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Publication Date: 2011
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Women Ministers of Word and Sacrament within the United Reformed Church: A Health Check
Rolph, Jenny; Francis, Leslie J.; Charlton, Rodger; Robbins, Mandy; Rolph, Paul
Journal of Beliefs & Values, v32 n1 p19-32 2011
This study draws on qualitative questionnaire data provided by 22 women ministers of word and sacrament serving within the United Reformed Church in England to provide a health check across the four conceptually distinct areas of physical health, psychological health, religious health, and spiritual health. Here spiritual health is defined in terms of Fisher's notion of good relationships within the personal, communal, environmental and transcendental domains. The data reveal relatively poor levels of physical, psychological, religious and spiritual health. Many of the symptoms described and many of the issues raised are consistent with a picture of the clergy being an occupational group under considerable work-related pressure and without adequate support mechanisms to help prevent such work-related pressure leading to significant personal damage. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Clergy, Females, Physical Health, Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Spiritual Development, Questionnaires, Churches, Religion, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Stress Variables, Prevention, Work Environment
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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