Participation of clergy and laity in the diocesan life of the Church of England, and their respective attitudes to Church reform and ecumenism (2239)

Type of Data: Participation of clergy and laity in the diocesan life of the Church of England, and their respective attitudes to Church reform and ecumenism (2239)

Faith Community: Christianity (Church of England)

Date: 1971, July (clergy) and November (laity)

Geography: Local diocese survey. Church of England Diocese of Birmingham

Sample Size: 213 clergy (83% response) and 228 laity (77% response)

Population: Clergy and lay members of deanery synods

Keywords: Church and state, churchmanship, Church of England, church reform, clergy, Diocese of Birmingham, disestablishment, ecumenism, laity, lay ministry, Morley Report, Paul Report, role of ministry

Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire

Collection Agency: Industrial Administration Research Unit, Aston University

Sponsor: Social Science Research Council

Published Source:

Alan Bryman and Christopher Robin Hinings, 'Lay Perceptions of Church Issues', University of Birmingham, Institute for the Study of Worship and Religious Architecture Research Bulletin, 1973, pp. 81-6

Alan Bryman and Christopher Robin Hinings, 'Participation, Reform and Ecumenism: The Views of Laity and Clergy', A Sociological Yearbook of Religion in Britain, 7, ed. Michael Hill, London: SCM Press, 1974, pp. 13-25

Alan Bryman, Stewart Ranson and Christopher Robin Hinings, 'Churchmanship and Ecumenism', Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 11, 1974, pp. 467-75

Alan Bryman, Christopher Robin Hinings and Stewart Ranson, 'Clergy and Change', Religion in the Birmingham Area: Essays in the Sociology of Religion, ed. Alan Bryman, Birmingham: Institute for the Study of Worship and Religious Architecture, University of Birmingham, 1975, pp. 123-7

BRIN ID: 2239

Remarks:

The clergy sample formed part of the wider and inter-denominational study reported in Stewart Ranson, Alan Bryman and Christopher Robin Hinings, Clergy, Ministers and Priests, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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