1967 Program

OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY OFFICERS
PRESIDENT Peter L. Berger, City University of New York
VICE PRESIDENT Charles Y. Glock, University of California
SECRETARY Allan W. Eister, Wellesley College
TREASURER Ralph W. Burhoe, Meadville Theological School
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Samuel Z. Klausner, University of Pennsylvania

COUNCIL
Walter H. Clark, Andover Newton Theology School
Joseph H. Fichter, Camb@ge Center for Social Studies
Horace L. Friess, Columbia University
James M. Gustafson, Yale University
Robert J. Havighurst, University of Chicago
Benjamin Nelson, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Philip Rieff, University of Pennsylvania
Kenneth W. Underwood, Yale University

1967 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
PROGRAM CHAIRMAN: Daniel Callahan, Commonweal Magazine
Earl D. C. Brewer, Barbara Pittard, Martin J. Buss, Milton E. Snyder, John B. Carver, Samuel Southard, Charles F. McCook, David S. Steward, John F. Newman, Margaret Steward, Kenneth R. Whittemore

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS
Membership in the Society is open to qualified scholars. The annual dues of $8.50 include subscription to the Society's scholarly forum, The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Student memberships are available at $5.00. Annual Subscription to the Journal without membership is $10.00.
Members also receive a quarterly Newsletter, occasional supplements, conference reports and a periodically revised Directory. The central office of the Society is located at 1200 Seventeenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

REGISTRATION
THE REGISTRATION DESK will be located at the entrance of the Crystal Lounge Corridor. It will he open-
Thursday October 26, 1967, 7-9 P.M.
Friday October 27,1967,8 A.M.-3 P.M.
THE REGISTRATION Fee is: $3.00 for Members, (Student member $1.00); $5.00 for non-members, (Student non- member $2.00). Fee includes admission to all meetings, abstracts of papers and admission to President's Reception.

ADVANCE REGISTRATION-HOUSING RESERVATION FORMS are included with this program. All registrants (including local residents) are requested to register in advance by mail. Please include payment for registration fee and conference luncheon with the reservation form. Kits and badges will be ready upon arrival as well as tickets for pre-paid luncheon.

TICKETS FOR CONFERENCE LUNCHEON must be purchased in advance of the Conference (not later than October 25, 1967). Price of luncheon scheduled October 27 is $4.00 per person.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
ABSTRACTS: Additional copies of abstracts of papers available at registration desk. Price $1.00.

EXHIBITS: Exhibits of publishers and writings by members of the Society will be on display in the Crystal Lounge Corridor. Catalogues of these works will be available in the exhibit area.

SCHEDULE OF SIMULTANEOUS PROGRAM SESSIONS
Simultaneous Sessions were made necessary by the number of papers offered. Papers have been scheduled in groups which hopefully minimize conflict of subject matter. You should feel free to pick any particular session or paper. In general, the time allotted for the presentation of each paper and its discussion is one-half hour.

1967 Conference Program

SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY
OF RELIGION

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
7-10 P.M.
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, First Session Mezzanine, Room 6

FRIDAY OCTOBER 27
Morning Session
8:30-10 A.M.
BELIEF AND BEHAVIOR: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES, Exhibition Hall (First Section)

Chairman: Max L. Stackhouse, Andover Newton Theological School

Beliefs and Actions
Homer Mason, University of Minnesota

Belief, Truth and Action: An Approach to the Problem of Religious Truth in Terms of Behavioral Response
W. Richard Comstock, University of California, Santa Barbara

10:30-42 NOON
BELIEF, BEHAVIOR AND IDEOLOGY Exhibition Hall (First Section)

Chairman: Jeffrey K. Hadden, Case Western Reserve University

Religion, Ideology and Behavioral Patterns
Robert J. McNamara, Fordham University

The Recent Discussions Between Marxists and Christians: Some Sociological Reflec- tions
NORMAN BIRNBAUM, New School for Social Research

Perspectives on the Study of Religious Attitudes
W. WMICK SCHROEDER, Chicago The- ological Seminary

12:15 P.M.
LUNCHEON, Pompeian Room

Address: Conscience and Culture: Beyond Max Weber
Benjamin Nelson, New School for Social Research

Afternoon Session
2-3:30 P.M.
Session A: RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, Exhibition Hall (First Session)

Chairman: James Dittes, Yale Divinity School

The Origins of Religion in the Child
David Elkind, University of Rochester

The Role of Religious Constructs in Personality
Richard L. Gorsuch, Vanderbilt University

LSD as a Means of Exploring the Non-Rational Components of Religious Experience
Walter Houston Clark, Andover Newton Theological School
Milton Raskin, Spring Grove Hospital

Session B: PATTERNS OF ADOLESCENT RELIGION, Exhibition Hall

Chairman: Joseph E. Cunneen, Holt, Rinehart and Winston

Religion and the Occupational Plans and Attitudes of Teen-Agers
Benton Johnson, University of Oregon
Charles C. Langford, University of Oregon
Control and Commitment in Parochial Education
Leonard J. Pinto, University of Colorado

Sources of Teen-Age Religious Influence: An Empirical Study
Roger D. Irle, University of Oregon

4-5:30 P.M.
Session I: CHURCH, SECT AND SOCIAL CHANGE, Exhibition Hall (First Section)

Chairman: Herbert L. Smith, Western Michigan University

Church-Sect Typology: A Case Study of Pentecostalism
Daniel M. Johnson, Blackburn College

Social Change in a Once Separatist, Pietistic Sect-The Church of the Brethren
Lorell Weiss, McPherson College

Sectarian, Churchly, and Racial Correlates of Labor Union Sentiment in a Southern Textile Community
JOHN EARLE, Wake Forrest College
DEAN KNUDSEN, Ohio State University
Donald W. Shriver, JR., North Carolina State University

Session B: TYPOLOGY: CRITIQUES AND SUGGESTIONS Exhibition Hall (Last Section)

Chairman: ROBERT HASSENGER, University of Notre Dame

Conceptions of the Ultimate and the Social Organization of Religious Bodies
Richard Sommerfeld, Concordia Senior College

Introduction to a New Typology for American Religious Institutions
John B. Snook, Columbia University

Typologies of Religious Association and the Riddle of Religious Renewal
Harry E. Yeide, Jr., George Washington University

EVENING PROGRAM
6-7 P.M.
PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION, Georgian Ballroom

7-8:30 P.M.
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, Second Session, Mezzanine', Room 6

8:30-10:30 P.M.
SYMPOSIUM: SOUTHERN RELIGION, Exhibition Hall, (First Section)

Chairman: Leonard M. Sizer, West Virginia University

The Southern Soldier-Saint
Samuel Southard, Board of Church Extension

Belief and Behavior in the South
Samuel S. Hill, Jr., University of North Carolina

Panelists:
C. Michael York, Georgia Institute of Technology
Marshall Frady, The Atlanta Constitu- tion
D.C. Brewer, Emory University

FONT SIZE=+1>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28
Morning Session

8:30-10 A.M.
Session I: RELIGION: EAST AND WEST, Exhibition Hall (First Section)

Chairman: ROBERT T. BOBILIN, University of Hawaii

Belief and Social Behavior in Ch'ondo-kyo
W. J. KANG, Valparaiso University

Analysis of a Clichi: Eastern Spirituality and Western Materialism
Cyrus R. Panghorn, Douglass College, Rutgers-The State University

A Fundamentalist Belief System
Charles Hudson, University of Georgia

Session B: ASPECTS OF PRIMITIVE RELIGION, Exhibition Hall (Last Section)

Chairman: William A. Osborne, St. John's University

The Inadequacy of an Emotive Theory for Analyzing Religious Rites: A Critique of Mzilinowski's Analysis of Rites
Ben Kimpel, Drew University

Anthropological Study of a Primitive Religious Subculture in Cuauhtemoc, Mexico
David D. Eitzen, School of Theology, Claremont

The Myth of Paradise
Erika Wick, St. John's University

10:30-12 Noon
BUSINESS MEETING Exhibition Hall (First Section)

Chairman: Peter L. Berger, President
Open discussion on the intellectual orientation of the Society.