Who is called to be a bishop? : a study in psychological type profiling of bishops in the Church of England [PDF]
A sample of 168 bishops, serving or retired, in the Church of England completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales. The psychological type profile of these bishops was compared with that of 626 Anglican clergymen.
Robbins, Mandy +2 more
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Working within the reader perspective approach to biblical hermeneutics, a recent series of empirical studies has tested the theory that the readers’ psychological type preferences between sensing and intuition (perceiving functions) and between feeling ...
Leslie J. Francis +2 more
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Psychological type and prayer preferences: a study among Anglican clergy in the United Kingdom [PDF]
This study applies the framework of Jungian psychological type theory to define eight aspects of prayer preference, namely: introverted prayer, extraverted prayer, sensing prayer, intuitive prayer, feeling prayer, thinking prayer, judging prayer, and ...
Robbins, Mandy, Francis, Leslie J.
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Reading the resurrection appearance at the lakeside through lenses of sensing and intuition
This study forms part of a research project designed to test the sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking (SIFT) approach to biblical hermeneutics in respect of a wide range of biblical passages. On this occasion, two contrasting approaches to perceiving
Leslie J. Francis, Adam Stevenson
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Psychological type profile of Methodist circuit ministers in Britain : similarities to and differences from Anglican clergy [PDF]
Psychological type theory is employed to profile similarities and differences between Methodist ministers in Britain and the Church of England clergy profiled in an earlier study by Francis, Craig, Whinney, Tilley and Slater (2007).
Burton, Lewis +5 more
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The relationship between work-related psychological health and psychological type among clergy serving in the Presbyterian Church (USA) [PDF]
This study examines the relationship between work-related psychological health and the Jungian model of psychological type among a sample of 748 clergy serving within The Presbyterian Church (USA).
Robbins, Mandy +2 more
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The psychological-type profile of practising British druids compared with Anglican churchgoers [PDF]
This study employs psychological-type theory to profile practising British Druids and to compare their profile with that of Anglican churchgoers. A sample of 75 participants at a camp organised by The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids in celebration of ...
Robbins, Mandy +3 more
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The psychological type profile of readers in the Church of England : clones of the clergy or distinctive voices? [PDF]
The present study employs Jungian psychological type theory to examine the profile of 236 Readers serving in the Church of England (108 males and 128 females) alongside previously published data providing the psychological type profile of clergy serving ...
Robbins, M +5 more
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What happened to the fig tree? : an empirical study in psychological type and biblical hermeneutics [PDF]
The SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching has its roots in Jungian psychological type theory and maintains that the reading and interpretation of text is shaped by individual preferences within the perceiving process (sensing and ...
Francis, Leslie J.
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Drawing on Jungian psychological type theory, the SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching suggests that the reading and proclaiming of scripture reflects the psychological type preferences of the reader and preacher.
Leslie J. Francis, Greg Smith
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