PRAIRIE GROUP PROGRAMS/PAPERS
Below is a list of all papers delivered at Prairie Group during the 1970s. Some papers may be found in the archives at Meadville Lombard Seminary in Chicago. All papers were delivered except as noted at Pere Marquette Lodge, Grafton, IL.
“Democracy,” “Covenant” and “Dissent” at the 09-12 November 1970 meetings (Jack Hayward, Scribe)
“The Historical Roots of ‘Democracy,’ ‘Covenant,’ and ‘Dissent’” by James Madison Barr; John Godbey responder
“Democracy, Covenant and Dissent in the UUA” by Paul Beattie; Emil Gudmundson responder
“Democracy, Covenant and Dissent in University Contexts” by Max Gaebler; John Cyrus & David Johnson responders
“The Decline and Fall of the American ‘ Roman Empire
by Bruce Clary; William DeWolfe responder
“The Role that the Liberal Religious Institution (Church) Should Play” by Dick Langhinrichs; Robert Reed responder
Festivity and Fantasy at the 08-11 November 1971 meetings
“Homo Ludens in Christian History” by Jim Wilkes; Neil Jordahl responder
“The Role of the Fool in Religion” by Peter Baldwin; Michael O’Kelly responder
“Counterculture as a New Manifestation of Feast and Fantasy” by Bart Gould; John Robinson responder
“Transcendence through Feast and Fantasy” by John Cyrus; Fred Campbell responder
“Feast and Fantasy for Unitarian Universalists” by William DeWolfe; Roy Phillips responder
Preaching at the 13-16 November 1972 meetings
“The Context of Preaching” by Fred Campbell; Charles Eddis responder
“The Current State of Preaching” by Neil Jordahl; Robert Latham responder
“The Case for Preaching” by Roy Phillips; Paul Beattie responder
“Preaching, Free Speech and Responsible Communication” by Robert Reed; Max Gaebler responder
Aesthetics: “The Aesthetics of Preaching” by Jack Hayward: John Wolf responder
Liberal Religious Education at the 12-15 November 1973 meetings
“Dewey, Fahs and the ‘Discovery Method’” by Paul Henniges; Bryan Allin responder
“What is ‘Religious’ about Religious Education?” by Robert Latham; Steven Johnson responder
“Are We Failing Our Children?” by Edward Harris; Maryell Cleary responder
“The Family as a Focus of Adult Planning” by Russell Bletzer; Robert Lehman responder
“Toward Religious Education that Works” by John Wolf; Charles Eddis responder
Greek Tragedy at the 11-14 November 1974 meetings
“Aeschylus’ View of the Human Condition” by Max Gaebler; John Godbey responder
“Sophocles’ View of the Human Condition” by Webster Kitchell; Roy Phillips responder
“Euripedes’ View of the Human Condition” by Jams Madison Barr; Ron Engel responder
“The Pagan View of Greek Tragedy” by Paul Beattie; John Cyrus responder
“A Biblical Response to the Greek Tragedy” by Neil Shadle; Dick Langhinrichs responder
“Tragedy in the Modern World” by Jim Wilkes; Ron Knapp responder
Nietzsche at the 10-12 November 1975 meetings
“Friedrich Nietzsche: Erratic Genius” by Paul Beattie; John Wolf responder
“Nietzsche’s View of Art and History” by Earl Holt; Fred Campbell responder
“Nietzsche’s Existential Thought – Some Second Thoughts” by Charles Eddis; James Madison Barr responder
“The Animal with Red Cheeks: Shame and the Sacred n Nietzsche” by Carl Schneider
“A Theological Response to Nietzsche” by Frank Schulman; Calvin Knapp responder
Adams, Jefferson and the American Covenant at the 08-10 November 1976 meetings
“The Idea of Covenant” by Kim Beach; Frank Gentile responderAdams
Doctrine of Man” by Wes Hromatko; Fred Campbell responderJefferson’s
Doctrine of Man” by John Robinson; Robert Reed responderAdams
View of the American Covenant: a Two Hundred Year Perspective” by John Young; Max Gaebler responderJefferson
’s View of the American Covenant: a Two Hundred Year Perspective” by Steven Johnson; Gertrude Lindener responder
Jonathan Edwards and the New Awakening at the 07-10 November 1977 meetings
“Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening” by Edward Harris; James Madison Barr responder
“The Rationalist Reaction to Edwards and the Great Awakening” by Frank Gentile; John Godbey responder
“The Great Awakening as Narcissism” by Gertrude Lindener; Earl Holt responder
“The Cultural and Religious Meaning of the New Awakening” by Jack Hayward; Russell Bletzer responder
“Does Liberal Religion Need Awakening?” by John Wolf; Paul Beattie responder
Christological Influences on Contemporary Unitarian-Universalism at the 13-16 November 1978 meetings (at Thompson Retreat Center.St. Louis
“The Unitarian/Universalist Rejection of the Christ” by Russell Bletzer; Barbara Merritt responder
“Christology and Liberal Liturgics” by John Cyrus; Ruppert Lovely responder
“Liberal Christianity Today” by Fred Campbell; Neil Shadle responder
“’The ‘New Being’ in Contemporary Unitarian Universalism” by Roy Phillips; Ron Knapp responder
Cosmology and Religion at the 05-08 November 1979 meetings
“Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Cosmologies: Challenge and Support for Religion” by Ed Harris;
Doak Mansfield responder
“Twentieth Century Cosmology: Origin and Destiny of the Universe” by John Godbey; John Robinson responder
“Cosmology and Cosmic Evolution: Is there a Law of Nature?” by Ron Knapp; Michael O’Kelly responder
“Cosmology and the Cosmic Questions: The Implications of Twentieth Century Cosmology for Theology” by Ruppert Lovely; David Maynard responder
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