There is a significant lacuna in current scholarly understanding of the religious behavior and beliefs among medieval lay people, particularly concerning the actual practices of daily life, including such important rites as confession, communion, final unction, and prayer. Tradi…
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For over a century, most scholars have claimed that the presence, activity, and influence of the Jewish priesthood sharply declined with the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in 70 C.E. According to the traditional narrative, priestly authority in the Jewish community was repl…
The endowment of land as a gift for religious institutions was a prominent feature of ancient society in the Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds. Landed plots could with proper care become enduring, remunerative assets to these institutions and their ownership a mark of honor …
The purpose of the present study was to identify the sources of the stress experienced by Nigerian Catholic priests. It was believed that cognitive appraisal will influence priests' experience of stress. The following questions were addressed by this study: (a) How does the orga…
Using the 44-item list of behaviors and attributes of successful priests identified through a focus group study by Ippolito et al., In Fulfillment of Their Mission (2008), and five new items primarily focused on multi-cultural issues, we sought to develop and validate a new psyc…
The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between resilience, spirituality, and psychological well-being in Catholic priests and religious women and men living in Catholic dioceses in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the United States of America, Canada, South Amer…
This study uses priests’ servant leadership style to investigate its impact on their level of commitment to fostering Catholic school identity mediated by work engagement. Servant leadership is an inner desire to serve others. The purpose of this study was to explore priests’ pe…