Workbook guiding Christian small groups through structured virtue practices—gratitude, empathy, compassion, trust, mindfulness, forgiveness—to cultivate biblical love via weekly exercises, biblical reflections, and group dialogue.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; ATS Student Data and Resources Consultation (2025); Christian formation; compassion training; emotional intelligence; empathy exercises; gratitude practice; slide deck; small group curriculum; spiritual disciplines; virtue ethics; workbook resource

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

Longitudinal study of 580 seminarians tests whether virtues mediate the religious/spiritual commitment–well-being link, finding cross-sectional but not longitudinal mediation through blessedness and forgiveness.

KEYWORDS: construct validity; factor analysis; religiousness; virtues; well-being

Practical theology article proposing a virtue-based model of caring and Christian formation grounded in moral psychology and Wesleyan thought.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; generative care virtues of generative care; journal article; moral likeness model of spiritual maturity; practical theology; Wesley's affectional moral psychology

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

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

A two-part resource by NCEA and ATS (2018) comprising a workbook with case studies designed to help Roman Catholic seminaries evaluate student learning and degree program effectiveness.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; ATS Standards of Accreditation (2012); Catholicism; degree program effectiveness; educational assessment; priestly formation; seminary curriculum; student learning outcomes; workbook resource; case study

Case study of Nazarene Theological Seminary's Wesleyan-Holiness approach to spiritual formation curriculum and assessment amid diversification and fragmentation of theological learning platforms and contexts.

KEYWORDS: assessment; curriculum; diversification; spiritual formation; Wesleyan-Holiness

Longitudinal study of 119 graduate seminary students testing seven hypotheses from a relational spirituality model regarding intrinsic religiosity, questing, spiritual openness, well-being, and activity over time.

KEYWORDS: development; longitudinal; religion; seminary; spirituality; well-being