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

Program Theme:
"Religion and Power"

PROGRAM
October 22-24, 1982
The Biltmore Plaza Hotel
Kennedy Plaza
Providence, Rhode Island
INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

THE REGISTRATION DESK for SSSR, RRA, and ASR will be located on the second floor of the hotel. It will be open Friday, October 22 from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM and Saturday, October 23 from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM. REGISTRATION for APRRE will be on the 17th floor.

REGISTRATION FEE is $15 for members of any of the societies, $18 for non-members, and $5 for students. The fee includes admission to all sessions and one copy of the Abstract Book.

ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT BOOKS are available at the registration desk at $4 per copy.

MEETING ROOMS are located primarily on the 2nd Floor. The Bacchante Room, Garden Room, and State Suites A, B, and C are on the 2nd Floor. The Grand Ballroom is on the 17tb Floor. Additional meeting rooms are located on the Fourth and Fifth Floors.

MESSAGES may be posted on bulletin board located at Registration Desk.

BOOK EXHIBIT is on display in the Bacchante Room on the second floor. Convention discounts available.

SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION

OFFICERS AND STAFF

PRESIDENT Marie Augusta Neal, Emmanuel College
VICE-PRESIDENT Jeffrey K. Hadden, University of Virginia
SECRETARY N. Ross Crumrine, University of Victoria
TREASURER Ruth A. Wallace, George Washington University
EXECUTIVESECRETARY Wade Clark Roof, University of Massachusetts
BUSINESSMANAGER Lorraine D'Antonio, University of Connecticut

COUNCIL

Eileen Barker, London School of Economics
Earl D. C. Brewer, Emory University
Jackson W. Carroll, Hartford Seminary Foundation
William V. D'Antonio, American Sociological Association
Benton Johnson, University of Oregon
Meredith McGuire, Montclair State College
Hart M. Nelsen, Louisiana State University
John Seidler, Ohio State University

JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION

EDITOR: Donald Capps, Princeton Theological Seminary
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University

SSSR MONOGRAPH SERIES

EDITOR: James R. Wood, Indiana University

PROGRAM 1982

CHAIRPERSON: Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: Stephen Glazier, University of Connecticut

PROGRAM '83

CHAIRPERSON: Cheryl Gilkes, Boston University

SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION MEMBERSHIP AND JOURNAL

Membership is open to interested persons. Annual dues for 1982 of $20.00 includes subscription to JSSR, published quarterly. Student memberships and memberships for retired persons are available at $10.00. Annual subscription to the Journal without membership is $20.00.

Address: SSSR, University of CT, Box U-68A, Storrs, CT 06268

RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT David 0. Moberg, Marquette University
PRESIDENT-ELECT Jackson W. Carroll, Hartford Seminary Foundation
PAST-PRESIDENT Douglass Lewis, Wesley Seminary
SECRETARY Mary Mattis, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
TREASURER Everett L. Perry, United Presbyterian Church

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James D. Davison, Purdue University
James H. Davis, United Methodist Church
Carl S. Dudley, McCormick Theological Seminary
George Gallup, Jr., Gallup Organization, Inc.
Barbara Hargrove, Iliff School of Theology
Constant H. Jacquet, Jr., National Council of Churches
Edward C. Lehman, Jr., State University of New York at Brockport
Gillian Lindt, Columbia University
H. Newton Maloney, Fuller Theological Seminary
Meredith McGuire, Montclair State College
Hart M. Nelsen, Louisiana State University
Wade Clark Roof, University of Massachusetts
David Roozen, Hartford Seminary Foundation
Robert E. Steele, University of Maryland

REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS RESEARCH

EDITOR: Hart M. Nelsen, Louisiana State University
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: C. Kirk Hadaway, Southern Baptist Convention

PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON

David Roozen, Hartford Seminary Foundation

RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS

Membership in the Association is open to all interested persons. The annual dues are $18.00 for members and $10.00 for emeritus and student members. Membership includes a subscription to the Review of Religious Research, which is published four times a year. For persons not desiring membership but wishing to subscribe to the Review, the cost is $16.00 per year. Institutional subscriptions to the Review are $20.00 per year. Address: Religious Research Association, Inc., P. 0. Box 303, Manhattanville Station, New York, N.Y. 10027.

ASSOCIATION FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT Meredith McGuire, Montclair State College
VICE-PRESIDENT James Kelley, Fordham University
PRESIDENT-ELECT Rodney Stark, University of Washington
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Robert McNamara, Loyola University of Chicago

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Ruth T. Doyle, Archdiocese of New York
Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh, University of Houston
Edward S. Lehman, Jr., State University of New York at Brockport
Theodore Long, Franklin and Marshall College
Armond Mauss, Washington State University
Margaret Poloma, University of Akron
Anson Shupe, University of Texas at Arlington

SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

EDITOR: William R. Garrett, St. Michael's College
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh

PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON

Francis Westley

ASSOCIATION FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION MEMBERSHIP AND PUBLICATION

Annual membership in the Association-Constituent, $15 (foreign, $17 in U.S. currency); Student, $7.50. Subscription to Sociological Analysis is included with membership. Address: Executive Secretary, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60626.

ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT Charles F. Melchert, Presbyterian School of Christian Education
PRESIDENT-ELECT Lucie W. Barber, Personality Research Services, Ltd.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Donald F. Williams, Chicago Cluster of Theological Schools

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mary C. Boys, Boston College
Robert L. Browning, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
G. Temp Sparkman, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Helen A. Archibald, The Defiance College
Gabriel Moran, New York University
A. Kieran Scott, St. Bonaventure University

PAST PRESIDENT

Margaret Webster, Ewart College

CHAIRPERSON FOR LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

William C. Dettling, O.P., Providence College
WINNERS OF THE 1982 SSSR STUDENT PAPER AWARD

Judith A. Cook and Dale W. Wimberly
Ohio State University
Title:
"If I Should Die Before I Wake: Religious Commitment and Adjustment to the Death of a Child"
To Be Presented At:
12:30-2:20 Saturday
SSSR Session 35
Selection Committee:
Donald Capps
John H. Seidler
Robert Wuthnow
PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 21

1:00- 6:OOPM RRA Board of Directors Meeting
State Suite C
4:00- 6:00 PM ASR Council Meeting
State Suite B
7:30-1 1:00 PM SSSR Council Meeting
State Suite B
Friday, October 22

7:30- 9:30 AM ASR Council Meeting
L'Apogee Salon 2
9:30-12:00 AM SSSR Council Meeting
L'Apogee Salon 3
8:30-10:20 AM Religious Responses to Oppression SSSR-1
State Suite A
Chair: Philip L. Berg, Sociology, University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse
"Religion and Oppression in Modem Poland: A Revision of the Marxist Thesis 'Religion-Opiate of the People"
Karol H. Borowski, Laboure College, Boston, Mass.
"The New Direction for Secularization: Vatican-Soviet Relations Since 1917"
Albert A. Herzog, Jr., Sociology, Ohio State University
"Religious Sectarianism and the Soviet State"
David Kowalewski, Siena College Arthur L. Greil, Alfred University
"From Anathema to Emasculation? Some Problems in Christian-Marxist Alliance Against Oppression"
Nancy Bancroft, Lincoln University
Discussant: Jerry G. Pankhurst, Sociology, Ohio State University
8:30-10:20 AM Religious Interest Groups SSSR-2
State Suite C
Chair: Robert Zwier, Politics, Northwestern College
"Mobilizing Christians for Political Action"
Margaret Ann Latus, Politics, Princeton University
"Direct Mail and the New Right"
Richard D. Ross, Politics, New York University
"Religious Interest Groups in America: Power and Performance"
Paul J. Weber, Politics, University of Louisville
"The Roots of Contemporary Anti-Abortion Activism"
Stephen Markson, Sociology, University of Hartford
Discussant: James L. Guth, Politics, Furman University
8:30-10:20 AM Evangelicals SSSR-3
Room 501
Chair: Nancy T. Ammerman, Sociology, Yale University
"Circulation of the Saints Revisited: A Longitudinal Look at Conservative Church Growth"
Reginald W. Bibby, Sociology, University of Lethbriage
Merlin Brinkerhoff, Sociology, University of Calgary
"How the Creationists Do It: Rhetoric and Homolitics in the Scientific Creationist Communication"
Richard Stempien, Sociology, Syracuse University
Sarah Coleman, Lemoyne College
"Creationism"
Jerry Bergman, Spring Arbor College
"Witnessing and Citizenship in the New Christian Left"
Robert D. Holsworth, Politics, Virginia Commonwealth University
Discussant: James Davison Hunter, Sociology, Westmont College
8:30-10:20 AM New Religions SSSR-4
Room 401
Chair: Theodore L. Long, Sociology, Washington and Jefferson College
"The Archetypal Cult: Conflict and the Social Construction of Deviance"
David G. Bromley, Sociology, University of Hartford
"Charisma Revisited: Role and Career in New Religious Movements"
Sue Kiefer Hammersmith, Sociology, Indiana University
"The Journey to Sect Membership"
Ernest Volinn, University of Connecticut
"The Transformation of Hare Krishna: An Interactional Analysis"
E. Burke Rochford, UCLA
"Church, State, and New Religions"
Thomas Robbins, Sociology, Central Michigan University
Discussant, John R. Hall, Sociology, University of Missouri
8:30-10:20 AM Attitudes and Religion SSSR-5
Room 402
Chair: Michael R. Welch, Sociology, University of Notre Dame
"Religiosity and Moral Judgment"
Donald D. Hoagland and H. Newton Maloney, Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary
"Religiosity and Mental Health"
Dean Harper, Sociology, University of Rochester
"Religious Denominations' Impact upon Attitudes towards Women: Some Methodological Explorations"
Merlin Brinkerhoff and Marlene Mackie, Sociology, University of Calgary
"The Heretical Imperative: An Empirical Study"
Gertrud Kim, Sociology, Loyola University of Chicago
Discussant: Kirk W. Elifson, Sociology, Georgia State University
8:30-12:20 Hispanics Project RRA-1, ASR-1
Room 520
Chair: Joseph Fitzpatrick, Sociology, Fordham University
"Hispanic Spirituality"
Jaime Vidal, Fordham University
"Hispanic Religious Identity, Understanding, and Meaning of Religion"
Olga Scarpetta, Archdiocese of New York
"Religion and Assimilation: First and Second Generations"
Ruth Doyle, Archdiocese of New York
"Hispanics, Religion and the Media"
Thomas McDonald, Fordham University "Religion and Social Mobility"
David Ablos, Sociology, Seton Hall University
8:30-12:20 Cross-National Perspectives on Secularization SSSR-6 & 7, RRA-2 & 3, ASR-2 & 3
State Suite B
Chair: James R. Kelly, Sociology, Fordham University
"The Irrelevance of Religion Reconsidered: On the Redefinition of the Situation"
William H. Swatos, Jr., St. Mark's Church
"Sources of the Supreme Good: Religion and Politics in a 'Post-Religious' Society"
Roger O'Toole, Sociology, University of Toronto
"Supplement or Substitute? The Electronic Church and the Secularization Thesis"
Harry H. Hiller, Sociology, University of Calgary
"Secularization in Nineteenth-Century Scotland"
Robert Alun Jones, Sociology/Religion, University of Illinois
"Trends in Religiosity in the Popular Press: A Content Analysis of American, Canadian, and British Publications from 1937-1979"
H. Wesley Perkins, Sociology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
"National Differences in Rates of Conversion to the Mormon Church"
James T. Duke, Kenneth H. Hardy and Barry Johnson, Brigham Young University
Cyril I. A. Figuerres, Research and Evaluation Division, Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Discussant: Armand Mauss, Sociology, Washington State University
8:30-12:20 Denominational Use of "Profiles of Lutherans" National Survey RRA-4 & 5
Room 502
Chair: Alan Klaas, Aid Association for Lutherans
"Using a Request for Proposals Process to Denominational Colleges and Seminaries to Analyze Data for Use by Church Administrators"
Milo Brekke, Research Consultant, American Lutheran Church
"Using Consultant Services from Private Researchers to Analyze Data for Use by Church Administrators"
Leonard Sibley, Planning, Research and Evaluation, Lutheran Church in America
"Using Evangelism Survey Data to Shape the Evangelism Program of a Church Body"
John O'Hara, Researcher, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
"Using Survey Data to Shape Selected Programs of a Church Body not Accustomed to Using Data"
Norman Berg, Home Mission Division, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Church
"Using Survey Data to Shape the Program of a Church Body which is Accustomed to Using Data"
Robert Bacher, Division of Parish Services, Lutheran Church in America
"Using Survey Data to Shape Program Development in a Church Body"
Richard Bents, American Lutheran Church
10:30-12:20 Religion and Politics in Latin America SSSR-8
State Suite A
Chair: Thomas M. Gannon, Loyola University
"Catholic Church, State Power and Popular Movements: A Theoretical Approach from a Latin American Viewpoint"
Otto Maduro, Sociology, University of the Andes
"The Church's Role in Revolutionary Transformation in Nicaragua"
Margaret E. Crahan, Luce Professor, Occidental College
"The Umbanda Movement in Brazil"
Renato Ortiz, Sociology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
"Radical Missionaries on the Braziiian Frontier"
Judith Shapiro, Anthropology, Bryn Mawr
Discussant: Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Puerto Rican Studies, Brooklyn College, CUNY
10:30-12:20 Regional Studies of the New Christian Right SSSR-9
Ballroom Foyer
Chair and Discussion Leader: Joseph B. Tamney, Sociology, Ball State University
"The Old and the New Christian Right in North Carolina"
Anthony Oberschall and Steven Howell, Sociology, University of North Carolina
"Religious Values and Religiosity in the Textbook Adoption Controversy in Texas, Circa 1981"
William A. Stacey, Anson D. Shupe, Jr., and Susan Stacy, Center for Social Research, University of Texas at Arlington
"No Hoosier Hospitality for Humanism: The Moral Majority in Indiana"
Richard V. Pierard, History, Indiana State University
James L. Wright, WVTS Radio, West Terre Haute, Indiana
"The New Religious Right: The Ohio Moral Majority and Political Belief Structuring"
Clyde Wilcox, Politics, Ohio State University
"The Politics of the New Right: A Study of Born-Again Christians in a Border State"
Kant Patel, Danny Pilant, and Garry Rose, Politics, Southwest Missouri State University
10:30-12:20 Weber and Marx Reconsidered SSSR-10
State Suite C
Chair and Discussion Leader: William H. Swatos, St. Mark's Episcopal Church
"Weber and Marx in Asia"
Max L. Stackhouse, Andover Newton Theological School
"Charisma, Fetishism, and Commodities"
Michael Epelbaum, Sociology, University of Colorado
"A Comparative Analysis of the Functions of Black and African Theologies of Liberation from a Marxian and Weberian Perspective"
Caleb Rosado, Northwestern University
"Social Resentment and Economic Innovation: A Critique of Max Weber on Early Quakerism"
Stephen A. Kent, Religion, McMaster University
10:30-12:20 Religious Belief SSSR-11
Room 401
Chair: Edward C. Lehman, Sociology, SUNY-Brockport
"Effects of Religious Education upon Adolescents' Reasoning about the Bible"
William M. Casey, Williamsville, New York
Mitchell S. Parker, Children's Hospital of Buffalo
"Responses by a Group of United Methodist Church Women to a Questionnaire on our Understanding of the Incarnation of God"
Wayne Reinhardt, History, Ohio State University at Lima
"A Comparative Study of a Contemporary Protestant Mystic and the Catholic Mystical Tradition"
E. Lynn Harris, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle
"Investigating the Meaning of Religiosity: An Idiographic-Nomothetic Approach"
Mark S. Sullivan, Kenneth 1. Pargament, Cheryl McGath, Ruben Echemendia, Susan Minyard, Kathy Manges, Anne Gibson, Paul Cook, Theresa Bena, Joseph Kennell, David Goldblatt, Kathy Pritchard, Psychology, Bowling Green State University
10:30-12:20 Black Religion, Power, and Social Change SSSR-12
Room 402
Chair and Discussion Leader: Robert Steele, University of Maryland
"Howard Thurman: An Assessment of His Vision of Change"
John Cartwright, Theology, Boston University
"Black Women: An Unknown Source of Church and Organizational Change"
Jualynne Dodson, Sociology, Atlanta University
"Power Among the Powerless: The 'Sanctified Church' and the Reorganization of Black Religion"
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Sociology, Boston University
"Black Women's Communities: Sources and Resources of Religion and Power"
Delores Williams, Union Theological Seminary
10:30-12:20 Religious Education ASR-4, RRA-6
L'Apogee Salon 2
Chair: To be Announced
"The Religious School Movement"
Joann Chirico, Sociology, Washington and Jefferson College
"Religious Education: The Quest for Power"
Joe E. Barnhart, Philosophy, North Texas State University
"Seminar on the Electronic Church"
Cecil Bradfield, Sociology, James Madison University
"The Intermediate-Term Impact of Lutheran Parochial School Education on Religiosity: A 14 Year Study"
Ronald L. Johnstone, Sociology, Central Michigan University
12: 00 Noon SSSR Council Luncheon
L'Apogee Salon 7
12:30-2:20 PM Contemporary Religious Trends ASR-5
State Suite A
Chair: Gerald J. Schnepp, St. Mary's University
"Eastern Religion in the New Therapies: A Study of Cultural Evolution"
Metta Spencer, Sociology, University of Toronto
"Religious Experience in Contemporary Society: A Path to Reductionism"
Raymond Currie, Sociology, University of Manitoba
"Notes Toward an Anthropology of Arlington National Cemetary"
Gerald Sullivan, Anthropology, George Washington University
"The Romantic Ethos and the Spirit of Consumerism"
Colin Campbell, Sociology, University of York
Discussant: Paul Schwartz, Graduate Theological Union
12:30-2:20 PM Women and Men of the Cloth: A National Cross-Denominational Study RRA-7
Room 520
Chair: Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary Center for Social and Religious Research
"Modernization, Professionalism and Feminism"
Barbara Hargrove, Iliff School of Theology
"The Impact of Seminaries on Women and Men Pastors"
Jackson Carroll, Hartford Seminary Center
"Consequences for Clergy of their Perceptions about the Social Prestige and Dignity Accorded the Ordained Ministry"
Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary Center
Discussant: Edward Lehman, SUNY-Brockport
12:30-2:20 PM Power of Ritual, Symbol and Language ASR-6, RRA-8
Room 401
Chair: To Be Announced
"Religion and Stress: The Impact of Sectarian Differences"
Helen Rose Ebaugh, Sociology, University of Houston
"The Power of Prayer: A Prolegomenon to an Ascetical Sociology"
William Swatos, St. Mark's Episcopal Church
"Body Imagery in Healing Stories"
Linda Mai, Sociology, Montclair State College
"God's Grace and Human Health"
J. Harold Ellens, Christian Association for Psychological Studies
Discussant: Arthur Greil, Alfred University
12:30-2:20 PM The Importance of Spiritual Variables in the Practice of Medicine RRA-9
Room 402
Chair: Elisabeth McSherry, Health Integration Services, Inc.
"Models of Mento-Spiritual Health Theory"
Hugh Sandborn, Theology, Rice University
"The Fundamental Nature of the Spiritual Variable to the Practice of Psychiatry"
Donovan Hommen, Boston University
"Survey Studies in a National Whole Person Medicine Program (1978 and 1981)"
John Reidel, University of Illinois Medical School
"Summary of the Recent Findings on Medical Ethics Courses Started in the Last Decade in 126 USA Medical Schools"
Ed Pellegrino, Georgetown University Medical School
Discussant: David Moberg, Marquette University
12:30-2:20 PM Religion and Power in Comparative Perspectives SSSR-13
Ballroom Foyer
Chair: Richard Machalek, Sociology, Trinity University
"The Islamic Fundamentalist Challenge in Egypt, Syria and Iran"
Michael Simpson, Sociology, Princeton University
"Masses and Mullahs: Religion and Revolutions in Nicaragua and Iran"
David J. Sylvan, Political Science, Syracuse University
"A Sociological Analysis of the Relationship between State and Religion in Modern Turkey"
Fatma Miige Gocek, Sociology, Princeton University
"Contemporary Liberal Protestantism and the Dilemma of Civil Religion"
John R. Hall, Sociology, University of Missouri
Discussant: George M. Thomas, Sociology, Arizona State University
12:30-2:20 PM Religion and the Nation-State: Comparative Case Studies SSSR-14
State Suite B
Chair and Discussion Leader: Jeffrey Broadbent, Sociology, SUNY-Plattsburgh
"Youth and Religion in the Soviet Union"
David E. Powell, Russian Studies, Harvard University
"Power Politics and New Testament Scholarship: Patterns of Relationships in the National Socialist Period"
Marshall D. Johnson, Religion, Wartburg College
"White Tents and Black Wolves: Prophetic Visions and Afrikaner Politics"
Irving Hexham, Religion, University of Manitoba
"The Shinto Syndrome: Religion and Political Ideology in Japan"
Carl B. Becker, Asian Philosophy, Southern Illinois University
12:30-2:20 PM Nuclear Disarmament SSSR-15
Garden Room
Chair: Stephen D. Glazier, Anthropology, University of Connecticut
"Nuclear Disarmament: A Profile of Religious Support"
Donald B. Kraybill, Charles Lee Davis, Jr., and Jackie Hagmayer, Sociology, Elizabethtown College
"Church Statements on Nuclear Disarmament"
Paul W. Diener, Religion, York College "Clergy and the Nuclear Disarmament Movement"
Mark D. Hardt, Sociology, University of Connecticut
Discussant: Richard Quinney, Providence, Rhode Island
12:30-2:20 PM Political Issues and Voting: The Religious Factor SSSR-16
Bacchante Room
Chair: Merlin Brinkerhoff, University of Calgary
"Evangelicals and Political Civility: The Coming Generation"
James D. Hunter, Sociology, Westmont College
"Political Profile of the Moral Majority Voter"
Danny M. Adkinson, Politics, Oklahoma State University
"Fundamentalism and Political Attitudes"
Tod A. Baker, Robert Steed, and Laurence Moreland, Politics, The Citadel
"Black Political Participation in Louisiana: The Religious Factor"
Frederick D. Wright, Government and International Studies, University of Notre Dame
Discussant: Jonathan B. Imber, Sociology, Wellesley College
12:30-2:20 PM Legal Aspects of Religious Movements: An Informal Discussion SSSR-17
L'Apogee Salon 2
Moderator: William C. Shepherd, Religious Studies, University of Montana
Participants are invited to write to the moderator in advance for readings.
12:30-2:20 PM Philosophy of Religion SSSR-18
State Suite C
Chair: Eugen Schoenfeld, Sociology, Georgia State University
"The Self, Religion and Social Change"
Axel D. Steuer, Religion, Occidental College
"Truth and Power via Religion"
Danielle Mihram, Firestone Library, Princeton University
G. Arthur Mihram, Haverford, Pennsylvania
"The Omegalization of Politics: A Teilhardian Perspective"
Benjamin T. Hourani, Political Science, Eastern Michigan University
"In What Sense are Religious Conceptual Frameworks?"
Terry G. Godlove, Divinity School, University of Chicago
"More Cognitive Theory of Religion"
Stewart Guthrie, Anthropology, Fordham University
2:30-4: 00 PM Plenary Address SSSR-19 Plenary
Ballroom
Presiding: Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University
"Religion, Power, and the Human"
Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Harvard University
4:00-5:20 PM Presidential Address ASR-7 Plenary
Ballroom
Meredith McGuire, President, Association for the Sociology of Religion
5:30 PM Second Floor Balcony
CASH BAR
5:30 PM RRA Annual Business Meeting
Garden Room
5:30 PM ASR Annual Business Meeting
Bacchante Room
7:30-8:20 PM Lutheran Network for Research
Room 402
8:30 PM Furfy Lecture ASR-8 Plenary
Ballroom
"The Restoration of 'Power' to the Sociology of Religion"
James A. Beckford. University of Durham
Saturday, October 23

7:30-8:30 AM Women's Caucus SSSR/ASR
L'Apogee Salon 2
8:30-12:20 The New Christian Right SSSR-20 & 21
Ballroom
Chair: Richard V. Pierard, History, Indiana State University
"The Rise of the New Christian Right"
Wesley E. Miller, Sociology, Loyola University of Chicago
"The Wicked Shall Not Bear Rule: The Fundamentalist Heritage of the New Religious Right"
Ralph Clark Chandler, Public Administration, Western Michigan University
"Using God's Power: Fundamentalism and Social Action"
Nancy T. Ammerman, Sociology, Yale University
"The New Christian Right and Its Parent Company: A Study in Political Contrasts"
James A. Speer, Drew University
"The New Christian Right and the 1980 Senate Elections"
Robert Zwier, Political Science, Northwestern College
"The Education of the Christian Right"
James L. Guth, Political Science, Furman University
"The Family as Symbol: The New Christian Right and the Mobilization of a Social Movement"
Edward P. Freeland, Sociology, University of Virginia
Discussion and commentary: Carol Mueller, Sociology, Tufts University
Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School
8:30-12:20 Religion and Political Conflict:Comparative Perspectives SSSR-22 & 23, RRA-10 & 11, ASR-9 & 10
State Suite A
Chair: Karol H. Borowski, Laboure College
"One Million Martyrs: The Creation of Independent Bangladesh"
John P. Thorp, Sociology, Saint Mary's College, Indiana
"Religion and Power in Ireland: Suggestions Toward an Holistic Approach"
John Fulton, Sociology, St. Mary's College, England
"The Role of Theology in the German Church Struggle"
Chester Hunt, Sociology, Western Michigan University
"Theoretical Problems in the Study of Religious Power and Social Change"
Madeleine Adriance, Sociology, University of Massachusetts at Boston
"The Search for Power in Nigeria's New Religious Movements"
Friday Mbon, Religious Studies, University of Calabar
"Immanence and Regime in the Kingdom of Judah"
J. Alan Winter, Connecticut College
"A Comparative Study of the Relationship of the Religious and Political Institutions in England, Scotland, Wales and the U.S."
H. Paul Chalfant, Texas Tech University
"A New Realism? Peace Movements in the Churches, The 1930's and Today"
William R. Marty, Memphis State University
Discussant: Robert Liebman, Sociology, Princeton University
8:30-12:20 Qunatitative Studies of Religion SSSR-24 & 25
L'Apogee Salon 2
Chair: William McKinney, United Church Board for Homeland Ministries
"The Effect of Religion on Violent Crime"
Steven Stack, Sociology, Pennsylvania State University
"Proposals for Cross Cultural Research about Religion"
William Silverman, Hicksville, New York
"Religion, Morality and Illegal Drug Use among Urban Adolescents"
C. Kirk Hadaway, Center for Urban Church Studies
Kirk W. Elifson, Sociology, Georgia State University
David M. Peterson, Sociology, Georgia State University
"An Empirical Study of Organizational Transcendence/Cognitive Dissonance: The Catholic Church in Mid-Twentieth Century America"
Chris Von der Haar, Sociology, Indiana University
"Religiosity and Crime"
Henry R. Lesieur and Donald Hackford, Sociology, St. John's University
"Religious Preference, Religious Commitment, and Sterilization Decisions"
Kenneth W. Eckhardt, University of Delaware
Gerry E. Hendershot, National Center for Health Statistics
"Political Religion, TV Ministers, and Church Congregations"
G. Melton Mobley, Emory University
"The Power of the Religious Media: Religious Broadcast Use and the Role of Religious Organizations in Public Affairs"
Gary Gaddy, Journalism, University of North Carolina
Discussant: John Seidler, Sociology, Ohio State University
8:30-10:20 AM Religion and Political Identity ASR-11, RRA-12
Room 502
Chair: James Beckford, Sociology, University of Durham
"Morality and the Law: The Case of the Moral Majority"
Joseph Tamney and Steven Johnson, Sociology, Ball State University
"Sacralizing National Identity"
Roger O'Toole, Sociology, University of Toronto
"Religious Belief, Religious Identity and Political Values: The Social Meaning of the New Right"
Charles Harper, Sociology, Creighton University
Kevin Leicht, Indiana University
"Civil Religion and Minority Group Status"
Cynthia Toolin, University of Massachusetts
8:30-10:20 AM American Civil Religion: An Assessment SSSR-26
State Suite C
Chair: Phillip E. Hammond, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Panel:
John Markoff, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
Ronald C. Wimberly, Sociology, North Carolina State University
Response by the author: Gail Gehrig, Sociology, Lewis University
Gail Gehrig's American Civil Religion: An Assessment is the third volume in the SSSR Monograph Series.
8:30-10:20 AM Money and Power In the New Religions SSSR-27
Room 402
Chair: James T. Richardson, Sociology, University of Nevada at Reno
"Rationalizing Religion as a Corporate Enterprise"
Steven M. Tipton, Theology, Emory University
"Further Studies of Worldly Success in New Religions"
Kirpel Singh Khelsa and James McCarthy, Sociology, University of Colorado
"The IRS and New Religions: Policy Development and Change"
James T. Richardson, Sociology, University of Nevada at Reno
8:30-10:20 AM Religious Communities and Modernization SSSR-28
Room 401
Chair: James Davison Hunter, Sociology, Westmont College
"Constructing Charismatic Reality: An Exercise in Demodernization"
Margaret M. Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron
"The Stability-Maintaining Function of Religion in an Old Order Mennonite Community"
Theodore W. Jentsch, Sociology, Kutztown State College
"The First Secular Institute: The Opus Dei as a Religious Movement-Organization"
Jose Casanova, Sociology, New School for Social Research
"The Early Stages of Commitment: The Case of a Yeshiva for the Study of Orthodox Judaism"
William Shaffir, Sociology, McMaster University
"The Angel and the Beehive: The Mormon Struggle with Assimilation"
Armand Mauss, Sociology, Washington State University
10:30-12:20 Liberation Theology: What are Its Responsibilities for Violence? ASR-12
Room 502
Chair: Dorothy Dohen, Sociology, Fordham University
"A Sociological Analysis"
Sr. Marie Augusta Neal, Sociology, Emmanuel College
"A Theological Perspective"
Alfred T. Hennelly, S.J., Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University
"The Christian Pacificist Perspective"
Eileen Egan, Pax Christi
Discussant: Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, S.J., Sociology, Fordham University
10:30-12:20 "Countercultures: The Promise and Peril of a World Turned Upside Down" SSSR-29
Garden Room
Chair: Benton Johnson, Sociology, University of Oregon
Panel:
David G. Bromley, Sociology, University of Hartford
Steven M. Tipton, Chandler School of Theology, Emory University
Maren Lockwood Carden, Sociology, Long Island University
Response by the author: J. Milton Yinger Sociology, Oberlin College
10:30-12:20 Comparative Religious Movements SSSR-30
State Suite C
Chair: Roger O'Toole, Sociology, University of Toronto
"The Articulation of a Classical Sociological Problematic with a Modern Social Problem: Religious Movements and Modes of Social Integration"
James A. Beckford, Sociology, University of Durham
"The Millenarian Roots of Christianity"
Jeffrey Howard Ennis, Social Work, University of Toronto
"New Religious Movements in Latin America: The Unification Church Under Attack in Brazil"
W. E. Hewitt, Sociology, McMaster University
"God's Facts: Religion and Science in the Moral Majority"
Paul Schwartz, Graduate Theological Union
Discussant: Cam Coltharp, Sociology, Mercer University
10:30-12:20 Churches and Ministry SSSR-31
Room 402
Chair and Discussion Leader: Jackson Carroll, Hartford Seminary Foundation
"The Congregation Development Program: A Data-Based Method of Evaluation of Churches and Synagogues"
Kenneth J. Pargament, William Silverman, Steven Johnson, Ruben Echemendia, Susan Snyder, Psychology, Bowling Green State University
"The Development of an Instrument to Measure Member Satisfaction with the Church"
William Silverman, Kenneth Pargament, Steven Johnson, Ruben Echemendia, Susan Snyder, Psychology, Bowling Green State University
"Personality and Power Factors Related to Personality in Seventh-Day Adventist Clergymen"
Roger L. Dudley, Andrews University
"Television and Popular Religion: Change in Church Offerings"
Razelle Frankl, Sociology, Bryn Mawr
12:30-1:20 PM SSSR Annual Business Meeting
Ballroom
12:30-2:20 PM Power and Organizational Change ASR-13, RRA-13
State Suite C
Chair: Roger O'Toole, Sociology, University of Toronto
"The Canadian Church Union of 1925: A Study in Power"
Douglas Campbell, Sociology, University of Toronto
"Praising the Lord and Penetrating the Community"
Rachael Kohn, Religion, McMaster University
"A Model of Secession for Analysis of the Episcopal Church Schism"
Mary Lou Steed, Durham, North Carolina
"Max's Mt. Airy Mistake: Sect, Denomination, and Power"
William Swatos, St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Discussant: William McKinney, United Church Board for Homeland Ministry
12:30-2:20 PM Community and Commitment: Tensions and Resolutions ASR-14, RRA-14
State Suite A
Chair: Ted Erickson, United Church Board for Homeland Ministries
"Religion, Sex, and Utopia: The Nineteenth Century"
Ira MandeIker, Rego Park, New York
"Community and Religious Commitment"
Ronald C. Wimberly, Sociology, North Carolina State University
"Melford Spiro's Interpretation of Theravadim Buddhism"
Antonio R. Gaultieri, Religion, Carlton University
"The Body of Christ: Market, Bureaucracy, or Clan"
Ross P. Scherer, Loyola University
12:30-2:20 PM Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish Approaches to the Study of Congregations RRA-15
Room 502
Chair: Carl S. Dudley, McCormick Theological Seminary
Panel:
Sam Heilman, Queens College
Philip Murnion, Archdiocese of New York
Michael Welch, University of Notre Dame
12:30-2:20 PM Values in the Western World: A Comparative Study SSSR-32
Garden Room
Chair: Florence R. Rosenberg, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Washington, D.C.
"International Values Study: An Overview" Edward M. Sullivan, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Washington, D.C.
"The Religious Variable in the U.S.: Demographic and Attitudinal Correlates"
Florence R. Rosenberg, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, Washington, D.C.
"Church Attendance, Denomination and Socio-Political Orientation: Testing for Interaction Effects"
Joseph J. Shields and Thomas C. Kuruvilla, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolatc, Washington, D.C.
12:30-2:20 PM Religion and the Modern World-System SSSR-33
L'Apogee Salon 2
Chair and Discussion Leader: John H. Simpson, Sociology and Religious Studies, University of Toronto
"A Comparative Historical Essay on Religious Movements and Political-Economic Change"
George Thomas, Sociology, Arizona State University
"Dependent Capitalist Development and Popular Cosmologies: Contradictions of Power and the Power of Contradictions"
Gary Nigel Howe, Sociology, American University
"The Church as a Transnational Organization"
Alan Wells, Sociology, Rhode Island University
"Crisis in the World System and South Korea, with Special Reference to Christian Radicalism"
Tae Jin Kohng, Political Science, San Diego State University
12:30-2:20 PM Historical Sociology and the Study of Religion SSSR-34
Ballroom Foyer
Chair: Robert Liebman, Sociology, Princeton University
"Religious Diversity and Religious Change in Turn-of-the-Century American Cities"
Kevin J. Christiano, Sociology, Princeton University
"Measuring the Intensity of Six Instances of Religious Conflict: A Preliminary Test of the Simmel-Merton Proposition"
C. LeRoy Anderson, Sociology, University of Montana
Larry J. Helford, Sociology, Washburn University
Robert E. Clark, Midwestern University
"Christian Democracy and Popular Politics in Fin de Siecle Paris"
Philip G. Nord, History, Princeton University
"The Political Power of Jews in the Early Modern Feriod"
Hillel Levine, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
Discussant: Albion M. Urdank, History, Columbia University
12:30-2:20 PM Religion and the Individual SSSR-35
L'Apogee Salon 3
Chair: David 0. Moberg, Sociology, Marquette University
"On Separating the Sheep from the Goats: Religious Commitment and the Salience of Religion to the Self"
Dale W. Wimberly, Sociology, Ohio State University
"An Investigation of Lifton's Modes of Death Transcendence in an Aged Population"
Ralph R. Hood, Jr., and Ronald J. Morris, Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
"If I Should Die Before I Wake: Religious Commitment and Adjustment to the Death of a Child"
Judith A. Cook and Dale W. Wimberly, Sociology, Ohio State University
"Becoming a Yogi: A Further Look at the Spiritual Transformation Process"
Stephen R. Wilson, Sociology, Temple University
"Research Directions on Spiritual Well-Being"
Raymond F. Paloutzian, Psychology, Westmont College
1: 3 0-2:20 PM Religions and World Peace SSSR-36
State Suite B
Chair: Russell R. Dynes, Sociology, University of Delaware
Panel: Homer A. Jack, Executive Secretary, World Conference on Religion and Peace
Richard McSorley, Center for Peace Studies, Georgetown University
1: 30-3:20 PM Religion, Abortion and Politics SSSR-37
L'Apogee Salon 7
Chair and Discussion Leader: William V. D'Antonio, Executive Officer, American Sociological Association
"Religion, Politics and Public Opinion: The Abortion Controversy in Socio-Historical Perspective"
Gillian Lindt, Religion, Columbia University
"Abortion, Public Policy, and Religion: How Consensus Got Lost in the Moral Crusade"
Mary Ann Lamanna, Sociology, University of Nebraska at Omaha
2:30-4:20 PM Concepts of Power in the Major World Religions SSSR-38
L'Apogee Salon 2
Chair: Ruth A. Wallace, Sociology, George Washington University
"Confucianism and Taoism"
J. Walter Freiberg, Harvard Law School
"Buddhism"
Robert A. F. Thurman, Religion, Amherst College
"Islamic Fundamentalism"
Richard Falk, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"Hinduism"
Charles Ryerson, Princeton Theological Seminary
2:30-4:20 PM The Church and Latin American Politics SSSR-39
Room 402
Chair: Robert McNamara, Loyola University
"The Struggle for the Church: Religion Amidst Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Nicaragua"
Michael Dodson, Politics, Texas Christian University
"Religious Investors and Corporate Social Responsibility Questions in Latin America"
Robert Morris, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
"Churches as Developmental Institutions: The Case of Chile, 1973-1980"
Brian H. Smith, Politics, MIT
Discussant: Helen Rolston, Sociology, Saint Mary's University
Commentary: Thomas Quigley, U.S. Catholic Conference
2:30-4:20 PM Power and Authority in the Church SSSR-40
State Suite A
Chair and Discussion Leader: James Wood, Sociology, Indiana University
"The Drama of Authority and Power in the Church"
Paul M. Harrison, The Pennsylvania State University
"A Comparative Study of Power and Authority in the U.S. Catholic Church"
Richard A. Schoenherr, University of Wisconsin
Discussant: John Seidler, Sociology, Ohio State University
2:30-4:20 PM Historical Perspectives on Religious Awakenings SMR-41
Ballroom Foyer
Chair: R. C. Gordon-McCutchan, Religion, University of California at Santa Barbara
Panel:
William McLoughlin, History, Brown University
John F. Wilson, Religion, Princeton University
2:30-4:20 PM Religion and Social Justice SSSR-42
State Suite C
Chair: Thomas P. Imse, Sociology, Holy Cross College
"The World Council of Churches and the Holy See on Social Questions: Problems of Cooperation"
Thomas S. Derr, Religion, Smith College
"Catholic Higher Education for Justice and Peace: Mobility Reconsidered"
Donald R. La Magdeleine, Sociology, Loyola University of Chicago
"The Lesson of Vietnam: American Civil Religion at the Movies"
A. Theodore Kachel, Religion, University of Northern Iowa
"World Sociology and the Dialogues"
Walter J. Halpine, Sociology/Anthropology, King's College
Discussant: Donald B. Kraybill, Sociology, Elizabethtown College
2:30-4:20 PM Women, Religion, and Power SSSR-43
L'Apogee Salon 3
Chair: Mary Jo Meadow, Psychology, Mankato State University
Panel:
Marie Augusta Neal, Sociology, Emmanuel College
Ellen Umansky, Religion, Emory University
Barbara Hargrove, Sociology, Iliff School of Theology
2:30-4:20 PM Religious Sponsors: Ethical and Methodological Problems for Scholars ASR-15
Garden Room
Chair: Eileen Barker, Sociology, London School of Economics
Panel:
Irving Louis Horowitz, Sociology, Rutgers-The State University
Herbert Richardon, Religion, University of Toronto
Benton Johnson, Sociology, University of Oregon
Charles Y. Glock, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
4:30-5:20 PM H. Paul Douglass Lecture RRA-16 Plenary
Ballroom
Presiding: David O. Moberg, Marquette University, President, Religious Research Association
Lecture: "In Search of a Protestant 20th Century: American Religion and Power since 1900"
Phillip E. Hammond, University of California at Santa Barbara
5:30 PM General Reception
Second Level Balcony
Sponsored by SSSR, RRA, and ASR
8:30 PM Religion and Contemporary Politics:Issues of Legitimation and Social Change SSSR-44 Plenary
Ballroom
Chair: Thomas Robbins, Graduate Theological Union
Panel:
Irving Louis Horowitz, Rutgers-The State University
Everett Carll Ladd, University of Connecticut
Charles Y. Glock, University of California, Berkeley
Richard Sennett, New York Institute for the Humanities
Sunday, October 24


8:00-9:00 AM Interfaith Worship Service
Bacchante Room
8:30-10:20 AM Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy SSSR-45
State Suite B
Chair and Discussion Leader: Marie Augusta Neal, Emmanuel College
"Power versus Justice: Inner Conflicts in American Foreign Policy Goals"
James W. Skillen, Association for Public Justice
"Force versus Restraint"
Wesley G. Pippert, UPI, United States Senate Press Gallery
"Religious Bases of U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Israel"
Roland Robertson and Ruth Mouly, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
8:30-10:20 AM The Moral Majority SSSR-46
Garden Room
Chair: Caroll D. Bourg, Sociology, Fisk University
"Is There a Moral Majority?"
Jonathan Imber, Sociology, Wellesley College
"The Moral Majority: A Major Force or a Symptom of the Times"
J. Milton Yinger and Steven Cutler, Sociology, Oberlin College
"The Political'Organization of the Christian Right in the South"
Gerald T. Thurmond, Sociology, Wofford College
"The Politics of Morality in Canada"
John H. Simpson and Henry G. MacLeod, Sociology, University of Toronto
Discussant: Michael M. Lienesch, Politics, University of North Carolina
8:30-10:20 AM Religious Differentiation SSSR-47
State Suite C
Chair: Reginald W. Bibby, University of Lethbridge
"How Jews Define their Denominations: Intragroup Versions of Denominational Categories"
Bruce L. Berg, Sociology, Syracuse University
"Ethnic Churches among Japanese-Canadians: A Comparative Study"
Mark Mullins, Religion, McMaster University
"Changing Emphasis on Religion in North America Based on Joel Garreau's The Nine Nations of North America"
Charles J. Tilley, Charlottesville, Virginia
"Beyond Pluralism: East Indian Participation in an Afro-Caribbean Religion"
Stephen D. Glazier, University of Connecticut
Discussant: Steven M. Cohen, Sociology, Queens College
8:30-10:20 AM Alternatives to Capitalism: The Role of Religion SSSR-48
State Suite A
Chair: Nancy Bancroft, Lincoln University
"Socialism, Religion, and the State"
William R. Marty, Politics, Memphis State University
"The Cultural, Historical and Political Sources of Unbelief in the Soviet Union"
Jerry G. Pankhurst, Sociology, Ohio State University
"Kenosis: An Alternative Attitude in a World of Power and Hubris"
Patricia Vesey McGrew
"New Age, New Right: The Great White Brotherhood"
Debra Kanton, Sociology, Montclair State University
Discussant: Albert A. Herzog, Jr., Sociology, Ohio State University
8:30-10:20 AM Religion and Coping SSSR-49
Ballroom Foyer
Chair: Barbara Hargrove, Sociology, Iliff School of Theology
"Make Today Count: Religious Aspects of a Mutual Support Group for the Dying"
Cecil D. Bradfield and R. Ann Myers, Sociology, James Madison University
"The Impact of Religion on Alcoholism: A Path Analysis"
Steven Stack, Sociology, Pennsylvania State University
"Religious Values and Life-Meaning in Coping with Cancer"
Marvin W. Acklin, Earl C. Brown, and Paul A. Mauger, Georgia State University
"The Impact of Religious Affiliation and Practice on Marital Adjustment"
LeRoy Gruner, Sociology, Northern Kentucky University
"The Power of Religious Hope"
Richard D. Kahoe, Christian Haven Homes
Discussant: Donald Capps, Princeton Theological Seminary
8:30-12:20 Theoretical Issues SSSR-50 & 51, ASR-16 & 17
L'Apogee Salon 2
Chair: Earl Brewer, Theology, Emory University
"Religion, Reductionism, and Metaphor"
Richard Machalek, Sociology, Trinity University
David A. Snow, Sociology, University of Texas
"The Problem of Reductionism in the Comparative Study of Religion"
Frederick Bird, Religion, Concordia University
"The Suicide of Sociology"
David Lewis, Sociology, McMaster University
"The Scientific Study of Religion: Past, Present and Future"
Mary Carman Rose, Goucher College
"Theological Reflection and Metaphysical Reconstruction in the Sociology of Religion"
Richard Quinney, Sociology, Brown University
"Sociologists of Religion in the U.S.A."
Ted Mills, Sociology, Trinity University
"Towards a Constructive Criticism of Present Theories of Religious Worldview Construction"
Thomas E. Dowdy, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
"Moral Identity and Moral Models"
Donald E. Miller, Religion, University of Southern California
Discussant: Stan Gaede, Sociology, Gordon College
8:30-10:20 AM Research Presentation: Non-Medical Healing ASR-18
Room 501
Chair: Meredith McGuire, Sociology, Montclair State College
Panel:
Debra Cantor, Montclair State College
Linda Mai, Montclair State College
Pat Brown, Montclair State College
Mat Krautheim, University of Connecticut
Discussant: M. J. Nietz, Sociology, University of Missouri
8:30-10:20 AM Clergy Studies RRA-17
Room 502
Chair: To Be Announced
"The Selection, Screening, Deployment and Relocation of Clergy"
Alexander D. Steward, Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts
"Job Analysis: A New Tool for Religious Research?"
Marjorie H. Royle, Navy Personnel Research and Development Center
"Sociologist/Pastors: Can There Be Coexistence"
Cecil Bradfield and R. Ann Myers, James Madison University
10:30-12:20 The Scientific Creationist Movement ASR-19
Room 401
Chair: Michael Cavenaugh, University of Pittsburgh
"Science, True Science, and Pseudo-Science: The New Creationist Movement"
Michael Cavenaugh and Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh
Discussants:
Michael Ruse, Philosophy, University of Guelph
N. J. Demerath III, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
10:30-12:20 The Kingdom of God and the City of Man: The Work of Harvey Cox SSSR-52
Garden Room
Chair: Kenneth Westhues, Sociology, University of Waterloo
Panel:
Benton Johnson, Sociology, University of Oregon
Carroll J. Bourg, Sociology, Fisk University
Paul Lehman, Theology, Vanderbilt University
Pierre Hegy, Sociology, Adelphi University
Response: Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School
10:30-12:20 Clergy and Churches SSSR-53, ASR-20
State Suite C
Chair: Kenneth I. Pargament, Psychology, Bowling Green State University
"Micro and Macro Level Religious Phenomena: The Church as an Entity"
Glenn M. Vernon, Sociology, University of Utah
"A Comparative Study of Congregation Size in Two Different American Denominations"
Larry J. Pinto, University of Colorado
Kenneth E. Crow, Sociology, Mid-America Nazarene College
"Professionalism Among Protestant Clergy"
D. Neil Snarr, Sociology, Wilmington College
"Changing Receptivity to Clergywomen"
Edward C. Lehman, Sociology, SUNY at Brockport
Discussant: Dean R. Hoge, Sociology, Catholic University
10:30-12:20 Psychology of Religion SSSR-54
State Suite A
Chair and Discussion Leader: James E. Dittes, Yale Divinity School
"Are Psychological Studies of Religion on the Right Track?"
Richard A. Hutch, Religion, University of Queensland
"General Attribution Theory for the Psychology of Religion: A Formulation and Initial Test"
Bernard Spilka, Greg Schmidt, and Lesley Loffrede, Psychology, University of Denver
"Experiences of Psychotherapists in Managing Religious Material"
Timothy P. Kochems, Psychology, George Washington University
"Psychotherapy and Religion: The Emmanuel Movement"
Katherine McCarthy, Sociology, Southern Connecticut State College
"Religion and the Theory of Masochism: The Renunciation of Self and Power"
Stuart Charme, Religion, Rutgers University
10:30-12:20 Peligious Development and Personal Adjustment SSSR-55
State Suite B
Chair: G. Melton Mobley, Theology, Emory University
"Invisible Religion: Antecedents and Consequences"
James R. Mapstone, Sociology, SUNY-Plattsburgh
"Religiosity and Psychiatric Disorder"
Dean H. Harper, Sociology, University of Rochester
"Self-Reports of Perceived Influences Related to Religious Development"
Bruce Hunsberger, Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
"Toward Clarification of the Relation between Moral and Religious Thought"
Jack T. Hanford, Ferris State College
Discussant: G. Melton Mobley, Theology, Emory University
10:30-12:20 Religion and Ideology SSSR-56
Ballroom Foyer
Chair: Anson Shupe, Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
"Scientism: The Ideology of the New Age"
Matthew T. Krautheim, Sociology, Montclair State College
"The Corporate Faith and the Faiths of Corporate Men"
Dennis Klass, Religion, Webster College
"Women of the Church: Action on Behalf of Justice"
Anne Mary Dooley, Religion, Niagara University
"Religiosity as Opiate or Prophetic Stimulant Among Students in England and the United States"
H. Wesley Perkins, Sociology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Discussant: Angela Aidala, Sociology, Rutgers-The State University
10:30-12:20 The Power of the Holy Spirit: Sociologically Speaking SSSR-57
Bacchante Room
Chair: Eileen Barker, London School of Economics
Panel:
Richard K. Fenn, University of Maine at Orono
David Martin, London School of Economics
Bryan Wilson, Oxford University
10:30-12:20 Audio Visual Research Reports RRA-18
Room 402
Chair: David A. Roozen, Hartford Seminary Center
"Believers on the Outside: Part 11 of CBS News' Television Documentary Faith Without a Sanctuary"
William McKinney, United Church Board for Homeland Ministries
"Christ and Culture in Hartford Connecticut"
David A. Roozen, Hartford Seminary Center
10:30-12:20 Videotape Analysis as a Methodology in the Social Sciences of Religion ASR-21
Room 420
Chair: Meredith McGuire, Sociology, Montclair State College
Panel: Ray McDermott, Teacher's College, Columbia University
Paul Byers, Teacher's College, Columbia University
Barbara Aaronoff, Montclair State College
10:30-12:20 The Nature of Religious Authority and Charisma ASR-22
Room 501
Chair: Paul Schwartz, Graduate Theological Union
"Giving the Devil His Due"
Mary Jo Nietz, University of Missouri
"Conversion and Charisma in the Cultic Milieu"
Robert Balch, Sociology, University of Montana
"The Charismatic Awakening: Problem Besetting the New Pentecost"
Margaret Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron
"Bodhisattva-Dharma Preachers and the Cult of the Book: Charisma in Early Mahayana Buddhism"
Stephen Kent, Religion, McMaster University
Discussant: Armand Mauss, Sociology, Washington State University
12:30-2:20 PM The Power of Interpretation: Hermeneutics in the Sociology of Religion ASR-23
State Suite C
Chair: William Garrett, Sociology, St. Michael's College
"Why a Sociology of Religion Need be Interpretive"
Anthony Blasi, Theology, University of St. Michael's College and Center for Religious Studies, University of Toronto
"Hermeneutics and Transcendence: An Implication"
Charles Varala, Sociology, Union College
"Hermeneutics and the Problem of the World Center"
Roland Robertson, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
12:30-2:20 PM The Sociology of Religion and the American Enterprise Institute ASR-24
Garden Room
Chair: Kenneth Westhues, Sociology, University of Waterloo
"The Resurrection of Ideology: Religion, Legitimacy, and the American Enterprise"
Marvin G. Dunn, Sociology, Lewis and Clark College
"The Abiding Dilemma: Religion, Culture and Social Policy"
Joseph Fitzpatrick, Sociology, Fordham University
"Bringing this World into the Other: Neo-Conservative Realism and Religious Economic Thought"
James R. Kelly, Sociology, Fordham University
Rodney Sawatsky, Religion, Conrad Grebel College
Response: Michael Novak, American Enterprise Institute
12:30-2:20 PM Religion and Political Mobilization: Cross-National Case Studies SSSR-58
State Suite A
Chair: Robert Marsh, Sociology, Brown University
"Buddhism and Shintoism as Analytical Components of Political Action in Contemporary Japan"
Jeffrey Broadbent, East Calais, Vermont
"From Anaconda to Berlin: Two Boycotts Compared"
William W. Orbach, Religion, University of Louisville
"Islam and Political Development in Pakistan"
John L. Esposito, Religion, Holy Cross University
"The Assemblies of God: Spiritual Emphasis vs. Social Activism"
Sharon Georgianna, Sociology, Indiana University
"The Broken Hoop: The Ghost Dance, Wounded Knee, and the Destruction of the Old Ways of the Sioux"
Cheryl Greenberg, History, Columbia University
Discussant: N. Ross Crumrine, Anthropology, University of Victoria
12:30-2:20 PM Liberation Theology SSSR-59v State Suite B
Chair: Judith Shapiro, Anthropology, Bryn Mawr
"A Sociological Critique of Liberation Theology in North America and Latin America"
James H. Stewart, Sociology, St. Olaf College
"The Genesis and Consequences of Brazilian Basic Christian Communities"
Madaleine Adriance, University of Massachusetts at Boston
"The Political Theology of Johannes B. Metz"
Peter J. Albano, St. John's University
Discussant: John Pottenger, Politics, University of Maryland
12:30-2:20 PM Studies in Religiosity RRA-19
L'Apogee Salon 2
Chair: To Be Announced
"Ways of Transcendence"
Edwin Dowdy, University of Queensland
"The Attending Nonmember"
John W. Hawthorne, Olivet Nazarene College
"Predicting Religious Socialization and Commitment for Latter Day Saint Male Adolescents"
Joseph Olsen, Stan Weed, and David Bradford, Research and Evaluation Division, Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints
"Religious Identification and Opposition to Abortion"
Susan Mason, Drew University
12:30-2:20 PM Workshop on Improving Field Studies of New Religious Movements SSSR-60
Room 401
Organizers: Robert W. Balch, Sociology, University of Montana
Melinda Bollar Wagner, Sociology, Radford University
Arthur L. Greil, Sociology, Alfred University
Moderator: Rodney Stark, Sociology, University of Washington (Write to moderator for copy of paper)
12:30-2:20 PM Religion and Community SSSR-61
Ballroom Foyer
Chair: Angela Aidala, Sociology, Rutgers-The State University
"Judaism and Economic Success: The Religious Kibbutzim in a Weberian Perspective"
Aryei Fishman, Sociology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and Harvard University
"Religion and Communal Self-Definition and Protection in Italian Harlem: The Cult of the Madonna of Carmel"
Robert Orsi, Religion, Fordham University
"The Dialectic of Bureaucracy in a Catholic Religious Order"
Dana A. Farnham, University of California, San Diego
"Opening a Closed Society: Ritual Ecstasy and Social Transformation in 18th Century Virginia"
J. Stephen Kroll-Smith, Pennsylvania State University, Hazelton
"Secularization and the Industrial Revolution in a Gloucestershire Parish, Horsley-with-Nailsworth, 1780-1851"
Albion M. Urdank, History, Columbia University
Discussant: Kevin Christiano, Sociology, Princeton University
12:30-2:20 PM Power, Authority and Gender in Religious Contexts SSSR-62
L'Apogee Salon 3
Chair: Connie A. Jones, Sociology, Agnes Scott College
"'Feminine or Feminist': Religious Imagery of Women"
Mary Jo Meadow, Psychology, Mankato State University
"Power Struggles, Equality Quests and Women in Ecclesia"
Carole A. Rayburn, Silver Spring, Maryland
"Inner-Worldly Poweslessness and Other-Worldly Power: The Women Aglow Movement"
Susan M. Setta, Religious Studies, Northeastern University, Boston
"Women and Authoritarianism in New Religious Movements"
Connie A. Jones, Sociology, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
Discussant: Ruth A. Wallace, Sociology, George Washington University
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Annual Meeting, October 22-24, 1982
Biltmore Plaza Hotel, Providence, R.I.
Theme:
"Professors and Researchers - Partners"

PROGRAM SCHEDULE


Friday, October 22: Afternoon and Evening


3:00-5:00 PM
Room 401 1. Evangelical Caucus

Room 402 2. Methodist Association of Professors in Religious Education

Room 520 3. The Catholic Assembly

7:30 PM Open Plenary Session
Garden Room
Presiding: Lucie W. Barber, Personality Research Services, Ltd.
Presidential Address: Charles F. Melchert, Presbyterian School of Christian Education
Response: Gabriel Moran, New York University

9: 00 PM Refreshments
Garden Room Executive Committee Meeting

Saturday, October 23:
Morning 8:00-9:30 AM Breakfast Boundtables:

Ballroom Foyer
1. "Sense of Sin, Theories of Justification and Tasks for Religious Education Today"
William H. Johnston, Lynchburg, Virginia
2. "Theological Education for Adults Via Satellite"
William J. Phillips, Vancouver School of Theology
3. "Theology and Pedagogy- An Examination of the Place of the Child in the Christian Church"
Joseph D. Ban, McMaster Divinity College
4. "Researchers and Professors-Helpers to Practitioners."
F. Franklyn Wise, Olivet Nazarene College
5. "The Three Publics of Religious Education"
John L. Elias, Fordham University

8:00-9:30 AM Research Interest Groups
L'Apogee Salon 1
6. Convenor: Margaret Webster, Ewar-t College
"Women and Power: The Educational Dimensions of Religious Leadership"
Gloria Durka, Fordham University
"Metaphor, Sisterhood and Sabbath"
Maria Harris, Andover Newton Theological School

Saturday, October 23: Morning

L'Apogee Salon 4
7. Convenor: Suzanne Toton, Villanova University
"Religious Commitment and a 'Docetic' View of Human Emotions"
J. Bardarah McCandless, Westminster College
"The Religious Conversion of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Earl of Dorincourt"
Joanmarie Smith, Methodist Theological School in Ohio

L'Apogee Salon 5
8. Convenor: Charles Foster, Scarritt College
"Teaching: The Act in Which Foundational Concerns Converge"
Mary C. Boys, Boston College
"Religious Education and Professional Religious Education"
A. Kieran Scott, St. Bonaventure University

L'Apogee Salon 6
9. Convenor: G. Temp Sparkman, Midwest Baptist Theological Seminary
"Context: Ecclesiastical and Professional"
Clinton Buck, Memphis Theological Seminary
"How the Family Shapes Religious Believing and How Religious Education Can Shape the Family"
Margaret M. Sawin, Family Clustering, Inc.

9:30-10:30 AM Plenary Session 11
Garden Room
Convenor: Sarah Little, Union Theological Seminary
Panelists on Parishes and Dioceses:
Jerome W. Berryman, Institute of Religion, Texas Medical Center
Richard E. Davies, The Church Federation of Greater Indianapolis
John T. Hiltz, Diocese of Toledo
Sr. Louise Marie Skoch, O.S.F., Diocese of Toledo
Thomas P. Walters, Archdiocese of Detroit

10: 30-1 1: 00 AM Coffee Break

11:00-12 Noon Plenary Session III
Ballroom Foyer
Convenor: Joanmarie Smith, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Panelists on Denominations:
Warren J. Hartman, United Methodist Church
Eugene H. Hemrick, United States Catholic Conference
Richard A. Oison, Lutheran Church in America
Gay H. Tennis, United Presbyterian Church in the USA

12:00-1:30 PM Lunch

Saturday, October 23: Afternoon

1:30-2:30 PM APRRE Business Meeting
Ballroom Presiding: Charles F. Melchert, Presbyterian School of Christian Education

2:30-3:30 PM Swap Shops
Ballroom
1. "The Sabbath: The Magna Carta of Human Freedom"
Maureena Fritze, University of St. Michael's College
2. "Developing Criteria for Evaluating Church Curriculum"
Donald L. Griggs, Presbyterian School of Christian Education
3. "Knowledge Network Project"
William J. Phillips, Vancouver School of Theology
4. "Ways to Measure Readibility"
Jim Wilhoit and Eugene Gibbs, Wheaton Graduate School
5. "Use of Biblical Images in Christian Education"
Douglas E. Wingeier, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary

3:30-4:00 PM Coffee Break

4:00-5: 00 PM Continuing Concerns Groups
L'Apogee
1. Theory Group
Salon 7
Convenor: Charles F. Melchert, Presbyterian School of Christian Education
Room 502
2. Theory to Practise Group
Convenor: Mary C. Boys, Boston College
Room 401
3. Evaluation Group
Convenor: Helen A. Archibald, The Defiance College

8:00-9:30 PM "Quest" Program
Ballroom Foyer
Convenor: D. Campbell Wyckoff, Princeton Theological Seminary Papers from Quest, Inc.:
"Unfolding Curriculum Expectations"
Jody Messinger Wolfe, Vice President
"Implications of Teacher-Student Interaction for Curriculum Design"
William L. Roberts, President

Sunday, October 24: Morning
8:00-9:30 AM Breakfast Boundtables: Ballroom Foyer
1. "Family-Centered Religious Education"
Margaret M. Sawin, Family Clustering, Inc.
2. "The School: A Conservative Factor in the Struggle for Justice"
Suzanne C. Toton, Villanova University
3. "Adult Biblical Interdependent Learning"
Eugen F. Trester, Biblical Andragogy CUWC
4. "Small Membership United Methodist Churches"
Warren J. Hartman, The United Methodist Church
5. "Moral Reasoning: Exploring Roots in Physiological Development"
Donald M. Joy, Asbury Theological Seminary

8:00-9:30 AM Research Interest Groups
L'Apogee Salon 4
6. Convenor: Sharon Parks, Harvard Divinity School
"Christian Education and Moral Education"
Katherine Zappone, Boston College
"Meaning as the Clue to Religious Formation"
Ross Snyder, San Francisco Theological Seminary

L'Apogee Salon 5
7. Convenor: Freda A. Gardner, Princeton Theological Seminary
"What is 'Mature Faith?': Light from Irenaeus, von Hfigel, Vatican II and After"
Wi,liam Johnston, Lynchburg, Virginia
"Norms and Goals in Spiritual Development"
Vasiliki Eckley, Galveston, Texas

L'Apogee Salon 6
8. Convenor: Mark Heath, O.P., Dominican House of Studies
"The U.S. Catholic Church's Educational Mission and Ministry"
A. "Founding the Schools: The Siege Mentality"
Robert O'Gorman, Scarritt College
B. "Selling the Schools: The Apolgetic Mentality"
Fayette Veverka, New York City

9:30-10:30 AM Plenary Session IV
Bacchante Room
Convenor: David W. Danner, Vocational Agency, United Presbyterian Church in the USA
Panelists for Seminaries and Universities:
Gloria Durka, Fordham University
A. Rodger Gobbel, Lutheran Theological Seminary
Maria Harris, Andover Newton Theological School
Norma H. Thompson, New York University

Sunday, October 24: Morning

10:30-11:00AM Coffee Break

11:00-12 Noon Plenary Session V
Garden Room
Convenor: John H. Westerhoff III, Duke University
Panelists for the Future:

Norma and Burton Everist, Dubuque, Iowa
John H. Peatling, Personality Research Services, Ltd.
David S. Steward, Pacific School of Religion
Sunday, October 24: Afternoon

1: 30-3: 00 PM Young Researchers
Room 402
Convenor: William A. Koppe, Lutheran Church in America
Presenters: Marie Francis Lemeo, R.G.S., Diocese of Albany
"Issues of Conflict and Stress in Dual-Worker Families: Awareness for the Family Minister"
Rodger Heuser, Buffalo Grove, Illinois
"Leadership Styles of Directors of Religious Education and Group Maturity Levels of Religious Educational Boards"

3:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting
L'Apogee Salon 2
DIRECTORY OF EXHIBITS

Abingdon Press Augsburg Puiblishing House Child Welfare Criminology: An Interdisciplinary Journal Daedalus *Harper & Row Kendall Hunt Publishing Co. Robert E. Krieger Publishing Mayfield Publishing National Council on Family Relations The Natural Therapy Foundation Oxford University Press Philosophical Library *Pilgrim Press Political Psychology Religious Education William H. Sadlier, Inc. Scott Foresman Social Casework Social Forces Social Problems Sociological Analysis Soundings Swedenborg Foundation Syracuse University Press Thought Technology Ltd. Transaction University of California Press University Press of America Westminster

*Indicates a representative may be in attendance.

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