Exodus of clergy : ‘when the fight is just not worth it anymore’ – the role of conflict in responding to the call

dc.contributor.authorJoynt, Shaun
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-16T08:57:08Z
dc.date.available2019-10-16T08:57:08Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-23
dc.descriptionThis 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.descriptionThis 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.descriptionIt 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.abstractConflict 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.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPractical Theologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.indieskriflig.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJoynt, 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.issn1018-6441 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2305-0853 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ids.v52i1.2331
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/71860
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectConflicten_ZA
dc.subjectClergyen_ZA
dc.subjectFull-time pastoral ministryen_ZA
dc.subjectRoman Catholic Church (RCC)en_ZA
dc.subjectProtestant churchen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-05
dc.subject.otherSDG-05: Gender equality
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleExodus of clergy : ‘when the fight is just not worth it anymore’ – the role of conflict in responding to the callen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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