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McKenna, Ursula (2021) Resilience in ministry : listening to the voice of Church of Scotland ministers. Rural Theology, 19 (2). pp. 84-99. doi:10.1080/14704994.2020.1815390
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2020.1815390
Abstract
The present study analyses the qualitative text written on the back page of a quantitative survey concerned with resilience in ministry among ministers serving in the Church of Scotland. Of the 505 ministers who took part in the survey, 176 wrote further (sometimes detailed) comments on the back page (35% participation rate). Three main themes emerged from these comments concerned with different aspects of resilience in ministry. The first theme concerns definitions of resilience from the perspective of ministers. The second theme concerns the challenges to resilience highlighted by ministers including workload and stress, ill health and family issues, tensions with changing theology and apathy to Christianity, conflicts with congregations, and problems with wider church structures. The third theme concerns the coping strategies and support mechanisms identified by ministers as essential for resilience including personality and self-care resources, and interrelationships with family, friends, peers, the church institution, and outside agencies.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Resilience (Personality trait) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Clergy -- Job stress, Stress (Psychology), Life change events, Clergy -- Religious life, Pastoral theology | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Rural Theology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1470-4994 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 19 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 84-99 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/14704994.2020.1815390 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Rural Theology on 16/11/2020[date of publication], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14704994.2020.1815390 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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