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ANNUAL MEETING
of the
SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC
STUDY OF RELIGION
and the
RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
 Resort and Conference Center
Virginia Beach, Virginia

November 9-11, 1990

SSSR COMMITTEE CHAIRS

AAAS Representative:
Hart Nelsen, Dean, Pennsylvania State University

Book Review Editor:
Hans Baer, University of Arkansas-Little Rock

Distinguished Book Award:
James Davison Hunter, University of Virginia

Editor of JSSR:
Armand Mauss, Washington State University

Monograph Series:
Stan Gaede, Gordon College

Publicity:
Stuart Wright, Lamar University

Student Award:
Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado

Research Award:
Eileen Barker, London School of Economics

1990 Program:
Janet Jacobs, University of Colorado

1991 Program:
Bradley Hertel, Virginia Polytechnic Institute


RELIGIOUS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

BUSINESS OFFICE:
Lorraine D'Antonio
Marist Hall
Room 108
Catholic University of America
Washington, D.C. 20064

OFFICERS

President:
James D. Davidson, Purdue University

President-Elect:
Wade Clark Roof, University of California-Santa Barbara

Secretary:
William Swatos, Silvis, Illinois

Treasurer:
David Roozen, Hartford Seminary

BOARD MEMBERS



COMMITTEE CHAIRS


Book Review Editor:
H. Paul Chalfant, Texas Tech University

Editor of RRR:
D. Paul Johnson, Texas Tech University

Development:
C. Kirk Hadaway, Southern Baptist Convention

Nominating:
Keith Roberts, Bowling Green State University

Publicity:
Stuart Wright, Lamar University

1990 Program:
Ruth Doyle, Archdiocese of New York

1991 Program:
John Simpson, University of Toronto

BOOK EXHIBIT

Chesapeake A

Friday 9:30 am-5 pm; Saturday, 9:30 am-4 pm


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.

Exhibitors


PRE-PROGRAM EVENTS

Thursday, November 8, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Executive Board Room
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Council Meeting

Thursday, November 8, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM, Hotel Lobby

Tour to Colonial Williamsburg

Thursday, November 8, 3:00 - 5:00, Second Floor Lobby

Registration

Thursday, November 8, 4:00 - 6:00 PM; 8:00 - 1 1:00 PM,Executive Board Room

Religious Research Association Board Meeting

Thursday, November 8, 6:00 - 8:00 PM, Lynnhaven

SSSR Council-RRA Board of Directors Dinner

Thursday, November 8, 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM, Horizons Lounge
The Gathering Place

PROGRAM SCHEDULE



Friday, November 9, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Hotel Lobby
Tour to Regent University/CBN/700 Club

Friday, November 9, 8:30 - 9:30 AM, Chesapeake B & C

OPENING SESSION

Welcoming Remarks: Robert G. Jones, Virginia Beach

Overview of program

Recognition of Lorraine D'Antonio

Friday, November 9, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Lynnhaven, POS

POSTER SESSIONS


"Close Friends: The Effect of Localism on Religiosity"
Mary L. Gautier, Louisiana State University, 126 Stubbs Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

"Getting to the Heart of the Matter: What the Social Psychological Study of Attitudes Offers Psychology of Religion"
Peter C. Hill, Psychology, Grove City College, Grove City, PA 16127
Rodney L. Bassett, Psychology, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY 14624

"Victim Derogation, Religion, and Salience of Religion: A Replication and Extension of Previous Findings"
Lee A. Kirkpatrick, Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208

"Justice and Care Components of Religious Beliefs"
James A. Lea, Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA K7L 3N6
Bruce E. Hunsberger, Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5

"Religious Belief and Practice and Styles of Coping with Sexual Attraction"
Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Kevin Bursley, and James T. Berry, Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 800 West Franklin Street, Richmond, VA 23284-2018

"Religion and Alcohol: Pitfalls and Possibilities of Multivariate Analyses"
Richard L. Gorsuch, Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, 180 North Oakland Ave., Pasadena, CA 91182

"Clergy Trends and Occupational Labels"
James L. Lowery, Enablement, Inc. Room 707, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108

"Dedication to Labor"
Sheila Hittelman-Sohn, University of California (San Diego),La Jolla, California 92043

"The Use of Christian Disciplines in Counseling: Analysis of Training and Practice Trends"
Gary W. Moon, Judy Bailey, John Kwasny, Dale Willis, Counseling and Family Services, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23464

Friday, November 9 9:45 - 11: 15 AM Dominion B, A- 1, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: RELIGION AND ISSUES OF IDENTITY


Convener: Eugen Schoenfeld, Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303

"Keeping the Faith: Ambivalences in the Identity of the Prison Chaplain"
Mary Ellen Batiuk, and Mary Rose J. Zink, Wilmington College, Box 1302, Wilmington, OH 45177

"Adolescent Identity and Depression"
Ronald L. Kotesky, Michelle D. Little, Michelle V. Matthews, Asbury College, 201 N. Lexington Avenue Wilmore, KY 40390H 198

"Do Young Americans Enjoy Stable Religious Identities?: An Exploration"
Patrick H. McNamara, Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131

"Value Stability and Change Among Members and Ex-members of the New Religions"
Angela A. Aidala, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, 60 Haven Ave., New York, NY 10032

Discussant: O.J. Harvey, Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 345, Boulder, CO 80301 0345

Friday, November 9, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Chesapeake B, A-2, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: SOCIAL CHANCE AND ACTIVISM WITHIN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS


Convener: Christopher Carrington, Sociology, 738 Thompson Hall University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003

"Religious Organizations and Social Change: A Comparative View"
Roger T. Wolcott, and Dorita F. Bolger, Sociology, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA 16172-0001

"The Brethren In Christ and Political Involvement"
Ron Burwell and John Yeatts, Messiah College, Grantham, PA 17027

Discussant: Guerin C. Montilus, College of Lifelong Learning, Wayne State University, 6001 Cass, Office 461, Detroit, M1 48202

Friday, November 9, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Executive Board Room, A-3, SSSR

THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION IN SOCIETY


Convener: Barbara G. Wilkins, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO, 80201

"Beyond the Classics: The Sociological Study of the Sacred in a Secular Age"
Mark A. Shibley, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

"This Little Seeker Went to market: A Critique of Stark and Bainbridge's Economic Model of Religion"
Thomas Robbins, 427 Fourth Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55902

Roland Robertson, Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Discussant: Frederick Denny, Religious Studies, Campus Box 292, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0292



Friday, November 9, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Chesapeake C, A-4, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS REGULATING
SEXUALITY AND GENDER ROLES


Organizer: Marion S. Goldman, Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403

Convener: Janet L. Jacobs, Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0246

"Revolutionary Sex in Jonestown"
Constance A. Jones, Sociology, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA 94613

"From Promiscuity to Celibacy: Sexual Regulation at Rajneeshpuram"
Marion S. Goldman, Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403

"Jesus's Women: Re-examining Gender Roles in Shiloh Youth Revival Center"
Mary White Stewart, Pace Program, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0126

Discussant: Janet L. Jacobs, Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0246

Friday, November 9, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Executive Lounge, A-5, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS IDENTITY


Organizer / Convener: Romney M. Moseley, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Toronto M58 IH8, Canada

"Black Evangelical Narratives and the Construction of Self and Community in the Ghetto"
Frances Kostarelos, Knox College, Galesburg, IL 61401-4999

"Religious Themes in Black Folklore"
J. Dell Johnson, Stonehill College, N. Easton, MA 02357

"Saving Face and Losing Faith: Minorities and Embourgeoisement"
Ben Mariante, Stonehill College, N. Easton, MA 02357

Discussant: Romney M. Moseley, Trinity College, University of Toronto, Toronto M58 IH8, Canada

Friday, November 9, 9:45 - 11: 15 AM, Dominion A, A-6, RRA

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS IN PARISH RESEARCH


Convener: Patricia Wittburg, Indiana University, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202-5140

"Open or Closed Community: Parishes as the Research Unit in Finland"
Harri Palmu, University of Helsinki, Vaunukalliontie 11, SF-01200 Vantaa, Finland

"Church Accommodation to Environment: An Application of Thompson's Organizational Strategies"
Conrad L. Kanagy, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

"Giving Patterns and Their Determinants"
Steve Hart, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 8765 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631

"Applications and Distortions of Hopewell's Congregation"
Carl S. Dudley, Church and Community Ministries, McCormick Theological Seminary, 5600 South Woodlawn, Chicago, IL 60637

Discussant: William Swatos, Jr., 1500 7th Avenue, Silvis, IL 61282

Friday, November 9, 9:45 - 11: 15 AM, Horizons Lounge, A-7, RRA

INDIVIDUAL LEVEL VARIABLES IN CHURCH GROWTH AND DECLINE


Convener: Michael J. Donahue, Search Institute, 122 W. Franklin, Suite 525, Minneapolis, MN 55404

"Religious Commitment and Participation Among American Catholic Parishioners"
Michael R. Welch, Sociology, University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556

"Unchurched Black Americans-New Data"
Hart Nelsen and Conrad Kanagy, Sociology, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA 16802

"The Enigma of Optimism: The 1978 and 1988 Gallup Surveys of Unchurched Americans"
David Roozen and Penny Marler, Center for Social and Religious Research, Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105

Discussant: H. Newton Malony, Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, 180 N. Oakland, Pasadena, CA 91101

Friday, November 9, 11:30 - 1:00 PM, Dominion A, A-8, SSSR

PREACHER AND POLITICS: PROTESTANT CLERICAL ACTIVISM IN THE POST-REAGAN ERA


Organizer: Corwin Smidt, Political Science, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Ml 49546

Convener: Roger Nemeth, Sociology, Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423

"The Theological Orientations of American Protestant Clergy: An Analysis of Ministers Across Seven Denominations"
James Guth, Political Science, Furman University, Greenville, SC 29163

"The Political Agenda of American Protestant Clergy: An Analysis of Ministers Across Seven Denominations"
John Green, Ray Bliss Institute, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-1904
Margaret Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325- 1904

"The Partisan and Ideological Orientations of American Protestant Clergy: An Analysis of Ministers Across Seven Denominations"
Corwin Smidt and James M. Penning, Political Science, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, M1 49546

Discussant: Don Luidens, Sociology, Hope College, Holland, M1 49423

Friday, November 9, 11:30 - 1:00 PM, Horizons Lounge, A-9, RRA

CONGREGATIONAL ANALYSIS IN CHURCH GROWTH AND DECLINE


Convener: Marjorie H. Royle, United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115

"Factors Influencing Presbyterian Congregational Growth or Decline in the 1980s"
Wayne L. Thompson, Sociology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268
Jackson W. Carroll, Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105
Dean R. Hoge, Sociology, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. 20064

"Belief Style, Congregational and Denominational Loyalty and Church Growth and Decline"
Michael J. Donahue and Peter L. Benson, Search Institute, 122 W. Franklin Street, Suite 525, Minneapolis, MN 554049990

"Ethnic Factors in Growth or Decline of Catholic Parishes"
Ruth T. Doyle Pastoral Research and Planning Archdiocese of New York, 1011 First Avenue, New York, NY 100224 134

"Community and Congregational Factors Related to Growth and Giving in 600 Indiana Congregations"
Daniel Olson, Sociology, Indiana University at South Bend, P.O. Box 7111, South Bend, IN 46634

Discussant: Carl Dudley, McCormick Theological Seminary, 5555 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

Friday, November 9, 11:30 - 1:00 PM, Chesapeake B, A-10, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG WORK, FAMILY AND RELIGION


Organizer: Nancy T. Ammerman, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

Convener: Wade Clark Roof, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

"Work, Family and Faith: Trends Since World War II"
Bradley Hertel, Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 24601

"Contemporary Crises and Historical Strengths: Church, Family, and Social Change in the African American Experience"
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Sociology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901

"Religious Innovation, Families, and Community: Adaptations in Socio-Cultural Change"
Stuart Wright, Sociology, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710

"Defense Workers: Challenged By Family and Faith"
Mary Johnson, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003

Discussant: Nancy T. Ammerman, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

Friday, November 9, 11:30 - 1:00 PM, Executive Lounge, A-11, SSSR

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO SPIRITUALITY


Convener: Gary Brock, Sociology, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 658040095

"The Long Term Effects of Short Term Spiritual Life Retreats"
Ronald R. Hamilton, University Park Church, 2180 South University, Denver, CO 80210

"A New Religious Movement and Spiritual Healing Psychology Based on A Course in Miracles"
Arnold S. Weiss, 14105 Summertime Lane, Culver City, CA 90230

"Identity and Self-Realization: A Study of the Self Realization Fellowship"
Jane Dillon, Sociology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093

"Congregations of One: A Study of Individual Religion"
Lauve H. Steenhuisen, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030

Discussant: Arthur L. Greil, Division of Social Sciences, Alfred University, Box 545, Alfred, NY 15802

Friday, November 9, 11:30 - 1:00 PM, Lynnhaven, A- 12, SSSR

WORKSHOP #1 ON CULTS AND SECTS IN AMERICA: THE SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF CULTS AND SECTS


Conveners: David Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284
Jeffrey Hadden, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903

"Organizational Development and Life Cycle"
Benton Johnson, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
Phillip E. Hammond, Religion, University of California, Santa Barbara. CA 93106

"Religious Economy"
Rodney Stark, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

Laurence Iannaccone, Santa Clara University, Stanford, CA 94305-6010

"New Religions and the Political Order"
Theodore E. Long, Arts and Sciences, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA 01845

"New Religions and the Family"
Eileen Barker, Sociology, London School of Economics, Houghton St., London WC2A 2AE, England

"New Religions and Counter Movements"
David Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284
Anson Shupe, Sociology and Anthropology, Indiana. Purdue Universitv, Fort Wayne, IN 46805

"New Religions and the Media"
Jeffrey K. Hadden, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Barry van Driel, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Note: Participants will discuss work in progress. They will not present formal papers.

Friday, November 9, 11:30 - 1:00 PM, Chesapeake C, A- 13, SSSR

AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS


Between the Times: The Travail of the Protestant Establishment in America, 1900-1960

Organizer/ Convener: Kevin J. Christiano, Sociology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556

Critics: William McKinney, Office of the Dean, Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105
Howard G. Schneiderman, Anthropology and Sociology, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042
R. Stephen Warner, Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60680

Responses: William R. Hutchinson, Religious History, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA 02138
Grant Wacker, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Robert A. Schneider, American Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122

Friday, November 9, 11:30 - 1:00 PM, Dominion B, A-14, SSSR

INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION


Convener: Bruce Hunsberger, Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3C5

"Attribution of Secular and Divine Sources of Causality by Religiously Oriented College Students"
Rhonda Woehl and Al L. Cone, Psychology, Jamestown College, Jamestown, ND 58401

"Relationship of Parental Discipline, Belief Systems and Proneness Toward Guilt and Shame to Religious Orientation"
O.J. Harvey and Olwen Bedford, Psychology, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0345
Edmond J. Gore, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

"Religious Orientation of Seminary Graduates"
Patrice McDaniel, Stephen Hoyer and David P. Hurford, Psychology, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS 66762

"The Structure of Extrinsic Religion"
Sam McFarland, Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green KY 42101

Discussant: Lee A. Kirkpatrick, Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208

Friday, November 9, 11:30 - 1:00 PM, Executive Board Room, A-15, SSSR

MYSTICISM, MIRACLES, AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE


Convener: Wendell Charles Beane, Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, W1 54901

"Mysticism: Exploring the Connections Between the Individual and Society"
Susan F. Greenwood, Sociology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-0124

"Miracles: An Empirical and Cross-Cultural Approach"
Carolyn Miller, Antioch University Los Angeles, 13274 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292

"The Virgin's Victim Souls: Personal, Political, and Theological Dimensions of Suffering in Modern Marian Apparitions"
Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz, Religious Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-2164

"The Sociological Relevance of the Near-Death Experience"
Liane Pedersen-Gallegos, Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309

Discussant: James McClenon, Social Sciences, Elizabeth City State Univ., Elizabeth City, NC 27909

Friday, November 9, 1:40 - 3:10 PM, Lynnhaven, A- 16, SSSR

AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS


 Divine Disenchantment: Deconverting From New Religions

Convener: Marion S. Goldman, Sociology, University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403

Participants:
 Robert Balch, Sociology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 69812
Donald Capps, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton NJ 08542
Meredith McGuire, Sociology, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212
Mary White Stewart, PACE Program, University of Nevada Reno, NV 89557

Response: Janet Liebman Jacobs, Women Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309

Friday, November 9, 1:40 - 3:10 PM, Dominion, A- 17, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: THE IMPACT OF RELIGION ON SOCIAL VALUES AND ATTITUDES


Convener: Carolyn Miller, Antioch University Los Angeles, 13274 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292

"Research on Religion and Prejudice 1950-1990: Review of Empirical Findings and Theoretical Deficits"
Rob Eisinga, Catholic University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9108, 6500 HK Nijmegen, The Netherlands

"Intrinsic Religious Orientation, Fundamentalism, and Christian Orthodoxy as Predictors of Various Forms of Discrimination/Prejudice"
Lee A. Kirkpatrick, Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
Bruce E. Hunsberger, Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5

"Reexamination of Religious Influences on Abortion Attitudes"
Eric Woodrum and Beth L. Davison, Sociology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695

"Giving and Volunteering: Religion as An Independent Variable"
Timothy T. Clydesdale, Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544

Discussant: Sam McFarland, Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101

Friday, November 9, 1:40 - 3:10 PM, Executive Lounge, A-18, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: WOMEN AND THE CLERGY-MINISTERS, LEADERS AND PARTNERS


Convener: Lisa Langenbach, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042

"The Status of Female Leadership in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church as Perceived by Women Leaders"
Roger L. Dudley, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104

"Life After Seminary for Clergywomen: Initial Expectations, Degree of Fulfillment and Attributions of Blame"
Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105

"Hiding the Priest and Sharing the Struggle: Adaptation and Change Among Wives and Other Partners of Roman Catholic Priests"
Teresa D. Marciano, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 97666

Discussant: Lisa Langenbach, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042

Friday, November 9, 1:40 - 3:10 PM, Chesapeake B, A- 19, SSSR

RELIGION AND ETHICS


Convener: Thomas G. Walsh, International Religious Foundation, Inc. JAF Box 2347, New York, NY 10116

"An Empirical Test of American Attitudes Toward the Consistent Ethic of Life"
Mary Johnson, Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003

"A Tythe in Advance: Ethical Mutual Funds and Their Returns"
Samuel A. Mueller, Sociology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325

"Clergy Ethics: Mainstream and Fringe"
Margaret P. Battin, Philosophy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

"The Shepard's Table: A Case Study in Religion and Volunteerism in the Culture of Modernity"
William D. Dinges, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 20064

Discussant: David Hackett, Religion, University of Florida, Gainesville,

Friday, November 9, 1:40 - 3:10 PM, Virginia, A-20, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT ACROSS CULTURES


Convener: Irving Hexham, Religious Studies, University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N IN4

"Charismatic Christianity and the New Age Movement. A Comparison"
Karla Poewe, Anthropology, University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N IN4

"Sociological interpretations of Japan's Neo-New"
Mark R. Mullins, Meiji Gakvin University, 3-25 Hachlyama Cho, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan 150

"New Age Movements in West Africa: Ancestral or Alien Religion"
Rosalind I.J. Hackett, Religious Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0450

"The New Age Movement in South Africa"
G.C. Oosthuizen, 2 Jamieson Drive, P.O. Westville 3630, Republic of South Africa

"The 'Possession-and-Exorcism' Complex as Co-opted New Age Relgion"
William Taft Stuart, University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

Discussant: Irving Hexham, Religious Studies, University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N IN4

Friday, November 9, 1:40 - 3:10 PM, Chesapeake C, A-21, SSSR

SECULARIZATION RECONSIDERED: THEORY AND DATA


Organizer: Laurence R. Iannaccone, Santa Clara University, Stanford, CA 94305-6010

Convener: Phillip Hammond, Religion, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

"Secularization Revisited: A Proposed Typology"
Dennis Hollinger, Assoc. Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, 3003 Benham Ave., Elkhart, IN 46517-1999

"Secularization in America?"
Roger Finke, Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907

"New Census of Religious Groups: American Membership Trends in the Twentieth Century"
J. Gordon Melton, Institute for the Study of American Religion, P.O. Box 90709, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-0709
Philip Lucas, University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Discussant: Benton Johnson, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1291

Friday, November 9, 1:40 - 3:10 PM, Executive Board Room, A-22, RRA

THEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS IN RELIGIOUS RESEARCH: BELIEF SYSTEMS AND THEIR EFFECT


Convener: William R. Garrett, Sociology Dept., St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT 05404

"A Procrustean Analysis of Modernist Theological World Views: Separation of Theory and Praxis"
Robert Bridges, Bernard Spilka and Ralph Mason, Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80210

"The Philosophy of Science Compared with the Philosophy of Modern Christianity"
Charles Thorne, Presbyterian Homes, 3220 Lake Johanna Boulevard, St. Paul, MN 55112-7997

"Jesus and His Movement Through Sociological Spectacles"
Peter Staples, Theology, State University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 2, Postbus 80.105, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands

Discussant: William R. Garrett, Sociology Dept, St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT 05404

Friday, November 9, 1:40 - 3:10 PM, Horizons Lounge, A-23, RRA

UNDERSTANDING CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: WHO, HOW AND WHAT?


Convener: Dean Hoge, Sociology, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. 20064

"Counting the House"
Richard R. Lee, Communication, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 30306-4021

"Exploiting the Research Potential of the Churches and Church Membership Volumes
Thomas J. Duggan, Sociology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Ml 48202

"Defining Membership by the Churches"
Constant Jacquet, Communications, National Council of Churches, 475 Riverside Drive -Room 876. New York, NY 10115

Discussant: Dean Hoge, Sociology, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. 20064

Friday, November 9, 3:25 - 4:50 PM, Chesapeake B, A-24, SSSR

THE LIFE, WORK, AND INFLUENCE OF EDGAR CAYCE


Convener: Robert S. Ellwood, Religion, Taper Hall of Humanities Room 328, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0355

"The Meaning of Metaphysics in Everyday Life: Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship and the Association for Research and Enlightenment"
Melinda Bollar Wagner, Anthropology, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142

"Edgar Cayce and His Reincarnation Teaching"
J. Gordon Melton, Institute for the Study of American Religion, P.O. Box 90709, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-0709

"Why Cayce Was Not a Psychic: Typological Issues and Their Social and Religious Consequences"
Harmon H. Bro, Pilgrim Institute, Box 781, Clinton, WA 98236

"Edgar Cayce and the Recovery of Lost Christianity"
Wendell Charles Beane, Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wl 54901

Discussant: Robert Ellwood, Religion, Taper Hall of Humanities Room 328, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0355

Friday, November 9, 3:25 - 4:50 PM, Lynnhaven, A-25, SSSR

CHARISMA AND AUTHORITY IN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS


Convener: Connie Elsberg, Social Sciences Division, Northern Virginia Community College, 3001 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311

"Nomothetic, Idiographic, and Cultural Problems in Conceptualizing 'Charisma'
Howard G. Schneiderman, Sociology, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042

"A Career Model of Charismatic Leadership"
Robert W. Balch, Sociology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812

"Authority and Identity: Conflict and Schism in Religious Community
Judy D. Saltzman, Philosophy, California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

"The Legitimation of Feminine Religious Authority: The Siddha Yoga Case"
Catherine Wessinger, Religious Studies, Loyola University of New Orleans, 6363 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118

Discussant: Stephen A. Kent, Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H4

Friday, November 9, 3:25 - 4:50 PM, Horizons Lounge, A-26, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: FEMINIST / WOMANIST PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGIOUS IDENTITY


Convener: Ellen Umansky, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041

Participants:
Mary Jo Neitz, Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Sociology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901
Mary Curry, Hunter College, New York, NY 11233
Lynn Davidman, Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Note: Panel members will not be presenting formal papers, but will discuss their area of interest in relation to women and religious identity.

Friday, November 9, 3:25 - 4:50 PM, Executive Lounge, A-27, SSSR

THEOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF COVENANT


Organizer / Convener: William Johnson Everett, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

"The Concept of Covenant Community as InterfaceBetween Sociology and Theology
John W. Hawthorne and David Whitelaw, Olivet Nazarene University, Kankakee, IL 60901-0592

"Covenant Publicity in Church and Society: An Ecclesiological Inquiry
William Johnson Everett, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

Discussant: Richard Fenn, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544

Friday, November 9, 3:25 - 4:50 PM, Chesapeake C, A-28, SSSR

EVANGELISM IN AMERICA: IDEOLOGY, GROWTH, AND COMMUNITY


Convener: Anson Shupe, Sociology and Anthropology, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN 46805

"The Kelley Thesis and Popular Religion: A Reconsideration
Erling Jorstad, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057

"Re-entering the Arena: An Analysis of 'Christian Worldview' Philosophy
Thomas Dowdy, Sociology, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK 74801
Don G. Wester, Philosophy, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK 47801

"Determined to Attain Dominion: Reasons for the Growing Popularity of Christian Reconstruction
Bruve Barron, University of Pittsburgh, P.O. Box 14545, Pittsburgh, PA 15228
Anson Shupe, Sociology, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN 46805

"In the World But Not of It: Socialization Within the Evangelical Community
Christopher T. Burris, Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045

Discussant: John Green, Ray Bliss Institute, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-1904

Friday, November 9, 3:25 - 4:50 PM, Virginia, A-29, RRA

CULTURE AND RELIGION: THE CHALLENGE OF UNITY


Convener: Ruth A. Doyle, Pastoral Research and Planning, Archdiocese of New York, 1011 First Avenue, New York, NY 10022-4134

"Asian Indian Catholics: Serving the Future by Understanding the Past
Thomas Gannon, SJ, 2058 North Clark Street. Chicago. IL 60614

"Images of God from a Crosscultural Perspective
Olga Scarpetta, Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 444 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019

"Ethnicity and Religious Identity in the Hispanic, Black, and Asian Communities
Ruth T. Doyle, Pastoral Research and Planning, Archdiocese of New York, 1011 First Avenue, New York, NY 10022-4134

"African American Mormon Reflections on the Priesthood
O. Kendall White, Sociology and Anthropology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450
Daryl White, Sociology and Anthropology, Box 247, Shelman College, Atlanta, GA 30314

Discussant: Joseph P. Fitzpatrick, SJ, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458

Friday, November 9, 3:25 - 4:50 PM, Dominion, A-30, SSSR

RELIGION, POLITICS AND THE MEDIA


Convener: Arthur L. Greil, Div. of Social Sciences, Alfred University, Box 545, Alfred, NY 15802

"Religion Readership in the Daily Press: Attitudinal and Demographic Issues
Stewart M. Hoover, Barbara M. Hanley, and Martin Radelfinger, Communications, Temple University, Annenberg Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122

"Movement Publication As Instrument for Mobilization: Case Study of the Freedom Report
C. Gary Wheeler, Princeton University, Sociology, Princeton, NJ 08544
Jeffrey K. Hadden, Sociology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903

"Television Technology as a 'Third Factor' in Religious Communication: A Case of Televangelism
Kyong Liong Kim, Communication, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mt. Vernon, OH 43050

"Giving to God: Contributors to Pat Robertson's Presidential Campaign
Ted G. Jelen and Clyde Wilcox, Department of Government, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057

Discussant: Razelle Frankl, Glassboro State College, 536 Moreno Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096



Friday, November 9, 5:00 - 6:00 PM, Chesapeake B & C, LEC, RRA

H. PAUL DOUGLASS LECTURE


"Women Administrators of Priestless Parishes: Constraints and Opportunities"
Ruth Wallace. Sociology, George Washington University Washington, D.C. 20052


6:00 PM, Cape Henry, REC, RRA

H. PAUL DOUGLASS RECEPTION

Cash Bar

Friday, November 9, 8:30 PM, Chesapeake B & C, PLEN I, SSSR

DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARD

James Davison Hunter. University of Virginia
PLENARY

"Intimations of Systemic Process"
Mary Catherine Bateson. Anthropology, George Mason University 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

Saturday, November 10, 7:00 - 8:00 AM, Chesapeake B,

WOMEN'S CAUCUS BREAKFAST

It would be helpful if persons who plan to attend would notify Mary Jo Neitz by 6:00 PM Friday

Saturday, November 10, 8:00 - 9:30 AM, Chesapeake B, B-1, SSSR

WOMEN AND RELIGION: ROUNDTABLE TOPICS


This session will consist of a variety of roundtable discussions relating to women, gender, and religion. Topics and discussion leaders are listed below. All conference participants are invited to attend.

1. "Reclaiming the Feminine: Methods of Research, Theory and Teaching"
Madeleine Adriance, Sociology, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA 01845-5806

2. "Developing Women's Spirituality/Support Groups"
Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105

3. "Women and New Religious Movements: Research and Personal Perspectives"
Connie Elsberg, Social Sciences Division, Northern Virginia Community College, 3001 North Beauregard Street,
Alexandria VA22311
Eileen Barker, Sociology, London School of Economics, Houghton St., London WC2A 2AE, England

4. "A Retrospective View of Women in the SSSR"
Mary Johnson, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003

5. "Women in the Clergy"
E. Lynn Harris, English, P.O. Box 412, Wheaton, IL 60189

6. "Non-ordained Women Church Employees"
Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis,IN 46202

7. "The Anti-Abortion Movement: Moral Issues and Debate"
Elfriede Wedam (University of Illinois at Chicago), 7352 S. Coles,Chicago, IL 60649

8. "Women Partners and Male Clergy: Transition and Change"
Teresa Marciano, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 97666)

9. "Academic Career Development"
Razelle Frankl (Glassboro State College), 536 Moreno Road,Wynnewood, PA 19096

Saturday, November 10, 8:00 - 9:30 AM, Lynnhaven, B-2, SSSR

ANOMALOUS EXPERIENCE AND RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY


Organizer: James McClenon, Social Sciences, Elizabeth City State Univ., Elizabeth City, NC 27909

Convener: Harmon Bro, Pilgrim Institute, Box 781, Clinton, WA 98236

"Psychological Correlates of Religious Development in a Small Group Format: 'A Search for God' Study Groups"
Douglas G. Richards, Atlantic University, P.O. Box 595,Virginia Beach, VA 23451

"Anomalous Experiences Among African-Americans in Northeastern North Carolina: A Comparative Analysis of Religious Implications"
James McClenon, Social Sciences, Elizabeth City State Univ., Elizabeth City, NC 27909

"Investigation of Some Cases in Sri Lanka of Children Claiming Memories of a Previous Life"
Erlendur Haraldsson, Psychology, University of Iceland,101 Reykjavik, Iceland

Discussant: Harmon Bro, Pilgrim Institute, Box 781, Clinton, WA 98236

Saturday, November 10, 8:00 - 9:30 AM, Virginia, B-3, SSSR

CULTS AND THE COURTROOM


Organizer/ Convener: Jeffrey Pfeiffer, Psychology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0308

"Assessment of Expert Testimony in Cult Cases"
John DeWitt and James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89407

"Constitutional Assessment of Cult Indoctrination Techniques"
James Ogloff, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A IS6

"Opinion of Potential Jurors in Reverend Moon's Taxation Trial"
James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89407

"Expert Testimony on Residual Effects of Participating in Cult-Like Movements"
H. Newton Maloney, Graduate School of Psychology
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA 71182

Discussant: Stuart A. Wright, Sociology, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710

Saturday, November 10, 8:00 - 9:30 AM, Executive Lounge, B-4, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CHURCH


Organizer: Johannes P. Van Vugt, Loyola Univ. of Chicago, 6525 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626

Convener: Jeannine Gramick, New Ways Ministry, 322 Jodyway Tomonium, MD 21093

"Homosexuality: The Churches' Respond-Science or Inquisition"
Johannes P. Van Vugt, Loyola Univ. of Chicago, 6525 N Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626

"Respectability: The Inclusion of Gay Men and Lesbians in the Congregational Life of Liberal Protestantism"
Christopher Carrington, Sociology, 738 Thompson Hall Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003

"The Impact of Religious Background on Perpetrators of Anti-Gay/Lesbian Violence"
Gary David Comstock, Wesleyan University, 82 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

"Hurdles and Pitfalls of Scientifically Examining Gay Clergy"
James G. Wolf, Survey Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, kentucky 40506-0205

Discussant: Jeannine Gramick, New Ways Ministry, 322 Jodyway, Tomonium, MD 21093

Saturday, November 10, 8:00 - 9:30 AM, Cape Henry, B-5, SSSR

AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS


Revivalism and Cultural Change: Christianity, Nation Building and the Market in the Nineteenth Century United States

Organizer/ Convener: David G. Hackett, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611

Participants:
Jay Demerath, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
David Watt, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122
William Garrett, St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT 05404
Roger Finke, Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907

Respondent: George M. Thomas, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2101

Saturday, November 10, 8:00 - 9:30 AM, Chesapeake C, B-6, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: RELIGION IN NORTH AMERICA: CHANGING SOCIAL IDENTITY


Convener: Richard W. Cogley, Dept. of Religious Studies, Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX 75275-0202

"Church/Sect Theory and Emerging North American Muslim Communities: Issues and Trends"
Frederick M. Denny. Religious Studies, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0292

"The Southern Baptist Convention as Essentially American Denomination"
Arthur E. Farnsley, II, 2264 East Lake Road, Atlanta, GA 30307

"Religious Establishment: Lost, Retained, and Never Found"
Phillip E. Hammond, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Discussant: Peter Beyer, Religious Studies, Univ. of Toronto, 110 Charles Street West, Toronto, CANADA M5S 1A1

Saturday, November 10, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Chesapeake C, B-9, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: RELIGION, DEVELOPMENT, AND PERSONALITY


Convener: Arnold Weiss, 14105 Summertime Lane, Culver City, CA 90230

"Conceptualizing Religious Development: Conventional Strategies and an Alternative"
Susan Kwilecki, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142

"Critique and Reformulation of Salvatore Maddi's Frame of Reference for Personality Theory"
_ Merlyn E. Mowrey, Religion, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, M1 48859

"Religious Language as a Transitional Object"
_ Naomi Miller, Sussex Community College, College Hill, Newton, NJ 07860
Sarah L. Karl, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical, MSB C650, Newark, NJ 07107

"An Empirical Test of Carroll's Thesis of the Psychological Origins of the Cult of the Virgin Mary"
Ralph W. Hood, Jr. and Ronald J. Morris, Psychology, Univ. of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 615 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Discussant: Patricia Schoenrade, Psychology, William Jewell College, Liberty, MO 64068

Saturday, November 10, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Cape Henry, B-10, SSSR

AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS

The Hunger of the Heart: Reflections on the Confessions of Saint Augustine


 Organizer/Convener: Stan D. Gaede, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984

Participants:
William Everett, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322
Lewis Rambo, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, CA 94960
Romney Moseley, Trinity College, Toronto, Canada M5S IH8

Response: Donald Capps, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ 08542
James E. Dittes, Religious Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520

Saturday, November 10, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Lynnhaven, B-11, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: LATINO CULTURE AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY


Convener: Edwin I. Hernandez, Hialeah Hospital, 651 E. 25th St., Hialeah, FL 33184

"Rediscovering the Sacred Among Latinos: A Transformational Critic"
David Abalos, Sociology, Seton Hall University, 40 Fairview Ave., South Orange, NJ 07079

"After 20 Years: The Direction of Latino Church Leadership"
Ana Maria Diaz-Stevens, Puerto Rican Studies, Rutgers Univ., 21 Denbigh Dr., Somerset, NJ 08873

"The Impact of Liberation Theology on the Social Identity of Latinos"
Caleb Rosado, Sociology, Elizabethtown College, One Alpha Dr., Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298

"A Latino Critique of the Post-Ethnic Catholic Church"
Anthony Stevens-Arroyo, Puerto Rican Studies, Brooklyn College-CUNY, Brooklyn, NY 11210

Discussant: William Swatos, Jr., 1500 7th Avenue, Silvis, IL 61282

Saturday, November 10, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Dominion, B-12, SSSR

CONVERSION STUDIES AT REGENT UNIVERSITY


Convener. David W. Clark, Communications, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

"Inoculation and Resistence to Anti-Religious Messages"
David W. Clark, Communications, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

"Conversion as Reconstruction"
Benson Fraser and Joseph Whitehurst, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

"Cinematic Constructions on Conversion: An Historical Overview"

Terry Lindvall and David Nackerud, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

Discussant: Michael Graves, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

Saturday, November 10, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Horizons Lounge, B-13, RRA

ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WORK, FAMILY, AND RELIGION: PERSPECTIVES FROM CHURCH BASED AND ACADEMIC-BASED RESEARCHERS


Convenor: Nancy T. Ammerman, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

Participants:
John P. Marcum, Research Services, Presbyterian Church, 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY 40202
Kenneth W. Inskeep, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 8765 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631
Donald Liudens, Sociology, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423
Bradley Hertel, Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 24060



Saturday, November 10, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Virginia, B-14, RRA

CHURCH GROWTH AND DECLINE: NATIONAL DENOMINATION CONSIDERATIONS


Convener: David A. Roozen, Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105

"Twenty-five Years of National Decisions Concerning Evangelism: A Comparative Study of Two 'Mainline' Denominations"
Bruce Greer, Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01002

"The Causes and Consequences of New Church Development"
C. Kirk Hadaway, Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, TN 37234
Penny Long Marler, Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105

"Racial / Ethnic Trends in the American Baptist Convention Since 1967: Increasing Colorization"
Norman Green and Paul Light, National Ministries, American Baptist Convention, Valley Forge, PA 19481

"The Fragmenting Mosaic: Denominational Trends in Canada"
Reginald W. Bibby, Sociology, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, TIX 3M4 CANADA

Discussant: Herb Miller, National Evangelistic Association, Christian Church

Saturday, November 10, 9:45 - 11:15 AM, Executive Lounge, B-15, SSSR

WORKSHOP #2 ON CULTS AND SECTS IN AMERICA: CULTS, SECTS AND THE INDIVIDUAL


Conveners:
David Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284
Jeffrey Hadden, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903

"Charisma and Leadership"
Frederick Bird, Concordia University, Dept. of Rel., 1455 Maisonneuve Blvd., West, Montreal, Quebec, H3G IM8 Canada

"Conversion"
David Machalek, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
David Snow, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

"Leaving New Religions"
Helen Rose Ebaugh, Sociology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004
Stuart Wright, Sociology, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710

"Mental Health"
John Saliba, University of Detroit, 4001 West McNichols, Detroit, Ml 48211

"Brainwashing and Coercive Persuasion"
Dick Anthony, 809 Evelyn, Albany, CA 94706

Note: Participants will discuss work in progress. They will not present formal papers.

Saturday, November 10, 11:30 - 1:00, Chesapeake B, BUS, SSSR

SSSR BUSINESS MEETING

Saturday, November 10, 1: 15 - 2:45 PM, Lynnhaven, B-16, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: ETHNICITY, RELIGION AND SOCIAL IDENTITY


Convener: Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Sociology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901

"Do They Want Their Children to Be Like Them?: Parental Heritage and Jewish Identity"
Arnold A. Lasker and Judith N. Lasker, Social Relations, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015

"Catholic Ethnicity and Religious Commitment"
Lawrence A. Young, Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602

"Latino Identity and Liberation Theology"
Caleb Rosado, Sociology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521

Discussant: Ellen Umansky, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041

Saturday, November 10, 1:15 - 2:45 PM, Virginia, B-17, SSSR

CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES OF RELIGION IN SOCIETY


Convener: Rosalind Hackett, Religious Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0450

"Cosmology: Time and Historicity in Africa Indigenous Cultures"
Cuerin C. Montilus, Wayne State University, 6001 Cass, Office 461, Detroit, Ml 48202

"The Ethnohistory of Puritan Missions to the Indians"
Richard W. Cogley, Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0202

"Perestroika and Public Faith: Can Soviet Religion Keep Apace of Rapid Change?"
Ivan J. Fahs and James A. Mathisen, Sociology / Anthropology, Wheaton College, IL 60187

Discussant: Rosalind Hackett, Religious Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0450

Saturday, November 10, 1:15 - 2:45 PM, Dominion, B-18, SSSR

MAINSTREAMING TELEVANGELISM: APPLYING OUR LEARNINGS TO NEW AREAS OF RESEARCH


Organizer / Convener: Razelle Frankl (Glassboro State College), 536 Moreno Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096

"Televangelism Spawns New Cottage Industry"
Andrew Quicke, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

"Media and Morality"
Gary Calore, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

"Religion, the Press, and the Public Sphere"
Stewart M. Hoover, Communications, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122

Discussant: Jeffrey K. Hadden, Sociology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Saturday, November 10, 1:15 - 2:45 PM, Chesapeake C, B-19, SSSR

ROUNDTABLE SESSION: NEW MEASURES OF RELIGION_RESULTS FROM THE 1989 NATIONAL ELECTION STUDIES PILOT STUDY


Conveners:
David C. Leege, Hesburgh Program in Public Service, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Layman A. Kellstedt, Political Science, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187

Participants:
George Gallup, Jr., The Gallup Organization, Princeton, NJ 08540
Margaret Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325

Saturday, November 10, 1:15 - 2:45 PM, Chesapeake B, B-20, SSSR

RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE: EDUCATION, THE LAW AND CIVIL AUTHORITY


Convener: Eugene Schoenfeld, Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303

"A Case Study of Politics in the Process of Adding the Teaching About Religion in the Public School Curriculum in Utah"
Raymond G. Briscoe, 45 East State Street, Farmington, UT 84025

"Religion and Morality in Public Education, 150 Years"
Clinton Buck, Memphis Theological Seminary, 168 E. Parkway S., Memphis, TN 38104

"Social Authority and Personal Responsibility: The Case of Kashrut Certification"
Samuel Z. Klausner, Sociology (University of Pennsylvania) 2241 Georges Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19131

"Religious Involvement and Criminality"
Thorleif Pettersson, Sociology of Religion, University of Uppsala, Box 1604, S-75146 Uppsala Sweden

Discussant: James T. Richardson, Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89407

Saturday, November 10, 1:15 - 2:45 PM, Cape Henry, B-21, SSSR

CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW THINKING CONFRONTS THE WORLD: THE CASE OF REGENT(FORMERLY CBN) UNIVERSITY


Convener: James Guth, Political Science, Furman University, Greenville, SC 29613

"Bible-Based Law: Regent University Law School Versus the American Bar Association"
Bruce Barron, Religion, University of Pittsburgh, P.O. Box 14545, Pittsburgh, PA 15234

"Christian Thinking in Academia: The Background of Regent University's Statement on Academic Freedom"
Herbert Titus, Dean, College of Law and Government, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

"The Paradoxes of Christian Public-Policy Making: Reactionary and Radical Elements in the Vision of Regent University's School of Public Policy"
Steve W. Fitschen, 1060 Commonwealth Place, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

"Returning From the Fringes of Culture: Evangelical Efforts to Stimulate a New Awakening"
Gary Amos, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

Discussant: Nancy T. Ammerman, Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

Saturday, November 10, 1:15 - 2:45 PM, Executive Lounge, B-22, RRA

ROUNDTABLE: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN APPLIED AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH


Conveners:
D. Paul Johnson, Sociology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
Sheila Kelly, Board for Homeland Missions, United Churchof Christ, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115

Saturday, November 10, 1:15 - 2:45 PM, Executive Board Room, B-23, RRA

ECUMENISM AND RELIGIOUS RESEARCH


Convener: Marjorie Royle, United Church Board of Homeland Ministries, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115

"A Pilot Study of the Ecumenical Attitudes and the Ecumenical Activities of Students of Theology in the State University of Utrecht"
Peter Staples, Theology, State University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 2, Postbus 80.105, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands

"The Meaning of An Ecumenical Partnership"
Marjorie H. Royle, United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115

"Role and Impact of Research in an Ecumenical Institution"
Peggy Shriver, Staff Associate of Professional Church Leadership, National Council of Churches, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115

Discussant: John Borelli, Interreligious Relations, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 3211 4th Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20017-1194

Saturday, November 10, 1:30 - 5:00 PM, Hotel Lobby

Tour to Edgar Cayce Center



Saturday, November 10, 3:00 - 4:30 PM, Cape Henry, B-24, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: POST-VATICAN II CHANGES IN CATHOLICISM


Organizer / Convener: Pierre Hegy, Sociology, Adelphi University, Garden City, Long Island, NY 11530

"U.S. Catholicism Since Vatican II"
Joseph H. Fichter, Sociology, Loyola University of NewOrleans, New Orleans, LA 70018

"Catholic Laity in a Changing Church"
Daniel M. Stuhisatz, 1305 Cherry Ave., Apt. E,Charlottesville, VA 22903

"Roman Catholic Religious Orders of Women: TheTransition to Voluntary Association"
Patricia Wittberg, Indiana University, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202

"Breaking the Mold of the Catholic Sacred Cosmos"
Pierre Hegy, Sociology, Adelphi University, Garden City,Long Island, NY 11530

Discussant: Ruth Wallace, Sociology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052

Saturday, November 10, 3:00 - 4:30 PM, Executive Lounge, B-25, SSSR

RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES ON RELIGION AND FERTILITY


Convener: Dana Fenton, (Union Seminary), Apt. 13a, 530 Park Ave., New York, NY 10021

"Religion, Religiosity and Childlessness Re-examined"
Cardell K. Jacobson and Tim B. Heaton, Sociology, Birgham Young University, Provo, UT 84602

"Explaining Protestant Fertility: Women's Roles"
John P. Marcum, 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY 40202-1396

"Religious Affiliation and Fertility: United States, 1988"
William D. Mosher, David P. Johnson, and Linda B. Williams, National Center for Health Statistics, 3700 East-West Highway, Hyattsville, MD 20782

Discussant: Mary Ellen Batiuk, Social Sciences, Wilmington College, Box 1302, Wilmington, OH 45177

Saturday, November 10, 3:00 - 4:30 PM, Virginia A, B-26, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: NEW RELIGIONS AND CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT


Convener: Mark A. Shibley, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

"Religion and Social Movements in Global Society: A Marginalized Subsystem and Anti-Systemic Mobilization"
Peter Beyer, Religious Studies, 110 Charles St. West, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A1

"But Is It a Genuine Religion?"
Eileen Barker, Sociology, London School of Economics, Houghton St., London WC2A 2AE, England

"New Religious Movements and Differentiation Theory: An Interpretive Model for the 90s"
Barbara G. Wilkins, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO 80201

Discussant: Paul F. Zimdars-Swartz, Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045

Saturday, November 10, 3:00-4:30 PM, Dominion, B-27, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT IN PERSPECTIVE


Convener: Irving Hexham, Religious Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta CANADA

"The Conservative Christian Image of the New Age Movement"
James R. Lewis, Institute for the Study of American Religion, P.O. Box 90709, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-0709

"How the New Age Transforms Astrology"
Shoshanah Feher, University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
J. Gordon Melton, Institute for the Study of American Religion, P.O. Box 90709, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-0709

"Vancouver, B.C. as a North American New Age Mecca"
Carson Pue, Religious Studies, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4

"Employing the New Age: Training Seminars"
Glenn A. Rupert, 1535 C Pineridge, College Station, TX 77840

Discussant: Gary L. Ward, Institute for the Study of American Religion, P.O. Box 90709, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-0709

Saturday, November 10, 3:00 - 4:30 PM, Virginia B, B-28, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: GENDER AND CONCEPTS OF THE DIVINE


Convener: E. Lynn Harris, English, P.O. Box 412, Wheaton, IL 60189

"The Male God-Concept and Self-Esteem: A Theoretical Framework"
Rachel Ann Foster and John P. Keating, Psychology Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI 48859

"Female Conceptions of God: Are Women Really 'Kinder and Gentler' in Their Religious Imagery?"
Georgie Ann Weatherby, Sociology, Washington State Univ. at Vancouver, Vancouver, WA 98663

"With Justice and Mercy: Masculine and FeminineElements in Religion"
Eugen Schoenfeld, Sociology, Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 30303

Discussant: Lynn Davidman, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Saturday, November 10, 3:00 - 4:30 PM, Horizons Lounge, B-29, RRA

THE 1990 CHURCHES AND CHURCH MEMBERSHIP STUDY: METHODOLOGY AND PRODUCTS


Convener: John O'Hara, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod International Center, 1333 Kirkwood Road, St. Louis, MO 63122-7295

"Data Collection"
Dale Jones, Church of the Nazarene

"Improving Coverage Among Black Communions and Independent Churches"
Martin Bradley, Southern Baptist Convention,

"Atlas of Religious Change 1952-1990"
William Newman and Peter Halvorson, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268

Discussant: David Roozen, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT 06105

Saturday, November 10, 3:00 - 4:30 PM, Lynnhaven, B-30, SSSR

RELIGION, HEALTH AND MEDICINE


Convener: Al L. Cone, Psychology, Jamestown College, Jamestown ND 58401 -3401

"Caregiver Perceptions of Healing Models and Religion's Role"
Ross P. Scherer, Sociology, Loyola Univ. of Chicago, 6525 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626

"Spiritual Adaptation to Stress in Parents in Chronically Ill Children"
Carolyn M. Rutledge and Jeffrey S. Levin, Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, P.O. Box 1980, Norfolk, VA 23501

"Health, Aging, and Religiosity"
Stephen C. Ainlay, Royce Singleton, Jr. and Victoria Swigert, Sociology, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA 01610

Discussant: Crystal Park, Psychology, 220 Wolf hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19702

Saturday, November 10, 3:00-4:30 PM, Executive Board Room, B-31, RRA

A CONVERSATION ABOUT EXPERIENCES IN MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES


Convener: Richard Gorsuch, Fuller Theological Seminary, 180 North Oakland Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91182

This session will invite conference attendees to bring their own experience and questions to a discussion on factor analysis and other multivariate analyses and their role in scale development, exploratory research and hypothesis testing. What are some of the major problems and possibilities? This will include a discussion about development or non-development in computer packages.

Saturday, November 10, 5:00 PM, Cape Henry, PLEN 2,

PLENARY


"Colonial Discourse in the Study of Religion"
Charles Long. Religion, Syracuse University Syracuse, New York, 13210

Saturday, November 10, 6:30 - 8:30 PM, Chesapeake A, B & C, DIN

BUFFET DINNER

Saturday, November 10, 9:00 - 10:00 AM, Cape Henry, BUS, RRA

BUSINESS MEETING


Memorializing Constant Jacquet

Sunday, November 11, 8:30 - 10:00 AM, Chesapeake B, C-1, SSSR

THE HEGEMONY OF THE AMERICAN MAINLINE AND THE PUBLIC CHURCH


Organizer: Scott L. Thumma, Emory University, Atlanta, CA 30322

Convener: Andrew Kim, University of Toronto, 563 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada M5F IA1

"Toward an Operational Definition of the Public Church"
Scott L. Thumma, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

"Implicit Normative Claims in the Public Church: Two Perspectives From Outside the Mainline"
Peter R. Gathje, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

"Whose Community of Memory? The Challenge of African American Christian Communities to the Public Church"
Rosetta E. Ross, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322

Discussant: William J. McKinney, Jr., Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105

Sunday, November 11, 8:30 - 10:00 AM, Virginia, C-2, SSSR

WORKSHOP #3 ON CULTS AND SECTS IN AMERICA: OLD AGENDAS AND NEW DIRECTIONS INTHE STUDY OF CULTS AND SECTS


Conveners:
David Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284
Jeffrey Hadden, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903

"Establishing Ethnographic Baselines"
Gordon Melton, Institute for the Study of American Religion, P.O. Box 90709, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-0709

"Historical Lessons"
Rodney Stark, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Roger Finke, Sociology & Anthropology, Purdue Univ., Stone Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907

"The Occult"
Marcello Truzzi, Sociology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197

"The New Age"
James Lewis, Institute for the Study of American Religion, P.O. Box 90709, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-0709

"The Nagging Problems of Data and Methods"
James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0067
Robert W. Balch, Sociology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812

Note: Participants will discuss work in progress. They will not present formal papers.

Sunday, November 11, 8:30 - 10:00 AM, Chesapeake C, C-3, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: REASON, THOUGHT, AND RELIGIOSITY


Convener: Rob Eisinga, Department of Research Methodology and Statistics, P.O. Box 9108, 6500 HK Nijmegen, The Netherlands

"Reflections on Religion: Aging and Cognitive Style Variations in Adult Thinking About Religious Issues"
Michael W. Pratt, Bruce Hunsberger, Mark Prancer, Don Roth and Nancy LaPointe, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5

"The Role of Religious Behavior in Decision-Making and Problem-Solving: Reliance on God"
James Casebolt, Social Psychology, Univ. of Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

"Religious Risk Management: A Cognitivist Viewpoint"
Matti Kamppinen, Department of Philosophy, University of Turku, SF-20500 Turku, Finland

"Does Religiosity Affect the Way We Think?"
Bruce Hunsberger, Michael Pratt, S. Mark Prancer, and Barbara McKenzie, Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5
James Lea, Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6

Discussant: Lawrence Lilliston, Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Ml 48309

Sunday, November 11, 8:30 - 10:00 AM, Horizons Lounge, C-4, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: IDENTITY AND CHANGE AMONG CONTEMPORARY CLERGY


Convener: Teresa Marciano, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ 97666

"A Longitudinal Analysis of Quit Behavior in the U.S. Catholic Priesthood"
Richard A. Schoenherr and Tsan-Yuang Cheng, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, Wl 53706

"Continuities in Belief on the Part of Clergy in a State Religion"
Donald R. Ortner, Psychology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943

"Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Leadership-Minister Conflict in Congregational Style Churches"
Gary L. Brock, Sociology, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65804-0095

Discussant: Adair Lummis, Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105

Sunday, November 11, 8:30 - 10:00 AM, Lynnhaven, C-5, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: RELIGION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA


Convener: Patrick McNamara, Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131

"Justice, Democracy and Religious Movements in Contemporary Nicaragua"
Henry P. Houser, Sociology, Knox College, Calesburg, IL 61401

"Liberation Theology and Oppressed People: Peasant Practices, Voices, and Visions"
Joseph L. Price, Religious Studies, Whittier College, Whittier, CA 90608

"Agents of Change: The Role of Clergy and Women Religious in the Grassroots Church in Brazil"
Madeleine R. Adriance, Sociology, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA 01845-5806

"The Church Addresses Community Problems Through Organizational Development: A Model from Latin America's Church Based Communities"
Johannes P. Van Vugt, Loyola Univ. of Chicago, 6525 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626

Discussant: Ana Maria Diaz-Stevens, Puerto Rican Studies, Rutgers University, 21 Denbith Dr., Somerset, NJ 08873

Sunday, November 11, 8:30 - 10:00 AM, Executive Lounge, C-6, SSSR

SHAMANISM: A 100,000 YEAR OLD "NEW" RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT


Conveners:
Stephen D. Glazier, Sociology, Kearney State College, Kearney, NE 68849
Mark A. Schroll, United Ministries in Higher Education, 807 W. 28th Street, Kearney, NE 68847

"The Renaissance of Mysticism: Newo-Shamanism, Postmodern Science and Transpersonal Psychology"
Mark A. Schroll, United Ministries in Higher Education, 807 W. 28th Street, Kearney, NE 68847

"Authenticity and Delusion: Shamanism vs. Neo Shamanism"
Joan Townsend, Anthropology, University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, Canada R3T 2N2

"Living Mythically-Dreams and Synchronicity in Shamanism: Traditional and Modern"
Paula M. Raines, 4641 Northeast 195th St., Seattle, WA 98155

"Neo-natal Intensivists as Neo-Shamans"
Debra Kantor, 201 Lyons Ave., Newark Beth-Israel Medical Center, Pediatrics Dept., Newark, NJ 07112

"Power Animals: Metaphor, Myth, and Reality"
Judith Kahn, 1800-A Solomon Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901

Discussants:
Michael Schneider, 29 Share Road, Oceanport, NJ 07757
Mark A. Schroll, United Ministries in Higher Education, 807 W. 28th Street, Kearney, NE 68847

Sunday, November 11, 8:30 - 10:00 AM, Executive Board Room, C-7, RRA

MEASURING SPIRITUALITY


Convener: Celeste M. Bowman, 717 Magnolia, Royal Oak, Ml 48073

"Religious Maturity and the Report of Stress Among Aging Women"
H. Newton Maloney and Bruce Atkinson, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA 71182

"Religion and Personal Adjustment in Old Age"
David O. Moberg, Sociology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wi 53233

"Spirituality Awareness"
Celeste M. Bowman, 717 Magnolia, Royal Oak, M1 48073

Discussant: Ann Mary Dooley (Religious Studies, Niagara University), 2 Buffalo Ave., Apt. 14, Niagara Falls, NY 14303

Sunday, November 11, 8:30 - 10:00 AM, Dominion, C-8, SSSR

HISTORICAL STUDIES OF RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS


Organizer/ Convener: Jon Miller, Univ. of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2339

"Pietism and Romantic Science"
George Becker, Sociology, Vanderbilt University,Nashville, TN 37235

"Religio-oppositional Subcultures and Soviet Nationalisms: Comparisons and Conceptual Refinements"
Hank Johnston, Sociology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182

"Religious Belief and Revealed Preferences in the Middle Ages"
Gary Anderson, Economics, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330

"Historical Development of the Pentecostal / Charismatic Movement in Thailand's Protestant Community"
Edwin Zehner, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

Discussant: Jon Miller, Univ. of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2339

Saturday, November 10, 9:45- 1l:15 AM, Cape Henry, C-9, SSSR/RRA

AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS

The Psychology of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Views


Organizer/ Convener: Ralph W. Hood, Jr., Psychology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Participants:
Al Cone, Psychology, Jamestown College, Jamestown, ND 58401 -3401
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., Psychology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403
Sam McFarland, Psychology, Western kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101

Response: David Wulff, Psychology, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 02766

Sunday, November 11, 10:15 - 11:45 AM, Virginia, C- 10, SSSR/RRA

RITUAL AND SOCIETY


Convener: Dana Fenton, (Union Seminary), Apt. 13a, 530 Park Ave., New York, NY 10021

"Televangelism: Ritual in the Service of Social Protest and Social Adaptation"
Bobby C. Alexander, Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 752750-0102

"Funeral Customs in Modern China"
Dennis Ryan, Religious Studies, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY 10805

"The Body, Society and Ritual: The Significance of the Thought of Mary Douglas for the Scientific Study of Religion"
Peter Joseph Albano, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY 11439

Discussant: Dana Fenton, Union Seminary, 2041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

Sunday, November 11, 10:15 - 11:45 AM, Horizons Lounge, C- 11, SSSR

SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES ON NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS


Convener: Jeffrey Pfeiffer, Psychology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0308

"Towards a New Cultural Revolution?: A Study of the Rev. Moon's Unification Movement as a Transformer of American Culture"
Hoshihiko Masuda, Unification Theological Seminary, 10 Dock Road, Barrytown, NY 12407

"Family and Society in the Unification Church"
Thomas G. Walsh, International Religious Foundation, Inc., JAF Box 2347, New York, NY 10116

"Coping With Apocalypse in the Two Quebec 'Cults': Ritual and Therapeutic Aspects of Endtime in Iam and La Mission de L'Esprit Saint"
Susan J. Palmer, Dawson College, 3040 Sherbrooke Street, Quebec, H3Z IA4, Canada

"Methodological Considerations on 'Seekership"'
Nathan J. Rotter, Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1291

Discussant: Eileen Barker, Sociology, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, England

Sunday, November 11, 10:15 - 11:45 AM, Dominion, C-12, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: TRANSFORMING RELIGION THROUGH GENDER DIVERSITY


Convener: Mary Jo Neitz, Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211

"Religious Congregation in a New Mode: Tradition, Social Change and the Public Expression of Diversity"
Shirah W. Hecht, 2121 Commonwealth Avenue, -2, Auburdale, MA 02166

"The Empowerment of Women in Black Spiritual Churches"
Hans A. Baer, Sociology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72201

"The Transformation of Nature: Religious Visions and the Environmental Crisis"
Laurel D. Kearns, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 30030

Discussant: Rachel Ann Foster, Psychology, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Mi 48859

Sunday, November 11, 10:15 - 11:45 AM, Executive Lounge, C- 13, SSSR

GETTING PUBLISHED: A VIEW FROM THE EDITORS

Organizer/ Moderator: William W. Swatos, Jr., 1500 7th Avenue, Silvis, IL 61282

Participants:
Armand L. Mauss, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4020
David Bromley, Sociology - Anthropology, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA 23284
Stan Gaede, Gordon College, Wenham, MA 01984
Paul Johnson. Sociology. Texas Tech University, Lubbock. TX 79409

Note: Panel members will discuss various aspects of academic publishing and answer questions from those attending the session.

Sunday, November 11, 10: 15 - 11:45 AM, Chesapeake B, C-14, SSSR

THE IMPACT OF RELIGION ON MENTAL HEALTH


Convener: Judith N. Lasker, Social Relations, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015

"Religious Coping and Self-Discrepancy"
Lawrence Lilliston, Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Ml 48309

"Religiosity and Well-Being: Current Knowledge and a Model for Research"
Crystal L. Park, Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19702

"Unless You Forgive Others: Forgiveness, Prayer, and Life Satisfaction"
Margaret M. Poloma, Sociology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325
George Gallup, Jr., The Gallup Organization, Inc., Princeton, NJ 08542

"Whose Loss?: Intrinsic Religion and the Consideration of One's Own or Another's Death"
Patricia Schoenrade, G. Brent Ludwig, Tracy D. Atkinson, Rhonda Shane, William Jewell College, Liberty, MO 64068-9988

Discussant: Judith N. Lasker, Social Relations, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015

Sunday, November 11, 10:15 - 11:45 AM, Lynnhaven, C-15, SSSR

BABY BOOMERS AND RELIGION- REPORT ON A PROJECT


Organizer / Moderator: Wade Clark Roof, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Participants:
Bruce Greer, Mary Johnson, Andrea Leibson, Karen Loeb, Elizabeth Souza, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003

Note: Panel members will not be presenting formal papers, but each participant will address an issue pertaining to the research project.

Sunday, November 11, 10:15 - 11:45 AM, Executive Board Room, C-16, RRA

A SUNDAY MORNING CONVERSATION: NEXT STEPS IN JOINT ACADEMIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH


Organizer: Marjorie H. Royle, United Church Board for Homeland Ministries, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115

This session will focus on some of the issues which we see having promise for working together in applied and academic research. What have we heard in the thematic sessions that would be particularly promising areas for collaboration between academic and applied researchers? This will build in a practical and concrete way on the roundtable "Bridging the Gap Between Applied and Academic Research."

Sunday, November 11, 10:15 - 11:45 AM, Chesapeake A, C-17, RRA

MOBILIZING CONGREGATIONS FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY


Convener: Thomas Van Eck, Center for Church and Community Ministries, McCormick Theological Seminary, 5555 South Woodlawn, Chicago, IL 60637

Participants:
Carl Dudley and Sally Johnson, Center for Church and Community Ministries, McCormick Theological Seminary, 5555 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
David A. Roozen, Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman Street, Hartford, CT 06105

Case reports will compare four examples of mobilizing congregations for social ministry, including Catholic parishes in a housing ministry, a Lutheran church in an advocacy for the hearing impaired, a small town Church of the Brethren effort to influence public education, and an inner city Baptist church ministry with youth. Internal and contextual factors will be considered through a variety of analytical perspectives.

Sunday, November 11, 10: 15 - 11:45 AM, Chesapeake C, C- 18, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: WORK, RELIGION, AND SPIRITUALITY


Convener: Georgie Ann Weatherby, Sociology, Washington State University at Vancouver, 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver, WA 98663

"Dual-Earner Families and Conservative Congregations: Accommodation and Conflict"
Kevin P. Demmitt, Sociology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901

"Religion and the Meaning of Work"
James D. Davidson and David Caddell, Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907

"A Study of the Relationship Between the Modern Women's Spirituality Movement and Traditional Women's Work"
Cheryl A. Boudreaux, Sociology, California State University, San Bernadino, CA 92407

"Call Oriented Clergy Role Perception: An Explanatory Profile of Clergy Satisfaction"
Paul A. Mickey, Robert L. Wilson, and Ginny W. Ashmore, Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706

Discussant: Bradley Hertel, Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Sunday, November 11, 10:15 - 11:45 AM, Cape Henry, C-19, SSSR

THEMATIC SESSION: RELIGIOUS RESPONSES TO CHANGE IN SOCIETY


Convener: Robin Perrin, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA 98119

"Massive Church Closings and Changing Urban Religion: The Current Detroit Experience"
Thomas J. Duggan, Sociology, Wayne State University,Detroit, Ml 48202

"Civil Religion in Canada: Its Duality and Conflict"
Andrew Kim and Roger O'Toole, Univ. of Toronto, 563 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada M5F 1A1

"Disestablishment and the Rise of Mormonism"
Lloyd R. Young, Sociology, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65804-0095

"Cloister and Society: Analyzing the Public Benefit of Monastic and Mendicant Institutions"
Guillermina Jasso, Sociology, University of Iowa, IowaCity, IA 52242

Discussant: Donald R. Ortner, Sociology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943

WELCOME VAN
(Courtesy of Virginia Wesleyan College)


Airport to Hotel

Wednesday:

3pm, 4:30, 6, 7:30, 9, 10:30

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday:
8am, 9:30, 11, 12:30pm, 2, 3:30, 5, 6:30, 8, 9:30

Sunday

8am, 9:30, 11, 12:30pm, 2, 3:30

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3:45pm, 5:15, 6:45, 8:15, 9:45

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INDEX

Adalos, David B-11
Adriance, Madeleine, R B-1; C-5
Aidala, Angela A. A-1
Ainley, Stephen C. B-30
Albano, Peter Joseph C- 10
Alexander, Bobby C. B-7; C-10
Ammerman, Nancy T A-10; B-13; B-21
Amos, Gary B-21
Anderson, Gary C-8
Anthony, Dick B- 15
Ashmore, Ginny W. C-17
Atkinson, Bruce C-7
Atkinson, Tracy D. C-13
Baer, Hans A. C- 12
Bailey, Judy POS
Balch, Robert A-16; A-25; C-2
Barker, Eileen A-12; B-1; B-26; C-11
Barron, Bruce A-28; B-21
Bassett, Rodney L. POS
Bateson, Mary Catherine PLEN 1
Batiuk, Mary Ellen A-1; B-25
Battin, Margaret P. A-19
Beane, Wendell Charles A-24
Becker, George C-8
Bedford, Olwen A-14
Benjamin, Arthur L. B-8
Benson, Peter L. A-9
Berry, James T. POS
Beyer, Peter B-6; B-26
Bibby, Reginald W. B-14
Bird, Frederick B- 15
Bolger, Dorita F. A-2
Borelli, John B-23
Boudreauz, Cheryl A. C-18
Boulevard, Johanna A-23
Bowman, Celeste C-8
Bradley, Martin B-29
Braud, William B-2
Bridges, Robert A-22; A-23; B-7
Briscoe, Raymond G. B-20
Bro, Harmon H. A-24
Brock, Gary L. A-11; C-4
Bromley, David A-12; B-15; C-13
Buck, Clinton B-20
Burris, Christopher T. A-28
Bursley, Kevin POS
Burwell, Ron A-2
Caddell, David C-18
Calore, Gary B- 18
Capps, Donald A- 16; B- 10
Carrington, Christopher A-2; B-4
Carroll, Jackson W A-9
Casebolt, James C-3
Cheng, Tsan-Yuang C-4
Clydesdale, Timothy T. A-17
Cogley, Richard W. B-ó; B-17
Cone, Al L. A-14; B-30; C-9
Curry, Mary A-26
Davidman, Lynn A-26; B-28
Davidson, James D. C-18
Davison, Beth L. A- 17
Demmitt, Kevin P. C-18
Denny, Frederick M B-6
DeWitt, John B-3
Diaz-Stevens, Ana Maria B-11; C-5
Dillion, Jane A- 11
Dinges, William D. A-19
Dittes, James B- 10
Donahue, Michael J. A-9
Dowdy, Thomas A-28
Doyle, Ruth T. A-9; A-29
Drummond, Richard Henry A-24
Dudley, Carl S. A-6; A-8; C-17
Dudley, Roger L. A-18
Duggan, Thoma J. A-23; C-19
Ebaugh, Helen Rose B-15
Eisinga, Rob A-17
Eisberg, Connie A-25; B-1
Ellwood, Robert A-24
Everett, William Johnson A-17
Everett, William B-10
Fahs, Ivan J. B- 18
Farnsley, Arthur E. B-6
Faulkner, Joseph E. B-8
Feher, Shoshanah B-27
Fenton, Dana B-25,C-10
Fichter, Joseph H. B-24
Finke, Roger A-21; C-2
Fitschen, Steve W B-21
Fitzpatrick, Joseph P. A-29
Foster, Rachel Ann B-28; C-12
Frankl, Razelle A-30; B-1; B-18
Fraser, Benson B- 12
Gaede, Stan B- 10; C- 13
Gallup, George Jr. B-19; C-14
Gannon, Thomas A-29
Garrett, William A-22
Gathje, Peter R. C-1
Gautier, Mary L. POS
Gilkes, Cheryl Townsend A-1O; A-26; B-16
Goldman, Marion S. A-4; A-16
Goldsmith, W. Mack C-3
Gorsuch, Richard L. POS; B-31
Gramick, Jeannine B-4
Graves, Michael B-12
Green, John A-8; A-28
Green, Norman B-14
Greenwood, Susan F. A-15
Greer, Bruce B-14; C-14; C-15
Greil, Arthur L. A-11; A-30
Guth, James A-8; B-21
Hackett, David B-5
Hackett, Rosalind I.J. A-20; B-17
Hadaway, C. Kirk B-14
Hadden, Jeffrey K. A-12; A-30; B-15; B-18
Halvorson, Peter B-29
Hamilton, Ronald R. A- 11
Hammond, Phillip E. A-12; B-6
Hanford, Jack T. POS
Hanley, Barbara M. A-31
Haraldsson, Erlendur B-2
Harris, E. Lynn B-1; B-28
Hart, Steve A-6; B-8
Harvey, O.J. A- 14
Hawthorne, John W. A-27
Heaton, Tim B. B-25
Hecht, Shirah W. C-12
Hegy, Pierre B-24
Hertel, Bradley A-10; B-13; C-18
Hewitt, W.E. A-2
Hexham, Irving A-20; B-27
Hill, Peter C. POS
Hittelman-Sohn POS
Hoge, Dean R. A-9; A-23
Hollinger, Dennis A-21
Hood, Ralph W., Jr. B-9; C-9
Hoover, Stewart M. A-30; B-18
Houser, Henry P. C-5
Hoyer, Stephen A- 14
Hunsberger, Bruce E. POS, A-17, C-3
Hurford, David P. A-14
Hutchinson, William R. A-13
Imse, Thomas P. B-8; C-4
Iannaccone, Laurence, A-12; A-21
Inskeep, Kenneth B-7; B-13
Isaacson, Lynne A-4
Jackson, Don B-8
Jacobs, Janet A-4: A-16
Jacobson, Cardell K. B-25
Jacquet, Constant A-23
Jasso, Guillermina C-19
Jelen, Ted A-30
Johnson, Benton A-12; A-21
Johnson, David P. B-25
Johnson, Dell J. A-5
Johnson, Mary A-10; A-19, B-1; C-15
Johnson, Paul B-22; C-13
Johnson, Sally C-17
Johnston, Hank C-8
Jones, Dale . B-29
Jorstad, Erling A-28
Kamppinen, Matti C-3
Kanagy, Conrad L. A-6; A-7; A-8
Kantor, Debra C-6
Karl, Sarah L. B-9
Kearns, Laurel C-12
Keating, John P. B-28
Kellstedt, Layman B-19
Kelly, James R. B-7
Kelly, Sheila B-22
Kent, Stephen A-25
Kim, Andrew C-19
Kim, Kyong Liong A-30
Kirkpatrick, Lee A. PO i; A-14; A-17
Klausner, Samuel Z. B-20
Kostareios, Frances A-5
Kotesky, Ronald L. A-1
Kwasny, John POS
Kwilecki, Susan B-9
Lasker, Arnold A. B-16
Lasker, Judith B-16; C-14
Lea, James A. POS; C-3
Lee, Richard R. A-23
Leege, David B- 19
Leibson, Andrea C- 15
Levin, Jeffrey S. B-30
Lewis, James R. B-27; C-2
Light, Paul B-14
Lilliston, Lawrence C-3; C-14
Little, Michelle D. A-1
Loeb, Karen C- 15
Long, Theodore E A-12
Lowery, James L POS
Ludwig, G. Brent C-13
Luidens, Donald B-13
Lummis, Adair A-18; B-1
Lyndvall, Terry B- 12
Machalek, David B-15
Maloney, H. Newton B-3; C-7
Marcum, John B-13; B-25
Mariante, Ben A-5
Marciano, Teresa D. A-18; B-1
Marler, Penny A-7; B-14
Mason, Ralph A-23
Masuda, Yoshihiko C-11
Mathisen, James A. B-17
Matthews, Michele V. A-l
Mauss, Armand L. C-13
McClenon, James A- 15; B-2
McDaniel, Patrice A- 14
McFarland, Sam A A-14; A-17; C-9
McGuire, Meredith A- 16
McKenzie, Barbara C-3
McNamara, Patrick H. A-l; C-5
Melton, J. Gordon A-21: A-24: B-27; C -2
Mickey, Paul A. C-18
Miller, Carolyn A-15; A-17
Miller, Herb B- 14
Miller, Naomi B-9
Moberg, David C-7
Montilus, Guerin C A-2; B-17
Moon, Gary POS
Morris, Ronald J. B-9
Moseley, Romney B-10
Mosher, William D. B-25
Mowrey, Merlyn B-9
Mueller, Samuel A A-19
Mullins, Mark R A-20
Mackerud, David B- 12
Neitz, Mary Jo A-26; C-12
Nelsen, Hart A-7
Newman, William B-29
Ogloff, James B-3
Olson, Daniel A-9
Oosthuizen, G.C. A-20
Ortner, Donald R. C-4; C-19
O'Hara, John B-29
O'Toole, Roger C- 19
Palmer, Susan J. C- 11
Palmu, Harri A-6
Park, Crystal L. B-30; C-14
Pedersen, Liane A- 15
Penning, James M. A-8
Perrin, Robin C" 19
Pettersson, Thorleif B-20
Pfeiffer, Jeffrey C- 11
Poewe, Karla A-20
Poloma, Margaret A-8; B-l9; C-14
Prancer, Mark C-3
Pratt, Michael C-3
Price, Joseph L. C-5
Pue, Carson B-27
Quicke, Andrew B-18
Radelfinger, Martin A-30
Raines, Paula M.
Rambo, Lewis B-10
Richards, Douglas G. B-2
Richardson, James T. 3-3; B-20; C-2
Robertson, Roland A-3
Robbins, Thomas A-3
Roof, Wade Clark C-15
Roozen, David A-7; B- 4; B-29; C-17
Rosado, Caleb Bell; B-16
Ross, Rosetta E. C-l
Rotter, Nathan J C-11
Royle, Marjorie H. B-23; C-16
Rupert, Glenn A. B-27
Rutledge, Carolyn M. B-30
Ryan, Dennis C-10
Saliba, John B-15
Saltzman, Judy D. A-15
Scarpetta, Olga A-29
Scherer, Ross P. B-30
Schneiderman, Howard G. A-25
Schoenfeld, Eugen B-20; B-28
Schoenherr, Richard A. C-4
Schoenrade, Patricia B-9; C-14
Schroll, Mark A. C-6
Shane, Rhonda C- 13
Shibley, Mark A. A-3; A-14; B-26
Shriver, Peggy B-23
Shupe, Anson A-12; A-28
Singleton, Royce Jr. B-30
Smidt, Corwin A-8
Snow, David B- 15
Souza, Elizabeth C-15
Spilka, Bernard A-22
Staples, Peter A-22; B-23
Stark, Rodney A-12; C-2
Steenhuisen, Lauve, H. A-11
Stevens-Arroyo, Anthony B-11
Stewart, Mary White A-4; A-16
Stuart, William T. A-20
Stuhlsatz, Daniel M. B-24
Swatos, Bill Bell; C-13
Swigert, Victoria B-30
Thomas, George B-5
Thompson, Wayne L. A-9
Thorne, Charles A-22
Thumma, Scott L. C-l
Titus, Herbert B-21
Townsend, Joan C-6
Truzzi, Marcello C-2
Umansky, Ellen A-26; B-16
Van Driel, Barry A-12
Van Eck. Thomas C- 17
Van Vugt, Johannes P. B-4; C-5
Wagner, Melinda Bollar A-24
Wallace, Ruth LEC; B-24
Walsh, Thomas G. A- 19; C" 11
Ward, Gary B-27
Weatherby, Georgie Ann B-28; C-18
Wedam, Elfriede B-l
Weiss, Arnold A. A - I 1; B-9
Welch, Michael R. A-7
Wessinger, Catherine A- 15
Wester, Don G. A-28
Wheeler, C. Gray A-30
White, Daryl A-29
White, O. Kendall A-29
Whitehurst, Joseph B- 12
Whitelaw, David A-27
Wilcox, Clyde A-30
Wilkens, Barbara A-3; B-26
Williams, Linda B B-25
Willis, Dale POS
Wilson, Robert L. C-17
Wittberg, Patricia A-6; B-l, B-24
Woehl, Rhonda A-14
Wolcott, Roger T A-2
Wolf, James B-4
Woodrum, Eric A-17; B-7
Worthington, Jr, Everett L POS
Wright, Stuart A-10; B-15
Wulff, David M. C-9
Yeatts, John A-2
Young, Lawrence A. B- 16
Young, Lloyd R. C-19
Zehner, Edwin C-8
Zimdars-Swartz, Paul B-26
Zimdars-Swartz, Sandra L. A-15
Zink, Mary Rose J. A-l