Are Liberals Winning? A Longitudinal Study of Clergy Churchmanship
Surveys indicate a growing liberal consensus within British churches as well as in British society. Is this because each succeeding generation is more liberal than the previous one. Or is it that individuals as they grow older become more liberal? In a longitudinal study of churchmanship among Angli...
| Published in: | Journal of empirical theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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| In: |
Journal of empirical theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church of England
/ Clergyperson
/ Society
/ Liberalism
/ Conservatism
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KBF British Isles KDE Anglican Church RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Liberal
conservative
Church of England
clergy
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| Summary: | Surveys indicate a growing liberal consensus within British churches as well as in British society. Is this because each succeeding generation is more liberal than the previous one. Or is it that individuals as they grow older become more liberal? In a longitudinal study of churchmanship among Anglican clergy in England and Wales, the results indicate that individual clergy, male and female, older and younger, are becoming less Conservative and more Liberal. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-9256 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of empirical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341355 |