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ANNUAL MEETING
of the
SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC
STUDY OF RELIGION
meeting jointly with the
RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
Program Theme:
Religion and Justice
PROGRAM
November 4-6, 1983
Hyatt Regency
Knoxville, Tennessee
INFORMATION
REGISTRATION The registration desk will be located at the East end of the Main Lobby. Members are encouraged to pre-register using the forms at the back of the program.
Registration fee is $15 for members of SSSR and ERA, $18 for non-members, and $5 for students. The fee includes admission to all sessions, the General Reception, and one copy of the Abstract Book.
BANQUET This year we are holding a banquet in conjunction with the Presidential Address. An excellent banquet menu is planned - at $14 per person. Since we need to know how many people will be attending, members are urged to purchase banquet tickets at the time they pre-register - by October 15.
RADIO AND TV
INTERVIEWS In conjunction with the Knoxville Convention Bureau, we are developing a list of speakers for Knoxville area radio and TV "talk shows." Anyone interested in participating, drop a note to David Roozen (Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman St., Hartford, Ct. 06105) indicating topics on which you would like to speak, by Octciber I if possible.
EXPLORING
KNOXVILLE AND
THE SMOKIES A hike is planned for Thursday (Nov. 3), from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Transportation from hotel to Smoky Mountains and return. Lunch included. Cost $12.50. Contact Don Ploch by October 15 - use the form at back of the program. Come early and explore the area!
Also, a tour of agencies in Knoxville concerned with religion and justice is scheduled for Friday (Nov. 4). 8:30 A.M. to Noon. Agencies involved in urban ministry, child care, women's programs, housing, and occupational health. Cost $10. Contact Don Ploch by October 15.
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 Stan D. Gaede, Gordon College
TREASURER David A. Roozen, Hartford Seminary
EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY Wade Clark Roof, University of Massachusetts
BUSINESS
MANAGER Lorraine D'Antonio, University of Connecticut
COUNCIL
Eileen Barker, London School of Economics
Jackson W, Carroll, Hartford Seminary
William V. D'Antonio, American Sociological Association
Ralph W. Hood, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Benton Johnson, University of Oregon
Bennetta Jules-Rosette, University of California at San Diego
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 1983
Chairperson: Cheryl T. Gilkes, Boston University
Local Arrangements: Donald Ploch, University of Tennessee
PROGRAM 1984
Chairperson: Theodore Steeman, Boston College
SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION
MEMBERSHIP AND JOURNAL
Membership is open to interested persons. Annual dues for 1983 of $20.00 includes subscription of 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 Jackson W. Carroll, Hartford Seminary
PRESIDENT-ELECT William McKinney, United Church Board
SECRETARY Mary C. Mattis, United Presbyterian Church
TREASURER Everett L. Perry. United Presbyterian Church
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
James H. Davis, Research Consultant
Ruth Doyle, Archdiocese of New York
George Gallup, Jr., Gallup Organization
C. Kirk Hadaway, Center for Urban Church Studies
Dean Hoge, Catholic University
Constant H. Jacquet, National Council of Churches
Gillian Lindt, Columbia University
H. Newton Malony, Fuller School of Psychology
Meredith B. McGuire, Montclair State College
David Roozen, Hartford Seminary
Robert E. Steele, University of Maryland
PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON
Edward Lehman, State University of New York at Brockport
REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS RESEARCH
EDITOR: Edward Lehman, State University of New York at Brockport
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: James R. Kelly, Fordham University
RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP AND PUBIICATIONS
Membership in the Association is open to all interested persons. The annual dues are $24.00 for members and $12.00 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 $22.00 per year. Institutional subscriptions to the Review are $30.00 per year. Address: Religious Research Association, Inc., Box U68-A, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268.
1983 SSSR STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Winner: CALEB ROSADO
Sociology
Northwestern University
Title: "RACE, CLASS, AND RELIGIOUS SCHISM: THE CASE OF THE PUERTO RICAN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS
IN CHICAGO"
Session: RRA/SSSR-1 - Friday, November 4, 1983 - 8:30 AM
Andrew Jackson Room
Honorable Mention: FRANK J. LECHNER
Sociology
University of Pittsburgh
Title: "FUNDAMENTALISM AND
SOCIOCULTURAL REVITALIZATION"
Session: SSSR 10 - Friday, November 4, 1983 - 10:30 AM
James Polk Room
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, November 3, 1983
1:00-6:00 PM Religious Research Association Board of Directors Meeting Board
7:30-11:00 PM Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Council Meeting
FRIDAY, November 4, 1983
9:00 AM Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Council Meeting Board
11:30 AM Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Council Luncheon
12:30-1:30 PM Religious Research Association Annual Business Meeting Georgia/Carolina
1:30-3:30 PM Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion Women's Caucus Meeting Board Room
8:30-12:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-1
Henry Knox
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL WELFARE (History of Judaism)
Organizer: Ellen Umansky, Religion, Emory University
Chair: Pamela S. Nadell, The American University David Sperling, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion
"The Poor, the Widow, and the Orphan in Biblical Thought"
Daniel Nussbaum, Salem State College
"Human Needs and Human Rights in a Traditional Jewish
Community: A Case Study"
Rebecca T. Alpert, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
"Tzedakah and the Right to Health Care"
Discussant: Ellen Umansky, Religion, Emory University
8:30-10:20 AM
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS:
PROBLEMS OF STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE RRA-1, SSSR-1
Andrew Jackson
Chair: Keith Wulff, United Presbyterian Church
Caleb Rosado, Sociology, Northwestern University
"Race, Class, and 'Religious Schism:
The Case of Puerto Rican Seventh Day Adventists"
Dion E. Phillips, Sociology, Howard University
"A Theoretical Examination of Contending Views of Power and
Participation in a Protestant Denomination:
The Case of Seventh Day Adventism"
Ronald Lawson, Urban Studies, Queens College CUNY
Maren Lockwood Carden, Sociology, Long Island University
"Ghettoization and the Erosion of a Distinct Way of Life:
The Seventh Day Adventist Experience"
Discussant: Russell Dynes, Sociology, University of Delaware
8:30-10:20 AM SYMPOSIUM: COMPETING PARADIGMS FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF
RELIGION: A SEARCH FOR COMMONALITIES SSSR-2
Kentucky
Organizers: Sam G. McFarland, Psychology, Western Kentucky University Richard Gorsuch, Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary
Chair: Newton Maloney, Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary AnaMaria Rizzuto, Psychoanalysis, Brookline, Massachusetts
"The Analytic Mode of Research for the Psychology of Religion"
Sam G. McFarland, Psychology, Western Kentucky University
"The Personological Critique of the Psychology of Religion"
Bernard Spilka, Psychology, University of Denver
"Quantification and Measurement in the Service of Theory"
Richard Gorsuch, Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary
"Nomothetic as Science: Ideographic as ?"
8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION: COMPARATIVE APPROACHES TO RELIGION AND JUSTICE SSSR-3
Mississippi
Chair: Kirk W. Elifson, Sociology, Georgia State University Paul W. Diener, Humanities, York College of Pennsylvania
"Justice: A Comparative Study"
Bradley Hertel, Sociology,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Rana P. B. Singh, Geography, Meerut University
"Brahman Judges and the Atonement of Sin in Hindu Society"
G. Arthur Mihrim, Princeton University
Danielle Mihritm, New York University
"Truth or Justice: Which Comes First?"
Mostafa H. Nagi, Sociology, Bowling Green State University
"Islamic Ideology and the Welfare State:
With Special Reference to Socio-Economic Justice"
Discussant: Harry H. Hiller, Sociology, University of Calgary (Canada)
8:30-10:20 AM SSSR4
Alvin York
CONTEMPORARY CATHOLIC REALITIES
Chair: Peter J. Albano, C.M., St. John's University Chris Von Der Haar, Indiana University
"The Effect of Conflict upon the Commitment of Catholic Parishioners"
Larry R. Petersen. Sociology, Memphis State University
Peter K. Takayama, Sociology, Memphic State University
"Local-Cosmopolitan Theory and Religiosity Among Catholic
Nuns and Brothers"
John L. Young, M.D., Psychiatry, Yale University
Ezra E. H. Griffith, M.D., Psychiatry, Yale University
"Psychiatry and the Annulment of Catholic Marriages"
Discussant: Peter J. Albano, C.M., St. John's University
8:30-1O:20 AM SSSR-5
William Blount-North
CHANGING ROLES AND RULES: WOMEN AND RELIGION
Chair: E. Nancy McAuley, RSCJ, Social Science, Catholic University of America
Karol H. Borowski, Social Studies,
Massachusetts Institute for Social Studies
"The Role of Women in the Solidarity and Renaissance Movements: A Comparative Analysis of Sex Roles in Social and Religious Movements"
Jack Balswick, Sociology and Family Development,
Fuller Theological Seminary
"The Effect of Religion on the Status of Women:
The Case of Korea"
Barbara Tomaskovic-Devey, Sociology, Boston University
"A Sociological Analysis of the Cultural and Social Movement Significance of Feminist Spirituality"
Samuel Z. Klausner, University of Pennsylvania
"The Ritual Role of Jewish Women: An Empirical Study"
Discussant: E. Nancy McAuley, RSCJ, Social Science, Catholic University of America
8:30-10:20 AM SSSR-6
James Polk
ATTITUDE, VALUE ORIENTATION AND RELIGION
Chair: Eugen Schoenfeld, Sociology, Georgia State University
James Seeber, Sociology, Kansas State University
"Differences in Elderly Life Attitudes Resultant from Different
Religious Backgrounds"
Richard J. Harris, Sociology, University of Texas at San Antonio
Edgar W. Mills, Sociology, University of Texas at San Antonio
"Religion, Value Conflict, and Abortion Attitudes"
Dean R. Hoge, Sociology, Catholic University of America
Ernesto Zulueta, Sociology, Catholic University of America
"Salience as a Condition for Social Consequences of Religious
Commitment"
Discussant: Eugen Schoenfeld, Sociology, Georgia State University
10:30-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-7
Mississippi
DHARMA, JUSTICE AND CONTEMPORARY INDIAN SOCIETY
Organizer: S. S. Rama Rao Pappu, Philosophy, Miami University
Chair: Stan Lusby, Religious Studies, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Austin Creel, Religious Studies, University of Florida
"Justice and Dharma"
Dipankar Chatterjee, Philosophy, University of Utah
"Dharma and Secular Justice: Are They Compatible?"
Discussant: Thomas M. Gannon, Loyola University (Chicago)
10:30-12:20 PM RRA-1
CONGREGATIONAL STUDIES:
DENOMINATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Alvin York
Organizer: Edward C. Lehman, Sociology,
State University of New York, Brockport
Chair: Mary Mattis, Sociology, United Presbyterian Church
Michael R. Welch, Sociology, University of Notre Dame
"Toward a Description of Contemporary Parishes:
Some Demographic Data from a Notre Dame Study of
15 Catholic Parishes"
Samuel Heilman, Sociology, Queens College
"Ethnography of the Synagogue: Getting Lay People Involved"
Stuart A. Wright, Center for Urban Church Studies,
Nashville, Tennessee
Kirk Hadaway, Center for Urban Church Studies,
Nashville, Tennessee
"The House Church Movement"
Paul Light, American Baptist Churches
"Growth and Decline of Young American Baptist Churches:
1978-1981"
Discussant: David Roozen, Sociology, Hartford Seminary
10:30-12:20 PM RRA-2
Andrew Jackson
SOCIAL CORRELATES OF EVANGELICALISM
Organizer: Edward C. Lehman. Sociology,
State University of New York, Brockport
Chair: George Hillery, Sociology,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
David O. Moberg, Sociology, Marquette University
"Comparisons of Evangelical Christians and Others in the
U.S.A. and Sweden"
Steven Schroeder, Northwest Texas Clergy and Laity Concerned
"Justice and Gospel:
An Exploration of 'Evangelical' Approaches to Evangelization"
J. Wulf, D. Prentice, D. Hansum, A. Ferrar, Social Work, and B. Spilka, Psychology, University of Denver
"Religiosity and Sexual Attitudes and Behavior Among Single Evangelical Christians"
Joseph B. Tamney, Sociciogy, Ball State University
Stephen D. Johnson, Sociology, Ball State University
"The Christian Right and the Traditional Right:
Similarities and Differences"
Discussant: Nancy Ammerman, Sociclogy, Redbank, New Jersey
10:30-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-8
Kentucky
THE RELIGIONS OF THE OPPRESSED REVISITED
Organizers and Co-Chairs: Benjarpin R. Mariante, Sociology, Stonehill College; J. Dell Johnson, Religious Studies,
Stonehill College
Randall Burkett, College of the Holy Cross
"The Garvey Movement as an Expression of Black Civil Religion"
Discussant: Cheryl Greenberg, History, Columbia University
Lamin Sanneh, Harvard University (The Divinity School)
"Text and Context: Religious Transformation in Africa"
Discussant: Sheila Briggs, Harvard University
(The Divinity School)
Romney Moseley, Emory University
"Leadership, Power, and Authority in the Black Church"
Discussant: Vincent L. Wimbush, The School of Theology, Claremont, California
10:30-12:20 PM SSSR-9
Henry Knox
MEMORIAL SESSION
THE RELEVANCE OF ERVING GOFFMAN FOR THE
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
Organizer and Chair: Larry C. Ingram, Sociology,
University of Tennessee-Martin
Panelists: Thomas C. Hood, Sociology,
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Margaret M. Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron Charles Edgley, Oklahoma State University
C. Lincoln Johnson, University of Notre Dame
10:30-12:20 PM SSSR-10
James Polk
RELIGION, CHANGE, AND CONFRONTATION:
RECENT RESEARCH
Chair: Anson Shupe, Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
Deborah Elizabeth Finn, Theology, Harvard University
(The Divinity School)
"Performance, Messianism, and Transforming Relationships"
Frank J. Lechner, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
"Fundamentalism and Socio-Cultural Revitalization"
Nathan Church, Social Science, Pepperdine University
"Mysticism and Political Withdrawal:
A Response to Weber and Wuthnow"
Discussant: Anson Shupe, Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
10:30-12:20 PM SSSR-11
William Blount-North
WIVES AND MOTHERS:
CHANGING RELIGION AND CHANGING ROLES
Chair: G. Arthur Mihram, Princeton University
John Heeren. Sociology. California State College-San Bernadino
Donald B. Lindsey, Sociology,
California State College-San -Bernadino
Marylee Mason, Sociology, Chaffey College
"Religious Ideology aid Wotnen's Status: The Mormon Example"
Mary Jo Neitz, Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
"'Wives Be Submissive' To Whom?: The Changing Roles of
M,iles in the Contemporary Charismatic Movement"
LeRoy Gruner, Sociology, Northern Kentucky University
"Marital Adjustment: Mystical vs. Intellectual Inner-Direction"
Discussant: Danielle Mihram, New York University
12:30-1:20 PM
RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
1:30-3:30 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-12
Henry Knox
AMERICAN JUDAISM AND JUSTICE (History of Judaism)
Organizer and Chair: Ellen Umansky, Religion, Emory University
David Ellenson, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
"American Reform Judaism and Social Action:
A Problematic Relationship"
Cheryl Greenberg, Columbia University
"A World Without Women:
A Study of Sexism in Jewish Religious School Textbooks"
Annette Daum, Union of Hebrew Congregations
"Choosing Life: Judaism, Justice, and Nuclear Disarmament"
Discussant: Ellen Umansky, Religion, Emory University
1:30-3:20 PM RRA-2
Andrew Jackson
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES FOR UNDERSTANDING
CONGREGATIONS
Organizer and Chair: Carl S. Dudley, McCormick Theological Seminary
Panelists: Jackson W. Carroll, Hartford Seminary James F. Hopewell, Candler School of Theology Barbara G. Wheeler, Auburn Theological Seminary Carl S. Dudley, McCormick Theological Seminary
Discussants: Ted McEachern,
Association for Christian Training and Service, Nashville
Steve Tipton, Candler School of Theology
1:30-3:20 PM RRA/SSSR-3
Mississippi
THE BLACK CHURCH IN THE BLACK EXPERIENCE
Organizer: C. Eric Lincoln, Duke University
Chair: Stephen J. Kroll-Smith, Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, Hazelton
Panelists: C. Eric Lincoln, Duke University Lawrence H. Mamiya, Vassar College Doris Saunders, Jackson State College Richard K. Dozier, Tuskegee Institute
Discussant: Joseph Fichter, Sociology, Loyola University (New Orleans)
Georgia/Carolina
1:30-3:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-13
Alvin York
RELIGION AND JUSTICE: THE POLITICS OF PEACE
Chair: Thomas Koenig, Sociology, Northeastern University
Robert Zwier, Political Science, Northwestern University
"Justice and Foreign Aid"
Thomas Imse, Sociology, College of the Holy Cross
"War: Otherwise and Nuclear"
William R. Marty, Political Science, Memphis State University
"Peace, Justice, and Love:
An Essay on Problematic Relationships"
Discussant: Ronald Lawson, Urban Studies, Queens College CUNY
1:30-3:20 PM SSSR-14
William Blount-North
RELIGION, STATE, AND SOCIAL CONFLICT
Chair: Hart M. Nelsen, Sociology, Louisiana State University
Eileen Barker, Sociology, London School of Economics
"Rites, Rights, and Unnatural Justice"
Wayne Reinhardt, History, Ohio State University
"Any Handy Stick: The Effect of Opposition to Earlier Supreme Court Decisions on the Interpretation of the 1962-63 Public School Prayer and Bible-Reading Decisions"
Leonard Pinto, Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder
"American Religious Conflict and Injustice:
A Case of Social Amnesia"
N. Jay Demerath, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
"The Separation of Church and State?:
Notes on a Mythical Past and Uncertain Future"
Discussant: Robert B. Pettit, Sociology, Manchester College
1:30-3:20 PM SSSR-15 Kentucky
WEBERIAN PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION AND SOCIETY
Chair: Phillip E. Hammond, Sociology,
University of California-Santa Barbara
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Sociology, Boston University
"The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Recapitalization:
The New Right"
William H. Swatos, Jr., Sociology, Silvis, Illinois
"The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Slavery: A Two-Edged Sword"
Eric Woodrum, Sociology, North Carolina State University
"Religion and Economics Among Japanese-Americans: A Weberian Study"
Discussant: Phillip E. Hammond, Sociology, University of California-Santa Barbara
1:30-3:20 PM SSSR-16
James Polk
VARIETIES OF CONGREGATIONAL AND DENOMINATIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Chair: Robert E. Steele, Psychology, University of Maryland-College Park
Roger D. Irle, Clinch Valley College, University of Virginia
"Presbyterian Union: An Analysis"
Margaret M. Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron
"Charisma and Congregational Integration:
Church Growth in the Assemblies of God"
M. Maureen Killoran, Sociology, McMaster University
"Unitarianism in Canada:
A Discussion of the Relevance of Religious Liberalism"
Kenneth Pargament, Psychology, Bowling Green State University
Aileen S. Pargament, Wood County Mental Health Center
Mitchell Shack, Psychology, Bowling Green State University
Tina Shack, Sociology, Bowlino, Green State University
"Assessing the Strengths and Weaknesses of a Synagogue:
A Case Study"
Discussant: Delores Causion Carpenter, Sociology, The Howard University Divinity School
3:30-5:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-17
Mississippi
RELIGION AND JUSTICE:
COLOR, POWER, AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Chair: Delores Causion Carpenter, Sociology,
The Howard University Divinity School
Noel L. Erskine, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Romney Moseley, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
"Toward an Emancipatory Praxis:
Marginality and Decolonization in the Caribbean"
Heibert O. Edwards, Religious Studies, Morgan State University
"Justice and Color"
Thomas H. Norrell, Anderson, South Carolina
"Praxis Thinking: The Use of the Scientific Method of
Theologizing in the Third World Struggle for Justice"
Stephen D. Glazier, Anthropology, University of Connecticut-Storrs
"Spiritual Baptist Missions to Venezuela and the U. S."
Discussant: Theodore M. Steeman, Social Ethics, Boston College
3:30-5:20 PM SPECIAL SESSION RRA-3
Henry Knox
CELEBRATION OF THE 500TH LUTHERAN ANNIVERSARY
Organizer and Chair: Samuel Mueller, Sociology,
University of Akron
Panelists: Ross P. Scherer, Loyola University (Chicago) John Seidler, Ohio State University
Paul Gustafson, Hiram College
3:30-5:20 PM SSSR-18
Kentucky
AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS
Chair: Ronald McAllister, Sociology, Northeastern University
AMERICAN EVANGELICALISM:
CONSERVATIVE RELIGION AND
THE QUANDRY OF MODERNITY
Author: James Davison Hunter, Sociology, University of Virginia
Critics: Nancy T. Ammerman, Sociology, Redbank, New Jersey
R. Stephen Warner, Sociology,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Larry G. Murphy, Theology,
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
3:30-15:20 PM SSSR-19
Andrew Jackson
RELIGION AND JUSTICE:
ISSUES OF CRIMINAL LAW AND SOCIAL CONFLICT
Chair: Wayne E. Johnson, Political Science,
Stephen F. Austin State University
William R. Garrett, Sociology, St. Michael's College
"Religion and the Legitimation of Violence"
Joe E. Barnhart, Philosophy, North Texas State University
"Why Abortion is Not Murder"
Arthur L. Benjamin, Research Unit,
United Presbyterian Church in the United States
"Crime, Christians, and Criminal Justice"
Discussant: Wayne E. Johnson, Potitical Science, Stephen F. Austin State University
3:30-5:20 PM SSSR-20
Alvin York
RELIGION, CONTROVERSY, AND METHOD
Chair: Charles Selengut, Sociology, County College of Morris
Thomas Robbins, Sociology, Central Michigan University
"The Beach is Washing Away:
Controversial Religion and the Sociology of Religion"
Roland Robertson, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
"Revolutionary vs. Conservative Religion"
Bruce Hunsberger, Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
"Attribution Theory and Actor-Observer Bias:
Personal Religious Orientation Makes a Difference"
Discussant: Charles Selengut, Sociology, County College of Morris
3:30-5:20 PM SPECIAL SESSION SSSR-21
William Blount-North
INSTITUTIONAL IMPACT AND CHANGE ON WOMEN'S
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES
Organizer: Jualynne Dodson, Sociology,
Union Theological Seminary (New York)
Chairman: Delores Williams, Theology,
Boston University of Union Theological Seminary
Hilah F. Thomas, United Methodist Church (Women's Division)
"Reconcilers in the Rough Places:
The Creating and Maintaining of Ecclesiastical Structures for
Justice by Southern Methodist Women - 1920-present"
Jualynne Dodson, Union Theological Seminary (New York)
"Class and Division in Women's Society: The Organization of Missionaries in the African Methodist Episcopal Church"
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Radcliffe College and Boston University
"Digging It Out and Keeping It Together: The Evolution of the Missionary's Role in the Sanctified Church"
Discussant: Delores Williams, Theology,
Boston University and Union Theological Seminary
3:30-5:20 PM DIDACTIC SEMINAR SSSR-22
James Polk
INNOVATIVE METHOD AND THE STUDY OF SMALL GROUPS
Robert D. Boyd, Library for the Study of Small Groups in Adult
Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
J. Gordon Myers, S.J., Continuing Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Holding On and Letting Go:
Grief Work and Small Group Phase Development"
5:30-6:30 PM DUTCH TREAT RECEPTION Main Lobby
6:30-10:00 PM SSSR-23
Georgia/@lina
BANQUET AND PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Chair: Barbara Hargrove, Sociology, Iliff School of Theology
Speaker: Marie Augusta Neal, S.N.D.
President, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
"SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT
TO USE POWER"
SATURDAY, November 5, 1983
8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION RRA-4
Mississippi
REFLECTIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF JUSTICE
Organizer: Edward C. Lehman, Sociology,
State University of New York-Brockport
Chair: William Silverman, Sociology, Long Island, New York
Phillip Amerson, Sociology, Patchwork Central
"Justice Ministries and Urban Transformation:
The Case of Moderate Sized Cities"
K. Peter Takayama, Sociology, Memphis State University
"The Decline of the 1960's Religious 'Justice' Movement Organizations"
Richard Hoehn, Bright Divinity School, Texas Christian University
"Action Training for Justice"
James Skillen, Sociology, Association for Public Justice
"Religion and Justice from the Perspective of the Association for Public Justice"
Discussant: William Garrett, Sociology, St. Michael's College
8:30-10:20 AM SSSR-24
Henry Knox
THE NEW RELIGIONS:
EMPIRICAL RESPONSES TO CONTROVERSY
Chair: Thomas P. Dunn, Sociology, Western Kentucky University
Stuart A. Wright, Center for Urban Church Studies
"Post Involvement Attitudes of Voluntary Religious Defectors from Controversial New Religious Movements"
Mary Carman Rose, Sociology, Goucher College
"The Unification Movement and the Scientific Study of Religion"
Charles Selengiit, Sociology, County College of Morris
"Insiders and Outsiders:
Presentation Practices in Cognitive Minority Religions"
Discussant: Eileen Barker. Sociology, London School of Economics
8:30-10:20 AM RRA/SSSR-4
Andrew Jackson
RELIGION, PREJUDICE, AND DISCRIMINATION
Organizer: Edward C. Lehman, Sociology,
State University of New York-Brockport
Chair: Glenn Vernon, Sociology, University of Utah
John H. Simpson, Sociology, University of Toronto
"The New Religious Political Right and Blacks"
Roger L. Dudley. Sociology, Andrews University
"Understanding the Church in Racial and Cultural Change"
William Orbach, Sociology, University of Louisville
"Religion, Power, and Anti-Semitism"
Discussant: H. Paul Chalfant, Sociology, Texas Tech University
8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-25
Kentucky
RELIGION AND JUSTICE: POLICY AND SOCIAL ACTION
Chair: N. Jay Demerath, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
Charles Williams, Anthropology, Memphis State University
Bridget S. Ciaramitaro, Anthropology, Memphis State University
"Social Justice in the Delivery of Health Care:
The Role of the Black Preacher"
E. Clinton Gardner, Ethics, Candler School of Theology
"Justice, Virtue, and Social Policy"
Harry G. Lefever, Sociology, Spelman College
"The Social Gospel, Southern Style"
Richard J. Massaro and
Florence Rosenberg, Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
"Popular Values and Justice Activists: Contrasting Orientations"
Discussant: N. Jay Demerath, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
8:30-10:20 AM DIDACTIC SESSION SSSR-26
James Polk
ALTERNATIVE HEALING MOVEMENTS: NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS?
Organizer and Chair: Meredith B. McGuire, Sociology,
Montclair State College
Panelists: Debra Kantor, Anthropology, Rutgers University Frances Westley, Sociology, University of Western Ontario James T. Richardson, Sociology, University of Nevada-Reno
8:30-10:20 AM SSSR-27
Alvin York
CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS AND MORAL THOUGHT
Chair: Joe E. Barnhart, Philosophy, North Texas State University
Peter J. Albano, C.M., Sociology, St. John's University (New York)
"Ethics, Politics, and Religion in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur"
Adriana Berger, Paris, France
"The Paradoxical Double Bind:
History of Religions and Comparative Literature"
Jack Hanford, Humanities, Ferris State College
"Religion and Justice in the Thought of Lawrence Kohlberg and James Fowler"
Ralph W. Hood, Psychology, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Ronald J. Morris, Psychelogy, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
"Conclusions on Quest: A Critical Rejoinder to Batson"
Discussant: Joe E. Barnhart, Philosophy, North Texas State University
8:30-10:20 AM SSSR-28
William BloiLnt-North
COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON WOMEN AND RELIGION:
TEXTS AND REALITIES
Organizer and Chair: Connie A. Jones, Sociology, Agnes Scott College
Helen Hacker, Sociology, Adelphi University
"Women and Religion in Islam"
Leonore Nast
"The Legal Position of Women in Genesis as Compared with
Other Middle Eastern Texts"
Susan A. Eisenhandler, Sociology,
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
"Whither 'A'ishah?:
The Islamic Identity of Malaysian Women Students"
Discussant: Anne Mary Dooley, S.S.J., Religious Studies, Niagara University
10:30-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-29
Mississippi
RELIGION AND JUSTICE:
THE FACTS OF THE CATHOLIC PEACE PASTORAL
Organizer and Chair: Marie Augusta Neal, S.N.D., Sociology,
Emmanuel College
Featured Speaker: Brian Hehir, Justice and Peace Office,
United States Catholic Conference Office
Discussants: Shawn Copeland, Theology, Boston College Andres G. Guerrero, Jr., Applied Theology, Catholic Theological Union
10:30-12:20 PM RRA-5
Henry Knox
RELIGION AND THE APPALACHIAN POOR
Organizer and Chair: Earl D. C. Brewer, Candler School of Theology,
Emory University
Panelists: Earl D. C. Brewer, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
James Sessions, Commission on Religion in Appalachia
Vaughn M. Nave, Knoxville United Ministries
10:30-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-31
Kentucky
RELIGION, JUSTICE, AND AFRO-AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL
HISTORY
Organizer and Chair: John H. Cartwright, Ethics and Sociology,
Boston University
James Young, Ethics and Sociology, Boston University
"E. Franklin Frazier, Religion, and Race Relations"
Trudier Harris, Literature and Folklore,
University of North Carolina
"Against the Grain:
Contemporary Black Women Writers' Use of Religion"
Riggins Earle, Religion, Interdenominational Theological Center
"The Dialectics of Justice in Afro-American History"
Discussant: Robert E. Steele, Psychology, University of Maryland-College Park
10:30-12:20 PM SSSR
Andrew Jackson
EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION
Chair: Larry C. Jensen, Psychology, Brigham Young University
Michael D. Pisano, Psychology, Ball State University
Julia B. Mitchell, Psychology, Ball State University
Stephen E. Tranbarger, Psychology, Ball State University
Jay C. Thomas, Rice University
"Religiosity and Religious Activity"
Ronald J. Morris, Psychology, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Ralph W. Hood, Psychology, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
"Are the Intrinsically Reiigious Only Apparently Less
Prejudiced?: A Second Look at Religious Orientation,
Social Desirability and Prejudice"
Bruce Hunsberger, Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
"Current Religious Position and Self Reports of Religious Socialization Influences"
Discussant: Larry C. Jensen, Psychology, Brigham Young University
10:30-12:20 PM
SSSR-33
Alvin York
RELIGION AND COMMUNITY
Chair: Ronald J. McAllister, Sociology, Northeastern University
Stephen J. Kroll-Smith, Sociology,
Pennsylvania State University-Hazelton
Stephen R. Couch, Sociology,
Pennsylvania State University-Hazelton
"Religion and Community Crisis:
The Case of Centralia, Pennsylvania"
Terry P. Prewitt, Sociology, University of West Florida
"The Signifying Faithful:
Epistemology and Practice of Signs of Belief"
John R, Hall, Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
"The Dynamics of Religious Commitment in 19th Century Communal Groups: The Kanter Thesis Revisited"
Discussant: Ronald J. McAllister, Sociology, Northeastern University
10:30-12:20 PM SSSR-34
James Polk
PERSPECTIVES ON TRADITION AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Chair: G. Melton Mobley, Center for Religious Research, Candler School of Theology
Robert B. Pettit, Sociology, Manchester College
"Religion Through the Times:
An Examination of the Secularization Thesis Through Content
Analysis of the New York Times, 1855-1975"
R. George Kirkpatrick, Sociology, San Diego State University
Rich Rainey, Sociology, San Diego State University
Kathryn Rubi, Sociology, San Diego State University
"An Empirical Study of Pagan and Wiccan Religion in
Post-Industrial Society"
Razelle Franki, Sociology, Bryn Mawr College
"Charisma and Old Time Religion in the Electronic Church"
Discussant: G. Melton Mobley, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
12:30-1:20 PM
Georgia/Carolina
SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF
RELIGION ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
1:30-3:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION RRA/SSSR-5
Mississippi
EVANGELICALISM AND JUSTICE
Organizer: Richard V. Pierard, History,
Indiana State University-Terre Haute
Chair: David 0. Moberg, Sociology, Marquette University
Boyd Reese, Religion, Temple University
"The Evangelical Left and Justice"
Clinton E. Stockwell, Urban Church Resource Center
"Social Justice and Urban Ministry"
James A. Hedstrom, Nashville, Tennessee
"New Evangelicals and the Development of a Social Justice
Awareness Within American Evangelicalism"
Ross McLaren, American Baptist Theological College,
Nashville, Tennessee
'Just Us' or Justice?:
Some White Rellections from Within a Black Context"
Discussant: Richard V. Pierard, History,
Indiana State University-Terre Haute
1:30-3:20 PM SSSR-35
Henry Knox
RELIGION AND THE COLLEGE STUDENT
Chair: Eric Woodrum, Sociology, North Carolina State University
Phillip E. Hammond, Sociology,
University of California-Santa Barbara
James Davison Hunter, Sociology, University of Virginia
"Maintaining Plausibility:
Evangelical Students and the Christian Campus"
Thomas B. Kelley, Psychology, Covenant College
Douglas Sizemore, Psychology, Covenant College
"The Relationship Between Religious Beliefs and the Internalized Values of Students from Several Southeastern Liberal Arts Colleges"
Robert J. McNamara, Sociology. Loyola University (Chicago)
"Modernity, Morals, and Religious Beliefs:
Catholic College Students in 1961 and 1981"
Discussant: Eric Woodrum, Sociology, North Carolina State University
I:W3:20 PM SWR-M
Andrew Jackson
CONVERSION: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
Chair: Donald Hastings, Sociology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
James T. Richardson, Sociology, University of Nevada
Brock Kilbourne, Sociology, University of Nevada
"Looking At Conversion Careers: A Comparative Approach"
Larry C. Ingram, Sociology, University of Tennessee-Martin
"Ideology at Personal and Group Levels:
Conversion Accounts and Testimonies in Religious Gatherings"
Thomas P. Dunn. Sociology, Western Kentucky University
"Religious Mindot)oly:
The Cooptation of the Family as a Conversion Tool"
Discussant: Donald Hastings, Sociology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
1:30-3:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-37
Kentucky
RELIGION AND JUSTICE: CARIBBEAN PERSPECTIVES
Organizer and Chair: Stephen D. Glazier, Sociology,
University of Connecticut
Panel: Leonard Barrett, Temple University George Eaton Simpson, Oberlin College Erika Bourguignon, Ohio State University Angelina Pollak-Eltz, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela
1:30-3:20 PM SSSR-38
William Blount-North
GROWING UP RELIGIOUS: SOCIALIZATION STUDIES
Chair: Bruce Hunsberger, Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
Larry C. Jensen, Psychology, Brigham Young University
David A. Haimson, Psychology, Brigham Young University
Robert Christensen,
California State Polytechnical Institute at San Louis Obispo
"Religious Preference and Parenting Motivation"
Mary C. Mattis, The Support Agency, United Presbyterian Church
"When Churches Mind the Children:
Findings from a Study of Child Day Care in Local Churches"
Hart M. Nelsen, Sociology, Louisiana State University
Alice Kroliczak, Center for the Study of Youth Development,
Catholic University of America
"Parental Use of Threat 'God Will Punish':
Replication and Extension"
Discussant: Mary Jo Meadow, Psychology, Mankato State University
I:WS:20 PM SSSR-39
Alvin York
THE RELIGIO-POLITICAL STRUCTURES OF CONSERVATISM
Chair: Mary Carman Rose, Philosophy, Goucher College
James L. Guth, Political Science, Furman University
John C. Green, Political Science, Furman University
"Politics in a New Key: Party, Ideology and Denomination
Among Political Action Committee Contributors"
Sharon Georgianna, Sociology. Indiana University
"The Relationship of Christian Fundamentalism to the
New Right"
Thomas Koenig, Sociology, Northeastern University
Tracy Boyce, Sociology, Northeastern University
Augusto Diane, Sociology, Northeastern University
"Political Action Committee Financing of Fundamentalist
Christian Congresspeople"
Discussant: Robert Zwier, Political Science, Northwestern University
1:30-3:20 PM SSSR-40
James Polk
COMPARATIVE RELIGION AND CULTURAL ISSUES
Chair: Razelle Frankl, Sociology, Bryn Mawr College
Reginald W. Bibby and Harold R. Weaver, Sociology,
University of Lethbridge
"Cult Consumption in Canada:
A Critique of Stark and Bainbridge"
Corwin Smidt, Political Science, Calvin College
James Penning, Political Science, Calvin College
"American Confidence in Political and Social Institutions:
The Impact of Religion"
H. Paul Chalfant and Peter L. Heller, Sociology,
Texas Tech University
"Religiosity and Attitudes Toward Social Issues in the
United States and the United Kingdom"
Discussant: Razelle Frank, Sociology, Bryn Mawr College
3:30-5:00 PM PLENARY SESSION RRA-6
Georgia/Carolina
H. PAUL DOUGLASS LECTURE
Chair: Jackson W. Carroll, Hartford Seminary President, Religious Research Association
Lecturer: Dean M. Kelley, Director,
Religious and Civil Liberty Division of Church and Society, National Council of Churches
"RELIGION AND JUSTICE:
THE VOLCANO AND THE TERRACE"
5:30-6:00 PM GENERAL RECEPTION Mississippi/Kentucky
Co-Sponsors: Religious Research Association Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Commission on Religion in Appalachia (CORA) Departments of Religious Studies and of Sociology,
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
8:30-10:00 PM THEMATIC PLENARY SSSR-41
Georgia/Carolina
Chair and Organizer: Marie Augusta Neal, S.N.D., Sociology, Emmanuel College
Special Lecturer: Harvey Cox, Applied Theology,
Harvard University (The Divinity School)
"RENASCENT RELIGION AND THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE'
Respondents: Wade Clark Roof,
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
J. Deotis Roberts,
Interdenominational Theological Center
Marie Augusta Neal, S.N.D., Sociology,
Emmanuel College
SUNDAY, November 6, 1983
8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION RRA/SSSR-6
Andrew Jackson
JUSTICE AND THE NEW RELIGIONS
Organizer: James T. Richardson, Sociology, University of Nevada
Chair: David Bromley, Sociology, University of Hartford
Fred Bird, Sociology, Concordia University
Frances Westley, Sociology, University of Western Ontario
"Theories of Justice Held by Contemporary Religious Groups"
Tom Robbins, Sociology, Central Michigan University
"New Religious Movements on the Frontiers of Church and State"
James T. Richardson, Sociology, University of Nevada
"Anti-Cult Legislation: A Case Study"
Discussant: David Bromley, Sociology, University of Hartford
8:30-10:20 AM SSSR-42
Henry Knox
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND THE PERSON
Chair: Thomas H. Norrell, Anderson, South Carolina
P. J. Watson, Psychology, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Ralph W. Hood, Psychology, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Ronald J. Morris, Psychology, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
"Sin and Self in the Religious and Anti-Religious Person"
Kirk W. Elifson, Sociology, Georgia State University
Peggy S. Sullivan, Sociology, Georgia State University
"Deviant Belief Syst,-m Proteetion and Validation"
Eugen Schoenfeld, Sociology, Georgia State University
"Religiosity and Religious Identity"
Discussant: Thomas H. Norrell, St. John's United Methodist Church
8:30-10:20 AM SPECIA], SESSION SSSR-43
William Blount-North
WOMEN, ORTHODOXY, AND JUDAISM IN CONTEMPORARY
CULTURE
Chair and Organizer: Helen M. Hacker, Sociology, Adelphi University
Lynn M. Davidman, Sociology, Brandeis University
"Women and Orthodox Judaism in Contemporary America:
The Socialization of Young Women Who Return to the Faith"
Janet Weinglass, Sociology, Data Consultants (New York)
"Determinants of Orthodox Women's Reactions to Being
Denied Torah Study"
Joan Lind, Sociology, Florida International University
"Is the Religious Past Relevant to the Secular Present?:
A Theory of Cultural Transmission"
Deborah Kaufman, Sociology, Northeastern University
"A Journey Homeward: Women Returning to Orthodox Judaism"
Discussant: Helen M. Hacker, Sociology, Adelphi University
8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION RRA/SSSR-7
Mississippi
RELIGION AND ATTITUDES TO JUSTICE ISSUES
Organizer: Edward C. Lehman, Sociology,
State University of New York-Brockport
Chair: Ray Rymph, Sociology, Purdue University
Arthur L. Benjamin, United Presbyterian Church. U. S. A.
"The Presbyterians and Social Justice:
The Trends and the Future"
Marjorie H. Royle, Navy Personnel R & D Center
Richard Bolin, Sociology, University of California-Santa Barbara
"Justice by Resolution"
Garland Knott, Religion,
Methodist College-Fayetteville, North Carolina
"Justice Issues in Church-Related Colleges"
Discussant: Anson Shupe, Sociology, University of Texas-Arlington
8:WIO:20 AM SSSR@
Alvin York
TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS THOUGHT:
CONCEPTS AND CRITICISM
Chair: William R. Marty, Political Science, Memphis State University
Stjepan Mestrovic, Social Science, Lander College
"Despair as a Disease of the Infinite in the Thought of
Kierkegaard and Durkbeim"
A. Theodore Kachel, Philosophy, University of Northern Iowa
"Theodicy: Masochism or Tragedy:
A Critique of Peter Berger's Theory of Value"
David A. Booth, Minneopolis, Minnesota
"Christian Faith and Mechanisms of Oppression:
Positive Uses of Nietzche's Critique of Christianity"
Discussant: Marc A. Olshan, Sociology, Bethany College
8:30-10:20 AM SSSR-45
Jaznes Polk
AFRICAN RELIGION:
CURRENT RESEARCH AND GROUNDED THEORY
Chair: Romney Moseley, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Benetta Jules-Rosette, Sociology, University of California-San Diego
"The Narrative Structure of Prophecy Among the Maranke
Apostles: An Alternati,,-e System of Religious Expression"
Karen Fields, Sociology, Brandeis University
"Witnessing for Jehovah in Colonial Zambia:
An Unquiet Mission"
LeRoy Gruner, Sociology, Northern Kentucky University
"The Centrifugal Forces of Exponential Growth:
The Nigerian Assemblies of God"
Discussant: Lamin Sanneh, Harvard University (The Divinity School)
10:30-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-46
Henry Knox
JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND THE "LAWS OF GOD" (History of Judaism)
Organizer and Chair: Ellen Umansky, Religion, Emory University
Leonard S. Kravitz,
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
"Good God -Good Law"
Linda Gordon Kuzmack, George Washington University
"A Question of Justice: Jewish Women's Quest for Religious
Leadership in England and the United States"
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Instilute of Religion
Mark Washofsky,
"The Langer Case: A Question of Method in the Conflict Between Equity and Halakhah"
Discussant: Ellen Umansky, Religion, Emory University
10:30-12:20 PM RRA/SSSR-8
William Blount-North
THE FAMILY AND THE NEW CHRISTIAN RIGHT
Organizer and Chair: Jeffrey K. Hadden, Sociology, University of Virginia
Edward P. Freeland, Sociology, Princeton University
"Attack on the Family:
Historical Perspectives on the Battlecry of the New Right"
Jack D. Jernigan, Sociology, University of Virginia
Steven L. Nock, Sociology, University of Virginia
"Religiosity and Family Stability:
Do Families That Pray Together Stay Together?"
Thomas O. Cushman, Sociology, University of Virginia
"The Fallen Family as Falwell's Symbol of Social Decadence:
A Content Analysis of Listen America"
Discussant: Jeffrey K. Hadden, Sociology, University of Virginia
10:30-12:20 PM RRA/SSSR-9
Andrew Jackson
RELIGION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND PRACTICE
Chair: John R. Hall, Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
Gwinn M. Lovel, Sociology, Southcast Missouri State University
"The Professionalization Movement in the Methodist Diaconal Ministry"
Newton H. Malony. Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary
Laura Majovsky, Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary
"The Role of Psychological Assessment in Ministerial Selection"
R. Ann Myers, Sociology, James Madison University
Cecil D. Bradfield, Sociology, James Madison University
"Religious Practitioner and Social Science Practitioner:
Can the Roles Co-Exist?"
Discussant: John R. Hall, Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
10:30-12:20 PM SPECIAL SESSION SSSR-47
Mississippi
SOUL FORCE: THE WORK OF LEONARD BARRETT
Organizer and Chair: Stephen D. Glazier, Anthropology,
University of Connecticut
Panel: George Eaton Simpson, Oberlin College Leslie G. Desmangles, Trinity College Joseph Murphy, St. Joseph's College
Response: Leonard Barrett, Temple University
10:30-12:20 PM SSSR-48
Alvin York
CONTRADICTIONS IN EVERYDAY RELIGIOUS LIFE
Chair: A. Theodore Kachel, Philosophy, University of Northern Iowa
Melinda Bollar Wagner, Anthropology, Radford University
" The Functions of Reincarnation in Everyday Life"
Marc A. Oishan, Sociology, Bethany College
"Casting Lots: The Rationalization of God's Will"
Carroll Bourg, Sociology, Fisk University
"The Sacred and the Profane in Secular Society"
Discussant: Theodore A. Kachel, Philosophy, University of Northern Iowa
10:30-12:20 PM SSSR-49
James Polk
EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION
Chair: Stjepan Mestrovic, Social Science, Lander College
Michael I. Rulon, Psychology, Covenant College
"Classification of Alternative States of Consciousness"
E. Nancy McAuley RSCJ, Social Science,
Catholic University of America
"Alienation of Youth from the Catholic Church:
An In-Depth Study"
Beverly Macy McCallister, Religion, McMaster University
"Thoughts on a Cognitive Psychology of Religion"
Discussant: Kenneth Pargament, Psychology. Bowling Green State University