Auburn Studies
Auburn Theological Seminary’s Center for Research addresses a need in theological education for research and analysis that can support leaders in their context. Auburn collaborates with various partners, including the Association of Theological Schools and InTrust, to provide an annual research report that supports the field of theological education.
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Executive Turnover in Theological Education by Michael W. DeLashmutt and Patrick B. Reyes
Spring 2025
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You Belong Here by Chris Alexander, Francisco Peláez-Díaz, Erica M. Ramirez, Christian Scharen, and Mary Laurel True
Winter 2020
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Making Theology Matter Field Education as the Practical-Prophetic Heart of Effective Ministry Preparation by Christian Scharen and Sharon L. Miller
Fall 2018
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(Not) Being There Online Distance Education in Theological Schools by Sharon L. Miller and Christian Scharen
Fall 2017
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Bright Spots in Theological Education Hopeful Stories in a Time of Crisis and Change by Christian Scharen and Sharon L. Miller
2016
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Learning Pastorial Imagination A Five-Year Report On How New Ministers Learn in Practice by Christian Scharen and Eileen R. Campbell-Reed
Winter 2016
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Governance That Works Effective Leadership for Theological Schools by Barbara G. Wheeler and Helen Ouelette
March 2015
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Multifaith Education in Seminaries A Resource Document
2014
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A Call to Action Lifting the Burden How Theological Schools Can Help Students Manage Educational Debt by Sharon L. Miller, Kim Maphis Early, and Anthony T. Ruger
April 2014
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Taming the Tempest A Team Approach to Reducing and Managing Student Debt by Sharon L. Miller, Kim Maphis Early, and Anthony T. Ruger
October 2014
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Through Toil and Tribulation Financing Theological Education, 2001-2011 by Anthony T. Ruger and Chris A. Meinzer
July 2014
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On Our Way A Study of Students’ Paths to Seminary by Barbara G. Wheeler
February 2014
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Educating Religious Leaders for Faith-Rooted Social Justice Work by Justus Baird
November 2013
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Theological Student Enrollment A Special Report from the Auburn Center for Study of Theological Education by Barbara G. Wheeler, Anthony T. Ruger, and Sharon L. Miller
August 2013
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Leadership That Works A Study of Theological School Presidents by Barbara G. Wheeler, G. Douglass Lewis, Sharon L. Miller, Anthony T. Ruger, and David L. Tiede
December 2010
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Report on a Study of Doctoral Programs that Prepare Faculty for Teaching in Theological Schools by Helen M. Blier and Barbara G. Wheeler
June 2010
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Great Expectations Fundraising Prospects for Theological Schools by Sharon L. Miller, Anthony T. Ruger, and Barbara G. Wheeler
August 2009
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How Are We Doing? The Effectiveness of Theological Schools as Measured by the Vocations and Views of Graduates by Barbara G. Wheeler, Sharon L. Miller, and Daniel O. Aleshire
December 2007
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The Gathering Storm The Educational Debt of Theological Students by Anthony T. Ruger, Sharon L. Miller, and Kim Maphis Early
September 2005
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Seek and Find? Revenues in Theological Education by Anthony T. Ruger
April 2005
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Signs of the Times Present and Future Theological Faculty by Barbara G. Wheeler, Sharon L. Miller, and Katarina Schuth, O.S.F.
February 2005
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In Whose Hands A Study of Theological School Trustees by Barbara G. Wheeler
June 2002
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Hard to Find Searching for Practical Faculty in the 1990’s by Barbara G. Wheeler
January 2002
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Is There a Problem Theological Students and Religious Leadership for the Future by Barbara G. Wheeler
July 2001
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Treasure and Talent Compensation of Theological School Faculty, 1987-1993 by Anthony T. Ruger
March 1997
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The Big Picture Strategic Choices for Theological Schools by Anthony T. Ruger and Barbara G. Wheeler
December 2000
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Making Connections A Guide for Conducting Perception Studies by Sharon L. Miller, Barbara G. Wheeler, and Elizabeth Lynn
January 2002
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Missing Connections Public Perceptions of Theological Education and Religious Leadership by Elizabeth Lynn and Barbara G. Wheeler
September 1999
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An Analysis of Educational Debt Among Theological and Rabbinical Students by Anthony T. Ruger
March 1997
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Tending Talents The Second in a Series of Reports From a Study of Theological School Faculty by Barbara G. Wheeler and Mark N. Wilhelm
March 1997
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Funding Rabbinic Education Retrospect and Prospect by Gary Phillip Zola
January 1996
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True and False The First in a Series of Reports From a Study of Theological School Faculty by Barbara G. Wheeler
January 1996
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Indebtedness Patterns Among Roman Catholic Theological Students by Katarina Schuth, O.S.F.
1994
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Manna From Heaven? Theological and Rabbinical Student Debt by Anthony T. Ruger and Barbara G. Wheeler
April 1995
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Models of Manageable Educational Debt Levels by Louis H. Tietje
1995
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Lean Years, Fat Years Changes in the Financial Support of Protestant Education by Anthony T. Ruger
December 1994
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Denominational Funding of Protestant Theological Education by Joseph P. O’Neill
1994
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Reaching Out Auburn Seminary Launches the Center for the Study of Theological Education by Barbara G. Wheeler and Linda-Marie Delloff
Summer 1993
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Losing Faith In Our Democracy A Theological Critique of the Role of Money in American Politics
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My Mind Was Changed A New Way to Talk with Conflicted Christians about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People in Church and Society by Macky Alston, Robert Pérez, and Amy Simon
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Evaluating the Secondary Impact of Leadership Programs A White Paper by Justus Baird and Aaron Dorfman
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Professionals, Pastors, and Pedagogues The Origins of An Understanding of Theological Education by Glenn T. Miller
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Resources for Student Financial Planning