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Rayburn, Carole A.; And Others – 1988
This study examined stress, strain, and coping mechanisms in women religious leaders. Subjects were nuns (N=51), Reform women rabbis (N=45), Episcopal women priests (N=32), United Methodist clergywomen (N=45) and Presbyterian clergywomen (N=45), matched for age and years on the job and pulpit assignments. All subjects were given the Osipow and…
Descriptors: Clergy, Coping, Females, Jews
Payne, Barbara; Brewer, Earl D. C. – 1987
The Protestant ministers' occupational characteristics affect their retirement experience. Unlike most retirees, Protestant ministers tend to experience residential and church moves. A national study was conducted to examine the effects of retirement experienced by retired ministers and anticipated by active ministers of the Presbyterian Church in…
Descriptors: Activities, Age Differences, Clergy, Employees
Butler, Jerry P. – 1981
In 1965, transcripts were collected of 72 sermons on the issue of racial integration preached between 1955 and 1965. The sermons, all given by Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, or Episcopal ministers in the southern United States, were examined to determine the position advocated by the minister. The sermons deemed segregationist were then…
Descriptors: Clergy, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Persuasive Discourse
Keefe, Carolyn – 1989
A study investigated evangelist Billy Graham's numerical success in using "the invitation" and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's (BGEA) follow-up plan to preserve the beneficial effects of Christian commitment and to minimize commitment attrition. Statistics on audience response gathered throughout Graham's ministry attest to…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Beliefs, Clergy, Communication Research
Lowry, David N.; Rowland, Rick – 1989
A study was conducted to investigate ministers' interpersonal communicative skills from the viewpoint of their parishioners and to compare the perceptions of restoration tradition ministers (Churches of Christ) with those of other denominations. A 28-item survey investigating a variety of interpersonal communicative skills unique to ministers…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Churches, Clergy, Communication Research
Download full textSmitter, Roger – 1989
This paper examines the ethos-centered crusade in which the evangelist, not a doctrine or a political/social issue, becomes the reason the audience attends to the message. The paper analyses how the Billy Graham crusades fit this definition--the fame of the evangelist extends beyond any individual crusade, the message preached by the evangelist…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Clergy, Communication Skills, Credibility
