O come all ye thinking types: the wider appeal of the cathedral carol service

Abstract

Psychological-type profiles of Anglican clergy and of Anglican congregations routinely direct attention to the over-representation of feeling types, and to the consequent under-representation of thinking types. The present study of 164 men and 239 women who completed the Francis Psychological-Types Scales in the context of a cathedral carol service found a higher proportion of thinking types in this congregation than in the regular Sunday congregations of parish churches. The implications of these findings are discussed for the development of cathedral ministry.