The Two Worlds of Clergy and Congregation: Dilemma for Mainline Denominations
An analysis of a national sample of clergy focuses on the giving of sermons on personal morality, which is part of the religious view of traditionalists. Clergy of mainline, liberal denominations who serve conservative congregations are less likely to give these sermons if they are from a nonfarm ra...
| Published in: | Sociological analysis |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1980
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1980, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 74-80 |
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| Summary: | An analysis of a national sample of clergy focuses on the giving of sermons on personal morality, which is part of the religious view of traditionalists. Clergy of mainline, liberal denominations who serve conservative congregations are less likely to give these sermons if they are from a nonfarm rather than a farm background. It is concluded that the study of the dilemma facing the liberal, mainline denominations must include characteristics of their clergy and how they minister to their parishioners. The dilemma facing the mainline denominations includes not only having two quite distinctive audiences (locals and cosmopolitans, or traditionalists and modernists) but also having clergy who, because of changing recruitment patterns, have a proclivity to speak to the world view of the cosmopolitans rather than the locals. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3709860 |