Religion and Public Life Workshop Schedule
2012-2013
Spring 2013
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Wednesday, February 6
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Steven Snell, "Partisan Flocks"
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Allison Schnable, respondent
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Wednesday, February 13
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Katie Douglass, "Findings from a Faith and Art Study on PC(USA) Young Adults"
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Kati Li, respondent
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Wednesday, February 20
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Sera Chung, "The Arts and Diasporic Bodies"
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Megan Brankley Abbas, respondent
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Wednesday, February 27
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Adam Murphree, "Church from Scratch: Church Planting and Religious Decision Making
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in New York's Religious Economy"
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Dan Vaca, respondent
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Wednesday, March 6
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Erin Johnston, "Learning to Teach: Investigating How Training Shifts Motivations for
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and Experiences of Yogic Practice"
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Alf Garcia, respondent
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Wednesday, March 13
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Kati Li, "Christian Therapists' Interactions with the Secular Mental Health Professions"
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Adam Murphree, respondent
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Wednesday, March 20
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Spring Break
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No Meeting
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Wednesday, March 27
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Allison Schnable, "What NGOs Talk about When They Talk about Aid"
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Steven Snell, respondent
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Wednesday, April 3
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Andrew Johnson, "Beyond Coping: Pentecostalism and Dignity Inside of Prison"
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Katie Douglass, respondent
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Wednesday, April 10
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George Laufenberg, "On the Translaltion of Tradition and the Tradition of Translation"
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Erin Johnston, respondent
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Wednesday, April 17
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Megan Brankley Abbas, "Islamic Modernism, Development, and the University of Chicago"
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George Laufenberg, respondent
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Wednesday, April 24
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Alf Garcia, "Non-religious Organizations and County-level Predictors"
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Andrew Johnson, respondent
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Wednesday, May 1
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Dan Vaca, "Going Public: Commerce and Consciousness in American Religious History"
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Beth Stroud, respondent
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Wednesday, May 8
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Beth Stroud, TBA
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Sera Chung, respondent
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Fall 2012
Wednesday, September 19
Beth Stroud , "Race, Religion, and Reform: US Progressivism and 'White Slavery' at the Turn of the Twentieth Century"
George Laufenberg , respondent
Wednesday, September 26
Allison Schnable , "Volun-trepreneurs: New American NGOs and their County-Level Predictors"
Alf Garcia , respondent
Wednesday, October 3
Andrew Johnson , "If I Give My Soul: Pentecostal Practice in Brazilian Prisons"
Allison Schnable , respondent
Wednesday, October 10
George Laufenberg , "The Metaphysics of Licensure: Clinical Boundaries and Sacred Teachings in US Mental Health Care"
Andrew Johnson , respondent
Wednesday, October 17
Alf Garcia , "Disaffiliated Nones in Manhattan: Project Proposal"
Steven Snell , respondent
Wednesday, October 24
Megan Brankley Abbas , "Academic and an Islamic Reformation?: The Case of McGill's Institute of Islamic Studies"
Matty Lichtenstein , respondent
Wednesday, October 31
Fall Break
No meeting
Wednesday, November 7
Erin Johnston , "Becoming a Yogi: Investigating the Social Transmission of Embodied Knowledge in a Yoga Teacher
Training Program"
Daniel Vaca , respondent
Wednesday, November 14
Matty Lichtenstein , "Emerging Adults and the Religious Encounter: A Case Study"
Kati Li , respondent
Wednesday, November 21
Jim Gibbon , "Official Friday Sermons in Turkey"
Megan Brankley Abbas , respondent
Wednesday, November 28
Kati Li , "Christian Counselors' Interactions with the Professional Field"
Beth Stroud , respondent
Wednesday, December 5
Daniel Vaca , "Evangelical Books in and of the Marketplace"
Jim Gibbon , respondent
Wednesday, December 12
Steven Snell , "The Nature of Church-Based Political Norms"
Erin Johnston , respondent
2011-2012
Spring 2012
February 8
Amandine Barb, "'You Can Be Good Without God': Non-Believers in 21st Century American Society"
Beth Stroud, respondent
February 15
LiErin Probasco, "Patrons and Godparents: Intimacy and Inequality in Cross-National Ties"
Carol Ann MacGregor, respondent
February 22
Alex Wamboldt, "Multiple Geographies of Israel and Palestine"
Kati Li , respondent
February 29
Carol Ann MacGregor, "The Lonely Crowd: How Local Religious Context Shapes the Social and Civic Lives of the Non-Religious"
Erin Johnston , respondent
March 7
Beth Stroud, "Migrations: Geography, Class Mobility, and Religion in Two Small Black Protestant Congregations"
Daniella Nahmias, respondent
March 14
Trent Fuenmayor, "A Comparative Study of Religious and Secular Aid Organizations in East Africa"
Alex Wamboldt, respondent
March 21
Spring Break
No Meeting
March 28
Erin Johnston, "'I Was Always This Way…': Rhetorics of Continuity in Narratives of Conversion"
Brad Smith, respondent
April 4
Jaeeun Kim, "Ethnography of a Korean Chinese Church"
LiErin Probasco, respondent
April 11
Doug Gildow, "How and What the Chinese Regime Thinks about Religion"
Andrew Lewis, respondent
April 18
Daniella Nahmias, "Being Shia in Sodertalje"
Doug Gildow, respondent
April 25
Brad Smith, "Evangelical Executives and the Economics of Virtue"
Jaeeun Kim, respondent
May 2
Kati Li,"Resistance or Accommodation? Christian Counselors Negotiate Professional Fields, Medicalization and Religious Identities"
Trent Fuenmayor, respondent
May 9
Andrew Lewis , "Religious Networks and Supreme Court Advocacy"
Amandine Barb , respondent
Fall 2011
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Wednesday, September 21
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Introductions
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Brief statements about interests and projects
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Wednesday, September 28
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Beth Stroud, "Pound for Pound: Two Small Independent Churches and Their Social Impact"
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LiErin Probasco, respondent
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Wednesday, October 5
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Jaeeun Kim, "Seeking Asylum, Finding God: The Ethnic Church and Korean Chinese Migration to the United States"
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Doug Gildow, respondent
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Wednesday, October 12
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LiErin Probasco, "Coming Home Changed? Making Religious Voluntarism Make Sense in Ordinary Life"
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Daniella Nahmias, respondent
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Wednesday, October 19
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Daniella Nahmias, "Between Religious and Ethnic Determinism: Sweden's Far Right in Sodertalje, Sweden"
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Amandine Barb, respondent
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Wednesday, October 26
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Erin Johnston, "Spiritual Practice as Embodied Experience"
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Alex Wamboldt, respondent
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Wednesday, November 2
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Fall Break
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No meeting
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Wednesday, November 9
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Kati Li, "The Impact of Medicalization on the Professionalization of Christian Counseling"
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Beth Stroud, respondent
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Wednesday, November 16
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Andrew Lewis, "Solidarity and Discord in Interest Group Memberships: How Social Context Affects Interest Group
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Learning and Participation"
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Erin Johnston, respondent
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Wednesday, November 23
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Carol Ann MacGregor, "Affecting the Catholic School Effect: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Catholic School Closures"
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Brad Smith, respondent
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Wednesday, November 30
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Alex Wamboldt, "Masculine Attraction, Desire, and Institutional Mediation in Israel and Palestine"
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Samuel Goldman, respondent
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Wednesday, December 7
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Brad Smith, "Evangelical Executives Negotiate Faith and Business"
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Andrew Lewis, respondent
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Wednesday, December 14
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Doug Gildow, "The Religion in and the Religion of Chinese Education"
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Jaeeun Kim, respondent
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2010-2011
Spring 2011
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Wednesday, February 2
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Annie Blazer, "The Making of an Athlete of God"
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LiErin Probasco, respondent
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Wednesday, February 9
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Carol Ann MacGregor, "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Catholic School Closures"
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Erin Johnston, respondent
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Wednesday, February 16
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Grace Yukich, "The New Sanctuary Movement"
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April Armstrong, respondent
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Wednesday, February 23
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Alicia Juskewycz, "United States Religious Freedom Claims and Global Social Inequalities, 1990-2010"
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Allison Schnable, respondent
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Wednesday, March 2
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LiErin Probasco, "The Power of Presence? International Religious Travelers' Attitudes toward Global Poverty"
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Carol Ann MacGregor, respondent
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Wednesday, March 9
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Erin Johnston, "'I Was Always This Way…': The 'True Self' in Neo-Pagan Conversion Narratives"
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Liza Steele, respondent
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Wednesday, March 16
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Spring Break
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No meeting
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Wednesday, March 23
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Allison Schnable, "Even at My Age: Religious Socialization in a Youth Gospel Choir"
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Grace Yukich, respondent
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Wednesday, March 30
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Brad Smith, "The Social Conscience of Evangelical Executives"
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Kati Li, respondent
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Wednesday, April 6
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Kati Li, "Exploring Evangelical Therapeutic Culture Over Time: An Analysis Using the General Social Survey"
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Brad Smith, respondent
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Wednesday, April 13
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Liza Steele, "How Countries' Religious Composition Affects Attitudes toward Inequality and Welfare Policies"
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Alicia Juskewycz, respondent
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Wednesday, April 20
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April Armstrong, "'I Don't Know Why He Chose the Jews'"
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LiErin Probasco, respondent
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Wednesday, April 27
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Michael Lindsay, "God in the Corner Office? How Religion Advances and Inhibits Professional Mobility in the Higher Circles"
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Grace Yukich, respondent
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2010-2011
Spring 2011
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Wednesday, February 2
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Annie Blazer, "The Making of an Athlete of God"
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LiErin Probasco, respondent
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Wednesday, February 9
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Carol Ann MacGregor, "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Catholic School Closures"
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Erin Johnston, respondent
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Wednesday, February 16
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Grace Yukich, "The New Sanctuary Movement"
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April Armstrong, respondent
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Wednesday, February 23
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Alicia Juskewycz, "United States Religious Freedom Claims and Global Social Inequalities, 1990-2010"
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Allison Schnable, respondent
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Wednesday, March 2
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LiErin Probasco, "The Power of Presence? International Religious Travelers' Attitudes toward Global Poverty"
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Carol Ann MacGregor, respondent
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Wednesday, March 9
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Erin Johnston, "'I Was Always This Way…': The 'True Self' in Neo-Pagan Conversion Narratives"
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Liza Steele, respondent
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Wednesday, March 16
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Spring Break
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No meeting
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Wednesday, March 23
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Allison Schnable, "Even at My Age: Religious Socialization in a Youth Gospel Choir"
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Grace Yukich, respondent
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Wednesday, March 30
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Brad Smith, "The Social Conscience of Evangelical Executives"
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Kati Li, respondent
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Wednesday, April 6
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Kati Li, "Exploring Evangelical Therapeutic Culture Over Time: An Analysis Using the General Social Survey"
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Brad Smith, respondent
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Wednesday, April 13
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Liza Steele, "How Countries' Religious Composition Affects Attitudes toward Inequality and Welfare Policies"
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Alicia Juskewycz, respondent
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Wednesday, April 20
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April Armstrong, "'I Don't Know Why He Chose the Jews'"
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LiErin Probasco, respondent
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Wednesday, April 27
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Michael Lindsay, "God in the Corner Office? How Religion Advances and Inhibits Professional Mobility in the Higher Circles"
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Grace Yukich, respondent
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Fall 2010
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Wednesday, September 22
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Introductions
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Brief statements about interests and projects
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Wednesday, September 29
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Erin Johnston, "E Pluribus Unum or 'Hunkering Down': Racial Diversity and Social Engagement in
US Congregations
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Carol Ann MacGregor , respondent
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Wednesday, October 6
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Carol Ann MacGregor , "The Role of Religious Competition in Catholic School Closings"
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Alicia Juskewycz , respondent
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Wednesday, October 13
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Allison Schnable , "Even at My Age: Forging Racial and Cultural Identity and Community in a Youth
Gospel Choir"
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Grace Yukich, respondent
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Wednesday, October 20
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Grace Yukich , "The New Sanctuary Movement"
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Erin Johnston , respondent
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Wednesday, October 27
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April Armstrong , "'I Don't Know Why He Chose the Jews': Southern Baptists, Jews, and the
American Public Square"
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Brad Smith , respondent
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Wednesday, November 3
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Fall Break
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No meeting
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Wednesday, November 10
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Brad Smith , "The Great Recession and Faith in Business"
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April Armstrong , respondent
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Wednesday, November 17
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Elaine Ecklund , TBA
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Rice University
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Wednesday, November 24
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TBA
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Wednesday, December 1
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Alicia Juskewycz , "Religious Freedom and Harm"
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Grace Yukich , respondent
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Wednesday, December 8
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LiErin Probasco , "A Moral Economy of Difference: Transnational Encounters in Short-Term
Humanitarian Aid"
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Allison Schnable , respondent
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Wednesday, December 15
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Kati Li , "Reevaluating the Relationship Between Religious Participation and Father Engagement"
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LiErin Probasco, respondent
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2009-2010
Spring 2010
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Wednesday, February 3
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Allison Schnable, "American Churchgoers' Attitudes toward Foreign Poverty"
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Phillip Connor, respondent
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Wednesday, February 10
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Liza Steele, "Multiple Religious Identities"
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Pablo Landa Ruiloba, respondent
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Wednesday, February 17
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Phillip Connor, "Facilitation: Religion and Immigrant Incorporation"
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Jayanti Owens, respondent
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Wednesday, February 24
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Kati Li, "Religion and Race in Fathering"
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Liza Steele, respondent
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Wednesday, March 3
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Carol Ann MacGregor, "Secular and Liminal: Decomposing Religious Nones"
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Rebecca Sager, respondent
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Wednesday, March 10
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Pablo Landa Ruiloba, "Notes on the History of Church Architecture in 20th Century Mexico"
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Bridget Purcell, respondent
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Wednesday, March 17
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Spring Break
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No meeting
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Wednesday, March 24
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Rebecca Sager, "Sacred Places, Secular Purposes: Political Engagement and Congregations"
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Kati Li, respondent
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Wednesday, March 31
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Molly Farneth, "The Problem with Multiculturalism: A Case Study in Crown Heights, Brooklyn"
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Eric Johnson, respondent
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Wednesday, April 7
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Bridget Purcell, "What Has Abraham Got to Do with Ataturk? State and Pilgrimage in Southeast Turkey"
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Allison Schnable, respondent
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Wednesday, April 14
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LiErin Probasco, "Rituals of Donation and Power Asymmetry in International Humanitarian Aid"
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Molly Farneth, respondent
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Wednesday, April 21
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Eric Johnson, "Stories in Congregations, Stories of Congregations"
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LiErin Probasco, respondent
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Wednesday, April 28
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Jayanti Owens, "How Much Does Faith Figure? Childhood and College Religiosity and College Academic Performance"
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Carol Ann MacGregor, respondent
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Fall 2009
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Wednesday, September 23
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Introductions
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Brief statements about interests and projects
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Wednesday, September 30
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Carol Ann MacGregor, "Catholic School Closures: Contemporary Crisis or Continuing Concern?"
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Eric Johnson, respondent
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Wednesday, October 7
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Phillip Connor, "Do Immigrants Religiously Assimilate? Contextualizing Immigrant Religious
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Participation in Western Europe, the United States, and Canada" (practice job talk)
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Wednesday, October 14
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Jim Gibbon, "Sermons of the State: Religious Regulation and the Production of Islamic Sermons
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in Turkey" (Practice Job Talk}
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Wednesday, October 21
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Molly Farneth, "Scapegoats, Sacrifice, and the Politics of Loss"
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Jayanti Owens, respondent
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Wednesday, October 28
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Amy Reynolds, "Values, Market Evaluations, and Networks: Trade Discourse in the Americas"
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(Practice Job Talk)
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Wednesday, November 4
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Fall Break
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No meeting
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Wednesday, November 11
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LiErin Probasco, "Encountering Difference in Short Term Missions"
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Kati Li, respondent
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Wednesday, November 18
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Eric Johnson, "Pivotal Pastors? Interpreting Congregational Turning Points"
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LiErin Probasco, respondent
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Wednesday, November 25
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Rebecca Sager, "Understanding the Processes of How Social Movements Matter: Implementation of State Faith-Based Initiatives Over Time"
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Carol Ann MacGregor, respondent
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Wednesday, December 2
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Bridget Purcell, "Movement: Sacred Space and its Draws
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Molly Farneth, respondent
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Wednesday, December 9
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Jayanti Owens, "How Much Does Faith Figure? Religiosity, College Major, and
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Academic Performance" Allison Schnable, respondent
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Wednesday, December 16
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Pablo Landa Ruiloba, "The Catholic Church, the State and the Meanings of Modern
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Architecture in 20th Century Mexico"
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Rebecca Sager, respondent
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Spring 2009
| Wednesday, February 4 |
| Eric Johnson, "The Structural Roots of Connextion: Denominational Cohesion & Pastor Labor Markets" |
| Phillip Connor, respondent |
| Wednesday, February 11 |
| Alicia Juskewycz, "The FLDS and Harm in Isolationist Religious Groups" |
| Levi McLaughlin, respondent |
| Wednesday, February 18 |
| Jayanti Owens, "Religiosity and Immigrant-Native Differences in College Performance" |
| Eric Johnson, respondent |
| Wednesday, February 25 |
| Justin Farrell, "Virtually Christian: A Denominational Typology of Congregation Web Sites" |
| Alicia Juskewycz, respondent |
| Wednesday, March 4 |
| Carol Ann MacGregor, "Creating a Catholicism 'Strictness' Index" |
| Daniel Escher, respondent |
| Wednesday, March 11 |
| LiErin Probasco, "Short-Term Mission Trips" |
| Justin Farrell, respondent |
| Wednesday, March 18 |
| Spring Break |
| No meeting |
| Wednesday, March 25 |
| Levi McLaughlin, "Soka Gakkai" |
| Intisar Rabb, respondent |
| Wednesday, April 1 |
| Phillip Connor, "A Balm for the Soul: Immigrant Religion and Emotional Well-Being" |
| Jayanti Owens, respondent |
| Wednesday, April 8 |
| Intisar Rabb, "The Moral Theology of Punishment in Islamic Law" |
| Mark Robinson, respondent |
| Wednesday, April 15 |
| Liza Steele, "A Gift from God: Poverty, Religion and Adolescent Motherhood in Urban Brazil" |
| LiErin Probasco, respondent |
| Wednesday, April 22 |
| Anthony Petro, "AIDS and the Religious Politics of Public Health" |
| Carol Ann MacGregor, respondent |
| Wednesday, April 29 |
| Mark Robinson, "Neuroethics and Morality" |
| Anthony Petro, respondent |
