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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 Director at the following address:

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

MWRC Director
Geordan Hammond, Ph.D.
Email: ghammond@nazarene.ac.uk

Postgraduate Assistant
Chris Foster
Email: cfoster@nazarene.ac.uk 

 

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OXFORD-MANCHESTER METHODIST STUDIES SEMINARS

The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, Oxford Brookes University, and the Manchester Wesley Research Centre have worked in partnership for several years, most significantly in organising a successful international and interdisciplinary conference in 2009, ‘Religion, Gender, Industry’.

The two Centres are now establishing a bi-annual seminar series which will take place in spring [Oxford] and autumn [Manchester]. These seminars will be an opportunity for established and emerging students of Methodist Studies to present the findings of their research and scholarship. We conceive Methodist Studies broadly and aim to provide opportunities for students of history, theology, literature, art, material culture and other fields related to Methodism.

The inaugural seminar will be held on Saturday 21 April 2012, at the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, Oxford Brookes University (Harcourt Hill campus, Oxford OX2 9AT. For the seminar programme, click here.

The second 2012 seminar will be at Nazarene Theological College in Manchester on Saturday 1 December. As 2012 is the 350th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Wesley, snr. and the 'Great Ejection', paper proposals on Samuel Wesley and Methodism and Nonconformity are particularly welcome.  

Call for Papers

Submissions for 20-30 minute papers are invited. Papers delivered at the seminars can be considered for publication in Wesley and Methodist Studies, which is sponsored by the two Centres. An approximately 250 word abstract of the paper should be sent before 15 September 2012 to: 

Dr Geordan Hammond
Director, Manchester Wesley Research Centre
Nazarene Theological College
Dene Road, Didsbury
Manchester M20 2GU