1987 Program

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ANNUAL MEETING
of the
SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC
STUDY OF RELIGION
in conjunction with the
RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

Program Theme:
RELIGION AND THE PERSISTENCE OF IDENTITY

Seelbach Hotel
Louisville, Kentucky

October 30-November 1, 1987

BOOK EXHIBIT
The book display is located in the Derby Room just across from the Hotel Registration Desk in the Lobby. The hours are 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 30, and 9:30 a. m. - 4: 00 p. m. on Saturday, October 3 1. Onehalf price book sale begins at 2:00 on Saturday. Contact Harve Horowitz at 10369 Currycomb Court, Columbia, MD 21044 (telephone: 301-997-0763) for future advertising and book displays of your recent publications.

DIRECTORY OF EXHIBITS
Dr. Theodore Abel Ablex Publishing Corp Andrus Gerontology Center Edwin Mellen Press* Fortress Press Herald Press Mercer University Press* Paragon House Pilgrim Press* Princeton University Press Rutger's University Press Transaction Books

*Representative on site

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 Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University
Business Manager Lorraine D'Antonio, SSSR Office at The Catholic University of America

COUNCIL Reginald Bibby, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Thomas M. Gannon, Woodstock Theological Center
Jeffrey K. Hadden, University of Virginia
Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh
Anson Shupe, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne
Steven M. Tipton, Emory University
Ruth Wallace, George Washington 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: Stan D. Gaede, Gordon College

PROGRAM '87 Chairperson: Ellen Umansky, Emory University
Local Arrangements: Larry L. McSwain, Southern Baptist Seminary

PROGRAM '88 Chairperson: Madeleine R. Adriance, Mount Ida College, 777 Dedham St., Newton Centre, MA 02159. Tel.: (617) 969-7000, ext. 192
Theme: "Religion and Social Conflict"
Place: Bismarck Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, October 28-30, 1988

SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION MIEMBERSHIP AND JOURNAL Membership is open to interested persons. Annual dues for 1988 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, DC 20064

OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS AND STAFF President Hart Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University
Past President Constant Jacquet, Jr., National Council of Churches
Secretary H. Paul Chalfant, Texas Tech University
Treasurer David Roozen, Hartford Seminary
Business Manager Lorraine D'Antonio, RRA Office at The Catholic University of America

BOARD MEMBERS Helen Rose Ebaugh, University of Houston
Richard Gorsuch, Fuller Theological Seminary
Ralph Hood, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Sheila Kelly, United Church Board, New York City
Edward Lehman, Jr., State University of New York at Brockport
Mary Mattis, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New York City
Margaret Poloma, University of Akron
Wade Clark Roof, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
David Roozen, Hartford Seminary
John Simpson, University of Toronto
*William Swatos, Silvis, Illinois
*Steven M. Tipton, Emory 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'87 Chairperson: Ralph Hood, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Local Arrangements: Larry L. McSwain, Southern Baptist Seminary

PROGRAM'88 Chairperson: Helen Rose Ebaugh, Sociology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004. Tel.: (713) 749-4976
Theme: "Change and Conflict Affecting Religious Institutions"
Place: Bismarck Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, October 28-30, 1988

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 arp $30.00 per year. Address: Religious Research Association, Inc., Marist 108, Catholic University, Washington, DC 20064.

SSSR-RRA PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Thursday, October 29, 1987
1:30-6:00 PM BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING-RRA Gold Room

7:30-11:00 PM COUNCIL MEETING-SSSR Gold Room

Friday, October 30, 1987
8:30-11:30 AM COUNCIL MEETING-SSSR Davis Room

11:30 AM-1:00 PM COUNCIL LUNCHEON-SSSR Oak Room

9:30 AM-5:00 PM BOOK EXHIBIT Derby

8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-1
Gray Room
IMAGES OF SELF AND IMAGES OF GOD: STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION
Convener: James E. Dittes, Yale University
"Personal Identity and the Question of God"
Peter J. Albano, St. John's University
"God Image and Self Image"
Richard T. Lawrence, Catholic University
"Attachment Theory and Beliefs About God: An Empirical Investigation"
Lee A. Kirkpatrick, University of Denver
Discussant: James E. Dittes, Yale University

8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-2
Green Room
WOMEN'S IDENTITY IN RELIGION: WOMEN'S ROLE AND STATUS
Organizer: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick
Convener: Florence A. Ruderman, Brooklyn College
"Religious Differences in the Relative Socioeconomic Status of Women"
Tim B. Heaton, Brigham Young University
"Minister, Debtor and Mother"
Adair Lumniis, Hartford Seminary
"Women's Position in Scripture and Religious Tradition: Assessing Feminist Scholarship in Judaism, Christianity and Islam"
Mahnaz Mohseni, Melissa Latimer and Dwight Billings, University of Kentucky
"Religion as the Social Root of Antifeminism"
Lisa R. Boisseau, The University of Texas at San Antonio

8:30-10:20 AM SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION AND HISTORY SSSR-3
Blue Room
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION AND HISTORY. METHODS
Organizer: David G. Hackett, University of Florida
Convener: Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame
"Sociology of Religion and American Religious History"
David G. Hackett, University of Florida
"Richness vs. Rigor: Contending with History in a Community Study"
Jay Demerath and Rhys Williams, University of Massachusetts
"Theory Construction in Historical Perspective"
George M. Thomas, Arizona State University
Discussant: Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame

8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR4
Gold Room
RITUAL, RITES OF PASSAGE AND SONG
Convener: Steve Carlton-Ford, University of Minnesota
"The Gods 'R' Us: The Locus of Emotion in Trinidadian Shango"
Stephen D. Glazier, Westmont College
"From Liturgy to Theurgy: the Evolution of Mystical Prayer in Maaseh Merkavah"
Michael D. Swartz, University of Virginia
"Rites of Passage: A Discussion of their Expressive and Instrumental Functions. A Case Study in Belgium"
K. Dobbelaere, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
"Amazing Grace: Knowing Self-Other-God Through Song"
Ann N. Dapice, Institute of Values Inquiry
8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION RRA-1
Rose Room
PRIESTS, MINISTERS, COUNSELORS, AND ECUMENICALISM
Convener: Cecil D. Bradfield, James Madison University
"Changing Age Distribution and Theological Attitudes of Catholic Priests, 1970-1985"
Dean Hoge, Joseph J. Shields, and Mary Jeanne Verdieck, Catholic University of America
"Effects of Status Differences Within the Ministry"
Edward C. Lehman, State University of New York, College at Brockport
"The Persistence of Identity and the Ecumenical Process: The Acid Test?"
Peter Staples, State University of Utrecht
"The Choice of the Pastor as a Resource for Feelings of Psychological Distress"
H. Paul Chalfant, Peter L. Heller, David Briones, Salvador Aguirre-Hochbaum, and Walter Farr, Texas Tech University and Texas Tech School of Medicine
Discussant: Cecil D. Bradfield, James Madison University

8:30-10:30 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-5
Mezzanine Room
EXPLORATORY STUDIES IN RELIGION AND PHILANTHROPY
Organizer and Convener: Virginia A. Hodgkinson, Independent Sector
"Studies in Religion and the Independent Sector"
Jan Shipps, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
"Religion in the Third Sector of American Society"
David H. Watt, Temple University
"The Religion and Philanthropy Project at Independent Sector"
Virginia A. Hodgkinson, Independent Sector
Discussant: Virginia A. Hodgkinson, Independent Sector

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-6
Mezzanine Room
SELF-IDENTITY IN THE PRISON SETTING
Convener: Frederick Sontag, Pomona College
"God in Prison: A Phenomenological Investigation of Inmates' Personal Experiences With God"
Kay Andrews, University of Pittsburgh
"Some Comments on the Notion of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Religious Motivations"
Mary Ellen Batiuk, Wilmington College of Ohio
"Living the Life: World-Building and Identity-Maintenance in Prisons"
Georgiana Flight, University of California at Santa Barbara

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-7
Rose Room
RELIGIOSITY, RELIGIOUS ATTRIBUTIONS, AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FAITH
Convener: Stephen D. Glazier, Westmont College
"Attributions for Death: An Examination of the Role of Religion and the Relationship Between Attributions and Mental Health"
Nancy J. Grevengoed and Kenneth I. Pargament, Bowling Green State University
"Religion and Attribution Theory: Further Considerations"
Susan F. Gillespie, Wheaton College
"A Personal Construct Approach to the Psychology of Faith"
Paul J. Hershberger, Ohio State University
"The Role of Religion in the Problem Solving Process"
Jon S. Newman, Bowling Green State University

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-8
Gray Room
PROCESSES OF IDENTITY MAINTENANCE I: SOCIAL SCIENTISTS IN RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTS
Organizer and Chair: Edgar W. Mills, University of Texas at San Antonio
"Identity Maintenance in Comparative Perspective"
John H. Simpson, University of Toronto
"On Avoiding the Occasion of Sin: Strategies Against Tokenism in the TheologySocial Science Dialogue"
Mary-Paula Walsh, Gettysburg Theological Seminary
"Remaining a Sociologist in a Religious Organization"
Edgar W. Mills, University of Texas at San Antonio

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION RRA-2
Gold Room
RELIGION AND MINORITIES
Convener: Peter Takayama, Memphis State University
"The Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ: The Social Evolution of the Largest of the Black Spiritual Organizations"
Hans A. Baer, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
"Factor Analytic Structure of the King and Hunt Dimensions of Religiosity Among Black Christians"
Phillip Pannell and H. Newton Maloney, Fuller Theological Seminary
"Black Identity as Influenced by the Black Religious Community and Reflected in Sacred Music"
Gregory R. Versen and Linda Jackson, James Madison University
"White Supremacy in Southern Christianity"
Walter Stephens, Jr., Chattanooga, Tennessee
Discussant: Peter Takayama, Memphis State University

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-9
Blue Room
JEWISH IDENTITY IN THE MODERN WORLD
Convener: Susan Tananbaum, Brandeis University
"Israel, Jewish Denominations, and American Jewish Identity"
William M. Batkay, Montclair State University
"'Anti-semite' and 'Jew' as Models of Identity: A Fresh Look at Sartre's Analysis"
Stuart Chartne, Rutgers University
"The Religious Identity of an American Jewish Woman: Rebecca Gratz"
Dianne Ashton, Temple University
"'Who is a Jew?' Issues of Jewish Status and Identity and Their Relationship to the Nature of Judaism in the Modern World"
David Ellenson, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-10
Green Room
ANGER IN CATHOLICISM
Organizer and Convener: Pierre Hegy, Adelphi University
"Hypothesis No. 1: The Anger of Betrayal"
Pierre Hegy
"Anger and Catholicism: The FACT Experience"
Johann F. Klodzen, Catholic University of America
"Sources of Anger and Frustration for Women in the Catholic Church"
Sonya A. Quitslund, George Washington University
"Clinical Aspects of Anger in Catholicism"
Alphonse Calabrese, Hicksville, NY
"Anger and Catholicism: A Parishioner's Perspective"
Edward Sehau, Archdiocese of Seattle

12:30-2:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-11
Green Room
MYTH, SYMBOL AND IDENTITY
Convener: J. Dell Johnson, Stonehill College
"The Super Bowl as the Center of Pilgrimage"
Joseph L. Price, Whittier College
"Subversion Mythology and the Social Construction of Social Problems"
David G. Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University
"The Female Principles in Hindu Philosophy and Symbolic Cult"
Anindita N. Balslev, Temple University
"North American Captivity Mythology and the Perception of Religious Otherness"
James R. Lewis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Discussant: Cheryl Gilkes, Boston University

2:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-12
Gray Room
MODERNIZATION AND SELF IDENTITY
Convener: David Ellenson, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
"Jewish Immigrant Women in London: A Study in Anglicization-1880-1939"
Susan Tananbaum, Brandeis University
"Religion and Economic Success in India"
Gerald Stott, Southeast Missouri State University
"A Rose By Any Other Name: Personal Names Among English-Speaking Jews, ca. 1850-1985"
Faedra Lazar Weiss and Heidi Ann Lazar-Meyn, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
"More on the Effects of Counter-Culture on the Differential Growth of Liberal and Conservative Churches"
Robin D. Perrin, Washington State University

12:30-2:20 PM SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION AND HISTORY SSSR- 1 3
Gold Room
SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL HISTORY IN THE STUDY OF EARLY CHRISTIAN ORIGINS
Organizer and Convener: David G. Hackett, University of Florida
"Sociology and Social History: A Preface to a Sociology of the New Testament"
Richard Fenn, Princeton Theological Seminary
"Quantitative Approaches to the Rise of Christianity: Remarks by A True Philistine"
Rodney Stark, University of Washington
Discussant: Stanley K. Stowers, Brown University

12:30-2:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-14
Mezzanine Room
FUNDAMENTALISM AND AMERICAN POLITICS
Organizer and Convener: Philip L. Berg, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
"The Fundamentalist Voter"
Clyde Wilcox, Union College
"Southern Baptist Fundamentalists and the New Christian Right"
Nancy T. Ammerman, Emory University
"Is Pat Robertson About to Embarrass God? Michigan as Prelude to a Presidential Campaign"
Jeffrey K. Hadden, University of Virginia
Anson D. Shupe, Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne
"Moral Conservatism and the 1984 Presidential Election"
Eric Woodrum, North Carolina State University

12:30-2:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION RRA-3
Blue Room
STRESS, SEXUALITY, AIDS, ALCOHOLISM AND DRUGS
Convener and Discussant: David O. Moberg, Marquette University
"Religion and the Process of Coping with Life Events: Steps Toward a Preliminary Model"
Kenneth I. Pargament, Bowling Green State University
"Asking the Churches about Faith and Sexuality"
Marjorie H. Royle and William Stackhouse United Church Board for Homeland and Ministries
"AIDS Comes to the Churches: Pastoral Response to the New Plague"
Robert E. Beckley, West Texas State University, H. Paul Chalfant, Texas Tech University, and Baldwin Stribling, 1st Presbyterian Church, Canyon, Texas
"Religiousness and Drug Use: 1975-1985"
Michael J. Donahue, Search Institute

12:30-2:20 PM AUTHORS MEET CRITICS: RRA-4
Rose Room
NEW TESTAMENT IENSIONS IN THE CONTEMPORARY CHURCH
Authors: Carl S. Dudley and Earle Hilgert, McCormick Theological Seminary
Moderator: Jackson Carroll, Hartford Seminary
Critics: Larry L. McSwain, Southern Baptist Seminary George R. Riley, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary

2:30-4:10 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-15
Rose Room
RELIGION, REPRODUCTION AND FAMILY LIFE
Convener: Lloyd Birch, Francis Marion College
"American Catholic Fertility in Social Context"
John P. Marcum, University of Mississippi
Lisa Neidert, University of Michigan
"The Religious Response to Reproductive Technology"
Arthur L. Greil and Karen L. Porter, Alfred University
"Religious Ecumenism, Biological Chimeras-New Identity, or Loss of Identity?"
Florence A. Ruderman, Brooklyn College
THEMATIC SESSION
Gil
US IDENTITY, SPIRITUAL HEALING, AND MENTAL HE
Convener: Romney M. Moseley, Emory University
"Faith Healing and Well Being: Beyond the Belief Dimension"
Margaret M. Poloma, University of Akron
"Religion and Health: Exploring the Faith Factor"
@anny N. McIntosh and Bernard Spilka, University of E /
"Identity Construction: Language and Performance Rituals in a Para-Religi Healing Group"
Itz, California State University

SSSR-17
Gold Room
RECOGNIZING THE "2ND LANGUAGES OF ETHICAL DISCOURSE AND CHARACTER" IN THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC
Organizers: James W. Fowler and John Shippee, Emory University
Convener: James W. Fowler, Emory University
"Responsible Selfbood: Toward a Foundation for Ethics Education"
John Shippee, Emory University
"The Efficacy of Faith in Public Education"
Fred D. Smith, Jr., Emory University
"The Development of Citizenship in the College Classroom"
Betty S. Franklin, West Georgia State College
Carole Hahn, Emory University

2:30-4:10 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-18
Blue Room
SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL IDENTITY
Convener: Lynn Davidmann, University of Pittsburgh
"Explaining Church Change: The Case of Women's Ordination"
John Heeren and Donald B. Lindsey, California State University at San Bernardino
"Religion as Oppositional Stance: An Application of Gramsci's Sociology of Religion"
Dwight B. Billings, University of Kentucky
"Identity Formation as Foundation of Social Change: A Study of the Ba'al Teshuva Movement"
Michelle Waters, Emory University

2:30-4:10 PM THEMATIC SESSION RRA-5
Mezzanine Room
THE INTEGRATION OF THEOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY- THE COVENANT COLLEGE CASE
Conveners: Michael Rulon and Phillip G. Wright
Covenant College
Discussant: Paul Watson University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

2:30-4:10 PM AUTHORS MEET CRITICS: SSSR-19
West Ballroom
AMERICAN MAINLINE RELIGION: ITS CHANGING SHAPE AND FUTURE
Authors: Wade Clark Roof, University of Massachusetts William McKinney, Hartford Seminary
Critics: John M. Mulder, President, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (moderator)
Nancy T. Ammerman, Emory University
William V. D'Antonio, American Sociological Association
Bill J. Leonard, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Benton Johnson, University of Oregon

2:30-4:10 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-20
Green Room
RELIGION AND SOCIAL CONFLICT
Convener: Madeleine AdTiance, Mount Ida College
"Puerto Rican Independence as a Catholic Crusade: The Nationalist Party and Armed Resistance"
Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Brooklyn College
"A Clash of Symbols in Northern Ireland: Extremist and Moderate Protestant Elites"
Martha Abele Maclver, Occidental College
"Martyrdom as a Means of Identity: Iran Iraq Conflicts, Roots of a Holy War"
Mohamed Fazel, Indiana University-Purdue University
Jaleh Fazel, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Discussant: Otto Maduro, Maryknoll School of Theology

4:15-5:25 PM RRA PLENARY-
East Ballroom
H. PAUL DOUGLASS LECTURE
Hart Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University and RRA President
H. Newton Malony, Fuller Theological Seminary
"THE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF RELIGIOUS MATURITY"

5:30-6:30 PM CASH BAR
Ballroom Foyer

8:30-10:00 PM SSSR PLENARY-
East Ballroom
AMERICAN RELIGIOSITY AND POPULAR CULTURE
Introducing: Ellen M. Umansky, Emory University
Speaker: Gregor Goethals, Rhode Island School of Design
"THE ELECTRONIC GOLDEN CALF: SACRAMENTAL IMAGES FOR A SECULAR SOCIETY"
Discussants: Robert Wuthnow, Dept. of Sociology, Princeton University
Ellen M. Umansky, Dept. of Religion, Emory University Bradd Shore, Dept. of Anthropology, Emory University

Saturday, October 31, 1987
7:30-8:30 AM SSSR WOMEN'S CAUCUS BREAKFAST
Derby
Members are encouraged to attend; you should contact Nancy Nason-Clark (Sociology Dept., University of New Brunswick, POB 4400, Fredericton, NB Canada E3B 5A3-or at the conference).

8:00-8:50 AM RRA BUSINESS MEETING East Ballroom

9:30 AM-4:00 PM SSSR-RRA BOOK EXHIBIT Derby

8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-21
Rose Room
THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON RELIGION AND THE SELF
Convener: J. Stephen Kroll-Smith, Pennsylvania State University
"Technology and Personhood"
Wayne D. Norman, Northwestern College
"Interaction Patterns Between the Domain of Religiousness and the Domain of Electronic Media Gratifications"
Kyong Liong Kim, State University of N.Y. at Albany
"Reflections on the Bulletin Board as Church"
Edward W. Milner, East Mecklenburg High School
"Prophets of the Third Age"
William H. Stahl, University of Regina

8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-22
West Ballroom
WOMEN'S IDENTITY AND RELIGION: GENDER AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES
Organizer and Convener: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick
"An Analysis of Gender Differences in Religious Experience: The Application of Object Relations Theory to Spirituality"
Janet L. Jacobs, University of Colorado, Boulder
"Different Voices: Women's and Men's Accounts of Their Religious Experiences"
Lynn Davidman, University of Pittsburgh
"Feminism, Judaism, and Spiritual Journey in the Poetry of Adrienne Rich and Denise Levertov"
Vicki Kirsch, Emory University

8:30-10:20 AM SSSR-23
Gray Room
REFLECTIONS ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
Convener: Judith Weightman, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
"Reflections on the Sociology of the Sociology of Religion"
William Silverman, Hicksville, NY
"Secularization Theory and Religious Text Interpretation"
Timothy T. Clydesdale, Wheaton College
"Twenty Years After Bellah: Wither Bound, Civil Religion?"
James A. Mathisen, Wheaton College
"Conceptualizing Experience in the Sociology of Religion: The Theories of Alfred Schutz and Mary Douglas"
James V. Spickard, Cultural Development Institute

8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION RRA-6
Gold Room
AUTHORITARIANISM, IRRATIONALITY, AND THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT
Convener: Michael Rulon, Covenant College
"Irrationality and Authoritarianism in the Morinon Neo-Orthodox Religious Experience "
D. Kendall White, Jr., Washington and Lee University
"How Strong Beliefs Bias Reasoning: An Exploratory Model"
Monty L. Lynn, Abilene Christian University
"Vote for a Christian Right Candidate"
Stephen D. Johnson, Joseph Tamney, and Ronald Burton, Ball State University
"Religious Fundamentalism and Partisan Change Among Tennessee Voters"
David M. Brodsky, Ronald R. Morris, and Robert H. Swansbrough, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Discussant: Michael Rulon, Covenant College

8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-24
Blue Room
THE DEVELOPMENT AND PERSISTENCE OF RELIGIOUS SELF IDENTITY
Convener: Peter Albano, St. John's University
"Identity and the Artistic Temperament"
Christopher Frost and Brigit-Barbara Hopp, Southwest Texas State University
"Religious Identity in Early Adolescence: The Stage of Denominationalism"
W. George Scarlett, Assumption College
"The Study of Religion and the Study of Identity"
Lory Skwerer, Emory University
"An Allportian Analysis of Augustine"
Donald Capps, Princeton Theological Seminary

8:30-10:20 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-25
Green Room
CHURCH INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY IDENTITY
Convener: Donald W. Hastings, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
"Church Real Estate and Religious Change within a Community Context, Oswego, N.Y. "
W.S. Salisbury, State University of New York at Oswego
"The Concept of Vocation in a Lutheran Ecclesia"
Donald R. Ortner, Hampden Sydney College
"Childless Elderly: Social Support, Religiosity and Church Activity @vel"
Ashley Smith and Reba Culbertson, Erskine College
"An Analysis of Preaching and the Group Identity of a Local Church as Shaped by Its Historically Significant Events"
Martin F. Saarinen, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
"Charismatic Leadership, Need Fulfillment and the Search for Community"
LeRoy Gruner, Northern Kentucky University

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-31
West Ballroom
SELF LOSS AND SELF IDENTITY
Convener: Vicki Kirsch, Emory University
"Despair and Identity"
Leland Elhard, Trinity Lutheran Seminary
"Pregnancy and Motherhood as Female Metaphors of Self Loss and Self Identity"
Kathryn Allen Rabuzzi, Syracuse University
"Identity Today and in New Testament Times With an Attempt to Measure Today's Loss"
Ronald Koteskey and James S. Walker, Asbury College
"Belief in Afterlife, Religious Orientation and Openness to Belief Challenge"
Patricia A. Schoenrade, University of Kansas

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-RRA-1
Gold Room
RELIGION AND PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
Convener: Adair Lunimis, Hartford Seminary
"Clergy as Culture Carriers: An Ambivalent Role"
Donald A. Luidens and Roger J. Nemeth, Hope College
"Clergy Family Satisfaction: College-Aged Ministers' Children"
J. Elizabeth Norrell, Erskine College
"Religion and Professional Identity: The Ghanaian Clergy and Ghana's Revolution"
Kwasi Yirenkyi, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
"Clergy and the New Christian Right: A Study of the Reformed Church in America"
Roger J. Nemeth and Donald A. Luidens, Hope College
Discussant: Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION RRA-7
Rose Room
IMAGES OF GOD, SELF, SIN, AND DEATH ANXIETY
Convener: Kenneth I. Pargament, Bowling Green State University
"God Images Among Children and their Parents: A Test of Durkheim's Metaphoric Parallelism"
Michael J. Donahue, Search Institute
Bradley Hertel, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
"Apostasy, Religious Salience and Self-Image: A Multivariate Exploration of the Role of Religion in the Evaluation of the Self"
Merlin B. Brinkerhoff and Marlene M. Mackie, University of Calgary
"Sin and SeIf-functioning: Psychological and Ideological Issues"
Paul J. Watson, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
"A Multimodal Assessment of Death Anxiety Reactions in Individuals Manifesting the Means, End, and Quest Orientations to Religion"
Mitchell A. Levick, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Discussant: Kenneth 1. Pargament, Bowling Green State University

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-27
Gray Room
ETHNICITY AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY
Convener: Dianne Ashton, Temple University
"Mormons and the Uses of the Concept of 'Ethnicity'"
Armand L. Mauss, Washington State University
"The Kosher Style Deli: A Preserve of Ethnic Identity"
Norman Mirsky, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
"Universalistic Ideology and Ethnic Practice: A Case Study and Analysis"
Calvin Redekop, University of Waterloo
Daphne Abergel, York University
"Selected Variables Related to Religious Commitment Among Church Related Hispanic Seventh Day Adventist Youth"
Edwin Hernandez, University of Notre Dame

10:30 AM-12:20 PM SSSR-RRA-2
Blue Room
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: GALLUP RELIGION SURVEY
Convener: Hart Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University
Participants: Richard Gorsuch, Fuller Theological Seminary K. Jill Kiecolt, Louisiana State University Wade Clark Roof, University of Massachusetts at Amherst David Roozen, Hartford Seminary RRA and SSSR have agreed to join the Gallup Organization in an annual survey of Americans relative to the religious health, or barometer, of America.
This will be at nominal cost to the SSSR and RRA. What perspectives would members like to see included? Audience participation.

10:30 AM-12:20 PM SSSR-28
Mezzanine Room
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION AND HISTORY RELIGIOUS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND HISTORY
Organizer: David G. Hackett, University of Florida
Convener: David G. Bron-dey, Virginia Commonwealth University
"Problems of Constructing Histories for Liffiinal Social Movements"
Anson D. Shupe, Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne
"Religious Social Movements and the Understanding of American Cultural History"
John R. Hall, University of Missouri-Columbiav "The Effects of Puritanism and Quakerism on Elite Development in Colonial New England"
Howard G. Schneiderman, Lafayette College
Discussant: Thomas Robbins, Rochester, Minnesota

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-29
Green Room
RELIGIOSITY, MORAL REASONING, AND MORAL BEHAVIOR
Convener: Michael D. Swartz, University of Virginia
"Does Religiosity Affect Critical Ability?"
Cheryl Norry and Bruce Hunsberger, Wilfrid Laurier University
"Helpful in Thought, If Not in Deed"
Richard W. Clark, University of Kansas
"The Effects of Gender-Linked Behavior on Religiosity"
Jeffrey P. Hons, The University of Texas at San Antonio
"Dimensions of Religiosity: Black-White Comparisons"
Cardell K. Jacobson, Brigham Young University
Discussant: Michael D. Swartz, University of Virginia

10:30 AM-12:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-30
East Ballroom
POPULAR RELIGION AND LIBERATION
Organizer: Madeleine Adriance, Mount Ida College
Convener: Cheryl Gilkes, Boston University
"Popular Culture and Religion in Chile: Theory and Practice"
Kenneth Aman, Montclair State College
"Pastoral Practices and Cultural Identity: The Role of the Post-Conciliar Church"
Ana Maria Diaz Stevens, Fordham University
"Whither Goest the Option for the Poor in Brazilian Catholicism?"
W.E. Hewitt, The University of Lethbridge
"Making the Gods in New York: A Study in the Sociology of Religion"
Mary Curry, Hunter College
Discussant: Madeleine Adriance, Mount Ida College

10:20 AM SSSR-26
Mezzanine Room
CHARISMA AND COMMUNITY- A STUDY OF RELIGION AND COMMITMENT WITHIN THE CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL
Author: Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri-Columbia
Moderator: James V. Spickard, Cultural Development Institute
Critics: Margaret Poloma, University of Akron Joseph H. Fichter, Loyola University James T. Richardson, University of Nevada at Reno Benton Johnson, University of Oregon-Eugene

12:30-1:30 PM SSSR BUSINESS MEETING
East Ballroom

1:30-3:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION RRA-8
Rose Room
CONGREGATIONAL IDENTITIES: TYPES OF PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGATIONS AND THEIR CORRELATIONS
Convener: Arthur Benjamin, Research Unit Presbyterian Church (USA)
"Congregational Identities: Types of Presbyterian Congregations and their Correlations"
Jackson W. Carroll and David A. Roozen, Hartford Seminary Center for Social and Religious Research
"A Population Ecology Model of Congregational Performance"
Wayne L. Thompson, Research Unit Presbyterian Church (USA) and University of Connecticut
"Like a Shepherd Lead Us? Leadership in Presbyterian Congregations"
Mary Mattis, Research Unit Presbyterian Church (USA)
"How Local is the Local Church?"
Keith M. Wulff, Research Unit Presbyterian Church (USA)
Discussant: Dean Hoge, Catholic University of America

1:30-3:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-32
West Ballroom
WOMEN'S IDENTITY AND RELIGION: PUBLIC ROLES WITHIN CHRISTIANITY
Organizer: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick
Convener: E. Lynn Harris, University of Illinois at Chicago Razelle F
"Female Priests in the American Episcopal Church"
Mary Lou Steed, North Carolina Wesleyan College
"Women's Identity and Clerical Roles"
Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick

1:30-3:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-33
Gray Room
RELIGIOSITY AND RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION AMONG AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS
Convener: John Shippee, Emory University
"Measures of Religiosity in Southeastern Liberal Arts Colleges"
Catherine Richter, Jeanie Webb, Iris Lajara and Walter Terlitsky, Covenant College
"Religion in the Social Studies Classroom"
Gary L. Brock, Southwest Missouri State University
"Levels of Moral Reasoning, Cognitive Development and Religious Orthodoxy in First Year College Students"
Paula Howker, Erskine College
"The Effect of Interdisciplinary Teaching of Sociology and Theology on Students' God Concepts"
Patricia A. Yeaman, Albertus Magnus College

1:30-3:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-34
Gold Room
GROUP RELATIONS, SOCIAL IDENTITY AND PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY MAINTENANCE
Convener: Arthur S. Parsons, Smith College
"Intergroup Relations, Social Identity and the Spread of Religions"
Robert L. Montgomery, Ridgewood, NJ
"Problems of Identity Maintenance for Armenians"
Donald E. Miller, University of Southern California
"Affirmation: A Study of Homosexual Mormons"
Keith Bryan Shcolnik, Tempe, Arizona

1:30-3:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-35
Blue Room
THE PERSISTENCE OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN ETHNICITY AND UNIVERSALISM
rganizer: Arvind Sharma, University of Sydney
Convener: Lynn Teskey, Concordia University
"Ritual Traditions and the Persistence of Native American Religion"
Kathleen Dugan, University of San Diego
"Hindu Religious Self-Identity Through the Ages"
.L.S. Rao, University of Virginia
"The Persistence of African Religious Self-Identity in the Context of Modernity"
Rosalind Hackett, University of Tennessee
"Concepts of Time and the Persistence of Religious Identity"
Anindita Niyogi Balslev, Temple University
Discussant: Arvind Sharma, University of Sydney

1:30-3:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION RRA-9
Mezzanine Room
BOB MOZERT VS. HAWKINS COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Convener: Kay Andrews, University of Pittsburgh
"Mozert vs. Hawkins County as Reaction Against the Global Context"
Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh
"Pentecostalism and Social Movements in Southern United States"
James B. Bratt, Calvin College
"Congregational Response to Mozert vs. Hawkins County"
Kay Andrews, University of Pittsburgh
"Strange Bedfellows: Religious Syncretism in the Evangelical Social Agenda"
Michael Cavanaugh, Los Angeles Mission College
Discussant: Thomas Robbins, Rochester, Minnesota

1:30-3:20 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-36
Green Room
RELIGION AND THE CHALLENGE TO CONSISTENCY UNDERSTANDINGS OF IDENTITY
(Film and Panel Discussion)
Organizer and Convener: Christopher J. Frost, Southwest Texas State University
Panelists: John R. Haule, President, New England Society of Jungian Analysis, Boston H. Newton Malony, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology Bernard Spilka, University of Denver
Film: My Dinner With Andre (Edited to 50 minutes)
Audience participation is invited and encouraged

0 PM AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS: SSSR-37
East Ballroom
LEAVING CULTS: THE DYNAMICS OF DEFECTION
Stuart A. Wright, Lamar University
Moderator: S.D. Gaede, Gordon College
Critics: Phillip Hammond, University of California at Santa Barbara Steven M. Tipton, Emory University James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno Rodney Stark, University of Washington

3:30-5:00 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-38
East Ballroom
SELF IDENTITY, SELF TRANSFORMATION AND RELIGIOUS FERMENT
Convener: Larry C. Ingram, University of Tennessee at Martin
"Religious Conversion Experience as a Process in the Development of Personal Identity "
Jerome J. Tobacyk, Louisiana Tech
"Religious Sightings and Expressing Crowds"
Thomas Duggan and Joseph Albini, Wayne State Univ.
"Religious Ferment: Where Religious Conversion is Taking Place and Why"
James Duke and Barry L. Johnson, Brigham Young University

3:30-5:00 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-39
West Ballroom
CULTURAL CHANGE AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY
Convener: Razelle Frankl, Glassboro State
"African Prophetism and Identity"
Guerin C. Montilus, Wayne State University
"Religion and Identity: The Canadian and Brazilian Cases"
Reginald W. Bibby and W.E. Hewitt, The University of Lethbridge
"Socio-Demographic Dimensions of the Three Movements within Judaism"
Bruce A. Phillips, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

3:30-5:00 PM THEMATIC SESSION RRA-10
Rose Room
THE TRANSMISSION OF RELIGION FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER
Convener: Nils G. Holm, Abo Akademy, Finland
Symposium Participants: Kaj Bjorkgvist, Abo Akademy, Finland Sigmund Harbo, Stavanger, Norway Troels Norager, Aarhus University, Denmark

3:30-5:00 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-40
Mezzanine Room
PROCESSES OF IDENTITY MAINTENANCE II: CROSS-PRESSURES AND MULTIPLIED DILEMMAS
Organizer and Convener: Edgar W. Mills, University of Texas at San Antonio
"Demythologizing the Transcendent"
Richard Fenn, Princeton Theological Seminary
"Institutional 'Success' vs. 'Effectiveness' with Clients in a Value-Committed Profession"
James E. Dittes, Yale Divinity School
"Soft Money, Hard Money, Autonomy, Identity, and Other Exchanges"
Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary

3:30-5:00 PM SSSR-RRA-3
Davis Room
THE RELEVANCE OF PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES TO THE USE OF EMPIRICISM IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION
Organizer and Convener: Mary Carman Rose, Goucher and St. Mary's Seminary
"George Sinunel's Interpretative Method in the Study of Religion"
Horst J. Helle, Ludwig Maxiniilians Universitat
"De Facto Roles and Potential Contributions of Philosophy of Science to Empirical Studies of Religion"
Mary Carman Rose
Discussant: Bernard Spilka, University of Denver

3:30-5:00 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-RRA-4
Gray Room
IDENTITY CRISIS AND CARE
Convener: Richard Gorsuch, Fuller Theological Seminary
"The Effects of Religious Identification on Individuals with an Identity Disturbance"
Roger Meyer, Chattanooga Bible Institute
"Serious Head Injury and the Alteration of Social Identity"
James Thobaben, Emory University
"Standard of Care Identifies the Pastoral Counselor"
John L. Young and Ezra H. Griffith, Yale University School of Medicine
"Alcoholics Anonymous and the Christian Belief: Their Relation in the Role of Alcoholism Recovery"
Robert D. Hopkins, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Discussant: Richard Gorsuch, Fuller Theological Seminary

3:30-5:00 PM AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS: SSSR-41
Green Room
GONE FROM THE PROMISED LAND: JONESTOWN IN AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY
Author: John R. Hall, University of Missouri
Critics: Thomas Robbins, Rochester, Minnesota (moderator) Arthur Parsons, Smith College Michael Langone, American Family Foundation Frank Lechner, Emory University Gillian Lindt, Columbia University

3:30-5:00 PM SSSR-RRA-5
Gold Room
CHURCH SETTING AND CHURCH GOALS: RESOURCES AND MISSION
Convener: Paul R. Wozniak, Western Kentucky University
"Evangelical Christians: Outlook toward Moral Issues and Political Orientation"
K. Jill Kiecolt, Louisiana State University
Hart Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University
"The Study of Popular Mission Philosophies"
Loyde H. Hartley, Lancaster Theological Seminary
"Computers in the Church"
Greg Greene and Donald R. Ploch, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
"Congregational Goals and Priorities: Faith Evangelism and Social Ministry"
C. Lincoln Johnson, Notre Dame University
Alan K. Mock and James Davidson, Purdue University
3:30-5:00 PM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-42
Blue Room
I AM: KNOWING THYSELF THROUGH RELATIONSHIP TO GOD AND OTHERS
(An Interactive Session)
Session Leaders:
Ann N. Dapice, Institute of Values Inquiry, Philadelphia and The Pennsylvania State University, Abington, Pennsylvania Larry Cobb, Institute of Values Inquiry, Philedelphia University, Pennsylvania
Interaction will occur through individual group process: 1) Known self with unknown self
2) Knowing selves with other knowing selves
Participants will unfold, reflect on and develop self-knowing through the use of picture, story and group sharing. Social science theory and research will be utilized to assist participants in the knowing process.

:00 PM SSSR PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AND AWARDS
Award(s) for Outstanding Student Paper
Presentation of Certificates to SSSR Fellows Presidential Address
Introducing: Meredith B. McGuire, President Elect SSSR, Montclair State University
Speaker: Phillip E. Hammond, President, SSSR University of California at Santa Barbara
"RELIGION AND THE PERSISTENCE OF IDENTITY"

8:30-12:00 PM SSSR-RRA PRESIDENTS' RECEPTION
Rathskeller
The University of California, Santa Barbara and The Pennsylvania State University, Hosts Music by the Matt Eve Jazz Quartet Complimentary Beer and Cash Bar

Sunday 1, 1987
AM N SSSR-43
Green Room
NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
Anson D. Shupe, Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne
"Women in New Spiritual Communes: Rajneesh Lovers, Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers"
Susan J. Palmer, Dawson College
"On Taking Leave of the World: Problems and Prospects for World-Transcendence in a New Religious Movement"
Steven J. Gelberg, The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
"Identity Through Gender in the New Religions"
Eileen Barker, London School of Economics and Political Science
"The Culture of Narcissism: Is It a Threat to Contemporary Religion?"
Arthur S. Parsons, Smith College

8:00-9:50 AM THEMATIC SESSION
ALIENATION, APOSTASY, AND "NONES"
Convener: Dean Hoge, Catholic University of America
"Alienation from Religion in Church-Related Adolescents"
Roger L. Dudley, Andrews University
C. Robert Laurent, Judson College
"A Cluster of Apostates"
C. Kirk Hadaway, Southern Baptist Convention
"Church Attendance Patterns of Religious Nones"
Javan B. Ridge, University of Illinois at Chicago
"A Longitudinal Study of Determinants of Change in Congregational Membership and Income"
John R. Hiller, IPAC
Jackson W. Carroll, Hartford Seminary
Discussant: Dean Hoge, Catholic University of America

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Blue Room
8:00-9:50 AM SSSR-RRA-6
Gray Room
REFLECTIONS AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES
Convener: Michael R. Leming, St. Olaf College
"Religious Issues in Counseling: Freud, Fowler, and Future Possibilities"
William Dennis Biddle, University of Kentucky
"Theodic Moments: Religiosity and the Importance of the Past"
Donald E. Davis, Institute for Social Ecology, Chattanooga, TN
"Faith Development in the Pre-School Years"
Romney M. Moseley and Ken Brockenbrough, Emory University
"Suggestions for a Scientific Approach to Religious Development"
Susan Kwilecki, Florida International University

8:00-9:50 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-44
Gold Room
RELIGIOUS IDENTITY AMONG CATHOLIC CLERGY AND LAITY
Convener: Mary Carman Rose, Goucher and St. Mary's Seminary
"From Obedience to Cooperation: The Transformation of Roman Catholicism in the United States of America"
Robert Kress, University of San Diego
"Religious Identity, Vernacular Catholicism, and the Believing Homosexual"
Leonard Norman Primiano, University of Pennsylvania
"Demographic Analysis of Religious Organizations in Decline: A Comparative Study of Roman Catholic Clergy"
Lawrence A. Young, Brigham Young University
Richard A. Schoenherr, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Discussant: Mary Carman Rose, Goucher and St. Mary's Seminary

8:00-9:50 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-45
Rose Room
MEDIA AND AMERICAN RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES
Organizer and Convener: Dianne Ashton, Temple University
"African Iconography in African American Religion"
Molefi Kete Asante, Temple University
"Religion Identity in Lake Wobegon"
Linda McMeniman, Glassboro State College
"Movie Moguls and the Good Jew: Presentations of Jews in American Film"
Norbert Samuelson, Temple University

8:00-9:50 AM THEMATIC SESSION RRA-12
Mezzanine Room
SPIRITUAL HEALTH, PRAYER, AND BELIEFS IN AFTERLIFE
Convener: Michael J. Donahue, Search Institute
"Explorations of Well-Being"
David 0. Moberg, Marquette University
"Personal Growth in a Yoga Ashram: A Social Psychological Analysis"
Steve Wilson, Temple University
"Religious Organizations and the Report of Experience During Prayer"
Ronald J. Morris and Ralph W. Hood, Jr., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
"Social Class and Beliefs in Afterlife"
Eugene Schoenfield, Georgia State University

10:00-11:50 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-46
Green Room
RELIGION AND THE PERSISTENCE OF IDENTITY- REFLECTIONS FROM THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS
Organizer and Convener: Nancy Nason-Clark, University of New Brunswick
Participants: Madeleine Adriance, Mount Ida College Nancy Ammerman, Emory University Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri-Columbia Barbara Hargrove, Iliff School of Theology
This session will reflect upon the conference theme "Religion and the Persistence of Identity" from the perspective of various members of the Women's Caucus. Selected participants will give their reflections on the conference theme to be followed by general discussion from the floor. (This session is not limited to members of the Women's Caucus.)

10:00-11:50 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-47
Rose Room
GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF RELIGIOUS SELF IDENTITY
Convener: Jerry G. Pankhurst, Wittenberg College
"Globalism and Inclusion: Theoretical Remarks on the Non-Solidary Society"
Peter Beyer, University of Toronto
"Law, Religion, and Solidarity"
Frank Lechner, Emory University
"Religion, Globality, and Societal Identity: Japan and the USA"
Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh
"Ultimate Values in Politics: The Formation and Preservation of Group Identity"
William H. Swatos, Jr., Northern Illinois University

10:00-11:50 AM AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS: SSSR-48
Gray Room
MEANING AND MORAL ORDER: EXPLORATIONS IN CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Author: Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University
Critics: Steven M. Tipton, Emory University Lester Kurtz, University of Texas at Austin George Thomas (moderator), Arizona State University Eileer Barker, London School of Economics and Political Science

10:00-11:50 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-49
Gold Room
RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM AND SELF-IDENTITY
Convener: Eric Woodrum, North Carolina State University
"Conservative Christian and Homosexual: A Feat of Religious Accommodation"
Scott Thumma, Emory University
"Economic Realignment and the Growth in Conservative Churches, 1970-1980: A Macro Level Perspective"
Richard L. Rogers, Princeton University
"Religion as Intrusive Activity: The Case of Witnessing"
Larry C. Ingram, University of Tennessee at Martin
Discussant: Eric Woodrum

10:00-11:50 AM SSSR-50
Blue Room
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION AND HISTORY SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION AND HISTORY IN PRACTICE
Organizer: David G. Hackett, University of Florida
Convener: Mary Carman Rose, St. Mary's Seminary and University
"Religion in the New Nation: Explaining Denominational Growth and Decline"
Roger Finke, Loyola University of Chicago
"Sociological Implications of the Great Western Schism"
Anthony J. Blasi, University of Hawaii at Hilo
"Evangelical Protestantism and Social Reform in the Progressive Era: A Case Study of Helen Barrett Montgomery"
Catherine A. Faver, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Discussant: Mary C. Rose, Goucher and St. Mary's Seminary

10:00-11:50 AM THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-51
Mezzanine Room
JEWISH IDENTITY AND AMERICAN MODERNITY
Organizer and Convener: Charles Selengut, County College of Morris and Drew University
"The Persistence of Jewishness in Intermarriages Between Jews and Non-Jews"
Egon Mayer, Brooklyn College
"Having It All: The Dilemma of the Jewish Career Woman"
Rela Geffen Monson, Gratz College
"Jews and Judaica: Who Owns and Buys What?"
Samuel Heilman, Queens College
Discussant: Charles Selengut, County College of Morris and Drew University