PART I Setting the Scene; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Structures of the Church of England (including the Parish System, Patronage, Freehold and Appointments, the Stipend and Tied Housing); Chapter 3 Professional Support Systems; PART II Background, Methodology and Family Stress; Chapter 4 Background Perspectives (including Wider Perspectives on Professional Stress: Families of Public Figures eg Local Authority Elected Councillors, the Police, the Armed Services; Issues for Clergy Families in the USA); Chapter 5 Stress in a Family Setting; Chapter 6 Setting up the Research; PART III The First Family Interviews: The Curacy Stage; Chapter 7 Moves, Accommodation and Education; Chapter 8 The Public View of Curates (including Finding a Curacy, Pressure to Conform, Loss of Personal Identity, Days Off or Time Away, Expectations); Chapter 9 The Cost (including Finance and Health); Chapter 10 Reflections on Issues at the Curacy Stage; PART IV A Pause for Thought; Chapter 11 The Double Bind and the Accommodation Syndrome; Chapter 12 Independence, a Secure Base, the Doughnut Principle and Expectations; PART V The Incumbency Stage; Chapter 13 The Incumbency Stage - I Moves and Education (including The Need for Co-ordination and Planning and 'Children Sacrificed'); Chapter 14 The Incumbency Stage - II Finance and the Public Role (including Ennui and Support); Chapter 15 The Incumbency Stage - III The Clergy View of the Job and its Impact on the Family; and Days Off (including The difficulty of relaxing, Conflicting Expectations, Idealism, Intrusion and Isolation); Chapter 16 The Incumbency Stage - IV Conflict and Health (including The Job comes First, The work must be done and what price success; Motivation; Denial; Children's illness; Wives' illness and the public role); Chapter 17 The Third Interviews; PART VI Responses and Conclusions; Chapter 18 The Response of the Groups; Chapter 19 Reflections and Dilemmas; Chapter 20 Recommendations; A Final Reflection for the Whole Church.
