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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
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
The Biobehavioral Family Model with a Seminarian Population: A Systems Perspective of Clinical Care
Structural equation modeling applies the Biobehavioral Family Model to seminarians, finding higher rates of anxiety and depression than the general population and supporting systemic clinical care.
KEYWORDS: open access / free access; anxiety; Biobehavioral Family Model; depression; family; health; relationships; seminarians; seminary students
The Impact of Financial Health on the Spiritual, Mental, and Relational Health of Christian Graduate Students
DESCRIPTION: Financial stress can affect seminary students across multiple dimensions of well-being, including spiritual, mental, and relational health. Using data from 189 students at five theological seminaries, this study examines whether spiritual health helps explain how financial stress relates to broader health outcomes. Structural equation modeling found that spiritual health accounted for part of the negative relationship between financial stress and both mental and relational health. The authors suggest that supporting students’ spiritual health may be an important component of interventions aimed at improving the holistic well-being of seminarians facing financial strain.
KEYWORDS: financial health; financial stress; holistic health; mental health; relational health; seminary students; spiritual health; student debt; student well-being; theological education
The Experience of Financial Well-Being, Shame, and Mental Health Outcomes in Seminary Students
DESCRIPTION: Financial hardship can affect seminary students in ways that extend beyond material strain. Drawing on a sample of 189 graduate students from ATS-accredited seminaries, this study examines relationships among financial well-being, shame, depression, anxiety, and spiritual well-being. The findings show that lower financial well-being was associated with greater shame, which in turn mediated relationships between financial distress and depression, anxiety, and spiritual well-being. The authors suggest that shame may be an important mechanism for understanding the broader psychological and spiritual effects of financial hardship and student debt among seminarians.
KEYWORDS: anxiety; depression; financial distress; financial well-being; mental health; seminary students; shame; spiritual well-being; student debt; student well-being
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
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
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