Future Congregational Leaders
How Do They Perceive Their Opportunities in This Field
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3711096 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emőke Török (0000-0001-5982-7078, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, corresponding author), Emese Biró (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 794 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel16060794 |
| OpenAlex | W4411429409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
The expectations, plans and goals of future pastors are developed and consolidated during theological studies. These plans and expectations, and the career strategies based on them can have a decisive influence on how gender-based differences with respect to opportunities in the churches develop. Since one of the particularities of the pastoral vocation is that work and private life are closely intertwined and difficult to separate, the personal choices of prospective pastors are crucial in shaping their professional careers. The results of our research based on focus group interviews conducted with female and male Protestant seminarians in Hungary suggest that female theology students are more reserved and cautious in their articulation of plans than their male counterparts. On the one hand, they assume that factors outside and above them may override them and that the conservative church environment may constrain their options. On the other hand, it was repeatedly expressed that, as women, they find it difficult to reconcile pastoral work and family life, and take it for granted that they will compromise more in the professional field. Only a few of the female participants plan to work as independent congregational leaders (senior pastors), whereas this ambition is very typical of male students
Compromise · Focus group · Political science · Protestantism · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Christian Theology and Mission · Engineering · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
Handbook of Social Psychology
Religion und Geschlechterordnungen
The International Social Survey Programme 1984-2009
A nők helyzete a magyar tudományos életben
A munka és a magánélet közti egyensúly alakulása a kisgyermekkel otthon lévő apák családjában
Women, careers, and work-life preferences
Framed by Gender
Rising Tide
Varieties of familialism
Help or Hindrance? Religion’s Impact on Gender Inequality in Attitudes and Outcomes
Motherhood as a Status Characteristic
Using thematic analysis in psychology
The Distribution of Unpaid Domestic Work in Hungarian Stay-at-Home Father-Working-Mother Families
Hungarian Clergywomen's Careers in the Church
Gendered Division of Work within Clergy Couples in Hungary
Clergy Work Orientation Profiles and Wellbeing at Work
Gender Gaps in World Christianity
Calling and Career in Christian Ministry
Job Status of Women Head Clergy
Female Clergy as Agents of Religious Change
The barrier and the stained-glass ceiling. Analyzing female careers in religious organizations
The Stained Glass Ceiling
The Gender Paradox in Work Satisfaction and the Protestant Clergy
Do Men and Women Have Different Goals for Ministry? Evidence from Seminarians
Clergywomen of the Pioneer Generation
A Quarter Century of Change in Family and Gender-Role Attitudes in Hungary
Gender, sexuality and male-dominated work
Overwork and the Persistence of Gender Segregation in Occupations
Lifestyle Preferences as Determinants of Women's Differentiated Labor Market Careers
Everyday Experiences of Sexism in Male-dominated Professions
Gender and Mainline Protestant Pastors' Allocation of Time to Work Tasks
Resources, Races, and Female-Headed Congregations in the United States
Occupational Gender Inequality among American Clergy, 1976-2016
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |