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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Richard P. Heitzenrater, Ph.D., Emeritus William Kellon Quick Professor of Church History and Wesley Studies at Duke University Divinity School.

Dr Heitzenrater is well-known for his groundbreaking work in transcribing John Wesley’s Oxford Diaries. He co-edited Wesley’s Journals and Diaries for the Bicentennial Edition of the Works of John Wesley and has published several important studies including The Elusive Mr. Wesley (2nd edn. 2003); Wesley and the People Called Methodists (1995); Mirror and Memory: Reflections on Early Methodism (1989); and Diary of an Oxford Methodist, Benjamin Ingham, 1733-1734 (1985). In 2009, The Cambridge Companion to John Wesley was published in his honour.