Religious and spiritual struggles were strongly associated with feeling more depressed or anxious among seminarians. A bright spot? Attending to these struggles together can create a meaningful path toward trauma recovery.
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Upenieks, L, Eagle, D.E., & Holleman, A. (2024). Childhood Abuse and the Mental Health of Seminary Students: The Mediating Role of R/S Struggles. Review of Religious Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0034673X241302420
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Eagle, D.E., Gaghan, J., and Johnston, E.F. (2023). “Introducing the Seminary to Early Ministry Study.” Religious Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2023.2199240
Holleman, A., Upenieks, L., & Eagle, D. (2023). Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Seminarians: Personal Experiences of Trauma and Implications for Pastoral Well-Being and Ministerial Training. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00916471231206361
Johnston, E.F., Holleman, A., & Krull, L. (2023). "There's theology and then there's the people I love...": Authority and Ambivalence in Seminarians’ Attitudes Towards Same-Sex Relationships, Marriage, and Ordination." Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srad040
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Johnston, E.F. & Eagle, D.E. (2022). “Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influences on the Call to Ministry.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 62:68–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12816
Johnston, E.F., Eagle, D.E., Corneli, A.L., Perry, B., and Proeschold-Bell, R.J. (2022). “Seminary students and physical health: beliefs, behaviors, and barriers.” Journal of Religion and Health, 61: 1207–1225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01480-7