Debated issues in the Church of England: The Roles of Theology and Psychology
This paper tests whether or not psychological type preferences predicted the extent of liberal versus conservative attitudes towards a range of controversial moral issues among 3,515 clergy and laity from the Church of England who took part in the 2013 Church Times survey. Summated rating scales wer...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2024
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Journal of empirical theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-93 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church of England
/ Personality type
/ Conservatism
/ Liberalism
/ Morals
/ Geschichte 2013
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| RelBib Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBF British Isles KDE Anglican Church NCA Ethics ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Conservatism
B psychological type B Morality B Personality B Church of England B Liberalism |
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| Summary: | This paper tests whether or not psychological type preferences predicted the extent of liberal versus conservative attitudes towards a range of controversial moral issues among 3,515 clergy and laity from the Church of England who took part in the 2013 Church Times survey. Summated rating scales were produced from Likert items related to four different issues: same-sex relationships, the ordination of women, divorce and remarriage, and cohabitation. After allowing for general theological stance, psychological type preferences for sensing over intuition and thinking over feeling were significantly associated with more conservative attitudes. For theological liberals, sensing types had slightly more conservative moral attitudes, on average, than did intuitive types, but there was no difference among theological conservatives. For theological conservatives, thinking types had slightly more conservative moral attitudes, on average, than did feeling types, but there was no difference among theological liberals. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-9256 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of empirical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15709256-20231170 |