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Dr. Leopoldo A. S谩nchez M., the Werner R.H. Krause and Elizabeth R. Krause Professor of Hispanic Ministries and director of the Center for Hispanic Studies at SA国际传媒, St. Louis, has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the prestigious Louisville Institute in Louisville, Ky.

S谩nchez will use the grant for a project that explores Spirit Christology and models of sanctification.

The grant is the first-ever to be awarded to a member of the Seminary faculty from the Louisville Institute. S谩nchez was awarded the maximum amount.

Dr. Leopoldo A. S谩nchez M.

鈥淢y project will examine what life in the Spirit looks like daily,鈥� S谩nchez said. 鈥淚s it living a life shaped by Christ鈥檚 death and resurrection? Is it a life spent girding for spiritual warfare? Is it a life of discipleship or servanthood? The goal of this research is to develop pastoral, practical applications for envisioning and fostering the sanctified life across a biblical and theological spectrum of ways individuals might identify with when describing their spirituality.鈥�

S谩nchez鈥檚 newest research will build upon a models-based approach to sanctification that he introduced in an earlier work, ), focusing on the development of descriptions or shapes of Christian life across theological traditions and culminating in a more comprehensive vision of life in the Spirit.

鈥淯ltimately, pastors can use this information to help them recognize how people in their congregations and communities are living out their spirituality and be better prepared to minister to them,鈥� S谩nchez said.

This project is unique because it mines insights in the field of Spirit Christology for addressing the needs of the religiously unaffiliated (also known as the 鈥淣ones鈥�) and ethnic-racial minority groups such as those from the Global South 鈥� underrepresented groups in previous North American studies of Christology 鈥� who seek a meaningful integration of spirituality and everyday life.

鈥淒r. S谩nchez is a significant voice in bringing Lutheran theology from within a Latino context to the wider church,鈥� said Provost Dr. Jeff Kloha. 鈥淗e has already published widely, both inside and outside The Lutheran Church鈥擬issouri Synod. SA国际传媒 serves 鈥榗hurch and world鈥� in providing theological education and leadership, and the awarding of this prestigious and highly competitive grant to Dr. S谩nchez demonstrates that the faculty is bringing the Lutheran confession, centered in Christ who sends out His Spirit, to the world.鈥�

S谩nchez noted there is a good match between the Institute and SA国际传媒 when it comes to mission. 鈥淭he Louisville Institute promotes advanced research addressed to church workers and the challenges their congregations deal with,鈥� he said. 鈥淗ere at the Seminary, we focus on ensuring that our research and teaching relates directly to ministry and the best formation of our students for their future service to the church.鈥�

The grant period is Sept. 1, 2016, to Aug. 31, 2017. S谩nchez鈥� study will be published and his findings incorporated into his teaching. The results of his project also will be shared with church leaders and scholars at future conferences, workshops and symposiums.

SA国际传媒 Louisville Institute
Louisville Institute is funded by the Religion Division of Lilly Endowment and based at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, Louisville, Ky. The Institute鈥檚 fundamental mission is to enrich the religious life of North 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鈥檚 Sabbatical Grant for Researchers Program enables ecclesially-engaged academics and scholarly religious leaders to conduct a major study that can contribute to the vitality of Christianity in North America. Grants of up to $40,000 support year-long research projects that address Christian faith and life, the practice of ministry, and/or religious institutions.

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