The Assessment of Faith and Learning

Abstract

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The Development and Validation of the Practicing Faith Survey

“…The approach diverges from existing measures of student faith-formation, which primarily focus on assent to worldview and doctrinal propositions or query respondents about how often they participate in a narrow set of pietistic practices such as prayer, Bible reading, and church attendance (Green et al, 2019). In other words, the aim of this instrument two-fold.…”

“…Although knowledge of basic tenets of Christianity, confessions of faith, and the practice of typical spiritual disciplines can serve as indicators of faith formation, they are by no means the sum total of living faithfully. In short, existing instruments typically take a pietistic view of Christian maturity (Green et al, 2019).…”