1988 Program

ANNUAL MEETING
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR)
Theme: Religion and Social Conflict
Religious Research Association (RRA)
Theme: Change and Conflict Affecting Religious Institutions
Association of Professors and Researchers of Religious Education (APRRE)
Theme: Liturgy and Religious Education
MEMBERSHIP AND REGISTRATION
SSSR and RRA Registration: Hotel lobby: Friday and Saturday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
SSSR Membership and Registration Fees:
Members: $24 $24
Students: $10 $10
Non-Members: ... $34

RRA
Fellows: $24 $24
Contributing: $35 $24
Supporting: $50 $24
Patron: $100 $24
Students: $10 $10
Non-Members: $34

APRRE
Registration: Hotel lobby: Fri., I - 3 p.m., 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.; Sat., 7:45 - 1 0 a.m.
APRRE Membership and Registration Fees
Members $30 $35
Associates: $25 $35
Emeritus: $15 $35
Students: ... $40

SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION EXECUTIVE OFFICE: James D. Davidson Department of Sociology and Anthropology Stone Hall Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907 OFFICERS President: Meredith McGuire Trinity University, San Antonio, TX Vice-President: Donald Capps Princeton Theological Seminary Past-President: Phillip E. Hammond University of California-Santa Barbara Secretary: Margaret Poloma University of Akron Treasurer: Armand L. Mauss Washington State University COUNCIL MEMBERS C. Daniel Batson, University of Kansas Peter Benson, Search Institute Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh Anson D. Shupe, Jr., Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Steven M. Tipton, Emory University Ruth Wallace, George Washington University COMMITTEE CHAIRS Editor JSSR: Donald Capps, Princeton Theology Seminary Book Review Editor: Robert Wuthnow, Princeton University Monograph Series: Stan Gaede, Gordon College 1988 Program: Madeleine Adriance, Mount Ida College 1989 Program: Arthur L. Greil, Alfred University Publicity: David Roozen, Hartford Seminary Student Award John H. Cartwright, Edward C. Lehman, Jr., Edgar W. Mills, Committee: Mary Jo Neltz, Ellen Umansky Research Committee: Michael Welch, Bradley Hertel, Donald Capps Representative to AAAS: Hart Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University WINNER OF THE 1988 SSSR STUDENT PAPER AWARD Mark Chaves "Secularization and Religious Revival: Evidence from U.S. Church Attendance Rates, 1972-1986" Mr. Chaves is a doctoral student in sociology at Harvard University. He will be presenting his paper in Session SSSR-RRA-4, 1 p.m., Saturday, October 29. The $500 award will be presented at the SSSR Business Meeting, 12:05 p.m., Saturday RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION BUSINESS OFFICE: Lorraine D'Antonio Marist Hail Room 108 Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. 20064 OFFICERS President: Hart M. Nelsen, Pennsylvania State University President-Elect: James D. Davidson, Purdue University Past President: Constant Jacquet, Jr., National Council of Churches Secretary: Peggy Shriver, United Presbyterian Church Treasurer: David Roozen: Hartford Seminary BOARD MEMBERS Nancy Ammerman, Candler School of Theology Richard Gorsuch, Fuller Theological Seminary Theodore Long, Washington and Jefferson College Margaret Poloma, University of Arkon Wade Clark Roof, University of Massachusetts William Swatos, Silvis, IL Steven Tipton, Emory University Barbara Wheeler, Auburn Seminary COMMITTEE CHAIRS Editor of RRR: Edward C. Lehman, Jr., SUNY-Brockport Book Review Editor: H. Paul Chalfant, Texas Tech University 1988 Program: Helen Rose Ebaugh, University of Houston 1989 Program: Marjorie Royle, United Church Board ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION EXECUTIVE OFFICE: Donald F. Williams I 1 00 East 55th Street Chicago, IL 60615 OFFICERS President: Maria Harris, Fordham University President-Elect: Robert L. Browning, Methodist Theological School in Ohio Past President: Richard A. Olson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Gwyneth Griffith, Centre for Christian Studies (1988) Shirley J. Heckman, Church of the Brethren (1988) James E. Plueddemann, Wheaton Graduate School (1988) Joseph D. Ban, McMaster Divinity College (1989) Norma J. Everist, Wartburg Theological Seminary (1989) Henry C. Simmons, Presbyterian School of Christian Education (1989) COMMITTEE CHAIRS Local Arrangements: Donald F. Williams, APRRE Editor, Religious Education: Jack D. Spiro, Virginia Commonwealth University Editor, APRRE Newsletter: Robert L. Conrad, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Coordinators of Research Ronald H. Cram, Estelle McCarthy, Charles F. Melchert, Interest Groups: all at Presbyterian School of Christian Education Coordinator of Task Forces: Michael A. Fuchs, Marywood College BOOK EXHIBIT PARLOR F Friday 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m, Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. I We are very grateful to the following publishers and institutions for their support of our annual meeting. We urge our members to take advantage of their presence by talking with their representatives and ordering the books they have put on display. If you have any questions about the exhibit or particular books, please talk with Harve Horowitz (coordinator of the exhibit), who is on duty in the exhibit all day Friday and all day Saturday. Individual Exhibitors Free Press Orbis Books Harper and Row Park Ridge Center Mercer University Press Sheed and Ward Inc. Combined Book Display Exhibitors Baylor University Press Princeton University Press Duke University Press Religion Watch Georgetown University Press Rutgers University Press Holt, Rinehart, and Winston Sage Publications Judson Press Syracuse University Press Philosophy Document Center University of California Press Pilgrim Press Un@ty of Delaware Press Literature Display Hebrew Union College Meyer Stone Books Institute for the Study of American Zygan Editori& Office Evangelicals Patrons of the Meeting The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion is grateful for the generous financial support of the 1988 meeting by: Mount Ida College Northwestern University The Chicago Theological Seminary Orbis Books Sheed and Ward PROGRAM SCHEDULE SSSR-RRA Thursday, October 27
1:00-6:00 p.m. RRA Board of Directors Meeting Blackhawk

7:30-1 1:00 p.m. SSSR Council Meeting Blackhawk

Friday, October 28
8:30-1 1:00 a.m. SSSR Council Meeting Parlor A

1 1:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. SSSR Council Luncheon Green Room

9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Book Exhibit Parlor F

8:30-10:20 a.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-1 Medill
TELEVANGELISM AND THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT
Organizer: Razelle Frankl, Business Administration, Glassboro State College, Glassboro, NJ 08028
Convener: David Roozen, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT 06105
"Politics and Televangelism"
Anson Shupe, Sociology, Purdue University/Indiana University, Fort Wayne, IN 46805
"Inherent Conflicts and Paradoxes Within Televangelism"
Mark Lloyd, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI 02908
"Schisms and Paradoxes Within Televangelist Organizations"
Razelle Frankl, Business Administration, Glassboro State College, Glassboro, NJ 08028
Discussant: Gary Calore, Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Campus, Abington, PA 19001

8:30-10:20 a.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-2 Parlor E
GRASSROOTS CHURCH COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA
Convener: Victor F. Wan-Tatah, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555
"Basic Christian Communities (CEBS) and Democracy in Brazil"
W.E. Hewitt, Sociology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada TlK 3M4
"Interpreting Reality in the Latin American Base Communities"
J. Stephen Rhodes, Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis, TN 38104
"Popular Culture, Base Communities and Pentecostal Churches in Brazil"
Cecilia Mariz, University Professors Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
"Secondary Organizations for Social Transformation: A Case Study of Nicaragua's Church-Based Communities"
Johannes Van Vugt, Social Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717
Discussant: Denis Goulet, Economics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556

8:30-10:20 a.m. AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS SSSR-3 Maximilian I
NEW WINE IN OLD WINESKINS: EVANGELICALS AND LIBERALS IN A SMALL-TOWN CHURCH
Organizer and Convener: James Mathisen, Sociology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, 11 60187
Critics: Mark Noll, History, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187
Robert Wuthnow, Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540
Richard Tholin, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL 60201
Nancy Ammerman, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
Response: R. Stephen Warner, Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, IL 60680

8:30-10:20 a.m. SSSR-4 Parlor C
ORGANIZED MIRACLES REVISITED
Organizer and Convener: James T. Richardson, Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89507
Panelists: James T. Richardson, Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89507
Benton Johnson, Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
Marion Goldman, Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
Joseph Peterson, Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403

8:30-10:20 a.m. SSSR-5 Blackhawk
PASTORAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
Convener: William H. Swatos, Jr., Sociological Analysis, 1500 Seventh Avenue. Silvis, IL 61282
"Measuring Religious Maturity: A Proposed Scale"
Roger Dudley, Institute of Church Ministry, and Robert Cruise, Research & Statistics, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49103
"Toward a Qualitative (or Ethnographic) Methodology for Doctor of Ministry Research"
William Myers, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL 60637
"Criteria for Evaluating Models for Spiritual Assessment"
George Fitchett, Juiia Quiring, J. Russell Burck and Carol J. Farran, Religion and Health, Rush University, Chicago, IL 60612
"Similarities and Differences Among Procedures for Measuring Religious Values"
Richard Gorsuch and Priscilla Drew, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA 91182
Discussant: Michael J. Donahue, Search Institute, 122 West Franklin Avenue, Suite 525, Minneapolis, MN 55404

8:30-10:20 a.m. RRA-1 Lincoln
CHANGE AND CONFLICT IN THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Convener: James R. Kelly, Sociology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458
"The Sociology of a Financial Crisis: The Case of Parochial Schools in a Midwestern City"
Mary E. Mulcahy, Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
"Premarital Sex as a Moral Issue: Comparative Attitudes of Angto and Hispanic Women as High School Seniors"
Patrick H. McNamara, Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Philip Lampe, Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, TX 78209
"Gender Consciousness Among American Nuns"
Patricia Wittberg, Sociology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458
"Conscience, Congregation, Clergy: Current Conflicts About Authority in the American Catholic Church"
Robert Kress, Theological and Religious Studies, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 921 1 0
Discussant: James R. Kelly, Sociology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458

8:30-10:20 a.m. RRA-2 Parlor D
PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF RELIGIOSITY
Convener: Bernard Spilka, Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208
"Intrinsic Religiousness and Competence: Inconsistent Mediation by Different Religious Coping Styles"
William Hathaway, Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403
"Religion, Stress and Health: Exploratory Analysis in College Student Sample"
Michael Taitel, Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403
"Religious Orientation and Mental Health Values"
Richard Williams, Emily Reynolds, Allen Bergin and Thomas Gaskin, Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
"Religious Identity and 'Yuppie' Values in Post-Collegiate Life"
H. Wesley Perkins, Sociology, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY 14456
Discussant: H. Newton Malony, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA 91182

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-6 Lincoln
SACRED SEDITION: SHITES, SOLIDARNOSC, SANDINISTAS AND SINN FEIN
Organizer and Convener: Otto Maduro, Maryknoll School of Theology, Maryknoll, NY 10545
"Lose/Lose Path to Victory"
Mohammed Fazel, Psychology, Indiana/Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN 46805
"Politics and Religion: The Case of 'Solidarnosc"
Barbara Strassberg, 5242 South Hyde Park Boulevard, *210, Chicago, IL 60615
"Priests, Prophets and Patriots: Church-State Conflict in Nicaragua"
Michael Dodson, Government, Texas Christian University. Fort Worth. TX 76129
"Religion and Conflict in Northern Ireland"
Thomas Keil, Sociology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292
Discussant: Anthony Blasi, Sociology, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI 96720

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-7 Medill
MORAL ISSUES AND POLITICAL ACTION
Convener: David S. Adams, Sociology, Ohio State University, Lima, OH 45804
"Social-Psychological vs. Structural Determinants of Altruistic Behavior"
Mark Templetman, Sociology, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA 23502-5599
"The Power and Potential of Religious Interest Groups"
Robert Zwier, Political Science, Northwestern College, Orange City, IA 51041
"The Morality of Pornography According to Feminists, Religionists and the Meese Commission"
Jack Hanford, Humanities, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Ml 49307
"The Failure of Moral Politics in the Eighties"
Joseph B. Tamney, Stephen Johnson and Ronald Burton, Sociology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306
Discussant: Dallas A. Blanchard, Sociology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL 32514

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. SSSR-8 Parlor E
JUDAISM: CHANGE AND IDENTITY
Convener: William Batkay, Political Science, Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
"Religious Practice and Organization in an Egalitarian Minyan Setting"
Shirah W. Hecht, Sociology, University of Chicago
(Mailing address: 2121 Commonwealth Ave., Auburndale, MA 02166)
'Jewish Schools in America"
Harold Himmeifarb, Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 53210
"Presentational Strategies of Female Converts to Judaism"
Carol Brooks Gardner, Sociology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46220
"Messianic Judaism: A Redefinition of the Boundary Between Christian and Jew?"
Jon R. Stone, P.O. Box 13962, Santa Barbara, CA 93107
Discussant: Eugen Schoenfeld, Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. SSSR-9 Blackhawk
SPIRITUALITY AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE
Convener: Mary Jo Neitz, Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201
"Ways of Being Religious (1, E, I-Pro and Q) and their Ways of Remembering (memory systems, schemas and tasks)"
Beverly J. McCallister, Religious Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2E5
"Images of God, Images of Family Among Feminist Mormons"
Marie Cornwall, Sociology, and Carmel Parker White, Computing Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
"Social and Religious Correlates of the Practice of Prayer in Australia"
L.B. Brown, Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, 2033, Australia
"The Radical Spirit of George Fox"
C.S. Aldrich, Psychology, Univ. of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37402
Discussant: E. Lynn Harris, English, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60680

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. SSSR-10 Maximilian 11
CLERGY IN CHURCH AND STATE
Convener: Rhys Williams, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. MA 01003
"The Priest as Mediator"
Richard Swartzbaugh, Anthropology, Eastern Illinois University, Charlestown, IL 61920
"Priesthood in the Icelandic State Church: Motivations and Relationships"
Donald R. Ortner, Psychology, Hampden-Sydney College, HampdenSydney, VA 23943
"A Cross-National Study of Structural Change in the Roman Catholic Church: Consequences of Priest Decline in the United States and Spain"
Lawrence A. Young, Family and Demographic Research Institute, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
Richard A. Schoenherr, Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. WI 53706
Celia Munoz-Goy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Jose Perez-Vilarino, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Discussant: Pierre Hegy, Sociology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION RRA-3 Maximilian I
CONFLICTS WITHIN DENOMINATIONAL AND CHURCH BODIES
Convener: Laurel Kearns, Sociology, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030
"Understanding the Meaning of 'Mission' in the UCC"
Sheila Kelly and Marjorie Royle, United Church Board, 132 West 31st Street, New York, NY 10001
"Religion by Legislation: A Case Study of the 1988 General Conference of the United Methodist Church"
Albert A. Herzog, Ohio Department of Health
Discussant: Theodore E. Long, Sociology, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA 15301

Friday, October 28 10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION: RRA-4 Parlor D
EDUCATING THE NEW SOCIAL ORDER: RELIGIOUS PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND HOME SCHOOLS
Convener: Stuart Wright, Sociology, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710
"Christian Fundamentalist Conflicts With Public Education: A National Study of Religious Home Schooling Families"
Stuart Wright, Sociology, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710
"The Religious, Political and Social Characteristics of the Home School Movement"
Maralee Mayberry, Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154
"Alternative Christian Schooling: How Alternative Is It?"
Melinda Bollar Wagner, Sociology, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142
Discussants: Bill Newman, Sociology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268 Frances Boudreau, Connecticut College, New London, CT 06320

12:30-2:20 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR- 1 1 Lincoln
HOPE IN THE MIDST OF CONFLICT: BLACK RELIGION IN THE U.S.
Convener: Guerin Montilus, College of Lifelong Learning, Wayne State University. Detroit, Ml 48202
"Black Religion as a Social Movement: A Historical Analysis"
David Wildman, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY 10027
"Black Religion and the Opening of the Afro-American Community to Ghandi's Nonviolent Struggle, 1921-1947"
Sudarshan Kapur, lliff School of Theology, Denver, CO 80210
"The Black Urban Church and Social Conflict: An Anthropological Approach"
Frances Kostarelos, Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
"The Black Preacher as President: The Black Church and Political Leadership"
Romney M. Moseley, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
Discussant: John Cartwright, Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA 02215

12:30-2:20 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR- 12 Parlor D
FEMINIST CHALLENGES TO PATRIARCHAL RELIGION
Organizer: Ellen M. Umansky, Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
Convener: Dana Fenton, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY 10027
"Ladies in Waiting: The Struggle of Women Seeking Ordination in the Church of England"
Nancy Nason-Clark, Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B 5A3
"Roman Catholic Women Confronting Patriarchy in their Church"
Susan A. Farrell, Sociology, City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY
"Beyond Androcentrism: Feminist Challenges to Judaism"
Ellen M. Umansky, Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
"Images of Women in the Yoruba Religion"
Mary Curry, Sociology, Hunter College, New York, NY 10021
Discussant: Catherine Faver, Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996

12:30-2:20 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-13 Parlor E
RELIGION, CONFLICT AND CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA
Convener: W.E. Hewitt, Sociology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada TlK 3M4
"The Mexican Church's Re-Emergence as a Political Actor"
Denis Goulet, Economics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
"Grassroots Catholic Groups and Politics in Brazil"
Scott Mainwaring, Government, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
"Popular Groups and Popular Culture"
Daniel Levine, Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
"Women in the Latin American Catholic Church"
Guillermina Valdes-Villalva, Colegio de la Frontera Notre, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (Mailing address: P.O. Box 1385, El Paso, TX 79948)
Discussant: Peter Beyer, Religious Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S lAl

12:30-2:20 p.m. SSSR-14 Parlor C
RELIGION AND U.S. HISTORY: A NEW LOOK AT OLD DATA
Organizer: Roger Finke, Sociology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 60626
Convener: Kevin J. Christiano, Sociology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46 556
"Enthusiastical Origins of Charismatic Religious Movements: A Weberian Analysis of Anne Hutchinson's Theoleptical Revolt"
Howard G. Schneiderman, Sociology, Lafayette College, Eaton, PA 18042
"Routine Revivals: The Mythical Burned Over District"
Rodney Stark, Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
"The Coming of the Catholics"
Roger Finke, Sociology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 60626
"Religious Backgrounds of American Social Scientists"
William Silverman, P.O. Box 584, Hicksville, New York, NY 11802
Discussant: David G. Hackett, Religion, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611

12:30-2:20 p.m. SSSR- 1 5 Maximilian 11
CONVERSIONS AND DEFECTIONS
Convener: Arthur S. Parsons, Sociology, Smith College, @hampton, MA 01063
"Catholics Who Leave the Church"
Patricia Yea@, Sociology, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT 06511
"A Comparative Analysis of the Unification Church's Conflict with its Surrounding Culture in the United States and Japan"
Yoshihiko Masuda, Unification Theological Seminary, Barrytown, NY 12507
"Denominational Switching and Intermarriage in the U.S., 1972-87"
Bradley R. Hertel, and Michael Hughes, Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Discussant: Patrick McNamara, Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

12:30-2:20 p.m. ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION SSSR-RRA-1 Maximilian I
GALLUP "RELIGIOUS STATE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" SURVEY
Organizer and Convener: Margaret Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44304
Participants: George Gallup, The Gallup Organization
Margaret Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44304
Richard Gorsuch, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA 91182
K. Jill Kiecolt, Sociology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Wade Clark Roof, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003

12:30-2:20 p.m. SSSR-5 Blackhawk
RELIGIOUS PRACTICE: DEVOTIONALISM
Organizer and Convener: Pierre Hegy, Sociology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530
"Private Prayer, Family Prayer and Spiritual Growth in Episcopal Clergy Families"
Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT 06105
"The Ingredient of Pretense in the Faith-Healing Service"
Joe Bernhart, Philosophy, North Texas State University, Denton, TX 76203
"Women and the Devotion to St. Jude: Devotionalism and the Practices of Everyday Life"
Robert Orsi, Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
"Fiestas Patronales as Company Processes: The Puerto Rican Experience"
Ana Maria Diaz-Stevens, Caribbean Studies, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, Sociology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 11210
Discussant: Pierre Hegy, Sociology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530

12:30-4:00 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION RRA-6/7 Medill
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS IN CONFLICT
(Double Session)
Organizer and Convener: Nancy T. Ammerman, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
1. Origins of the Conflict
"Rationalization and Reaction Among Southern Baptists"
David R. Norsworthy, Sociology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362
"The 'New Federalism,' the 'New' Racism and the 'New Right': Are Southern Baptists Still Captives of the Old Culture?"
Ellen M. Rosenberg, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT 06810
"Cosmogony and Eschatology: Mechanisms for Coping with Twentieth Century Societal Stress"
Helen Lee Turner, Religion, Furman University, Greenville, SC 29613
Discussant: Larry McSwain, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY 40280
II. Organizational Responses
"Perceptions of Academic Freedom by Professors in Southern Baptist Colleges"
Larry C. Ingram, Sociology, University of Tennessee, Martin, TN 38238
"Southern Rural Interpretations of Conflict Within the Southern Baptist Convention"
M. Jean Heriot, University of California, Los Angles, CA 90024
"The Ordination of Women in the Southern Baptist Convention"
Marilyn Metcalf Whittaker, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
"Southern Baptist Convention Clergywomen and Laywomen: In the Eye of the Storm"
Sarah Frances Anders, Sociology, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA 71359
Discussant: Susan Harding, Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

2:30-4:00 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-16 Parlor C
MODES OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN WORLD RELIGIONS
Organizer: Arvind Sharma, Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7
Convener: Roland Robertson, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
"Conflict Resolution in Christianity"
Kathleen Dugan, Religious Studies, University of San Diego, Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110
"Conflict Resolution in Hinduism"
Katherine Young, Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7
"Institutional Forms: Their Role in Conflict Resolution"
Frederick Bird, Religion, Concordia College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G IM8
Discussant: Arvind Sharma, Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7

2:30-4:00 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-17 Lincoln
SEARCHING FOR FEMINIST ECCLESIAL FORMS OF POWER AND AUTHORITY
Organizer: Eleanor Scott Meyers, Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, MO 64127
Convener: Bonnie Miller-McLemore, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL 60637
"From Theology"
Kristine A. Culp, Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, MO 64127
"From Christian Social Ethics"
Christine Firer Hinze, Religious Studies, St. Norbert College. De Pere, WI 54115
"From the Sociology of Religion"
Eleanor Scott Meyers, St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, MO 64127
Discussant: Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL 60637

2:30-4:00 p.m. SSSR-18 Maximilian 11
NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION
Organizer: David Bromley, Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284
Convener: C. Daniel Batson, Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
"Psychology of Religion: Taking Measure of God"
Donald Capps, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ 08540
"Biographical/Theological Exegesis of Psychological Texts: The Case of Freud's Search for Survival"
James Dittes, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT 06520
"On the Secularization of Awe: Freud and the Concept of Dread"
Richard Fenn, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ 08540
Discussant: Janet L. Jacobs, Women Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309

2:30-4:00 p.m. SSSR- 1 9 Parlor B
PHENOMENOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE: SCHUTZ AND BEYOND
Organizer: James V. Spickard, Cultural Development Institute and Institute for Transpersonal Psychology
"Experiencing Religious Rituals: A Schutzian Analysis of Native American Ceremonies"
James V. Spickard, Cultural Development Institute and Institute for Transpersonal Psychology (Mailing Address: 414 Rose Avenue, Box 406, Aromas, CA 95504)
"Beyond Schutz: The Phenomenology of Presence and Absence in the Faceto-Face Experience"
Richard Carp, Philosophy, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 94618

2:30-4:00 p.m. AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS SSSR-20 Maximilian I
FRAGMENTED GODS: THE POVERTY AND POTENTIAL OF RELIGION IN CANADA
Organizer and Convener: Merlin Brinkerhoff, Associate Vice-President, University of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N I N4
Critics: Wade Clark Roof, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
John Simpson, Sociology, University of Toronto, Erindale College, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L lC6, Canada
Benton Johnson, Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
Response: Reginald Bibby, Sociology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, TlK 3M4

2:30-4:00 p.m. SSSR-RRA-2 Blackhawk
RELIGION AND AIDS
Convener: Susan Palmer, Religion, Dawson College, Montreal, Canada H2L lL3
"Conflicting Perspectives in AIDS Education"
Mary Ann Clemens, Education, Northern Illinois University (Mailing Address: 3700 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL 60062)
"Managing Role Conflict in AIDS Ministry: Priests as Teachers and Pastors"
Mark R. Kowalewski, Religion, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-0355
"Pastoral Counseling and AIDS"
Robert Beckley, Sociology, West Texas State Univ., Canyon, TX 79015
H. Paul Chalfant, Sociology, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 74909
Discussant: Albert A. Herzog, Ohio Department of Health

2:30-4:00 p.m. RRA-6/7 Medill
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS IN CONFLICT
(continuation of double session)

2:30-4:00 p.m. RRA-8 Parlor A
COGNITIVE STRUCTURES AND ORIENTATIONS TO BELIEF AND UNBELIEF
Convener: Sam G. McFarland, Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101
"... Do This in Remembrance of Me' (Luke 22:19b): How Individuals From Denominations with Divergent Goals Remember Self-Related Information Differently"
Beverly McCallister, Centre for Religious Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2E6
"Preliminary Steps Towards Theological Literacy in the Behavioral Sciences: Construction of a Theologically Based Measurement Scale"
Robert A. Bridges and Bernard Spilka, Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80210
"Birth Order, Attachment and the Report of Mystical Experience"
S.P. Schuelke, and Ralph W. Hood, Jr., Psychology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403
Discussant: Anthony Blasi, Social Sciences, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI 96720

4:15-5:30 p.m. Green Room CASH BAR

7:30-8:30 p.m. FILM SESSION Medill
HEALING THE WOUNDS OF WAR IN EL SALVADOR
Moderator: Jim Spickard, Salvadoran Medical Relief Fund
Film will be followed by a discussion of church-related medical relief work in El Salvador

8:30-10:00 p.m. Maximilian S.S.S.R. - R.R.A. PLENARY
THE IMPACT OF RELIGION IN THE 1988 NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Moderator: Wade Clark Roof, Sociology, University of Massachusetts
Presenters: George Gallup, The Gallup Organization
Jeffrey Hadden, Sociology, University of Virginia
James Wall, The Christian Century

Saturday, October 29
7:30-8:30 a.m. WOMEN'S CAUCUS BREAKFAST
(If you plan to attend and have not already notified Nancy Nason-Clark, please leave a message for her at the main hotel desk.)

8:30-9:30 a.m. R.R.A. BUSINESS MEETING Medill

9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. BOOK EXHIBIT Parlor F

8:30-10:00 a.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-21 Maximilian II
THE CHURCHES AND APARTHEID
Convener: Robert Zwier, Political Science, Northwestern College, Orange City, IA 51041
"Theological Justifications and Apartheid"
Victor F. Wan-Tatah, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555
"Apartheid as a Heresy: Heresy From What?"
Frederick Sontag, Philosophy, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711
"Ideology and Resistance: The Dutch Reformed Churches, Apartheid Policy and the Ecumenical Movement"
Kwasi Yirenkyi, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705
Discussant: Joseph Tamney, Sociology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306

8:30-10:00 a.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-22 Parlor B
VIOLENCE AND THE SACRED
Organizer: Mary Barbara Agnew, Religious Studies, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085
Convener: Marilyn Metcalf-Whittaker, Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
"Innocence, Violence and the Question of God"
Peter Albano, Religious Studies, Saint John's University, Jamaica, NY 1 1 439
"Reflecting on the Death Penalty in Girardian Perspective"
James Megivern, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC 28504
"Can Any War Be Just?"
William E. Murnion, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ 07430
Discussant: Mary Barbara Agnew, Religious Studies, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085

8:30-10:00 a.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-23 Parlor A
FAITH AND VALUE CONFLICTS IN THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION I
Organizer and Convener: Michael R. Leming, Sociology, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057
"Science and Religion: A Re-Examination of Positivism and Naturalism"
Larry G. Keeter, Sociology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28607
"Christian Faith and Sociological Practice"
Raymond G. DeVries, Sociology, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057
Raymond Fagan, Sociology, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90265
"The Integration of Faith and Sociology: A Praxis Model"
Stephen G. Cobb, and William Swart, Sociology, Northwestern College, Orange City, IA 51041
Discussant: Michael R. Leming, Sociology, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057

8:30-10:00 a.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-24 AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS Maximilian I
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND POLITICS IN BRAZIL, 1916-1985
Convener: Cecilia Mariz, University Professors Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
Critics: Pedro A. Ribeiro de Oliveira, Institute de Estudos da Religi5o, Caixa Postal 16011, 22221 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Michael Dodson, Political Science, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129
Daniel Levine, Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA 02138
Response: Scott Mainwaring, Government, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556

8:30-10:00 a.m. SSSR-25 Parlor C
CONTEMPORARY APOCALYPTICISM
Organizer: Thomas Robbins, 427 4th St., SW Rochester, MN 55902
Convener: James Mathisen, Sociology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187
"AIDS and the Apocalyptic Vision in Seven Religious Minorities"
Susan Palmer, Religion, Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2L IL3
"The Unification Church's Millenial Program: A Major Source of Controversy and Conflict in American Religion"
Ted G. Solomon, Religious Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
"Glastonbury, Fundamentalism and the Mythology of a New Age"
Irving Hexham, Religious Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N lN4
Karla Poewe, Anthropology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T 1 K 3M4
Discussant: Thomas Robbins, 427 Fourth Street, SW, Rochester, NY 55902

8:30-10:00 a.m. SSSR-26 Blackhawk
THE MODERNIZATION OF LEADERSHIP
Organizer: Thomas P. lmse, Sociology, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA 01610
Convener: Jon Miller, Sociology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
"Professionalization of Mennonite Clergy: Notes on Authority in the Believer's Church"
Stephen Ainlay, Sociology, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA 01610
"Does 'Expertise' Equal 'Professional'?"
Thomas P. Imse, Sociology, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA 01610
Discussant: Thomas M. Gannon, 2058 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614

8:30-10:00 a.m. SSSR-27 Lincoln
NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION AND THE SACRED IN SECULAR SOCIETY
Organizer and Convener: David Bromley, Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284
"How to Think About the Sacred in a Secular Age"
Phillip Hammond, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
"Feminism and New Directions in the Sociology of Religion"
Ruth Wallace, Sociology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20006
"Religion as Culture"
Robert Wuthnow, Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540
Discussant: Rodney Stark, Sociology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105

10:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-28 Blackhawk
POPULAR CULTURE AND POPULAR RELIGION IN LATIN AMERICA
Convener: Kenneth Aman, Philosophy & Religion, Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, NJ
"Popular Religion: Where Theology and the Scientific Study of Religion Meet"
Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Liberation Theology and Popular Religion: Description of their Relationship in the Writings of Selected Liberation Theologians"
Andrew Wallace, University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, IL 60637
"Stigma and Prejudice: The Image of Afro-Brazilian Religions in Argentina"
Alejandro Frigerio, Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024
"Religion and Social Change in a Tarascan Community"
Roberto Cipriani, Dipartimento di Sociologia, Universita degli Studi di Roma, Via Torino, 95, 00184 Rome, Italy
Discussant: Stephen D. Glazier, Anthropology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA 93108

10:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-29 Maximilian I
THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT: CONTINUITY, CONFLICT AND CHANGE
Convener: Ted Jelen, Political Science, Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL 60532
"The Christian Right in the Twentieth Century: Continuity and Change"
Clyde Wilcox, Government, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057
"The Christian Right and the Old Mainline"
Erling Jorstad, History, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057
"The New Christian Right Home-Schooling Movement and Grassroots Lobbying"
Vernon Bates, Sociology, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR 97116
"The Relationship Between the Christian Right and the Cultural Right"
Tex Sample, Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, MO 64127
Discussant: Eleanor Scott Meyers, Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, MO 64127
1 0: 1 0 a.m.- 1 2:00 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-30 Parlor A
WOMEN CLERGY IN THE EIGHTIES: TALES FROM THE FRONT
Organizer: E. Lynn Harris, English, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60680
Convener: Mary Paula Walsh, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Panelists: Victoria Erickson, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
10027 Dana Fenton, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY 10027
E. Lynn Harris, English, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60680
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Sociology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901
Respondent: Edward C. Lehman, Jr., Sociology, State University of New York, Brockport, NY 14420
10:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-31 Parlor C
MODERNIZATION AND RELIGION
Convener: H. Newton Maloney, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA 91182
"From Religious Belonging to Religious Identification: The Paradigm of Contemporary Individualization of Belief"
Roland Campiche, General Secretary, CISR, Rue des Terreaux 10, CH-1003 Lausanne, Switzerland
"Industrialization and Religious Change in Late Imperial Russia: Popular Religious Objects & Donations as Measures of Belief"
Chris J. Chulos, History, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
"Religion and Conflict in Finland in the 1950's"
Susan Sundback, Sociologiska Institutionen, AbofTurku, Finlandv Discussant: John H. Simpson, Sociology, Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario L5L lC6 Canada

10:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. SSSR-32 Lincoln
SOCIOLOGISTS OF RELIGION AS THEIR OWN DATA
Organizer: Eileen Barker, Sociology, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, England
Convener: Janet L. Jacobs, Women Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, CA 80309
"Stepping Out of the Ivory Tower - Ouch! The Inside Story of INFORM"
Eileen Barker, Sociology, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, England
"A Jewish Scholar Looking at his Jewishness"
Richard Rubenstein, Religion, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
"The Micro-Politics of Member Validation: Taking Findings Back to Hare Krishna"
E. Burke Rochford, Jr., Sociology & Anthropology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753
Discussant: Phillip E. Hammond, Religious Studies, University of Califonia. Santa Barbara, CA 93106

10;10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. SSSR-RRA-3 Maximilian 11
RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION
Convener: Mohammed Fazel, Psychological Sciences, Indiana University/Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN 46805
"Grade Achievement and Volunteer Experimental Participation Among Religious Types: A Quasi-Experimental Investigation"
Ronald J. Morris, C.S. Aldridge and Ralph W. Hood, Psychology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403
"Predicting Church-Related Religious Behaviors"
Al L. Cone, Psychology, Pikeville College, Pikeville, KY 41501
"Doctrinal Orthodoxy and Encountering Disagreement: When Orthodoxy Is Not Dogma"
Patricia Schoenrade, Jill Voronff and Warren Lane, Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
"Moderators of the Religiosity & Belief in a Just World Relationship"
James Lea and Bruce Hunsberger, Psychology, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5
Discussant: Frederick Sontag, Philosophy, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711

10:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS RRA-9 Medill
THE RESTRUCTURING OF AMERICAN RELIGION. SOCIETY AND FAITH SINCE WORLD WAR II
Convener: N.J. Demerath, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
Critics: Wendy Griswold, Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
Mark'Noll, Sociology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187
Wade Clatk Roof, Sociology, University of'Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
Response: Robert Wuthnow, Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544

10:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. RRA-10 Parlor B
THE RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN PROTESTANTS: THE ROLE OF BIOGRAPHIC, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES
Organizer: Michael Donahue, Search Institute, 122 Franklin Avenue, Suite 525, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Convener: Bernard Spilka, Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208
"The Religious Development of American Protestants: Overview of the National Research Project"
Peter L. Benson, Search Institute, 122 Franklin Avenue, Suite 525, Minneapolis, MN 55404
"The Religious Development of Adolescents"
Michael J. Donahue, Search Institute, 122 Franklin Avenue, Suite 525, Mineapolis, MN 55404
"The Religious Development of Adults"
Peter L. Benson, Search Institute, 122 Franklin Avenue. Suite 525, Minneapolis, MN 55404
Discussants: Dean Hoge, Sociology, Catholic University, Washington, DC 20064 Bernard Spilka, Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208

12:05-12:55 p.m. S.S.S.R. BUSINESS MEETING
Presentation of Distinguished Book Award and Student Paper Award

1:00-2:50 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-33 Maximilian 11
IN (WHICH) GOD (DO) WE TRUST? HISPANIC RELIGIOUS RESPONSES TO CONDITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Organizer: Otto Maduro, Maryknoll School of Theology, Maryknoll, NY 10545
Convener: Mary Curry, Sociology, Hunter College, New York, NY 11233
"Catholic Symbolism in Puerto Rican Nationalism"
Anthony Stevens-Arroyo, Sociology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 11210
"The Role of Catholicism in Chicano Resistance"
Gilbert Cadena, Center for Chicano Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
"Eschatological Hope and Hispanic Evangelicalism"
Edwin Hernandez, Sociology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
"Hispanics and Protestantism: A Reciprocal Challenge"
Caleb Rosado, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL 60201
Discussant: Olga Scarpetta, Sociology, Fordham University. Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY 10023

1:00-2:50 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-34 Parlor A
BLACK CHURCHES: INTERNAL DYNAMICS OR EMPOWERMENT
Convener: Clyde Wilcox, Government, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057
"Stewardship as an Empowering Strategy for the Black Community"
Robert E. Steele and Ellen D. Washington, Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
"Notes on Spiritual Baptist Sermons"
Stephen D. Glazier, Anthropology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA 93108
"A Woman's Place is in the Church: Black Pentecostalism on the Georgia Coast"
Peter Goldsmith, Dean Mathey College, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
Discussant: Jualynne Dodson, Sociology, Hunter College, New York, NY 10021

1:00-2:50 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-35 Lincoln
CONFLICT AND INEQUALITY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Convener: Eugen Schoenfeld, Sociology, George State University, Atlanta, GA 30303
"CEBs and the Reproduction of Inequality and Domination"
Samuel M. Richards, Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
"Religious Pluralism in the Socio-Political Context of Mid-Nineteenth to MidTwentieth Century India"
Anindita N. Baislev, South Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
"Buddhism, Politics and the Current Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka"
Bikkhu Deegalle Mahinda, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Globalized Religion and the Ethno-Cultural Nation: An Attempt at Theoretical Clarification"
Peter Beyer, Religious Studies, St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S IJ4
Discussant: Armand Mauss, Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164

1:00-2:50 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-36 Blackhawk
INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS AND CONFLICT
Convener: Singamkutti A.D. Neville, Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201
"African Indigenous Religions and Conflict"
Guerin C. Montilus, College of Lifelong Learning, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202
"Politics and the Gods in Hong Kong and in China"
Graeme Lang, Sociology, Sir Wilfrid Grenfell College, Memorial University, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada A2H 6P9
"Custodians Divided: National Clergy in Papua, New Guinea Between Church Traditions and Melanesian Tradition"
Helmut Loiskandl, Anthropology, Univ. of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4067
"Some Socio-Political Attitudes of Shugendo Pilgrims"
James Leavell, History, Furman University, Greenville, SC 29613 Discussant: James Sikora, Sociology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL 61702
1:00-2:50 p.m. SSSR-37 Medill
FAITH AND PRACTICE
Convener: Marie Cornwall, Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
"The Experience of Hope in Poland"
Edward Schau, Ministerial Programs, Archdiocese of Seattle, 910 Marion Street, Seattle, WA 98104
Paul Magnano, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
Zbignieu Zaleski, Catholic University, Lublin, Poland
"The Practice of Religion: Filipino Catholic Immigrants in the United States"
Anthony J. Vader, Sociology, Niles College/Loyola University, 7135 North Harlem Avenue, Chicago, IL 60631
"A Humanistic Church and Members' Values"
Robert B. Tapp, Humanities, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
"Religious Practice: A Human Capital Approach"
Laurence R. lannaccone, Economics, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053
Discussant: William H. Swatos, Jr., Sociological Analysis, 1500 Seventh Avenue, Silvis, IL 61282

1:00-2:50 p.m. SSSR-RRA-4 Parlor C
EVANGELISM AND MEMBERSHIP INCREASE OR DECREASE
Convener: Benton Johnson, Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
"is Evangelistic Activity Related to Church Growth"
C. Kirk Hadaway, Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, TN 37234
"An Evaluation of the Effect of UCC Church Growth Workshops"
Marjorie Royle, United Church Board, 132 West 31st Street, New York, NY 10001
"Uses and Gratifications of Televangelism: Predictors of Protestants and Roman Catholics"
Kyong Liong Kim, Communication, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
"Secularization and Religious Revival: Evidence From U.S. Church Attendancp Rates: 1972-1986"
Mark Chaves, Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
Discussant: John P. O'Hara, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1333 S. Kirkwood Road, St. Louis, MO 63122

1:00-2:50 p.m. RRA-11 Maximilian I
THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT: AN OVERVIEW
Organizer: James D. Davidson, Sociology, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907
Convener: Carl S. Dudley, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL
"Goals of the Church and Community Project"
Phil Tom, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN
"Organization of the Project: Structures and Processes"
Carl S. Dudley, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL
"Theoretical Perspectives and Issues"
James D. Davidson, Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
James R. Wood, Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
"Data Collection and Analysis"
Sally A. Johnson, Center for Congregational Ministries, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL
Alan K. Mock, Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Mary T. Mattis, Presbyterian Church, USA, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10 1 15

1:00-2:50 p.m. POTPOURRI
Convener: William Silverman, P.O. Box 584, Hicksville, NY 11802
"Competing Conceptions of Freedom and Authority in the Catholic University"
James John Annarelli, Theology, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY 11439
"Religious Involvement: A Determining Factor in the Maintenance of Antifeminist Attitudes"
Lisa Rosing, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX 78285
"The Modern Olympics as Popular Religion"
James Mathisen, Sociology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187
"Does Gender Influence Career Counseling?"
Edgar W. Mills, Social Sciences, Springfield College, Springfield, MA 0 1 109
Theresa M. Werich, Sociology, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX 78285
Discussant: Romney M. Moseley, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

3:00-4:30 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-38 Maximilian 11
WOMEN AND RELIGION: CONFLICT, ACCOMMODATION AND CHANGE
Organizer: Mary Jo Neitz, Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201
Convener: Catherine Faver, Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
"Ruth or Orpha: Shall We Return to Our Mother's House?"
Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL 60637
"Women and the Divine: A Study of Female Conceptions of God and Spirituality"
Janet L. Jacobs, Women Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
"Power and Surrogate Leadership: The Case of Black Women and Organized Religion"
Jualynne E. Dodson, Hunter College, New York, NY 10021
Discussant: Mary Jo Neitz, Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201

3:00-4:30 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-39 Parlor A
FAITH AND VALUE CONFLICTS IN THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION 11
Organizer and Convener: Michael R. Leming, Sociology, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057
"Science and Religion: Tension from Divergent Ways of Knowing"
Gerald Stott, Sociology, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
"Theology and Pistology"
John C. Vander Stelt, Theology, Dordt College, Sioux City, IA 51250
Discussant: Russel Heddendorf, Sociology, Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350

3:00-4:30 p.m. SSSR-40 Blackhawk
BELIEF AND DOUBT
Convener: Stephen D. Glazier, Anthropology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara. CA 93108
"Religious Orientation and the Experience of Religious Doubt"
Barbara McKenzie and Bruce Hunsberger, Psychology, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5
"Religious Belief and Childhood Attachment to Parents"
Lee A. Kirkpatrick, Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208
"Separating the Seekers From the Doubters: Quest, Self-Consciousness and Religious Experience"
Brian A. Kojetin, Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Discussant: Sam G. McFarland, Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101

3:00-4:30 p.m. SSSR-41 Lincoln
NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION: COMPARATIVE AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
Organizer: David Bromley, Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284
Convener: Kevin Christiano, Sociology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
"Quasi-Marxisms and the Sociology of Religion"
James Beckford, Sociology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 60626
"Some Theoretical Implications of Latin American Liberation Theology for the Sociology of Religion"
Otto Maduro, Maryknoll School of Theology, Maryknoll, NY 10545
"Globalization Theory and the Study of Religion"
Roland Robertson, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Discussant: Ruth Wallace, Sociology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20006

3:00-4:30 p.m. SSSR-RRA-5 Medill
TELEVANGELISM, CONTROVERSY AND CONFLICT
Convener: Dallas A. Blanchard, Sociology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL 32514
"The Avoidance of Televangelism: On Its Origins and Predicted Changes"
Kyong Liong Kim, Communication, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
"The Impact of TV Ministries in Affluent Congregations"
C. Lincoln Johnson, Sociology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame. IN 46556
"The Effects of Sin, Sex and Scandal on the Assemblies of God"
Margaret Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325
Discussant: Anson Shupe, Sociology, Indiana University/Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN 46805

3:00-4:30 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION RRA- 13 Parlor B
CHURCH AND STATE ISSUES
Convener: Thomas Robbins, 427 Fourth Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55902
"The Question of Human Rights and Church-State Relations in Ghana"
Kwasi Yirenkyi, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705
"Religion, Local Culture and the Hawkins County Textbook Controversy"
David W. Dellinger, Sociology, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
"Generating Global-Ecumenical Narratives: Can the Story Be Researched, Told and Taught?"
Peter Staples, Theology, University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 2. 3508 TC. Utrecht, The Netherlands
"Politics and Piety: The Second Great Awakening and Political Processes in the Age of Jacksonian Democracy"
William Garrett, Sociology, St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT 05404
Discussant: Thomas Robbins, 427 Fourth Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55902

3:00-4:30 p.m. AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS
THE FUTURE OF CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP
Convener: Patrick McNamara, Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106
Critics: Richard Schoenherr, Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
Joseph H. Fichter, Sociology, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA 70118
Response: Dean Hoge, Sociology, Catholic University, Washington, DC 20064

4:35-6:00 p.m. S.S.S.R. PLENARY Maximilian
CONFLICT AND CHANGE IN THE LATIN AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Presiding: Madeleine Adriance, Mount Ida College
Speaker: Pedro A. Ribeiro de Oliveira, Institute de Estudos da Religi5o (ISER), Rio de Janeiro
Respondents: Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Colby College Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh Otto Maduro, Maryknoll School of Theology

6:00-7:30 p.m. Green Roomv RECEPTION WITH CASH BAR
Co-Sponsored by SSSR, Orbis Books and Sheed and Ward

8:30-10:30 p.m. FILM SESSION RRA- 15 Medill
"BORN AGAIN"
Moderator: Allison Stokes, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT 06105
Panel: Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA 02138
Steven Tipton, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
James M. Ault, Sociologist and Filmmaker, 7570 La Jolla Blvd., La Jolla, CA 92037

Sunday, October 30
8:30-10:20 a.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-42 Lincoln
POLITICAL REBELLION AND RELIGIOUS DISSENT
Organizer and Convener: Otto Maduro, Maryknoll School of Theology, Maryknoll, NY 10545
"The Comerio Catholic Clergy in Puerto Rico"
Ana Maria Diaz-Stevens, Caribbean Studies, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY 11216
"Orthodox Judaism and Socio-Religious Conflict in Contemporary Israel"
William Batkay, Political Science, Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, NY 07043
"Christians for Socialism in Chili: 1971-1973"
Kenneth Aman, Philosophy & Religion, Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
"Dissent Among Roman Catholic Women in the United States"
Annie Lally Milhaven, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA 02138
Discussant: James V. Spickard, Cultural Development Institute and Institute for Transpersonal Psychology (Mailing Address: 414 Rose Avenue, Box 406, Aromas, CA 95004)

8:30-10:20 a.m. SSSR-43 Maximilian I
NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION: IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY OF RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
Organizer: David Bromley, Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284
Convener: James Davidson, Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
"Jews and the Persistence of Belief"
Samuel Heilman, Sociology, Queens College, Flushing, NY 11367
"The Dialectics of Religious Innovation"
Thomas Robbins, 427 Fourth Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55902
David Bromley, Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284
"Voluntarism and American Religion: Further Exploration of Denominationalism"
Wade Clark Roof, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 10003
Discussant: Nancy Ammerman, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

8:30-10:20 a.m. SSSR-44 Parlor C
EVANGELICALS AND FUNDAMENTALISTS
Convener: Hart M. Nelsen, College of Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
"The Fundamental Attraction of Fundamentalism: External Authority"
Robert Kress, Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA 921 1 0
"Political Orientation and Images of God Amongst White Evangelicals"
Wesley Miller, Sociology, Saint Mary's College, Winnona, MN 55987
"Commitment Mechanisms and the Growth of a New Evangelical Movement"
Robin D. Perrin, Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164
"American Evangelicals Abroad: An Analysis of Religious Controversy in Sweden"
Simon Coleman, Social Anthropology, St. John's College, Cambridge, England
Discussant: David 0. Moberg, Sociology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53233

8:30-10:20 a.m. SSSR-45 Parlor D
RELIGION AND HEALTH
Convener: Theodore E. Long, Sociology, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA 15301
"Unraveling the Institutional Relations of Medicine and Religion to Healing and Health - A Social Policy Analysis"
Ross P. Scherer, Sociology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 60626
"County Cancer Mortality Rates and Health Behavior: The Effect of Religious Adherence, Commitment and Affiliation"
Jeffrey W. Dwyer, Leslie L. Clark and Michael K. Miller, Center for Health Policy Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610
"Coping With Breast Cancer: The Role of Religion"
Bernard Spilka and Sara Johnson, Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208
"Aggregate Religiousness and Teenage Fertility Revisited: Reanalyses of Data from the Guttmacher Institute"
Michael J. Donahue, Search Institute, 122 West Franklin Avenue, S. 525, Minrveapolls, MN 55404
Discussant: Anne Mary Dooley, Religious Studies, Niagara University, Niagara, NY 14109

8:30-10:20 a.m. SSSR-RRA-6 Maximilian 11
RELIGION AND COMMUNITY
Convener: Patricia Yeaman, Sociology, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT 06511
"The Importance of Church Friendships in Church Attenders' Social Networks"
Daniel V.A. Olson, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT 06105
"Muslims in Prison: Consciousness and Community"
Mary Ellen Batiuk, Sociology, Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH 45177
"Localism and Sexism: A Replication"
Edward C. Lehman, Jr., Sociology, State University of New York, Brockport, NY 14420
Discussant: Marie Cornwall, Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602

8:30-10:20 a.m. RRA- 16 Parlor E
CHALLENGE TO RELIGIOUS FUNCTIONARIES IN PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Convener: K. Peter Takayama, Sociology, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN 38152
"Future Priestly Roles as Seen by Catholic Seminary Students and Faculty"
Dean R. Hoge, Sociology, Catholic University, Washington, DC 20064 Eugene F. Hemrick, U.S. Catholic Conference, Washington, DC
"Expectations of Ministers: 1974 and 1987"
Daniel Aleshire and David Schuller, Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, KY 40280
"Understanding the Roles of Clergy in Congregations Viewed as Systems: Insights from a Training Model"
H. Barry Evans, Grubb Institute, 3805 Warren St., NW, Washington, DC 20016
Discussant: Cecil D. Bradfield, Sociology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m, THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-46 Parlor C
INTRA- AND INTERGROUP CONFLICT
Convener: James Beckford, Sociology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 60626
"Analyzing lntra-Denominational Conflict: Insights From Cultural Analytic and Comparative Historical Methodology"
Fred Kniss, Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
"Extrinsic Religion and Targets of Discrimination"
Sam G. McFarland and Shawn Marrs, Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101
"Prejudice and Discrimination Against Baha'is in Iran"
Leland W. Robinson, Sociology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403
"A Comparative Analysis of Intergroup Conflicts in South Asian Countries"
Singamkutti A.D. Neville, Sociology and Urban Affairs, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201
Discussant: Howard G. Schneiderman, Sociology, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042

10:30 am.-12:20 P.M. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-47 Maximilian I
RELIGION AND POLITICS
Convener: Daniel V.A. Olson, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT 06105
"American Political Culture and Reigion: Conflict and Convergence"
Rhys H. Williams, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
"Chicago Politics and the Rise of the Boss: From Yankee and Cavalier Amateurs to Professional Politicians"
James R. Abbott, Sociology, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604
"Cross-Cultural and Non-Legal Factors in the Separation of Church and State"
N.J. Demerath, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
Discussant: David S. Adams, Sociology, Ohio State University, Lima, OH 45804

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. SSSR-48 Parlor E
THEORETICAL ISSUES IN THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION
Convener: Richard L. Gorsuch, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA 91182
"Freud's Use of Vahinger's Philosophy of 'As If...
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., Psychology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403
"The Drama of Religious Reform: A Rhetorical Paradigm"
C. Ray Penn, Communication, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142
"Pluralism in the Scientific Study of Religion"
Mary Carman Rose, Philosophy, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD 21204
"Charisma and the Sociology in Depth"
Anthony Blasi, Sociology, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HA 96720
Discussant: Eric Woodrum, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 17695

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. SSSR-49 Blackhawk
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION AND HISTORY
Organizer and Convener: David G. Hackett, Religion, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
"Elite Control and Social Mobility in a Nineteenth-Century Colonial Mission"
Jon Miller, Sociology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
"The Racial Fall Myth"
James R. Lewis, Religion, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
"Religious Organization and the Reformation in Sixteenth and SeventeenthCentury England and France"
Richard Lachmann, Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
"The Role of Religion in Critical Theory"
Craig A. Forney, University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, IL 60615
Discussant: George Thomas, Sociology, University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ 85287
10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-50 Maximilian 11
RELIGION AND SOCIAL CONFLICT: REFLECTIONS FROM THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS
Organizer and Convener: Nancy Nason-Clark, Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B 5A3
Panelists: Eileen Barker, Sociology, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, England
Marjorie Royle, United Church Board, 132 West 31st Street, New York, NY 10001
James V. Spickard, Cultural Development Institute and Institute for Transpersonal Psychology (Mailing Address: 414 Rose Avenue, Box 406, Aromas, CA 95004)
Ellen Umansky, Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 10804

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. THEMATIC SESSION SSSR-RRA-7 Lincoln
FAMILY CONFLICT AND RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
Convener: James Sikora, Sociology, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington IL 61702
"The Impact of Religious Denomination and Commitment of Spousal Violence: The Canadian Case"
Merlin Brinkerhoff and Eugen Lupri, Sociology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N lN4
"Abuse and Religion: When Praying Isn't Enough"
Ann Horton, Social Work, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84601
"The Dark Side: Severe Problems in Clergy Families"
Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT 06105
Discussant: E. Nancy McAuley, Social Science, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064

10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. RRA-17
DENOMINATIONAL PANEL RESEARCH Parlor B
Organizer: Wayne Thompson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Moderator: Dale Jones, Church of the Nazarene
Panelists: John O'Hara, Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod Keith Wulff, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
Steve Hart, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

PROGRAM SCHEDULE ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSORS AND RESEARCHERS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Theme: Liturgy and Religious Education
Thursday, October 2 7-Friday, October 28
Lutheran Professors of Christian Education
Convener: Luther E. Lindberg, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
"Confirmation Ministry: Past, Present, Future"
For further information contact:
Jean Bozeman, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1 100 East 55th Street, Chicago, IL 60615

Friday, October 28
1:00-3:00 p.m. APRRE Registration Lobby
2:00-3:30 p.m. APRRE/REA Liaison Committee Parlor E
2:45-4:15 p.m. Baptist Professors of Christian Education Parlor D
Convener: Wilda W. Morris, Northern Baptist
Theological Seminary
3:00-5:00 p.m. United Methodist Association of Professors of Room 501 Christian Education
Convener: Elizabeth Box Price, Oklahoma City University
3:30-5:00 p.m. Catholic Assembly of APRRE Concourse
Convener: Mary C. Boys, Boston College
3:30-5:00 p.m. Presbyterian Professors of Christian Education Parlor E
Convener: William R. Myers, Chicago Theological Seminary
"Lilly Youth Project"
Sara Little, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia
Craig Dykstra, Princeton Theology Seminary

4:00-6:00 p.m. Executive Committee of APRRE Parlor B

4:30-6:00 p.m. Evangelical Caucus of APRRE Parlor D
Convener: James E. Plueddemann, Wheaton Graduate School

5:00-6:00 p.m. Association of Directors of Graduate Religious Parlor E
Education Programs, Session 1

5:30-9:30 p.m APRRE Registration Lobby

7:30-9:00 p.m, Plenary Concourse
Convener: Robert L. Browning, Methodist
Theological School in Ohio
Presidential Address: Maria Harris, Fordham University
9:00 P.M. Refreshments Green
10:00 P.M. Association of Directors of Graduate Religious Parlor E Education Programs, Session 11

Saturday, October 29
7:45-10:00 a.m. Registration Lobby
8:00-9:30 a.m. Research Interest Groups
B. "Young Children and Worship" Room 525
Sonja M. Stewart, Western Theological Seminary
"The Playful Mode of Developing Liturgy and Learning in Young Children"
Mary Ann Fowlkes and Diane J. Hymans, Presbyterian School of Christian Education
C. "Liturgy: Foundation for Religious Education for Justice"
Maryanne Stevens, Creighton University Parlor D
"Educating for Structural Change: Its Theological Basis"
Suzanne C. Toton, Villanova University
D. "Acquiring a Sense of Liturgy in Contemporary Times"
Mary Kay Oosdyke, Aquinas College
"Education for Liturgy: The Pastor's Role"
Garland Knott, Methodist College

8:00-9:30 a.m. Breakfast Roundtables
1. "Mapping Adult Faith Journeys"
Kenneth Stokes, Adult Faith Resources
Constance L. Leean, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Gwen A. Hawley, Presbyterian School of Christian Education
2. "Rites of Passage Youth Ministry"
Stuart D. McLean, Phillips Graduate Seminary 3. "The Long, Sad Silence: Family Violence"
Gloria Durka, Fordham University 4. "The Sunday Lectionary as Curriculum: An Experiment in Roman Catholic Religious Education"
Philip J. McBrien, St. Thomas Aquinas Church 5. "Cosmology and Religious Education"
Minka Sprague, New York Theological Seminary
6. "How the Liturgy Teaches"
Linda J. Clarke, Boston University
7. "Faith Mentor: Mediating the Faith in the Practice of Ministry"
Sandra M. Aikens, St. Paul School of Theology
9:50-10:10 a.m. Liturgy: "Come to the Feast"
Concourse
Includes "The Beggars' Scene" from The Kingdom by Donald M. Mauck. Presented by the Stratford Players, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Donald M. Mauck, Director.

10: 10- 1 1:30 a.m. Plenary Concourse
"The Power of Rite in Formation and Transformation"
Helen A. Archibald, Panel Chair, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Sherry H. Blumberg, Hebrew Union College, New York
Regina Coll, University of Notre Dame
G. Temp Sparkman, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
John H. Westernoff, 111, Duke University Divinity School

11:45-1:15 p.m. Luncheon for Women in Religious Education Green

1:30-3:00 p.m. Plenary Concourse
"Liturgical Drama and Christian Formation"
Donald M. Mauck and Students from Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Convener: Joanmarie Smith, Methodist Theological School in Ohio

Parlor E Pavillion Foyer
SatLirday, October 29
1:30-3:00 p.m, Research Interest Groups
E. "The Worshipping Assembly: Possible Zone of Cultural Contestation"
Room 501 Michael Warren, St. John's University, New York
F. "The Teaching Office in Classical Protestantism: Old Perspectives on New Problems"
Room 525 Richard R. Osmer, Union Theol. Seminary in Virginia
G. "The Cultural Captivity of Christian Religious Education" Charles R. Foster, Emory University
"The Dragon and the Lamb: Chinese Festivals and the Christian Year"
Greer Ann Ng, Vancouver School of Theology
H. "How the Liturgy Teaches: Issues in Ecciesiology and Religious Education" Martin L. Harkey, III, Boston University
"Aesthetic Rhythms of Liturgy as Religious Education: A Movement toward Re-imaging Personal and Global Integrity"
Cristelle L. Estrada, School of Theology at Claremont
3:15-4:45 p.m. rask Forces 1. Interplay of Theory and Practice in Religious Education
Convener: Charles F. Melchert, Presbyterian Parlor C
School of Christian Education 2. Evaluation Parlor D
Convener: Winifred 0. Whelan, St. Bonaventure University 3. Adult Education Room 501 Convener: Brennan R. itial. Xavier University 4. History of Religious Education Room 525 Conveners: Stephen A. Schmidt, Mundelein College Craig R. Dykstra, Princeton Theological Seminary 5. Justice Education Parlor E Convener: Russell A. Butkus, University of Portland 6. Electronic Technology and Religious Education Green Convener: William J. Phillips, Vancouver School of Theology 7. Developmental Interpretation and Teaching Concourse Convener: Clarence H. Snelling, Jr., Iliff School of Theology 5:00-6:00 p.m. APRRE Business Meeting Concourse OPEN EVENING