Author
Christena Cleveland
Independent scholar
Christena Cleveland is an independent scholar and the founder and director of the Center for Justice + Renewal. She was an associate professor of the practice of reconciliation at Duke Divinity School from 2015 to 2019. She is a social psychologist, author and speaker, and is the author of "Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart", a 2013 Leadership Journal Book Award winner. In 2014, Christianity Today named her one of “33 Under 33” (millennials leading the next generation of Christian faith) and JET magazine identified her one as of five “online shepherds to follow.” She earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. from the University of California Santa Barbara.
2024 Sabbatical Grant for Researchers
The Sabbatical Grant for Researchers (SGR) offers grants up to $40,000 to support academic sabbatical leave for projects about Christian faith and life, the practice of ministry, religious trends and movements, Christian and other faith-based institutions and religion and social issues. Louisville Institute is especially interested in projects that demonstrate a desire to bridge the North American church and academy.
SGR is most often used to supplement an existing semester sabbatical with a second term or semester. Typical applicants are fully employed in accredited academic institutions and are eligible for a full year leave from teaching and administrative responsibilities. Grants awarded in the 2024 cycle will fund sabbaticals taking place during the 2024-2025 academic year or during the 2025 calendar year.
Applications are due November 1, 2023.
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