The New Breed of Minister

Reports research findings focused on the question, Have persons entering the ranks of clergy changed in recent years? Examines psychological test data and demographic factors of 1,139 M. Div. students entering a mainline Protestant seminary in an attempt to identify the changes among seminarians ove...

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Main Author: Stone, Howard W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1993
In: The Journal of pastoral care
Year: 1993, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 286-297
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Summary:Reports research findings focused on the question, Have persons entering the ranks of clergy changed in recent years? Examines psychological test data and demographic factors of 1,139 M. Div. students entering a mainline Protestant seminary in an attempt to identify the changes among seminarians over a twenty-five-year period. Pays particular attention to the variables of gender, second-career students, liberal and conservative seminarians, and students who leave seminary. Offers personal reflections generated by the quantitative research findings.
Contains:Enthalten in: The Journal of pastoral care
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002234099304700311