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Faith Communities and Judicatories, Alumni/Clergy, Researchers (including IR/IE) Tidy Studios Faith Communities and Judicatories, Alumni/Clergy, Researchers (including IR/IE) Tidy Studios

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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Formation Directors/Student Life Staff, Researchers (including IR/IE), Other Institutional Administration Tidy Studios Formation Directors/Student Life Staff, Researchers (including IR/IE), Other Institutional Administration Tidy Studios

Strengthening the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Tomorrow's Faith Leaders in Theological Education Settings

This (U.S.) federal report is based on an August 2023 expert panel concerning faith leader training, mental health, self-care, community partnership, and theological education.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; clergy burnout; conference proceedings; faith leaders; mental health; resource compendium; self-care; seminary training; theological education; well-being

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

A Reflective Guide to Effective Evaluation for Theological Schools

ATS Commission on Accrediting guide presenting a principle-based, practice-oriented framework for institutional and educational evaluation in theological schools.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; ATS Standards of Accreditation (2020); Checklist for Effective Assessment; educational effectiveness; evaluation and assessment; institutional planning; student learning; student learning outcomes; theological schools

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Institutional Senior Leaders, Other Institutional Administration, Educational Assessment and Accreditation Liaison Officers Tidy Studios Institutional Senior Leaders, Other Institutional Administration, Educational Assessment and Accreditation Liaison Officers Tidy Studios

Self-Study Handbook

Handbook approved by the ATS Board of Commissioners in April 2020 and revised in 2023 and 2025 to guide member schools through the comprehensive self-study process for accreditation and reaffirmation.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; ATS Standards of Accreditation (2020); comprehensive visit for accreditation/reaffirmation; educational effectiveness; institutional evaluation; quality assurance; quality improvement; self-study report; theological schools

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Faculty, Other Institutional Administration, Educational Assessment and Accreditation Liaison Officers Tidy Studios Faculty, Other Institutional Administration, Educational Assessment and Accreditation Liaison Officers Tidy Studios

Standards of Accreditation (with Self-Study Ideas)

Current ATS Commission Standards, articulating principles and expectations for graduate theological education. This version embeds optional self-study ideas to help schools interpret accrediting requirements and demonstrate alignment.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; ATS Board of Commissioners; ATS Standards of Accreditation (2020); Commission on Accrediting of ATS (COAATS); comprehensive visit for accreditation/reaffirmation; educational mission and institutional effectiveness; graduate theological schools; mission and vision; planning, evaluation, and educational assessment; self-study ideas; student learning and formation; theological education

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Formation Directors/Student Life Staff, Spiritual Directors, Other Institutional Administration Tidy Studios Formation Directors/Student Life Staff, Spiritual Directors, Other Institutional Administration Tidy Studios

Measures of Spirituality/Religiosity (2018)

Special Issue (book/journal reprint) of established and newly-developed instruments for measuring spirituality and religiosity across diverse populations, traditions, and clinical contexts, serving as a resource for spiritual care research.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; active duty military / veterans; attachment theory; Attachment to God Inventory (AGI); attitudes toward religion; Catholics; clinical setting; elderly; evaluation; exploratory factor analysis; factorial structure; gratitude; growth; healthy persons; Islam; measurement; moral injury; Muslims; post-traumatic stress disorder; psychometric properties; questionnaire; religiosity; religious beliefs; scoping review; Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure (SHALOM); spiritual jihad; spiritual needs; spiritual struggles; spiritual well-being; spirituality; structural equation modeling (SEM); styles of attachment; transcultural adaptation; validation

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