RT Article
T1 The Sacrificial Embrace: Exploring contemporary English parish clergy lives
JF The expository times
VO 126
IS 8
SP 378
OP 388
A1 Peyton, Nigel
A1 Gatrell, Caroline
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1560727993
AB Describing clergy experiences ‘in their own words’, this paper reflects on the findings of a qualitative study (by the authors) on the lives of contemporary Church of England parish clergy.1 From the data, themes of obedience, sacrifice and intimacy emerge to provide an explanatory framework for clergy lives. In applying theological, social science and occupational management perspectives, the research counters the literature about clergy failures. While acknowledging a range of clergy views about the nature of faith and commitment, it nevertheless reveals an enduring and authentic vocational steadfastness among priests across the years.
K1 Arlie Hochschild
K1 Authenticity
K1 Chris Shilling
K1 Church of England
K1 Clergy
K1 congruency
K1 corporeal realism
K1 Emotional labour
K1 EXPOSITORY preaching
K1 governing the soul
K1 Intimacy
K1 Michel Foucault
K1 Nikolas Rose
K1 Obedience
K1 panopticon
K1 Peter Berger
K1 Religious leaders
K1 Sacrifice
K1 Vocational guidance
K1 work/home balance
DO 10.1177/0014524614540563