학술논문
Ordained Local Ministers: The Same Anglican Orders, but Different Psychological Temperaments?
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Article
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Rural Theology; July 2011, Vol. 9 Issue: 2 p151-160, 10p
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14704994; 20421273
Abstract
This study tests the thesis that ordained local ministers (OLMs) display a different psychological temperament compared with professional stipendiary parish clergy. Drawing on temperament theory proposed by Keirsey and Bates, data provided by 39 OLMs serving in a mixed urban and rural diocese displayed a much higher proportion of Epimethean temperament (SJ) and a lower proportion of Apollonian temperament (NF). The implications of these findings are discussed for the distinctive strengths to be found among ordained local ministers.