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ANNUAL MEETING
of the
SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC
STUDY OF RELIGION
meeting jointly with the
RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
and
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS
AND RESEARCHERS
IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

 Program Theme:
"RELIGION AND SEX-ROLES: CHALLENGE AND CHANGE"

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
October 27-29, 1978
Hotel Sonesta
Hartford, Connecticut 06103

INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

THE REGISTRATION DESK will be located in the Hotel Lobby.
It will be open THE REGISTRATION FEE is $10.00 for members of SSSR, RRA or APRRE, $12.00 for non-members; and $5.00 for students. The fee includes admission to all meetings.

ABSTRACT BOOK will be for sale at the registration desk. $2.00 if purchased at the meeting. Add .60 for postage after meeting.

BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLE tickets are $2.50 each and your choice should be indicated on the pre-registration form. Reservations will not be held without payment. Those spaces not sold through pre-registration will be sold at the registration desk and at the door.

THE CONVENTION SOCIAL HOUR, Saturday 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., is sponsored jointly by the Hartford Seminary Foundation and the three associations.

SOCIAL HOUR FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS OF RELIGION is $2.00 which you may pre-register for or purchase tickets at the registration desk or at the door.

BOOK EXHIBIT: Exhibits of publishers, related organizations and recent writings of members will be on display in the Mayflower-Balmoral Room (fourth floor). Convention discounts offered. Open 9-5 Friday and Saturday; 9-1, Sunday. H. Horowitz, mgr.

MEETING ROOM LOCATIONS

SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION


OFFICERS
PRESIDENT William V. D'Antonio, University of Connecticut
VICE-PRESIDENT Bernard Spilka, University of Denver
SECRETARY Dean Knudsen, Purdue University
TREASURER Russell Dynes, American Sociological Association
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY W. Clark Roof, University of Massachusetts

COUNCIL
Allan Eister, Wellesley College
Richard K. Fenn, University of Maine
Barbara Hargrove, Yale Divinity School
Dean Hoge, Catholic University of America
H. Newton Malony, Fuller Technical Seminary
Marie Augusta Neal, Emmanuel College
Paul Pruyser, The Menninger Foundation
Bryan Wilson, All Souls College, Oxford

JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION
EDITOR: Richard Gorsuch, University of Texas, Arlington
EDITOR ELECT: Phillip Hammond, University of Arizona
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: Jeffrey K. Hadden, University of Virginia
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: EUROPE: Bryan R. Wilson, All Souls College

MONOGRAPH EDITOR: William Newman, University of Connecticut

PROGRAM '78
Chairperson: Gillian Lindt, Columbia University
Assistant: Susan Purdy, Columbia University
Local Arrangements: Jackson Carroll, Hartford Seminary Foundation

PROGRAM '79
Chairperson: H. Newton Malony, Fuller Theological Seminary

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 Religion which is published quarterly. Student memberships are available at $8.00. Annual subscription to the Journal without membership is $15.00.


RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

OFFICERS
PRESIDENT Barbara Hargrove, Yale Divinity School
VICE-PRESIDENT Bernard J. Quinn, Glenmary Research Center
SECRETARY William J. McKinney, Jr., United Church Board Homeland Ministries
TREASURER Edward A. Rauff, Lutheran Council in USA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jack Balswick, University of Georgia
Earl D.C. Brewer, Emory University
Jackson W. Carroll, Hartford Seminary Foundation
Loyde H. Hartley, Lancaster Seminary
Robert Herrick, Westmar College
Dean Hoge, Catholic University of America
Samuel Mueller, University of Akron
Hart M. Nelsen, Catholic University of America
Barbara P. Payne, Georgia State University
John Peatling, Union College
Everett L. Perry, Board of National Missions
Edward M. Sullivan, Center for Applied Research in the Apostalate
Douglas Walrath, Reformed Church in America
Ronald Wimberly, North Carolina University

PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON
Jack Balswick, University of Georgia

EDITOR: REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS RESEARCH
James D. Davidson, Purdue University

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Raymond C. Rympf, Purdue University

RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS

Membership in the Association is open to interested persons. The annual dues are $14.00 for Fellow, $25.00 for Contributing, and $12.00 for Student Memberships. These include a subscription to the Association's publication, the Review of Religious Research, which is published three times a year. Annual subscription to the Review without membership is $12.00. Address: Religious Research Association, Inc., P.O. Box 303, Manhattanville Station, New York, NY 10027.


ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

OFFICERS
PRESIDENT Clarence H. Snelling, Iliff School of Theology
PRESIDENT ELECT Mary Charles Bryce, OSB, Catholic University
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Donald F. Williams, Chicago Cluster of Theological Schools

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Lucie W. Barber, Union College
Maria Harris, Andover Newton Theological
David Steward, Pacific School of Religion
Ian P. Knox, University of Toronto
Joanmarie Smith, St. Joseph College
John Westerhoff 111, Duke University
Norma H. Thompson, New York University

PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON
Mary Charles Bryce, Catholic University of America

ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION MEMBERS AND PUBLICATION
Membership in the Association is open to professionals in the related fields, to professionals retired from the field, and to persons preparing to become professionals in the field. The respective annual dues of $12.00 for Member, and $7.50 for Associate Member, and $5.00 for Emeritus or Student Member include subscription to the Associations Newsletter, which is published twice a year, and copies of papers presented at the annual meeting.


PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 26

4:00 P.M. - Charter House - RRA Board of Directors Meeting

7:30 P.M. - Somerset - SSSR Council Meeting
Friday, October 27

8:00 - 9:30 A.M. - Charter House - RRA Board of Directors Meeting (cont.)

9:30 - 11:00 A.M. - Somerset Room - SSSR Council Meeting (cont.)
10:00 - 12:00 - Carlton A SSSR-1

Sexual Imagery and Myth

Chairperson and Discussant: Richard E. French, University of Bridgeport

"Sexual Imagery in the Oedipus Myth"
John F. Miller, III, North Texas State University

"Sexual Duality, Religion, and the Mythic Imagination"
James F. O'Leary and John H. Hanson, Daemen College

"Hierarchy and Power: Beyond the Men in the Pyramid"
H. Frederick Reisz, Jr., Wittenberg University
10:00 - 12:00 - Carlton B SSSR-2

New Religious Movements: Pentecostalism and Charismatic Renewal

Chairperson: Thomas Robbins, Queens CUNY

"The Meaning of Social Action in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal"
Joleen Benedict, Jersey City Museum

"The Re-Emergence of Body Symbolism in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal"
Linda Scicutella Mai, Rutgers University

"Health and Holiness: 'Faith Healing' Among Catholic Pentecostals"
Meredith B. McGuire, Montclair State College

"Deprivation and the Emergence of New-Pentecostalism: A Sociological Assessment"
Cecil David Bradfield, James Madison University

Discussant: Roger O'Toole, University of Toronto
10:00 - 12:00 - Carlton C SSSR-3

Anthropological and Sociological Dimensions of Religion

Chairperson: Samuel Mueller, University of Akron

"Toward an Anthropological Theory of Religion"
Stewart Guthrie, University of Rhode Island

"Religion and Social Science: Conciliation and Condescension"
Thomas Robbins, Queens CUNY

"The Six Dimensions of Religion"
G.H. Mueller, The American University

Discussant: Benton Johnson, University of Oregon
10:00 - 12:00 - Charter House RRA-1

Studies in the Social Psychology of Religion

Chairperson: Stan Gaede, Gordon College

"Religion and Punitive Violence"
Eugene Schoenfield and Dorothea Millard, Georgia State University

"Measuring Beliefs, Values, and Decisions About Having Children: A Multi-Dimensional Approach"
Kenrick S. Thompson, Northern Michigan University

"Antecedent and Consequent Conditions of the Religious Experience"
Robert D. Margolis and Kirk W. Elifson, Georgia State University

Discussant: Michael R. Leming, St. Olaf College
11:00 - 12:00 - Carlton D APRRE-1

APRRE - Catholic Assembly: An Open Discussion

The DRE in the Church today: role, status, image, professional preparation; future projections; implications for academic programs in religious education/catechetics today.

Chairperson: John F. Welch, 0. Carm., Washington Theological Union
12:30 - 2:00 - Somerset - SSSR Council Luncheon
1:30 - 3:20 - Carlton A SSSR-4

Sex Roles and Religious Affiliation Among Youth

Chairperson and Discussant: Marie Augusta Neal, Emmanuel College

"Sex Differences in the Religiosity of Protestant Adolescents - South and non-South"
Hart M. Nelsen and Raymond H. Potvin, The Boys Town Center at the Catholic University of America

"Group Affiliation Patterns of College Students"
L. Rebecca Propst, Ohio University

"Depression in College Students: A Factor Analytic Study of Sex Differences and Religious Correlates"
Barry D. Smith and Robert E. Steele, University of Maryland

1:30 - 3:20 - Carlton B SSSR-5

Mysticism and Religious Experience

Chairperson and Discussant: Wayne Proudfoot, Columbia University

"Physiological Arousal, Environmental Cues and the Report of Religious Experience: A Test of Attribution Theory"
Mark Imhoff and H. Newton Malony, Fuller Theological Seminary

"The Structure of Mystical Experience and Pre- and Post- Lifestyle Correlates"
George A. Brown, lhff School of Theology; Bernard Spilka, Stephen Cassidy, University of Denver

"Anticipatory Set and Setting Stress Incongruities as Elicitors of Mystical Experience in Solitary Nature Situations"
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
1:30 - 3:20 - Carlton C SSSR-6

Religion: Dissidence and Civil Disobedience

Chairperson and Discussant: Steven Steinberg, CUNY, Graduate Center

"Toward a Profile of King's Protesting Pastors"
Charles Teel, Jr., Loma Linda University

"The Orthodox and the Baptists in the USSR: Resources for the Survival of Ideologically Defined Deviance"
Jerry Glen Pankhurst, Ohio State University

1:30 - 3:20 - Charter House RRA-2

Religion and Education for Ministry

Chairperson: Earl Brewer, Candler School of Theology, Emory

"Trends in Doctor of Ministry Research"
Loyde H. Hartley, Lancaster Theological Seminary

"Trends in Parish Research"
Harold McSwain, Methodist Theological School in Ohio and United Theological Seminary

"Trends in Gerontology Research"
Barbara Payne, Georgia State University

"Trends in Lifestyle Research"
Philip Amerson, Patchwork Ministries
1:30 - 3:20 - Directors SSSR-7

Religious Traditions as Creators and Legitimators of Sex Roles and Stereotypes

Chairperson: Richard Fenn, University of Maine

"Hosea: An Old Testament View of Intersexual Conflict"
John Stewart McGovern, The Menninger Foundation

"The Woman's Veiling in a Mennonite Subculture"
Donald B. Kraybill, Elizabethtown College

"Change and Innovation in Religion: Conservative Judaism and the Jewish Feminists"
Selma Koss Brandow, Trenton State College

Discussant: Ross Kraemer, Haverford College
2:00 - 3:20 - Carlton D APRRE-2

APRRE Catholic Assembly: An Open Discussion

Chairperson: John F. Welch, 0. Carm., Washington Theological Union, Washington, D.C.

The DRE in the Church today. (continued)
3:30 - 5:20 - Carlton A SSSR-8

Social Psychological Studies: Attitudinal Differences

Chairperson: James Dittes, Yale University

"Religiosity and Attitudes Toward Sex Discrimination: An Empirical Study"
Michael R. Welch, Florida Atlantic University

"Personality Characteristics Related to Religious Attitudes Toward Women"
Mary Jo Meadow, Mankato State University

"A Developmental Perspective on Religious Orientation Dimensions"
Richard Kahoe, Christian Haven Homes; Mary Jo Meadow, Mankato S.U.

Discussant: Richard Gorsuch, University of Texas at Arlington
3:30 - 5:20 - Carlton B SSSR-9

Clergy Roles: Illness and Death

Chairperson and Discussant: Thomas Gannon, Loyola University

"Religion and Death II: The Roles of Conservative Theology and Personal Perspectives on Death in Relation to Terminal Patients and Euthanasia"
John D. Spangler, The Iliff School of Theology; Bernard Spilka and M. Priscilla Rea, University of Denver

"Cancer and the Clergy: A Study of Cancer Patients'Experiences With and Perceptions of the Clergy"
Bernard Spilka, University of Denver; John D. Spangler, The Ihff School of Theology

"An Exploration of Role Conflict Between the Clergyman and the Funeral Director"
Cecil D. Bradfield and R. Ann Myers, James Madison University
3:30 - 5:20 - Carlton C SSSR-10

Contemporary Religious Movements: Old and New

Chairperson: Dick Anthony, Berkeley, California

"Participation Rates in New Religious and Para-Rehgious Movements: A Preliminary Analysis"
Frederick Bird and William Reimer, Concordia University

"Levels of Discourse and Self-Concept Within a Fundamentalist Christian Milieu: Conversion to the Jesus Movement"
Robert B. Simmonds, State University of New York

"Contemporary Conservative Calvinism: A Preliminary Investigation into the Continued Vitality of the Christian Reformed Church"
Gary D. Bouma, Dalhousie University and Michigan State University

Discussant: Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University
3:30 - 5:20 - Carlton C SSSR-11

Religious Organizations

Chairperson and Discussant: Jackson Carroll, Hartford Seminary Foundation

"Ethnic Roles of the Korean Church in the Chicago Area"
Hei Chu Kim, Won Moo Hurh, Kwang Chung Kim, Western Illinois University

"The Growth and Decline of Local and Regional Interfaith Coordinating Organizations"
K. Peter Takayama, Memphis State University

"Norms of Verbalization and the Religious Decision-Making Process"
John J. Nelson, Louisiana State University; Harry H. Hiller, University of Calgary
3:30 - 5:20 - Charter House RRA-3

Religion and Sex Roles

Chairperson: Patricia Kirby, Washington International College

"How Men and Women Differ: A Study of Attitudes Among Catholic Parish Leaders"
Thomas P. Sweetser, SJ, Parish Evaluation Project Director, Lecturer at Loyola University of Chicago

"Female and Male Differences in the Description of Erotic Mystical Experiences"
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., James R. Hall, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

"Evangelical Women's View Towards Sex Roles"
James Street, University of Georgia

Discussant: Margaret Poloma, University of Akron
3:30 - 5:20 - Directors RRA-4

New Wine From Old Grapes? The Potential Use of Secondary Analysis for Religious Research

Convener: David Roozen, Hartford Seminary Foundation

"Secondary Data Sources in Religious Research,"
William H. Kammrath and Peter M. Becker, Concordia Teachers College

"The Access and Usability of Denominational Data for Religious Research"
John Dyble

"Religious Research and The Secondary Analysis of National Public Opinion Survey Data"
David A. Roozen, The Hartford Seminary Foundation
3:30 - 5:20 - Plaza Corner SSSR-12

Training for the Ministry: Sex Role Differentials and Change

Chairperson and Discussant: David Moberg, Marquette University

"Differential Placement Experiences of Baptist Men and Women Seminary Graduates"
Edward C. Lehman, Jr., State University College, Brockport

"Women Seminarians and Social Change: A Comparison of Entering Students 1962 and 1973/74"
Richard E. French, University of Bridgeport; Edgar W. Mills, Jr., University of Texas at San Antonio

"Women Entering the Ordained Ministry: Contradictions and Dilemma of Status"
Joy Charlton, Northwestern University
5:30 - 6:30 - Charter House - RRA Business Meeting

5:30 - 6:30 - Somerset - Social Hour for Psychologists of Religion
7:30 - 9:00 - Rendezvous APRRE-3

APRRE - Plenary Session I Presidential Address

Plenary Session - Presidential Address

Convenor: Norma H. Thompson, New York University

Symbolic Formation: A Structural-Developmental of Religious Language as Used by Theological Students
Clarence H. Snelling, Jr., Iliff School of Theology

Response: James Michael Lee, University of Alabama, Birmingham

(Refreshments at conclusion of Session)
8:30 - 10:00 - Carlton SSSR-13

SSSR - Plenary Session I

Religion and Sex Roles: Theoretical Approaches

Chairperson: Russell Dynes, American Sociological Association

"Religious Definitions of Male and Female Individualisms"
Barbara Renchkovsky and Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh

"Primitive Religion: The Key to Durkheim's Perspective on Women"
Nancy Wityak and Ruth Wallace, The George Washington University

Discussant: Phillip Hammond, University of Arizona
Saturday, October 28

8:00 - 9:15 - Plaza

Breakfast Roundtables

Table la:
"Conversation with the editor of the Review of Religious Research"
James D. Davidson, Purdue University

Table 2a:
"Spirituality and the Religious Educator: Towards the Comic"
Maria Harris, Andover Newton Theological School

Table 3a:
"Partnership in Learning"
Letty M. Russell, Yale University Divinity School

Table 4a:
"Images and Imaging as Critical Elements in Educational Theory"
Donald B. Rogers, United Theological Seminary, Dayton

Table 5a:
"Stages of Moral and Religious Growth: The Naturalist Fallacy Then and Now"
Helen A. Archibald, The Defiance College

Table 6a:
"Differences in Dimensions of Religiosity as a Function of Orientation to Religion"
H. Newton Malony and David Smith, Fuller Theological Seminary

Table 7a:
"Religion and the Rhetoric of the Mass Media"
Roderick P. Hart, Kathleen J. Turner and Ralph E. Knupp, Purdue University

Table 8a:
"Sexual Equality, Religion and Politics"
James Richardson, University of Nevada

Table 9a:
"Grass-Roots Ecumenism: Protestants Who Work at Roman Catholic Schools"
Roger L. Riffer, Le Moyne College

Table 10a:
"Clergy Responses to the'Holocaust"
Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University

Table lla:
"The Female Episcopal Priest: A Transient Situational Disturbance"
David M. Moss, Center for Religion & Psychotherapy of Chicago
9:30 - 12:15 - Carlton A APRRE-4

Special Elements in Religious Education

Chairperson: David S. Steward, Pacific School of Religion

"Work and Leisure as Elements of Religious Education"
Gabriel Moran, The Alternative, Boston

"The Hero, The Gospels and Ourselves"
Gerald H. Slusser, Eden Theological Seminary
9:30 - 12:15 - Carlton B APRRE-5

Two Field Studies

Chairperson: Freda A. Gardner, Princeton Theological Seminary

"Field Testing of 'Realistic Skills"
Lucie W. Barber, Union College Character Research Project

"A National Inventory of Parish Catechetical Programs"
Eugene F. Hemrick, Department of Education, U.S. Catholic Conference
9:30 - 12:15 - Carlton C APRRE-6

Adults and Christian Education

Chairperson: Sonja Stewart, Western Theological Seminary

"Making Connections: Bible Stories and Adults' Life Stories"
Ralph R. Sundquist, Jr., Sundquist Consultation/Hartford Seminary Foundation

"Equipping the Saints for Ministry"
Patricia N. Page, National Institute for Lay Training/General Theological Seminary
9:30 - 12:15 - Carlton D APRRE-7

Bushnell in Theory and Practice

Chairperson: Charles R. Foster, Methodist Theological School in Ohio

"Horace Bushnell's Theory of Language and Its Implications"
William M. Shea, Catholic University of America

"A Minority Report on Horace Bushnell"
F. Franklyn Wise, Canadian Nazarene College
9:30 - 11:30 - Charter House RRA-5

Church Typologies as Instruments for Analysis and Program Planning

This panel intentionally brings together several analysts who have developed and used congregational types in research and in consultation.

Chairperson: Carl S. Dudley, McCorn-iick Theological Seminary

  1. THE POWER OF THE CONTEXT - Douglas A. Watrath, Reformed Church in America. Church types are generated from social-ecological context, which provides the basis for understanding the dynamics of church growth, mobility and decline.
  2. POLICY PLANNING FOR CHURCH EFFECTIVENESS - Theodore Erickson and William J. McKinney, Jr., United Church of Christ. Church types based on membership traits and denominational history of the congregation in its social context can be used to understand congregational effectiveness.
  3. CONTEXTUAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND ATTITUDINAL BASES FOR CHURCH TYPOLOGY - Clark Roof, University of Massachusetts. Church types are developed looking at institutional as well as contextual factors, paying attention especially to the world views and attitudes of those within the church.
RESPONDENTS: Ezra Earl Jones, United Methodist Church, C. Peter Wagner, Fuller Theological Seminary
9:30 - 11:30 - Directors SSSR-14

Sin and Deviance: Correlates and Consequences

Chairperson and Discussant: Paul Pruyser, Menninger Foundation

"Sex in the Confessional: The Social Construction of Sin"
C. Lincoln Johnson and Andrew J. Weigert, University of Notre Dame

"The Excommunication of Ann Hibbens: An Eriksonian View"
Donald Capps, The Graduate Seminary, Phillips University
9:30 - 11:30 - Somerset SSSR-15

Religion, Sex Roles and the Institution of the Family

Chairperson: William Garrett, University of Vermont

"The Effects of Age and Family Type on Church Attendance"
Richard B. Morse, University of Massachusetts

"Prediction of Women's Attitudes Towards Changes in Marriage and Sex Roles"
Edwin W. McClain, The University of Tennessee
9:30 - 11:30 - Rendezvous SSSR-16

Women's Leadership Roles in Historical-Comparative Perspective

Chairperson and Discussant: Arnold Eisen, Columbia University

"Women's Ceremonial Work in an African Church: The Apostles of John Maranke"
Bennetta Jules-Rosette, University of California, San Diego

"The Recognition of Lily H. Montagu as a Leader within Twentieth Century Anglo-Jewry"
Ellen Umansky, Department of Religion, Columbia University

"Society of the Universal Friend: a Socio-Historical Case Study of a Women's Religious Movement in Colonial America"
Denise Yarbrough, Barnard College
11:30 - 12:30 - Rendezvous, SSSR Business Meeting
1:30 - 3:30 - Somerset RRA-6

Religion and Social Change

Chairperson: Tom Faafse, Marquette University

"Lutheran Membership Change and Community Demography"
William H. Kammrath, Concordia Teachers College

"Muslim Minority in America: Some Hypotheses and Perspectives"
Ali Mohammad Dataee

"Trans-Sexuality and its Religious Implications: Illustrating the Scientific Basis of Evolving Religions"
G. Arthur Mihram and Danielle Mihram, Haverford College
1:30 - 3:30 - Directors SSSR-18

Dimensions of Irreligion

Chairperson: Allan Eister, Wellesley College

"Towards a Sociological Understanding of Superstition"
Peter Jarvis, University of Surrey, England

"A Re-examination of the Antecedents of Apostasy"
Bruce Hunsberger, Wilfrid Laurier University

Discussant: Paul Gustafson, Hiram College
1:30 - 3:30 - Charter House RRA-7

Whom Do We Mean When We Say Religious?: Measuring Religion in Sex- Related Research

Chairperson: William Swatos, Jr., King College

Panel Members: Nancy Kutner, Emory University; Hart Nelson, Catholic University; William V. D'Antonio, University of Connecticut
1:15 - 3:00 - Plaza Corner APRRE-8

Trends

Chairperson: Berard L. Marthaler, Catholic University of America

"Two Decades of Theory and Practice: A Survey"
Kendig Brubaker Cully, Editor, The New Review of Books and Religion

"The Roman Synod of 1977: Background and Significance"
Michael Warren, St. John's University
1:15 - 3:00 - Biscayne Room APRRE-9

Scenes International

Chairperson: Ian P. Knox, University of Toronto

"Finnish Students Responses to a Moral Puzzle"
John H. Peatling, Union College Character Research Project

"Education in Cuba and China: Some Issues for Religious Education"
Douglas E. Wingeier, Garrett-Evangelical
4:00 - Carlton RRA-8

The H. Paul Douglas Lecture

Presiding: Barbara Hargrove, Yale University, President, Religious Research Association

"Sociological Determinism in the Study of Religion"
Mary Douglas, Oxford University
5:30 - 6:30 - Rendezvous - General Reception

Co-Hosted by Dr. John Dillenberger, President, The Hartford Seminary Foundation; Professor Barbara Hargrove, President, Religious Research Association; Professor William V. D'Antonio, President, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion; and Professor Clarence H. Snelling, Jr., President, Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education.
7:30 - 9:15 - Rendezvous APRRE-10

APRRE - Plenary Session 11

Convenor: D. Campbell Wyckoff, Princeton Theological Seminary

"Horace Bushnell: Prophet to America's Children"
Randolph Crump Miller, Yale Divinity School
9:30 - Charter House

APRRE - Executive Committee Meeting
8:30 - 10:00 - Carlton SSSR-19

SSSR - Plenary Session II

Chairperson: William D'Antonio, University of Connecticut

"The Return of the Sacred"
Bryan R. Wilson, All Souls College, Oxford

Discussants: Benton Johnson, University of Oregon and Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University
Sunday, October 29

8:00 - 9:15 - Plaza

Breakfast Roundtables

Table lb:
"Family Ministry Through Cross-Cultural Education: A Progress Report"
Taylor McConnell, Garrett-Evangefical Theological Seminary

Table 2b:
"Faith Formation and Parent Sex Role Contributions"
Donald M. Joy, Asbury Theological Seminary

Table 3b:
"Religion and Process Theology"
Gloria Durka, Fordham University; Joanmarie Smith, St. Joseph College

Table 4b:
"Religious Education and Contemporary Biblical Scholarship"
Mary C. Boys, Boston College

Table 5b:
"How to Fly The Kite of Ministry? or A Study in Ministerial Role Relationships"
Wendel D. Craker, Toccoa College

Table 6b:
"The Family, Feminism and Religious Education"
Kidran Scott, St. Bonaventure University

Table 7b:
"When Ideologies Collide: The Case of the Non-Sexist Hymnal"
M. Adrian Hunter and John M. Espy, Yale University

Table 8b:
"Understanding the Local Church: A Conceptual Model for Research in the Local Church"
Douglass Lewis, The Hartford Seminary Foundation
9:30 - 12:00 - Somerset RRA-9

Religious Models: Church, Community, and Society

Chairperson: Ross Sherer, Loyola University

"Models and Priorities of the Catholic Church as Held by Suburban Laity"
Robert C. Dixon and Dean R. Hoge, Catholic University of America

"Goal Management in an Intentional Religious Community"
Judith Akers, Cecil D. Bradfield, James Madison University

"Society and God"
Glenn M. Vernon, University of Utah

Discussant: James B. Wirth, School of the Ozaarks, Missouri
9:30 - 12:00 - Directors SSSR-20

New Religious Movements: Human Potential and Eastern Cults

Chairperson: Philip Shaver, New York University

"Becoming a Religious Devotee: An Exploratory Investigation"
Carol R. Cohen, Louisiana State University

"Potential Shamans: Magical Aspects of Ritual in the Human Potential Movement"
Frances R. Westley, McGill University

"Meditation and Nature"
Susan J. Palmer, Concordia University

"Pioneer Women in the Nichiren Shoshu Sokagakkai"
Jane H. Brandfon, Central Michigan University

Discussant: Ted Kachel, University of Michigan
9:30 - 12:00 - Rendezvous SSSR-21

Caribbean Symposium

Convenor: Stephen D. Glazier, University of Connecticut

"Sex Roles and the Opportunity Structure of Haitian Religion"
Frederick Conway, American University

"Caribbean Religions as 'Peripheral' Cults: A Re-Evaluation"
Stephen Glazier, University of Connecticut

"The Cultural Construction of Altered States of Consciousness in Jamaican Cultism"
William A. Wedenoja, Adlai E. Stevenson College University of California-Santa Cruz

"Mythopoeic Images of the Virgin Mary, 'Deesse'of Fertility and Beauty: Symbiosis of Roman Catholicism and Vodun in Haiti"
Leslie Desmangles, DePaul University

Discussants: Ferlando Alum, Museo del Hombre/University of Pennsylvania and Leonard Barrett, Trinity College
9:30 - 12:00 - Plaza Corner SSSR-22

Male and Female Images in Art and Literature

Chairperson: Josef Maier, Rutgers University

"To Start Us Imagining: Mythological Representations of the Feminine"
Chris Downing, San Diego State University

"A New Anthropos Image: The Poetry of Inner Vision"
Malcom Spicer, Concordia University

"Women Used as Words: A Structuralist Reading of Latin Christianity" Perry McWilliams, Memphis State University; Penny Green, University of Texas at Austin
9:30 - 10:45 - Carlton APRRE-11

APRRE Plenary III

Convenor: Clarence H. Snelling, Jr., Iliff School of Theology

Tribute to Randolph Crump Miller
by John H. Westerhoff III and Iris Cully
11:00 - 12:00 - Carlton APRRE-12

APRRE Plenary IV

Convenor: Mark Heath

Prophet and Sage: Paradigms for the Educator?
Charles F. Melchert, Presbyterian School of Christian Education
1:30 - 2:30 - Carlton - APRRE Business Meeting
2:30 - 3:30 - Charter House - APRRE Executive Committee Meeting
Note: For Horace Bushnell memorabilia, directions to the church he pastored, the park he set up and other points of historical interest'in Hartford, see the hotel bulletin board. The availability of information about Bushnell material in this area is due to the efforts of Ralph Sundquist.
Book Exhibits
 This exhibit presents sociological, philosophical, psychological, anthropological, and historical publications relating to the Scientific Study of Religion which have been submitted for display by publishers and interested organizations.

We have attempted to select materials and arrange the displays to bring the latest and most pertinent publications to the attention of a subjectoriented membership.

This exhibit is located in the Mayflower-Balmoral Room. Orders may be placed at the exhibit on a convention discount basis in accord with individual publisher policies. The exhibit will be open from 9-5 P.M. on Friday and Saturday, October 27th and 28th, and from 9-noon on Sunday, October 29th. Your exhibits director, Harve C. Horowitz, will be available to answer all inquiries.

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

Directory of Exhibitors


Abingdon Press | Ablex Publishing Corp. | American Trust Publications | American University Press Service | Augsburg Publishing House | The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust | Cambridge University Press | The Churchman | Columbia University Press | Consortium Press | Cornell University Press | Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. | Family Service Assoc. of America | Fortress Press | General Hall, Inc. | Glenmary Research Center | Harper & Row Publishers | Harvard University Press | Highly Specialized Promotions | Himalayan Publications | A.J. Holman Co. | Index to Religious Periodical Pubs. | Institute Fe y Secularidad | John Knox Press | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated | Johns Hopkins University Press | Judson Press | Louisiana State University Press Macmillan Publishing Co. | New York University Press | Norwood Editions | Ohio University Press | Oxford University Press | Penn State University Press | The Pilgrim Press | Prentice-Hall, Inc. | Princeton University Press | Shambhala Publications, Inc. | State University of New York | Press | Sufi Order | Charles C. Thomas Publishers | University of Alabama Press | University of Arizona Press | University of California Press | The University of Chicago Press | University of Minnesota Press | University of Montreal Press | University of Nebraska Press | University of Notre Dame Press | University of South Carolina Press | University of Tennessee Press | University of Toronto Press | University of Texas Press | University Press of America | University Presses of Florida | Van Gorcum Publishers | The Westminster Press |