To what extent do Norwegian ministers deal with social-ethical issues in their sermons? While we examine the frequency of such topics in this article, we primarily explore the potential determinants of their priorities in discussing these issues: their individual backgrounds, their ethical and political orientations, the local parish characteristics and the ministers’ sources of inspiration in preparing sermons. The results shows that different ethical orientations appear to be largely unrelated to the frequency of addressing social-ethical issues. Experiences in nature are the most important source of inspiration. The school at which the minister was trained has a significant impact on frequency, while political orientation has a very weak influence. Different parish characteristics—affluence and level of social challenges—and the age and marital status of the clergy do have an impact on which issues are given priority. The minister’s gender and geographical location both have no effect.

挪威部长在讲道中处理社会道德问题的程度如何？当我们在本文中研究此类主题的频率时，我们主要探讨了在讨论这些问题时其优先级的潜在决定因素：其个人背景，其道德和政治取向，地方堂堂特色以及部长们在准备布道方面的灵感来源。结果表明，不同的道德取向似乎与解决社会道德问题的频率无关。大自然中的经验是最重要的灵感来源。接受过部长培训的学校对频率的影响很大，而政治方向的影响却很小。教区的不同特征（富裕程度和社会挑战程度）以及神职人员的年龄和婚姻状况确实会对优先考虑哪些问题产生影响。部长的性别和地理位置都没有影响。