Psychological type and reported religious experience: an empirical enquiry among Anglican clergy and laity
This study employs psychological type theory and tests the hypothesis that some psychological types are more likely to experience and to report religious experience than others. A total of 4421 practising Anglican clergy and laity (2586 men and 1835 women) responded to the question, "Have you e...
| Published in: | Mental health, religion & culture |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2017
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Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2017, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 367-383 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious Experience
B psychological type B Anglican Church B psychology of religion B Clergy |
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| Summary: | This study employs psychological type theory and tests the hypothesis that some psychological types are more likely to experience and to report religious experience than others. A total of 4421 practising Anglican clergy and laity (2586 men and 1835 women) responded to the question, "Have you ever had something you would describe as a ‘religious experience’?" on a four-point scale, and completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales that distinguish between two orientations (introversion and extraversion), two perceiving functions (sensing and intuition), two judging functions (thinking and feeling), and two attitudes toward the outer world (judging and perceiving). The data confirmed that the perceiving process is fundamental to individual differences in openness to religious experiences. Among practising Anglican clergy and laity intuitive types were more likely than sensing types to report religious experiences. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2017.1328404 |