Title: The mind of the Anglican clergy : assessing attitudes and beliefs in the Church of England /
Authors: Village, Andrew; Francis, Leslie J.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Church of England Clergy.; Church of England Doctrines.
Contents: Foreword / by Jeff Astley -- Introduction -- Attitudes, beliefs and behaviours -- The Church times survey -- Clergy attitudes, beliefs and behaviours -- Exploring differences -- Personality assessment -- The clergy -- Socio-demographic profile -- Religious profile -- Psychological profile -- Analysing the data -- Beliefs -- Assessing beliefs -- Exploring differences -- Church -- Assessing attitude toward the church -- Exploring differences -- Society -- Assessing attitude toward society -- Exploring differences -- Morality -- Assessing attitude toward morality -- Exploring differences -- Homosexuality -- Assessing attitude toward homosexuality -- Exploring differences -- Education -- Assessing attitude toward education -- Exploring differences -- Volunteering -- Volunteering and religion -- Assessing involvement within the church -- Exploring differences -- Assessing involvement beyond the church -- Exploring differences -- Summary of findings -- Interrelationships of attitudes -- What shapes clergy? -- Concluding remarks.