RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION



ANNUAL MEETING

June 17 to 19, 1965

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY

Lewis Towers

820 North Michigan Avenue

Chicago, Illinois 60611

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED



Thursday, June 17, 1965


1 P.M.

Committee meetings......President's Room

2 P.M. - 4 P.M.

Board of Directors' meeting....President's Room

3:30 P.M. - 6 P.M.

REGISTRATION.........................Lounge

5 P.M. - 6 P.M.
Reception for Board of Directors and Guests......President's Room

8 P.M.

Presiding:
Walter Kloetzli
President, Religious
Research Association

H. PAUL DOUGLASS LECTURE I.................Georgetown Room

Dr. Talcott Parsons
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

"Religion in Our Pluralistic Society--Some Highlights of the Historical Background;
The Problem of Secularization"



Friday, June 18, 1965


9 A.M. to Noon

Section on CHURCH PLANNING
Room 422-24

Presiding: Lyle Schaller
Regional Church Planning Office
Cleveland, Ohio

Arthur J. Stanley, United Christian Missionary Society, Disciples of Christ, Indianapolis, Ind.
"Cedar Rapids - Marion Church Planning Study"

Eugene Carper, Massachusetts Council of Churches, Boston, Mass.
"Theorems Emanating from the Worcester County Study"

John Kuckuk and Charles Davis, Institute of the Presbytery of Detroit, Detroit, Mich.
"Toward a Practical Religious Research System"

Melvin Gingerich, Mennonite General Conference, Goshen, Ind.
"The Mennonite Family Census of 1963"


9 A.M. to Noon
and
1 P.M. to 4 P.M.

Section on STUDIES OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF
Georgetown Room

Presiding:Barry Keating
Department of Research, National Council of Churches, New York, New York

Henry Gerner, Campus Christian Fellowship, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
"A Study of the Beliefs and Values of The Freedom Riders"

David Gray, Religious Education, Robert Morris Junior College, Pittsburgh, Pa.
"A Study of Conceptions of the Church Held by Presbyterian Laymen"

Oliver Graebner, Department of Psychology, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind.
"A Study of the Concepts of God among Deaf Children"

Merton Strommen, Lutheran Youth Research, Minneapolis, Minn.
"A Study of the Belief Systems of Freshmen at Lutheran Colleges"

Diane Long, Staff Psychologist, Camarillo State Hospital, Camarillo, Cal., David Elkind and Bernard Spilka, Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colo.
"A Study of the Meaning of Prayer: Its Conceptual Development in Children"



1 P.M. to 4 P.M.

Section on SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
Room 422-24

Presiding: Paul Mundy, Loyola University, Chicago, Ill.

John Shope, Conwell School of Theology, Philadelphia, Pa.
"The Puerto Ricans and the Bible"

Morton King, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
"Criteria of Churchmanship; Ministerial vs. Lay Views"

Andrew Greeley, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
"Comparative Occupational Status of Protestant Denominations and Catholic Groups"


4 P.M. to 5 P.M.
Georgetown Room

Business Meeting


6 P.M.
Illinois Club for Catholic Women (Lewis Towers)

Annual Banquet
Toastmaster: Lauris Whitman, Department of Research, National Council of Churches

Speaker: Widick Schroeder, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois
"Theological Understanding and 'Culture' Religion"

8 P.M.

Presiding: Walter Kloetzli

H. PAUL DOUGLASS LECTURE II
Georgetown Room

Dr. Talcott Parsons
"Religion in Our Pluralistic Society -- The Contemporary Situation"


SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1965


9 A.M. To Noon

Section on SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS PROFESSIONALS
Georgetown Room

Presiding: Victor Obehaus
Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill.

Dwight Culver, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.
"The Protestant Seminarian"

Samuel Blizzard, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J.
"A Study of Attitudes of Protestant Seminarians toward Scientific Study of Behavior"

Thomas C. Campbell, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, New Brighton, Minn.
"Ministers and Their Conception of the Relation between Church and Culture"

Douglas Jackson, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
"The Clergy and Religious Institutions as Part of the Power Structure of Negro Sub-cultures in a Metropolitan Center"


1 P.M. to 4 P.M.

Section on PSYCHOLOGY RELIGION
Georgetown Room

Presiding:Frances Bailey
Departments of Psychology and Religion, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York

Roger and Louise Barker, Department of Psychology, University of Kansas Lawrence, Kan.
"Studies in the Psychological Ecology of American and English Churches"

Lauris Whitman, Department of Research, National Council of Churches, New York, N.Y.
Response: "A New Approach to the Study of Church Statistics and the Sociology of Religion"

Donald Miller, Bethany Biblical Seminary, Oakbrook, Ill.
Response: "A New Approach to the Study of Social Systems in Christian Education."

ADJOURNMENT


THE ANNUAL BANQUET - Reservations for dinner must be received by Dr. Paul Mundy no later than June 14. Please use the coupon on this program. The cost is $4.00 including gratuities payable when you register for the meetings.

AN INVITATION - The Conference sessions of the Religious Research Association are open to the public, and anyone interested in the topics 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.

ROOM RESERVATIONS - Northwestern University Chicago Campus will have room for 100 men at Abbott Hall, 710 N. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago. Single: $4.50. Double: $3.25 per person. Send reservations to Dr. Paul Mundy, Loyola University, 820 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611 before may 15.

HOTELS - Please write directly to the hotel for reservations. The locations of the following are convenient to our meetings:

Lawson YMCA, 30 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60610. Single: $4-$8. Double: $3.50-$4 per person.

McCormick YWCA, 1001 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. 60610. Single: $6.80 with bath; $4.12 without bath. Double: $10.82 with bath; $7.72 without bath.

Pearson Hotel, 190 E. Pearson, Chicago, Ill. 60611. Single: $9.50-$11. Double: $10.50-$12 (with double bed); $14-17 (with twin beds).

Seneca Hotel, 200 E. Chestnut, Chicago, Ill. 60611. Single: $11- $16. Double: $14-$21.

Eastgate Hotel, 162 E. Ontario, Chicago, Ill. 60611. Single: $6-l0. Double: $9-$15. Water Tower Inn, 800 N. Michigan, Chicago, Ill. 60611. Single: $18-$20. Double: $22-$24.

NOTE: The Allerton and the Sheraton are filled up for dates of the RRA meeting because of the Furniture Show. It will be wise to get your reservations to one of the other hotels immediately before they also are filled up.


REGISTRATION -- MUST BE RECEIVED BY JUNE 14, 1965

Dr. Paul Mundy
Loyola University
820 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60611

I wish to make reservations for the RRA Annual Banquet on Friday, June 18, 1965

Number of persons wanting meat _____
Number of persons wanting fish _____
TOTAL RESERVATIONS _____

Name ____________________________________________

Address _________________________________________

_________________________________________


The Religious Research Association
P.O. Box 228, Cathedral Station
New York 25, New York

President.......................Walter Kloetzli
Vice President..................Lyle E. Schaller
Secretary.......................Doris E. Hoel
Treasurer.......................George Kaslow