Psychological Typology of Anglican clergy in England
Diversity, Strengths, and Weaknesses in Ministry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23328457 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leslie J Francis (0000-0003-2946-9980, University of Wales), Charlotte L Craig (University of Wales), Michael Whinney (University of Wales), David Tilley (0000-0001-8979-9274, University of Wales), D R Tilley (Bangor University), Paul Slater (0000-0003-2318-0705, University of Wales) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 266-284 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Practical Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1430-6921 • E-ISSN: 1612-9768 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ijpt.2007.17 |
| OpenAlex | W2044975275 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 61 |
Recent research within the psychology of religion and empirical theology has drawn attention to the theoretical and practical power of psychological type theory to illuminate and to facilitate the practice of Christian ministry. Building on this tradition, in the present study the psychological type preferences of 626 male Anglican clergy and 247 female Anglican clergy in England were assessed using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The purpose was to profile the personal and professional qualities of those engaged in Christian ministry within this specific context. Both male and female clergy revealed preferences for introversion over extraversion, intuition over sensing, feeling over thinking, and judging over perceiving. Points of similarity and difference between the current sample and the wider United Kingdom population are explored, as well as with Anglican congregations and other clergy in the United Kingdom. The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of interpreting diversity, strengths, and potential weaknesses in ministry. The findings are valuable for practical theology in informing practices of selecting, training, deploying and supporting clergy. Questions can also be posed for theological construction, but that work is of another genre and will be done in future deliberations.
Big Five personality traits · Christian ministry · Context (archaeology) · Diversity (politics) · Extraversion and introversion · Feeling · Geography · Personality · Psychology of religion · Sociology · Strengths and weaknesses · Theology · Typology · Anthropology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Theological Perspectives and Practices
Who Goes There? Attendance at Fresh Expressions of Church in Relation to Psychological Type Preferences among Readers of the Church Times
Stress Levels among Anglican Clergy
Traditions within the Church of England and Psychological Type
The Psychological Type and Temperament Profile of Ordinands at Cranmer Hall, Durham, 2008–2016
Psychological Type Profile and Work-Related Psychological Health of Clergy Serving in the Diocese of Chester
Differences of Four Work-Related Behavior and Experience Patterns in Work Ability and Other Work-Related Perceptions in a Finance Company
The science of congregation studies and psychographic segmentation
The Holly Bough service at Liverpool Cathedral and psychological type theory
‘Ontological Engines’
Psychological type profile of Lead Elders within the Newfrontiers network of churches in the United Kingdom
Who is called to be a bishop? A study in psychological type profiling of bishops in the Church of England
Assessing the engagement of participants at a pre-Christmas son et lumiere in Liverpool Cathedral
The pandemic and the feminisation of the Church? How male and female churchgoers experienced the Church of England’s response to Covid-19
The Relationship between Work-Related Psychological Health and Psychological Type among Canadian Baptist Clergy
The Psychological Temperament of Anglican Clergy in Ordained Local Ministry (OLM)
Biblical Conservatism and Psychological Type
Orienting to Otherness
Called for Leadership
Psychological-type theory and Christian theology
Applying Psychological Type Theory to Cathedral Visitors
What happened to the fig tree? An empirical study in psychological type and biblical hermeneutics
Psychological type and psychological temperament among Readers within the Church of England
Created to be guardians? Psychological type profiles of members of cathedral Friends associations in England
Psychological type profile of Protestant church leaders in Australia
Spiritual well-being and psychological type
Confirming the psychological type profile of Anglican clergymen in Wales
Psychological type of American Evangelical missionary candidates
Catholic priesthood and psychological temperament
Exploring connections between prayer preferences and psychological type or temperament
Psychological type preferences of female missionaries from the United Kingdom
The psychological-type profile of clergywomen in ordained local ministry in the Church of England
Is the psychological type profile of stipendiary parochial clergy in the Church of England changing? Exploring data from 2020 to 2021
Psychological type and psychological temperament of non-stipendiary Anglican clergy
Psychological type profiles and temperaments of ministers in the Baptist Union of Great Britain (Bugb)
The psychological type profile of Salvation Army officers working within the United Kingdom
Psychological type profile of ministers of word and sacrament within the United Reformed Church (URC)
Monitoring the changing psychological profile of Church of England parochial clergy
Work-related psychological health and psychological type
The psychological type profile of Anglican clergymen serving in Northern Ireland
The psychological-type profile of lay church leaders in Australia
The psychological type profile of practising Greek Orthodox churchgoers in London
Psychological-type theory and the exercise of Christian ministry
O come all ye thinking types
Early and late responders to questionnaires
Psychological type theory, femininity and the appeal of Anglo-Catholicism
New Kadampa Buddhists and Jungian psychological type
Psychographic segmentation of cathedral visitors in England and Wales
Psychological type differences between churchgoers and church-leavers
Biblical literalism among Anglican clergy
The quest for the psychological Jesus through a Jungian lens
Psychological types and self-assessed leadership skills of clergy in the Church of England
The psychological type profile of young adult members of the Student Christian Movement compared with church congregations
Psychological Temperament and the Catholic Priesthood
Assessing the Psychological Type Profile of Canadian Baptist Youth
Psychological Type Profile of Roman Catholic Priests
The Personality Characteristics of Anglican Clergymen and Clergywomen
Comparing the Psychological Profiles of Anglican Clergy and Anglican Churchgoers in the United States
The Scale Properties of the Adolescent Form of the Francis Psychological Type Scales (FPTSA) Among Canadian Baptist Youth
Women Priests in the Church of England
Predicting Ordination, Early-Career Mobility, and Career Adaptation from Ministerial Applicants' Psychological Assessment Results
The Science of Cathedral Studies
| Unique citing works | 61 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,59 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 57 |