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The Louisville Institute is a Lilly Endowment-funded
program based at Louisville Seminary supporting
those who lead and study American religious
institutions. The fundamental mission of the Louisville Institute
is to enrich the religious life of American Christians
and to encourage the revitalization of their institutions,
by bringing together those who lead religious institutions
with those who study them, so that the work of each
might inform and strengthen the other.
The Louisville Institute seeks to fulfill its mission to bring together religious leaders and academics through three separate but related programs: 1) grantmaking, 2) fellowships in theological education, and 3) collaborative inquiry.
Grants
The grantmaking program seeks to support both research and inquiry by scholar/pastors and scholar/educators that strengthen the religious life of North American Christians and their institutions while simultaneously advancing American religious and theological scholarship. The Louisville Institute currently offers four grant programs:
Fellowships
The Louisville Institute offers three fellowships in theological education as part of its Vocation of the Theological Educator Initiative:
- Doctoral Fellowships support a two-year, nonresidential cohort of Ph.D./Th.D. students who are considering theological education as their vocation.
- Dissertation Fellowships support the final year of Ph.D. or Th.D. dissertation writing for students engaged in research pertaining to North American Christianity. As part of the VTE Initiative, this program supports but is not limited to scholars who intend a career in theological education.
- Postdoctoral Fellowships provide promising recent graduates a two-year teaching internship in a theological school.
Collaborative Inquiry
The Collaborative Inquiry initiative enables teams of scholarly pastors and ecclesially-engaged academics to undertake genuinely collaborative inquiry/research about important, compelling questions facing the church and the world. These collaborative inquiry teams, each containing both pastors and academics, will constitute a widening learning community that seeks wisdom through corporate reflection as well as personal study.
Recent News
New Lilly Endowment Grant Supports Louisville Institute
Louisville Institute Supports Pastoral Study and Collaborative Inquiry
Terry Muck Appointed Interim Executive Director
Louisville Institute Grant Programs and 2011-2012 Awards Announced
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