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Personality and Preference for Rural Ministry Among Male Anglican Clergy

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The short-form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was completed by 81 male Anglican clergy in charge of rural benefices and by 72 in charge of urban benefices. The rural clergy recorded higher scores on the extraversion and lie scales. These findings are discussed in light of the changing nature of rural ministry.

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  1. Trinity College, Carmarthen and University of Wales, Lampeter

    Leslie J. Francis (D. J. James, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Mansel Jones Fellow at)

  2. Centre for Theology and Education, Trinity College Carmarthen, UK

    David W. Lankshear (Research Fellow)

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Francis, L.J., Lankshear, D.W. Personality and Preference for Rural Ministry Among Male Anglican Clergy. Pastoral Psychology 46, 163–166 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023043430431

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