Type Patterns among Anglican Congregations in England

The psychological-type profile of practising British Druids compared with Anglican Churchgoers

“…A good snapshot of Anglican churchgoers in Britain is provided by Francis, Duncan, Craig, and Luffman (2004). In this study the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Myers & McCaulley, 1985) The data presented in table 1 demonstrate a clear and distinctive type profile for Anglican churchgoers.…”

“…The present study set out to chart the psychological type profile of practising British Druids, employing theory advanced initially by Jung (1971) and a measure developed by Francis (2005), and to compare that profile with the established profile of Anglican churchgoers, drawing on data published by Francis, Duncan, Craig, and Luffman (2004). The data have demonstrated the usefulness of psychological type theory for identifying and for illuminating the psychological differences between individuals drawn to Druidry and those drawn to Anglicanism.…”

“…Such limitations need to be appropriately addressed by well-placed studies designed to replicate and to extend this initial study among other groups of British pagans. Table 1 Type distribution for Anglican churchgoers, adapted from Francis, Duncan, Craig, and Luffman (2004) …”

“…In Wales, data were provided on Church in Wales churchgoers by Craig, Francis, Bailey, and Robbins (2003) and by Francis, Robbins, Williams, and Williams (2007). In England, data were provided on Church of England churchgoers by Francis, Duncan, Craig, and Luffman (2004) and by Francis, Butler, Jones, and Craig (2007). Some of these studies have reported separately on the psychological type profiles of male and female churchgoers, while other studies have combined the two sexes in order to profile the churchgoing community as a whole.…”

Temperament Theory and Congregation Studies: Different Types for Different Services?

“…More recent studies in England and Wales have reported on 101 Anglicans (Craig, Francis, Bailey, & Robbins, 2003), 372 Anglicans (Francis, Duncan, Craig, & Luffman, 2004), 158 Anglicans (Francis, Butler, Jones, & Craig, 2007), 185 Anglicans (Francis, Robbins, Williams, & Williams, 2007), 290 Anglicans (Village, Francis, & Craig, 2009), 3,304 Anglicans (Francis, Robbins, & Craig, 2011), 1,156 churchgoers from a range of denominations (Village, Baker, & Howart, 2012), 105 Greek Orthodox Christians (Lewis, Varvatsoulias, & Williams, 2012), 403 attenders at a cathedral carol service (Walker, 2012), 76 Anglicans (Francis, 2013), and 281 attenders at a cathedral Sunday service (Lankshear & Francis, 2015). In Australia studies have been reported on 1,527 churchgoers across 18 denominations and 1,476 Roman Catholics .…”