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Getting out in the countryside walking : the health, lifestyle, and recreational pursuits of URC ministers
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Rolph, Jenny, Rolph, P. (Paul), Charlton, Rodger and Francis, Leslie J. (2011) Getting out in the countryside walking : the health, lifestyle, and recreational pursuits of URC ministers. Rural Theology, Volume 9 (Number 1). pp. 49-59. ISSN 2042-1273.
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Abstract
In order to illuminate self-perceptions of health, lifestyle and recreational pursuits, a sample of 58 ministers of word and sacrament serving on the West Midlands Synod of the United Reformed Church completed an open-ended questionnaire concerned with the following six themes: medical record, home life, holiday entitlement, leisure time, exercise, and strategies for keeping healthy. Content analysis of their replies described a group of challenged professional people, showing high levels of contact with their GPs, who found themselves constrained from taking full use of their holiday entitlement and impeded from taking proper opportunities for exercise and recreation by two matters: pressure of work and lack of finance. In this situation several drew attention to the importance of getting out in the countryside walking as a key resource for keeping healthy amid the pressures of ministry and personal life. Some practical recommendations are offered regarding ways in which rural churches could help to support ministers by enabling them to benefit more readily from spending periods of refreshment in the countryside.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | United Reformed Church (Great Britain) -- Clergy, Church of England -- Clergy -- Recreation, Outdoor recreation | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Rural Theology | ||||
Publisher: | Equinox Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 2042-1273 | ||||
Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 9 | ||||
Number: | Number 1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 49-59 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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