British Sociological Association

Sociology of Religion Study Group

2006 Annual Conference

Religion and the Individual

University of Manchester
Hulme Hall
3-5 April 2006

Programme (25 March 2006)
click on links at the bottom of page for Tuesday and Wednesday

  Monday 3 April  
12.30 - 13.30
Lunch
13.40 - 13.55 Welcome
14.00 - 15.30

Marital Status

Evangelicals, marriage and individualization
Kristin Aune

The individualisation of a rite of passage
Kay Millard

Restricted or liberated? Polish nuns and the mediation of gender identity through religion
Marta Trzebiatowska

Grounded Theory

Declining mass attendance in the deanery of St Gregory, archdiocese of Liverpool: A study using grounded theory
Alan Smith

Death, religion, and the individual: Religion and attitudes toward death and dying in a hospice circle in Poland
Malgorzata Zawila

Speaking personally: Women making meanings through subjectivised belief
Janet Eccles

15.30 - 16.00 Tea/coffee
16.00-17.30

China

Who are the religious adherents in China?
Richard O'Leary

Belief, practice and identity: Religiousness of the urban Chinese 1995-2005
Xinzhong Yao

How implementation of the post-Mao party-state policies changed the position of the non-institutionalised religion of nuo
Lan Li

Evangelism

From the rest to the West: Mission to Britain in the 21st century
Rebecca Catto

Hope Filipino Singapore: Commitment and growth in non-denominational Christianity
Jayeel Serrano Cornelio

Autonomous conformism - the paradox of entrepreneurial religion; Spring Harvest: a case study
Rob Warner

17.50 - 19.10 Plenary
Understanding the religious lives of American teenagers
Christian Smith
19.30 Dinner
21.00 Bar/social
     
  Tuesday 4 April  
  Wednesday 5 April