Ministers in Trouble: A Study of 140 Cases Evaluated at the Menninger Foundation
In this paper certain demographic and diagnostic findings of a group of 140 Protestant ministers who came for evaluation at The Menninger Foundation are presented. Some of the implications of these data are discussed and case examples are given. A general thesis that the ministers of this population...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1977
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The Journal of pastoral care
Year: 1977, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 230-242 |
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| Summary: | In this paper certain demographic and diagnostic findings of a group of 140 Protestant ministers who came for evaluation at The Menninger Foundation are presented. Some of the implications of these data are discussed and case examples are given. A general thesis that the ministers of this population entered the ministry partly for defensive and sublimatory purposes is discussed. The features of a minister's role and environment that support the minister despite psychological handicaps are discussed. Also noted are the role stresses present in contemporary ministry that in this group eventuated in psychological breakdown. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Journal of pastoral care
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/002234097703100405 |