dc.contributor.author |
Joynt, Shaun
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-10-16T08:57:08Z |
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dc.date.available |
2019-10-16T08:57:08Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2018-07-23 |
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dc.description |
This article is based on a conference paper of the same title
presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Association for
the Sociology of Religion held from 12-14 August 2017 in
Montreal, Canada. |
en_ZA |
dc.description |
This article focus on one of the core categories, namely conflict,
of the author’s PhD dissertation (University of Pretoria,
Dec 2012, supervised by Prof Yolanda Dreyer. (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27595) |
en_ZA |
dc.description |
It is the third
in a proposed series of conference papers and articles
focusing on different categories comprising the reasons, as
discovered through a grounded theory exploration, why
clergy leave full-time pastoral ministry at a church. |
en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract |
Conflict affects clergy’s response to the call. Unresolved conflict negatively influences their
decision to remain in full-time pastoral ministry. This contributes to a shortage of clergy in the
Roman Catholic Church, but to a lesser extent, the Protestant church, as it faces a distribution
or displacement challenge. The shortage negatively affects the church, as clergy equip
congregants to live the faith and transmit it to the next generation. The purpose of this study
is to discover what factors are involved in responding to the call to full-time pastoral ministry.
A practical theological grounded theory approach is used to discover the properties of the
basic social process responding to the call and more specifically one of its categories, namely
conflict. Semi-structured interviews are conducted and data coded, using Glaser and Strauss’
grounded theory methodology in order to determine a basic social process, namely responding
to the call. The category of ‘conflict’ includes properties such as conflict due to lack of
communication, dealing with favouritism, conflict with leadership and managing conflict or
leaving due to conflict. Osmer’s descriptive-empirical task is used to view the category conflict
from a practical theological perspective. The results of this study indicate three responses to
the call by clergy who left full-time pastoral ministry: not called in the first place, a dual call
(being bi-vocational or seasonal), and being called, but leaving anyway due to, among other
factors, conflict. |
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dc.description.department |
Practical Theology |
en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian |
am2019 |
en_ZA |
dc.description.uri |
http://www.indieskriflig.org.za |
en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation |
Joynt, S., 2018, ‘Exodus of
clergy: “When the fight is just
not worth it anymore” – The
role of conflict in responding
to the call’, In die Skriflig
52(1), a2331. https://DOI.org/10.4102/ids.v52i1.2331. |
en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn |
1018-6441 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2305-0853 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.4102/ids.v52i1.2331 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/71860 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_ZA |
dc.publisher |
AOSIS Open Journals |
en_ZA |
dc.rights |
© 2018. The Authors.
Licensee: AOSIS. This work
is licensed under the
Creative Commons
Attribution License. |
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dc.subject |
Conflict |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Clergy |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Full-time pastoral ministry |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Roman Catholic Church (RCC) |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Protestant church |
en_ZA |
dc.subject.other |
Theology articles SDG-05 |
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dc.subject.other |
SDG-05: Gender equality |
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dc.subject.other |
Theology articles SDG-10 |
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dc.subject.other |
SDG-10: Reduced inequalities |
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dc.subject.other |
Theology articles SDG-16 |
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dc.subject.other |
SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions |
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dc.title |
Exodus of clergy : ‘when the fight is just not worth it anymore’ – the role of conflict in responding to the call |
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dc.type |
Article |
en_ZA |