Public people, private lives
Subtitle: tackling stress in clergy families
By: Jean and Christopher Burton ; [foreword by Anne Atkins].
Contributors: Burton, Chris.
Publisher: Continuum; Mowbray
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780826426123
Subjects: Clergy -- Mental health; Families of clergy -- Mental health; Stress (Psychology); Stress management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Setting the scene. Introduction; title: The structures of the Church of England; title: Professional support systems; title: Pt. 2. Background, methodology and family stress. Background perspectives; title: Stress in a family setting; title: Setting up the research; title: Pt. 3. The curacy stage : the first family interviews. Moves, accommodation and education; title: The public view of curates; title: The cost; title: Reflections on issues at the curacy stage; title: Pt. 4. A pause for thought. The double bind and the accommodation syndrome; title: Yardsticks for independence; title: Pt. 5. The incumbency stage. Moves and education; title: Finance and the public role; title: The clergy view of the job and its impact on the family : and days off; title: Conflict and health; title: The third interviews; title: Pt. 6. Responses and conclusions. The response of the groups; title: Reflections and dilemmas; title: Recommendations; title: A final reflection for the whole church.