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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Dwight Swanson, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Nazarene Theological College.

DwightSwanson.jpgDr Swanson’s teaching career has included posts at European Nazarene Bible College, Switzerland and Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, Manila. He has published several studies on the Dead Sea Scrolls including: The Temple Scroll and the Bible: The Methodology of 11QT, in the series Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, E J Brill, Leiden, 1995, ‘How Scriptural is Re-Written Bible?’, Revue de Qumran 83 (March 2004), 407-428, and ‘Qumran and the Psalms’, in Interpreting the Psalms: Issues and Approaches, eds Philip S Johnston and David G Firth ( 2005), 247-262. He is currently working on a book entitled ‘Bible and Rewritten Bible: the nature of ‘Bible’ in light of the Dead Sea Scrolls’.

Email: DSwanson@Nazarene.ac.uk