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Psychological Type and Temperament Profile of Anglican Clergy Serving in the Episcopal Church (USA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2024

Leslie J. Francis*
Affiliation:
Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR), University of Warwick, Coventry, UK World Religions and Education Research Unit, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, UK
Andrew Village
Affiliation:
School of Humanities, York St John University, York, UK
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Corresponding author: Leslie J. Francis; Email: leslie.francis@warwick.ac.uk
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Abstract

The present study drew on data provided by 179 clergymen and 226 clergywomen to discuss the psychological type and temperaments profile of stipendiary parochial clergy serving in The Episcopal Church (USA) and to set this profile alongside 591 clergymen and 486 clergywomen serving in the Church of England. The data indicated a similar profile for Anglican clergy on both sides of the Atlantic, with preferences for introversion, intuition, feeling and judging. In terms of temperament, in the USA 41% of clergymen were SJ, 38% NF, 17% NT and 4% SP; 43% of clergywomen were NF, 41% SJ, 13% NT and 2% SP.

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Table 1 Type distribution for The Episcopal Church (USA) stipendiary clergymen compared with Church of England stipendiary clergymen

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Table 2 Type distribution for The Episcopal Church (USA) stipendiary clergywomen compared with Church of England stipendiary clergywomen