Attitudes to the role and selection of bishops in the Anglican Churches of Britain (3220)

Type of Data: Attitudes to the role and selection of bishops in the Anglican Churches of Britain (3220)

Faith Community: Christianity (Church of England, Church in Wales, Episcopal Church of Scotland)

Date: 2008?

Geography: Local survey. Four Anglican dioceses (Leicester, Bradford, Monmouth, and Edinburgh)

Sample Size: 255 clergy (48% response), 358 laity (52% response)

Population: Serving clergy (stipendiary and non-stipendiary) and leading laity (churchwardens or - in Edinburgh - lay representatives to the diocesan conference)

Keywords: Appointment, beliefs, bishops, churchmanship, Church of England, Church in Wales, Episcopal Church of Scotland, episcopate, practising homosexuals, priorities, roles, selection, tasks, women

Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire

Collection Agency: Michael Keulemans

Survey Instrument: Keulemans, Bishops, pp. 268-77

Published Source:

Michael Keulemans, 'The Development of the Anglican Episcopate in Mainland Britain', University of Wales, Bangor D.Min. thesis, 2009

Michael Keulemans, Bishops: The Changing Nature of the Anglican Episcopate in Mainland Britain, [no place]: Xlibris Corporation, 2012, pp. 199-227

BRIN ID: 3220

Remarks:

Questionnaires were also completed by 25 bishops who had retired between 2000 and 2008

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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