Are Rural Clergy Worse Off?: An Examination of Occupational Conditions and Pastoral Experiences in a Sample of United Methodist Clergy

Scholars have shown that clergy work can be stressful, and that these occupational strains can lead to negative physical and mental health outcomes. Despite the fact that nearly one-third of all congregations in the United States are rural, little work has examined how occupational conditions and cl...

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Authors: Miles, Andrew (Author) ; Proeschold-Bell, Rae Jean (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press 2012
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 73, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-45
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