Sixth Biennial
Symposium
on Religion and Politics
The Henry Institute, Calvin College
April 28-30, 2011
All events are scheduled at the Prince Conference Center
Thursday, April 28 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Reception
Location: Fireside Room
Friday, April 29
Friday, April 29 8:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Location: Board
Room
Chair: Carl Dibble, University of Michigan-Dearborn
“Justice
and Mercy in Seventeenth Century Theology and Political Thought”
Alex Tuckness,
Iowa State University,tuckness@iastate.edu
John Parrish, Loyola Marymount
University
“Recovering
a Pluralist Politics: The Politics of Rights in Early Modern Political Theory”
Paul Brink, Gordon College
“Jewish
Joachimism: A Study of History, Politics, Apocalypticism and Isaac Abarbanel”
Benzion N.
Chinn, Ohio State University
Discussant: Carl Dibble, University of Michigan-Dearborn
cmdibble@comcast.net
Panel 1B: Religion
and American Foreign Policy
Location: Hickory
Room
Chair: David J. Meyer, Regent University
“The
Politics of Premillennialism in the Presidencies of
Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush”
Nilay Saiya, University of Notre Dame
“Divine Direction: The Influence of Providential Religious Beliefs on Foreign Policy
Attitudes”
Rebecca Glazier, University of
Arkansas-Little Rock
Discussant: David J. Meyer, Regent University
djmeyer@regent.edu
Friday,
April 29 10:30
a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Location: Fireside Room
Friday,
April 29 11:00
a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Panel 2A: Religion
and Public Life
Location: Blue
Spruce Room
Chair: Joseph
Hartman, Georgetown University
“Augustinian
Thomism and Agonistic Democracy”
Daniel Edward Young, Northwestern
College
“The
Word Made Flesh and the City Built with Human Hands: An Analysis of the Early
Church’s Approach
Adam Nicholson, The
Catholic University of America
Discussant: Joseph Hartman, Georgetown University
JoeHman@comcast.net
Panel 2B: Religion
in International Relations
Location: Hickory
Room
Chair: Steve Lichty,
University of Florida
Andrey Shirin,
John Leland Center for Theological Studies
“Political Imagination: The Sacred and the
Profane in the Rise and Fall of Great Powers”
Joshua Su-Ya Wu, Ohio State University
stevelichty@gmail.com
Location: Elm
Room
Chair: Rebecca
Glazier, University of Arkansas Little Rock
“Citizen Perceptions of Barack Obama’s Religious
Affiliation”
John Clark, Western Michigan University
“Religiosity
and Public Opinion toward Cultural Issues in the 21st Century”
Kenneth
Mulligan, Southern Illinois University, kmulliga@siu.edu
Tobin Grant,
Southern Illinois University
Dennis Bennett,
Southern Illinois University
“Religiosity
as a Determinant of Political Knowledge”
Jacob Lupfer,
Georgetown University
Discussant: Rebecca Glazier, University of Arkansas
Little Rock
Friday,
April 29 12:45
p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch
Location: Great Hall West
Friday, April 29 2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Panel 3A: Religion and Political Philosophy
Location: Board
Room
Chair: Alex
Tuckness, Iowa State University
“How
to Ground the Duty to Obey the Law”
Jonathan Fuqua, Baylor University
& University of Missouri St. Louis
“Max
Weber and the Dynamic of Authority and Power”
David Koyzis,
Redeemer University College
“Jonathan
Edwards, A Philosophical Defense of the Fall, and
Lessons for Modern Political Life”
Jim
Schelberg, Washington College, jschelberg2@washcoll.edu
Joseph Prud’homme, Washington College, jprudhomme2@washcoll.edu
Discussant: Alex Tuckness,
Iowa State University
Location: President’s Dining Room
Chair: Douglas
Koopman, Calvin College
John Anderson, University of St. Andrews
“Crisis
at the White House: The Declining Moral Authority of the American Presidency”
Frank
Kessler, Benedictine College, fkessler@benedictine.edu
Monica McCambridge, Benedictine College
“An
American Marriage: Mormons, Polygamy, and Federalism”
Lee
Trepanier, Saginaw Valley State University, ldtrepan@svsu.edu
Lynita Newswander, University of
South Dakota
Discussant: Douglas Koopman,
Calvin College
Panel 3C: Religion, Civic Life, and Politics
Location: Hickory
Room
Chair: Stephen Monsma,
Calvin College
“In
Word and Deed: How U.S. Evangelical Transnational NGOs Frame Their Missions”
Chan Woong
Shin, Syracuse University
“Church
Nonprofits Confront Government Regulations: John Mason and Early Efforts to
Work with the Welfare
Leslie Weber, Jr., ELCA Church in
Society (retired)
“God
Is….: Young Evangelicals Search for Meaning in a Secular World”
Adriane Bilous,
Fordham University
Discussant: Stephen Monsma,
Calvin College
Friday,
April 29 3:45
p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
Location: Fireside Room
Friday,
April 29 4:15
p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
American Grace: How Religion Divides
and Unites Us
David Campbell,
Dinner
Location: Great Hall West
Saturday, April 30
Panel 4A: Religion and Modern Political Thought
Location: Hickory
Room
Chair: William Stevenson, Calvin College
“The
Impasse in American Theology and How We Can Begin to Get Beyond It: Gary Dorrien, Stanley
David Horstkoetter,
Marquette University
david.horstkoetter@marquette.edu
“Gnosticism,
Millenarianism, and the Nature of Modernity: A Reassessment of Eric Voegelin’s
Murray Jardine,
Auburn University
“Skinner’s
Age of Reformation and the Medieval Legacy in ‘Modern’ Political
Thought”
Joshua Bowman, The
Catholic University of America
Discussant: William Stevenson, Calvin College
Panel 4B: Religion
and Politics in Comparative Perspective
Location: White
Pine Room
Chair: Corwin
Smidt, Calvin College
“Between
Pulpit and Pew: Religious Influence on Political Belief and Behavior in Kenya”
Steve Lichty,
University of Florida
“The
Comparative Study of Evangelicals and Politics in Anglo-American Countries”
Jonathan Malloy, Carleton University
“Quantitative
Analysis of the Religious Elements and their Influences on Electoral
Preferences: A Case
Bogdan Ileanu, Romanian Academy
of Economic Studies, ileanub@yahoo.com
Claudiu Herteliu, Romanian
Academy of Economic Studies
Tudorel Andrei, Romanian Academy of Economic Studies
Alexandru Isaic-Maniu, Romanian
Academy of Economic Studies
Discussant: Corwin Smidt,
Calvin College
Location: Maple
Room
Chair: Kevin
denDulk, Grand Valley State University
“The
Influence of Religious Leaders on the Political Behavior of Latino Churchgoers:
Evidence from the
Jessica Hamar
Martinez, University of Arizona, jhamar@email.arizona.edu
Edwin I. Hernandez, University of Notre Dame,
ehernan5@nd.edu
“Useful
Cues: The Effect of Candidate Religiosity on Vote Choice”
Jeremiah
J. Castle, University of Notre Dame
jcastle1@nd.edu
“The
Palin Effect: Examining Evangelical Christians’ Support for Women Candidates”
Gayle
Alberda, Wayne State University, ap0490@wayne.edu
Jennie
Sweet-Cushman, Wayne State University, ec7077@wayne.edu
Discussant: Kevin denDulk, Grand Valley State University
Saturday,
April 25 10:15
a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break
Location:
Fireside Room
Saturday,
April 30 10:45
a.m – 12:30 p.m.
Panel 5A: Religion, Institutional Structures, and
Politics
Location: Presidents
Dining Room
Chair: Leslie
Weber, Jr., ELCA Church in Society (retired)
“Can Institutions Save Us? Alexis de Tocqueville, Reinhold Niebuhr and
the Problem of Anxiety”
Joseph Hartman, Georgetown
University
“The
Teaching of Religion in Russian Schools”
David Meyer,
Regent University, djmeyer@regent.edu
Brett Lonadier, Regent University
Discussant: Leslie
Weber, Jr., ELCA Church in Society (retired)
l-jweber@sbcglobal.net
Panel 5B: Religion
and Politics in South Africa
Location: Board Room
Chair: Steve
Lichty, University of Florida
“Faith
and Politics in South Africa: Should Christians Participate in Politics?”
Leepo Modise, University of South Africa
“The Christian Politician? An Investigation into the
Theological Grounding for Christians’ Participation in Politics”
B.B. Tumi Senokoane, University of South Africa, senokbb@unisa.ac.za
Rothney Tshaka, University of
South Africa, tshakrs@unisa.ac.za
“Diminished or Diverse? An Examination of the Political Voice of Churches in
Democratic South Africa”
Tracy Kuperus,
Calvin College
Discussant: Steve
Lichty, University of Florida
stevelichty@gmail.com
Location: Hickory
Room
Chair: Jennie
Sweet Cushman, Wayne State University
“Religion
and Charitable Financial Giving to Religious and Secular Causes: Does Political
Ideology Matter?”
Brandon
Vaidynathan, University of Notre Dame, brvnathan@gmail.com
Jonathan P. Hill,
Calvin College, jonhill@calvin.edu
“The
Role of Religion in Fostering and Sustaining Civic Engagement”
Corwin
Smidt, Calvin College, smid@calvin.edu
“The
Role of Religion in Fostering Political Tolerance”
Kevin denDulk, Grand Valley
State University, dendulkk@gvsu.edu
Discussant: Jennie
Sweet Cushman, Wayne State University
ec7077@wayne.edu
Concluding Lunch
Location: Great Hall East