RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION



ANNUAL MEETING


June 13 to 15, 1963

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
SWIFT HALL
CHICAGO 37, ILLINOIS

The Public is Invited

Thursday, June 13, 1963

4-6 P.M. Registration
Swift Hall - University of Chicago

8 P.M. Breasted Hall - Oriental Institute

Presiding: Walter Kloetzli,
President, Religious Research Association

H. PAUL DOUGLASS LECTURE I

Dr. Samuel Klausner
Bureau Social Science Research, Washington, D.C.
"Psychologists as Religious Counselors"

Friday, June 14, 1963
Swift Hall - University of Chicago

PLANNING SECTION - THEME: "Planning and its Relationship to Decision Making"

Presiding: Lyle E. Schaller, Regional Church Planning Office, Cleveland, Ohio

9:00 A.M. to Noon

Stanley Hallett, Church Federation of Greater Chicago
"Philosophical and Theological Considerations in the Planning Process"

James Pickford, American Society of Planning Officials
"The Relationship Between the Planner and the Decision Makers"

Lee Pravatiner, Community Renewal Program, City of Chicago
"The Power Structure of Religious Organizations and the Relationship of Planning to This Power Structure"

1:30 to 3:30 P.M.

Robert L. Wilson, Division of National Missions, The Methodist Church
"The Relationship of Planning to the Power Structure of Protestantism"

Walter K. Johnson, Director, State Planning, State of Wisconsin
"The Role of the Planner in Implementation and Review"

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION SECTION - THEME:

"Research on the Religious and Cultural Beliefs of Children and Youth"

9 A.M. to Noon

Presiding: Barry Keating, National Council of Churches

Miss Catherine F. Carter, Church Federation, Indianapolis, Indiana
"A Study of Youth Culture in Greater Indianapolis"

Frances Bailey, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, New York
"The Response of Adolescents to Selected Bible Passages: The Ability of Youth to Relate the
Bible to Its Concerns"

Oliver E. Graebner, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, and Director of
Research, Millneck Manor Lutheran Industrial School for the Deaf
"Children's Concepts of God"

Mason E. Scholl, Protestant Chaplain, Illinois Industrial School for Boys
"A Comparison Between the Religious Concepts of Delinquents and Non-Delinquent Adolescents"

1:30 to 3:30 P.M.

THEME: "Survey Research on Church Schools and Church School Teachers"
Presiding: Eli Wismer, Board of Christian Education, Presbyterian Church

Edric Weld, Protestant Episcopal Church, New York
"A Survey of Sunday School Teachers in the Protestant Episcopal Church"
Marvin A. Johnson, American Lutheran Church
"Surveys of Church School Teachers in the Lutheran Churches"

Discussants:Ross Scherer, Director of Research Operations, National Council of Churches. Ross

Snyder, Chicago Theological Seminary

5 P.M.

Business Meeting

6 P.M.

Annual Banquet - Hales Student Center, Chicago Theological Seminary

Toastmaster - Walter Kloetzli

Speaker - Gibson Winter, University of Chicago - Divinity School
"The Organizational Development of the Churches"

8 P.M.Breasted Hall - Oriental Institute

Presiding: Victor Obenhaus, Chicago Theological Seminary

H. PAUL DOUGLASS LECTURE II
Dr. Samuel Klausner

Saturday, June 15, 1963
Swift Hall - University of Chicago

9 A.M. to 11 A.M.

Presiding: Yoshio Fukuyama, United Church of Christ

Henry Presler, Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, M.P. India
"Multi-Faith Research in a Christian Center"

Joseph Manak, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
"Social Class and Religiosity in A Central Mexican City"

Bernard Lazarwitz, University of Illinois Pilot Project Report
"Proposed National Sample Survey of Religious Behavior and Beliefs of Religious Groups"

11 A.M. Business Meeting

ADJOURNMENT

AN INVITATION. The conference sessions of the Religious Research Association are open to the public, and anyone interested in the themes dealt with is cordially invited. There is a registration fee of $2.00 for non-members. There is no charge for the H. Paul Douglass Lectures.

THE ANNUAL BANQUET. Reservations may be made at the Registration desk before noon on Friday, June 14. The cost is $3.50.

ROOM RESERVATIONS. Reservations will be accepted for rooms in The Chicago Theological Seminary in the order of their receipt and up to the limit of the dormitory facilities. You may wish to make your own arrangements. If you desire that the committee make reservations for you, please indicate this fact to Prof. W. W. Schroeder, The Chicago Theological Seminary, 5757 University Avenue, Chicago 37, Illinois.

BROADVIEW HOTEL (att. Mrs. O. B. Carr), 5540 Hyde Park Blvd., Chicago 37. $3.50 and up single; $4.50 and up double; $7.50 and up twin beds.

HOTEL SHERRY (att. Mr. R. D. Madery), 1725 E. 53rd St., Chicago 15. $5 and up single; $8 and up double; $5 per person for 3-4 in 2-room suite. Free parking.

SHORELAND HOTEL (att. Miss Shavin, Mgr.), 5454 South Shore Drive, Chicago 15. $7.50 and up single; $10 and up double; $4 each for 3-4 in room. Free parking.

Y M C A (att. Residence Mgr.), 1400 E. 53rd St., Chicago 15. $2.75 per person.

THE RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
P.O. BOX 228, CATHEDRAL STATION
NEW YORK 25, NEW YORK

President.................Walter Kloetzli
Vice President.........Victor Obenhaus
Secretary.................Doris E. Hoel
Treasurer.................Carolyn J. Odell

Review of Religious Research
Editor....................Frederick A. Shippey