Prof. Steven Sandage featured in ATS article on Trauma and Spiritual Conference and Research
The following is an excerpt from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) article “Trauma and spirituality conference breaks ground on ongoing work” by Elsie M. Miranda, featuring Albert and Jessie Danielsen Professor of Psychology of Religion and Theology Steven Sandage, published December 2024.
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In a post-COVID context, many ATS accreditation directors were listening to concern expressed by deans, rectors, formation directors, and students who witnessed an increase of PTSD and burn out rates among ministers six years after serving in the field. ATS, however, does not provide a concerted plan of action to schools beyond encouraging that they tend to these issues in a matter consistent with their missional identities.
The ATS diversities staff worked to corroborate these concerns with the research of David Wang, of Fuller Theological Seminary; Steven Sandage, of Boston University; Micah McCreary, of New Brunswick Theological Seminary; Jessica Young Brown, of Virginia Union University; and Bo Karen Lee, of Princeton Theological Seminary. Together, along with McMahan, the group formed the planning committee that developed the Trauma and Spirituality series (the two webinars had a registration rate of more than 300 individuals each).
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