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Supporting UK Baptist clergy health, wellbeing, and self-care: intervention development and testing by Green, Jamie I.

Subjects: “…baptist clergy--health and hygiene…”
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A phenomenological study into Zimbabwean-Australian clergy’s understandings of the causes and their responses to mental health problems among Zimbabwean Australians by Mafuriranwa, Richard

“…This thesis investigates how Zimbabwean-Australian clergy address mental health needs within their community. …”
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Stress in the Roman Catholic priesthood: "Harvest for a millennium" by Doyle, Una

“…The qualitative investigation comprised twelve in-depth interviews with an opportunistic sample of clergy. The focus of these interviews was to determine the antecedents and consequences of stress as perceived by members of the clergy. …”
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Community, kinship and piety: Lincoln Cathedral close c.1450-1500 by Wilson, Marianne Louise

“…Strong relationships also developed between the chapter clergy, whilst family relationships and friendships were more important for the laity. …”
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Church, crown and complaint: petitions from bishops to the English crown in the fourteenth century by Phillips, Matthew

“…Yet, despite being part of a supplicatory culture which sought to defend church autonomy and ecclesiastical jurisdictional integrity, the petitionary system in England sapped the supplicatory strength of the clergy and reduced their ability to defend their autonomy in the face of royal demands.…”
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Non-stipendiary ministry in the Church of England: a history of the development of an idea by Vaughan, Patrick H.

“…Factors influencing the development of the idea at each successive phase are identified, the most salient of which are: pressure for each local community to be self-sufficient in ministry, for the Church to offer ministry in a style and expression congruent with working-class culture, for the removal of the divide between clergy and laity, for the Church to offer meaningful witness in 'the world of work', and for supplementary ordained assistance for the diminishing numbers of stipendiary clergy. …”
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Companions, playmates and status-symbols: pet-keeping in Medieval England by Urmson, Ceri Jade

“…Both recent academic work and the documentary evidence show that pet keeping was more popular among children and women, and in the Middle Ages, both male and female members of the clergy; therefore this would suggest that pets are more likely to be present at sites frequented by these social subgroups, e.g. urban and ecclesiastical sites. …”
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The 'Lay folks' catechism' - an edition by Greig, Pamela L.C.

“…The Catechism’s distribution and circulation, its effectiveness as a didactic text, and the transition from northern clergy to non-secular ownership are discussed. The edition establishes the importance of the Catechism in late medieval vernacular pastoralia aimed at a pious lay audience…”
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Cremation and Christianity: English Anglican and Roman Catholic attitudes to cremation since 1885 by Knight, Frances

“…Britain was the first modern European country to adopt the widespread practice of cremation, and by 2010, it took place in around three-quarters of all funerals. Although the clergy had ceased to be the exclusive custodians of funeral ritual, their views and example remained highly significant in conveying approval, or disapproval, of cremation to their religious constituencies. …”
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Disentangling religion and culture: americanizing Islam as the price of assimilation by Morgan, John H.

“…The assimilation process, however, will bear heavily upon the necessity for Muslim clergy in America to become professional by Western standards and we will in the process explore the complexities of religious secularism as a way of becoming an “American” Muslim. …”
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The administration of Hugh of Wells, Bishop of Lincoln 1209-1235 by Smith, David Michael

“…The central bureaucracy of the diocese, its composition and recruitment, the division of duties between the various administrative officials and the bishop's relations with the regular and secular clergy under his control have all merited close attention but in the event it has proved impossible to include in this thesis a survey of the administration of the temporalities of the see during Hugh's episcopate even though ample source material is available for such a project.…”
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Buddhism in a muslim state: Theravada practices and religious life in Kelantan by Mohamed Yusoff Ismail

“…In terms of its ecclesiastical organization, the Sangha body of Kelantan maintains a close link with the Thai clergy, the latter being the source of religious reference and validation. …”
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Dualist heresy in Aquitaine and the Agenais, c.1000-c.1249 by Taylor, Claire

“…Through the first, reading the sources in their social context, it finds the poor experiencing increased poverty and oppression, and that some amongst the laity and clergy were observing signs prefiguring The End of historical time. …”
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Withering on the vine: the connectivity between the people of Lincolnshire and their monastic houses, 1500 to 1540 by Hodgkinson, Brian Wilfrid

“…In addition, the deanery visitations reveal interactions between not only clergy and congregation, but also between monastic proprietors and their tithe paying parishioners. …”
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Politics and documentary culture: the bishops of North-Western Italy during the post-Carolingian period (c. 888-962) by Baitieri, Michele

“…Moreover, this section demonstrates how graphic features of episcopal diplomas can help to shed new light on further issues, namely the level of graphic education of northern Italian clergy and the debated existence of organised episcopal chanceries. …”
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The episcopate of Walter Langton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 1296-1321: with a calendar of his register by Hughes, J.B.

“…Langton's register is the earliest extant register for the diocese and its study has thrown light upon the administration of the diocese, the recruitment of clergy, patronage and the state of religious life at this time. …”
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The interrelatedness of doctrine and ascetic life: St Basil of Caesarea’s proof of the divinity of the Holy Spirit by Rozumna, Yuliia

“…He explains the truth of the doctrine of the Spirit to lay people, clergy, and ascetics. The Spirit is divine and communicates divine life through and in himself.…”
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Early Medieval Genoa by Balzaretti, Ross

“…Charters documenting the property transactions of several local churches (notably San Siro and Santo Stefano) reveal that the bishop and his clergy had property rights at the extremities of costal Liguria and in the interior. …”
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Hunting in early Stuart England: status, sociability, and politics by Rose, Tom

“…It then looks at why the clergy, and the episcopate in particular, no longer went hunting by the early Stuart period, with special reference to a disastrous event which happened in July 1621.…”
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Akhond Khorasani's viewpoints towards the modern concepts of freedom and justice by Soroush, Alireza, Sandhu, Sarvinder Kaur, Alaei, Hamed

“…Understanding the opinions of Akhond Khorasani (the revolution’s leader) vis-à-vis these concepts can be an indication of the formation of democracy’s pillar in Iran and also an indication of how the clergy faced these concepts, understand them and what practical ways they used to realize them. …”
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