[OPLINLIST] Keynote: “The Decision to Ordain Gay Clergy: The Role of Empirical Data in a Mainline Church"

[Cunningham, Flo]

Registration is now open for the 2014 Conference on Information and Religion, hosted by the Center for the Study of Information and Religion at Kent State University School of Library & Information Science (SLIS).

For details and a link to registration, visit http://www.kent.edu/slis/research/csir/annual-conference-on-information-and-religion.cfm.

This year's theme is Information Management in Religious Organizations, and our keynote speaker is Kenneth Inskeep, Director, Research and Evaluation, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and co-author of Chasing Down a Rumor: The Death of Mainline Denominations. Inskeep will discuss “The Decision to Ordain Gay Clergy:  The Role of Empirical Data in a Mainline Church.” The decision to ordain gay clergy was make by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2009. The decision held significant implications for the future of the ELCA. He will recount and assess the role empirical data played (and did not play) in making that decision.

The conference is scheduled for June 5 & 6, 2014, at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. For details and a link to registration, visit http://www.kent.edu/slis/research/csir/annual-conference-on-information-and-religion.cfm.

Below is a list of scheduled presentations, by theme/subject matter. Abstracts can be found at http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/.



>>>INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY<<<

Data Weaving: Bringing together the history of Trinity Episcopal Church and New England through technology<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Two/5>
Sarah L. Woodford, Yale University
Patricia Thurston, Yale University

Zotero for Faith Communities: Encouraging Faith Thinking and Sharing Through an Information Management Tool<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Two/1>
Rebecca Klemme Eliceiri, University of Missouri

Religious information seeking on social media in Saudi society<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Two/3>
Abdullah Almobarraz, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University

Social Media meets the Modern Mission Agency<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Two/4>
Todd Marshall, Regent University

Interplay of Media with Religion in Contemporary Kashmir<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Two/7>
Abdul Raoof, Jawaharlal Nehru University

“SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE:” THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SECULAR MEDIA AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Two/6>
Larry Poston, Nyack College
Linda Poston, Nyack College

Friday, June 6th

Choosing church management software solutions: a case study<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Two/2>
Wallis Metts, Spring Arbor University

Moving Beyond the mundane in ICT: Application and Utilization in Techno-spiritual communication<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Two/8>
Essien Essien, University of Uyo - Nigeria





>>>RESEARCH IN INFORMATION AND RELIGION<<<


Thursday, June 5th


Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding and Spirituality – Regrounding the Knowledge Pyramid<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Three/6>
Denise Bedford, Kent State University

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION STRATEGIES: A CASE OF DA’WAH ACADEMY, IIUI<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Three/3>
Muhammad Sajid Mirza, Da'Wah Academy, International Islamic University

Mosque as a religious building for community development<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Three/2>
Khosro Movahed, Islamic Azad University

Knowing congregational membership through their faith journeys. Autoethnographic study of Covenant Presbyterian church Lubbock, TX<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Three/4>
Innocent Awasom, Texas Tech University Libraries

The Question of Evangelism in the Christian East: The Silent Missionary<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Three/9>
Shannon Smith, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Joseph Studemeyer, University of South Carolina

Friday, June 6th

A CITATION ANALYSIS OF ECCLESIASTES SCHOLARSHIP: A TEST CASE USING CITATION ANALYSIS IN BIBLICAL STUDIES<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Three/7>
Timothy Senapatiratne, Bethel Seminary

CONGREGATIONS AND ALL GOD'S CREATURES<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Three/10>
Sharon Tkacz, Kent State University
Zach Moore, Kent State University

Of Pilgrims and Information: An Exploratory Study about Experiencing Hajj<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Three/11>
Caidi Nadia, University of Toronto
Adrienne Phillips

Questions about belief: an analysis of Yahoo! Answers queries regarding ‘belief’ in Islam and Christianity<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Three/8>
Sally Jo Cunningham, University of Waikato
Annika Hinze, Walkato University

For Christ’s Sake, Laugh<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/Three/12>
Charles C. Curran, University of South Carolina



>>>LIBRARIANSHIP<<<

Thursday, June 5th

A Theology of Hospitality in the Library Setting<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/One/1>
Karen Madigan, Virginia Theological Seminary

Confronting Tragedy: Explaining the Unimaginable, and Unthinkable through Picture Books<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/One/3>
Meghan Harper, Kent State University

Using Rapid Review Methods for Topics in Religion<http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/acir/2014/One/2>
Paul Fehrmann, Kent State University - Kent Campus
Maria Hawkins




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