Background and experience of Anglican, Methodist and Catholic clergy, and their professional beliefs, participation in decision-making, and attitudes to ecclesiastical organization, reform and ecumenism (2241)

Type of Data: Background and experience of Anglican, Methodist and Catholic clergy, and their professional beliefs, participation in decision-making, and attitudes to ecclesiastical organization, reform and ecumenism (2241)

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

Date: 1972-1973

Geography: England

Sample Size: 564 clergy (78% response), 251 ministers (93% response) and 412 priests (47% response)

Population: Church of England clergy, Methodist ministers and Roman Catholic priests

Keywords: Church of England, clergy, decision-making, ecclesiastical organization, ecclesiastical reform, ecumenism, Methodist Church, ministers, priests, professionalism, role definition, Roman Catholic Church

Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire

Collection Agency: Industrial Administration Research Unit, Aston University

Sponsor: Social Science Research Council

Survey Instrument: Ranson, Bryman and Hinings, Clergy, Ministers and Priests, pp. 175-93

Published Source:

Stewart Ranson, Alan Bryman and Christopher Robin Hinings, Clergy, Ministers and Priests, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977

Alan Bryman, 'Professionalism and the Clergy: A Research Note', Review of Religious Research, Vol. 26, 1984-85, pp. 253-60

BRIN ID: 2241

Remarks:

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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