RT Article
T1 Wellbeing and perceptions of receiving support among Church of England clergy during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic
JF Mental health, religion & culture
VO 24
IS 5
SP 463
OP 477
A1 Village, Andrew
A1 Francis, Leslie J.
LA English
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1839004479
AB The present study draws on the responses of 1496 Church of England clergy who participated in the Coronavirus, Church & You online survey between 8 May and 23 July 2020 to explore the impact of the lockdown on clergy wellbeing and perceptions of receiving support from their household, the parish, the diocese, and the national church. The data distinguished between five aspects of wellbeing: fatigue, disengagement, positivity, closeness to people, and closeness to God. As a result of lockdown clergy perceived large increases not only in fatigue and disengagement, but also in positivity. While as a consequence of the lockdown clergy felt less close to people, they felt closer to God. The data also showed that, although the perception of being supported by the national church was highly effective in reducing disengagement, this perception was shared by less than a quarter of the clergy.
K1 Covid-19
K1 clergy wellbeing
K1 Empirical Theology
K1 support mechanism
DO 10.1080/13674676.2021.1906214