Religion as a Profession /

Religion as a Profession /

This volume offers a conceptual and empirical study of the religious profession. It takes as its point of departure professionalisation theory that is discussed and applied to a profession in mainstream religion, in this case Dutch Catholic ministry. The book entails a well-documented empirical stud...

Full description

Saved in:

Main Author: Schilderman, Hans (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2005.

Series: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
Empirical Studies in Theology ; 12.

Subjects:

Clergy.
Pastoral theology > Catholic Church.

Online Access: Login to view Source

Tags: Add Tag

No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Call Number: BX1913

Save to List Photographic Request Become a member
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures. xi
  • Acknowledgments. xiii
  • Introduction. 1
  • Chapter One Design
  • 1.1 Research problem. 13
  • 1.1.1 Professionalisation and theology of ministry. 13
  • 1.1.2 Pastoral theology of ministry. 21
  • 1.1.3 Clarification of concepts. 24
  • 1.1.4 Aim. 30
  • 1.1.5 Research questions. 33
  • 1.2 Research design. 35
  • 1.2.1 Research procedure. 35
  • 1.2.2 Sampling. 37
  • 1.3 Research population. 38
  • 1.3.1 Characteristics of pastors. 38
  • 1.3.2 Religious characteristics. 40
  • 1.3.3 Professional characteristics. 42
  • 1.3.4 Work situation characteristics. 46
  • 1.3.5 Social location of the professional association. 49
  • 1.4 Structure of the book. 50
  • 1.5 Summary. 52
  • Chapter Two Professionalisation
  • 2.1 Work. 53
  • 2.1.1 Characteristics of work. 54
  • 2.1.2 Division of labour. 57
  • 2.1.3 Quality of work. 60
  • 2.1.4 Occupations and work. 62
  • 2.2 Professionalisation. 67
  • 2.2.1 Theories of professionalisation. 67
  • 2.2.2 Choice of a power theory of professionalisation. 70
  • 2.2.3 Premises of professionalisation. 74
  • 2.3 Goals of professionalisation. 82
  • 2.3.1 Professionalisation objectives. 83
  • 2.3.2 Attitudes towards professionalisation objectives. 85
  • 2.3.3 Social location of attitudes towards professionalisation objectives. 88
  • 2.4 Themes of professionalisation. 92
  • 2.4.1 Professionalisation themes. 92
  • 2.4.2 Attitudes towards professionalisation themes. 93
  • 2.4.3 Social location of attitudes towards professionalisation themes. 96
  • 2.5 Assigning responsibility for professionalisation. 99
  • 2.5.1 Assigning professionalisation responsibility. 99
  • 2.5.2 Attitudes towards assigning responsibility for professionalisation. 100
  • 2.5.3 Social location of attitudes towards assignment of professionalisation responsibility. 104
  • 2.6 Summary. 107
  • Chapter Three Theology of Ministry
  • 3.1 Ministry. 108
  • 3.1.1 Work, profession and office. 108
  • 3.1.2 Theology of ministry. 113
  • 3.2 The church. 122
  • 3.2.1 Authority. 122
  • 3.2.2 Apostolicity. 131
  • 3.2.3 Parochial leadership. 140
  • 3.3 Sacraments. 149
  • 3.3.1 Sacramental efficacy. 150
  • 3.3.2 Accession to the office. 159
  • 3.4 Spirituality. 175
  • 3.4.1 Role of spirituality. 175
  • 3.4.2 Sources of spirituality. 182
  • 3.4.3 Spiritual images of the office. 190
  • 3.5 Attitudes towards the office. 199
  • 3.5.1 Aspects of theology of ministry. 199
  • 3.5.2 Attitudes towards the office. 201
  • 3.5.3 Holders of attitudes towards the office. 205
  • 3.6 Summary. 211
  • Chapter Four Theology of Ministry and Professionalisation
  • 4.1 Theological support for professionalisation. 214
  • 4.2 Theology of ministry and goals for professionalisation. 217
  • 4.2.1 Theological support for professionalisation goals in the occupational group. 217
  • 4.2.2 Theological support for professionalisation goals in sub-groups. 220
  • 4.3 Theology of ministry and professionalisation themes. 223
  • 4.3.1 Theological support for professionalisation themes in the occupational group. 223
  • 4.3.2 Theological support for professionalisation themes in sub-groups. 226
  • 4.4 Theology of ministry and responsible institutions. 229
  • 4.4.1 Theological support for different responsible institutions in the occupational group. 229
  • 4.4.2 Theological support for responsible institutions in sub-groups. 231
  • 4.5 Theological legitimation of professionalisation. 235
  • 4.5.1 Legitimation. 235
  • 4.5.2 Legitimation problems of pastoral work. 238
  • 4.5.3 Theological legitimation of professionalisation by pastors. 243
  • 4.6 Summary. 258
  • Chapter Five Theological Evaluation of Professionalisation
  • 5.1 Theological legitimacy of professionalisation. 260
  • 5.1.1 Theological premises of professionalisation. 261
  • 5.1.2 Morality of power and work in the church. 267
  • 5.1.3 Morality of pastoral professionalisation. 274
  • 5.2 Summary. 278
  • Appendixes. 279
  • 1 Items. 279
  • 2 Sample. 303
  • 3 Scale overview. 305
  • 4 Tables. 310
  • Bibliography. 415
  • Index. 425.