This study explores the connection between dominant psychological type preferences and reader interpretations of biblical texts. Working in type-alike groups (dominant sensing, dominant intuition, dominant feeling and dominant thinking), a group of 40 ...
Leslie J. Francis +2 more
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Not fitting in and getting out : psychological type and congregational satisfaction among Anglican churchgoers in England [PDF]
Listening to the motivations reported by individuals for ceasing church attendance and becoming church leavers, Francis and Richter identified high on the list the sense of "not fitting in".
Ball IL +26 more
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Psychological type profile of a church : a case study [PDF]
This study responds to the challenge offered by Meunier (2012) to explore how psychological type theory and measurement may assist churches in the search for an appropriate leader (rector) by taking into account the psychological type characteristics of ...
Francis, Leslie J.
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Exploring Psalm 139 through the Jungian lenses of sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking
Psalm 139 provides both great opportunities and huge challenges for the preacher. It is a Psalm crafted in four parts: part two is an imaginative and poetic affirmation of God’s omnipresence that engages the Jungian perceiving process; part four is a ...
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 ...
Baab LM +36 more
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Psychological type and attitude towards Celtic Christianity among committed Churchgoers in the United Kingdom: an empirical study [PDF]
This article takes the burgeoning interest in Celtic Christianity as a key example of the way in which churches may be responding to the changing spiritual and religious landscape in the United Kingdom today and examines the power of psychological type ...
Craig, Charlotte L. +2 more
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Self-Deception and its Relationship to Psychological Well-Being among University Student [PDF]
The current research aims to identify the level of both self-deception and psychological well-Being among students of University of Anbar according to the variables of gender and specialization, and to identify the correlation between self-deception and ...
Abdulrahman. I. M, Ammar Awad Farhan
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Who visits cathedrals? The science of cathedral studies and psychographic segmentation
This study applied psychographic segmentation theory to explore the psychological type profile of 1082 visitors to four cathedrals (three in England and one in Wales) and to set this profile alongside the published national normative data.
Leslie J. Francis, Simon Mansfield
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This qualitative study was positioned within an emerging scientific field concerned with the interaction between biblical text and the psychological profile of the preacher.
Leslie J. Francis +2 more
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The psychological temperament of Anglican clergy in ordained local ministry (OLM) : the conserving, serving pastor? [PDF]
This study draws on psychological type theory as originally proposed by Jung (1971) and psychological temperament theory as proposed by Keirsey and Bates (1978) to explore the hypothesis that ordained local ministers (OLMs) within the Church of England ...
Francis, Leslie J., Village, Andrew
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