Reflexive thematic analysis of 36 students at a Jewish pluralistic seminary identifies on-campus, off-campus, and non-seminary contexts of spiritual formation and uniquely Jewish formation requests.

KEYWORDS: Judaism; qualitative research; seminary; spiritual formation; virtue

Synthetic review of psychology of religion and spirituality in Jewish contexts, using the Relational Spirituality Model (RSM) to organize prior research and outline future directions for empirical study.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; empirical research; God attachment; Judaism; psychology of religion; relational spirituality; spirituality

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

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

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

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

Multi-case exploration of spiritual formation at four seminaries (Fuller, Truett, Talbot, TEDS) addressing the lack of institutional definitions of "personal and spiritual formation" under ATS 2020 standards.

KEYWORDS: character/virtue; spiritual formation; theological education

Three-wave longitudinal study of 751 emerging religious leaders during COVID-19 identifies a resilient subgroup and highlights transformative experiences as protective factors against pandemic stress.

KEYWORDS: open access / free access; COVID-19; flourishing; latent trajectory analysis; religious/spiritual leaders; resilience; symptoms; well-being

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