson, Purdue University
'Measuring Religious Commitment and Secularization Through Time-Use Data'
Ariela Keysar, Trinity College, ariela.keysar@trincoll.edu
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, University of Haifa
Barry Kosmin, Trinity College
'Praying for a Recession: The Business Cycle and Protestant Church Growth in the United States'
David Beckworth, Andrews University, dmb@andrews.edu
Empirical Studies of Religious Capital [ASREC]
Convener: Convener/Discussant: Charles M. North, Baylor University, Charles_North@baylor.edu
'Looking Backward: Reconstructing Religious History with Retrospective Data'
Laurence Iannaccone, George Mason University, larry@econzone.com
'Subjective and objective measures of religiosity and fertility choices'
Alicia Adsera, Princeton University, adsera@princeton.edu
'The Life and Death Implications of Subsidies for Spiritual Capital'
Robert Subrick, James Madison University,subricjr@jmu.edu
Thanks to all those who contributed to these meetings, including session participants, ASREC officers, the Center for the Economic Study of Religion, the Metanexus Institute, the Templeton Foundation, and others.
ASREC Officers: President: Roger Finke (Penn. State U.) Executive Officer: Larry Iannaccone (George Mason U.) Program Chair: Thomas Moore (U. Illinois – Chicago) Anthony Gill (U. Washington) Evelyn Lehrer (U. Illinois – Chicago)
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