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Matthew Bersagel Braley Viterbo University From Whence Does Their Help Come? The Religious "Nones" as Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic Learn More »
Kraig Beyerlein University of Notre Dame Religion and Social Justice Mobilization: How Community-Level Factors Affect Congregation-Based Activism in Chicago Learn More »
Robert Glenn Crosby California Baptist University The Evaluation of a Brief Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Training Program for Church Children’s Ministry Workers: Comparing the Effectiveness of Face-to-Face and Online Delivery Modalities Learn More »
Thu Do Georgetown University Impacts of Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement on the Faith Life of U.S. Catholic Youth Learn More »
Elizabeth Drescher Santa Clara University Finding God in Googleville: Mapping Christian Presence and Spatial Justice in Silicon Valley Learn More »
Erika Gault University of Arizona Connected Faith: A Survey of Black Digital-Religious Beliefs and Practices Learn More »
Sam George Global Diaspora Institute Indian American Christianity @55 Learn More »
Jehu J. Hanciles Emory University (Candler School of Theology) African Immigrants and Transformations in American Christianity Learn More »
Frances Henderson University of Kentucky Research Foundation Black Rural Lives Matter: African American Churches and Anti Racist Organizing in The Rural South Learn More »
Ines Wenger Jindra Idaho State University Studying Deconversion among Christian Groups and the Church of the Latter-Day Saints Learn More »
Alexei Krindatch National Census of Orthodox Christian Churches / US Religion Census The “New Traditional” in a Most Traditional Church: How the Pandemic Has Reshaped American Orthodox Christianity Learn More »
Susan Bigelow Reynolds Candler School of Theology, Emory University Ways of the Cross: Passion and Protest as Public Theology Learn More »
Jared Stewart-Ginsburg Francis Marion University Investigating Practices and Programs that Promote Belonging for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Churches Learn More »
Samuel Stroope Louisiana State University Health Conditions and Church Participation Declines among Mexican Americans in Late Life Learn More »
Nathan R. Todd University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Understanding the Process of Becoming an LGBT Open and Affirming Congregation Learn More »
Rebecca Voelkel Lyndale Congregational United Church of Christ Reparation Models for Predominantly White Faith Communities Learn More »
Henry Zonio Asbury University Youth Attitudes on Race and Religion Learn More »
Paulette Coleman Retired Rethinking Lay Ministry in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AMEZ), and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME) Learn More »
Brandon Thomas Crowley Myrtle Baptist Church Inclusive Black Congregations and Black Ecclesial Queering Learn More »
Maxine Davis Rutgers University An Investigation into The Men's Group at St. Pius V Parish in Chicago: Intervening to Stop Intimate Partner Violence-Does it work? Learn More »
Felipe Amin Filomeno University of Maryland Baltimore County Christian Cosmopolitanism: Faith Communities in Dialogue Learn More »
Thomas Christopher Hoklotubbe Cornell College Indigenous North American Interpretations of Christian Scripture Learn More »
Brett C. Hoover Loyola Marymount University Operational Theologies of Ministry from Catholic Pastoral Leaders of Color Learn More »
Tyler Lefevor Utah State University How can clergy in theologically conservative congregations effectively and authentically support their LGBTQ congregants? Learn More »
Laura MacGregor Martin Luther University College Beyond Saints and Superheroes: A Phenomenological Study of the Spiritual Care Needs of Parents Raising Children with Disabilities. Learn More »
Mandy McMichael Baylor University Baptist Women in Ministry: In Their Own Words Learn More »
Nadia Mian Rutgers University Church-Based Affordable Housing Construction and Advocacy Learn More »
David Mislin Temple University Progressive Heartlands: Religious Liberalism in Small-Town U.S.A. Learn More »
Keunjoo Christine Pae Denison University Antiracist Work in Asian American Christian Churches Learn More »
Lisa D. Pearce University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Racism Rebuked and Reproduced in Church: How American Gigachurches Responded to the Killing of George Floyd Learn More »
Christian Scharen St. Lydia's Dinner Church From Imagining Ministry to Pastoral Imagination Learn More »
Evan Stewart University of Massachusetts Boston Public Religious Repertoires in the United States Learn More »
David R. Swartz Asbury University To Live and Die in Dixie: A Kentucky County Wrestles with Faith, Memory, and Its Confederate Statue Learn More »
Melissa J Wilde University of Pennsylvania Digitizing the Census of Religious Bodies Learn More »
R. Khari Brown Wayne State University Religion and Political Polarization Learn More »
Mark Clatterbuck Montclair State University Faith on the Frontlines: Religious Eco-Activism in an Age of Climate Crisis Learn More »
Miguel A De La Torre Iliff School of Theology José Martí and the Socio-Philosophical Roots of Cuban-American Racism, Classism, Sexism, and Heterosexism Learn More »
Miguel Humberto Díaz Loyola University Chicago A New Agenda for Catholic Theology and Ministry: Perspectives from Queer Theologians of Color Learn More »
Sarah Gatson Texas A&M University Creating Alternative Food-Provision Efforts In Local Congregations Learn More »
Rachel Kraus Ball State University “My Faith in God has Strengthened:” Examining Religious and Spiritual Changes Among Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer Learn More »
Tanya March From Whence We've Come: The Development of Black Religious Life and Culture in the Pacific Northwest Learn More »
Sara Moslener Central Michigan University After Purity: Stories of Recovery and Resistance Among Current and Former Evangelicals Learn More »
Rodolfo Nolasco Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary “Q-connections: Exploring the Phenomenological World of Self-Identifying Queer UMC Clergy Subjected to Social and Religious Mechanisms of Exclusion.” Learn More »
Stephen W. Offutt Asbury Theological Seminary Religion, Poverty & Development Project: Stage Three Learn More »
Joseph Martin Palacios University of Southern California The Changing Identity of American Catholics in Evolving Multi-Cultural and Global Religious and Identity Contexts Learn More »
Jerry Z. Park Baylor University Diversity, Political Engagement, and American Congregations Learn More »
Paula Pryce The University of British Columbia Seeking Deeper Communion in a Mobile World: North American Contemplative Christian Ritual Engagement with Vedanta Hinduism and its Effects on Mainline Churches Learn More »
Susan Bales Ridgely University of Wisconsin-Madison Accidental Pioneers: The Generational Effects of Desegregating the Raleigh Diocese Learn More »
Jeanette Rodriguez Seattle University From Ecclesial Challenge to the Renewal of the Church: Spirituality of Women Called to Roman Catholic Priesthood Learn More »
Jason S. Sexton UCLA A Church Inside the Prison: An Intersectional and Personal Theological Account Learn More »
Gary Adler Penn State University A Changing Wall: Local Religious Leaders and Church-State Interaction in a New Era Learn More »
James M Ault, Jr. James Ault Productions Philadelphia’s Esperanza: Hope for American Cities Learn More »
Janeé Rolonda Avent Harris East Carolina University Black Pastors’ Mental Health Experiences and the Influence on their Responses to Mental Health Needs in Their Congregation Learn More »
Margaret (Peggy) L. Bendroth American Congregational Association "Not Feminists, But": Protestant Churchwomen between the Times, 1920-1970 Learn More »
Ryan P Burge First Baptist Church The Social and Political Implications of Non-Denominational Protestantism Learn More »
Brad Christerson Biola University Reinventing Sanctuary: Mobilizing Congregations to Protect Vulnerable Immigrants in the Age of Mass Deportation Learn More »
Gregory Lee Cuellar Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Religion in Immigration Detention: Securing Faiths in a State of Removal Learn More »
Daniel R. DiLeo Creighton University Climate Change and Laudato Si’: A Study of U.S. Catholic Bishops, Priests, and Parishes Learn More »
Stephanie Rebekah Gaskill Louisiana Interchurch Conference Welcoming "The Worst of the Worst": How Churches Respond to Members Convicted of Violent Crimes and Sex Offenses Learn More »
David Hadley Jensen Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Protestant Theological Formation in a Religiously Diverse Age Learn More »
Katie Roberts Lauve-Moon Texas Christian University Creating Equitable and Inclusive Queer Spaces in Open & Affirming Congregations Learn More »
Jason Pudlo Oral Roberts University Congregational Preparedness and Disaster Response Networks Learn More »
Erin Raffety Princeton Theological Seminary An Ethnographic Approach to Pastoral Care with Persons with Disabilities and their Families Learn More »
Melissa J Wilde University of Pennsylvania Fixing the State of the Research on American Evangelicals Learn More »
Gina Zurlo Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Women in World Christianity Project: A Mixed-Methods Study of Gender in the World’s Largest Religion Learn More »
Tricia C. Bruce University of Notre Dame Center for the Study of Religion and Society Converting Sacred Space: Religious Buildings in Transition Learn More »
Jason Bruner Arizona State University An Ecumenism of Blood: American Christians, Persecution, and the Imagination of a Global Christianity Learn More »
Mark A. Chaves Duke University Fourth Wave of the National Congregations Study Learn More »
Benjamin L. Hartley George Fox University World Christianity's Emissary: John R. Mott and the birth of the global church Learn More »
Ariela Keysar Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut From one-religion to mixed-religion and no-religion families: The religious evolution of early millennials from adolescence to adulthood Learn More »
Lenore M Knight Johnson Trinity Christian College Living in a White Christian Body: Understanding Limitations to Faith-Based Antiracism Work Learn More »
Michael Donald Lastoria Houghton College XGI: The Gender Identity Project (A longitudinal study) Learn More »
Terrence O Lewis Dalhousie University LGBT Affirmative Ministries in African-American Communities Learn More »
Néstor Medina Emmanuel College Unmasking the multiple faces of mestizaje Learn More »
Tia Noelle Pratt Villanova University Black and Catholic, Catholic and Black: Structure, Racism and Identity in the African-American Catholic Experience Learn More »
Phillis Isabella Sheppard Vanderbilt University This is my calling: an Ethnography of Black Women's Vocational Formation Learn More »
Nam Soon Song Knox College, University of Toronto Challenges and Opportunities for Asian Canadian Immigrant Churches with First and Second Generation Congregants: A Qualitative Study of Chinese, Taiwanese, and Korean Churches in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Learn More »
Stephen Staggs Calvin College Members Only: Race and Religion in the Dutch Reformed Church in North America, 1772–1827 Learn More »
Jonathon Lee Wiggins Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate Assistance of U.S. Catholic Ministries in Helping Vietnamese American Catholics Adapt to U.S. Society Learn More »
Jason Wollschleger Whitworth University Bombingham Learn More »
Grace Yukich Quinnipiac University Be Not Afraid: Religion and Courage in Uncertain Times Learn More »
Randall Balmer Dartmouth College Orthodoxy in Alaska: Old World Faith in the New World Learn More »
Melissa D Browning Columbia Theological Seminary Changing Church in order to Change the World: A study of worshipping congregations practicing deep solidarity Learn More »
Wendy A. Cadge Brandeis University Congregation-Port Connections: Case Studies of Port Chaplaincy in the U.S. and Canada Learn More »
Candi K. Cann Baylor University Saving and Selling Black Bodies: Examining the Role of Christian Identity in the African-American Funeral Home Learn More »
Stephen C Collins Yale University School of Medicine Childlessness in the Church: Exploring how clergy guide and support congregants through infertility. Learn More »
Michele Dillon University of New Hampshire Proposal to conduct The Sixth Nationwide Survey of American Catholics in a Changing Church Learn More »
Gillian Avrum Frank Center for the Study of Religion Making Choice Sacred: Liberal Religion and Reproductive Rights in the United States, 1965-1980 Learn More »
Timothy EW Gloege Independent Scholar Fighting Fundamentalism: the Progressive Protestant Search for a Scientific Faith Learn More »
David Keck Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Gamers as Disciples: Video Games, Ethics, and the Church Learn More »
Luis Leon The University of Denver Testify: Mapping Conversion Narratives among Latino Pentecostal Men Learn More »
Tony Tian-Ren Lin Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture Race and Faith in Multiethnic Communities and Churches Learn More »
Mindy Makant Lenoir-Rhyne University State of Female Clergy - ELCA Learn More »
Nancy N. Nason-Clark University of New Brunswick Christianity and Abuse Learn More »
Paul D. Numrich Theological Consortium of Greater Columbus Space-Sharing Principles for Religious Organizations and Groups Learn More »
Josh Packard University of Northern Colorado Church: Exploring the Faith Lives of the Dechurched Learn More »
Richard N. Stewart Adjunct Lecturer Lutheran Theological Seminary Gathering African American Lutheran History and Dissemination in Luther’s 500th Anniversary year. Learn More »
Todd Billings Western Theological Seminary Congregational Life and the Dying: Cultivating Resurrection Hope Among the Dying in a Congregational Learn More »
Joshua Dubler University of Rochester Religious Education in Prisons Learn More »
David Feltmate Auburn University at Montgomery Holy Families: Family Ministry and Culture in the River Region Learn More »
Lorn Foster Pomona College We’re Marching to Zion: The African American Church and Civic Engagement in Los Angeles from 1900 to 1950 Learn More »
Alicia Kaigler Jackson Covenant College Isaac Anderson : Minister and Politician Learn More »
Julie M Lane Fresno Pacific University Best Practices in Christian Schools: Serving Students with Disabilities Learn More »
Amy Levad University of St. Thomas Paths of Freedom: Practices of Prison Ministry, Education, and Activism in Response to Mass Incarcer Learn More »
Hans Oh UC Berkeley Ministering to congregants with mental illnesses in the Korean-American church Learn More »
Jan H Pranger Concordia College Christian Communities and the Extraction Industries in Western North Dakota Learn More »
Russell E. Richey Emory University, Candler School of Theology Why Methodism’s Broken Heart? Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Indiana: 1816-1876 Learn More »
Corwin E Smidt Calvin College The Changing Face of American Protestant Clergy Learn More »
Stephen A Werner Several Universities in St. Louis Daniel Lord, S.J., The Restless Flame: Thinking Big in a Parochial World Learn More »

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