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ANNUAL MEETING
of the
SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC
STUDYOFRELIGION
in conjunction with the
RELIGIOUS RESEARCH
ASSOCIATION
and the
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS
AND
RESEARCHERS IN RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION
Program Themes:
SSSR and RRA: "Religion and the Public Conscience: Shaping the
'Brave New World Beyond 1984 "
APRRE: "Challenging Dominant Symbols: The Responsibility of
Religious Education
The Bismarck
Chicago, Illinois
October 26-28, 1984
INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
THE REGISTRATION DESK for SSSR and RRA will be located in the lobby of the hotel. It
will be open Friday, October 26, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 27, 9:00 a.m.-5:00
p.m. The registration for APRRE will also be located in the hotel lobby.
REGISTRATION FEES for SSSR or RRA are: $20.00 member, $30.00 non-member, $8.00
student. The banquet ticket is $17.00. ATTENDANCE FEES for APRRE are: $25.00 members,
$35.00 non-members, $10.00 full-time students. Continental breakfast costs are $5.00 for
Saturday or Sunday for APRRE.
ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT BOOKS are available at the registration desk for SSSR-RRA at
$4.00 per copy.
MEETING ROOMS are located in four areas of the hotel:
WALNUT ROOM, part of the hotel's restaurant (SSSR banquet location) is to the right as you
face the hotel check-in counter and the GREEN ROOM is down half-a-floor from the Walnut
Room, using the staircase.
The PARLORS, MEDILL, LINCOLN, BLACKHAWK, and MAXIMILIAN rooms are located
a full floor above the hotel lobby. A book exhibit is in Parlor E The GREENBRIER ROOM is a
level below the lobby and is reached through a staircase near the entrance to the hotel or by way
of the elevator.
PAVILLON has the stage and terrace areas (the theater) and the FOYER and is reached via a
staircase and hall to the left of the hotel check-in counter. Below the Pavilion are two small
rooms-RANDOLPH and ILLINOIS-reached by a staircase in the Pavilion Foyer.
HOTEL EATING FACILITIES are located a flight up the main staircase (Chalet Restaurant),
to the right of the hotel check-in counter (the Walnut Room), and a coffee shop to the left of the
hotel check-in counter (and down a hallway and staircase).
Hotel room rates: Singles $32.00, Twins and Doubles $40.00.
OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE
SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION
OFFICERS AND STAFF
President: Jeffrey K. Hadden, University of Virginia
Vice-President: Phillip E. Hammond, University of California at Santa Barbara
Secretary: Stan D. Gaede, Gordon College
Treasurer: David A. Roozen, Hartford Seminary
Executive Secretary: Hart M. Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University
Business Manager: University of Connecticut
COUNCIL
Eileen Barker, London School of Economics
James D. Davidson, Purdue University
Kirk Hadaway, Center for Urban Church Studies
Ralph W. Hood, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Benton Johnson, University of Oregon
Bennetta Jules-Rosette, University of California at San Diego
Marie Augusta Neal, Emmanuel College
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
AAAS REPRESENTATIVE
William D'Antonio, American Sociological Association
OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS AND STAFF
President William McKinney, United Church Board
President-Elect Constant Jacquet, Jr., National Council of Churches
Past President Jackson W. Carroll, Hartford Seminary
Secretary James Wood, Indiana University
Treasurer Everett L. Perry, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Business Manager Lorraine D'Antonio, University of Connecticut
BOARD MEMBERS
Ruth Doyle, Archdiocese of New York
Russell Dynes, University of Deleware
George Gallup, Jr., Gallup Organization
C. Kirk Hadaway, Center for Urban Church Studies
Dean Hoge, The Catholic University of America
Larry Ingram, University of Tennessee at Martin
Edward C. Lehman, Jr., State University of New York at Brockport
H. Newton Malony, Fuller School of Psychology
Mary Mattis, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Meredith McGuire, Montclair State College
Bernard Quinn, Glenmary Research Center
David Roozen, Hartford Seminary
Stan Weed, Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints
Michael Welch, University of Notre Dame
REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS RESEARCH
Editor: Edward C. Lehman, Jr., State University of New York at Brockport
Book Review Editor: James R. Kelly, Fordham University
PROGRAM'84
Chairperson: Michael Welch, University of Notre Danic
PROGRAM'85
Chairperson: Larry Ingram, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of
Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN 38238
Theme: "Religion and Social Conflict"
Place: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Savannah, Georgia, Oct. 25-27
RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS
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.
OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS
IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
OFFICERS AND STAFF
President Donald M. Joy, Asbury Theological Seminary
President-Elect Taylor McConnell, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Executive Secretary Donald F. Williams, Chicago Cluster of Theological Schools
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Thomas H. Groome, Boston College
William B. Kennedy, Union Theological Seminary
William J. Phillips, Vancouver School of Theology
Nelle G. Slater, Christian Theological Seminary
Suzanne C. Toton, Villanova University
Douglas E. Wingeier, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
PAST PRESIDENT
Lucie W. Barber, Personality Research Services, Ltd.
CHAIRPERSON FOR LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Robert L. Conrad, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
The Association offers four categories of membership with corresponding annual dues: Membership, $25; Associate, $20-00, Emeritus, $15.00, and Student, $15.00. Address: APRRE, Chicago Cluster of Theological Schools, I 100 East 55th Street, Chicago, IL 60615.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
7hur,vda-v, October 25, 1984
9:30-6:00 CENSUS DATA USERS'PRACTITIONER WORKSHOP, Medill Room This workshop is sponsored by the Census Access for Planning in the Church organization (CAPC), a consortium of religious data users. It is open to all interested persons and
is aimed at the first-time census user. All material will be provided. Meet at the
Bismarck Hotel.
9:30 Registration
10:00-12:00 Introduction to Census Geography and Profiles. Review census terminology, look at census data on specific tracts in the Chicago area, learn about information available from the 1980 census, and discuss documents, tools, and service bureaus providing specific information.
12:00 Lunch (not in the fee)
1:30-6:00 Bus trip visiting about 10 diverse neighborhoods studied in the morning workshop.
6:00 Dinner at an ethnic restaurant in one of the neighborhoods (not in fee), then return to the Bismarck Hotel.
Leaders: William Kammrath and Patricia Rose, Center for Social Research in the Church, Concordia College
7hursdav, October 25
1:00-6:00 PM RRA Board of Directors Meeting, Blackhawk Room
7:30-11:00 PM SSSR Council Meeting, Blackhawk Room
Friday, October 26
9:30-11:30 AM SSSR Council Meeting (continued), Blackhawk
11:30 AM SSSR Council Luncheon, Green Room
Friday, October 26
8:30-10:20 AM THE NEW CHRISTIAN RIGHT SSSR- I
Medill
Organizer and Chair: H. Paul Chalfant, Sociology, Texas Tech University Anson Shupe, Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington John Heinerman, Salt Lake City, Utah
"Mormonism and the New Christian Right: An Emerging Coalition?"
Kenneth Christiansen, Religion and Society, Defiance College
"Shaping the Brave New World: The Use of 'Grief Imagery' by the Religious
Political Right"
Jerry G. Pankhurst and Karen S. Schwartz, Sociology, Ohio State University
"A Holiness Church and the New Christian Right: Nazarenes and Pro-Family
Issues"
John Simpson, Sociology, University of Toronto
"Moral Issues and Reagan's Electoral Strategies"
Discussant: Robert E. Beckley, Sociology, West Texas State University
8:30-10:20 AM HISTORY OF JUDAISM: JEWISH SSSR-2
SOCIAL POLICIES AND REFORM Parlor B
Organizer: Ellen M. Umansky, Religion, Emory University
Chair and Discussant: Judy S. Lewis, Rabbi, Temple Isaiah of Great Neck
Daniel Nussbaum, Salem State College
"Relinquishment Theology and Policy in Jewish Tradition"
Linda Gordon Kuzmack, George Washington University
"Jewish Women and Social Change"
Peter Haas, Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University
"Justifying Social Policy: The Case of Judaism"
8:30-10:20 AM ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES OF RRA-1
CATHOLIC PARISHES Parlor C
Chair: Rev. Joseph Fitzpatrick, Sociology, Fordham University
Ruth T. Doyle and John Kuzioski, Archdiocese of New York
"Toward a Typology of Parishes"
Dennis Keane, Sociology, Fordham University
"Leadership Styles and a Typology of Parishes"
Roberto Gonzales, Northeast Pastoral Center for Hispanics
"An Urban Parish Revisited: 1953 and 1982 "
Discussant: David Schwartz, Archdiocese of Chicago
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8:30-10:20 AM RELIGION, FAMILY LIFE. AND YOUTH RRA/SSSR- I
Parlor D
Chair: Eric Woodrum, Sociology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh Roger L. Dudley, Institute of Church Ministry, Andrews University "Transmission of Religious Values from Parents to Adolescents"
LeRoy Gruner, Sociology, Northern Kentucky University
"Frequency of Church Attendance and Degree of Marital Adjustment"
Armand L. Mauss, Sociology, Washington State University
1. 'Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go . . . :' Differential Impact of
Religious Socialization Agencies Upon Mormon Youth"
James R. Mapstone, Sociology, S.U.N.Y., Plattsburgh
"Do Families That Pray Together Stay Together? A Functional Analysis of the
Impact of Crises on the Family"
Discussant: William V. D'Antonio, American Sociological Association
10:30-12:20 RELIGION, MAGIC, AND HEALING SSSR-3
Parlor A
Chair: Margaret M. Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron Guerin C. Montilus, Wayne State University "Voodoo and Healing"
Tanice G. Foltz, Sociology, Univ. of California, San Diego
"An Alternative Healing Group as a New Religious Form: The Use of Ritual in
Becoming a Healing Practitioner"
Philip M. Kayal, Sociology, Seton Hall University
"Gays, God, and the AIDS Epidemic: A Sociological Observation"
Discussant: Meredith McGuire, Sociology, Montclair State College
10:30-12:20 RELIGION AND NATION: SSSR-4
CROSS-NATIONAL STUDIES Parlor E
Chair: Roger O'Toole, Religious Studies, University of Toronto James T. Duke and Barry L. Johnson. Sociology, Brigham Young University "The Stages of Religious Transformation: A Study of 173 Nations"
N. Gerald Shenk, Northwestern University and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
"Social Constraints on the Yugoslav Policy on Religion"
John Fulton, Institute of Education, University of London
"Conservative Christians in Conflict: The Irish Case"
Gary Bouma, Sociology, Monash University, Australia
"Religion in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A
Comparison"
Discussant: C. Margaret Hall, Sociology, Georgetown Univesity
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10:30-12:20 PROTESTANT INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS RRA/SSSR-2
Medill
Chair: Peter Takayama, Sociology, Memphis State University
Les Steele, Psychology, Azusa Pacific University
"The Adult Development of Protestant Male Clergy: An Investigation of Attitudinal Change in the Adult Years"
Richard Rogers, Sociology, Princeton University
"Clergy Authority in Contemporary American Protestantism: A Study in PowerDependence Relations"
Everett L. Perry, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
"The Dynamics of Schism in the United Presbyterian Church, 1980-81
Ellen Rosenberg, Anthropology, Western Connecticut State University
"Southern Baptist Social Ethics: The Context of Change"
Discussant: Roger Finke, Sociology, Concordia College
10:30-12:20 AUTHORS MEET CRITICS SSSR-5
Maximilian
Chair: N. J. Demerath, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
The Book: All Faithful People: Change and Continuit-v in Middletown's Religion,
by Theodore Caplow, Howard M. Bahr, and Bruce A. Chadwick.
University of Minnesota Press, 1983.
Participants: James Wood, Sociology, Indiana University Nathan Church, North Texas State University
N. J. Demerath, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
Responses by Authors
10:30-12:20 EVANGELICALS AND SECTS RRA/SSSR-3
Lincoln
Chair: Charles Selengut, Sociology, County College of Morris, N.J.
Kenneth 1. Pargament, Steven Johnson, Paul Cook, Michael Brannick, Ruben Echemendia, Jennifer Myers, and Cheryl McGath, Bowling Green State University
"Comparing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Mainline and Fundamentalist Churches"
Ronald Lawson, Urban Studies, Queens College
"The Future of Seventh-Day Adventism"
Mary Jo Neitz, Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
"I'm Okay, You're Okay, and God Loves Us Just the Way We Are: Religion and Therapy in the Culture of Narcissism"
Michael K. Roberts, Sociology, Purdue University
John W. Hawthorne, Sociology, Olivet Nazarene College
"Determinants of the Holiness Lifestyle"
Discussant: David 0. Moberg, Sociology, Marquette University
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12:30-2:20 PM AMERICAN CATHOLICISM SSSR-6
Lincoln
Chair and Discussant: Thomas M. Gannon, Woodstock Theological Center,
Georgetown University
E. Nancy McAuley, R.S.C.J., Catholic University of America
"Conscience and Consequence: An Unrecognized Dilemma Facing Today's
Youth"
Partick H. McNamara and Arthur St. George, Sociology, Unviversity of New Mexico "Young Catholics and the Nuclear Arms Race: Will the Catholic Church Be Both Mater et Magistra? "
David 0. Moberg, Sociology, Marquette University
Dean R. Hoge, Sociology, Catholic University of America
"Changes in Religious Attitudes and Behavior of Catholic Students, 1961 to 1983:
Comparisons in One University"
Barbara J. Denison, Sociology, Northwestern University
"Am I Still a Catholic? The Loss of Identity for a Divorced Catholic"
12:30-2:20 PM RELIGION AN D'RHE WORLD CRISIS: SSSR-7
SOME BAHNI VIEWS Parlor A
Chair: Will. C. van den Hoonaard, Sociology, University of New Brunswick
J. Curtis Russell, Psychology, Mercy College of Detroit "Universal Peace, Resolution of the World Crisis: A Baha'i Perspective"
Khalil A. Khavari, Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"Religion and the Evolutionary Nature of Peace"
Richard W. Thomas, History and Urban Affairs, Michigan State University
"Relating Racial Unity and the Achievement of World Peace in the Public Con-
sciousness: A Baha'i Approach"
Discussant: Theodore Steeman, Theology, Boston College
12:30-2:20 PM FAITH DEVELOPMENT, PRACTICAL RRA/SSSR-4
THEOLOGY, AND THE PUBLIC CHURCH Parlor B
Chair: Romney Moseley, Center for Faith Development, Emory University James W. Fowler, Center for Faith Development, Emory University "Pluralism, Particularity, and Padideia"
David R. Jarvis, Center for Faith Development, Emory University
"Techniques of Empirical Research and the Disclosure of Public Aspects of
Theology"
Richard Osmer, Center for Faith Development, Emory University
"Public and Practical Dimensions of Christian Education Theory"
Stuart D. McLean, Graduate Seminary, Phillips University
"The Implications of the Covenantal Root Metaphor for Faith Development"
Discussant: William Everett, OIKOS Project, Milwaukee
Frida-v, October 26
12:30-2:20 PM SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEW SSSR-8
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS Parlor C
Chair: Philip L. Berg, Sociology, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse
Eileen Barker, London School of Economics
"Thy Kingdom Come: Socio-Illogics of a Millenarian Endeavor"
Charles Selengut, County College of Morris, N.J.
"The Re-Enchantment of the World: Authority, Work and Family in the Unification
Church"
James R. Lewis, Religion, Syracuse University
"The Millenarian Foundations of Secular Scholarship"
James A. Mathisen, Sociology, Wheaton College
"Thomas O'Dea's Dilemmas of Institutionalization: Some Second Thoughts"
Discussant: Rodney Stark, Sociology, University of Washington
12:30-2:20 HISTORY OF JUDAISM: SSSR-9
THE IMPACT OF TRADITIONALISM
ON JEWISH THOUGHT AND BEHAVIOR Parlor D
Organizer and Chair: Ellen M. Umansky, Religion, Emory University Leonard S. Kravitz, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion "I Think, Therefore No Change"
Lynn Davidman, Sociology, Brandeis University
"Women Who 'Return' to Orthodox Judaism: Traditional Community Versus
Feminist Ideology"
S. Daniel Breslauer, Religious Studies, University of Kansas "Charisma and the Activism of Jewish Traditionalists"
Discussant: Ellen M. Umansky
12:30-2:20 PM THE ANNENBERG/GALLUP RRA/SSSR-5
NATIONAL STUDY OF RELIGIOUS TELEVISION Medill
Chair: David A. Roozen, Hartford Seminary
David A. Roozen, Hartford Seminary
"Overview of the Annenberg/Gallup Study"
Robert Wuthnow, Sociology, Princeton University
"The Social Significance of Religious Television"
David Clark, Vice President for Marketing, The Christian Broadcasting Network
"A Religious Broadcaster's Response"
Peggy L. Shriver, National Council of Churches
"Speaking to the 'Mainline"?
Frida i,, October 26
2:30-4:IOPM AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS SSSR-10
Maximilian
Chair: Robert Wuthnow, Sociology, Princeton University
The Book: 7-he Sacred and the Subversive: Political Witch Hunts as National Rituals,
by Albert Bergesen. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Monograph, 1984.
Participants: John M. Simpson, Sociology, University of Toronto Lester Kurz, University of Texas
Andrew M. Greeley, N.O.R.C. and University of Arizona Mary Douglas, Northwestern University Richard Weisman, York University
Response: Albert Bergesen, University of Arizona
2:30-4: 10 PM PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION
Chair: Steve Carlton-Ford, Sociology, University of Minnesota Anthony J. Blasi, Religious Studies, University of Toronto "Conversion"
John Ortberg, Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary
"Current Status of the Psychoanalytic Model of Religious Belief"
Mary Ellen Batiuk, Wilmington College of Ohio
"The Gospel According to George Herbert Mead"
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., Psychology, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga
"Toward a Theory of Self and Self-Loss in Mysticism"
Discussant: Bernard Spilka, Psychology, University of Denver
2:30-4:10 RELIGION AND THE MEDIA: RRA-2
PATHWAYS TO INFLUENCE? Lincoln
Chair: Theodore Long, Sociology, Washington and Jefferson College
Ivan Fahs, James Wihoit, and Eugene Gibbs, Wheaton College
"Assessing Communicability Levels for Evangelists in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1915-1983"
Razelle Franki, Sociology, Bryn Mawr College
"Popular Religion and the Uses of Television"
Donald Ploch, Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
"Tele-Evangelism and Church Participation"
Ronald Stockton, Political Science, University of Michigan, Dearborn
"Public Reaction to Jerry Falwell and His Viewpoints"
Discussant: Ed Freedland, Sociology, Princeton University
SSSR- I I
Parlor A
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2:30-4: 10 PNI WOMEN AND RELIGION SSSR- 12
Medill
Chair: Ruth T. Doyle, Archdiocese of New York
Edward Lehman, Jr., Sociology, S.U.N. Y., Brockport
"British Receptivity to Clergywomen: Some Preliminary Findings"
Mary-Paula Walsh, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg
"Role Conflicts Among Women in Ministry: The Effects of the Sect-Like Perspective"
Noel Hollyfield, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville
"Religious Affiliation and Activity: Impact Upon Women's Attitudes Toward the Women's Movement"
Anne Mary Dooley, Religious Studies, Niagara University "The Influence of Language on Our Knowledge of God"
Discussant: Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary
PLENARY SESSION 4:15-5:30 FAITH AND HEALING IN A SECULAR AGE Maximilian Chair: Jeffrey K. Hadden, Sociology, University of Virginia
Introduction of speaker: T. George Harris, Editor-in-Chief, Aineri(-an Health Address: "Rediscovering the Significance of Faith in Healing"
Herbert Benson, Harvard Medical School
Dialogue: Messrs. Harris and Benson
5:30 PM RRA Annual Business Meeting Medill
5:30 PM Women's Caucus Meeting Lincoln
Anne Mary Dooley, Chairperson
5:30 PM THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND
BIBLE STUDY AND HAPPY HOUR Green Room In a happy hour setting, desecularization of an American relaxation ritual through review of rich films on the problems and solutions in interfaith action and initiatives toward a less conflictual world-a peace research activity. Cash bar and room service menu.
Organizer: Mason Rumney, First Steps, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
8:30 PM PLENARY ADDRESS Pavillon
Presiding: Phillip E. Hammond, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Vice President,
S. S. S. R.
Address: Andrew M. Greeley, N.O.R.C. and University of Arizona
"The Social Scientist as Story Teller"
Saturda-v, October27
8:30-10:20 RELIGION, SOCIAL WORK SSSR- 13
AND PUBLIC WELFARE Parlor A
Chair and Discussant: Robert J. McNamara, Sociology, Loyola Univeristy of Chicago
Catherine A. Faver, Social Work@ University of Tennessee
I "Social Work, Religion, and Social Change"
R. Ann Meyers and Cecil Bradfield, Sociology-Anthoropology-Social Work, James
Madison University
"The Impact of Religious Values on the Social Worker's Interaction With Clients"
John E. Tropman, Social Work, University of Michigan
"The Catholic Ethic and the Spirit of Welfarism"
C. Margaret Hall, Sociology, Georgetown University "Religion and Aging"
8:30-10:20AMRELIGIONINTHEMODERNSOCIALCONTEXT RRA/SSSR-6 Medill Chair: Robert Wuthnow, Sociology, Princeton University
John Seidler, Sociology, Ohio State University
"Toward a Theory of Religious Accommodation and Non-Accommodation"
Barbara Hargrove, Iliff School of Theology
11 'Value-Free' Information and Vested Interests: The Dilemma of the 'New Class' in Post-Industrial Society"
Stephen Hart, Research Unit, Lutheran Church in America
"Privatization in American Religion and Society"
Thomas E. Dowdy, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
"Theologians and Heretics: Towards an Emendation of Certain Theories of Religious Viability"
Discussant: Stephen Ainley, Sociology, College of the Holy Cross
8:30-10:20 AM CRITIQUES OF MODERNITY SSSR-14
Parlor E
Chair: Stan D. Gaede, Sociology, Gordon College
Alan Woolfolk, Sociology, Southern Methodist University
"Antinomianism in Social Theory: Subversive Motifs and Unintended Consequences
John W. Hawthorne and Stephen M. Pusey, Olivet Nazarene College 1. 'Ignorance is Strength': Doublethink and Secularization"
Stuart Charm6, Religion, Rutgers University, Camden
"The Social Dimensions of Sartre's Critique of Religion"
Robert Ellwood, Religion, University of Southern California
"Conservative and Radical Themes in American Zen: Three Writers"
Discussant: Jeffrey Crane, Sociology, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Saturda-v, October27
8:30-10:20 AM SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES: RRA-3
RELIGION AND THE ARMS RACE Blackhawk
Chair: Kathy Maas Weigert, Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame
Mark Toulouze, Religious Studies, Illinois Benedictine College
"When Religion is Civil: Religious Liberty and the Public Policy Debate Over
Nuclear Weapons"
Partricia Fraser, Illinois Benedictine College
"Natural Law Theory in the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Peace Pastoral"
Ted Jelen, Political Sciences, Illinois Benedictine College
"Attitudes Toward the Freeze Movement: A Focused Study of Catholic Religious"
Gerald Mathisen, Communications, Grand Rapids Baptist College
"Evangelicals and the Nuclear Issue: A Paradox of Fear and Faith"
Discussants: Lyman Kalstead, Political Science, Wheaton College Mark Amstutz, Religious Studies, Wheaton College
10:30-12:20 CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS: RRA-4
CHALLENGES FOR THE 80S Lincoln
Chair: Wade Clark Roof, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
Thomas Robbins, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
"Cults, Brainwashing and Deprogramming: A Review of Legal Perspectives"
N. J. Demerath III, Sociology, University of Massachusetts "Church-State Relations in Community Context: Notes on a Benign Conspiracy"
Karol Borowski, Massachusetts Institute for Social Studies
"Church-State Relations in Modern Poland"
Roland Robertson, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
"Analyzing Church-State Tension in Global Perspective"
Discussant: Phillip E. Hammond, Religious Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara
10:30-12:20 STUDIES IN RELIGION AND ETHICS
Chair: James Davidson, Sociology, Purdue University
Marjorie H. Royle, Navy Personnel Research and Development Center
"Is There a Male or Female Morality'?"
Jack T. Hanford, Ferris State College, Michigan
"The Future Rapprochement Between Views of Moral Development"
Ernest Wallwork, Religion, Syracuse University
"Durkheim's Social Ethics"
Margaret P. Battin, Philosophy, University of Utah
"Deprivations and Dangerous Practices: The Problem of Risk in Religion"
Discussant: Ruth A. Wallace, Sociology, George Washington University
SSSR- 15
Parlor A
Saturday, October27
10:30-12:20 STUDIES OF FAITH HEALING SSSR-16
Parlor B
Chair and Discussant: Theodore E. Long, Sociology, Washington and Jefferson College
Meredith B. McGuire, Sociology, Montclair State College
"Cosmologies and Healing Practices"
Daniel Johnson, Jimmie Williams, and David Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth
University
"Religion, Health and Healing: Findings From a Southern City"
Margaret Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron
"An Empirical Study of Perceptions of Healing Among Assemblies of God Members"
Claire Warga, Brooklyn Heights, New York
"Issues in Defining True Cases of Spontaneous Regression of Disease"
10:30-12:20 GAY AND LESBIAN ACTIVISTS IN THE CHURCHES SSSR- 17
Medill
Organizer and Chair: Ronald Lawson, Urban Studies, Queens College
Presenters: (all are active in gay/lesbian concerns in their denominations)
Sister Janine Grammick, New Ways Ministry, Mt. Rainier, Maryland
David Sindt, Presbyterians for Lesfian/Gay Concerns
Ronald Lawson, Seventh-Day Adventist Kinship International, Inc.
Rev. William Johnson, Lesbian and Gay Interfaith Alliance and United Church of
Christ
Discussant: Benton Johnson, Sociology, University of Oregon
10:30-12:20 POSTER AND EXHIBIT SESSION RRA/SSSR-7
Green (This experimental session involves exhibitors, consultants, and organizations at exhibit tables. More tables are still available.)
Table I THE ALBAN INSTITUTE, INC., WASHINGTON, D.C.
Non-profit, multi-denominational agency engaged in research, training, consulting, and publishing focusing on congregational life.
Table 2 HARTFORD SEMINARY CENTER FOR SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS RE-
SEARCH
Research of practical value to churches and religious leadership, including computer tabulated parish survey instruments.
Table 3 SCUPE: SEMINARY CONSORTIUM FOR URBAN PASTORAL EDUCA-
TION
A resource and research facility for urban churches and city ministries, providing technical and planning assistance.
Saturday, October27
Table 4 GREGORY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Presenting its latest book, A TEST OF FAITH, by C. Michael Botterweck, designed for discussion of contemporary religious issues.
Table 5 FIRST STEPS, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO
First Steps demonstrates integrating initiatives among the threats and promises of technology and religious understandings.
Table 6 CAPC: THE CENSUS ACCESS FOR PLANNING IN THE CHURCH
A consortium of interdenominational census data users to provide training and exchange of ideas regarding census data.
Table 7 OIKOS PROJECT, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
OIKOS provides workshops, retreats, and seminars on problems of relating work to home and faith.
Table 8 EMMAUS INSTITUTE FOR LAY SPIRITUALITY, NEW YORK CITY
Emmaus Institute publishes books and a journal on lay spirituality, and hopes to establish a lay monastery.
12:30-1:30 PM SSSR Annual Business Meeting Maximilian
12:30-2:20 PM STUDIES OF RELIGION IN AMERICA SSSR-18
Medill
Chair: John E. Tropman, Social Work, University of Michigan
Brenda W. Donnelly, Center for the Study of Family Development, University of
Dayton
"The Social Protest of Christian and Non-Religious Groups,: A Comparison"
Jerry Bergman, Bowling Green, Ohio
"Religious Discrimination in Academia"
Yvonne Haddad and Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary
"Muslims, Marriages, and Maintaining the Faith in America"
Allan L. McCutcheon, Sociology, University of Delaware
"Denominations and Religious Intermarriage: Marital Cohorts of White Americans in the Twentieth Century"
Discussant: Edward Lehman, Jr., Sociology, S.U.N.Y., Brockport
Saturday, October27
12:30-2:20 PM BASIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES SSSR- 19
Illinois
Organizer and Chair: Ronald J. McAllister, Sociology-Anthropology, Northeastern University
Luiza Fernandes, Harvard University
"The Brazilian Context of Basic Christian Communities"
Madeleine Adriance, Sociology, Univ. of Massachusetts at Boston
"Organic Intellectuals and Basic Ecclesial Communities"
Karol H. Borowski, Massachusetts Institute for Social Studies
"Basic Community in Poland: A Case Study"
J. Walter Cason, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary "The Basic Christian Communities in the U.S. Context"
Discussant: Ivan Varga, Sociology, Queens University, Ontario
12:30-2:20 PM TEACHING THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION SSSR-20 Randolph
Chair: Edgar W. Mills, Sociology, University of Texas at San Antonio
This is a workshop on methods and materials. Attenders are urged to bring their own favorite teaching methods, with 20 copies of materials for sharing with others.
Meredith B. McGuire, Sociology, Montclair State College
"Using Films With Undergraduates"
Michael R. Leming, St. Olaf College
"Computer-Assisted Instruction"
Edgar W. Mills, Sociology, University of Texas at San Antonio
"Field Projects in the Sociology of Religion"
12:30-2:20 PM RELIGION AND THE WORLD SYSTEM SSSR-21
Lincoln
Chair: Thomas Robbins, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Frank J. Lechner, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
"Cultural Aspects of the Modern World-System"
Roland Robertson, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
"Globe-Oriented Religious Movements"
Discussant: Theodore Long, Sociology, Washington and Jefferson College
Saturday, October 2 7
12:30-2:20 PM RELIGOUS BELIEF AND EXPERIENCE SSSR-22
Green
Chair and Discussant: Cheryl T. Gilkes, Sociology, Boston University
Eugen Schoenfield, Sociology, Georgia State University
"Images of God and Man: An Examination of the Feuerbachian Theory"
Glenn M. Vernon, Sociology, University of Utah
"Dying is Preferable to Living"
2:30-4:00 PM RELIGION AND POLITICS IN LATIN AMERICA SSSR-23 Parlor B
Organizer and Chair: Ronald Lawson, Urban Studies, Queens College
Tommie Sue Montgomery, Political Science , Dickinson College
"The Subversive Activity of Christian Base Communities in Central America"
Laura O'Shaugnessy, Government, St. Lawrence University
"Nicaragua: The Struggle for the Church"
Scott Mainwaring, Government, Notre Dame University
"The Catholic Church and Politics: Theoretical Reflections Based on the Latin
American Experience"
Discussant: Sister Marie Augusta Neal, Socioly, Emmauel College
2:30-4:00 PM THE CONSEQUENTIAL DIMENSION: RRA/SSSR-8
THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION
ON THE VALUES AND BEHAVIORS OF INDIVIDUALS Lincoln
Chair: Rodney Stark, Sociology, University of Washington I Michael Roberts and James Davidson, Sociology, Purdue Univet sity "Sources of Social Concern"
C. Daniel Batson, Patricia A. Schoenrade, Michelle H. Bolen, Julie A. Cross, and
Helen E. Neuringer, Psychology, University of Kansas
"Religious Orientation and Responses to a Lady in Distress: Egoistic or Altruistic?"
Fred Wagner and Bruce Hunsberger, Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University
"Do People Who Suffer Deserve It? Religiosity and the Just World Problem"
Wayne L. Thompson, Sociology, University of Connecticut
"Religion and Delinquency: The Implications of Religion for Control and Differential Association Theories"
Discussant: Kirk Elifson, Sociology, Georgia State University
Saturda-@,, October27
2:30-4:00 PM PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL SSSR-24
RESEARCH ON RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOR Parlor A
Chair: Robert E. Steele, Psychology, University of Maryland
Steve Carlton-Ford, Sociology, University of Minnesota
"Sociological and Anthropolitical Perspectives on Ecstatic Religious Experiences"
Ann N. Dapice and Edwin B. Hutchins, Education, University of Pennsylvania
"An Equation of Values: A Methodological Bridge Between Science and Religion"
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., and Ronald J. Morris, Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
"Elicitation of Visual and Auditory Images in Intrinsic and Extrinsic Persofis" Brian Kojetin, Danny N. McIntosh, and Bernard Spilka, Psychology, University of Denver
"The Role of Personal Faith on an Interpersonal Problem-Solving Task: An Attributional Approach"
Discussant: Kenneth Pargament, Psychology, Bowling Green State University
2:30-4:00 PM AUTHORS MEET CRITICS: SSSR-25
TEACHING AND RESEARCH POTENTIALS Medill
Chair: Charles Y. Glock, Rockford Bay, Idaho
The Book: The Sacred in a Secular Age: Toward Revision in the Scientific Stud-v of
Religion, edited by Phillip E. Hammond. Univ. of California Press, 1984. (This volume, authorized by S.S.S.R. Council action in 1982, is a review of the discipline designed for members' use. Publication is partly supported by the S. S. S. R.)
Participants: William V. D'Antonio, American Sociological Association James Dittes, Religion, Yale University
Richard K. Fenn, Sociology, University of Maine Gillian Lindt, Religion, Columbia University
Response: Phillip E. Hammond, Religious Studies, U.C., Santa Barbara
PLENARY SESSION
4:15-5:30 PM H. PAUL DOUGLASS LECTURE Pavilion
Presiding: William McKinney, Jr., United Church of Christ President, Religious Research Association
Lecture: David Martin, London School of Economics and Political Science "Religion and the Public Conscience: New Assessments of Secularization
Theory" 1
5:30 PM General Reception (Cash Bar) Pavillon Foyer
Saturdai,, October27
7:00 PM BANQUET AND 35TH S. S. S. R ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Toastmaster: William V. D'Antonio, American Sociological Association
Presentation of SSSR Fellows
Book Award
Student Paper Award to Brenda Donnelly
Presentation of Distinguished Service Award to Ralph Burhoe
Announcement of SSSR Endowment Fund, by W. Clark Roof
Remarks, by Russell R. Dynes: "The Past is Prologue (A Preachment on Polyphonic
Pioneers)"
(Open to everyone; admission is by ticket. After the meal chairs will be available for persons wanting to come for the speakers.)
Sunda@,, October28
8:30-10:20 AM RELIGIOSITY: MEASUREMENTS SSSR-26
AND DIMENSIONS Parlor A
Chair: Donald Capps, Princeton Theological Seminary
Dale W. Wimberley, Sociology, Ohio State University
"Multidimensional Religiosity Revisited: A Test of a Covariance Structure Model in a Large Sample"
Wayne L. Thompson, Sociology, University of Connecticut
"The Association of Belief in Life After Death and Church Attendance: 1958 and 1971 "
James B. Sadler, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
"Religion and Health: Measurement Perspectives"
Discussant: Richard Gorsuch, Fuller Theological Seminary
Walnut Room
Sutida-i,, O(-tober 28
8:30-10:20 AM HISTORY OF JUDAISM: POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS REALITIES, STRUGGLES AND VISIONS Organizer and Chair: Ellen M. Umansky, Religion, Emory University
S. David Sperling, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion "Differing Views of Biblical Utopias"
Samuel Z. Klausner, Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
"Martyrdom in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Society"
Irwin A. Zeplowitz, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
"Jewish Attitude Towards the Vietnam War"
Gary P. Zola, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Re] igion "JTS, HUC, and Women Rabbis"
Discussant: Ellen M. Umansky
8:30-10:20 AM CONTINUITIES AND CHANGE IN RELIGIOUS
HIGHER EDUCATION
Chair: Barbara Wheeler, Auburn Seminary
Larry Ingram, Sociology, University of Tennessee at Martin
"Sectarian Colleges and Academic Freedom"
Jackson Carroll and David Roozen, Hartford Seminary
"Theological Seminaries: Program Emphases and Trends in Enrollment, Revenues, and Expenditures"
Don LaMagdeleine, Chicago, Illinois
"Continuity and Change in a Catholic University: The Principle of the 'Masterly Presence' Reconsidered"
Discussant: Melton G. Mobley, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
8:30-10:20 AM NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS SSSR-28
Parlor D
Chair and Discussant: Thomas Robbins, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Morris L. Shames, Psychology, Concordia University
"On the Bridling of New Religious Movements"
Barry van Driel, Catholic University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
James T. Richardson, Sociology, University of Nevada
"New Religious Movements in Europe"
Brock K. Kilbourne and James T. Richardson, Sociology, Univ. of Nevada
"The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and New Religions: A Long Overdue Assessment"
SSSR-27
Parlor B
RRA-5
Parlor C
Sunday, October 28
8:30-11:20 AM RELIGION AND WORLD PEACE SSSR-29
Blackhawk
Chair: Roger O'Toole, Religious Studies, University of Toronto
Presenters: Ralph W. Burhoe, Meadville/Lombard Theological School Solomon H. Katz, Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
Discussants: Robert S. Glassman, Psychology, Lake Forest College Philip Hefner, Theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
10:30-12:20 AM DENOMINATIONS IN THE 1980'S: RRA-6
ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND REFLECTIONS Parlor A
Chair: Ross Scherer, Sociology, Loyola University of Chicago
Larry McSwain, Jere Allen, Rudee Boan, and Jim Fuller, Houston's Religious Life Project
"The Effects of Urban Community Transition Upon Southern Baptist Convention Churches"
Michael R. Leming, Social Research Center, St. Olaf College
"The Problems and Perils of Church Evaluation Research: Can Social Scientists Assist Programmers in Promoting Institutional Effectiveness?"
Discussant: C. Kirk Hadaway, Center for Urban Church Studies, Nashville
10:30-12:20 AM PSYCHOLOGICAL CRITERIA FOR THE SSSR-30
SELECTION OF MINISTERIAL CANDIDATES Parlor B Workshop on research into pastoral assessment and evaluation, inlcuding psychometrics, criteria used, validity studies, and use of data by the United Methodist Church.
Presenters: John E. Hinkle, Jr., Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Counseling, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Emily S. Haight, Asst. Prof. of Pastoral Psychology and Counseling, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
10:30-12:20 AM SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES SSSR-31
TO THEOLOGY
Parlor C
Chair: AlbertA.Herzog,Jr.,BoardofGlobalMinistries,UnitedMethodistChurch
Cecil D. Bradfield, Sociology, James Madison University
"Liberation Theology: A Sociological Perspective"
Joseph Kroger, Religious Studies, St. Michael's College
"The Prophetic-Critical and Practical-Strategic Tasks of Theology"
Mary Carman Rose, Philosophy, St. Mary's Seminary and University
"The Sacred, the Secular, and the Study of Religion"
Discussant: Benton Johnson, Sociology, University of Oregon
Sund.i N-, Oc-tober 28
10:30-12:20AM RELIGIONANDSECULARINVOLVEMENT SSSR-32
Parlor D
Chair: Vatro Murvar, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
James R Krile, G. C. Sponaugle, Randloph L. Cantrell, and George A. Donohue,
Rural Sociology, University of Minnesota
"Family Circumstance: The Nexus of Religious and Secular Participation at the
Local Level"
Wayne E. Johnson, Stephen F. Austin State University
"Religious Affiliation and Political Participation in East Texas, 1984: A Case
Study"
Larry R. Petersen, Sociology, Memphis State University
"Orthodoxy, Religious Discordance, and Social Despari: Evidence Concerning
Re] igion's Consequences for Personal Responses to Social Change"
Joseph B. Tamney and Stephen D. Johnson, Sociology. Ball State University
"An Assessment of the Influence of Religious Beliefs and Values on Political
Attitudes"
Discussant: Wade Clark Roof, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
PROGRAM OF
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
ANNUAL MEETING, OCTOBER 26-28,1984
Theme: "Challenging Dominant Symbols: The Responsibility of Religious Education"
Parlor C
Frida-v, October 26
2:30-4:00 PM Evangelical Caucus of APRRE
J. Bardarah McCandless, Westminster College, convenor
2:30-5:00 PM Catholic Assembly of APRRE Parlor D Clarisse C. Croteau-Chonka, Mundelein College, convenor
3:00-5:00 PM Presbyterian Professors of Chrisitan Education Parlor B Sara Little, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, convenor
3:00-5:00 PM United Methodist Association of Professors of Christian Educa-
tion Parlor E
Mary Elizabeth Moore, School of Theology at Claremont, con-
vernor. (Dinner following for those interested.)
5:30-6:15 PM APRRE Executive Committee Blackhawk
5:30-9:30 PM APRRE Registration Lobby
7:30-9:00 PM Plenary: Taylor McConnell, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, convenor Greenbriar Presidential Address: "Toward a Symbolic Revival: Creation Revisited"
Donald M. Joy, Asbury Theological Seminary
9:00 PM Refreshments and fellowship Greenbriar
9:00-1 1:00 PM Association of Directors of Graduate Programs in Religious Educa-
tion, Session I Blackhawk
Padraic O'Hare, Boston College, convenor
SaturdaN,, October 27
7:45-10:00 AM APRRE Registration Lobby
8:00-9:30 AM Research Interest Groups
A. John H. Westerhoff, 111, Duke University Divinity School.
convenor Parlor B
"Symbois of Spirituality for Christian Education"
Gerald H. Slusser, Eden Theological Seminary
"A Task of Spiritual Formation in Christian Education Min-
istry"
Susanne Johnson, Perkins School of Theology
B. Sonja M. Stewart, Western Theological Seminary, convenor
Parlor C
Saturdail, October27
"Uses of History and Religious Education, Perspectives to
Futures"
Stephen A. Schmidt, Mundelein College
"The Catholic Non-School Catechetical Ministry in the
U.S. Prior to the 1930's
Marie E. Spellacy, Department of Religious Education,
Diocese of Columbus
C. Craig Dykstra, Princeton Theological Seminary, convenor-
Parlor D
"Pastor as Educator"
Clinton Buck, Memphis Theological Seminary
"A Case Study: Adult Education and the LCN'
Richard A. Olson, Division for Parish Services, LCA
8:00-9:30 AM Breakfast Roundtables Pavilion Foyer
I . "Challenging Our Images of the Family: A Research Project Report"
Gloria Durka, Fordham University
2. "Religious Identity: Some Contemporary Catholic Expressions"
Michael A. Fuchs, Marywood College
3. "Ten Commandments on Publishing Your Manuscript"
Robert Heyer, Paulist Press
4. "Faith Images and Faith Stories"
Connie Leean, Department of Planning, Research and Evaluation, LCA, and Kenneth Stokes, Faith Development in the Adult Life Cycle Project
5. "Rites of Passage Youth Ministry"
Stuart D. McLean, Phillips University
10:00-11:30AM Plenary: "Ideology and Education" Greenbriar
Address: William B. Kennedy, Union Theological Seminary
Responders: W. Clark Gilpin, Disciples Divinity House and The Divinity School, University of Chicago; Mary Elizabeth Moore, School of Theology at Claremont
I 1: 30- 1: 00 PM Lunch
11:30-1:00 PM Association of Directors of Graduate Programs in Religious Educa-
tion, Session 11 Blackhawk
Padraic O'Hare, Boston College, convenor
Saturday, October27
1:00-2:20 PM Task Forces
I . "Theory" Blackhawk
Charles F. Melchert, Presbyterian School of Christian Edu-
cation, convenor
2. "Interplay of Theory and Practice" Parlor A
Andrew P. Grannell, St. John's University, Collegeville,
convenor
3. "Evaluation" Parlor B
Helen A. Archibald, University of Dubuque Theological
Seminary, convenor
4. "Justice Education" Parlor C
Susanne C. Toton, Villanova University, convenor
5. "Women in Religious Educatin" Parlor D
Gloria Durka, Fordham University, convenor
6. "History of Religious Education" Parlor E
Robert T. O'Gorman, Scarritt College, and Jack Seymour,
Scarritt College, conveners
7. "Electronic Technology and Religious Education"Greenbriar
William J. Phillips, Vancouver School of Theology, and
Ross Snyder, San Francisco Theological Seminary, conveners
2:30-3:50 PM Plenary: "Interdependence and Women's Consciousness" Green-
briar
Panel: Regina A. Coll, University of Notre Dame; Gwyneth P. Griffith, Centre for Christian Studies, Toronto
4:00-5:30 PM "Conservatives and Social Witness" Maximilian
James C. Wilhoit, Wheaton College, convenor
" Prisonm Reform and Education"
John Erwin, Prison Fellowship
"Rural and Native American Health Delivery"
Ivan Fahs, Wheaton College
"International Education"
James Plueddemann, Wheaton College
"Third World Community Health"
Jeanette Thiessen, MAP International
Saturdav, October27
5:30-7:00 PM Dinner
7:00-8:00 PM APRRE Business Meeting Maximilian
8:00-9:30 PM Plenary: "Stories for Adults in Different Cultures" Maximilian
Panel: Gilbert F. Hemauer, Tekakwitha Conference Center
Michael E. Williams, United Methodist Board of Discipleship
9:30 PM Adjourn
Sunda i,, October 28
8:00-9:30 AM Research Interest Groups
D. Pamela J. Pearson, Earlham School of Religion, convenor-
Parlor E
"Appropriate Age for Responsible Church Membership"
Joseph D. Ban, McMaster Divinity College
"The Paradox of Formation and Transformation"
Andrew P. Grannell, St. John's University
E. C. Ellis Nelson, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
convenor Medill
"Present Educational Configurations in America"
Edward A. Trimmer, Columbia Theological Seminary
"New Testament Paideia in the Faith Community Today"
Mary N. Hawkes, Board of Homeland Ministry, UCC
F. Clarence H. Snelling, Jr., Iliff School of Theology, con-
venor Lincoln
"Human Dimorphism in Religion and the Development of
Persons"
Vasiliki Eckley, Galveston, Texas
"A Cross-Cultural Critique of Faith Development Theory"
Randall Y. Furushima, Board of Homeland Ministries,
Pavillon Foyer
6. "The Quest for Peace and Justice: The Parables of Jesus and Our Life Stories"
Maurice L. Monette, Center of Concern, Washington, D.C.
7. "Youth and Educating the Imagination"
A. Kieran Scott, Saint Bonaventure University
8. "Designing Experimental Approaches to Multi-Ethnic Religious Education"
Grand Shockley, Duke University
ucc
8:00-9:30 AM Breakfast Roundtables
SutidaN,, Oc,tober28
9. "Evaluating Conversion"
Joanmarie Smith, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
10. "VideotapingaPerson'sMeaningStructure"
Ross Snyder, San Francisco Theological Seminary
10:00-11:30AM Pleanary: "Feminine Images of God: In Word and Form" Maximilian
Shirley J. Heckman, Church of the Brethren
Meinrad Craighead, Resident Artist at Sagrada Art Studios, Albuquerque, New Mexico
11:30-12:00 AM Worship Maximilian
Shirley J. Heckman, liturgist
12:00 noon Adjourn