This study determined whether the Theological School Inventory would be helpful in screening Roman Catholic seminarians. Used experimentally with two successful classes in two midwestern novitiates, no significant differences were found between the means of the classes or the novitiates. Perseverence was the criterion for judging screening…

Data reported in this article are part of a larger study comparing characteristics and motivation between those who persisted in religious occupations and those who left. A cluster computer program was used to identify subgroups within each sample and generalizations obtained through the cluster analysis are given. (Author/CG)

Investigates Hardesty's model of the four stages women seminarians go through during their seminary education. Female subjects (N=7 Jewish and 11 Protestant) completed questionnaires, which showed them to be in the third and fourth stages of their seminary relationship, and showed training for pastoral counseling as most important to the subjects.…

Despite the emergence of the Christian counseling movement, significant sections of the evangelical Christian church remain suspicious of counseling as a tool of ministry. Stated reasons generally revolve around theological reservations. An even more powerful barrier may be significantly different values held by the two groups. (Author/EMK)

The author examines the research about why priests and ministers leave the ministry and then discusses implications for future research. (HMV)

Describes the evolution of the Committee on Religion and Ethics, an interdisciplinary committee of theological and medical professors at the University of Minnesota. Its Sexual Attitude Reassessment seminars are the subject of much controversy. This article explains the purpose of the seminars. (HMV)

The Sixteen Personality Factor questionnaire and the California Psychological Inventory were administered to (N=42) Roman Catholic seminarians and (N=42) male Protestant divinity students. Data analysis indicated that the Catholics were significantly more dependent, more group-reliant, more feminine, less assertive, and less-accepting than the…

Although little empirical or procedural evidence substantiates this viewpoint, this paper contends that pastoral psychotherapy can and should be unique because the ordained pastor is both a theologian and a representative of the church and, therefore, operates within the context of a community of faith. Challenges pastoral psychotherapists to…

This article contains a letter which questions the value and ethics of the Program on Human Sexuality (University of Minnesota) and also contains the response to the letter by a member of the Theological-Ethical Task Force which sponsors the program. (Author)

The author used an attachment theory framework to explore relationships between early attachment to parents and seminarians' later self-representations and relationship with God. Attachment to mother was a key variable in predicting seminarians' level of self-esteem and internalized shame as well as the quality of their relationship with God. This…

Identifies two issues pertaining to professional status (theological and psychological) of pastoral counseling: dilemma between humanistic values of psychotherapeutic community and theological values of the religious community; and the need for pastoral counselors to articulate the empirical distinctiveness of their practice. Recommends…