The 2014 MWRC annual lecture entitled 'Scriptural Holiness: The Wesleys' Use of Scripture' was given by Professor Morna Hooker on 17 June 2014. A video recording of the lecture is available
Three visiting fellows have been appointed for summer 2014.
Dr Keith Beebe from Whitworth University, Washington will be researching George Whitefield and John Wesley in Scotland; Dr Rebecca Laird from Point Loma Nazarene University will be working on George Whitefield, Mary Bosanquet Fletcher’s children’s catechism, and a new Wesleyan Spiritual Formation textbook; and Dr Andrew Winckles from Siena Heights University, Michigan will be researching early Methodist women's writing as literature.
A lecture titled 'Wesleyan Social Holiness, African Methodism, and the U. S. Civil Rights Movement' will be given by Dr Dennis C. Dickerson on Tuesday 1 April 2014 on the campus of Nazarene Theological College. A recording of the lecture can be watched here.
The registration deadline of 31 March 2014 is rapidly approaching for the 'George Whitefield at 300' conference this June in Oxford. Details about the conference, including how to register can be found on the conference website.
Nazarene Theological College (Manchester, UK) is currently accepting applications for a position in Theology and Wesley Studies (closing date: 30 March). For details visit the NTC website.
The MWRC and Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History are pleased to announce the publication of Wesley and Methodist Studies volume 6. For details on the contents of the volume and information on purchasing it, click here.
Video recordings of presentations at the recent Methodist Studies Seminar are available on Nazarene Theological College's live-stream page.
A draft programme for the conference is now available on the conference website. I hope you will consider joining us for what promises to be an insightful and lively conference.
The MWRC would like to congratulate Junior Fellows who completed their doctorates at The University of Manchester/Nazarene Theological College or Cliff College during the 2012-13 academic year. In Wesley Studies and Theology: Kiyeong Chang, Christopher Hathaway, Johnson Makoti, David Whitworth, and Timothy R. Woolley; and in Biblical Studies: Gabrielle Markusse-Overduin. Click here for details about their work.
The draft programme is now available for the Oxford-Manchester Methodist Studies Seminar on Saturday 30 November 2013 on the campus of Nazarene Theological College (Manchester). There is no cost for attending; however, please ensure that you register in advance. The seminar will be livestreamed. For details, click here.
The next Oxford-Manchester Methodist Studies Seminar will take place on Saturday 30 November 2013 on the campus of Nazarene Theological College. The deadline for submitting paper proposals is 15 September 2013.
The video of Professor David Bebbington's Manchester Wesley Research Centre Annual Lecture titled 'Secession and Revival: The Louth Free Methodist Church in the 1850s' is now available to be watched on Nazarene Theological College's Livestream page at http://livestre.am/4vi3Z The 10th anniversary commemoration/celebration of the MWRC begins at 11:40 into the video; Prof Bebbington's lecture begins at 35:40 into the video.
Professor David Bebbington (University of Stirling) will give the 2013 MWRC Annual Lecture titled: 'Secession and Revival: The Louth Free Methodist Church in the 1850s'. This public lecture along with a celebration/commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the MWRC will be on Tuesday 18th June at 5pm on the campus of Nazarene Theological College. *For those of you who are unable to attend in person, we will be livestreaming this event over the web via http://www.livestream.com/ntcmanchester. For guidance notes for viewing this event online, click here. Click here for further details
The MWRC and Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History are pleased to announce the publication of Wesley and Methodist Studies volume 5. For details on the contents of the volume and information on purchasing it, click here.
The programme for the Oxford-Manchester Methodist Studies Seminar for Saturday 20 April in Oxford is now available on the seminars website.
The MWRC would like to congratulate Dr Jon Kulaga, Provost at Asbury University, on his appointment as an MWRC Visiting Research Fellow along with the summer 2013 Visiting Fellows from Point Loma Nazarene University: Dr Carol Blessing (working on Mary Tooth) and Prof Charlene Pate (working on the Sunday School movement). Dr Kulaga will be working on a project titled: 'John Wesley’s Leadership Style: In Search of a Paradigm'.
The MWRC would like to congratulate Junior Fellows who completed their doctorates at The University of Manchester/Nazarene Theological College during the 2011-12 academic year. In Wesley Studies and Theology: Dick Eugenio, John Read, David Stark, Carla Sunberg, and Joseph Wood; and in Biblical Studies: Sarah Derck. Click here for details about their work.
The MWRC is pleased to announce its co-sponsorship of 'George Whitefield at 300', an international tercentenary conference at Pembroke College, Oxford from 25-27 June 2014. See the conference website with a call for papers and full details about the conference.
The programme for the Oxford-Manchester Methodist Studies Seminar is now available. The Seminar will be held at Nazarene Theological College on Saturday 1 December 2012. Follow the link above for details.
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.