The Church as a Workplace: Navigating Competing Ideas and Practices within Religious Employment Institutions
The church, as an institution, is a religious community informed by certain beliefs and values but for clergy it is also employer. Drawing from interviews with 79 pastors and spouses, this paper explores the competing dynamics between congregational employment practices and clergy ideologies and exp...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Creighton University
2018
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The journal of religion & society
Year: 2018, Volume: 20 |
| Further subjects: | B
Congregations
B Sociology B Work B Families B Clergy |
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| Summary: | The church, as an institution, is a religious community informed by certain beliefs and values but for clergy it is also employer. Drawing from interviews with 79 pastors and spouses, this paper explores the competing dynamics between congregational employment practices and clergy ideologies and expectations. While pastors are forthright in describing ministry as a job, many hold the church to a higher standard compared to secular employers, drawing from a set of ideas and values I call an "ideology of community." I examine the consequences stemming from different congregational approaches, including churches mimicking secular institutions and churches operating as alternative institutions. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-5658 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10504/116850 |