Attitudes of Church of England clergy and Methodist ministers to the ordained ministry (2003)

Type of Data: Attitudes of Church of England clergy and Methodist ministers to the ordained ministry (2003)

Faith Community: Christianity (Church of England, Methodist Church)

Date: 1985

Geography: Local diocese survey. One Church of England diocese and one Methodist District in England (both unspecified)

Sample Size: 177 clergy (73% response) and 68 ministers (82% response)

Population: Church of England clergy and Methodist ministers

Keywords: Churchmanship, Church of England, clergy, clergy roles, ecumenism, Methodism, ministry, ordination, professionalism

Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire

Collection Agency: Alan Bryman

Published Source:

Alan Bryman, 'The Value of Re-Studies in Sociology: The Case of Clergy and Ministers, 1971 to 1985', Sociology, Vol. 23, 1989, pp. 31-53

BRIN ID: 2003

Remarks:

The survey is a partial re-study of Stewart Ranson, Alan Bryman and Christopher Robin Hinings, Clergy, Ministers and Priests, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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