Welcome to the MWRC

The Manchester Wesley Research Centre promotes and supports research on the life and work of John and Charles Wesley, their contemporaries in the 18th century Evangelical Revival, their historical and theological antecedents, their successors in the Wesleyan tradition, and contemporary scholarship in the Wesleyan and Evangelical tradition. This includes areas such as theology, history, biblical studies, education, ethics, literature, mission, philosophy, pastoral studies, practical theology, and social theology.

The MWRC is located on the campus of Nazarene Theological College in the Manchester suburb of Didsbury and is affiliated with the Methodist Archives, housed in The University of Manchester John Rylands Library. These research centres provide magnificent resources for students and researchers in this field.

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If you are interested in further information about the Wesley Centre and its programmes, or would like to be placed on the mailing list for information about forthcoming events, please contact the Administrator or Director at the following address:

Manchester Wesley Research Centre
Dene Road
Didsbury, Manchester
England M20 2GU

MWRC Director
Revd Herbert B. McGonigle, Ph.D.
Email: HMcgonigle@nazarene.ac.uk 

MWRC Research Fellow & Administrator
Geordan Hammond, Ph.D.
Email: ghammond@nazarene.ac.uk

Postgraduate Assistant
Joseph Cunningham
Email: joseph.cunningham@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

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Crawford Gribben, Ph.D. is Long Room Hub Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Print Culture in the School of English and the School of Histories and Humanities at Trinity College Dublin.

His research interests centre on two major themes: the literary cultures of Puritanism and Evangelicalism, and the history of apocalyptic and millennial thought. He is the author or editor of a number of books and articles relating to early modern religious history, including Evangelical Millennialism in the Trans-Atlantic world, 1550-2000 (2009); Writing the Rapture: Prophecy Fiction in Evangelical America (2008); 'Irish and Welsh Puritanism', in The Cambridge Companion to Puritanism (2008); God's Irishmen: Theological Debates in Cromwellian Ireland (2007); 'Antichrist in Ireland: Protestant millennialism and Irish studies', in Crawford Gribben and Andrew R. Holmes (eds), Protestant millennialism, evangelicalism and Irish society, 1790-2000 (2006); Expecting the End: Millennialism in Social and Historical Context, co-editor with Kenneth Newport (2006); Protestant Millennialism, Evangelicalism and Irish Society, 1790-2000, co-editor with Andrew R. Holmes (2006); 'Rhetoric, fiction and theology: James Ussher and the death of Jesus Christ', The Seventeenth Century 20:1 (2005), 53-76; Prisoners of Hope? Aspects of Evangelical Millennialism in Britain and Ireland, 1800-1880, co-editor with Timothy C. F. Stunt (2004); The Puritan Millennium: Literature and theology, 1550-1682 (2000; rev. edn., 2008). He can be contacted at crawford.gribben [at] tcd.ie