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

Hyatt Regency Washington
on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.

November 13-16, 1986

NOTICE TO READER


The 1986 Annual Meeting was held in conjunction with the organizations noted above. The printed program integrates sessions from the four organizations. A full copy of the program is on deposit in the Marquette University Archives.


Program Themes:
SSSR: "The Sacred and the Public Realm"
RRA: "The Church as a Social Institution"
APRRE: "Religious Education, the Sacred and the Public Realm"
REA: "Spirituality and Religious Education"



HOTEL INFORMATION


The meeting rooms are in three locations. (1) Plenary and numerous other sessions will occur on the Convention / Ballroom Level. Take the escalators two levels down from the lobby. (2) Breakout sessions and many of the APRRE sessions will occur in the Conference Center on the second floor which cannot be reached by the elevators to the sleeping rooms. Instead, take the elevators to your right as you face the hotel's front desk. See the layout for the Atrium Park Lobby - this elevator is located in the upper right hand corner just before Jonah's Oyster Kitchen (Elevators to Hugo's). (3) A few breakout sessions will occur in the Conference Theatre, which is off the Atrium Park Lobby (see lower left hand corner of Atrium Park Lobby layout).



INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION


The REGISTRATION DESK for SSSR and RRA will be open Friday, November 14, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Saturday, November 15, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION FEES are $20.00 member, $30.00 non-member, and $8.00 student.
ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT BOOKS are available at the registration desk at $4.00 per copy.
HOTEL ROOM RATES: Singles: $62.00; Doubles: $68.00.


BOOK EXHIBIT


The book display is located in the Columbia Foyer, Hours 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 14 and 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 15. One-half price book sale begins at 2:00 on Saturday. Contact Harve Horowitz at 10369 Currycomb Court, Columbia, MD 21044 (301997-0763) for future advertising and book displays of your recent publications.


DIRECTORY OF EXHIBITS

Individual Exhibitors (representatives on site):

Harper and Row Publishers
Pilgrim Press
Religious Education Press
Edwin Mellen Press
Fuller Theological Seminary
U.S. Catholic Conference
National Association of Pastoral Musicians

Combined Book/Literature Display Exhibitors:

Augsburg Publishing House
Biblio Press
Diction Books
Herald Press
National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co.
Pergamon Press
Rutgers University Press
Sage Publications, Ltd.
Syracuse University Press
Transaction Books
University Press of America
Women's History Research Center



THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION


OFFICERS AND STAFF


President and Program Chair:
Joanne Chafe
Chairperson of the Board
William B. Kennedy
Executive Secretary
Dorothy Savage
Vice Presidents
Jerome Epstein,
Sr. Mariella Frye
David Ng
Treasurer
Mary Lee Talbot
Secretary
Howard B. Basler
Editor of Religious Education
John H. Westerhoff


THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION


The Religious Education Association is an interfaith association of professional religious educators in the U.S.A. and Canada, with growing affiliation among religious educators around the world. REA publishes a quarterly professional journal, Religious Education, in collaboration with the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education. REA holds international conferences and conventions and promotes research.



OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE

SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION


OFFICERS AND STAFF


President
Phillip E. Hammond, University of California at Santa Barbara
President-Elect
Meredith McGuire, Montclair State College
Secretary
Margaret Paloma, University of Akron
Treasurer
Armand L. Mauss, Washington State University
Executive Secretary
Hart M. Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University
Business Manager
Lorraine D'Antonio, SSSR Office at The Catholic University of America


COUNCIL



JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION

Editor: Donald Capps, Princeton Theological Seminary
Book Review Editor: Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University


SSSR MONOGRAPH SERIES

Editor: Stan D. Gaede, Gordon College


AAAS REPRESENTATIVE


Hart M. Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University


PROGRAM '86


Chairperson: Larry C. Ingram, University of Tennessee at Martin


PROGRAM '87



Chairperson: Ellen Umanski, Department of Religion, Emory University, Atlanta,
GA 30322
Theme: "Religion and the Persistence of Identity"
Place: Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, Oct. 30-Nov. 1.
Single: $58; Double: $68


SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION
MEMBERSHIP AND JOURNAL


Membership is open to interested persons. Annual dues for 1987 of $24.00 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 $24.00. Address: SSSR, Marist 108, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. 20064


OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION



OFFICERS AND STAFF
President
Constant Jacquet, Jr., National Council of Churches
Past President
William McKinney, Jr., United Church Board
President-Elect
Hart Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University
Secretary
H. Paul Chalfant, Texas Tech University
Treasurer
Russell Dynes, University of Delaware
Business Manager
Lorraine D'Antonio, RRA Office at The Catholic University of America


BOARD MEMBERS


*Ruth Doyle. Archdiocese of New York
*Richard Gorsuch, Fuller Theological Seminary
*Dean Hoge, Catholic University of America
Ralph Hood, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Edward C. Lehman, Jr., State University of New York at Brockport
Theodore Long, Washington & Jefferson College
*Mary Mattis, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
*Margaret Poloma, University of Akron
Bernard Quinn, Glenmary Research Center
David Roozen, Hartford Seminary
William Swatos, Silvis, Illinois
K. Peter Takayama, Memphis State University
*Stan Weed, Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints
*Barbara Wheeler, Auburn Seminary
*Directors-at-large


REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS RESEARCH


Editor:
Edward C. Lehman, Jr., State University of New York at Brockport
Book Review Editor:
Armand L. Mauss, Washington State University


PROGRAM '86


Chairperson:
K. Peter Takayama, Memphis State University


PROGRAM '87


Chairperson:
Ralph Hood, Psychology Department, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37401
Theme:
"Religion and the Persistence of Identity"
Place:
Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, Oct. 30-Nov. 1.
Single: $58; Double: $68



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., Marist 108, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. 20064.



OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION


OFFICERS AND STAFF


President
Joanmarie Smith, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
President-Elect
Richard A. Olson, Division for Parish Services, Lutheran Church in America
Executive Secretary
Donald E Williams


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE



PAST PRESIDENT
Taylor McConnell, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary


ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE


Chairperson:
Richard A. Olson, Division for Parish Services, Lutheran Church in America
Research Interest Groups:
Clarisse C. Croteau-Chonka, Mundelein College
Stephen A. Schmidt, Mundelein College
Task Forces:
Gary L. Chamberlain, Seattle University


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, 1100 East 55th Street, Chicago, IL 60615.


PROGRAM SCHEDULE SSSR-RRA


Thursday, November 13, 1986


1:00-6:00 PM, Olympic(Room)
RRA Board of Directors Meeting
7:30-11:00 PM, Olympic
SSSR Council Meeting




Friday, November 14, 1986

8:00-11:30 PM, Redwood
SSSR Council Meeting
11:30 AM-1:00 PM Glacier
SSSR Council Luncheon




9:30 AM-5:00 PM Columbia Foyer
Book Exhibit


THEMATIC SESSION
8:30-10:20 AM, Bunker Hill
SSSR- I


THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF MORALITY


Organizer and Convener: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University

"Moral Education",
Frederick Bird, Concordia University

"Congregations and the Social Construction of Morality"
William McKinney, Hartford Seminary

"America as an Amoral Society: Research Hypotheses",
Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University

"Religion and the Construction of Social Morality"
Max Stackhouse, Andover Newton Theological School

"Regrounding the Ethical Foundations of American Public Education"
James Fowler, Emory University



THEMATIC SESSION
8:30-10:20 AM, Lexington
SSSR-2

THE JEWISH RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY IN THE PUBLIC REALM


Organizer and Convener: Peter Haas, Vanderbilt University

"Orthodoxy and Modernity: Is Judaism Different?"
Charles Selengut, County College of Morris

"Who Owns the Land of Israel? Taxation and the Rabbinic Economy in Late Antiquity"
Roger Brooks, University of Notre Dame

"Adjusting Jewish Law: The Rabbinical Assembly's Committee on Jewish Land and Standards"
Pamela S. Nadell, American University

"Halakhah and Political Theory: Rabbinic Thought and the New Jewish State"
Mark Washofsky, Hebrew Union College - JIR


MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES
8:30-10:20 AM, Yellow stone
SSSR-3

Convener: E. Lynn Harris, University of Illinois, Chicago

"Personal Experiences of Contact With the Dead"
Erlendur Haraldsson, University of Iceland

"Mystical Experiences in Swedish Theology Students"
Kurt Bregling, Uppsala University, Sweden

"Gender Differences in the Descriptions of Mysticism in St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa: A Qualitative Test of a Previously Supported Quantitative Prediction"
Ralph W. Wood, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Kay Andrews, University of Pittsburgh


THEMATIC SESSION
8:30-10:20 AM, Columbia A
SSSR-4

RELIGION AND POLITICS: THE ROLES OF ELITE

Organizer: Lyman A. Kellstedt, Wheaton College
Convener: Peter Benson, Search Institute

"A Comparison of the Liberal and Conservative Clergy"
Kathleen Beatty, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Oliver Walter, University of Wyoming

"Religious Interest Groups and the Political Process: An Update"
Paul Weber, University of Louisville

"Religiosity and Southern Distinctiveness: A Black-White Comparison"
Tod A. Baker, The Citadel

"Theology, Organizational Imperatives, and Representation: Religious Lobbies and Their Role in the American Polity"
Allen Hertzke, University of Oklahoma

Discussant: Nancy Ammerman, Emory University


8:30-10:20 AM, Bryce
RRA- I

RELIGIOUS ETHNIC COMMUNITIES AND MINORITY CHURCHES


Convener: Jerry Savells, Wright State University

"Amish Society as an Expression of Religious Anarchism"
Thomas W. Foster, Ohio State University, Mansfield

"The Challenge and Limitations of Conducting Research Among the Old Order Amish"
Jerry Savells, Wright State University

"The Organizational Dilemmas of Minority Churches"
Mark R. Mullins, Japan

"Social Institutions as Church: The Case of Hinduism and Islam"
Arvind Sharma, University of Sydney, Australia

"Cultural Crises and the Emergence of Mormon Neo-Orthodox Theology"
O. Kendall White, Jr., Washington and Lee University

Discussant: William R. Garrett, St. Michael's College


THEMATIC SESSION
8:30-10:20 AM, Sequoia
RRA-2

CHURCH LEADERSHIP, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, AND PERSONNEL


Convener: Cecil D. Bradfield, James Madison University

"Authority, Leadership, and Effectiveness in the Episcopate"
Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary

"Close to the Members: Focus Group Interviews and National Church Leadership"
John O'Hara, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

"Senior Pastors as Organizational Leaders: A Growth and Stewardship Concern"
John Jackson, University of California, Santa Barbara

"A Look at Clergy/Church Personnel Support After 15-20 Years"
James L. Lowery, Enablement, Inc.

Discussant: Roger Finke, Loyola University of Chicago


THEMATIC SESSION
8:30-10:20 AM, Sequoia

INFLUENCE, CHANGE, AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION


Convener: Eric Woodrum, North Carolina State University

"Religious Interest Groups: The Views of Lobbyists"
Robert Zweir, Northwestern College

"Religious Social Action and Politics in Western Europe"
Roger Wolcott, Westminster College
Dorita F. Bolger, Westminster College


THEMATIC SESSION
8:30-10:20 AM, Columbia C
SSSR-RRA-I


"The Political Motivation in the Administration of the United Methodist Church"
Charles J. Tilley, Charlottesville, Virginia

"To Favor Neither Religion Nor Non-Religion: A Problem in Pluralism"
William R. Marty, Memphis State University

Discussant: Keith A. Roberts, Bowling Green State University


SSSR-RRA-2
8:30-10:20 AM, Conference Theatre

PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION AND RELIGIOUS PROPOSITIONS

Convener: Richard Fenn, Princeton Theological Seminary

"God and Systems Thinking"
Robert Kress, University of San Diego

"Relationship of Religious Beliefs and Understanding of Science'
Keith M. Wulff, Presbyterian Church (USA)

"Some Comments on the Epistemology of Research into Religion"
Mary Carman Rose, St. Mary's Seminary

"The Creation of a Sacred World"
Barbara Agnew, Villanova University


SSSR-5
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Bryce

THE CASE FOR THEOLOGICAL LITERACY IN PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION

Organizer and Convener: Michael J. Donahue, Search Institute

"Theology and Psychological Theory: An Historical and Directive Analysis"
Bernard Spilka, University of Denver
Robert A. Bridges, Iliff School of Theology

"Disregarding Theology in Psychology of Religion: Some Examples"
Michael J. Donahue, Search Institute

"The Relevance of Theologies for Religious Experiencing"
Ralph W. Hood, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

"If We Neglect So Great Salvation"
Richard D. Kahoe, Christian Haven Home and manna forty, inc.

"Theology and Denominational Affiliation: Influences on Personality Theory and Data"
Richard N. Williams, Brigham Young University
Wayne J. Hintze, Brigham Young University

Discussant: Bradley R. Hertel, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University


SSSR-6
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Sequoia

CONVERTS, CAPTIVES AND KEEPERS

Convener: Arthur L. Greil, Alfred University

"Making Believe: Religious Proselytism and the Issue of Paternalism"
Margaret P. Battin, University of Utah

"Reconstructing the Cult Experience"
James R. Lewis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

"Locked Up But Born Again: Aspects of Religious Experience Among the Incarcerated"
Mary Ellen Batiuk, Wilmington College

"The Marks of the Christian Convert"
Thomas C. Hood, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Discussant: David Rudy, Morehead State University


THEMATIC SESSION
SSSR-7
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Columbia A

THE ABORTION DEBATE

Organizer and Convener: Dallas A. Blanchard, University of West Florida

"Abortion and Related Social Issues: Dallas-Ft. Worth Presbyterian Views"
M. Lee Taylor, University of Texas, Arlington
Gregory T. Burton, University of Texas, Arlington

"Abortion and the Law: Some Unanticipated Consequences"
Joe Barnhart, North Texas State University

"Bombs for Jesus: Abortion Violence as a Social Movement"
Dallas A. Blanchard, University of West Florida

Discussant: Jerome Himmelstein, Amherst College


SSSR-8

10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Yellowstone

HANDS-ON APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION


Organizer and Convener: Richard R. Lee, Florida State University

"The Social Construction of Jewishness: An Anthropological Interactional Study of a Camp System"
Zvi Bekerman, Union Theological Seminary

" 'You Has To Give Before You Gets': A Report on Ten Years of Participant Observation Among Trinidadian Religious Leaders"
Stephen D. Glazier, Wayland Baptist University

"Observing the Urban Catholic Parish"
Joseph H. Fichter, Loyola University, New Orleans

"Brahmins Don't Eat Mushrooms: Participant Observation of the New Religions"
Eileen Barker, London School of Economics

Discussant: James Duke, Brigham Young University


THEMATIC SESSION

10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Columbia C
SSSR-9

CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS IN JUDAISM


Organizer: Peter Haas, Vanderbilt University
Convener: J. Alan Winter, Connecticut College

"Apocalypse Now: Meir Kahane's View of Public Religion in Israel"S.
Daniel Breslauer, University of Kansas

"Reform Judaism, the Religious Right, and Political Involvement"
David Ellenson, Hebrew Union College-JIR, Los Angeles

"Jewish Perspectives on Martin Luther King Jr.'s Beloved Community"
Daniel Nussbaum, National Conference of Christians and Jews

"Fruitfulness and Multiplication . . . with a Little Help from Technology"
Faedra Lazar Weiss, Hebrew Union College - JIR


RRA-3
10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Conference Theatre

VARIETY OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL ACTIVIST APPROACHES


Organizer and Convener: Joseph A. Varacalli, Nassau Community College

"The National Center for the Laity"
Russell Barta, Mundelein College

"The Campaign for Human Development"
Rosemary Dilli, United States Catholic Conference

"The Beacon of Hope, Inc."
John T. Servodidio, Archdiocese of New York
Anthony L. Haynor, St. John's University

"The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights"
Joseph A. Varacalli, Nassau Community College

Discussant: Peter Henriot, Center of Concern


RRA-4
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Bunker Hill

UNITY, CONFLICT, AND RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY


Convener: Nancy Ammerman, Emory University

"Negotiating Religious Values: Dilemmas of the SBC 'Peace Committee' in Resolving Denominational Conflict"
Larry L. McSwain, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

"A Study of the Unity of the United Methodist Church Since 1939"
Charles J. Tilley, Charlottesville, Virginia

"Social Organization and Social Movement Ideology: A Comparative Analysis of Millenarianism in Antebellum United States"
Richard L. Rogers, Princeton University

" 'Private' and 'Public' Protestantism Revisited"
Donald A. Luidens, Hope College
Roger J. Nemeth, Hope College

Discussant: Robert Beckley, West Texas State University


SSSR-RRA-3
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Lexington

IMAGE OF GOD RESEARCH


Convener: Raymond H. Potvin, Catholic University

"Images of God Revisited"
Marjorie Royle, United Church Board for Homeland Ministry

"Image of God in Reality Construction"
Eugen Schoenfeld, Georgia State University

"Empirical Research on Images of God: A Methodological and Conceptual Critique"
Lee A. Kirkpatrick, University of Denver

Discussant: Romney Moseley, Emory University



THEMATIC SESSION

12:30-2:20 PM, Columbia A
SSSR- 10

FAITH AND SOCIAL MINISTRY I: AN INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE


Organizers:

James D. Davidson, Purdue University
Alan Mock, Purdue University

Convener:

James D. Davidson, Purdue University

Panelists:

Edward Rodman, Episcopal Church
Sr. Marie Augusta Neal, Roman Catholic Church
Michael K. Roberts, Church of the Nazarene
Philip Amerson and Earl D. C. Brewer, United Methodist Church
Richard M. Jones, American Baptist Church

Discussant:

C. Lincoln Johnson, University of Notre Dame


SSSR-1l
12:30-2:20 PM, Yellowstone

RELIGIOUS SOCIALIZATION

Convener: E. Nancy McAuley, Catholic University

"Recall of Biblical Texts"
John R. Yeats, Messiah College

"God's Grandchildren: What Determines Negative Attitude Towards Religion in Children With Religious Parents?"
Nils G. Holm, Abo Akademi, Finland

"Parental Influence on Children's Adult Religiosity"
Kaj Bjorkqvist, Abo Akademi, Finland

"Religion in Child Development Textbooks: Review and Comment"
James P. Sikora, Illinois Wesleyan University

Discussant: Anne Mary Dooley, Niagara University



THEMATIC SESSION

12:30-2:20 PM, Columbia C
SSSR-12

RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP: THE PROPHETIC STYLE


Convener: Joel S. Wright, Stetson University

"The Religion of Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke"
Richard A. Hutch, University of Queensland, Australia

"Religion and the Economy: The Economic Manifesto of a Nigerian Religious Leader"
Friday M. Mbon, University of Calabar, Nigeria

"The Case Study Method Applied to the Religious Values of Three Political Activists"
Sarah Karl, Rutgers University

"Sources of Assertion and Leadership in American Slave Religion"
Robert Simpson, University of Nebraska, Omaha

Discussant: Theodore E. Long, Washington and Jefferson College


THEMATIC SESSION
12:30-2:20 PM, Bunker Hill
SSSR- 13

STATE AND CHURCH


Convener: William H. Swatos, Silvis, Illinois

"A Typology of American Orientations Toward Church-State Relations"
Thomas Robbins, Rochester, Minnesota

"The 'Religion' of Secular Humanism"
Leo Pfeffer, Central Valley, New York

"The Church of England and the Sex Discrimination Legislation"
Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick

"Perceptions of the State Church of Iceland by Priests and Laity"
Donald R. Ortner, Hampden-Sydney College

Discussant: Donald E. Miller, University of Southern California


SSSR- 14
12:30-2:20 PM, Lexington

RELIGION AND AIDS


Organizer and Convener: Philip M. Kayal, Seton Hall University

"The Religious Factor in AIDS"
Philip M. Kayal, Seton Hall University

"Religion, Moralizing and AIDS"
Kevin Gordon, Brooklyn College

"Stigma, Pastoral Care, and AIDS"
Reverend Bill Doubleday, St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital


RRA-5
12:30-2:20 PM, Bryce

AUTHORS MEET CRITICS:
The Handbook for Congregational Studies


Authors:

Jackson Carroll, Hartford Seminary
Carl Dudley, McCormick Theological Seminary
William McKinney, Hartford Seminary

Critics:

Donna Day-Lower, Philadelphia Lutheran Seminary
David Leege, University of Notre Dame
G. Douglass Lewis, Wesley Theological Seminary


SSSR-RRA-4
12:30-2:20 PM, Sequoia

RELIGIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS AND SOCIAL WELFARE


Convener: R. Ann Myers, James Madison University

"Cosmology and Therapy"
C. Margaret Hall, Georgetown University

"The Effects of Spiritual Healing on Victims of Abuse"
Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado

"Religious Issues Groups on Inpatient Units and in Day Treatment Programs"
Nancy Kehoe, Cambridge, Massachusetts

"Marriage Enrichments: Sacred or Secular?"
Nancy S. Whiteley, Eastern Mennonite Seminary
Cecil D. Bradfield, James Madison University

Discussant: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri, Columbia


THEMATIC SESSION
2:30-4:10 PM, Yellow stone
SSSR-15

RELIGION AND NUCLEAR WAR


Organizer and Convener: Michael Barkun, Syracuse University

"The Eschatology of the New Christian Right"
Andrew G. Lang, The Christic Institute

"Religion, Ideology, and the Military in Chile"
Kenneth Aman, Montclair State College

"Restoring America: Political Revivalism in the Nuclear Age"
Edward T. Linenthal, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

"Religion and the Sacralization of Militarism and National Security"
Jose Minguens, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Discussant: Dean D. Knudsen, Purdue University


THEMATIC SESSION
2:30-4:10 PM, Lexington
SSSR-16

FEDERAL FUNDING FOR RELIGIOUS RESEARCH


Organizer and Convener: Donald R. Ploch, University of Tennessee, Knoxville


SSSR- 17
2:30-4:10 PM, Bryce

STUDIES OF RELIGION AND CULTURE


Convener: Henry Green, Miami (Florida) University

"Images of the Sacred: An Empirical Study"
William Silverman, Hicksville, New York

"The City as a Setting for Public Theology and Private Eyes"
Deborah Elizabeth Finn, Emory University

"Rites of Passage in the Modern World"
Barbara Les, University of Chicago

Discussant: Ann Dapice, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz


THEMATIC SESSION
2:30-4:10 PM, Columbia C
SSSR- I 8

AUTHORS MEET CRITICS:
Religion on Capitol Hill

Authors:

Peter L. Benson, Search Institute
Dorothy L. Williams, Search Institute

Chair:

David C. Leege, University of Notre Dame

Critical Comments:

James Dittes, Yale University
Dean Hoge, Catholic University
David Larson, National Institute of Mental Health
Sheridan P. McCabe, University of Notre Dame
Bernard Spilka, University of Denver

Response:

Peter L. Benson


THEMATIC SESSION
2:30-4:10 PM, Columbia A
SSSR- 19

FAITH AND SOCIAL MINISTRY II: AN INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE


Convener: Alan K. Mock, Purdue University

Panelists:

Frederick R. Trost, United Church of Christ
Ross P. Scherer, Lutheran Church
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, United Baptist Convention of Mass., R.I., and N.H.;
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.;
American Baptist Churches of Mass.
Barbara Hargrove and Dana Wilbanks, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Jere Allen, Southern Baptist Church

Discussant: James D. Davidson, Purdue University


RRA-6
2:30-4:10 PM, Conference Theatre

CHURCH GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS


Convener: Calvin Baird, Memphis Theological Seminary

"A Church-Community Congruence Model of Church Growth"
David Britt, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

"Church Friends: Boon or Barrier to Church Growth?"
Daniel V. A. Olson, University of Chicago

"Mega-Churches and Denominational Growth: Another Growth Variable"
Larry L. McSwain, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

"Characteristics and Attitudes of Active Members of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod"
John O'Hara, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Peter Becker, Concordia College
Bonnie Bondavelli, Concordia College

Discussant: C. Kirk Hadaway, Center for Urban Church Studies


RRA-7
2:30-4:10 PM, Sequoia

ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT: POTENTIALS AND LIMITATIONS


Convener: Larry Peterson, Memphis State University

"Towards an Explanation of Ecumenism"
Peter Staples, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht

"Black Ecumenical Movements: Products, Proponents, and Agents of Social Change"
Mary R. Sawyer, Iowa State University

"The Limits of Ecumenical Legitimacy: A Case Study"
Anthony J. Blasi, University of Toronto

Discussant: H. Wesley Perkins, Hobart and William Smith Colleges


THEMATIC SESSION
2:30-4:10 PM, Bunker Hill
SSSR-RRA-5

RELIGION AND EDUCATION


Convener: Ruth Wallace, George Washington University

"Sacred Themes in the American Public School Tradition"
Donald E. Miller, University of Southern California
John Orr, University of Southern California

"The Modern State and Religion: Singapore Introduces Religious Studies in Secondary Schools"
Joseph B. Tamney, Ball State University

"Public and Separate (Parochial) School Effects on Common Delinquency"
John H. Simpson, University of Toronto

"Prayer in the Public Schools"
Frances S. Adeney, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

Discussant: Ronald L. Johnstone, Central Michigan University


RRA PLENARY: H. PAUL DOUGLASS LECTURE

4:15-5:25 PM, Columbia B


Presiding:

Constant Jacquet, National Council of Churches, and President of the Religious Research Association

Speaker:

David O. Moberg, Marquette University
"HOLY MASQUERADE"


CASH BAR
5:30-6:30 PM, Yorktown


SSSR BUSINESS MEETING
6:00-7:00 PM, Lexington-Bunker Hill




SSSR FILM
8:30-10:00 PM, Columbia B


"God and Money"

This film produced for public television focuses on the issues set forth in the pastoral letter from the U.S. Catholic bishops which questions fundamental American eco nomic ideas. The film provides background for Saturday plenary at 12:30 p.m.


Saturday, November 15, 1986



SSSR Women's Caucus Breakfast
7:30-8:30 AM, Olympic

Members are encouraged to attend; you should contact Ellen M. Umansky (call her at her room or leave a message for her at the hotel front desk). There will be a charge for the breakfast.


RRA BUSINESS MEETING
8:00-8:50 AM, Ticonderoga


Book Exhibit
9:00 AM-4:00 PM, Columbia Foyer




THEMATIC SESSION
8:30-10:20 AM, Concord
SSSR-20

INTERPRETATIONS OF RELIGIOUS HERITAGE


Convener: Wade Clark Roof, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

"Religion and Politics in the Constitutional Era: A Reinterpretation of the Localist/Cosmopolitan Orientations in Early American Social Experience"
William R. Garrett, St. Michael's College

"Freedom for Religion: Religion and Politics in North America"
Robert Kress, University of San Diego

"Native American Experiences and the Good of All"
Owen D. Owens, American Baptist Convention

"Religious Roots of Social Reform: The Progressive Era"
Catherine A. Faver, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Discussant: Benton Johnson, University of Oregon


THEMATIC SESSION
8:30-10:20 AM, Lexington
SSSR-21

RELIGION AND POLITICS: AMERICAN CATHOLICS


Organizer: Lyman A. Kellstadt, Wheaton College
Convener: Dean Hoge, Catholic University

"Foundational Beliefs and Political Attitudes Among Catholic Parishioners"
David C. Leege, University of Notre Dame
Michael R. Welch, University of Notre Dame

"The Political Behavior of American Catholics: An Assessment of the Impact of Group Integration vs. Group Identification"
James M. Penning, Calvin College

"The Catholic Vote: Implications for Religion and Politics"
Henry Kenski, University of Arizona

"Respect for Life, Sexual Morality, and Opposition to Abortion: A Reassessment"
Ted G. Jelen, Illinois Benedictine College

Discussant: William McCready, NORC


SSSR-22
8:30-10:20 AM, Bunker Hill

RELIGION AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE


Organizer and Convener: Margaret M. Poloma, University of Akron

"Theodicy and Religious Involvement Among Infertile Couples"
Arthur L. Greil, Alfred University
Thomas A. Leiko, Alfred University

"Prayer, Prayer Experiences, and Measures of Well-Being"
Margaret M. Poloma, University of Akron

"The Relationship Between Spiritual and Emotional Well-Being"
Janet Michello, University of Akron

"The Effect of Spectral Religious Experiences on Well-Being"
Mark Meadows, University of Akron

"Religiosity and Marital Satisfaction"
Anne Hendershott, Kent State University

Discussant: David Moberg, Marquette University


SSSR-23
8:30-10:20 AM, Grand Teton

INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION


Organizers and Conveners:
Sharon Georgiana, Seattle Pacific University
Chris Von Der Haar, College of St. Benedict

"Fieldwork in the Sociology of Religion"
James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno

"Myths and Music"
Keith Roberts, Bowling Green State University

"Doing Sociology Live in the Classroom"
Rodney Stark, University of Washington


SSSR-24
8:30-10:20 AM, Everglades

POTPOURRI I


Convener: Edward Tiryakian, Duke University

"Social Factors of Extraordinary Altruistic Behavior: Factors in the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr."
Mark Templeman, Purdue University

"Civil Religious Themes in Periodical Literature, 1900-1982"
Daniel V. A. Olson, University of Chicago

"Home Schools, Value Conflict, and Socialization: An Analysis of the Christian Home School Movement"
Stuart A. Wright, Lamar University

"Religion a la Carte in Canada: Contemporary Mainline Religion, Anglican-Style"
Reginald W. Bibby, University of Lethbridge, Canada

Discussant: Armand Mauss, Washington State University


SSSR-25
8:30-10:20 AM, Yellowstone

RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS


Convener: Thomas C. Hood, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

"Religious Movements and Social Change: An Application and Critique of General
Theories"
Frank J. Lechner, Emory University

"Revitalization Movements in Modern Society: Applications and Evaluations of Recent Developments in Sociological Systems Theory"
Peter Beyer, University of Toronto, Canada

"Shrine, State, and Japan's Identity in the Global System"
Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh

"Revitalization Movement of State Shinto"
K. Peter Takayama, Memphis State University

Discussant: Thomas P. Imse, College of the Holy Cross


RRA-8
8:30-10:20 AM, Redwood

BLACK CHURCH AND BLACK MINISTERS: THEIR ROLE AND DILEMMA


Convener: Eugen Schoenfield, Georgia State University

"The Role of the Black Minister and Black Health Care Delivery"
Charles Williams, Memphis State University
S. Bridgett Ciaramitaro, Memphis State University

"Black Church in a Midwestern University Twin City: An Afro-American Dilemma"
Melvin D. Williams, University of Maryland

"The Black Church and the Reconstruction of Public Ethics"
Romney M. Moseley, Emory University

"Measurement of the Religious Variable: A Comparison of Black and White Religious Styles"
Philip S. Pannell, Fuller Theological Seminary
H. Newton Malony, Fuller Theological Seminary

Discussant: Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Boston University


SSSR-RRA-6
8:30-10:20 AM, Valley Forge

AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS:
Mobilizing Social Movement Organizations:
The Formation, Institutionalization, and Effectiveness of Ecumenical Urban Ministries


Author:

James D. Davidson, Purdue University

Critics:

Barbara Jones Denison, Gettysburg College
Norris Johnson, University of Cincinnati
David Frenchak, Seminary Consortium on Urban Pastoral Education
John D. McCarthy, Catholic University
James Kelly, Fordham University
Philip Amerson, Broadway United Methodist Church (Indianapolis)


THEMATIC SESSION
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Concord
SSSR-26

CIVIL RELIGION


Convener: David S. Adams, Ohio State University, Lima

"A Non-Religious Symbol for God"
Gerald B. Strickler, California State University, Long Beach

"Presidential Prayer Breakfasts and Civil Religion"
Ivan E. Brink, Pasadena, California

"From Civil Religion to Folk Religion: The Case of American Sport"
James Mathisen, Wheaton College

"The Land That God Gave Cain: Nature and Civil Religion in Canada"
William A. Stahl, Luther College

Discussant: N. J. Demerath, III, University of Massachusetts, Amherst


THEMATIC SESSION
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Lexington
SSSR-27

ADVOCATES ON AGING POLICY


Convener Earl D. C. Brewer, Emory University

"AARP's Religion Emphasis"
Earl Kragnes, American Association of Retired Persons

"NICA's Program and Policy Efforts"
John Evans, Public Policy Committee of the National Interfaith Coalition on Aging, Episcopal Diocese of Washington

"Seminaries in Higher Education Training"
Barbara Payne, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education

"Public Agencies on Aging: Implications of Policy Initiatives"
Charles B. Pyles, Georgia State University

Discussant: E. A. Powers, Dept. of Family Environment, Iowa State University


SSSR-28
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Redwood

STUDIES IN RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION


Convener: David Roozen, Hartford Seminary

"Demographic and Cultural Factors in Predicting Church Affiliation'"
James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno
Michelle Wider, University of Nevada, Reno

"The Changing Ecology of American Religion",br> Thomas J. Duggan, Wayne State University

"Conservative and Reform Judaism in Israel"
William M. Batkay, Montclair State College

Discussant: Michael Leming, St. Olaf College


THEMATIC SESSION
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Bunker Hill
RRA-9

RELIGIOUS TELEVISION, RELIGIOUS RIGHT, AND SURVEY RESEARCH


Convener: Anson Shupe, University of Texas at Arlington

"Star Wars of a Different Kind: The Politics of the Religion and Television Project"
Jeffrey K. Hadden, University of Virginia
Razelle Frankl, Glassboro State College

"A Sociological Critique of the Religion and Television Project"
Razelle Frankl, Glassboro State College
Jeffrey K. Hadden, University of Virginia

"New Religious Right Penetration of Mainline Protestantism"
Roger J. Nemeth, Hope College
Donald A. Luidens, Hope College

"Factors That Separate Christian Conservatives and Liberals and Ways to Improve Relations Between These Two Wings"
George Gallup, The Gallup Organization

Discussant: Jon P. Alston, Texas A & M University


RRA-10
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Grand Teton

WOMEN, LEADERSHIP, AND MINISTRY


Convener: Mary Mattis, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

"Acceptance of Women in Leadership Positions in Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod"
Bonnie Bondavelli, Concordia College
John O'Hara, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Peter Becker, Concordia College

"Women Ministers: The Non-Feminist Type"
Susan Kwilechi, Florida International University

"Limitations on Involvement of Women in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod"
Peter Becker, Concordia College
John O'Hara, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Bonnie Bondavelli, Concordia College

"The Role of Gender-Specific Organizations in the Religious and Church Socialization of Black Women"
Jualynne Dodson, Union Theological Seminary

Discussant: Edward C. Lehman, Jr., State University of New York, College at Brockport


THEMATIC SESSION
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Everglades
SSSR-RRA-7

THE SACRED AND THE PUBLIC REALM: THE CASE OF INDIA


Organizer: Arvind Sharma, University of Sydney, Australia
Convener: Robert S. Ellwood, University of Southern California

"The Case for the Secular State in India"
R. L. S. Rao, University of Virginia

"The Case Against the Secular State in India"
Arvind Sharma, University of Sydney, Australia

"Ashrams, Christian Indians, and Nationalism"
Helen Ralston, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia

"Dominance of the Sacred on the Public Realm: A Case Study of Communal Riots in an Indian City"
K. Gopal, Meerut University, India

Discussant: Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh


SSSR-RRA-8
10:30 AM-12:20 PM, Valley Forge

BLIZZARD'S PERSPECTIVES ON THE MINISTRY: RELEVANCE TODAY AND RESEARCH NEEDS


Organizer and Convener:

Hart Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University

Panelists:

Edgar W. Mills, University of Texas, San Antonio
William Newman, University of Connecticut
Mary Paula Walsh, Gettysburg Theological Seminary
James Wood, Indiana University


SSSR PLENARY-RELIGION AND PUBLIC POLICY
12:30-1:25 PM, Yorktown


Presiding: Larry C. Ingram, University of Tennessee at Martin

Introducing: William V. D'Antonio American Sociological Association

Speaker: Father J. Bryan Hehir, U. S. Catholic Conference and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University

"Religion and Public Policy: The Case of the American Catholic Bishop"


SSSR-29
1:30-3:20 PM, Valley Forge

HOW TO GET PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS


Convener: Phillip Hammond, University of California, Santa Barbara

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Donald Capps, Princeton University

Religious Education
John Westerhoff, Duke University

Review of Religious Research
Edward C. Lehman, Jr., SUNY at Brockport

Sociological Analysis
Barbara Hargrove, Illif School of Theology




THEMATIC SESSION
1:30-3:20 PM, Concord
SSSR-30

RELIGION IN AFRICA


Convener: James Duke, Brigham Young University

"African Religions and Politics"
Guerin C. Montilus, Wayne State University

"Inkatha - A Zulu Civil Religion"
Irving Hexham, University of Calgary, Canada

"Mothers, Wives and Co-Workers: Women Missionaries in Africa"
Philip M. Kulp, Shippensburg University

Discussant: Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Boston University




SSSR-31
1:30-3:20 PM, Everglades

ON THE BOUNDARIES OF RELIGIOUS THOUGHT


Convener: Catherine A. Faver, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

"God and Systems Thinking"
Bruce Reed, Grubb Institute
H. Barry Evans, Grubb Institute

"Toward a Theory of Religious Consciousness"
Lynn D. Nelson, Virginia Commonwealth University

"Integration of Religious and Secular Metaphors in Constructing a New Social Order: A Case Study of a Political Activist"
Sarah Karl, Rutgers University

"The Issues of Time and History and the Encounter of World Religions"
A. N. Balslev, Denmark

Discussant: Amanda Porterfield, Syracuse University




SSSR-32
1:30-3:20 PM, Yellowstone

POTPOURRI II


Convener: Russell Dynes, University of Delaware

"Heresy and the Medical Model"
Mary Ann Barnhart, North Texas State University

"Skid Row Missions: A Survey of Directors"
Ronald W. Fagan, Pepperdine University

"Protestant Conversion in the Rural Highlands of Ecuador: An Application of the Value-added Model"
Conrad L. Kanagy, Wheaton College

"Homogeneity and Attitudes in a Local Church"
Richard R. Lee, Florida State University

Discussant: John C. Gessner, College of St. Thomas


SSSR-33
1:30-3:20 PM, Sequoia

RELIGION AND MORAL ISSUES


Convener: Frederick B. Bird, Concordia University, Canada

"Religious Affiliation and Contraceptive Use in the United States, 1955 to 1982"
William D. Mosher, National Center for Health Statistics

"Religious Factors and Drug Usage Among Seventh-Day Adventist Young People in North America"
Roger L. Dudley, Andrews University
Patricia A. Mutch, Andrews University
Robert J. Cruise, Andrews University

"The Aspect of Religion in the Assessment of Suicide"
Nancy Kehoe, Cambridge, Massachusetts

"The Morality of Pornography Considered in a New Context"
Jack T. Hanford, Ferris State College

Discussant: H. Wesley Perkins, Hobart and William Smith Colleges


SSSR-34
1:30-3:20 PM, Lexington

SOCIOLOGY OF CATHOLICISM


Convener: Michael Welch, University of Notre Dame

"Occupation: Nun"
Barbara J. Denison, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

"Catholic Women and the Creation of a New Social Reality"
Ruth A. Wallace, George Washington University

"Are There Two Catholicisms?"
Byron Johnson, University of Dayton
Michael H. Barnes, University of Dayton
Dennis M. Doyle, University of Dayton

"Roots of Religious Change in Brazil and Chile"
Madeleine Adriance, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Discussant: Helen Rose Ebaugh, University of Houston


SSSR-RRA-9
1:30-3:20 PM, Bunker Hill

METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS


Convener: Stephen Hart, Lutheran Church of America

"The Utility of Regression Standardization in Analyses With Religiosity Variables"
Lynn D. Nelson, Virginia Commonwealth University
Neil W. Henry, Virginia Commonwealth University

"Direct Measures of Indiscriminate Proreligiousness: Two Studies of Utility"
Kenneth Pargamount, Harry Adamakos, Lane Keleman, Kathryn Falgout, Michael Brannick, David Ensing, and Richard Warren, Bowling Green State University

"Intrinsic and Indiscriminately Pro Responses to Humour as a Function of Cartoon Content and Social Prompting"
Ralph W. Hood, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Ronald J. Morris, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

"Overt Religious References in Pastoral Counseling: An Analysis and a Model"
James Finley, Fuller Theological Seminary
H. Newton Malony, Fuller Theological Seminary

Discussant: Michael Rulon, Covenant College


SSSR PLENARY: LOBBYISTS RELIGIOUS INTERESTS
3:30-4:45 PM, Yorktown


Presiding:

William V. D'Antonio, American Sociological Association

Speakers:

Hyman Bookbinder, American Jewish Committee
James M. Dunn, Baptist Joint Committee for Public Affairs
Sr. Nancy Sylvester, Network


CASH BAR
5:00-6:00 PM, Ticonderoga



SSSR PLENARY: VOICE FROM CONGRESS
8:30-10:00 PM, Columbia B


Presiding:

Phillip Hammond, University of California at Santa Barbara

Introducing:

Benton Johnson, University of Oregon

Speaker:

Honorable James H. Weaver, U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon.

"Bluenose Rebellion"


Sunday, November 16, 1986


THEMATIC SESSION
8:00-9:45 AM, Concord
SSSR-35

SERVING GOD AND MAMMON



Convener: James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno

"Rebottling the Elixir: The Gospel of Prosperity in America's Quasi-Religious Corporations "
Anson Shupe, University of Texas, Arlington
David Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University

"The Gospel of Money"
Joe Barnhart, North Texas State University

"The Gospel of Collective Welfare: People's Temple as a Poor People's Religious Movement"
John R. Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia

Discussant: Jerry G. Pankhurst, Wittenberg College


SSSR-36
8:00-9:45 AM, Lexington

FUNDAMENTALISM AND ANTI- FUNDAMENTALISM,


Convener: Stan D. Gaede, Gordon College

"The Evangelical Ethic and the Spirit of Parochialism"
R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois, Chicago

"Organizational Sagas in Protestant Fundamentalist Colleges: A Critique of Sociological Theories of Culture"
Lawrence A. Young, Brigham Young University

"Fundamentalists Anonymous and Moral Discourse"
Deborah Elizabeth Finn, Emory University

"Can Fundamentalists Succeed? A Review and Critique"
Arthur E. Farnsley, Decatur, Georgia

Discussant: Robert Beckley, West Texas State University




RRA-11
8:00-9:45 AM, Bunker Hill

THE BABY BOOM GENERATION


Organizer and Convener: William McKinney, Hartford Seminary

Robert T. Gribbon, Alban Institute
David A. Roozen, Center for Social and Religious Research, Hartford Seminary
Wayne Thompson, Presbyterian Church (USA)
Mary Paula Walsh, Gettysburg Theological Seminary




THEMATIC SESSION
10:00-11:40 AM, Concord
RRA-12

CHURCHES AND SOCIAL CHANGE: INSTITUTIONAL DILEMMAS AND RENEWAL


Convener: Donald R. Ploch, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

"Housing Clergy: A Contemporary Dilemma"
Alexander Stewart, National Episcopal Church
Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary

"Attitudes of Catholic College Students Toward Vocations and Lay Ministries"
Dean R. Hoge, Catholic University of America

"A Case Study of a Protestant Congregation: Its Religious and Social Involvement"
Stephen C. Rasor, The Interdenominational Center

"Toward a Sociology of Reform: The Example of the Catholic 'Renew Process' "
James Kelly, Fordham University

Discussant: Edgar W. Mills, University of Texas, San Antonio


THEMATIC SESSION
10:00-11:40 AM, Lexington
SSSR-37

RELIGION AND. ,POLITICS: EVANGELICALS AND FUNDAMENTALISTS


Organizer: Lyman A. Kellstedt, Wheaton College
Convener: Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University

"Evangelicalism and Political Tolerance: Glock and Stark Revisited"
Lyman A. Kellstedt, Wheaton College

"The Partisanship of American Evangelicals: Changing Patterns Over the Past Decade"
Corwin Smidt, Calvin College

"Seeing the Connection: Religion and Politics in the Ohio Moral Majority"
Clyde Wilcox, Union College

"Popular Support for the Moral Majority - 1980 and 1984"
Lee Sigelman, University of Kentucky Emmett Buell, Denison University

Discussant: James D. Hunter, University of Virginia


SSSR-38
10:00-11:40 AM, Bunker Hill

CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS IN THEOLOGY


Convener: G. Willis Bennett, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

"An Ideological Critique of Theological Education"
William B. Kennedy, Union Theological Seminary

"Moltmann, Marxism, and the Liberating Theology of Hope"
H. Robert Hayes, Concordia College

"The Suitability of Liberation Theology for Shaping a Christian Community"
Mary Carman Rose, St. Mary's Seminary
Discussant: Marie Augusta Neal, Emmanuel College


SSSR-39
10:00-11:40 AM, Valley Forge

PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES IN RELIGION


Convener: James E. Dittes, Yale University

"Attribution, Roles, and Religion"
Owe Wikstrom, Uppsala University, Sweden

"The Devil Made Me Do It: Attributions of Responsibility to God and Satan"
Bruce Hunsberger, Wilfred Laurier University
Bev Watson, Wilfred Laurier University

"Developmental Psychology and Religion: Potential Applications of Attachment Theory for the Psychology of Religion"
Lee A. Kirkpatrick, University of Denver

Discussant: Daniel O. Aleshire, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary


RRA-13
10:00-11:40 AM, Columbia C

ACADEMIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH: TWINS, COUSINS, AND LOST RELATIVES?


Organizer and Convener: Ruth Doyle, Archdiocese of New York
Panel:
James Davidson, Purdue University
William R. Garrett, St. Michael's College
Edward Lehman, SUNY-Brockport
Mary Mattis, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Robert Schmitz, Archdiocese of Cincinnati


INDEX


(Note: Sessions are listed after each participant in order, for example, RRA-5, SSSR-10; caution: the sessions are not temporally ordered. SSSR-10 might occur before RRA-5, etc.)

Adamakos, Harry SSSR-RRA-9
Adams, David S. SSSR-26
Adeney, Frances S. SSSR-RRA-5
Adriance, Madeleine SSSR-34
Agnew, Barbara SSSR-RRA-2
Aikens, Sandra Natthaei APRRE-Sun.
Akademi, Abo SSSR-11
Aleshire, Daniel O. SSSR-39
Allen, Jere SSSR-19
Alston, Jon RRA-9
Alston, Percel REA
Aman, Kenneth SSSR-15
Ammerman, Nancy RRA-4, SSSR-4
Amerson, Philip SSSR-10, SSSR-RRA-6
Andrews, Kay SSSR-3
Archibald, Helen A. APRRE-Sun.
Baird, Calvin RRA-6
Baker, Tod A. SSSR-4
Balslev, A. N. SSSR-31
Barker, Eileen SSSR-8
Barkun, Michael SSSR-15
Barnes, Michael H. SSSR-34
Barnhart, Joe SSSR-7, SSSR-35
Barnhart, Mary Ann SSSR-32
Barta, Russell RRA-3
Batiuk, Mary Ellen SSSR-6
Batkay, William M. SSSR-28
Battin, Margaret P SSSR-6.
Beatty, Kathleen SSSR-4
Becker, Peter RRA-6, RRA-10
Beckley, Robert RRA4, SSSR-36
Bekerman, Zvi SSSR-8
Bennett, G. Willis SSSR-38
Benson, Peter SSSR-4, SSSR-18
Beyer, Peter SSSR-25
Bibby, Reginald W. SSSR-24
Bird, Frederick SSSR- 1, SSSR-33
Bjorkqvist, Kaj SSSR- 11
Blair, Christine E. APRRE-Sun.
Blanchard, Dallas A. SSSR-7
Blasi, Anthony J. RRA-7
Bolger, Dorita F. SSSR-RRA-1
Bondavelli, Bonnie RRA-6, RRA-10
Bradfield, Cecil D. RRA-2,SSSR-RRA-4
Brannick, Michael SSSR-RRA-9
Bregling, Kurt SSSR-3
Breslauer, S. Daniel SSSR-9
Brewer, Earl D. C. SSSR-10, SSSR-27
Bridges, Robert A. SSSR-5
Brink, Ivan E. SSSR-26
Britt, David RRA-6
Bromley, David SSSR-35
Brooks, Rogers SSSR-2
Browning, Robert L. APRRE-Sat.
Buell, Emmett SSSR-37
Burton, Gregory T. SSSR-7
Butkus, Russell A. APRRE-Sat.
Capps, Donald SSSR-29
Carroll, Jackson RRA-5
Ciaramitaro, S. Bridgett RRA-8
Clarke, Thomas E., S. J. REA
Coll, Regina
APRRE-Sat., APRRE-Sun.
Conrad, Robert L. APRRE-Sat.
Cosby, Mary APRRE-Sun.
Cruise, Robert J. SSSR-33
D'Antonio, William V. SSSR-Plenary
Danner, David W. APRRE-Sun.
Dapice, Ann SSSR- 17
Davidson, James D. SSSR-10, SSSR-19, SSSR-RRA-6
Day-Lower, Donna RRA-5
Demerath, N. J., III SSSR-26
Denison, Barbara Jones SSSR-RRA-6, SSSR-34
Dilli, Rosemary RRA-3
Dittes, James SSSR- 18, SSSR-39
Dodson, Jualynne RRA- 10
Dokecki, Paul R. APRRE-Sat.
Donahue, Michael J. SSSR-5
Dooley, Anne Mary SSSR- 11
Doubleday, Reverend Bill SSSR- 14
Doyle, Dennis M. SSSR-34
Doyle, Ruth RRA- 13
Dudley, Carl RRA-5
Dudley, Roger L. SSSR-33
Duggan, Thomas J. SSSR-28
Duke, James SSSR-8, SSSR-30
Dyke, Doris Jean APRRE-Sat.
Dynes, Russell SSSR-32
Ebaugh, Helen Rose SSSR-34
Elias, John L. APRRE-Sat.
Ellenson, David SSSR-9
Ellwood, Robert S. SSSR-RRA-7
Elmer, Duane APRRE-Sat.
Elster, Shulamit REA
Evans, H. Barry SSSR-31
Fagan, Ronald W. SSSR-32
Falbo, Mark APRRE-Sun.
Farnsley, Arthur E. SSSR-36
Faver, Catherine SSSR-20, SSSR-31
Fenn, Richard SSSR-RRA-2
Fichter, Joseph H. SSSR-8
Finke, Roger RRA-2
Finley, James SSSR-RRA-8
Finn. Deborah Elizabeth SSSR-17, SSSR-36
Foster, Charles R. APRRE-Fri., APRRE-Sat.
Foster, Thomas W. RRA- 1
Fowler, James SSSR- 1
Frankl, Razelle RRA-9
Frenchak, David SSSR-RRA-6
Gaede, Stan D. SSSR-36
Gallup, George RRA-9
Garrett, William R. RRA-I, SSSR-20
Gavin, Eileen SSSR- 18
Georgiana, Sharon SSSR-23
Gilkes, Cheryl Townsend SSSR-19, SSSR-30
Glazier, Stephen D. SSSR-8
Gopal, K. SSSR-RRA-7
Gordon, Kevin SSSR- 14
Greil, Arthur L. SSSR-22
Green, Henry SSSR-17
Greil, Arthur L. SSSR-6
Gribbon, Robert T. RRA- 11
Haas, Peter SSSR-2, SSSR-9
Hadaway, C. Kirk RRA-6
Hadden, Jeffrey K.RRA-9
Hall, C. Margaret SSSR-RRA4
Hall, John R. SSSR-35
Hammond, Phillip SSSR-29
Hanford, Jack T. SSSR-33
Haraldsson, Erlendur SSSR-3
Hargrove, Barbara SSSR-19, SSSR- 29
Harris, E. Lynn SSSR-3
Harris Maria APRRE-Sat.,APRRE-Sat.
Hart, Stephen SSSR-RRA-8
Hayes, H. Robert SSSR-38
Haynor, Anthony L. RRA-3
Hegy, Pierre SSSR-1
Hendershott, Anne SSSR-22
Henriot, Peter RRA-3
Henry, Neil W. SSSR-RRA-8
Hertel, Bradley SSSR-5
Hertzke, Allen SSSR-4
Hess, Carol Lakey APRRE-Sat.
Hexham, Irving SSSR-30
Hill, Brennan R. APRRE-Sat.
Himmelstein, Jerome SSSR-7
Hintze, Wayne SSSR-5
Hoge, Dean SSSR-21, RRA-12
Holm. Nils G. SSSR- 11
Hood, Ralph W. SSSR-3, SSSR-5, SSSR-RRA-8
Hood, Thomas C. SSSR-6, SSSR-25
Hopko, Thomas REA
Hunsberger, Bruce SSSR-39
Hunter, James D. SSSR-37
Hutch, Richard A. SSSR-12
Imse, Thomas P. SSSR-25
Jackson, John RRA-2
Jacobs, Janet SSSR-RRA-4
Jacquet, Constant Douglass-Lec.
Jeffrey, Martin APRRE-Sun.
Jelen, Ted G. SSSR-21
Johnson, Arthur SSSR- 18
Johnson, Benton SSSR-20
Johnson, Byron SSSR-34
Johnson, C. Lincoln SSSR- 10
Johnson, Norris SSSR-RRA-6
Johnson, Suzanne APRRE-Sat.
Johnstone, Ronald L. SSSR-RRA-5
Jones, Richard M. SSSR- 10
Joy, Donald M. APRRE-Sun.
Judge-Russo, Barbara REA
Kahoe, Richard D. SSSR-5
Kanagy, Conrad L. SSSR-32
Karl, Sarah SSSR-12, SSSR-31
Kathan, Boardman W. APRRE-Sat.
Kayal, Philip M. SSSR-14
Kehoe, Nancy SSSR-RRA-4, SSSR-33
Kellstedt, Lyman A. SSSR-4, SSSR-21, SSSR-37
Kelly, Francis D. APRRE-Sat.
Kelly, James SSSR-RRA-6, RRA-12
Kennedy, William B. SSSR-38
Kenski, Henry SSSR-21
Kirkpatrick, Lee A. SSSR-RRA-3, SSSR-39
Kitshoff, Michael C. APRRE-Sun.
Knott, T. Garland APRRE-Sun.
Knudsen, Dean D. SSSR-15
Kodiath, Alex APRRE-Sun.
Kragnes, Earl SSSR-27
Kress, Robert SSSR-RRA-2, SSSR-20
Kulp, Philip M. SSSR-30
Kwilechi, Susan RRA-10
Lang, Andrew G. SSSR-15
Lawlor, William M. APRRE-Sun.
Lechner, Frank J. SSSR-25
Lee, Richard R. SSSR-8, SSSR-32
Lean, Connie REA
Leean, Constance L. APRRE-Sat.
Leege, David RRA-5, SSSR-18, SSSR-21
Lehman, Edward C., Jr. RRA- 10, SSSR-29
Leiko, Thomas A. SSSR-22
Leming, Michael SSSR-28
Lee Barbara SSSR-17
Lewis, G. Douglass RRA-5
Lewis, James R. SSSR-6
Linenthal, Edward T. SSSR- 15
Little, Sara APRRE-Fri.
Long, Theodore E. SSSR- 12
Lowe, John W. APRRE-Sat.
Lowery, James L. RRA-2
Luidens, Donald A. RRA-4, RRA-9
Lummis, Adair RRA-2, RRA-12
MaCabe, Sheridan SSSR- 18
Malony, H. Newton RRA-8, SSSR-RRA-8
Marty, William R. SSSR-RRA- 1
Mathisen, James SSSR-26
Mauss, Armand SSSR-24
Mbon, Friday M. SSSR-12
McAuley, E. Nancy SSSR- 11
McCarthy, John D. SSSR-RRA-6
McKinney, William SSSR-I, RRA-5, RRA- 11
McSwain, Larry L. RRA-4, RRA-6
Meadows, Mark SSSR-22
Michello, Janet SSSR-22
Miguens, Jose SSSR-15
Miller, Donald E. SSSR-13, SSSR-RRA-5
Mills, Edgar W. SSSR-RRA-8, RRA-12
Moberg, David O. Douglass-Lec., SSSR-22
Mock, Alan SSSR-10, SSSR-19
Montilus, Geurin C. SSSR-30
Moore, Joe REA
Moore, Mary Elizabeth APRRE-Sun.
Moran, Gabriel APRRE-Sat.
Morris, Ronald J. SSSR-RRA-8
Moseley, Romney SSSR-RRA-3, RRA-8
Mosher, William D. SSSR-33
Mullins, Mark R. RRA-1
Mutch, Patricia A. SSSR-33
Myers, R. Ann SSSR-RRA4
Myers, William R. APRRE-Sun.
Nadell, Pamela S. SSSR-2
Nason-Clark, Nancy SSSR-13
Neal, Sr. Marie Augusta SSSR-10, SSSR-38
Nelsen, Hart SSSR-RRA-8
Nelson, C. Ellis APRRE-Sat.
Nelson, Lynn D. SSSR-31, SSSR-RRA-8
Nemeth, Roger J. RRA-4, RRA-9
Newman, William SSSR-RRA-8
Nussbaum, Daniel SSSR-9
O'Hara, John RRA-2, RRA-6, RRA-10
Oliver, David SSSR-27
Olson, Daniel V. A. RRA-6, SSSR-24
Olson, Richard A. APRRE-Fri.
Orr, John SSSR-RRA-5
Ortner, Donald R. SSSR-13
Owens, Owen D. SSSR-20
Pankhurst, Jerry G. SSSR-35
Pannell, Philip S. RRA-8
Pargamount, Kenneth SSSR-RRA-8
Parks, Sharon APRRE-Sat.
Parsons, Jim APRRE-Sat.
Payne, Barbara P. SSSR-27
Penning, James M. SSSR-21
Perkins, H. Wesley RRA-7, SSSR-33
Pfeffer, Leo SSSR-13
Ploch, Donald R. SSSR-16, RRA-12
Plueddemann, James E. APRRE-Fri., APRRE-Sun.
Poloma, Margaret M. SSSR-22
Porterfield, Amanda SSSR-31
Potvin, Bernie APRRE-Sat.
Potvin, Raymond H. SSSR-RRA-3
Pyles, Church SSSR-27
Ralston, Helen SSSR-RRA-7
Rao, R. L. S. SSSR-RRA-7
Rasor, Stephen C. RRA-12
Reed, Bruce SSSR-31
Richardson, James R. SSSR-28
Richardson. James T. SSSR-23, SSSR-35
Robb, Tom SSSR-27
Robbins, Thomas SSSR-13
Roberts, Keith A. SSSR-RRA- I, SSSR-23
Roberts, Michael K SSSR-10
Robertson, Roland SSSR-25, SSSR-RRA-7
Rodman, Edward SSSR-10
Rogers, Donald B. APRRE-Sun.
Rogers, Richard L. RRA4
Roof, Wade Clark SSSR-20
Roozen, David SSSR-28, RRA-11
Rose, Mary Carman SSSR-RRA-2, SSSR-38
Royle, Marjorie SSSR-RRA-3
Rudy, David SSSR-6
Rulon, Michael SSSR-RRA-8
Savage, Dorothy APRRE-Sat.
Savells, Jerry RRA- 1
Sawicki, Marianne APRRE-Sat.
Sawyer, Mary R. RRA-7
Scherer, Ross P. SSSR- 19
Schmidt, Stephen A. APRRE-Fri.
Schoenfeld, Eugen SSSR-RRA-3, RRA-8
Selengut, Charles SSSR-2
Servodidio, John T. RRA-3
Seymour, Jack L. APRRE-Sat.
Sharma. Arvind RRA-l, SSSR-RRA-7
Shupe, Anson SSSR-35
Sigelman, Lee SSSR-37
Sikora, James P. SSSR-11
Silverman, William SSSR-17
Simmons, Hand REA
Simpson, John H. SSSR-RRA-5
Simpson, Robert SSSR-12
Smidt, Corwin SSSR-37
Smith, Joanmarie APRRE-Fri., APRRE-Sat.
Smith, W. Alan APRRE-Sun.
Spilka, Bernard SSSR-5
Stackhouse, Max SSSR- 1
Stahl, William A. SSSR-26
Staples, Peter RRA-7
Stark, Rodney SSSR-23
Stewart, Alexander RRA-12
Stokes, Kenneth I. APRRE-Sat.
Strickler, Gerald B. SSSR-26
Swatos, William H. SSSR- 13
Takayama, K. Peter SSSR-25
Tamney, Joseph B. SSSR-RRA-5
Taylor, M. Lee SSSR-7
Templeman, Mark SSSR-24
Thompson, Wayne RRA- 11
Tilley, Charles J. SSSR-RRA-I, RRA-4
Tiryakian, Edward SSSR-24
Toton, Suzanne C. APRRE-Sat.
Trester, Eugene REA
Trost, Frederick R. SSSR-19
Varacalli, Joseph A. RRA-3
Veverka, Fayette Breaux APRRE-Sat.
Von Der Haar, Chris SSSR-23
Wallace, Ruth SSSR-RRA-5, SSSR-34
Walsh, Mary Paula SSSR-RRA-8, RRA- 11
Watson, Bev SSSR-39
Walter, Oliver SSSR-4
Warner, R. Stephen SSSR-36
Washofsky, Mark SSSR-2
Weber, Paul SSSR-4
Weiss, Faedra Lazar SSSR-9
Welch, Michael R. SSSR-21, SSSR-34
Westerhoff, John SSSR-29, APRRE-Fri.
Whelan, Winifred O. APRRE-Sat.
White, O. Kendall RRA-1
Whiteley, Nancy S. SSSR-RRA-4
Whiting, D. Douglas APRRE-Sat.
Wider, Michelle SSSR-28
Wikstrom, Owe SSSR-39
Wilbanks, Dana SSSR-19
Wilcox, Clyde SSSR-37
Wilhoit, James C. APRRE-Sun.
Williams, Charles RRA-8
Williams, Dorothy L. SSSR- 18
Williams, Melvin D. RRA-8
Williams, Richard N. SSSR-5
Wingeier, Douglas E. APRRE-Sat., APRRE-Sun.
Wolcott, Robert SSSR-RRA- 1
Wood, James SSSR-RRA-8
Winter, J. Alan SSSR-9
Woodrum, Eric SSSR-RRA- 1
Wright, Joel S. SSSR-12
Wright, Stuart A. SSSR-24
Wulff, Keith M. SSSR-RRA-2
Wuthnow, Robert SSSR-37
Yeats, John R. SSSR- 11
Young, Lawrence A. SSSR-36
Zappone, Katherine REA
Zweir, Robert SSSR-RRA- 1