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McKenna, Ursula, Neal, Tony and Francis, Leslie J. (2022) Assessing the personal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on retired clergy : listening to their experiences. Rural Theology . doi:10.1080/14704994.2022.2120964 ISSN 1470-4994. (In Press)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2022.2120964
Abstract
Like stipendiary and self-supporting clergy, retired clergy faced personal and professional challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to illuminate the personal impact of the pandemic, the project Through the eyes of retired clergy invited 30 retired Church of England clergy to document their experiences of the pandemic, and 24 accepted the invitation. The present paper analyses their responses and highlights five areas: the impact of the pandemic on physical wellbeing, mental wellbeing, and spiritual wellbeing; opportunities during the pandemic to exercise Christian ministry; Christian ministry received from others during the pandemic; things missed most during the pandemic; and gains during the pandemic. These findings lead to two main conclusions: concerning the significant contribution made to the ministry and mission of the Church by retired clergy during the pandemic; and concerning how retired clergy could have benefited from greater recognition and support during the pandemic.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Religious aspects -- Church of England , Well-being -- Religious aspects -- Church of England , Church of England -- Clergy -- Psychological aspects, Church of England -- Clergy -- Attitudes, Pastoral care , Retired clergy | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Rural Theology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Equinox Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1470-4994 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
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| Number of Pages: | 14 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/14704994.2022.2120964 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Rural Theology. Ursula McKenna, Tony Neal & Leslie J. Francis (2022) Assessing the Personal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Retired Clergy: Listening to their Experiences, Rural Theology, DOI: 10.1080/14704994.2022.2120964. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.” | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | The Rural Theology Association | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 October 2022 |
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