Candy Gunther Brown is one of 8 awardees out of 85 U.S. and Canadian applicants for the Lilly-funded Louisville Institute $40,000 Sabbatical Grant for Researchers. Her project, “The Life of Francis MacNutt: Priest, Prophet, Patriarch,” is the first book-length, critical biography of a celebrity priest who catalyzed U.S. and global Charismatic renewal, challenged mandatory clerical celibacy, and built bridges between Catholics and Protestants and between practitioners of healing prayer and healthcare professionals. MacNutt’s story offers unique insight into efforts to reconcile tensions between religious beliefs and embodied experiences of pain, pleasure, and sexuality.
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