Priest/Minister: Profession or Non-Profession?
Increasingly the concepts of "profession" and "professionalization" are providing a basic theoretical framework for studying clergymen. Unfortunately, many studies using these concepts simply assume priests and ministers are professionals; the existence of a clerical "profes...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
1971
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Review of religious research
Year: 1971, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 66-79 |
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| Summary: | Increasingly the concepts of "profession" and "professionalization" are providing a basic theoretical framework for studying clergymen. Unfortunately, many studies using these concepts simply assume priests and ministers are professionals; the existence of a clerical "profession" is seldom, if ever, treated as an empirical question. The various structural and attitudinal attributes of the professional model are discussed and the problems of applying these to clergymen are explored. On the basis of this analysis, it is suggested that one way of overcoming these problems would be to view the clergymen's profession as extrinsic to the priesthood or ministry; another would be to approach the question of professional clergy through "institutional analysis," which does not assume a linear model of professionalization and professions. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3510079 |