McKenna, Ursula, Francis, Leslie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2946-9980 and Village, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2174-8822 (2024) Contrasting approaches to managing the debate on same-sex blessing and same-sex marriage in New Zealand and Australia: Applying insights from Jungian psychological type theory. Journal of Anglican Studies.

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Abstract

In October 2022 the Church of England commissioned an examination of the impact of allowing the blessing or marriage of same-sex couples within the seven Anglican Provinces that had taken this step. The examination involved a literature search, an original survey among key informers, and a general internet search. This paper draws on the general internet search to contrast the impacts in New Zealand and Australia. Drawing on Jungian psychological type theory, this analysis employs the contrasting decision-making functions of feeling (concerned with subjective interpersonal values) and thinking (concerned with objective logical analysis). The data suggest that the feeling approach dominant in New Zealand that gave priority to offering space and time for those of differing opinions to meet together reported more positive outcomes than the thinking approach dominant in Australia that gave greater priority to adversarial debate.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
DOI:	10.1017/S1740355324000093
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations
School/Department:	School of Humanities
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/9698

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