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Formation Directors/Student Life Staff, Spiritual Directors, Researchers (including IR/IE) Tidy Studios Formation Directors/Student Life Staff, Spiritual Directors, Researchers (including IR/IE) Tidy Studios

Assessing Student Formation: A New Set of Core Assessment Tools

The definitive introduction to the Seminary Formation Assessment (SFA)—a 50-item suite of assessments measuring spiritual dwelling, seeking, struggle, and emotion regulation in seminarians.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; assessment instrument; Colloquy article; emotion regulation; psychometrics; Relational Spirituality Model (RSM); Seminary Formation Assessment (SFA); seminary students; sense of community; spiritual dwelling; spiritual formation; spiritual seeking; theological education; training resources; virtues

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Formation Directors/Student Life Staff, Spiritual Directors, Researchers (including IR/IE) Tidy Studios Formation Directors/Student Life Staff, Spiritual Directors, Researchers (including IR/IE) Tidy Studios

Spiritual Formation among Students at Christian Seminaries: Mature Alterity, Symptoms, and Well-Being

Person-centered analysis using the Relational Spirituality Model (RSM) identifies four seminary student subgroups, with "regulated seekers" showing mature alterity, flourishing, and stable balanced spirituality over time.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; flourishing; mature alterity; mixture modeling; relational spirituality; spiritual formation

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Researchers (including IR/IE), Spiritual Directors, Faculty Tidy Studios Researchers (including IR/IE), Spiritual Directors, Faculty Tidy Studios

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

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Researchers (including IR/IE), Spiritual Directors, Educational Assessment and Accreditation Liaison Officers Tidy Studios Researchers (including IR/IE), Spiritual Directors, Educational Assessment and Accreditation Liaison Officers Tidy Studios

Ecumenical and Traditioned Measurement: Measuring Christian Maturation across Distinct Traditions of Christian Spirituality

Article exploring the feasibility of an ecumenical measure of Christian maturation by drawing on five distinct traditions (African American, Anglican, Benedictine, Pentecostal, Reformed) and four navigation strategies.

KEYWORDS: ecumenical spirituality; measurement; psychology of religion/spirituality; spiritual assessment; spiritual formation

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