Sex and the Clergy: An Exploratory Study of Comfort and Attitudes toward Sexuality

Limited information is available on clergy's comfort and attitudes toward sexual issues and the factors that shape those attitudes in Australia. This exploratory quantitative study is an attempt to fill this gap in the literature. The research is based on two cross-sectional studies, in which s...

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Autor principal: Munoz, Linda Melody (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
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Publicado: 2017
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