2000 Meeting -- A rich and successful meeting. Our October 2000 joint meeting with the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in Houston was the first of our second half-century. A rich and successful meeting it was, too! Paula Nesbitt deserves our gratitude for her excellent work as Program Chairperson, in collaboration with her SSSR counterpart (and retiring RRA Board member) Peter Beyer. The theme of Gender, Religious Organization and Practice was reflected in a large proportion of RRA's sessions. Coupled with SSSR's theme dealing with transnationalism and twenty-first century challenges, the program offered a wide diversity of specific topics. Saturday night's BBQ banquet followed by Zydeco music contributed in a special way to the enhancement and celebration of communitas. Ed Lehman's presidential address, entitled Clergywomen's World: Musings of a Fox, and reflecting his extensive research of twenty years on the distinctive experiences and challenges of women clergy, was the RRA's headline event. The published version will soon appear in the Review. The Program of the RRA/SSSR 2000 Meeting View the Index of the 2000 program A1 - SSSR Thursday, 1:00-2:30pm Making Sense of UFO Abductions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Convener: Alan G. Hill, Delta College,
[email protected] Possible Psychological Explanations. Robert Arndt, Delta College, University Center, MI 48710 Transformative Aspects of Alien Abductions. Brenda Denzler, Duke University,
[email protected] UFO Abductions as Anomalous Reality. Ron Westrum, Eastern Michigan University,
[email protected] Media Reports of UFO Abductions and the Construction of Social Problems. Paul Kooistra, Furman University,
[email protected] A2 - RRA Thursday, 1:00-2:30pm Gender, Ideology and the Sacred Convener: Nancy Eiesland, Candler School of Theology, Emory University,
[email protected] "Tell Eve About Serpent!" A Qualitative Study of the Effects of Temple Participation in the Lives of Young Adult Mormons.