Methodist Studies Seminar Call for Papers

The Manchester-based seminar of the Oxford-Manchester Methodist Studies Seminars will take place on Saturday 1 December 2012 on the campus of Nazarene Theological College. As 2012 is the 350th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Wesley, senior and the 'Great Ejection', paper proposals are particularly welcome on Samuel Wesley or the relationship between Methodism and Nonconformity, though proposals on other topics will be considered. Submissions for 20-30 minute papers are invited. An approximately 250 word abstract of the paper should be sent by 15 September 2012. Papers delivered at the seminars can be considered for publication in Wesley and Methodist Studies. 

Confirmed speakers include Dr David Appleby, Dr Mark Burden, and Dr Howard Snyder. 

Recording of 2012 Annual Lecture

Dr David Ceri Jones's Annual Lecture titled '"So much idolized by some, and railed at by others": towards understanding George Whitefield' is now available to be listened to as an audio file. 

June 2012 MWRC Annual Lecture

Dr David Ceri Jones, Lecturer in History at Aberystwyth University, will deliver the 8th MWRC Annual Lecture. The lecture titled '"So much idolized by some, and railed at by others": towards understanding George Whitefield' will be on Monday 11 June at 7.30pm on the campus of Nazarene Theological College. For a lecture poster, click here 

Women, the Church and Ministry conference

For details on the various programmes for the events which took place, including several published news stories and a resolution passed in support of the conference by the Scottish Parliament, visit the conference website.

Two Publications

Wesley and Methodist Studies volume 4 has now been published. Full details can be found on the WMS website. Religion, Gender and Industry: Exploring Church and Methodism in a Local Setting has been published in the UK by James Clarke & Co. Further details can be found on the James Clarke website.

Appointment of Summer 2012 Visiting Fellows

The MWRC would like to congratulate Dr David McEwan on his appointment as an MWRC Visiting Research Fellow and the summer 2012 Visiting Fellow from Point Loma Nazarene University: Dr Rebecca Larid. McEwan will be researching love, holiness, and happiness in the thought of John Wesley, and its implications for spiritual formation, and Laird's research will focus on Olive Winchester.

Women, the Church and Ministry: Celebrating 100 years of women’s ordination in the UK

This conference in Glasgow from 11-13 May 2012 has been organised in response to the 100th anniversary of the ordination of Olive Winchester [photo], the first woman to be ordained in a Trinitarian Christian Church in the UK on 11 May 1912 in Glasgow, and also the first woman to graduate with the Bachelor of Divinity degree from Glasgow University. While the motivation for the event is inspired by the ordination of women in the Church, the conference seeks to reflect on and celebrate all women in ministry, lay and ordained. For further information, click here.

New Publication

The MWRC is pleased to announce the publication of Religion, Gender, and Industry: Exploring Church and Methodism in a Local Setting (Pickwick Publications, 2011) containing select papers from the 2009 conference of the same name held in collaboration with the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History.

Congratulations to 2011 Graduates

The MWRC would like to congratulate Junior Fellows who completed their doctorates at partner institutions during the 2010-11 academic year. In Wesley Studies and Theology: Lord Elorm-Donkor, J. Russell Frazier, Marcie Huson, Stan Rodes, Robbie Brown (MPhil); in biblical studies: Rhonda Crutcher, Svetlana Khobnya, Kevin O'Brien, Sarah Whittle. Click here for details about their work.

Asbury University becomes a partner institution of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre

The MWRC is pleased to welcome Asbury University as its ninth partner institution. For an NCN News story regarding this new partnership, click here. 

Publication of Wesley and Methodist Studies volume 3

We are pleased to announce the publication of Wesley and Methodist Studies volume 3. For details on the contents of the volume and information on purchasing it, click here.   

Recording of 2011 Annual Lecture

Professor Richard Heitzenrater's Annual Lecture titled '"An Exact Image": Portraits of John Wesley' is now available to be listened to as a audio file along with the accompanying Power Point as a PDF file. There is also an NCN News story about the lecture.

Fourth Annual MWRC Postgraduate Colloquium

The MWRC is pleased to annouce the upcoming MWRC Postgraduate Colloquium featuring five papers from our own Junior Fellows: Chris Foster, Josh McNall, Joseph Wood, Jefferey Rudy and Arseny Ermakov. These papers constitute a wide variety of biblical and theological studies.

This free event is scheduled for Friday 17 June 2011 from 9am to 1pm on the campus of Nazarene Theological College. For more information and to book in advance for a free light lunch please contact Dr Geordan Hammond.

Click here for event poster.

June 2011 MWRC Annual Lecture

Professor Richard Heitzenrater, Emeritus William Kellon Quick Professor of Church History and Wesley Studies, Duke Divinity School will deliver the 7th MWRC Annual Lecture. The lecture titled '"An Exact Image": Portraits of John Wesley' will be on Monday 13th June at 5pm on the campus of Nazarene Theological College. For a lecture poster, click here 

New Honorary Fellows

The MWRC has recently elected three new Honorary Fellows: Revd Dr Glen O’Brien, Revd Dr Calvin Samuel, and Revd Dr Ralph Waller. Visit our Honorary Fellows page for further information.

Wesley and Methodist Studies, Volume 3

We are pleased to announce that WMS vol. 3 has now been finalized and will be published later this spring. Amongst other articles the volume will feature five illuminating essays from an American Academy of Religion session on ‘Methodism and the African Diaspora 1738-1834’. To view the complete contents pages for volume three, including book reviews, click here.

Forthcoming Publication

The MWRC and Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History is pleased to announce that the volume Religion, Gender and Industry: Exploring Church and Methodism in a Local Setting has been submitted to Wipf and Stock for publication. The volume consists of thirteen essays first presented at a conference of the same name in Madeley, Shropshire in June 2009, and is due to be published this autumn.

Dr McGonigle named Director Emeritus of MWRC

Herbert McGonigle has been named director emeritus of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre. Geordan Hammond has been appointed as the new director of the Centre. For further details see the NCN News story. 

Congratulations to 2010 Graduates

The MWRC would like to congratulate Junior Fellows in Wesley Studies who completed their doctorates at partner institutions during the 2009-10 academic year. Deirdre Brower Latz, Joseph W. Cunningham (NTC), David Wilson, and David Hart graduated from The University of Manchester. Pierre Banza received his MPhil from The University of Manchester (NTC).

Wesley and Methodist Studies volume 2

Manchester Wesley Research Centre, The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, and Didsbury Press are pleased to announce the publication of Wesley and Methodist Studies volume 2 (WMS). For the contents of the volume and information on purchasing it, click here.   

WMS is now accepting essay submissions for future volumes. For further details, including style notes for contributors, visit the WMS website.