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ANNUAL MEETING
of the
SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC
STUDY OF RELIGION
in conjunction with the
Religious Research Association

"TO SAVE OUR SOULS FROM TRIVIALITY:
AN URGENT NEED FOR
COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL RESEARCH"

PLANKINTON HOUSE
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
October 24-26, 1975

OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION
OFFICERS PRESIDENT Paul W. Pruyser, The Menninger Foundation
VICE-PRESIDENT Gillian A. Lindt, Columbia University
SECRETARY Phillip E. Hammond, University of Arizona
TREASURER Edgar W. Mills, St. John's University
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY William V. D'Antonio, University of Connecticut

COUNCIL Donald Capps, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
James E. Dittes, Yale University
Joseph H. Fichter, Loyola University of the South
Robert Friedrichs, Williams College
Jeffrey K. Hadden, University of Virginia
Morton King, Southern Methodist University
Max L. Stackhouse, Andover Newton Theological School
Glenn M. Vernon, University of Utah

EDITOR: JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION
Richard L. Gorsuch, University of Texas, Arlington

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION
Jeffrey K. Hadden, University of Virginia

PROGRAM COMMITTEES
PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON
Vatro Murvar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

ASSISTANT PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON
Thomas Pilarzyk, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

REVIEW BOARD
Donald Capps (Psychology) University of North Carolina
James Davidson (Social Psychology) Purdue University
James Dittes (Psychology, Religious Studies) Yale University
Ismail al Faruqi (Islamics) Temple University
Joseph H. Fichter (Sociology) Loyola University of the South
Bradley Hertel (Indian Studies, Sociology) Vanderbilt University
Dean Knudsen (Sociology) Purdue University
Richard Means (Sociology/Anthropology) Kalamazoo College
Thomas Pilarzyk (Sociology) Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Max L. Stackhouse (Ethics) Andover Newton Theological School

ABSTRACT BOOK EDITOR
Thomas Pilarzyk, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE
David 0. Moberg, Marquette University, Chairperson
William E. Everett, St. Francis School of Pastoral Ministry
Sr. Agnes Pertzborn, Alverno College

PROGRAM PUBLICITY CHAIRPERSON
Wayne Youngquist, Marquette University

OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS PRESIDENT Earl D. C. Brewer, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
VICE-PRESIDENT Ross Scherer, Loyola University of Chicago
SECRETARY Dean R. Hoge, Catholic University of America
TREASURER Charles Thorne, Metropolitan New York Synod, Lutheran Church in America

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Paul Picard, Aid Association for Lutherans
David R. Stone, United Church of Canada
Douglas Johnson, Office of Research, Planning and Evaluation, National Council of Churches
Margaret J. Thomas, Division of Research, United Presbyterian Church
Thomas M. Gannon, S.J., Loyola University of Chicago
John Peatling, Character Research Project, Union College
Robert Herrick, Westmar College
Samuel Mueller, University of Akron

EDITOR: REVIEW FOR RELIGIOUS RESEARCH
Richard Knudten, Marquette University
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: REVIEW FOR RELIGIOUS RESEARCH
Ronald L. Johnstone, Central Michigan University

PROGRAM CHAIRMEN PROGRAM CHAIRMAN, 1975
Jackson W. Carroll, Hartford Seminary Foundation

PROGRAM CHAIRMAN, 1976
Loyde Hartley, Lancaster Theological Seminary

INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
THE REGISTRATION DESK will be located in the Board Room, First Floor Lobby
It will be open
Friday, October 24 9:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M.
Saturday, October 25 9:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M.
Sunday, October 26 9:00 A.M. Noon

THE REGISTRATION FEE is $8.00 for members of SSSR or RRA, $10.00 for non-members and $4.00 for students. Fee includes admission to all meetings and one copy of the Abstracts of Papers. The charge for attendance to The Presidential Reception is $2.00 including refreshments. Tickets for the Breakfast Roundtables are $2.00 each and your choice should be indicated on the pre-registration form.

EXHIBITS: Exhibits of publishers and recent writings by members of SSSR and RRA will be on display in the North Corridor on the Mezzanine Floor. Open 9-5 Friday & Saturday; 9-1 Sunday.

ABSTRACTS: Additional copies of Abstracts of Papers are available at the Registration Desk for $1.50 per copy.

RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS Membership in the Association is open to interested persons. The annual dues of $11.00 for Fellow, $15.00 for Contributing, and $50.00 or more for Supporting Membership include subscription to the Association's publication, The Review of Religious Research, which is published three times a year. Student memberships are available at $9.00. Annual subscription to the Review without membership is $9.00.

SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION MEMBERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS Membership in the Society is open to interested persons. The annual dues of $15.00 include subscription to the Society's publication, The Journal for the Scientific Study of RelWon which is published quarterly. Student memberships are available at $8.00. Annual subscription to the Journal without membership is $15.00.

TO SAVE OUR SOULS FROM TRIVIALITY: AN URGENT NEED FOR COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL RESEARCH

26TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SSSR
in conjunction with the RRA

The SSSR Program Schedule begins on page 5.
The RRA Program Schedule begins on page 25.
SPECIAL OCCASIONS
Presidential Address: Saturday 4:30 Sky Room - followed by the Presidential Reception at 5:30, SSSR

H. Paul Douglas Lecture: Saturday 9:15 am - Sky Room
Plenary Session I: Friday 7:30 pm - Sky Room
Plenary Session II: Saturday 7:30 pm - Sky Room
Major Figure Conversations: Saturday 3:30, Sunday 12:00

The SSSR expresses gratitude to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for their most generous support of this conference.

SSSR PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Friday - October 24
9:00 A.M. - SSSR Council Meeting - Room 233
12:00 noon - SSSR Council Luncheon - Corner Bar, Lobby

1:15 - Sky Room
The Sociology of Charismatic Groups
Chairperson: Joseph H. Fichter, Loyola University of the South
"A Catholic Charismatic Prayer Community in Georgia."
Warren C. Hamby, Emory University
"Process of Recruitment, Introduction, Induction and Conversion of Catholic Pentecostals."
Meredith B. McGuire, Montclair State College
"The Physiological Correlates of GIossolalia."
Robert L. Pavelsky, Pacific Christian College
Archibald D. Hart and H. Newton Malony, Fuller Theological Seminary
"The Practice of Serpent Handling as a Religious Ritual."
Kirk W. Elifson and Peggy S. Tripp, Georgia State University

1:15 - Lotus Room
History, Religion and Society
Convener and Chairperson: Richard L. Means, Kalamazoo College
"American Religious Groups and The Civil Religion: The Legitimation of State and Nation."
Thomas B. Priest, University of Iowa
"The Ambiguity of Christian Socialism: A Style of Response to Industrial America in The Progressive Era."
Richard B. Dressner, Hiram College
"Religious System and Religious Tradition in 19th Century American Revivalism: Methodological Considerations."
Sandra S. Sizer, The University of Chicago
"The Protestant Elite as a Formative Influence on American Religion."
Benton Johnson, University of Oregon

1:15 - Chestnut Room
Religion and the Family
Chairperson: Richard Henry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"Behavorial and Socioeconomic Correlates of Religiously Mixed Marriages."
Jon P. Alston, Texas A & M University
"The Role of the Family in the Development of James W. C. Pennington."
Herman E. Thomas, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
"Parent-Adolescent Relationships in Terms of Religious Affiliation."
Evan T. Peterson, Brigham Young University
"A Review of Research on Religion and Marital Satisfaction and a Proposed Theoretical Framework."
Robert W. Herron, University of Minnesota

1:15 - Room 222
The Religion of India
Convener and Chairperson: Lakshmi Bharadwaj, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"Two Indian Pilgrimages: Kashi and Ramdevra."
Joseph Elder, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Caste Variants of Sanskritization: The Brahmins, Rajputs and Bhumihars of Eastern Utter Pradesh."
Bradley Hertel, Vanderbilt University
"The Use of the Myths in the Puranas (Hindu Scriptures) in Local Festivals."
John C. Walker, Coe College

1:15 - West Room
The Sociology of Jesus Groups
Convener and Chairperson: Thomas Robbins, Queens College of C.U.N.Y.
"Ideology in the Jesus Movement."
William McPherson, Lewis and Clark College
"A More Honest and Objective Look at the Children of God."
Rex Davis, W.C.C., Geneva
James T. Richardson, University of Nevada at Reno
"Youth Culture, Spiritual Ferment and the Confusion of Moral Meanings."
Dick Anthony, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas Robbins, Queens College of C.U.N.Y.

3:30 - Sky Room
The Idea of Civil Religion in Comparative Perspective
Convener: Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh
Chairperson: Richard Fenn, University of Maine
"The Last Civil Religion: Reverend Moon and the Unification Church."
Thomas Robbins, Queens College of C.U.N.Y.
Dick Anthony, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"The Religion of Malaysian Intellectuals."
Daniel Regan, University of Pittsburgh
"Church-State Problems in the Perspective of the Relationship Between Identity and Authority."
Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh
Discussant: Joe Mills, Winthrop College

3:30 - Lotus Room
Dimensions of Religiosity: Conceptual and Empirical Issues
Convener: James D. Davidson, Purdue University
Chairperson: Thomas Gannon, Loyola University of Chicago
"Defining Personal Religion: Psychometric, Cognitive, and Instrumental Dimensions."
Bernard Spilka and Barbara A. Minton, University of Denver
"Religious Consciousness Project: Further Analyses."
Charles Y. Glock, University of California-Berkeley
"Religion: The Moral-Ethical Dimension."
Eugene Schoenfeld, Georgia State University
"Sex Differences in Individual Religiosity: A Review of the Literature."
Samuel A. Mueller and Barbara Gartland, University of Akron
Discussant: Edward Lehman, New York University

3:30 - West Room
Structure and Change in South Asian Religions
Chairperson: Bradley Hertel, Vanderbilt University
"Caste, Color and Race: A Conceptual Clarification."
Lakshmi Bharadwaj, University of Wisconsin-Mflwaukee
"Sadhus and the Secular World: Some Reflections on Max Weber's Sociology of Religion."
Joseph Elder, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Hinduism and Caste in Traditional and Modern India."
Douglas F. Barnes, University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana
"Attitudes Towards Death and Mental Illness Amongst the Tibetan Refugees."
Donald G. Dawe, Union Theological Seminary
"The Relic on the Spear: Historiography and the Sap of Dutthagamani."
Alice-Gr.eenwald, University of Chicago

3:30 - Room 222
Sociology of Religion in Theory and Practice
Convener and Chairperson: Dean D. Knudsen, Purdue University
"Shifting Theoretical Stands in American Sociology of Religion."
Walter Broughton, Kirkland College
"Polity and Decision Premises: The Church and the Private School."
Diane G. Sachs, Christian Brothers College
K. Peter Takayama, Memphis State University
"Age and Stage Among First and Second Career Clergy."
Edgar W. Mills, St. John's University
"The Social Origins and Career Patterns of Leading Protestant Clergymen" A Comparison Between 1959 and 1973."
James O. Smith, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

3:30 - Chestnut Room
Sociological Research and History
Convener: Richard L. Means, Kalamazoo College
Chairperson: Donald L. Noel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"Ambiguous Institutionalization: An Historical Case Study of Two Religious Organizations -- The Ethical-Cultural Society and the Swedenborgians."
Charles Flynn, Miami University of Ohio
"The Young Man's Hebrew Association: Social History of Institutional Change."
Lana D. Muraskin and James E. Katz, Rutgers University
"Social Change in America's Changing Image of the Shakers."
Walter Brumm, St. Mary's College
"The Changing Structure of the Pastoral Ministry."
Philip J. Murnion, Archdiocese of New York

7:30 p.m. - Sky Room - PLENARY SESSION I
New Perspectives on an Old and Troublesome Classic: Durkheim and the Sociology of Religion
Convener and Chairperson: Vatro Murvar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ernest Wallwork, Yale University
"urkheim's Sociology of Religious Ethics."
Ruth Wallace, George Washington University
"The Sources of Civil Religion: Emile Durkheim."
Arun Sahay, University of Sheffield, Great Britain
"The Concepts of Morality and Religion: A Critique of the Durkheimian World-View."
Whitney Pope, Indiana University
"Weber and Durkheim on the Sociology of Religion: Convergence or Divergence?"

Saturday - October 25
SSSR Program Schedule

8:00 A.M. - Round Table Breakfast Sessions - Grill Room

These sessions include coffee, juice and two rolls and are limited to 10 persons per table. Admission is by ticket only ($2.00) which should be ordered in advance (see the registration card at end of this program.) Tickets not sold through pre-registration will be available at the registration desk.

Table 1:
"Notions of Fairness and Legal Systems: A Comparative View."
Phillip E. Hammond and Boris Kozolchyk, University of Arizona
Table 2:
"Historical and Contemporary Relevance of the Protestant Ethic."
Rogene A. Bucholz and George E. O'Connell, University of Minnesota
Table 3:
"Sociology of Peoples."
Carroll J. Bourg, Fisk University
Table 4:
"Genetic, Neurophysiological, and Other Determinants of Religious Ritual and Belief: An Empiricism, Functionalism, and Realism of Evolutionary Time Span in the Study of Religion."
Ralph W. Burhoe, Meadville/Lombard Theological School
Table 5:
"Do Mass Media Convey Religious Information."
James A. Capo, State University of New York, Oneonta
Table 6:
"A Socio-Linguistic Study of Christian Science Oral Testimonies."
Janice Lyski Demarest, University of Colorado
Table 7:
"Bliks: Dogmatic or Non-Dogmatic."
Arthur M. Wheeler, Kent State University
Table 8:
"Dietrich Bonhoeffer - A Martyr's Authority."
William Rea, University of Toronto
Table 9:
"Will and Freedom: Psychoanalytic Themes in the Work of Jacob Boehme."
Gordon E. Pruett, Northeastern University
Table 10:
"Religiosity of Youth and Perception of Parents as Religious and Sexual Beings."
William Tolone, Ollie Pocs, and Annette Godow, Illinois State University
Table 11
"An Ethical and Legal Perspective on Experimentation on Human Fetuses."
Wilma G. von Jess, St. Anselms College
Table 12:
"A Critical Appraisal of Theories on the Origin/Causes of Religious Components."
Robert J. Palma, Hope College

10:30 - Lotus Room
Experimental Passing: Testing New Models in the Social Psychology of Religion
Chairperson: Donald Capps, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
"Terminal Values and Dogmatism: A Correlation Approach."
Andrew D. Thompson, The Catholic University of America
"The Influence of Religious Values on Religious Behavior: Testing a Multi-variate Model of the Relationship."
Daniel Aleshire, Youth Research Center, Minneapolis
Richard Gorsuch, University of Texas at Arlington
"Religious Passing: A Symbolic Interaction."
Glenn M. Vernon, The University of Utah
"Publication Trends in the Psychology of Religion to 1974."
Donald Capps, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Paul Ransohoff, The University of California-Berkeley
Lewis Rambo, The University of Chicago

10:30 - West Room
Religious Symbofism and Ritualism Chairperson: Allan W. Eister, Wellesley College
"Sunday Morning: Aspects of Urban Ritual."
Michael H. Ducey, Institute for Juvenile Research
"From Sacrament to Symbol: The Theology and Practice of the Sabbath in Reform Judaism."
S. Daniel'Breslauer, Colgate University
"Folk Medicine in the Carolinas."
Josie L. Tyler, Ashbury Methodist Church
"The Emergence and Function of Ritual in a Marginal Community: The Koinonia Experiment."
Phillip A. Amerson, Westmont College

10:30 - Room 222
Millenarianism and Modernity
Convener and Chairperson: Michael Barkun, Syracuse University
"Apocalyptic Strains and the Potential for Utopian Movements in the United States."
Evan Vlachos, Colorado State University
"Survivors: Social Movements and the Sense of Victimization."
Michael Barkun, Syracuse University
Discussant: Benjamin Nelson, New School for Social Research

12:00 - SSSR Business Meeting - Lotus Room

1:15 - Sky Room
Workshop on Teaching Sociology of Religion Using Film
Conveners and Co-Chairpersons: Edgar W. Mills, St. John's University Meredith McGuire, Montclair State College

1:15 - Lotus Room
Session With the Editors
Chairperson: Benton Johnson, University of Oregon
Editor of Sociological Analysis and Theory
Arun Sahay, University of Sheffield
Editor of The Sociological Quarterly
James McCartney, University of Missouri
Editor of The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Richard L. Gorsuch, University of Texas at Arlington
Editor of Sociological Analysis
Carroll Bourg, Fisk University
Editor of Review of Religious Research
Richard D. Knutsen, Marquette University
Editor of Sociological Focus
Samuel Mueller, University of Akron

1:15 - West Room
History, Sociology of Religion, and Europe
Convener and Chairperson: Richard L. Means, Kalamazoo College
"Meeting the Urgent Need: Some Methodological Reflections in the Use of Historical Data in the Sociology of Religion."
WilMm H. Swatos, Jr., King College
"Essay in Cumulative Biography: Quantitative Analysis of the Social Class, Career Patterns, and Political Attitudes of the French Episcopate: 1840-1860."
Anita May, University of Oklahoma
"Religion, Politics, and the Emperor Augustus."
G. J. Szemler, Loyola University of Chicago
"Soldiers and Scholars in Puritan England: Challenges to the Rule of the Learned."
Edmund Leites, Queens College, C.U.N.Y.

1:15 - Room 222
Eastern Cults and Quasi-Religious Groups
Convener: Thomas Robbins, Queens College of C.U.N.Y.
Chairperson: Dick Anthony, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"A Comparative Analysis of the Rituals Used by Contemporary New Religious and Para-Religious Movements."
Frederick Bird, Concordia University
"Toward a Theory of Sectarianization: Patterns of Organizational Growth and Development Among Two Contemporary Religious Movements."
Thomas J. Pflarzyk, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
"The Human Potential Movement as a Non-Theistic System of Beliefs."
Thomas D'Alessio
"Orientations Toward Transcendental Meditation: Religious and Secular Aspects of the Movements."
Thomas J. Sullivan and David L. Salasky, Northern Michigan University

1:15 - Chestnut Room
Doctrinal and Ritual Alternatives Within Ecclesiastic Structure: The Greater Milwaukee Area
Chairperson: Roger A. Boesch, Good Shepherd Congregation
Panel: Francis Eschweiler, Good Shepherd Congregation
Paul A. Gutknecht, United Methodist Church
Norena Kinsey, Village Church
Philip Knudsen, Lutheran Campus Ministry of Milwaukee

3:30 - 4:30 - Conversations with Major Figures - Sky Room
Conversation with Ralph Burhoe, All= Eister & Max Stackhouse
Joseph Fichter, interviewed by Andrew Weigert - West Room
Charles Y. Glock, interviewed by Widick Schroeder - Lotus Room
David Moberg, interviewed by Richard J. Stellway - Colonial Room
Bernard Spilka, interviewed by Peter Benson - Room 222

4:30 - Sky Room
Presidential Address-
James E. Dittes, Yale University, Presiding
"Lesson From Art Theory for the Psychology of Religion."
SSSR President, Paul W. Pruyser, The Menninger Foundation

5:30 - Sky Room
Presidential Reception

7:30 - Sky Room - PLENARY SESSION II
Religious and Political Power Structures: Conflict or Consensus
Convener: Vatro Murvar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Chairperson: Dennis H. Wrong, New York University
Ismail R. al Faruqi, Temple University
"Islam, State and Political Power."
G. H. Mueller, American University
"On Faith in Atheism: Lenin and Religion."
C K Yang, University of Pittsburgh
"My Personal Observations on Recent Developments of Religious Life in China."
Hammudah Abdut-Ati, Utica College of Syracuse University
"Questions in Search for the Answers and Other Personal Observations."
Sunday - October 26
SSSR Program Schedule
8:00 A.M. - Round Table Breakfast Sessions - Grill Room

Table 13:
"Religion and Intellectuals: The Alleged Non-Religion of University Professors."
Benjamin J. Keeley, Illinois State University
Table 14:
"Commitment and Conversion in the Assembly of God."
Lawrence Kielich, et. al., Aquinas College
L. Thomas Winfree, University of New Mexico
Table 15:
"Uses of Multiple Sets of Data From Various Time Sets: Church Attendence 1952-1972."
Gertrude Kim, Loyola University of Chicago
Table 16:
"William Lloyd Garrison: An Adopted Son in the Cradle of Liberty."
Dennis Klass, Webster College
Table 17:
"Does the Spirit of Capitalism Still Reflect the Protestant Ethic?"
John R. Warner, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Albin R. Gilbert, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Dana Cable, Hood College
Table 18:
"Catholic-Protestant Socio-economic Achievement Studies: A Methodological Critique."
Stan D. Gaede, Gordon College
Table 19:
"How Religious People Vote: An Examination of the Reasons Delegates Gave for Voting For and Against the Title of Bishop in the Lutheran Church of America."
W. Douglas Larson, Chicago, Illinois
Table 20:
"The Alcoholic, the Episcopal Priest and the Parish Pulpit."
David M. Moss, Center for Religion and Psychotherapy, Chicago
Table 21:
"Judaism in the Left-Wing Kibbutz."
Hyman Mariampolski, Purdue University
Table 22:
"Present Unclarities in the Meaning of the Empirical Study of Religion."
Mary Carmen Rose, Goucher College
Table 23:
"The Impact of S.D. Clark on the Sociology of Canadian Religion."
Harry H. Hiller, The University of Calgary
Table 24:
"Observations on the Interpretation of Myth."
Stephen C. Reynolds, University of Oregon
9:15 - Sky Room
The Sociology of Islam
Chairperson: Hummudah Abdul-Ati, Utica College of Syracuse University
"Pre-Foundations of the Muslim Community in Mecca."
Fazlur Rahman, University of Chicago
"The Islamic Nation of Turkestani: Will There Ever Be Freedom from Soviet Imperialism?"
Richard Lavota and Vatro Murvar, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
"The Family and Shariah Reform."
John L. Esposito, College of the Holy Cross
"Islam and the Extended Family."
Lois Ibsen al Faruqi
Discussant: Abbas Hamdani, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

9:15 - Lotus Room
Recent Theoretical Developments in the Scientific Study of Refigion
Chairperson: Peter A. Munch, Southern Illinois University
"Durkheim's 'The Elementary Forms of Religious Life:' A Theoretical Critique."
Whitney Pope and Tendzin Takla, Indiana University
"Religion and the Social Construction of Reality."
Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University
"The Phenomenological Perspective of Alfred Schutz: Implications for the Study of Religion."
Donald Miller, University of Southern California
"Phenomenological Research and Non-Institutionalized Religion: Some Problems and Paradoxes."
Thomas Pilarzyk, Southern Illinois University
Lakshmi Bharadwaj, University of Wisconsin-Mflwaukee

9:15 - West Room
Religious Success: Bureaucratic and Individualistic Responses to Social Problems
Chairperson and Convener: Dean D. Knudsen, Purdue University
"Have You Heard of the Four Spiritual Laws? A Sociological Analysis of Campus Crusade for Christ International."
Jack Balswick, Spence Mabry, Mary Ruth Smith, University of Georgia
"From Theology to Bureacracy -- You Take the High Road and I'll Take the Low Road: A Test of the Hinings-Foster Model of Church Structure."
James C. Petersen, Western Michigan University
"From Ecumenical Effusion to Denominational Declension: A Sociological Critique of How Success Spoiled the American Ecumenical Movement."
William R. Ga"ett, St. Michael's College
Discussant: Allan Fisher, Hiram College

9:15 - Room 222
The Psychology of Mysticism and Religious Experience
Chairperson: Ralph W. Hood, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
"Mysticism: The Loss of the Ego and the Discovery of the SEIL"
John E. Biersdorf, Institute for Advanced Pastoral Studies
"Mysticism as Technique in Religions: A Comparative History."
Sheldon Shapiro, Indiana University at South Bend
"A Comparative Study of the Effects of Various Modalities on Reported Intensity of Religious Experience."
John R. Knight, Harvard University Divinity School
Walter Houston Clark, Andover Newton Theological School
"The Practice of Awareness and Religious Beliefs."
William E. Danforth

9:15 - Chestnut Room
Religion and Values
Convener: James D. Davidson, Purdue University
Chairperson: Andrew Weigert, University of Notre Dame
"Multiple Commitments of Protestants: Outlines of Invisible Religion."
Dean R. Hoge, Catholic University
"Social Change and Religious Role Options."
W. Seward Salisbury, University of South Carolina
"Changes in Peasant Political Attitudes and Behavior in Poland."
Don Pienkos, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Discussant- James D. Davidson, Jr., Purdue University

12:00 - 1:00 - Conversations With Major Figures
Conversation with Allan Eister, Robert Friedrichs & Jeffrey Hadden - Sky Room
Phillip E. Hammond, interviewed by William Newman - Chestnut Room
Morton King, interviewed by Samuel Mueller - Colonial Room
Paul Pruyser, interviewed by Donald Capps - Lotus Room
Roland Robertson, interviewed by Harold Bershady - West Room
Ernest Waflwork, interviewed by J. Alan Winter - Room 222

1:15 - Sky Room
Cross Cultural Studies of Religion
Chairperson: Paul M. Gustafson, Hiram College
"God, Saints and Spirits: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Medical Systems in Brazil."
Cary Milner, University of Toronto
"Deviant Belief Systems As Contributors to Social Change: The Case of Spiritism in Brazil."
Parke Renshaw, West George College
"Saints and Social Structures."
Max Assimeng, University of Ghana, Africa
"Religion and Causal Explanation: Horton's Work on African Traditional Thought and Western Science."
Coleman D. Clarke, Jr., University of Virginia

1:15 - Lotus Room
Sociology of Theology
Chairperson: Max Stackhouse, Andover-Newton Theological School
"The Young Hegelians of 1840 and the Radical Theologians of 1960: A Study in Historical Recapitulation."
Richard Comstock, University of California at Santa Barbara
"Sociology of Theology: Social Origins and Influences of 'Religious' Ideas and Idea Systems."
James T. Richardson, University of Nevada at Reno
"From Theology to Religion in Early Modern Europe."
J. Samuel Preus, Indiana University
"Critical Theory and the Sociology of Religion."
T. Rennie Warburton, University of Victoria

1:15 - West Room
Cross-National Studies of Religion
Chairperson: Phillip E. Hammond, University of Arizona
"An Overtime Cross-National Measure of Cultural Religiosity."
Robert Wuthnow, University of Arizona
"The Appearance and Growth of the Eastern Orthodoxy in Paris."
Francoise Fichet, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
Djuro J. Vrga, Central Michigan University
"The Ethnic Groups in Canada and the Herberg Thesis."
John H. Simpson, Erindale College
"Ideology-Value Patternings: An Exploratory U.S. Mapping and a Cross-Cultural Proposal to Assess Structuralist Theses as Related to Comparativb Religion."
Robert B. Tapp, University of Minnesota

1:15 - Room 222
Theory, History and Religion
Convener: Richard Means, Kalamazoo College
Chairperson: William H. Swatos, King College
"Conceptual and Theoretical Opportunities in the Study of Medieval Religious Movements."
Ephraim H. Mizruchi, Syracuse University
"Some Uses and Limits of the Structural Developmental Perspective in Psycho-Historical Study."
James W. Fowler, Harvard University
"Protestantism in the 19th Century Korea and the Tonghak Movement."
Hei C. Kim, Western Illinois University
"Historiography of the Sociology of Church and Sect: A Canadian-U.S. Comparison."
William Zwerman, University of Calgary

RRA PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Friday - October 24
9:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. -RRA Board of Directors - Colonial Room

1:15-3:15 - Room 416
The Impact of Non-Traditional Forms of RelWosity on Religious Organizations.
Convener: H. Newton Malony, Fuller Theological Seminary
"Cross-Cultural Implications."
Alan R. Tippitt, Fuller Theological Seminary
"Intense Religious Experience and Church Participation."
Ralph W. Hood, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
"Pope Adrian's Mistake: Denominations and Glossolalia"
Luther W. Gerlach, University of Minnesota

3:30-5:30 - Room 416
Religious Socialization
Convener: Dean Hoge, The Catholic University of America "Initiatory Rites in Religious Communities."
John Westerhoff, III, Duke University
"Religious Socialization: The Faith Development Perspective."
James Fowler, Harvard University
"A Piagetion Perspective on the Development of an Aspect of the Sense of Justice."
John Peatling, Union College Character Development Project

3:30-5:30 - Colonial Room
Theory and Research in Parish Development
Convener: G. Douglass Lewis, Hartford Seminary Foundation
"The Use of Survey Feedback in United Methodist Congregations."
Charles Elizey and Paul Dietterich, Center for Parish Development
"Research in Parish Development: The PEP Model."
Thomas P. Sweetser, S.J., Parish Evaluation Project
"Research on Revitalization of Parish Life: The Chicago Parish Development Project."
Ellis Larsen, Garrett/Evangelical Theological Seminary
Norman Shawchuck, Director, Parish Development Project, Chicago

Saturday - October 25
RRA Program Schedule
9:15-11:00 A.M. - Sky Room
H. Paul Douglas Lecture
Earl D. C. Brewer, Emory University, Presiding
"American Catholicism After the Council."
Dr. Andrew Greeley, Director, Center for the Study of American Pluralism

11:15-12:45 - Colonial Room
Religion and Planning
Convener: William McKinney, Secretary for Research and Evaluation, United Church Board of Homeland Ministries
"Religioning and Planning."
Earl D.C. Brewer, Emory University
Respondents: John Quanbeck, LCA (Lutheran Church in America)
R. James Ogden, ABC (American Baptist Churches)

1:15-3:15 - Colonial Room
Local Churches and Their Communities, A Typological Approach
Convener: William Newman, University of Connecticut
"Church Types, Age Participants and Change in Number of Members -A Five Year Comparison."
Douglas Walrath, Reformed Church in America
"Congregational Typology Construction and Planning for Religious Systems."
Theodore Erickson, Planning Associate, United Church Board of Homeland Ministries
William J. McKinney, Secretary for Research and Evaluation, United Church Board for Homeland Ministries

3:00-4:30 - Room 416
Approaches to the Study of Religious Indicators
Convener: Loyde Hartley, Lancaster Theological Seminary
"Secondary Analysis on National Public Opinion Surveys as One Means for Developing Religious Indicators."
David Roozen, Hartford Seminary Foundation
"Attitudinal Indicators Used in Parish Studies."
Loyde Hartley, Lancaster Theological Seminary

Sunday - October 26
RRA Program Schedule 9:15-11:15 A.M. - Colonial Room or 416
Ministry Studies: The Contribution of Samuel W. Blizzard
Convener: Gary Bouma, Dalhousie University
"The Precarious Enterprise of Ministry."
John H. Simpson, Erindale College, University of Toronto
"Career Counselling for Ministry -- Blizzard's Contribution."
Thomas Brown, Center for Professional Development in Ministry
"Rationalization and Authority -- The Case of the Religious Professional."
Jackson W. Carroll, Hartford Seminary Foundation

11:15-12:30 - RRA Business Meeting - Room 416

BOOK EXHIBITS
This exhibit presents philosophical, sociological, psychological, anthropological, and historical publications relating to the Scientific Study of Religion which have been submitted for display by publishers.

We have attempted to select materials and arrange the displays to bring the latest and most pertinent publications to the attention of a subject-oriented public.

This exhibit is located in the Northern Corridor. Orders may be placed at the exhibit on a Convention discount basis in accord with individual publisher policies. Mr. Harve C. Horowitz, your exhibits director, will be available to answer all inquiries.

The Directory of Exhibitors cited below is a partial listing, reflecting those publishing houses reserving space in advance of this program announcement.

Directory of Exhibitors
Abingdon Press Augsburg Publishing House Basic Books Basfl Blackwell & Mott Ltd. Behavioral Publications, Inc. Brigham Young University Press Halsted Press Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. Harper & Row Harvard University Press D.C. Heath & Co. Herald Press Journal of Comparative Family Studies The Journal of Philosophy Judson Press Les Presses De L'Universite De Montreal McGraw-Hill Book Company Oxford University Press Penguin Books Inc. Philosophy Documentation Center Princeton University Press Charles Scribner's Sons Sheed and Ward, Inc. Simon & Schuster Inc. Claude Stark & Co. Swedenborg Foundation University of California Press University of Chicago Press University of North Carolina Press The University of Tennessee Press The University Press of Kentucky Westminster Press John Wiley and Sons, Inc.