English Parish Clergy Research Articles

The Sacrificial Embrace: Exploring contemporary English parish clergy lives

Describing clergy experiences ‘in their own words’, this paper reflects on the findings of a qualitative study (by the authors) on the lives of contemporary Church of England parish clergy.1 From the data, themes of obedience, sacrifice and intimacy emerge to provide an explanatory framework for clergy lives. In applying theological, social science and occupational management perspectives, the research counters the literature about clergy failures. While acknowledging a range of clergy views about the nature of faith and commitment, it nevertheless reveals an enduring and authentic vocational steadfastness among priests across the years.

Good Pastors or Careless Shepherds? Parish Ministers and the English Reformation

AbstractThe post‐Reformation English parish clergy were not pastoral failures or ‘careless shepherds’ who were forced by parishioners to change their doctrine and tactics. From the beginning, the reformed church taught an ideal of ministry that was extremely sensitive to its audience. This ideal emphasized preaching a balance of repentance and mercy and rejected divisive behaviour such as attacking individual sinners from the pulpit. Moreover, preaching was not the only activity required of godly ministers. They were also expected to be ‘good pastors’ and act as peacemakers and sources of hospitality. Divisive and unpopular ministers existed, but they can be explained by incompetence and failure to follow the norms set out by the church. This article argues that the changes in the quality of parish ministry which took place during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries were affected more by the church's attempt to spread the word about its own expectations than pressure from the laity.

The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation. By Peter Heath. London: Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1969. xiii + 249 pp. $6.50

The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation. By Peter Heath. London: Routledge and Keegan Paul, 1969. xiii + 249 pp. $6.50

The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation, by Peter Heath

<i>The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation</i>, by Peter Heath

The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation. Peter Heath

<i>The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation</i>. Peter Heath

2. English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation. by Peter Heath. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969. Pp. xiii + 249. £2·25.

2. English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation. by Peter Heath. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969. Pp. xiii + 249. £2·25.

Peter Heath, The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation. London : Roudedge &amp; Kegan Paul. University of Toronto Press. 1969. pp. xiii-249

Peter Heath, <i>The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation</i>. London : Roudedge &amp; Kegan Paul. University of Toronto Press. 1969. pp. xiii-249

Reviews of Books

Reviews of Books Get access The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation. By PETER HEATH. (London Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969. 45s.) MARGARET ASTON MARGARET ASTON The Folger Shakespeare LibraryWashington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXVI, Issue CCCXXXVIII, January 1971, Pages 125–127, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXVI.CCCXXXVIII.125 Published: 01 January 1971

The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation. By &lt;italic&gt;Peter Heath&lt;/italic&gt;, [Studies in Social History.] (Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1969. Pp. xiii, 249. $6.50.)

The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation. By Peter Heath, [Studies in Social History.] (Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1969. Pp. xiii, 249. $6.50.) The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation. By Heath Peter, [Studies in Social History.] (Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1969. Pp. xiii, 249. $6.50.) W. M. Southgate W. M. Southgate Denison University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 75, Issue 3, February 1970, Page 847, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/75.3.847 Published: 01 February 1970

Book Review: The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation

Book Review: The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation

The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation

The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation

The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation, by Peter Heath. Routledge &amp; Kegan Paul, London; University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1969. 212 pp. 45s.

The English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation, by Peter Heath. Routledge &amp; Kegan Paul, London; University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1969. 212 pp. 45s.

The Kings and the Covenant, by Hamish Swanston. Burns and Oates, London, 1968. 207 pp.

Book reviews are coming in this articles.THE KINGS AND THE COVENANT, by Hamish Swanston. Burns and OatesPRAYER, by Abhishiktananda. Indian S. P. C. K.CONVERSATIONS: CHRISTIAN AND BUDDHIST, by Dom Aelred Graham.CATHOLIC THEORIES OF BIBLICAL INSPIRATION SINCE 1810. A Review and Critique, by James Tunstead BurtchaellTHE BEGINNING. A study in the Greek philosophical approach to the concept of creation from Anaximander to St John, by Arnold Ehrhardt. With a memolr by J. Heywood Thomas.GOD THE CREATOR. On the transcendence and presence of God, by Robert C. Neville.THE GREEK PATRISTIC VIEW OF NATURE, by David S. Wallace‐Hadrill.PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION: A CONTEMPORARY DIALOGUE, (ed.) Joseph Havens van NostrandFREUD ET LA RELIGION, by Albert Plé.MORAL DEVELOPMENT, by William Kay.THE ENGLISH PARISH CLERGY ON THE EVE OF THE REFORMATION, by Peter Heath.SECONDARY WORLDS, by W. H. Auden.MINISTRY AND MANAGEMENT, by Peter F. Rudge.CHURCH AND COLONIALISM, by Helder Camara.

REVIEWS

Philosophy and Illusion. By Morris Lazerowitz. The Concept of Philosophy. By R. W. Newell. Marxism and Ethics. By E. Kamenka. Hegelian Ethics. By W. H. Walsh. Action. By Sir Malcolm Knox. Gregory of Nazianzus. By Rosemary Radford Ruether. Byzantinische Urkundenlehre. Erster Abschnitt, Die Kaiserurkunden. Edited by Franz Dölger and Johannes Karayannopulos.By G. G. Willis.By Odilo Heiming.Edited and translated with introduction and notes by Marjorie Chibnall.By Peter Heath. Routledge &amp; Kegan Paul English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation. By Peter Heath. Infallibility in the Church. An Anglican‐Catholic Dialogue. Edited by M. D. Goulder. The Great Church in Captivity. By Steven Runciman. The Theses Were Not Posted. Luther between Reform Catholic Anglicans Today. Edited by John Wilkinson.

Review of Book: English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation

Review of Book: English Parish Clergy on the Eve of the Reformation

Aspects of intellectual Transition among the English Parish Clergy of the Reformation Period: A Regional Example

Aspects of intellectual Transition among the English Parish Clergy of the Reformation Period: A Regional Example