{"id":2437,"date":"2018-02-05T16:44:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/?page_id=2437"},"modified":"2019-11-18T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:39:46","slug":"humility-in-religious-leaders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/danielsen\/humility-in-religious-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Humility in Religious Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of a 16 study major research project on humility in leaders, we are investigating Humility in Religious Leaders<\/span>. This research is funded by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation.<\/strong>\"JTF-Logo-Primary-CMYK\"<\/a>In this three study project, we are testing our differentiation-based relational spirituality<\/a> model among religious leaders, previously tested in nineteen published studies (Worthington & Sandage, 2015).\u00a0 We seek answers to questions about (a) how humility (i.e., general, intellectual) is related to negative\u00a0(e.g., narcissism and spiritual pathology) and positive (e.g., eudaimonic well-being) religious leader outcomes, and the mechanisms at play (e.g., differentiation of self, religious exploration); (b) whether humility profiles exist for religious leaders based on sophisticated psychological assessments (e.g., MMPI, Rorschach); (c) whether a clinician rating of humility is viable for future research; and (d) whether a group intervention for religious leaders will change humility and result in decreased negative (i.e., vulnerable narcissism, spiritual pathology) and positive (e.g., well-being, differentiation of self) outcomes over time.<\/p>\n

Publications from this research:<\/p>\n

Sandage, S.J., Rupert, D., Stavros, G.S., & Devor, N.G. (in press). Relational spirituality and psychotherapy: Healing suffering and promoting growth<\/i>. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. <\/span>
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Wolfteich, C.E., Ruffing, E.G., Crabtree, S.A., Devor, N.G., & Sandage, S.J. (in press). Humility and religious leadership: A qualitative study of theology and practice. Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sandage, S.J. Relating within Wildman\u2019s integrative engagement with psychology, spirituality, and humility. (in press). In F.L. Shults & R.C. Neville (Eds.), Religion in multidisciplinary perspective: Intense experiences in the work of Wesley J. Wildman<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Wolfteich, C.I., Sandage, S.J., Tomlinson, J., Mettasophia, J., & Ventura, D. (2019). Humility and spirituality: New directions in interdisciplinary research. Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality, 19<\/i>, 102-130. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Jankowski, P. J., Sandage, S. J., Bell, C. A., Ruffing, E. G., & Adams, C. (2018). Humility and wellbeing: Testing a relational spirituality model among religious leaders. Journal of Religion and Health<\/em>. doi:10.1007\/s10943-018-0580-8<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ruffing, E.G., Devor, N.G., & Sandage, S.J. (2018). Humility challenges and facilitating factors among religious leaders: A qualitative study. <\/span>Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health<\/i><\/span>, doi: 10.1080\/19349637.2018.1520184<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ruffing, E.G., Devor, N.G., Paine, D.R., & Sandage, S.J. (2018). Humility and narcissism in clergy: A relational spirituality framework. Pastoral Psychology<\/i>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11089-018-0830-4<\/span><\/p>\n

Sandage, S.J., & Brown, J.K. (2018). Relational integration in psychology and Christian theology: Theory, research, and practice<\/i>. New York, NY: Routledge. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bell, C.A., Sandage, S.J., Morgan, T.D., & Hague, D.J. (2017). Relational spirituality, humility, and commitments to social justice and intercultural competence. Journal of Psychology and Christianity<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Interested in more research on Relational Spirituality and Humility?<\/h4>
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Learn More about Relational Spirituality<\/a><\/p>\n

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