Do you mean to measure as researcher?
"...God measures our faith based on what we do—our obedience—not by our feelings, the emotions we express, or our words. So, just as God knew the depth of Abraham's faith by his obedience, we can know the depth of our faith by the level of our obedience..."
http://www.cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Library.CGGWeekly/ID/541/How-Can-We-Measure-Our-Faith.htm
Do you mean to measure as researcher?
"...God measures our faith based on what we do—our obedience—not by our feelings, the emotions we express, or our words. So, just as God knew the depth of Abraham's faith by his obedience, we can know the depth of our faith by the level of our obedience..."
http://www.cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Library.CGGWeekly/ID/541/How-Can-We-Measure-Our-Faith.htm
Not exactly sure what you mean by faith, in order to be measured anything needs to be precisely defined.
This being said, isn't it high time for the advent of math-based Theology, rather than Theology rooted in ancient literature of soemwhat hazy provenience? See for instance the 1st article after the Prefaces at the Dialogo journal pdf at http://bit.ly/24qlg5P - the power of mathematical analysis can be remarkable (also http://bit.ly/1QQyJ9L )
Faith is like the mind, ever expanding but drives the mind to experience more and more within the limits of the body.
“It is certain that an atom of goodness on the path of faith is never lost.” ― Rumi
Faith cannot be measured due it subjectivity which is difficult to measure https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281768291_Understanding_the_subjective_experience_of_consciousness_in_GOD?ev=prf_pub
Article Understanding the subjective experience of consciousness in " GOD "
Fellows,
" FAITH and the decades of my Probably Ordinary Time"
For the six decades that I can recall
I have had trouble defining 'faith' as anything.
One day it came to me
... 'faith' and 'beliefe' and 'facts'
They are not all in the same dimension.
Three dimensions of thought are needed to capture it all.
1) Facts : measurements, and nearly measured facts,
devoid of moral concern.
2) Beliefe : opinion mostly based
on measured facts and ingesting cultural influences.
3) Faith : a choice, often moral,
which might fly in the face
of measurements and opinion.
Facts take care of themselves ( approximately ).
Beliefes are born of facts and culture.
But 'faith' is a matter of choice,
choice about the possibility of morality
and God ( by any name )
... about what 'Really' makes the universe
into something other than
sterile facts and cultural beliefes.
To bring this personal synopsis closer to home ,
I can share that I cast my 'faith'
on the Rock of my Christian upbringing.
This is a matter of choice.
I still have problems 'defining' my 'faith' ,
and always have conditional comments,
... but that is the best I have been able to do.
Obviously, 'faith' is life-long and important and moral concern of mine.
Kant had a similar problem,
and a conclusion with less dongling dissonance.
My 'Faith' is not something that
my study of apologetics has measured,
nor is it some mount of theological
/ philosophical rendering,
nor something logical from Kant's wonderful mind ,
nor clearly supported by my cultural experience.
My 'Faith' is based on the language I have grown with,
and based on the sense of right
that was instilled in my mind.
So, my 'Faith' in a moral universe is not totally 'me'
... but it is my best 'choice' .
Scientists to celebrate 'Gold Mass' - Science and Faith are compatible!
Scientists at MIT are about to celebrate a 'Gold Mass' as a way to affirm the compatibility of faith and science...
Because scientists follow a method of rational inquiry that relies on the measurement of material things, it seems incongruent with faith. God and faith cannot be measured. There are no units of measurement for God. There are no scales to weigh faith...
http://www.catholic.org/news/technology/story.php?id=71927
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