• Aldine de Gruyter


• American Family Foundation


• Apt Books, Inc.


• Cambridge University Press


• Catholic University of America Press


• Christopher Publishing House


• Duke University Press


• Edwin Mellen Press


• Epiphany Association


• Greenhaven Press, Inc.


• Institut D'Ethique Sociale de la Feps, Bureau Romand


• Mercer University Press


• Mouton de Gruyter


• Orbis Books


• Penn State Press


• Pilgrim Press


• Plenum Publishing Corp


• Princeton University Press


• Religious Research Press


• Rutgers University Press


• Scholars Press


• Smithsonian Institution Press


• State University of New York Press


• University of California Press


• University of Nebraska Press


• University of South Carolina Press


• University of Tennessee Press


• Westminster/John Knox Press

Council Members

• Madeleine Adriance, Mount Ida College


• David Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University


• Stephen Glazier, Kearney State College


• Romney Moseley, Trinity College


• Thomas Robbins, Rochester, MN


• Ellen Umansky, Scarsdale, NY

SSSR Committee Chairs

Religious Research Association

BUSINESS OFFICE:

Officers

Board Members

• Nancy Ammerman, Candler School of Theology, Emory University


• Reginald Bibby, University of Lethbridge


• William Garrett, St. Michael's College


• James Kelly, Fordham University


• Theodore Long, Merrimack College


• Marjorie Royle, United Church of Christ


• R. Stephen Warner, University of Illinois, Chicago


• James R. Wood, Indiana University

Committee Chairs

Patron of the Meeting

Acknowledgements

Program Highlights
Donald Capps-SSSR President
Wade Clark Roof-RRA President

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8, 9:15 - 10:45
A1 Westmoreland Central

SSSR 1991 Distinguished Article in the Scientific Study of Religion: Author Meets Critics

Convener
Ralph W. Hood, Jr., Department ot Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403

Author
Stjephan G. Mestrovic, "Reappraising Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life in the Context of Schopenhauer's Philosophy." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1989, 28, 255-272.

Critics
Armand Mauss, Department ot Sociology Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99165
Susan F. Greenwood, Department of Sociology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469

Response
Stjephan G. Mestrovic, Deparment of Sociology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-4351

A2 Westmoreland West

The New Age

Convener
Richard W. Cogley, Deparment of Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0202

"The New Age in Middletown: An Exploratory Study"
Joseph B. Tamney, Barbara B. Bunch, Paul R. Stieber, Deborah L. Zigler-Geis Department of Sociology Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306-0530

"Three Ways for the New Age: Ideologies in Conflict"
Morton Klass Department of Anthropology Barnard College Columbia University New York, NY 10027-6598

"Prevalence of New Age Beliefs in Six Protestant Denominations"
Michael Donahue Search Institute 122 West Franklin Ave.-Suite 525 Minneapolis, MN 55404

Discussant
Stephen D. Glazier Department of Sociology University of Nebraska -Kearney Kearney, NE 68847

A3 Cambria East

Patterns of Growth and Change Among Catholic Religious Professionals

Convener
Adair T. Lummis Hartford Seminary 77 Sherman Street Hartford, CT 06105

"Elaboration of a Theory of Social Change in Organized Religion"
Richard A. Schoenherr Comparative Religious Organization Studies 1180 Observatory Drive University of Wisconsin, Madison Madison, Wisconsin 53706

"Newer Vowed Members of U.S. Catholic Religious Orders of Women: A Regional Case Study"
Mary Johnson, S.N.D. Department of Sociology University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003

"Virtuoso Ideologies in Roman Catholicism: A Reinterpretation of Cycles in Religious Orders"
Patricia Wittberg Sociology Department Indiana University 425 University Blvd.Indianapolis, IN 46202

Discussant
Ruth Doyle 6035 Broadway Bronx, NY 10471

A4 Fayette

Inequality, Religion, and Social Policy

Convener
H. Paul Chalfant Department of Sociology Texas Tech University Box 4590 Lubbock, TX 79409-1012

"Religion and Beliefs About Inequality"
Rob Eisinga Catholic University of Nijmegen Department of Research Methodology &Statistics P.O. Box 91086500 HK Nijmegen THE NETHERLANDS

"Discovering the Worldviews ot Policy-Makers and Social Activists: An Application of Document Analysis"
Catherine A. Faver, Jane C. Kronick University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Social Work Henson Hall Knoxville, TN 37996-3333

"Grassroots Catholic Groups and Land Conflicts in Northern Brazil"
Madeleine R. Adriance Department of Sociology Mount Ida College Newton Centre, MA 02159

Discussant
Jon Miller Department of Sociology University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0032

A5 Cambria West

Charisma, leadership, and Sainthood

Convener
James McClenon Department of Social Sciences Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City, NC 27909

"The Making of a Leader: The Work, Income and Educational Characteristics ot Elected Officers in Conservative Churches"
Kevin P. Demmitt Department of Sociology Taylor University Upland, IN 46990

"Quench Not the Spirit: The Effects of Bureaucracy on Charisma"
Scott Thumma 2807 Craigie Avenue Decatur, GA 30030

"From Theocracy to Anthropocracy: God, Satan and the Artist"
Guerin C. Montilus Weekend College Program Wayne State University Detroit, Ml 48202

Discussant
James McClenon

A6 Allegheny I

Tradition in a Rootless World: Author Meets Critics

Convener
David G. Bromley Department of Sociology and Anthropology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 23284-2040

Author
Lynn Davidman, Tradition in a Rootless World: Women Turn to Orthodox Judaism

Critics
Jeffrey K. Hadden Department ot Sociology University ot Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903
Mary Jo Neitz Department of Sociology University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211
R. Stephen Warner Department ot Sociology (M/C 312) University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL 60680
Ellen Umansky 10 Penny Lane Scarsdale, NY 10583

Response
Lynn Davidman Department ot Sociology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260

A7 Washington

Mormon Society and Culture

Convener
O. Kendall White, Jr. Department ot Sociology Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450

"Mormonism in France: Creating Unity and Cultural Diversity"
John C.Jarvis 515 S Aikin Ave # AR112 Pittsburgh, PA 15232-1520

"Adult Significant Others in the Religious Socialization ot Latter-day Saint Youth"
Marie Cornwall Department of Sociology Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602

"Mormon / Non-Mormon Differences in Family Demographics"
Tim B. Heaton Department of Sociology Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602

"Familial and Religious Influences on Suicidal Ideation"
Jie Zhang, Darwin Thomas, Department of Sociology Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602

Discussant
Bonnie Mitchell Department of Sociology Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602

A8 Westmoreland East

Ethnic Identity and Revival: Part I

Convener
Frederick M. Denny Department of Religious Studies University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0292

"Guardian of the Faithful? The Armenian Church in Diaspora"
Eileen Barker Department of Sociology London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE

"Ethnic Churches and Ethnic Revival: Greek Orthodox Liturgical Narratives and the Construction of Greek-American Identity"
Frances Kostarelos Department of Sociology University of the Pacific Stockton, CA 95211

"Jewish Status in the 1990s: Core Jews and Marginal Jews"
Bruce A. Phillips Hebrew Union College Los Angeles, CA 390007-3796

"The Ummah as a Muslim 'Melting Pot' in North America"
Frederick M. Denny Department of Religious Studies University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0292

Discussant
Romney M. Moseley Faculty of Divinity Trinity College Toronto, Ontario CANADA MfS 11 B

A9 Somerset

Issues of Authenticity of Religious Institutions and Practices

Convener
Lewis F. Carter College of Sciences and Arts Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Washington State University Pullman,WA 99164-2630

"But Is It Real Religion? New Religions and the Concern for Authenticity"
J. Gordon Melton Institute for the Study of American Religions University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106

"Modernity and Authenticity"
Nathan J. Rotter Department of Psychology University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1291

"Thai Buddhist Debates on Authentic Tradition"
Edwin Zehner Department of Anthropology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-7601

"Legal Dimensions of Religious Authenticity"
Thomas Robbins 427 Fourth Street SW Rochester, MN 55902
Dick Anthony 809 Evelyn Street Albany, CA 94706

Discussant
Amy Siskind New School for Social Research 65 Fifth Ave., Room 330 New York, NY 10003

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8 11:00 - 12:15
B1 Somerset

World Order and Religion: Author Meets Critics

Organizer/Convener
Jay Demerath Department of Sociology University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003

Author
Wade Clark Roof, editor, World Order and Religion

Critics
Jeffrey K. Hadden Department of Sociology University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903
Roland Robertson Department of Sociology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260
John Wilson Department of Sociology Duke University Durham, NC 27706

Response
Wade Clark Roof Department of Religious Studies University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106

B2 Cambria East
Invisible and Civil Religion: Polar Opposites or Variations of Clergyless Religion?

Convener
Bobby C. Alexander Department of Religious Studies Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275

"The New Age Movement as Invisible Religion"
Stephen Wilson Department of Sociology Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122
Eric Cohen Charles R. Drew Community Health Center Los Angeles, CA 90059

"Humor as Invisible Religion"
Russell Heddendorf Covenant College Lookout Mountain, GA 37350

"Civil Religion in Finland"
Harri Palmu University of Helsinki Vaunukalliontie 11SF-01200 Vantea FINLAND

"When American Civil Religion Goes to Church"
Joseph L. Price Department of Religious Studies Whittier College Whittier, CA 90608

Discussant
Meredith McGuire Department of Sociology Trinity University San Antonio, TX 78212

B3 Washington

Religion and the Gay Community

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

"'Our God Too': Family Formation and Normalization in the Metropolitan Community Church of Pittsburgh"
Charlene Riley Department of Sociology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260

"Why We Stay: Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual People within a Mainstream Protestant Denomination"
Gary David Comstock Department of Religion Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 06457

"Religion and Coping in People with HIV Disease"
Richard A. Jenkins, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Building 1, Ward 11, 6825 16th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20207-5001
Kenneth I. Pargament Department of Psychology Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403-0228
Lydia Temoshok Military Medical Consortium for Applied Retroviral Research and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Building 1, Ward 11, 6825 16th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20307-5001

Discussant
Ross Scherer 202 South Gibbons Arlington Heights, IL 60004-6804

B4 Cambria West
Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Religion

Convener
Robin Perrin School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA 98119

"The Influence of Denominational Switching and Religious Homogamy on the Relationship between Religiosity and Alcohol Use among White Married Protestants"Leonard Beeghley Department of Sociology University of Florida Gainsville, FL 3261 1
John K. Cochran Department of Sociology University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019-0315
Wilbur E. Bock 3321 NW 27th Terrace Gainsville, FL 32605

"Twelve-Step Groups as Modern Forms of Religious Life"
Randolph G. Atkins, Jr. Department of Sociology 539 Cabell Hall University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903

"Theology and 12 Step Recovery Programs: 20th Century Spirituality or a Return to the Fathers?"
Rob Bridges 1740 S. Corona Denver, CO 80210

Discussant
Arthur L. Greil Division of Social Sciences Alfred University Alfred, NY 14802

B5 Westmoreland West
Globalization and Cultural Interpenetration

Convener
Alan W. Black University of New England Armidale, N.S.W. 2351 AUSTRALIA

"Seventh-day Adventism as a Global Organization"
Ronald C. Lawson Department of Urban Studies Queens College The City University of New York 65-30 Kisssena Boulevard Flushing, NY 11367-0904

"Some Research Directions for the Sociology of Missions"
Robert L. Montgomery 384 Vesta Court Ridgewood, NJ 07450

"Normative Judgment in the Study of Puritan Missions"
Richard W. Cogley Department of Religious Studies Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275-0202

"Understanding Ecumenical Globalization With Special Reference to Current Research Needs and Curriculum Planning"
Peter Staples Faculty of Theology State University of Utrecht Heidelberglaan 2, Postbus 80.1053508 TC Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS

Discussant
Peter Beyer Department of Religious Studies University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5S lA1

B6 Westmoreland Central

New Religious Movements

Convener
Armand L. Mauss Department of Sociology Washington State University Pullman, WA 99165

"Theoretical Explorations in the New Religions: Contrasting Theodicies"
Bennetta Jules-Rosette, Jane Dillon, Sheila Hittleman Sohn Department of Sociology University of California San Diego, CA 92093-0102

"New Religious Movements and Church-State Issues"
Thomas Robbins 427 Fourth Street, SW Rochester, MN 55902

"The Vineyard Fellowship: Explaining the Growth of a Non-Mainline Religious Group"
Donald E. Miller School of Religion University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0355

"Europe's Reception of New Religious Movements"
J. Gordon Melton, Gary Ward Institute for the Study of American Religion P.O. Box 90709 Santa Barbara, CA 93190-0709

Discussant
Eileen Barker Department of Sociology London School of Economics London WC2A ENGLAND

B7 Westmoreland East

Satanism in Modern America

Convener
James T. Richardson

"Speak to the Devil: Ouija Boards and Satanism"
Bill Ellis Department of English Pennsylvania State University Hazleton Campus Hazleton, PA 18201

"Constructing Social Subversion: A Comparison of the Anti-Satanism and Anti-Religious Cult Campaigns"
David G. Bromley Department of Sociology and Anthropology Virginia Commonwealth University 312 North Shater Street Richmond, VA 23284-2040

"A Comparison Between the Satanist Scare in Indiana and Across the United States"
Anson Shupe Department of Sociology/Anthropology Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499

"Legal Cases Involving Satanism"
James T. Richardson Tim Trainer Barbara Colbert Department of Sociology University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV 89557

Discussant
Michael Donahue Search Institute 122 West Franklin Ave.-Suite 525 Minneapolis, MN 55404

B8 Fayette

Experiencing the Supernatural

Convener
Stephen D. Glazier Department of Sociology University of Nebraska-Kearney Kearney, NE 68847

"The Spiritual Journey in The Trip to Bountiful and Tender Mercies"
Michael P. Graves School of Communication Studies Regent University Virginia Beach, VA 23464-9800

"Seeking Religious Experience: A Survey of Recent Approaches to a Conceptually Elusive Phenomenon"
James V. Spickard Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Redlands Redlands, CA 92373

"Apparitions of Jesus Christ: Contemporary Accounts and Philosophical Appraisal"
Phillip H. Wiebe Department of Philosophy Trinity Western University 7600 Glover Road Langley, British Columbia Canada V3A 6H

Discussant
Ralph W. Hood, Jr. Department of Psychology University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN 37403

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8 12:30 - 1:30
Westmorland Central

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Business Meeting

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8 1:45 - 3:00
C1 Washington

Video Screening

Video Documentary:
"Jose Carlos and His Spirits: The Ritual Initiation of a Zelador dos Orixas in a Brazilian Umbanda Center"Sidney M. Greenfield Department of Anthropology University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Bolton Hall P.O. Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201

C2 Cambria West

Religion and Well-Being: Consequences and Causes

Convener
Eugen Schoenfeld

"Contributions of Religious Experience to Psychological and Physical Well-Being: Research Evidence and an Explanatory Model"
Jared D. Kass Lesley College Counseling and Psychology Division 29 Everett Street Cambridge, MA 02138-2790

"Deprivation-Compensation: A Reexamination of the Data"
Eugen Schoenfeld, Michelle McLaughlin Department of Sociology Georgia State University Atlanta, GE 303( 3-3083

"The Effects of Religiosity and Social Support on Subjective Perceptions of Well-being"
Margaret M. Poloma, G. Kathleen Grant Department of Sociology University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1905

"The Social Sources of Voluntary Reform Among Followers of 'New Religions"'
Daniel A. Weinstein Department of Sociology Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2630

Discussant
Peter C. Hill Department of Psychology Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127

C3 Cambria East

Religion, Education, and Social Change

Convener
George Becker

"The Relative Impact of Celibate and Noncelibate Clergies on Intellectual Endeavor: The Case of Science"
George Becker Dee Warmath Department of Sociology Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37235

"A Survey on the Role of Creation in Divinity Programs"
Campbell B. Read Department of Statistical Science Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275-0332

"Calvin and the Generals: Religious Repression Under Military Rule in Brazil (1964 - 1974)"
H.B. Cavalcanti Social Science Department Nashville State Technical Institute Nashville, TN 37209-4515

"Women in the Twentieth Century: A Nineteenth Century Prophecy Considered in Relation to Contemporary Women Ministers"
Lois A. Boyd Douglas Brackenridge Department of Religion Trinity University San Antonio, TX 78212

"Evangelical Missions and Resistance to Authority: Church-State Relations in the Colonial World"
Jon Miller Department of Sociology University of Southern Calitornia Los Angeles, CA 90089-0032

Discussant
George Becker

C4 Somerset

Recent Patterns of Change in Religious Affiliation and Participation

Convener
C. Kirk Hadaway

"Religious Disaffiliation and Inter-generational Change, 1960-1988"
C. Kirk Hadaway Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention 127 Ninth Avenue North Nashville, TN 37234
Penny Long Marler Center for Social and Religious Research Hartford Seminary 77 Sherman Street Hartford, CT 06105

"Baby Boomer Returnees"
Bruce A. Greer Department of Sociology University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003

"U S. Catholic Baby Boomers: Heirs to Vatican II"
Mary Johnson S.N.D. Department of Sociology University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003

"Baby Boomers Canadian Style"
Reginald Bibby Department of Sociology University of Lethbridge Lethbridge, Alberta CANADA T1K3M4

Discussant
Dean R. Hoge Department of Sociology Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. 20064

C5 Westmoreland West

Complexity of Beliefs and Values: Individual and Social Context

Convener
Rob Eisinga Catholic University of Nijmegen Department of Research Methodology &Statistics P.O. Box 91086500 HK Nijmegen THE NETHERLANDS

"Self-complexity and Religious Orientation, Conflict, and Belief"
Michael E. Nielsen, Jim Fultz Department of Psychology Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115

"Religious Orientations and Selective Exposure to Information Which Supports and Contradicts Religious Beliefs"
Sam McFarland Department of Psychology Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101

"Others' Beliefs as a Challenge to One's Own: Are the 'Goals' a Problem for the 'Sheep'?"
Patricia Schoenrade, Lesley Haymons, L. Christine Williams, W. Sean Bertholt 500 College Hill William Jewell College Liberty, Missouri 64068-1896

Discussant
James Casebolt Department of Psychology Davie Hall-CB' 3270 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

C6 Westmoreland East

Exploring the Links Between Feminism and Religion

Convener
Rachel Ann Foster Department of Psychology Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, Ml 48859

"Catholicism and Feminism: A Contextual Analysis of Western Europe"
Ted G. Jelen Clyde Wilcox Department of Government Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057

"Women's Leadership in Marginal Religions: Implications for the Mainstream"
Catherine Wessinger Religious Studies Loyola University New Orleans LA 70118

"New Religious Movements and Social Change: The Case of Feminist Spirituality"
Cynthia Eller Department of Philosophy Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, NJ 07666

"Gendered Responses to Charismatic Leadership: The Sannyasins of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh"
Marion S. Goldman Department of Sociology University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1291

Discussant
Lynn Davidman Department of Sociology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260

C7 Westmoreland Central

The Satanism Scare: Authors Meet Critics

Convener
Michael Donahue

Authors
James T. Richardson, Joel Best, and David Bromley, editors,The Satanism Scan

Critics:
Michael Donahue Search Institute 122 West Franklin Ave.-Suite 525 Minneapolis, MN 55404
Janet Jacobs Department of Women's Studies University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0246
J. Gordon Melton Institute for Study of American Religion Box 90709 Santa Barbara, CA 93190-0709
Philip Shaver Department of Psychology Park Hall SUNY-Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260

C8 Fayette

Religion in Natural and Political Contexts

Convener
Vatro Murvar

"Religion and Environment: Evidence from a Sample of Pennsylvania Residents"
Conrad L. Kanagy Fern K. Willits Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology 2 Weaver Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802

"Religion and Stateless Nations: Weberian Perspectives"
Vatro Murvar P.O. Box 285 Brookfield, WI 53008-0285

"Church and State at Home and Abroad: The Governmental Relations of International Seventh-day Adventism"
Ronald C. Lawson Department of Urban Studies Queens College City University of New York 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Flushing, NY 11367-0904

"Religion in Tibet as a Stateless Nation"
Mark Vincent Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 53201

Discussant
Peter Beyer Department of Religious Studies University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario M5S lA1

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8 3:15 - 4:45
D1 Cambria East

Religion in the World

Convenor
Robert L. Montgomery 384 Vesta Court Ridgewood, NJ 07450

"Missionaries, Visionaries, and Revolutionaries: The Radical Roots of Peruvian Adventism"
Charles Teel La Sierra University 4700 Pierce Street Riverside, CA 92515-8267

"Basic Christian Communities and Congregation Based Community Organizing: Two Strategies for Promoting an Ethic of Solidarity Within Religious Institutions"
Anthony Mansueto 6010 Oram #107 Dallas. TX 75206

"Comparing the Community Involvement of Black and White Congregations"
Mark Chaves Lynn Higgins Department of Sociology and Anthropology Loyola University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60626

"The Soviet Union and the Rev. Moon's Unification Movement: A Study of the Rise of a New Alliance"
Yoshihiko Masuda Unification Theological Seminary 10 Dock Road Barrytown, NY 12507

Discussant
Robert Montgomery

D2 Washington

Syncretism and Ecumenism

Convener
Ross Scherer 202 S. Gibbons Ave. Arlington Heights, IL 60540

"Ecumenical Movements in the 1920's: Why Unification Failed"
Roger Finke Department of Sociology and Anthropology Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907

"Syncretism and Conquest in the Andean World: Cores, Surfaces and Boundaries of Religious Traditions"
Gustavo Benavides Religious Studies Department Villanova University Villanova, PA 19085-1699

"Problems of Unity and Diversity: Tensions in Ecumenism"
Alan W. Black Department of Sociology University of New England Armidale N.S.W. 2351 AUSTRALIA

"Freedoms at the Fringe: Syncretic Strategies used by the Satpanthi Isma'ilis to Survive Religious Marginality"
Tazim Kassam Department of Religion Middlebury College Middlebury, VT 05753

Discussant
Erling Jorstad St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue Northfield, MN 55057

D3 Westmoreland Central

Patterns of Change in Organized Religion

Convener
Kevin J. Christiano Department of Sociology University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556

"From Mainstream to Margin: The Fate of Establishment Religion In America"
Phillip E. Hammond Department of Religious Studies University of Calitornia Santa Barbara, CA 93106

"The Decline of the National Council of Churches: An Outsider's View"
William Silverman P.O. Box 584 Hicksville, N.Y. 11802

"The Catholic Apostolic Church: Seeking the Center but Withering on the Periphery"
Robert L. Lively, Jr. Department of Religion University of Maine at Farmington Farmington, ME 04938-1990

"Must Strong Churches Be Strict?"
Robin Perrin School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA 98119
Armand L. Mauss Department of Sociology Washington State University Pullman, WA 99165

Discussant
David Roozen Hartford Seminary 77 Sherman Street Hartford, CT 06105

D4 Westmoreland West

Sexual Issues in Alternative Religions

Convener
Janet Jacobs Department of Women's Studies University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0246

"Social Control in Alternative Religions: A Familial Perspective"
Robert Cartwright Department of Sociology University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta CANADA T6G 2H4

"Satanism and Family Sexual Abuse"
Stephen A. Kent Department of SocioLogy University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta CANADA TóG 2H4

"Empowerment Through Christian Healing Rituals: The Spiritual Component of Recovering From Childhood Satanic Abuse-A Case Study"
Lea Nicoll Kramer P.O. Box 71 Duchess, Alberta CANADA TOJ OJû

Discussant
Nancy Nason-Clark Department of Sociology University of New Brunswick P.O. Box 4400 Fredericton, New Brunswick CANADA E B SA3

D5 Fayette

Measuring Religiosity in Studies of Political Consequences:
Part I-Group Orientations

Conveners
Lyman A. Kellstedt
David C. Leege

"Knowing God's People: Religious Denomination and Political Behavior"
Lyman A. Kellstedt Department of Political Science Wheaton College Wheaton, IL 60187
David C. Leege Hesburgh Program in Public Service University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556

"Religious Group Identifications: Toward a Cognitive Theory of Political Mobilization"
Ted G. Jelen Department of Government Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057
David C. Leege Hesburgh Program in Public Service University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556
Corwin E. Smidt Department of Political Science Calvin College Grand Rapids, Ml 49546
Clyde Wilcox Department of Government Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057

"From Lambs to Sheep: Political Behavior and Denominational Change"
John C. Green Ray Bliss Institute University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1904
James L. Guth Department of Political Science Furman University Greenville, SC 29163

D6 Westmoreland East

Explorations in the Psychology of Religion

Convener
Lee A. Kirkpatrick Department of Psychology University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003

"The Relationship of Jungian Psychological Type Preferences to Religious Orientation and Spritual Practices"
Christopher F.J. Ross Department of Religion and Culture Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L3C5
David Weiss Department of Psychology University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3G1

"William James and Edgar Cayce: Exploring the Connections"
Thomas V. Curley Department of Philosophy LeMoyne College Syracuse, NY 13214-1399

"A Scientific Spirituality: The Interface of Psychology and Theology"
Daniel A. Helminiak P.O. Box 13527 Austin, TX 78711

"Dreams as Marginal Religious Experiences"
Ralph W. Hood Jr. Ron Morris Department of Psychology University of Tennessee Chattanooga. TN 37403

Discussant
Mary Jo Neitz Department of Sociology University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211

D7 Allegheny I

Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Religion: A Panel Discussion

Organizers
Penny Long Marler
C. Kirk Hadaway

Moderators
Penny Long Marler
R. Stephen Warner

Panelists

• Kathleen Carley Department of Social and Decision Sciences Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15231
  
• C. Kirk Hadaway Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention Nashville, TN 37234
  
• Benton Johnson Department of Sociology University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1291
  
• Penny Long Marler Center for Social and Religious Research Hartford Seminary 77 Sherman Street Hartford, CT 06105
  
• Margaret M. Poloma Department of Sociology University of Akron Akron. OH 44325-1905
  
• Melinda Bollar Wagner Department of Anthropology Radford University Radford, VA 24142
  
• R. Stephen Warner Department of Sociology (M/C 312) University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL 60680
  
  

D8 Somerset

The Black Church: Past, Present, Future

Convener
Hart M. Nelsen

"Religion, Power, and American Slaves: A Dialectical Theory"
Robert Simpson Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Nebraska Omaha, NE 68182

"Membership and Attendance in Black Churches: Implications of Residential Differences for Prospects of Growth and Decline"
Hart M. Nelsen, Conrad L. Kanagy Department of Sociology Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16803

"The Role of the Black Church in 'Black Adult Education' in Separate and Unequal Nineteenth Century America"
Nathaniel Samuel Murrell 203 Hider House College of Wooster Wooster, OH 44691

"Secular Education and the Religious Profile of Contemporary Black Americans"
Barry A. Kosmin, Ariela Keysar, Nava Lerer Berman Institute CUNY Graduate Center 33 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036

Discussant
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes Department of Sociology Colby College Waterville, ME 04901

D9 Cambria West

Religion and Immigration

"Role of the Christian Churches in the Korean Immigration"
Mary Charlotte Chandler, PSCJ Department of Sociology Fordham University 523 East 118th Street New York, NY 10035

"Challenges to the Family in Migration: Seeking a Church Response to Hispanic Families"
Olga Scarpetta Department of Sociology John Jay College 445 West 59th Street New York, NY 10019

"Cross-Cultural Perspectives about Religion and Family in Approaches to Parenting"
Ruth T. Doyle Archdiocese of New York Office of Pastoral Research and Planning 1011 First Avenue New York, NY 10022

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 5:00 - 6:00
Plen I Allegheny I

H. Paul Douglass lecture

"Towards 2000: Some Futures for Religious Leadership"
Jackson W. Carroll Hartford Seminary 77 Sherman Street Hartford, CT 06105

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 6:00 - 7:00
Second Floor Rotunda

H. Paul Douglass Reception and Cash Bar

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 6:00 - 8:00
Lawrence

Association for the Sociology of Religion Council Meeting

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 8:30 - 10:00
PLEN 2 Allegheny I

SSSR Awards and Presidential Address

SSSR Student Paper Award

Saturday

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 7:00-8:00
Crawford

BRK - WOMEN'S CAUCUS BREAKFAST
Sign up by 6:00pm Friday

Organizer
Lynn Davidman 309 South Linden Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15208

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9, 8:00-9:30
E1 Allegheny I

God's Schools: Author Meets Critics

Convenor
James A. Mathisen Department of Sociology Wheaton College Wheaton, IL 60187-5593

Author
Melinda Bollar Wagner, God's Schools: Choice and Compromise in American Society

Critics
Arthur L. Greil Division of Social Sciences Alfred University Alfred, NY 14302
Frances Kostarelos Department of Sociology University of the Pacific Stockton, CA 95211
Wade Clark Roof Department of Religious Studies University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106
R. Stephen Warner Department of Sociology (M/C 312) University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL 60680

E2 Somerset

Gender and the Approach to Ministry

Organizer/Convenor
Edward C. Lehman, Jr. Department of Sociology College of the State University of New York at Brockport Brockport, NY 14420

"Women's Contributions to Role Expansion: The Pastoral Heart"
Ruth A. Wallace Department of Sociology George Washington University Washington, D.C. 20052

"Changing the Pastor's Male Image: A Study of Twelve Berkshire Clergywomen"
Allison Stokes Congregational Church West Stockbridge, MA 01266

"Reality Perspectives of Some Women in Ministry"
Martha Long Ice Department of Sociology and Social Work Concordia College 901 South Eighth St. Moorhead, MN 56560

"Hearing the Voices: Ethnography and Women in Ministry"
Victoria Erickson Union Theological Seminary 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

Discussant
Edward C. Lehman, Jr.

E3 Washington

A Conversation on Methods

"Quantitative Analysis in the Social Scientific Study of Religion: New Solutions for Old Problems"

Convener
Richard L. Gorsuch Department of Psychology Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, CA 91101

E4 Fayette

The Empires Strike Back: Part l: Religious Imports from Former Colonial Domains

Convener
Karla Poewe

"Another Kind of Teshuvah: Observations on Messianic Judaism"
Bill Stuart Department of Anthropology University of Maryland College Park, MD20 42-1600

"Korean Religions in Modern Japan"
Mark Mullins Department of Religious Studies Meiji Gakuin University 3-25 Hachiyama Cho Tokyo, Japan 150

"The Impact of Third World Religions and Literatures on Religious Thought in North America"
Karla Poewe Department of Anthropology University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta CANADA T2N 1 N4

Discussant
Rosalind l.J. Hackett Department of Religious Studies University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0490

E5 Westmoreland Central

Conservative Churches In the U.S.

Convener
Erling Jorstad

"Social Sources of Evangelical Religion"
Erling Jorstad St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue Northfield, MN 55057-1098

"Ethnographic Approaches to the Study of American Evangelism"
David Harrington Watt 2124 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19146

"Evangelicals in the New Class"
John Schmalzbauer 2-N-1 Green Hall Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544

"Pentecostalism, Marginality, and Modernity"
Alan W. Black Department of Sociology University of New England Armidale N.S.W. 2351 AUSTRALIA

Discussant
Russell Heddendort Covenant College Lookout Mountain, GA 37350

E6 Cambria East

Society for the Sociological Study of Mormon life

Business Meeting

Convener
Tim B. Heaton Department of Sociology Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602

E7 Westmoreland East

Changing Religious Identity

Convener
Penny Long Marler Center for Social and Religious Research Hartford Seminary 77 Sherman Street Hartford, CT 06105

"Marriage and Religious Endogamy: The Effects of Gender, Inter-faith Marriage and Religious Affiliation on Religious Switching"
Lawrence A. Young Department of Sociology Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602

"Jews by Choice: Conversion Factors and Outcomes"
Brenda Forster Department of Sociology Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL 60126-3296
Rabbi Emeritus Jospeh Tabachnik West Suburban Temple Har Zion 1040 N. Harlem River Forest, IL 60305

"Inter-Regional Migration and Denominational Switching: The Effect and the Pattern"
Steven Bird Department of Sociology and Anthropology Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907

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

E8 Westmoreland East

Ethnic Identity and Revival: Part II

Convener
Romney M. Moseley

"Ethnicity and Multiculturalism in the Anglican Church of Canada"
Romney M. Moseley Faculty of Divinity Trinity College Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5S1H8

"Components of Assimilation Theories and Immigrant Theology: A Pluralistic View"
Young-IL Kim, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary 2121 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60201

"Racial-Ethnic Composition of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)"
John P. Marcum, Ida J. Smith Research Services Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)100 Witherspoon Street Louisville, KY 40202-1396

"Searching for A Japanese Cultural Paradigm"
K. Peter Takayama Department of Sociology Memphis State University Memphis, TN 38152

Dicusssant
Frederick M. Denny Department of Religious Studies University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0292

E9 Cambria West

Power Issues in Alternative Religions

Organizer
Stephen A. Kent

Convener
Georgie Ann Weatherby Department of Sociology Washington State University Vancouver, WA 98663-3597

"Religious Totalism and the Corrupting of Religious Power"
Robert W. Balch Department of Sociology University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812-1047

"Democracy vs. Hierarchy: The Evolution of Authority in the Theosophical Society"
Catherine Lowman Wessinger Department of Religious Studies Loyola University New Orleans, LA 70118

"Social Control in the Church of Scientology"
Stephen A. Kent Department of Sociology University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta CANADA T6G 2H4

Discussant
Howard Schneiderman Department of Anthropology and Sociology Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042-1781

E10 Crawford

Academic and Mom: Reconciling Professional and Maternal Identities-Women's Caucus Roundtable Discussion

Organizer/Convener
Elizabeth A. Souza 133 N. Whitney Street Amherst, MA 01002

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9, 9:45 - 11:15
F1 Somerset

Religious Development Based on the Research of Kalevi Tamminen

Convener
Bernard Spilka Department of Psychology University of Denver Denver, CO 80208

"Multiplexity of Religious Development in Childhood and Youth?"
Kalevi Tamminen Faculty of Theology University of Helsinki 00140 Helsinki 14, FINLAND

"Traits, Trends, and Phases: A Problem in Describing Religious Development of Finnish Children and Youth"
Karl E. Nurmi Faculty of Theology University of Helsinki 0014û Helsinki 14, FINLAND

"Comparing Religious Development in Finland and the United States"
Peter Benson Search Institute 122 West Franklin Avenue - Suite 525 Minneapolis, MN 55404

"The Work of Kalevi Tamminen: Implications for Religious Education"
James Michael Lee 5316 Meadow Brook Road Birmingham, AL 35243

Discussant
Bernard Spilka Department of Psychology University of Denver Denver. CO R02()R

F2 Cambria East

Millenarianism

Convener
Anson Shupe

"An Analysis of the Premillennialist Postmillennialist Debate Over Christian Reconstructionism as a Debate"
Anson Shupe Department of Sociology and Anthropology Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN 46805

"Wives in the Spirit: Millennial Marriages in the Island Pond Community, IAM and Eugenism"
Susan Palmer Dawson College Westmount, Quebec CANADA H3Z 1 A4

"Dialectic, Utopia and Meaning: The Significance of the Thought of Fredric Jameson for Religion in a Post-Modern Cultural World"
Peter J. Albano St. John's University Staten Island, NY 10301

Discussant
Adair T. Lummis Hartford Seminary 77 Sherman Street Hartford, CT 06105

F3 Allegheny I

Advances in Theory Construction and Empirical Research

Convener
Donald Ploch

"At the Margin: Interfacing Religion and Science with Chaos Theory"
Susan F. Greenwood Department of Sociology University of Maine Orono, Maine 04469

"Expert Systems Analysis of Birth of the Gods"
Donald Ploch Department of Sociology University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0490

"Religion as Context: Hellfire and Delinquency One More Time"
Rodney Stark Department of Sociology and Anthropology Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907

"The Contextual Effect of Secular Norms on Religiosity as Moderator of Student Alcohol and Other Drug Use"
H. Wesley Perkins Department of Anthropology and Sociology Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY 14456

Discussant
Eugen Schoenfeld Department of Sociology Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 30303

F4 Westmoreland Central

Altruism vs. Rational Choice

Convener
John O'Hara 1333 S. Kirkwood Rd. St. Louis, MO 63122

"Risk, Religion, and Rational Choice"
Laurence R. Iannaccone Department of Economics Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA 95053

"Religion, Altruism, and Marginality in Two Communities: Cooperation in Social Dilemma Experiments"
John Orbell Department of Political Science
Marion S. Goldman Department of Sociology Matthew Multord Department of Political Science University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1291

"The Inconsistent Ethic of the U.S. Bishops"
Pierre Hegy Department of Sociology Adelphi University Garden City Long Island, NY 11530

"The Provision of Collective Goods in Local Appalachian Churches: Religious Congregations in Organizational Perspective"
Michael V. Carter Vice President for Academic Affairs Carson-Newman College Jefferson City, TN 37760
Ronald J. Oakerson Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405
Jerry A. Pankhurst, Wittenberg University Springfield, OH 45501-0720

Discussant
Stephen Hart 1311 Ault View Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45208

F5 Fayette

Clergy, Clergy Roles, and Social Change

Convener
Peter Beyer

"Resigned Roman Catholic Priests and Their Wives: A Longitudinal Study of Alternative Clergy Marriages"
Maureen Calista Hendricks 3801 East Florida Ave, Suite 701 Denver, CO 80210-2544

"The Pastor as Ecumenist at the Community Level"
Albert A. Herzog, Jr. 1287 Clydesdale Court Columbus, OH 43229

"Living with Marginality: The Life of an Icelandic Priest"
Donald Ortner Department of Sociology Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943

"Religion, Society, and Globalization: The United Church of Canada and the Ordination of Gays and Lesbians"
John H. Simpson Department of Sociology Peter Beyer Department of Religious Studies Douglas Campbell' John Hannigan, Roger O'Toole Department of Sociology University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5S 1A1

Discussant
Thomas Norrell Educational Administration University of South Carolina Columbia, SCP.O. Box 597 Due West, SC 29639

F6 Cambria West

World Views in Modern Times

Convener
Susan Muto

"Belief Systems in Relation to Age and Culture"
Barbara Bergbom Department of Psychology Abo Akademi Nunnank.4SF-20500 Turku FINLAND

"Traditional Formation in a Pluritraditional Society: Recent Findings in Formation Science"
Adrian van Kaam Institute of Formative Spirituality Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Susan Muto Epiphany Association 145 Beechwood Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15206-4517

"Religion in the Modern World: The Case of Growing Up Evangelical in an Uncertain World"
David Sheagley 3538 Garfield Ave. South Minneapolis, MN 55408

Discussant
Paula Kane Department of Religious Studies University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260

F7 Washington

Workshop on Teaching Sociology: Beyond the Lecture Format for Engaging Student Participation

Convener
Meredith McGuire

"Building a Course to Promote Critical Thinking"
Patrick McNamara Department of Sociology University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131

"Student Field Experiences"
Melinda Bollar Wagner Department of Anthropology Radford University Radford,VA 24142

"Using Computers in Teaching Sociology of Religion"
Michael Loming St. Olaf College Norfield, MN 55057

"Small Group Interactive Experiences for Sociology of Religion Classes"
Meredith McGuire Department of Sociology and Anthropology Trinity University San Antonio, TX 78212

F8 Westmoreland West

The Rude Hand of Innovation: Author Meets Critics

Convener
David Harrington Watt Department of Religion Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122

Author
David G. Hackett, The Rude Hand of Innovation: Religion and the Social Order

Critics
Gene Burns Department of Sociology Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08540
D.G. Hart Department of History Wheaton College Wheaton, IL 60187
Phillip Hammond Department of Religious Studies University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Sam Kaplan Department of Sociology Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA 19081
Rhys Williams Department of Sociology Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901

Response
David G. Hackett Department of Religion University of Florida Gainsville, FL 32611 -2005

F9 Westmoreland East

Recent Patterns of Change in Religious Affiliation and Participation: Part II

Convener
John Wilson

"Predicting the Return of Apostates: Family vs. Societal Factors"
John Wilson Department of Sociology Duke University Durham, NC 27706
Darren Sherkat Department of Sociology Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37240

"Changing Membership in Conservative Liberal Denominations and Progressive Conservative Denominations"
William E. Ramsden Opportunity Associates 1045 70th Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19126

"Why Do Orthodox Serbians Become Adventists?"
Dragoljub B. Djordjevic Mechanical Engineering Faculty University of Nis 18000 Nis YUGOSLAVIA

Discussant
Wade Clark Roof Department of Religious Studies University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 11:30 - 12:30
Westmoreland East

Religious Research Association
Business Meeting

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9, 12:45 - 2:15
G1 Allegheny I

Religion, Deviance, and Sexual Violence

Organizer
Janet Jacobs

Convener
David G. Bromley Department of Sociology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 23284

"Defining and Sanctioning Sexual Deviance in Contemporary Witchcraft"
Mary Jo Neitz Department of Sociology University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65201

"The Violated Self and the Search for Religious Meaning"
Janet L. Jacobs Women Studies Program University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0325

"Broken Trust: The Case of Roman Catholic Priests in Newfoundland Charged with the Sexual Abuse of Children"
Nancy Nason-Clark Department of Sociology University of New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick CANADA E3B 5A3

Discussant
Marion S. Goldman Department of Sociology University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403

G2 Westmoreland Central

Conversation on Methods

"The Role of the National Council of Churches and the 'Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches' in Religious Research"

Convenor
Marjorie H. Royle Department of Psychiatry St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Patterson, NJ 07503

G3 Somerset

Conversion and the Law: Approaches to the Legal Analysis of Conversion in New Religious Movements

Convener
Jeffrey Pfeifer

"Legal Definitions of Conversion"
James T. Richardson Master of Judicial Studies Program University of Nevada- Reno, Reno Nevada 89557

"Defining Boundaries for Persuasion in the Name of Religion"
John L. Young Ezra E.H. Griffith Yale University New Haven, CT 06519

"Cult Conversion in the Courtroom: Motives' Confluence, and Retrospective Accounts"
Stuart A. Wright Department of Sociology, Social Work &Criminal Justice Lamar University P.O. Box 10026 Beaumont, TX 77710

"Cults and Conservatorship: Subjective Evaluations of Conversion Evidence"
Jeffrey Pfeifer, James Ogloff Department of Psychology University of NebraskaI innnln NF fiR.SRR-DROR

Discussant
Thomas Robbins 427 Fourth Street SW Rochester, MN 55902

G4 Washington

Religion Among the Young: From Adolescence through Early Adulthood

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

"Parental-Adolescent Relations Among Fundamentalist Christians"
Stephen J. Brewer Department of Family Studies University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06268

"Report on a Forty-Year Follow-Up Study of the Religious Beliefs of 99 Amherst College Students"
Jack Shand Professor Emeritus Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA 17325

"La Familia's Influence on Mature Religiosity among Latino Young People"
Edwin I. Hernandez 13135 S.W. 2 Terrace Miami, FL 33184

"The Needs of Youth in the Metropolitan District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance"
Kevin G. Phillips Department of Christian Education and Youth Ministry Nyack College Nyack, NY 10960

Discussant
Roger L. Dudley Director, Institute of Church Ministry Andrews University Berrien Springs MI 49104

G5 Cambria East

Institutional Studies of Mormonism

Convener
Perry Cunningham Research and Evaluation Division Latter Day Saint Church 18th Floor, LDS Church Office Building 50 East North Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84150

"Why the LDS Church Welfare System Works"
David Bradford Research Information Division LDS Church Office Building 50 East North Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84150

"New Methods for Providing Research Information to Church Administrators"
Lynn Payne Research Information Division LDS Church Office Building 50 East North Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84150

"LDS Religious and Family Influences in Adolescence as Predictors of Young Adults' Religious and Familial Attitudes and Behavior"
Darwin L. Thomas Department of Sociology Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602

Discussant
Lawrence A. Young Department of Sociology Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602

G6 Westmoreland West

Update on the Church and Community Project: Part l: Factors in the Success and Impact of Church Initiated Social Ministry Project

Organizer
Tom Van Eck

"The Impact on Volunteers of Participating in Church Social Ministries"
Sally Johnson Center for Church and Community Ministries McCormick Theological Seminary 5555 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 60637
David Caddell Department of Sociology and Anthropology Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907

"Heterogeneity, Communality, and Consensus: Their Impact on Organizational Commitment"
David Caddell Department of Sociology and Anthropology Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907

"Motivating Factors in Volunteering for Social Ministry Projects"
James D. Davidson Department of Sociology and Anthropology Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907
James R. Wood Department of Sociology Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405
Thomas Van Eck Center for Church and Community Ministries University of Chicago 5555 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 60637

G7 Westmoreland East

Religion and Political Ideology

Convener Judith M. Buddenbaum

"Grass Roots Social and Political Action: The Role of Religious Faith"
Stephen Hart 1311 Ault View Avenue Cincinnati. OH 45208

"Religion and Openmindedness: Mass Media Use for Learning, Evaluation and Reinforcement during the 1988 Presidential Campaign"
Judith M. Buddenbaum a Department of Technical Journalism Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

"Toward a Typology of Twentieth Century Christian Higher Education: Analysis of Cultural Boundaries and Cultural Capital"
John Schmalzbauer C. Gray Wheeler Center for the Study of American Religion Princeton University Princeton' NJ 08544

"Religious Judaism and Socio-Political Cleavage in Israel"
William M. Batkay Department of Political Science Monclair State College Upper Monclair' NJ 07043

Discussant
Lyman A. Kellstedt Department of Political Science Wheaton College Wheaton' IL 60137

G8 Fayette

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Religion: American and International Perspectives

Convener
Richard L. Gorsuch

"Explorations of the Intrinsic / Extrinsic Distinction Across Cultures"
Richard L. Gorsuch, Gaithri Mylvaganam, Kay Gorsuch, Graduate School of Psychology Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, CA 91101
Ronald Johnson Pacific Biomedical Research Center University of Hawaii at Manoa Manoa, Hawaii

"The Likelihood of Cognitive Elaboration to Religious Messages: A Test of the Elaboration Likelihood Model"
Rodney L. Bassett, Karen Lantz, Tamara Goins, Roberts Wesleyan College Rochester, NY 14624
Peter C. Hill Department of Psychology Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127

"A Norwegian Religiosity Scale Based on Quest Theory: Development and Application to the Mental Health Problem"
Hans Stifoss-Hanssen Chaplain, Oestmarka Psychiatric Hospital/ Institute of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine University of Trondheim P.O. Box 3008 Lade N - 7002 Trondheim NORWAY

Discussant
Lee A. Kirkpatrick Department of Psychology University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003

G9 Cambria West

Clergy Family Life

Convener
J. Elizabeth Norrell

"Clergy Families: Family Life Satisfaction, Religious Orthodoxy, and Boundary Maintenance"
J. Elizabeth Norrell Department of Sociology Erskine College Due West, SC 29639

"Memories of Marginality: Effects of Growing Up in Dysfunctional Families on Clergy Families Now"
Adair T. Lummis Hartford Seminary 77 Sherman Street Hartford, CT 06105

Discussant
Robert Beckley Department of Sociology West Texas State University Canyon, TX 79016

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2:30 - 4:00
H1 Allegheny I

Church, Sect, and Cult Revisited

Convener
Samuel A. Mueller

"Church, Sect, and Cult: A Generalization and Systemization of the Concept"
Samuel A. Mueller Department of Sociology University of Akron Akron, OH 44325

"Social Construction of the 'Cult' Concept"
Jane Dillon Department of Sociology University of California San Diego, CA 92093-0102
James T. Richardson Master of Judicial Studies Program University of Nevada-Reno Reno, Nevada 89557

"Mainline and Marginal Cults"
Michael L. Mickler Unitication Theological Seminary 10 Dock Road Barrytown, NY 12507

"Lifestyle Choices of Brainwashed Cult Members and Ex-members"
Benjamin Zablocki Department of Sociology Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 08903

Discussant
Thomas Robbins 427 Fourth Street SW Rochester' MN 55902

H2 Somerset

New Research on Presbyterian Baby Boomers: Panel

Organizer/Convener
Dean Hoge Department of Sociology The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. 20064

"Typology of Religious Involvement of Young Adults"
Donald A. Luidens Department of Sociology Hope College Holland, Ml 49423

"Life Events Encouraging Young Adults Toward Church Involvement or Non-lnvolvement"
Dean R. Hoge Department of Sociology Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. 20064

"Implications of the Study for Understanding Changes in Mainline Protestantism"
Benton Johnson Department of Sociology University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403

Discussant
Wade Clark Roof Department of Religious Studies University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106

H3 Fayette

Measuring Religiosity in Studies of Political Consequences: Part II.: Doctrine, Practice, Salience, and Experience

Conveners
Lyman A. Kellstedt
David C. Leege

"Religious Involvement and Political Behavior"
Lyman A. Kellstedt Department of Political Science Wheaton College Wheaton, IL 60187
Kenneth D. Wald Department of Political Science University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611
David C. Leege Hesburgh Program in Public Service University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556

"The Public Dimension of Private Devotionalism"
Kenneth D. Wald Department of Political Science University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611
David C. Leege Hesburgh Program in Public Service University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556
Lyman A. Kellstedt Department of Political Science Wheaton College Wheaton, IL

"Religious Salience: The Core Measure"
James L. Guth Department of Political Science Furman University Greenville, SC 29613
John C. Green Bliss Institute for Applied Policy Research University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1904

"Doctrinal Beliefs and Political Behavior"
Lyman A. Kellstedt Department of Political Science Wheaton College Wheaton, IL 60187
Corwin E. Smidt Department of Political Science Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI 49506

"Born-Again Politics: The Political Effects of Religious Experience"
Ted G. Jelen, Clyde Wilcox Department of Government Georgetown University Washington, D.C. 20057
Corwin E. Smidt Department of Political Science Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI 49506

H4 Washington

Religion and Prejudice

Convener
Larry Thomas Crowe Religious Studies Division Oakland City College Oakland City, IN 47660-1099

"From British-Israelism to Christian Identity: The Evolution of White Supremacist Religious Doctrine"
Michael Barkun Department of Political Science Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 13244-1090

"Getting In and Getting Out of Religious Hategroups"
James Aho Department of Sociology Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho 83201

"Religious Fundamentalism, Quest Authoritarianism and Prejudice"
Bruce Hunsberger Department of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3C5
Robert Altemeyer University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA R3T 2N2

"Religious Conflict and Religious Orientation: A Replication and Extension"
Michael E. Nielsen, Jim Fultz Department of Psychology Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115

Discussant
Richard L. Gorsuch Graduate School of Psychology Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, CA 91101

H5 Cambria West

Saving the Earth, Saving Society, Saving Souls

ConvenerH. Paul Chalfant

"Different Lives, Different Goals: The Church, Work, and Life Experiences that Underlie the Social Activist / Evangelical Divide Among Protestant Denominational Leaders"
Daniel V. A. Olson Department of Sociology Indiana University at South Bend 1700 Mishawaka Ave. P.O. Box 7111 South Bend, IN 46634
William J. McKinney, Jr. Hartford Seminary 77 Sherman Street Hartford, CT 06105

"Theology and Religiosity Effects on Environmental Concern and Activism"
Eric Woodrum, Thomas Hoban. Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695

"Concern for God and Concern for Society: Religiosity and Social Justice"
Evans W. Curry, H. Paul Chalfant. Department of Sociology Texas Tech University Box 4590 Lubbock, TX 79409

Discussant
Paul Johnson Department of Sociology Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409-1012

H6 Westmoreland East

Studies of Women in Ministry

Organizer/Convener
Edward C. Lehman, Jr. Department of Sociology College of the State University of New York at Brockport Brockport, NY 14420

"Catholic Convents: Demise of an Institution"
Helen Rose Ebaugh Department of Sociology University of Houston Houston, TX 77004

"Assessing Resistance and Support for the Ordination of Women to the Priesthood in the Church of England: A Nine Year Follow-up Study"
Nancy Nason-Clark Department of Sociology University of New Brunswick P.O. Box 4400 Fredericton, New Brunswick CANADA E3B 5A3

"Women's Ordination Among Southern Baptists"
Marilyn Metcalf - Whittaker Hamilton Hall, CB# 3210 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210

"Factors Affecting the Placement of Clergywomen in UCC Congregations"
Marjorie H. Royle United Church Board for Homeland Ministries 475 Riverside Drive 10th Floor New York, NY 10115

Discussant
Madeleine R. Adriance Department of Sociology Mount Ida College Newton Centre, MA 02159

H7 Cambria East

Update on the Church and Community Project: Factors in the Success and Impact of Church Initiated Social Ministry Projects-Part II.: Panel

Convener
Carl S. Dudley

"Comparisons of Laity vs. Social Ministry Leaders on Social Justice Issues"
Alan Mock Department of Sociology University of West Virginia Morgantown, WV 26506

"Project Decision-Making as a Predictor of Social Ministry Project Success"
Sue Sporte, Carl Dudley. Center for Church and Community Ministries 5555 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 06037

"How Congregational Identity 'Defines' Social Context for Ministry"
Carl S. Dudley Center for Church and Community Ministries McCormick Theological Seminary 5555 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, IL 60637

H8 Westmoreland West

Current Issues in Televangelism

Convener
Peter Beyer Department of Religious Studies University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5S lA1

"Televangelism in the 1990's"
Razelle Frankl Glassboro State College Glassboro, NJ 0802,

"Interpreting Support for Televangelism from the Outside: Recent Patterns"
Bobby C. Alexander Department of Religious Studies Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275

"When Seeing is Believing: Is Video Religion Possible?"
Kyong Liong Kim Department of Communication Mount Vernon Nazarene College Mount Vernon, OH 43050

Discussant
Judith M. Buddenbaum Department of Technical Journalism Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80 23

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 4:15-5:45
PLEN 3 Allegheny I

Symposium on the Work of Roland Robertson

Presentors

• Frank Lechner, Emory University, Convener


• Edward Tiryakian, Duke University


• Burkart Holzner, University of Pittsburgh


• Bryan Turner, University of Essex


• William Garrett, St. Michael's College

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 6:00-8:00
Allegheny II and III

BUFFET

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 8:30-9:30
PLEN 4 Allegheny I

Plenary Address

"The Human Side of Research in the African American Experience in Religion"
C. Eric Lincoln Department of Religion Duke University Durham, NC 27706

Sunday

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10, 8:30-10:00
I1 Cambria East

Theology and Society over Time

Convener
Anthony J. Blasi

"The Ephesian Christianity of the Beloved Disciple Literary Stratum"
Anthony J. Blasi Department of Sociology Muskingum College New Concord, Ohio 43762

"Congruence Between Sermonic Discourse and the Real World"
Joseph E. Faulkner 212 Sparks Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802

"The Changing Messages of the Church"
Keith M. Wulft Research Services Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 100 Witherspoon Street Louisville, KY 40202-1396

Discussant
Ellen Umansky 10 Penny Lane Scarsdale, NY 10583

I2 Cambria West

Mapping the Sacred: Heaven, Hell, and Halloween

Convener
James McClenon

"Ghosts, Poltergeists, and Collective Behavior: Folk Religion and the Media"
James McClenon Department of Social Sciences Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City, NC 27909

"Gender Differences and Conceptions of Heaven"
Rachel Ann Foster Department of Psychology Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

"Is Halloween a Holiday?: Legislative and Religious Tensions in Celebration"
Karen Sue Hybertsen. Drew University Madison, NJ 07940

Discussant
E. Lynn Harris University of Illinois Box 412 Wheaton, IL 60189

I3 Butler East

Responding to the Poor

Convener
James A. Mathisen. Department of Sociology
Wheaton College Wheaton, IL 60187-5593

"Faith and Commitment to the Poor"
Ralph E. Pyle Department of Sociology and Anthropology Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907

"Marching on the Margins: A Study of the Salvation Army in the United States"
John W. Hazard Department of Sociology St. Joseph's College 155 Roe Boulevard Patchogue, NY 11772-2603

"Mary and the Poor Since Vatican II.: Ecclesial and Popular Perspectives"
Steve Holler Thomas More College Crestview Hills, KY 41017

Discussant
Andrew E. Barnes Department of History Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213

I4 Somerset

Conservative Religious Interest Groups: Panel

Convener
James L. Guth Department of Political Science Furman University Greenville, SC 29613

"Bread for the World"
John C. Green Ray C. Bliss Institute University of Akron Akron, OH 44325

"Just Life"
Chris Fastnow Department of Political Science Wheaton College Wheaton, IL 60187-5593

"Evangelicals for Social Action"
Corwin E. Smidt Department of Political Science Calvin College Grand Rapids, Ml 49506

"National Association of Evangelicals"
Lyman A. Kellstedt Department of Political Science Wheaton College Wheaton, IL 60187-5593

"Prison Fellowship"
James L. Guth Department of Political Science Furman University Greenville, SC 29613

"Concerned Women for America"
Linda Beail Department of Political Science University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242

"The 1988 Robertson Campaign"
Paul Kellstedt Department of Political Science University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242

I5 Washington

The Inner Self

Convener
Peter C. Hill Department of Psychology Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127

"Religious Voices: An Interpretive Approach to Religious Orientation"
Stephen Hoyer Department of Psychology & Counseling Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KY 66762

"Religious Value and Psychological Well-Being"
Larry Thomas Crowe Religious Studies Division Oakland City College Oakland City, IN 47660-1099
Thomas Froehle Smith Research Center Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405

"The Structure and Measurement of Humanistic Beliefs"
James Casebolt Department of Psychology Davie Hall-CB# 3270 University of North CarolIna Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8302

Discussant
Margaret M. Poloma Department of Sociology University of Akron Akron, OH 44325

I6 Westmoreland Central

Empire Strikes Back-Part II

Convener
Irving Hexham

"The Impact of Black Religion on the Whites of South Africa"
G.C. Oosthuizen New Religious Movements and Independent Churches Research Unit University of Zululand Kwa-Dlangezwa, SOUTH AFRICA 3886

"Reassessing Christian Reconstruction, Charismatics and the New Age Movement"
Irving Hexham Department of Religious Studies University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta CANADA T2N 1N4

"Shamanism: The Return of the Native"
Joan Townsend Department of Anthropology University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA R3T 2N2

Discussant
Rosalind l.J. Hackett Department of Religious Studies University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0490

I7 Fayette

The 'W' word: An Interdisciplinary Study of an Atlanta Witch Coven: Panel

Convener
Allen Scarboro Millsaps College Jackson, MS 39210

Panelists
Nancy Campbell Department of Psychology Birmingham-Southern College Birmingham, AL 35254
Robin Ingalls University of Alabama in Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294
Allen Scarboro Millsaps College Jackson, MS 39210
Shirley A. Stave Department of English Oxford College Emory University Atlanta, GE 30322

I8 Butler West

The Future of Religious Orders: Roundtable Discussion

Convener
Helen Rose Ebaugh

Leaders
Helen Rose Ebaugh Department of Sociology University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-3474
Patricia Wittberg Department of Sociology Indiana University Indianapolis, IN 46202
Mary Johnson, S.N.D. Department of Sociology University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10, 10:15 - 11:45
J1 Cambria East

Images of God

Convener
Bruce Hunsberger Department of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo. Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA

"Why Have We Not Got Beyond God the Father?"
Teresa D. Marciano Department of Sociology Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, NJ 07666

"An Empirical Validation of the Androcentric Nature of the Western God-Concept"
Rachel Ann Foster Department of Psychology Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, Ml 48859
John P. Keating Office of Branch Campuses AG-25 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195

"The God Image Inventory"
Richard T. Lawrence St. Vincent dePaul Church 120 N. Front Street Baltimore, MD 21202

Discussant
Mary Ellen Batiuk Box 1302 Wilmington College Wilmington, OH 45177

J2 Westmoreland West

War and Peace: Religious Perspectives

Convener
Kenneth I. Pargament Department of Psychology Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403-0228

"The Holy War in Late Judaism: Judas Maccabaeus to Bar Kochga via Jesus and His Movement"
Peter Staples Faculty of Theology Heidelberglaan 2 P.O. Box 80.1053508 TC Utrecht The Netherlands

"Religious Coping With the Gulf War: A Prospective Analysis"
Kenneth I. Pargament, Betty J. Royster, Eric Dubow, Karen Ishler, Michael Albert, Patty Crowe, Ellen Cullman, Rebecca Rouiller, Patti Stanik Department of Psychology Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403-0228

"Altruistic Suicide Among Iranian Soldiers During the Iran-Iraq War"
Mohammed Fazel Department of Psychology Indiana University / Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN 46805

"Confronting the War in Faith: The Goals, Tactics and Framing of Faith-Based Peace Activism"
Bob Edwards Ron Pagnucco Department of Sociology Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. 20064

Discussant
James Aho Department of Sociology Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho 83201

J3 Fayette

Religion and the Life Course

Convener
Barbara G. Wilkins 2424 S. York #105 Denver, CO 80210

"The Apple and the Tree: Correspondence Between Youth and Their Parents on Faith, Values, and Commitment"
Roger L. Dudley Institute of Church Ministry Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI 49104

"Religiosity and Life Satisfaction Across the Life Course"
James Peacock, Margaret M. Poloma. Department of Sociology University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1905

"The Spirit is Willing but the Flesh is Weak: Effect of Death Salience on Personal Religious Orientation"
C. Daniel Batson, Christopher T. Burris, Kelly Wagoner, Brad Wolgast. Department of Psychology University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045-2160

Discussant
James V. Spickard Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 92373

J4 Butler East

The Supernatural in Cultural Contexts

Convener
Michael Welch Department of Sociology Notre Dame University Notre Dame, IN 46556

"The Religious Hero and the Escape from Evil: A Challenge to the Notion of Religious Mystification in the Thought of Ernest Becker"
Merlyn E. Mowrey Department of Religion Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, Ml 48859

"The Satanic Demonology and the Cultural Construction of Evil"
Phillip Stevens, Jr. Department of Anthropology University at Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo, NY 14261

"Illness and Witchcraft in Colonial New England"
Rosanne M. Lucas Department of Anthropology Faculty of Social Sciences 380 MFAC, Ellicot Complex University at Buffalo, SUNY Buffalo, NY 14261

"The Roles of Supranormal Beings in the Explanation of Illnesses Among the Mestizos of the Peruvian Amazon"
Matti Kamppinen. Department of Comparative Religion University of Turku SF-20500 Turku FINLAND

Discussant
Larry C. Ingram Department of Sociology University of Tennessee Martin, TN 38238

J5 Butler West

Unitarianism and Christian Science

Convener
Carol A. Kitchen

"The Usefulness of Troeltsch's Typology to the Study of Nineteenth Century Unitarians and Universalists"
Carol A. Kitchen. 904 Pratt Drive Vestal, NY 13850-2926

"Christian Science and the Law"
James T. Richardson. Master of Judicial Studies Program University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV 89557-0067
John DeWitt. Department of Social Psychology University of Nevada-Reno Reno, Nevada 89557

Discussant
Samuel A. Mueller. Department of Sociology University of Akron Akron, OH 44325

J6 Washington

Individualism and Religion in EverydayLife

Convener
James J. Chriss Department of Sociology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6299

"Durkheim's Cult of Personality as Secular Religion: Its Appropriation by Erving Goffman"
James J. Chriss Department of Sociology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6299

"An Application of Theory from Sociology of Religion: The Inadequate Case of Sociology of Sport"
James A. Mathisen. Department of Sociology Wheaton College Wheaton, Illinois 60187-5593

"Desperately Seeking Sheila: Locating Privatism in American Society"
Bruce A. Greer. Department ot Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003

"Sisters in the Flesh, Sisters in the Spirit?: A Comparison of the Religious Beliefs of Sisters With Different Nominal Religious Preferences"
Matthew Lawson Department of Sociology Princeton University 2-N-2 Green Hall Princeton. NJ 08544-lûlO

Discussant
Arthur L. Greil Division of Social Sciences Alfred University Alfred, NY 14802

J7 Cambria East

Religion and Attitudes Toward Abortion

Convener
James Kelly

"What Kind of Movements Are the 'Right to Life'and the 'Pro-choice' Movements, How Does Religion Fit It, and Why Does Correct Naming Matter?"
James Kelly. Department of Sociology & Anthropology Fordham University Bronx, NY 10458

"Religious vs. Secular Variables in Explaining Abortion Attitude"
Joseph B. Tamney, Stephen J. Johnson, Ronald Burton. Department of Sociology, Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306-0530

"Who's the Boss?: The Religious and Ethical Roots of Anti-Abortion Civil Disobedience"
Carol J.C. Maxwell. Department of Anthropology Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130

"Religion and Attitudes Toward Abortion, Capital Punishment, and Suicide: Is 'Pro-life' a Misnomer?"
Bradley R. Hertel. Department of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 24061
John H. Simpson Department of Sociology University of Toronto 203 College Street, Fitth Floor Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5TlP9

Discussant
Michael Cuneo Department of Sociology and Anthropology Fordham University Bronx, NY 10458