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Reading and proclaiming the Advent call of John the Baptist : an empirical enquiry employing the SIFT method
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Francis, Leslie J. and Smith, Greg (2014) Reading and proclaiming the Advent call of John the Baptist : an empirical enquiry employing the SIFT method. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 70 (1). doi:10.4102/hts.v70i1.2718 ISSN 0259-9422.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v70i1.2718
Abstract
Drawing on Jungian psychological type theory, the SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching suggests that the reading and proclaiming of scripture reflects the psychological type preferences of the reader and preacher. This thesis is examined among a sample of clergy (training incumbents and curates) serving in the one Diocese of the Church of England (N = 22). After completing the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the clergy worked in groups (designed to cluster individuals who shared similar psychological type characteristics) to reflect on and to discuss the Advent call of John the Baptist. The Marcan account was chosen for the exercise exploring the perceiving functions (sensing and intuition) in light of its rich narrative. The Lucan account was chosen for the exercise exploring the judging functions (thinking and feeling) in light of the challenges offered by the passage. In accordance with the theory, the data confirmed characteristic differences between the approaches of sensing types and intuitive types, and between the approaches of thinking types and feeling types.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Myers-Briggs Type Indicator , Anglicans -- Clergy , John, the Baptist, Saint | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | A O S I S OpenJournals | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0259-9422 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 8 October 2014 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 70 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.4102/hts.v70i1.2718 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 September 2016 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 September 2016 |
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