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Contrasting Experiences: Gender Disparities in Spirituality, Character Strengths, Mental Health, and Social Justice among Next-Generation Religious Leaders
Empirical study of 452 emerging religious leaders documents gender disparities: women report higher character strengths and social justice values but lower mental health than men.
KEYWORDS: character; gender differences; mental health; religious leaders; social values; spirituality
Formational Assessment at Saint Mary Seminary - Cleveland
Presentation on how Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology assesses spiritual, human, intellectual, and pastoral dimensions of formation.
KEYWORDS: open access / free access; ATS Standards of Accreditation (2020); ATS Student Data and Resources Consultation (2025); clergy formation; MDiv outcomes; Program of Priestly Formation (6th); seminarian assessment; slide deck; spiritual formation
Assessing Personal and Spiritual Formation at ATS
Jo Ann Deasy, ATS Director of Institutional Initiatives, revisits the 2018 Formation Assessment Survey on how member schools understand formation and put assessment into practice.
KEYWORDS: open access / free access; theological education; ATS Formation Assessment Survey (2018); definitions of formation; formation assessments and tools; ATS Student Data and Resources Consultation (2025); presentation (transcribed); newsletter article; study report
Setting the Frame: Standards of Accreditation and Evaluation
Heather Hartung, then-ATS Director of Accreditation, outlines how the principle-based ATS Standards of Accreditation center student learning and formation as quality theological education.
KEYWORDS: open access / free access; theological education; ATS Student Data and Resources Consultation (2025); presentation (transcribed); ATS Standards of Accreditation (2020); Commission on Accrediting of ATS (COAATS); ATS Board of Commissioners; quality assurance; planning, evaluation, and educational assessment; slide deck
Research on Human Formation Published as Part of Organizational and Educational Models Initiative
Stephen R. Graham, ATS Strategic Director of Context and Continuity and Director of Accreditation, announces a new digital resource on human formation.
KEYWORDS: open access / free access; academic rigor; ATS member schools; ATS Standards of Accreditation (2020); ATS Student Data and Resources Consultation (2025); Colloquy article; curricular and co-curricular formation; definitions of formation; dimensions of formation; faculty and staff development; global awareness and engagement; human formation / well-being / wholeness; intercultural competency; lifelong learning; Organizational and Educational Models initiative; pedagogical and institutional practices; Protestant schools; psychological assessment; slide deck; student learning and formation; study report; theological education
Student Learning and Formation: Reviewing Standard 3
Stephen R. Graham, ATS Strategic Director of Context and Continuity and Director of Accreditation, examines ATS Standard 3—Student Learning and Formation.
KEYWORDS: open access / free access; ATS Standards of Accreditation (2020); Colloquy article; dimensions of formation; student learning and formation; theological education
Longitudinal Processes among Humility, Social Justice Activism, Transcendence, and Well-Being
Six-wave longitudinal study of 574 seminary students explores reciprocal links among humility, life purpose, horizontal transcendence, and social justice activism using cross-lagged panel modeling.
KEYWORDS: open access / free access; activism; humility; longitudinal; transcendence; well-being
The Spirituality of Deconstruction in United States Theological Schools
Qualitative study of 30 theological students examines "deconstruction" as a shift in spiritual practice, finding patterns of embodiment, syncretism, and ambivalent institutional response.
KEYWORDS: open access / free access; American religion; qualitative research; spirituality
New Study Explores Diversity, Justice among Seminary Faculty and Students from Spiritual Formation View
This research spotlight links humility and compassion with commitments to diversity, social justice, and intercultural competence among seminary faculty and students.
KEYWORDS:Colloquy article; intercultural competence; seminary faculty; seminary students; social justice; spiritual formation; compassion; humility; theological education