Liberalism and conservatism have been important stances that have shaped doctrinal, moral and ecclesial beliefs and practices in Christianity. In the Church of England, Anglo-catholics are generally more liberal, and evangelicals more conservative, than those from broad-church congregations. This paper tests the idea that psychological preference may also partly explain liberalism or conservatism in the Church of England. Data from 1,389 clergy, collected as part of the 2013 Church Growth Research Programme, were used to categorise individuals by church tradition, whether or not they had an Epimethean psychological temperament, and whether or not they preferred thinking over feeling in their psychological judging process. Epimetheans and those who preferred thinking were more likely to rate themselves as conservative rather than liberal. Conservatism was associated with being Epimethean among those who were Anglo-catholic or broad-church, but with preference for thinking over feeling among evangelicals.

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英格兰教会神职人员心理类型的自由主义和保守主义

自由主义和保守主义一直是塑造基督教教义、道德和教会信仰和实践的重要立场。在英格兰教会中，与来自广泛教会的会众相比，盎格鲁天主教徒通常更自由，福音派更保守。本文检验了心理偏好也可以部分解释英格兰教会的自由主义或保守主义的观点。作为 2013 年教会成长研究计划的一部分收集的 1,389 名神职人员的数据被用来根据教会传统对个人进行分类，无论他们是否具有 Epimethean 心理气质，以及他们在心理判断过程中是否更喜欢思考而不是感觉。Epimetheans 和那些喜欢思考的人更有可能认为自己是保守的而不是自由的。