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Seminary to Early Ministry (SEM) Study

The SEM Study is the first major longitudinal study examining divinity school education, aiming to identify promising, data-informed policies that promote clergy well-being.

KEYWORDS: empirical research; formation; longitudinal; mixed-methods research; seminary; theological education

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Clergy in America

Research report of the NSRL offering a nationally representative portrait of U.S. congregational leaders' demographics, health, beliefs, practices, and challenges.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; Black Protestant; Catholic priests; clergy demographics; congregational challenges; Evangelical Protestant; Mainline Protestant; mental health of clergy; National Survey of Religious Leaders (NSRL); quantitative research; research report

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(Re)Framing Resilience: A Trajectory-Based Study Involving Emerging Religious/Spiritual Leaders

Three-wave longitudinal study of 751 emerging religious leaders during COVID-19 identifies a resilient subgroup and highlights transformative experiences as protective factors against pandemic stress.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; COVID-19; flourishing; latent trajectory analysis; religious/spiritual leaders; resilience; symptoms; well-being

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A Mixed-Method Intervention Study on Relational Spirituality and Humility among Religious Leaders

Mixed-method intervention study of 136 emerging religious leaders tests whether change in humility corresponds to change in differentiation and God attachment during a humility cultivation intervention.

KEYWORDS: attachment behavior; God concepts; humility; intention; intervention; leadership; spirituality

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Novo Millennio Ineunte (At the Beginning of the New Millennium)

Apostolic Letter by John Paul II (2001) closing the Great Jubilee year, calling for interior renewal, contemplative prayer, and "duc in altum" ("put out into the deep") as the foundation for new evangelization.

KEYWORDS: Catholicism; Christian discipleship; contemplative prayer; duc in altum ("put out into the deep"); formation of conscience; interior renewal; new evangelization; pastoral pedagogy; sacramental life; spiritual formation; virtue ethics

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