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Showing 1 to 20 of 325 for “"Clergy"”.
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Clergy Sexual Abuse
… abuse perpetrated by trusted members of the clergy presents unique challenges to clinicians and yet the current literature on the effects of clergy sexual abuse is sparse. The vast majority of current research on clergy sexual abuse is based on the perspective of the perpetrators and not the …
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Clergy and Commoners: Interactions between medieval clergy and laity in a regional context
… examines the interactions between medieval clergy and laity, which were complex, and its findings trouble dominant models for understanding the relationships between official and popular religions. In the context of an examination of these interactions in the Humber Region Lowlands during …
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Clergy Family Systems Training and How It Changes Clergy Leadership Attitudes and Practices
<p>Problem. Clergy persons without an awareness of their family system patterns and reactivity often exercise their leadership in unhealthy ways that are damaging to their congregations. This study described changes in leadership attitudes and practices experienced by clergy participants in a …
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Factors Related to Clergy Sexual Misconduct
<p><em>Problem.</em> Clergy sexual misconduct creates credibility, marital, family, and financial problems in the general church. The purpose of this study was to determine, through a survey research methodology, personality and situational factors in the lives of active clergy that may be related …
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WHEN CHURCH BECOMES STATE: CLERGY AS POLITICAL CANDIDATE
This dissertation examines the experiences of clergy who have run for elected office. Previous research has examined the political behavior of clergy and why those in other professions have run for office. This dissertation is the first study of clergy who have run for office. I find that most of …
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The northern clergy and the Pilgrimage of Grace
… Practically no analysis of the role of the clergy exists, although it is clear that the religious reforms instituted by Henry VIII beginning in 1534 caused widespread disaffection. These reforms attacked traditional religious practice and worship, affecting the entire clergy and laity. The …
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Personality Profiles and Problems Related to Clergy Misconduct
<p><em>Problem</em>. Clergy sexual misconduct is a significant problem for the church. There are legal and financial problems, as well as damage to individuals and communities. The purpose of this study was to examine personality profiles and situational themes of ministers in treatment whose …
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Challenges experienced by clergy in dealing with domestic violence
… explore the challenges experienced by selected clergy within the Anglican Church in dealing with domestic violence. The sample was drawn from the Diocese of Cape Town of the church of the Province of Southern Africa, based on the participants' experience of the phenomenon and their willingness …
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Therapeutic Modalities and Educational Approaches in Clergy Stress Reduction
<p>Clergy are listed among administrators, social workers, healthcare providers, fire fighters, and police officers as professionals with high levels of occupational stress (Hill et al., 2003; Greenberg, 1990). Clergy are valuable resources to the American culture in that they perform an array of …
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Predicting Responses of Asian Christian Clergy to Domestic Violence
… and demographic factors of Asian Christian clergy affect their perceptions and responses to domestic violence. Their age, years lived in the U.S., amount of pastoral counseling education, adherence to Asian cultural values, gender role beliefs, and degree of religious fundamentalism (n = 72) …
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Church, chapel and clergy in Margaret Oliphant's Chronicles of Carlingford
… of Church and Chapel communities and their clergymen within an insular and atypical provincial community in mid-nineteenth century England. By drawing on a variety of examples in the novels and in real life, the thesis argues that Oliphant was a serious commentator on religious matters and …
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Politics and the American clergy: Sincere shepherds or strategic saints?
Scholars have evaluated the causes of clergy political preferences and behavior for decades. As with party ID in the study of mass behavior, personal ideological preferences have been the relevant clergy literature's dominant behavioral predictor. Yet to the extent that clergy operate in bounded …
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Clergy Preparation for Catholic School Leadership in a Midwestern Diocese
… of recommendations focused on ensuring that clergy better understand their leadership role and have access to adequate and necessary preparation for leadership of Catholic elementary schools.|Keywords: Catholic school leadership, Catholic education, preparation of priests, program of priestly …
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"The church and clergy in Johannes Pauli's ""Schimpf und Ernst"""
… of these focus on the pre-Reformation church and clergy, no general critique of Pauli's treatment of these topics has so far been offered. The intention of the present study is to provide such a critique.
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Pedagogies and Practice: How Religious Diversification Impacts Seminaries and Clergy
… diversification has shaped the roles of clergy and seminaries. The focus of this qualitative, interview-based study is seminaries and clergy affiliated with various denominations of Judaism and Protestant Christianity in greater London and New York City. Religiously diversifying societies …
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Conceptualisation of mental illness among Christian clergy in Harare, Zimbabwe
… Available evidence documents historic clergy involvement in health and wellbeing issues, but they have rarely been viewed as a partner in community mental health care. Aim: This study examines the clergy's conception, recognition of and responses to people with mental illnesses. The …
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Contemporary Fictional Representations of Anglican Clergy on British Public Service Television
Fictional clergy on British television have come a long way since the bumbling priests portrayed by the likes of Derreck Nimmo and Rowan Atkinson. Motivated by curiosity about both the impetus for and creative development of more recent programmes depicting Anglican vicars with depth and …
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