Episcopal Applicants to Ordained Ministry: Are They Psychological Healthy?

Pastoral Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-289

  Plante, Thomas G ^a   Apodaca, Christopher ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deacon; Episcopal; Priest; Psychological testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952043153     PISSN: 00312789     EISSN: 15736679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-010-0315-6     Document Type: Article

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