Leaving the Adventist ministry: a study of the process of exiting

More than 180 pastors exited the Seventh-Day Adventist ministry in Australia and New Zealand between 1980 and 1988. This volume examines the processes whereby conservative and committed pastors began to question their occupational calling and turn their backs on the ministry. - 1. Radical Departures...

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Autore principale: Ballis, Peter H. (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. London Praeger 1999
In:Anno: 1999
Edizione:1. publ.
Periodico/Rivista:Religion in the age of transformation
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Gemeinschaft der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten / Religioso <persona, motivo> / Abbandono
Altre parole chiave:B Ex-clergy
B Seventh-day Adventists Clergy
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Riepilogo:More than 180 pastors exited the Seventh-Day Adventist ministry in Australia and New Zealand between 1980 and 1988. This volume examines the processes whereby conservative and committed pastors began to question their occupational calling and turn their backs on the ministry. - 1. Radical Departures -- 2. Adventism and Exiting -- 3. Adventist Pastors and Expastors -- 4. Narratives of Exiting -- 5. Loss of Idealism and Cynical Knowledge -- 6. Propagating Cynicism -- 7. Bureaucrats, Scholars, and Friends -- 8. Charismatic Leadership Versus Bureaucratic Authority -- 9. Wives as Facilitators of Exit -- 10. Negotiating Exit -- 11. Adventist Crossroads.
Descrizione del documento:Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index
ISBN:0275962296