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ASR 2022 DRAFT PROGRAM, AT A GLANCESATURDAY, AUGUST 63:00–7:30 PMASR Executive Council Meeting Room: California A7:00–9:00 PMRegistration in California Foyer7:30–10:00 PMWelcome Reception (includes Awards presentation)Location: The DeckSUNDAY, AUGUST 77:45 AM–5:00 PMRegistration in California Foyer8:00 AM–6:00 PMASR Book Exhibit8:30–10:00 AMSessions A1–A5 (see page 3-4)10:15–11:45 AMSessions B1–B5 (see page 4-6)12:00–1:00 PMMentoring Session for Starting ScholarsRoom: California BE1:15–2:45 PMSessions C1–C5 (see page 6-7)3:00–4:30 PMSessions D1–D5 (see page 7-9)4:45–6:15 PMSessions E1–E5 (see page 9-10)6:30–7:30 PMThe Paul Hanly Furfey LectureThinking Outside The West: Religious Change from Nation-State to Global MarketFrançois Gauthier, Université de FribourgRoom: The Wiltern AE
DRAFT PROGRAM AT A GLANCESUNDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 79:00–10:30 PMGraduate Student MeetupLocation: TBAWomen of ASR MeetupLocation: TBAMONDAY, AUGUST 87:45 AM–2:00 PMRegistration in California Foyer8:00 AM–4:30 PMASR Book Exhibit8:30–10:00 AMSessions F1–F5 (see page 11-12)10:15–11:45 AMSessions G1–G5 (see page 12-14)12:00–1:00 PMASR General Business Meeting (open to everyone)Room: California AB1:15–2:45 PMSessions H1–H5 (see page 14-15)3:00–4:30 PMSessions I1–I5 (see page 16-17)3:00–4:30 PMReserve Book Pickup4:45–6:15 PMSessions J1–J3 (see page 17-18)5:30–6:00 PMCloseout Book Sale6:30–7:30 PMASR Presidential AddressSensitizing Blinders: Theorizing Theory for a Post-Colonial EraJim Spickard, University of RedlandsRoom: The Wiltern AE7:45PMASR Presidential ReceptionLocation: California Foyer or The Deck (TBA)TUESDAY, AUGUST 9TBA AMASR Executive Council Meeting2022 ASR President, Jim Spickard, PresidingRoom: California A2
PARALLEL SESSIONS SUNDAY, AUGUST 7*session includes at least one participant via Zoom**participating via Zoom8:30–10:00 AM, SESSIONS A1–A5A1: (Con)spirituality, health and vaccine hesitancy in pandemic times: a globaloutlook*Room: The Wiltern AConvener: Mar Griera, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona**Anna Halafoff, Deakin University**Verónica Giménez Béliveau, Universitat de Buenos Aires**Mar Griera, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona**A2: “Cults”: The International Return of a Dubious Category*Room: The Wiltern BConvener: Massimo Introvigne, CSENUR“Cults”: A Dubious Category and Its Global ReturnHolly Folk, Western Washington UniversityScientology, Secrecy, Confessions, and NRM v. Cultic StudiesDonald Westbrook, San José State UniversityThe Fight Against “Destructive Sects” in Russia and the War in Ukraine**Rosita Soryte, FOBXie Jiao in China and Taiwan and the Tai Ji Men CaseMassimo Introvigne, CSENURRespondents: Susan Wang-Selfridge and Jeff KuoA3: Religion, Economics, and Inequalities in Asia*Room: The Wiltern CConvener: TBAChogan: Dance of Culture, Religion, and PoliticsBramsh Khan, Syracuse UniversityCastes of Mind: The Brahmo Ambivalence on the Authority of Caste**Dhrubajyoti Sarkar, Duke UniversityHow Religion Affects Economic Inequality through Meritocracy in South KoreaSehwan Lee, Songang University3
A4: Thriving, Vitality, and Multiracial Congregations: Findings from the FaithCommunities Today 2020 SurveyRoom: California DConvenor: Allison Norton, Hartford International UniversityHannah Evans, Hartford International UniversityJerry Park, Baylor UniversityKorie Edwards, The Ohio State UniversityErica Ramirez, Auburn SeminaryA5: Spaces and Bodies of Contestation, Accommodation, & AbsenceRoom: California EConvener: TBAMicro-communities, Power Connections, and Congregations in Local PoliticsRichard Cimino, SUNY-Old Westbury and Hans Toke, CUNYReligion Deserts: Congregational Resource Scarcity Experienced By Black Students AtPredominately Undergraduate Institutions (PUI)Richard Pitt, University of California San DiegoThe Warrior Spirit: Negotiating Between the Soldier and Spiritual SelfTaylor Paige Winfield, Princeton UniversityTransformations in Diasporic Islam. Young Muslim Leaders in ItalyGiulia Mezzetti, Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreSUNDAY, 10:15–11:45 AM SESSIONS B1–B5B1: Workshop: Why open science practices are good for the sociology ofreligionRoom: The Wiltern AConvener: Conrad Hackett, Pew Research CenterJeremy Freese, Stanford UniversityB2: Religion and Immigration in Europe*Room: The Wiltern BConvener: TBABecoming Ready to Lose One’s Own Life: A Theory of Religious Conversion and Decision-Makingamong Former Muslim Somali Christians in the United Kingdom and SwedenMatyas Bodi, University of St AndrewsThe role of religious engagement in mobilizing immigrant political participation in SwedenWeiqian Xia, Stockholm University4
Religions come from abroad meets the West. Comparing practices and policies of managingreligious pluralism in several EU citiesRoberta Ricucci, University of TurinUnderstanding religion in modern Europe: new questions and new challenges**Grace Davie, University of ExeterB3: Spiritual Bureaucracy and ‘Gatekeeping’: Methodological Issues inResearching Megachurches in AfricaRoom: The Wiltern CConvener: Afe Adogame, Princeton Theological SeminaryResearching Ghanaian Megachurches: Race, Gender, and the Predicament of AccessAllison Norton, Hartford International UniversityNavigating ‘Gate-Keeping’ Bureaucracies: Challenges of Researching Megachurches in KenyaFelicity Appah, University of Ghana, Legon, Damris Parsitau, Egerton University, Kenya, andOkelloh Ogera, Bishop Okullu College, KenyaResearching Nigerian Megachurches: Negotiating Access and Integrating MethodologiesDodeye Uduak Williams, University of Calabar, Abimbola Adunni Adelakun, UT Austin, and OlanikeOgunnowoB4: LGBTQ Religious ActivismRoom: California DConvener: Goshan Golriz, Queen's UniversityFaithfully Queer: Pathways to Leadership of Pro-LGBTQ Faith Organizations in the United StatesJonthan Coley, Oklahoma State University, and Joseph Anthony, Oklahoma State UniversityCarving out Futures: How QTN Muslims Seek Social JusticeGoshan Golriz, Queen's UniversityContentious Politics, Everyday Practices, and Religious Change: Lessons from the Orthodox JewishLGBT Movement in IsraelAvishai Orit, Fordham UniversityActivism for Inclusion of LGBTQ Catholics within an Exclusionary Religious TraditionJames Cavendish, University of South FloridaB5: Christian Action and Mobilization in the USRoom: California EConvener: TBAThis One New Humanity::::: Can Multi-Ethnic Evangelical Churches Be Spaces for RacialReconciliation?Richard Haesly and Liesl Haas, California State University Long BeachCampus Religious and Spiritual Life Professionals and Social JusticeCatherine Hoegman, Missouri State University, John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State University,Kathleen Garces-Foley, Marymount University, Rebecca Kim, Pepperdine University, and DavidSikkink, Notre DameOne Can Only Come This Far By Faith: Music as the Metalanguage of the Black Church5
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby CollegeCaring for Social Movements: On the Practices and Self-Understandings of Movement ChaplainsJanelle Moore, Emory UniversitySUNDAY, 1:15–2:45 PM, SESSIONS C1-C5C1: Rituals and Engagement*Room: The Wiltern AConvener: TBAFrom Shrines to Prayer Camps: Continuities in Ghanaian Religious Experiences and Expressions**Ebenezer Addo, Ashesi UniversityWhat is auspicious consumption? -- Conceptualization and interpretation of auspiciousconsumption in ChinaDanqing Yu, Carolina UniversityPersonalized Practice of Mourning Rituals in a Liberal, Non-Halachic (Reconstructionist) JewishCommunityC. Lynn Carr, Seton Hall UniversityCohabitation and Religious Volunteering**Young-Il Kim, George Fox UniversityC2: Author Meets Critics for The Struggle to Stay: Why Single EvangelicalWomen are Leaving the Church by Katie GaddiniRoom: The Wiltern BConvener: Kelsey Burke, Univeristy of Nebraska LincolnAvishai Orit, Fordham UniversityCourtney Irby, Illinois Wesleyan UniversityMary Jo Neitz, University of MissouriKelsey Burke, Univeristy of Nebraska LincolnC3: Methodological advances & insightsRoom: The Wiltern CConvener: Conrad Hackett, Pew Research CenterMixed signals: The challenges of measuring changes in the global religious landscapeConrad Hackett, Pew Research CenterSwitch to Web-based Surveys During Covid-19 Pandemic Left Out the Most Religious, Creating aFalse Impression of Rapid Religious DeclineLandon Schnabel, Cornell University, Sean Bock, Harvard University, and Michael Hout, New YorkUniversityReligious Inequality in America: The View from 19166
Melissa Wilde, Tessa Huttenlocher, and Elena G. van Stee, University of PennsylvaniaOverreporting Religious Service Attendance on Surveys: The First Direct Test of Social DesirabilityBiasRobert Woodberry, Baylor University, and Erin McDonnell, Notre DameC4: Author Meets Critics session for Dr. Carolyn Chen's new study: Work PrayCode: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon ValleyRoom: California DConvener: Jerry Park, Baylor UniversityAndrea Jain, Indiana UniversityJaime Kucinskas, Hamilton CollegeElaine Howard Ecklund, Rice UniversityC5: Religion and Theory: Engaging ClassicsRoom: California EConvenor: TBAThe Entanglement of Charismatic AuthoritySorata Afzali, Trinity College DublinGeorg Simmel and William James in dialogue on personal religionDominika Motak, Ruhr University BochumOn the “Masochistic Attitude” in Peter Berger’s the Sacred CanopyCharles Sarno, Holy Names UniversityKingdom-Minded Or Pro-Black?: Exploring The Significance of The White Jesus Phenomenon onBlack Christian Women and MenStephanie House-Niamke, West Virginia UniversitySUNDAY, 3:00–4:30 PM, SESSIONS D1-D5D1: Seeing with a Feminist Lens: Intersectionality, Positionality and Power*Room: The Wiltern AConvener: Mary Jo Neitz, University of MissouriSolange Lefebvre, University of Montreal**Korie Little Edwards, The Ohio State UniversityKatie Gaddini, UCLMimi Goldman, University of Oregon7
D2: New Directions in the Sociology of Religion and ScienceRoom: The Wiltern BConvener: John Evans, UC, San DiegoStrange Affinities in the Search for Personalized Health: Crystals, Acupuncture, and DNA TestsChristopher P. Scheitle, Bernard D. DiGregorio, and Katie E. Corcoran, West Virginia UniversityPublic Perspectives on Scientists and Religious Leaders’ Actions in COVID-19 and Views onTherapeutic Gene EditingShiri Noy, Denison University and Timothy O'Brien, University of Wisconsin- MilwaukeeGod Is the Ultimate Scientist: LDS Conceptualizations of ScienceBethany Gull, University of Utah and Ryan T. Cragun, University of TampaTime, Money and the Congregational (Dis)Advantage: Latino Perceived Barriers to Degrees inScience and Medicine and the Intervening Role of CongregationsEsmeralda Salazar, Rice UniversityD3: Abortion Legality, Morality, and Ambiguity: A Panel DiscussionRoom: The Wiltern CConvener: Tricia Bruce, Notre DameTricia Bruce, Notre DameBesheer Mohamed, PewTBATBAD4: Uyghur Responses from the Diaspora to the Crisis in XinjiangRoom: California DConvener: Holly Folk, Western Washington UniversityThe Religious Response: On Becoming “True” Muslims in the DiasporaDilmurat Mahmut, McGill UniversityThe Political Response: “Mothers of Our Nation”: Women’s Narratives on Becoming Whistleblowersand Activists in the Uyghur DiasporaSusan Palmer, McGill UniversityThe Social Response: Safeguarding the Uyghur Identity in Canada and Turkey through Uyghur-ledEducational InitiativesMarie-Ève Melanson, McGill University8
D5: New topics and approaches in the quantitative study of American religionRoom: California EConvenor: TBATracking Emergent Religious Groups in the US and Adherence Over TimeSteven Foertsch, Baylor University“As members of a communion of religious liberals we represent a definite social class:” Religionand Class in the United States, 1918-1935Melissa Wilde, Tessa Huttenlocher, and Elizabeth Meisenzahl, University of PennsylvaniaThe Churches they are a Changin': Processes of Change in Worship ServicesJoseph Roso, Duke UniversityReligious Identification Among Protestant Christians in the 2021 General Social SurveyJodie Smylie, Deanna Christianson, and Eyob Moges, NORC at the University of ChicagoMONDAY, 4:45–6:15 PM, SESSIONS E1-E5E1: Health Dimensions*Room: The Wiltern AConvener: TBAPerceptions of Dignity, Attachment to God, and Mental Health in a National U.S. SampleLaura Upenieks, Baylor UniversityReligion and Spirituality and Risk of Prevalent Hypertension among Ethnic Cohorts in the Study onStress, Spirituality, and HealthDanile Jang, Westmont CollegeEthno-religious Space and Minority Health among Older Adults in Xinjiang**Yousef Yang, Sun Yat-sen UniversityE2: Catholicism’s Crossroads: Religious Authority, Citizenship, and Racial andEthnic DiversityRoom: The Wiltern BConvener: James Cavendish, University of South FloridaDeference, Conscience, and Dissent: Lay Catholics and Religious Authority, 1987-2017Paul Perl, Georgetown University and Michele Dillon, University of New HampshireLiving Faithful Citizenship in a Polarized ContextMaureen Day, Franciscan School of TheologyResponses to Racial and Ethnic Diversity among U.S. Catholics and their LeadersJames Cavendish, University of South FloridaE3: Diversity, Difference, and Social Justice: Dispatches from the LandscapeStudy of Chaplaincy and Campus Ministry in the United StatesRoom: The Wiltern CConvener: John Schmalzbauer, Missouri State University9
Evangelicals Color-blocking Calls for Racial Social Justice on the College CampusRebecca Kim, Pepperdine UniversityThe (Mis)recognized Performance of Racial Difference in Evangelical RitualCody Yanez, Missouri State UniversityJewish Campus Ministry and University Affiliation: A Comparative Analysis of Hillel and Chabad atNYUGrant Bresner, New York UniversityMarketing the Mainline: Unity and Diversity in a Lutheran Campus MinistryJohn Schmalzbauer, Missouri State UniversityE4: Faith, Nation-states, and PoliticsRoom: California DConvener: TBAThe role of the ultra-Orthodox party in sociopolitical rehabilitation in IsraelAnat Feldman, Achva Academic CollegeReligious Restrictions and Regime TypesSamirah Majumdar, PewThe Value of Religion according to the Supreme Court of CanadaMarie-Ève Melanson, McGill UniversityThe importance of the name of the urn (profession) for the persuasion of the vote: the case ofevangelical candidates for Federal Deputy in BrazilJanine Trevisan and Robert Rodrigues, IFRS Campus Bento GonçalvesE5: Teaching the Sociology of Religion in Difficult Times: A CollaborativeDiscussionRoom: California EConvener: Jim Spickard, University of RedlandsRebecca Catto, Kent State UniversityGrace Yukich, Quinnipac UniversityGerardo Martí, Davidson College and Brandon C. Martinez, Providence College10
PARALLEL SESSIONS MONDAY, AUGUST 88:30–10:00 AM, SESSIONS F1-F5F1: Memorial Session for Roland Robertson*Room: The Wiltern AConvener: Michael Cavanaugh, Los Angeles Southwest CollegeMichael Cavanaugh, Los Angeles Southwest CollegeRebecca Catto, Kent State UniversityPeter Beyer, University of Ottawa**Frank Lechner, Emory University**Viktor Roudometof, University of Cyprus**F2: Education and Religious Diversity: how does it or not include the 'nones' ?*Room: The Wiltern BConvener: Mary Jo Neitz, University of MissouriReligion and Values in Schools in the Increasingly Non-religious Context of England**Charlotte Hobson, Lancaster University and Linda Woodhead, King's College LondonReligion and Values in Canadian Schools**Solange Lefebvre, Mathieu Colin, and Joseph Mikhael, University of MontrealFrom Religious Freedom to Pluralism: Diversity as a Value in Religious Education in the State ofParanáPaula Montero, University de São Paulo/CEBRAPTraining of Religious Education Teachers in Brazil: A Review of Five VideosGuilherme Borges, University of São PauloF3: Vaccines, Spirituality, Science, and Religion*Room: The Wiltern CConvener: TBAContemporary holistic spirituality and political activism: empirical and theoretical reflections**Mar Griera, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCalling Jehovah-Rapha: How a Pentecostal Church in Orange County, CA, Mediated theMedicalization of SARS-CoV-2Spencer Paine, University of California, IrvingCollaborating “Faith” and “Health” can minimize societal pressing issues: Concern refusal ofvaccination by workforce in South AfricaNgwako Daniel Sebola, University of Pretoria11
Parable of Talents: How North Korea-related, Faith-Based Workers respond to Enhanced Sanctionsand a Global PandemicJoseph Yi, Hanyang UniversityF4: Qualitative-at-Scale: Open-ended Responses to the Secular CommunitiesSurvey as a Mixed-Methods ExperimentRoom: California DConvener: Dusty Hoesly, University of California, Santa BarbaraSymbolic Boundaries in the Ritual Life of NonbelieversDusty Hoesly, University of California, Santa BarbaraSecular Feelings: Mapping the Affective Terrain of Secular Life on a Large ScaleJoseph Blankholm, University of California, Santa BarbaraLay A/theology?Samantha Kang, University of California, Santa BarbaraRespndent: Ryan T. Cragun, University of TampaF5: Congregational Leadership and InequalityRoom: California EConveners: Erin Johnston, Duke University‘Nothing is like all Puppy Dogs and Roses and Rainbows’: The Experiences of BIPOC Clergy in aMajority White DenominationDavid Eagle, Duke University and Collin Mueller, University of MarylandSocial Constructions of Gender and Parenthood in American Gigachurch Sunday ServicesLisa Pearce, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Johannah Palomo, University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill, Erin Davenport, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Haley Simons,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Claire Chipman Gilliland, Furman UniversitySocial Constructions of Gender and Parenthood in American Gigachurch Sunday ServicesElizabeth Johnson, Duke UniversityThe Impact of Gender on Calling and Formation During Theological Education: Findings from theSeminary-to-Early Ministry StudyAnna Holleman, Duke UniversityMONDAY, 10:15–11:45 AM, SESSIONS G1-G5G1: Memorial Session for Jim Beckford*Room: The Wiltern AConvener: Jim Spickard, University of RedlandsJim Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno**Eileen Barker (LSE)**12
Inger Furseth, University of Oslo**G2: Gender, Dating, and Islam*Room: The Wiltern BConvener: TBANeedle in a Haystack – (Not) Finding Muslim PartnershipEman Abdelhadi, University of ChicagoDating and Courtship among Children of Bangladeshi Muslims in North AmericaFatema Zohara, Loyola University ChicagoGender and Islam: Can a Devout Masculinity Be Progressive?**Fauzia Ahmed, Miami UniversityIslam on the Road: Women and Urban Mobility in Islamicate SocietiesNazanin Shahrokni, LSEG3: Nigerian Religion, Politics, and JusticeRoom: The Wiltern CConvener: TBA#MeToo goes to Church: Examining the Nigerian #ChurchToo Movement from the Perspectives ofActivistsBridget Alichie, University of AlbertaSacred Parody and the Quest for Justice: The Nigerian ExampleBolaji Bateye, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Temidayo Olayinka, University of Ibadan, andJulius Owabumuwa, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-IfeThe speaking objects and bodies: A preliminary account of semiotics of inculturation in NigerianchurchesNgozi U. Emeka-Nwobia, Ebonyi State University"Contesting the Digital Space: Televangelism and the Changing Habits ofworship amongNigerian churches"Grace Umezurike, Ebonyi State UniversityG4: Authors Meet Critics Panel Religion in Rebellions, Revolutions, and SocialMovements Edited by Warren S. Goldstein, Jean-Pierre Reed (Routledge, May2022)Room: California DConvener: Warren Goldstein, Center for Critical Research on ReligionJean-Pierre Reed, Southern Illinois University CarbondaleRhys Williams, Loyola University ChicagoRyan T. Cragun, University of TampaSharon Nepstad, University of New Mexico13
G5: Seeking Justice in AmericaRoom: California EConvener: TBAReverend John Bennington Mahan’s anti-slavery sermons and letters: The influence of the SecondGreat Awakening on early human rights activism in the American MidwestErin Augis, Ramapo College of New JerseyThe North versus the South (again): American Religious Groups’ Views of the Civil RightsMovement in 1965Melissa Wilde, Austin Lee, and Zhangyang Xie, University of PennsylvaniaRace, Religion, and the Challenge of Antiracism in American Christianity: Examining the Evidencefrom a White Progressive DenominationGerardo Martí, Davidson College, Mark Mulder, Calvin University, and Kevin Dougherty, BaylorUniversityMONDAY, 1:15–2:45 PM, SESSIONS H1–H5H1: City of Dreams: Los Angeles as a Cradle for Religious Activism, Innovation,and DiversityRoom: The Wiltern AConvener: Richard Flory, University of Southern CaliforniaGod’s Resistance: Faith-Based Advocacy for Immigrants in Los AngelesBrad Christerton, Biola University"Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States.” – Ice T: Los Angeles as a Window into theFuture of the U.S. Catholic ChurchTarra McNally, University of Southern CaliforniaSpiritual Exemplars in Los Angeles: Innovation, Invention and InfluenceHebah Farrag, Nick Street, and Megan Sweas, University of Southern CaliforniaH2: Sexuality, Gender, and Intimate Relationship ImpactsRoom: The Wiltern BConvener: TBAReligion and the Rainbow: The Role of Religion in LGBTQ Social TiesOlivia Baker and Emma Bosley-Smith, The Ohio State UniversityComing of Age without Sex: Identity Development and AbstinenceAshley French, The Graduate Center- CUNYI hit my partner!!! Was it God, or Childhood Trauma?Rafia Mallick, Georiga State University and Faryal MallickA culture of coercive power and control: Purity culture, control, and repression in BritishChristianityChrissie Thwaites, University of Leeds14
H3: Islam, Race, and Dimensions of Oppression in the USRoom: The Wiltern CConvener: TBAEveryday Coloniality: Tackling the Problem of Middle. Eastern-ness in Public Image CraftingValentina Cantori, University of Southern CaliforniaCivil Religion and the Indigenization of American IslamButheina Hamdah, University of ToledoFrom Incarceration to Imancipation: Black American Muslim “Conversion” And ReentryLaila Noureldin, University of ChicagoThe effects of religious identity, practices, and beliefs on Muslim Americans’ perceptions ofdiscriminationHakim Zainiddinov, Bowdoin CollegeH4: Author-Meets-Critic: Lifeblood of the Parish: Men and Catholic Devotion inWilliamsburg, Brooklyn by Alyssa Maldonado-EstradaRoom: California DConvener: Courtney Irby, Illinois Wesleyan UniversityTia Noelle Pratt, Villanova UniversityGerardo Martí, Davidson CollegeTricia Bruce, Notre DameAida Ramons, University of Mary Hardin-BaylorH5: Big Picture Religion, and ScienceRoom: California EConvener: TBAEstimating the Heritability of Religiosity Utilizing GCTA-GREMLJason Freeman and Nina Gayleard, Towson UniversitySmart and Spiritual: The Coevolution of Religion and RationalityLaurence Iannaccone, Chapman UniversityReligion in Four Dimensions. An Evolutionary PerspectiveVolkard Krech, Ruhr University BochumScience, Aesthetics, and Spirituality: Enchantment in scientific workBenedetta Nicoli, Catholic University of Milan, Stefano Sbalchiero, University of Padua, andBrandon Vaidyanathan, Catholic University of AmericaMONDAY, 3:00–4:30 PM, SESSIONS I1–I5I1: 30 Years After Rodney King: Faith and Justice Activism in Los Angeles:Panel DiscussionRoom: The Wiltern A15
Convener: Richard Flory, University of Southern CaliforniaNajuma Smith Pollard, Moderator, USC Cecil Murray CenterUmar Hakim-Dey, INKERIJAlexia Salvatierra, Fuller Seminary and Matthew 25/Mateo 25Pastor Cue Jean-Marie, The Row ChurchJoseph Tomás Mckellar, PICO CaliforniaI2: Author-Meets-Critics: Resurrecting the Jew: Nationalism, Philosemitism,and Poland's Jewish Revival (Princeton) by Geneviève ZubrzyckiRoom: The Wiltern BConvener: Jim Spickard, University of RedlandsRuth Braunstein, University of ConnecticutRyhs Williams, Loyola UniversityPaul Lichterman, University of Southern CaliforniaRespondent: Geneviève ZubrzyckiI3: Guns, God, and AuthoritarianismRoom: The Wiltern CConvener: TBALiberty and Justice for "Us": Christian Nationalism and Americans' Views on Citizens' RightsJoshua Davis, University of Oklahoma and Samuel Perry, University of OklahomaPraise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition?: Polarization and Personal Handgun OwnershipSuzanne Schenewerk, Duke UniversityAmericans’ Views of the Bible and Subjective Social ClassPhilip Schwadel, University of Nebraska-LincolnUnder God and Under Threat: Christian Nationalism and Conspiracy Beliefs as Links BetweenPolitical Orientation and Gun OwnershipChristopher Seto, The Pennsylvania State University and Laura Upenieks, Baylor UniversityI4: SecularizationRoom: California DConvener: TBASecularization in a Global ContextIsabella Kasselstrand, University of Aberdeen16
Is the West Exceptional in Its Experience of Religious Decline? A Worldwide Analysis of Over-TimeTrends and Generational Patterns in Religiosity, 1981-2020Louisa Roberts, University of South DakotaNewcomers, stayers, and disappearances. The evolution of religious diversity in the light of twoNational Congregations Censuses (2008 - 2021)Jörg Stolz, University of Lausanne, Jeremy Senn, University of Lausanne and Christophe Monnot,University of StrasbourgTrends of religious affiliation in the highly secular Finland 1971-2020: Studying religion withpopulation register dataWeiqian Xia, Stockholm UniversityI5: Asian American ChristianityRoom: California EConvener: TBAThe East of Eden? Korean Immigrant Churches in Changing White NeighborhoodsKyungtek Chun, CUNYKorean Immigrant Churches in Greater New York: A Review of 100 Years’ History (1921- and 2020)Pyong Gap Min, City University of New York and Kyuntek Chun, CUNYAsian-American Religiosity and Politics: Case of conservative ChristiansJoseph Yi, Hanyang UniversityMONDAY, 4:45–6:15 PM, SESSIONS J1–J3J1: Latin American Christian Challenges and DiasporasRoom: The Wiltern AConvenor: TBACoping and recovering from abuses committed by Catholic religious people in Peru and ArgentinaAna Lourdes Suárez, Catholic University of Argentina and Veronique Lecaros, Pontificial CatholicUniversity of PeruThe Catholic Student Movement and the Rise of Liberation TheologyUlf Borelius, Univeristy of GothenburgEthnoracial Identities within Latinx Protestant Churches: Infusing Testimonios with EthnoracialSignifiersJonathan Calvillo, Emory UniversityThe Political Identity of Latino Protestants: Assessing the Role of Race and Religion in PoliticsGerardo Martí, Davidson College and Brandon C. Martinez, Providence CollegeJ2: Nonreligion and SecularismRoom: The Wiltern BConvener: TBADigging for Worldviews in Community GardensRyan T. Cragun and Kendall Stephenson, University of Tampa17
What does it mean to grow up godless?Rachael Shillitoe, University of Birmingham and Anna Strhan, University of YorkFeminist Allies? Hegemonic Secular Norms and Anti-Islamophobic Discourses in QuebecAriane Bedard-Provencher, McMaster UniversityIn a World Full of Evil: Religion, Evil, and TrustScott Desmond, Indiana University PurdueJ3: American Whiteness, Christianity, and InstitutionsRoom: The Wiltern CConvener: TBAWho Votes for Whom?: Politically Liberal Evangelicals and their Voting HabitsJesse DeDeyne, Baylor UniversityHow Perceived Coldness to Christian Fundamentalists Shapes Racial Attitudes among BetterEducated WhitesJason Shelton, University of Texas at ArlingtonBlack Lives Matter vs. Blue Lives Matter: Counter Framing and the Impacts of Politics, BiblicalLiteralism, and Anti-BlacknessTim Lauve-Moon, Baylor UniversityCivic Education in 21st Century Conservative Protestant SchoolsDavid Sikkink, Notre Dame18
ASR 2022 DRAFT PROGRAM, AT A GLANCE SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 3:00-7:30 PM ASR Executive Council Meeting Room: California A 7:00-9:00 PM Registration in California Foyer 7:30-10:00 PM Welcome Reception (includes Awards presentation) Location: The Deck SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 7:45 AM-5:00 PM Registration in California Foyer 8:00 AM-6:00 PM ASR Book Exhibit 8:30-10:00 AM Sessions A1-A5 (see page .
