Self-forgiveness and clergy who have left full-time pastoral ministry
06 August 2018
The aim of the study is to investigate the role of self-forgiveness in clergy who have left full-time pastoral ministry. It will be conducted in three stages: an online survey, focus groups, and interviews. The first stage, namely the online survey, focusses on demographic questions, ministry-related questions, and three relatively short questionnaires that measure self-forgiveness. #self-forgiveness #clergy #calling
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Ethical approval
This study has been approved by the Health Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the North-West University (NWU 00415-17-S8) and will be conducted according to the ethical guidelines and principles of Ethics in Health Research: Principles, Processes and Structures (DoH, 2015) and other international ethical guidelines applicable to this study. It might be necessary for the research ethics committee members or other relevant people to inspect the research records.
About the researcher
The research team consists of a principal investigator (PI), statistician, interviewers (2), and a research student.
